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Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts

Mike Davis

A podcast covering everything hunting and hunting land in Virginia and North Carolina.

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Episode 27: Dundas Taxidermy

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2025/04/25

Mike spent the afternoon with John Dunavant from Dundas Taxidermy. Mike and John first met at a NWTF banquet, where John donated a full turkey mount to help raise funds for the local branch of the organization. A quick friendship was formed and it didn't take long to set up an interview for the podcast! John is a very interesting guy who spent 12 years as a Merchant Marine, went to Taxidermy school in Iowa, then came back home to start his business in Brunswick County, VA. John is all about taking

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25:03

Episode 26: Bailee Henderson of Lickskillet Outdoor...

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2025/02/17

Welcome to another exciting episode of the Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts Podcast! In this episode, we're joined by the talented Bailee Henderson from Halifax County, VA. Bailee made waves in our Big Buck and Bear Contest this year by winning the Bear Contest and making it to the final round of the Buck Contest with one of his TWO bucks that he submitted this year! What a season! In addition to being a great hunter, Bailee is also quite the content creator with his YouTube Channel, Lickskillet

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43:53

Episode 25: Chronic Wasting Disease and its growing...

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2025/02/11

In this episode, Mike sits down with Alexandra Lombard, Wildlife Health Coordinator of the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VADWR), to discuss Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and its growing impact in Virginia. Alexandra shares expert insights into the science behind CWD, how it's affecting deer populations across the state, and the measures the VADWR is taking to monitor and manage the disease. Whether you're a hunter, a wildlife enthusiast, or simply curious about the health of Virginia's

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Episode 24: Jeb Burton of Crossroads With The Burtons

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2025/01/22

Jeb Burton, Xfinity driver and host of the TV show Crossroads with the Burtons, takes time to speak with Shawn & Mike about his TV show, harvesting his biggest whitetail ever on his property in Halifax County, VA, his new podcast as well as some behind the scenes insight as to what it takes to make it all work!

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Episode 23: Jenna Clark

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2024/12/19

Jenna Clark smoked a whopper of a Virginia buck in Mecklenburg County during the 2024 hunting season! She was the winner of round 2 of the Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts Big Buck and Bear Contest. In addition to the great prizes she won, she was also invited to join Shawn and Mike on the podcast. Jenna tells the story of her hunt and she naturally fits right in with Mike and Shawn's antics! A good time was had by all!!

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Episode 22: Shawn's Big 10

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2024/11/27

In this episode, the dynamic duo discusses Shawn's recent success on a nice 10 point taken on his new property in Virginia. Starting from scratch on a new property has its challenges (check out Episode 19: Ground Zero) but thanks to boots on the ground and game cameras, it didn't take Shawn long to find a bachelor group with at least 2 wall hangers! Big 10 was a regular from June until hunting season started and. of course, the pattern changed. A cat and mouse game ensued with Shawn finally

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26:59

Episode 21: Hunting the Realtree Farm

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2024/10/16

Episode 21 of the Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts podcast - Mike & Shawn are lucky enough to get invited to THE Realtree Farm in Georgia for a hunt. What an amazing place and once in a lifetime opportunity this was! Listen in to find out all about hanging with Bill Jordan, founder of Realtree, chatting with David Blanton while touring the corporate office, and the infamous Cracker Barrel where Dale Earnhardt's care is parked along with a bunch of other cool Nascar and MLB stuff. Oh yeah, they did some

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Episode 20: Curt Headington with UC Hunting Properties

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2024/08/29

In this episode, Mike & Shawn sit down with Curt Headington, the program manager of UC Hunting Properties & host of the UC Hunting Properties podcast. Curt is visiting from Iowa for a regional training of land pros centered around Deer Steward Level 1 certification through the National Deer Association (NDA). Together, they dive into Curt's beginnings and how he got into the outdoor/hunting industry. Of course, there is much discussion of the UC Hunting Property group, the Realtree connection & how

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25:51

Episode 19: Ground Zero

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2024/05/27

In this episode of the Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts podcast, Shawn and Mike discuss finding and creating a great hunting property from scratch! This topic could turn into an entire series....and it just might! From aerial photos, to topo maps, to boots on the ground, they discuss the things that they look for in finding and then scouting a new piece of property.

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E18: Opening Day Double

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2024/05/15

2024 Spring Turkey Season Opener! Shawn and Mike get together for opening morning and head to "Turkey Ridge"! Yes, the same Turkey Ridge where Shawn killed his 10 pointer with the bow last fall! The name rang true as 5-6 gobblers erupted, causing Mike and Shawn to change strategies! Shawn has been promising to call Mike in his first bird and he certainly held up his end of the bargain. In fact, he called in two! An opening day double! What a way to start the season!

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Episode 17: Bear Davidson with NWTF & UC Hunting...

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2024/04/11

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts! A podcast covering everything hunting and hunting land in Virginia & North Carolina! Episode 17 - Shawn and Mike sit down with fellow agent and friend Bear Davidson to hear his story! Bear talks about how he made his way to Virginia, how and why he came to join us at United Country Virginia Realty, and how he beacame the youngest national board member at the National Wild Turkey Federation! They also discuss the upcoming relationship between NWTF and United Country as

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Episode 16: Tyler Arnold & Bryan Atkins at the Dixie...

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2024/03/08

It's Show Season! Every year, we have a booth at the Dixie Deer Classic in Raleigh, NC! This year, we invited some folks from our sister office in Memphis, Missouri to join us! Mike sat down with Tyler Arnold & Bryan Atkins, of United Country Land Pros, LLC & UC Hunting Properties, to discuss the show, investing in land, making lifelong friends with our clients and of course, we talk a little hunting.

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Episode 15: Self-filming Hunts with Austin Keesee

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2024/02/13

In this episode, we are showcasing some home grown talent right here in Virginia! Austin Keesee has a great YouTube channel (see link below). On there, you will find some great content, including some self-filmed hunts! They spend time chatting about how Austin got started and some of the equipment he uses. He shares some great tips that he has learned along the way. Austin started hunting some public land hunting this year and had great success with a 10 pointer. They discussed how spring time

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Episode 14: Why Us?

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2024/02/05

In this episode, Mike visits Shawn's Man Cave again in North Carolina to discuss why YOU might want to do business with US! Shawn gives a quick update to let everyone know that, despite what you may hear, the sky is NOT falling! Mike further supports this by celebrating Shawn's record year in 2023! They then go into a discussion about what separates them from other real estate agents. They clearly have a passion for what they do! The knowledge they have about land is a tremendous resource! They are

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Episode 13: 2023 Season Wrap Up

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2024/01/29

Join Shawn & Mike to celebrate 1 year of the Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts Podcast! This episode is brought to you from Shawn's Man Cave! They discuss the "origin story" of how their great friendship was born! Mike talks about the decision to "fling arrows" this year and it turned out to be his best season yet! It leads into a discussion about the commercialization of whitetail hunting and buck "shaming" amongst our peers! Mike also did some self-filmed hunts this year so check out the you tube

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Episode #12: '23 Hunting Season Part 2

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2023/12/11

In this episode, Mike invites Shawn for an afternoon hunt. After some mishaps while putting up Shawn's hang on stand, they decide to grab the climbers, their bows and go to a spot called Turkey Ridge! It turned out to be the right call as Shawn had an encounter with a 10! Mike has a mishap with his climber while trying to get down and Shawn has to be the hero! The blood trail plays out on Shawn's deer and he calls in the thermal drone! Even with the help of the drone, they still couldn't find him

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Episode 11: '23 Hunting Season Part 1

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2023/11/30

The 2023 hunting season is well under way. Shawn and Mike take a break to bring you stories from their first few hunts! Archery season can certainly be filled with emotional highs and lows! It always takes a few hunts to get into a rhythm, and sometimes, you just have to improvise. Mike loses the blood trail on his first buck which leads into the on going broadhead debate! Fixed or Mechanical?? A switch is made and it leads to success for Shawn!

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Episode 10: Early Season Strategy

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2023/09/02

Shawn and Mike give a quick review of the Virginia Outdoor Sportsman Show where they made some new friends and reconnected with old friends. With Virginia and North Carolina Bow season right around the corner, they discuss some early season strategies, game camera tips and the pros and cons of baiting. Finally, they give a market overview of property sales and how important it is to use an agent that will "get out of the truck" when it comes to selling or buying property! As usual, there's lots of

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Episode 9: Spring Turkey Hunt

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2023/07/27

This one has been a long time coming! Mike begins the episode with an explanation of the delay as well as a reminder to come see the crew at the Virginia Outdoor Sportsman Show next weekend (Aug 4-6, 2023) in Doswell, VA. Shawn and Mike have been talking all year about getting together for some spring gobbler action, especially on public land! They discuss their plan to hunt Hogans Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and how it all worked out....or how it didn't, with a lot of banter in between

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Episode 8: VA DWR Part 2

Virginia Carolina Deer Tracts ·

2023/07/22

In part 2 of our interview with Sergeant Brandon Harris of the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, we jump right in by discussing the # of hunting and fishing licenses in Virginia and whether they are increasing or decreasing. The process for bag limits is discussed as well as the overall management plan for wildlife in VA. Part of that process is determined by population #'s of various species which can be affected by disease and invasive species. After that we jump into the fun stuff like

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