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Wired To Hunt Podcast

Ep. 625: What We Can Learn from Ross Hausmann's Three Year Hunt for an Iowa Giant

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.64.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show we wrap up our Big Buck Breakdown series with the up and down three year story of Ross Hausmann's hunt for an Iowa giant known as Big Potatoes.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Podcast, your guide to the White Tail Woods, presented by

0:06.6

First Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand's Sadler Blind.

0:12.0

First Light, go further, stay longer.

0:14.8

And now your host, Mark Kenyon.

0:18.2

Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Podcast.

0:20.9

I'm your host, Mark Kenyon, and this week on the show I'm joined by Ross Hausman to

0:25.3

dive into his three-year story, Chasing a Deer Known as Pig Potatoes.

0:33.1

Alright, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Podcast brought to you by First Light.

0:47.4

And we have got a special episode for you today because we are wrapping up our Big Buck

0:53.8

Breakdown Month where we've talked to hunters from across the country about, you know,

0:59.5

hunts after one specific deer.

1:01.5

Like really special hunts for a really special deer where the hunter kind of went mad, obsessing

1:06.3

over an animal, trying to figure them out, going through all the ups and downs.

1:10.6

And we've had some really good stories so far, but tonight's story is one that I am a

1:15.6

particular, I'm particularly invested in this story because it's one of my good buddies

1:21.6

who I've, you know, been following along with this story for years now through all these

1:26.0

ups and downs on almost a daily basis.

1:29.6

Our guest today is the one and only Ross Hausman, longtime friend, and someone who's been

1:34.6

within the Wired to Hunt community for a long time.

1:37.2

Folks, folks, Chanel, you're Ross, so welcome back to the show, my friend, and thanks

1:40.5

for being willing to spill the beans on this story.

1:44.5

Thanks for begging me to be on here, Mark.

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