A Hunter's Legacy

Samir Suleiman grew up hunting with his father outside of Washington DC, knocking on farmhouse doors and chasing whatever was in season within a two hour drive. By the time he was nine he had his hunter safety card and his first deer. By twelve he had an eleven point buck on the wall that he still has not topped. When his family bought 105 acres in Virginia, he was hunting before and after school, dragging does down mountains and calling neighbors to help load them into the truck before his d...

Patrick Miller grew up in the foothills of the Appalachians in northwest South Carolina, where deer were hard to come by and nobody in his family really knew how to hunt. He was ten years old when he convinced his dad to pick up a rifle and give it a shot. What followed was years of sitting on ridges, hunting doe days only, and learning almost everything the hard way without a mentor showing them the ropes. Patrick eventually found his footing chasing whitetails through steep mountain gorges,...

Levi from southern Pennsylvania came into hunting without the family background most guys lean on. No mentors, no hand-me-down rifles, and no one at home who really knew what to do when he killed his first deer. In this episode, he tells the story of learning deer hunting the hard way, from borrowed shotguns and orchard sits to gutting that first doe by flashlight with his mom watching and gagging beside the Chevy Traverse. What makes Levi’s story hit is how real it is for the average hunter....

His first shot on big game is something he still thinks about today. Growing up east of Boulder, Colorado, he started shooting prairie dogs at eight years old and was already helping local farmers by ten. By twelve he had his hunter education card and headed into northwest Colorado near Craig for his first real big game hunt. A pronghorn doe stepped into range, but the shot was farther than it should have been and the animal was moving. What happened next forced a 12-year-old kid to confront ...

Tanner Carey grew up in upstate New York with deer hunting in his blood. From watching his dad’s headlamp come out of the swamp after dark to sitting alone in a cherry tree at 9 years old, his story is rooted in family, hard country, and learning the long way. This episode follows that path from old apple orchards and hemlock swamps to public land hunts across the country. He talks about killing his first buck with a bow at 12, why his dad made him learn independence early, and how those les...

This episode of A Hunter’s Legacy heads into the mountains of North Carolina with Cody Triplett, a rock quarry welder and heavy equipment operator who lives in small town Appalachia where Christmas trees outnumber crop fields and the hills are steep enough to make you think twice about every step. Cody’s story starts with family. His dad passed when he was five, but deer hunting stayed in his blood, and his mom became the one who taught him how to read the woods. From sitting on the ground ne...

At 66, Marc Mansfield has worn a firefighter’s helmet, a barber’s smock, and a whole lot of busted-up bone screws. But long before all that, he was just a kid in North Georgia, building homemade ladder stands and chasing deer through hollers behind Lake Allatoona. In this episode, Mitchell sits down with a man who’s seen more than most and somehow kept hunting through it all. He’s a life-flighted firefighter (twice), a father who coached his boys through sports and into the woods, and a lifel...

Eric Lochman grew up hunting the cold woods of Pennsylvania, where opening day meant tree forts, deer drives, and enough pressure to push whitetails into the thickest cover they could find. What started as kids being turned loose to “walk the woods” slowly turned into a lifelong understanding of how pressure, access, and safety shape the way people hunt in the Northeast. In this episode, Eric breaks down old school Pennsylvania deer drives, how rifle pressure changes deer movement instantly, ...

Weber Herbison grew up hunting the Mississippi Delta, where big woods, flat ground, and endless options give whitetails every advantage. He still hunts the same kind of country today, balancing life as a dentist with a season spent trying to outthink deer that refuse to play by Midwest rules. No funnels. No predictable movement. Just patience, trial and error, and long sits wondering where they went. In this episode, Weber talks about starting young, learning the woods by following his dad, a...

Before he ever pulled a trigger, Dustin Daniels was wrapped in a sleeping bag with his grandpa, watching the woods wake up. These days, he’s building his own muzzleloaders, hunting with a .54 caliber cap and ball, and passing the same tradition to his son one misfired round and muddy drag at a time. Dustin’s from Madison Heights, Virginia, and co-hosts the D&D Outdoors Podcast where he talks outdoor news and shares hunting stories with his buddy Dell. In this episode, he talks about gett...

From throwing decoy bags bigger than him as a kid in Erie to running a waterfowl guide service in southern Ontario, Hunter Libra has packed a lifetime of hunting grit into just 27 years. The path hasn’t been easy, and it sure as hell hasn’t been boring. In this episode, Hunter shares how a Tinder match turned into a cross-border move, a family, and a new life in Canada. He talks about chasing turkeys with his dad back in the day, dragging gear through the woods before he could even aim straig...

Some hunters grow up in it. Jonathan McCormick grew into it by accident. A simple favor for a neighbor, a garage full of euro mounts, and one big question changed everything. That moment pushed a North Carolina kid into the heart of the Rockies, and years later he is still chasing the lessons hidden in those mountains. In this episode, Jonathan sits down from Bountiful, Utah and talks with the honesty of a man who never pretends to be more than he is. Early thirties. Five kids. Nine to five j...

What do 39 turkeys, two alligators, and one very unfortunate cactus have in common? They’ve all tangled with Knox Guajardo—an eight-year-old Kansas hunter with more stories than most grown men. In this episode, Knox joins the conversation to talk about long sits in the blind, missing his first deer, and why jerky, waffles, and playing in the dirt are non-negotiables when hunting with Dad. From scoring his first antelope with a crossbow to chasing turkeys across ten different states, this youn...