Luke's good friend Larry Weishuhn is back with us this week and the topic is deer surveys, ways to learn what the buck/doe ratio and deer density is on the property you hunt. Click to listen to some whitetail wisdom from Weishuhn learned over a lifetime of education and time spent in the whitetail woods. Email Luke through his website, www.catfishradio.org

Join Luke this week as he discusses everything from getting started hunting with a compound bow (www.pyramydair.com) to shooting dove around a pond on the back forty. Luke also discusses the changes in the big bore air rifles that have taken place since he first began shooting and hunting with them about 13 years ago. Lear more about what Luke is up to at www.catfishradio.org

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