Goose Chasing

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By: David Giarrizzo

Welcome to Goose Chasing, the podcast where hosts, David, and Dean Giarrizzo, share their personal stories and experiences of chasing their outdoor dreams. From hunting trips to old memories, gear reviews to conservation advocacy, they take you on their journey of living life to the fullest. Each episode is packed with exciting stories, insights, and tips on how to pursue your passions in the outdoors. On here, its progress over perfection. Listen in as they inspire you to chase your own dreams and create unforgettable experiences in your life.

Goose Chasing Ep. 105 - Shed Hunting, Deer Regulations, and Hinge Cutting
Yesterday at 8:07 PM

Goose Chasers what is up its your boy David back with another episode brought to you by, YOU! You asked. I answered. We fielded more questions and topics of conversation on social media for this weeks episode and let it rip! You guys are awesome and this is super fun and engaging when you dictate what we talk about. This week we are covering a number of different shed hunting topics, arrow science and what arrows I choose to shoot, deer management, one buck states, earn a buck programs, hinge cutting, and much more! Thank you all for your...


Goose Chasing Ep. 104 - Camp Cutlet Cut Up
02/18/2026

Goose Chasers and TAGNBRAG Nation what going on? How we doing? This week we took in some questions from social media and answered them on the podcast. I actually liked doing this a lot. It gave me some great topics to touch on and one that you all actually want to hear me talk about. This week we dove in to some shed hunting, finding one of the coolest sheds I have ever found, 2026 plans, tree stand placement and my "perfect" tree, pre rut/rut dates and the "best" times to hunt, drone deer recovery and more! Get after...


Goose Chasing Ep. 103: Buzzer Beater Buck
02/04/2026

What is up Goose Chasers? We are back from our month long hiatus and coming at you with a banger of an episode. Ended the Ohio season strong filling a buck tag for the first time in 10 years on a buzzer beater buck and an awesome story to go with it. Today I talk about everything that goes into that story along with ATA, my first time in Vegas for SHOT show, growing new partners, January in a nut shell, making a little progress toward your dreams each day, and a whole lot more. This is a long session...


Goose Chasing Ep. 102 - Self Filming Sucks
12/17/2025

Goose Chasers whats going on? Back this week with another solo episode and its crazy to think that the New York season has come to an end. What?! Over?! Done?! Thats insane. Today we are talking about our final hunt on The Hill, coming to full draw on a mystery buck that I may or may not have shot, Kanes week in Camp, missing at point blank range, and how self filming totally sucks! Its an episode that is all over the place and we are here for it. Lets go!


Goose Chasing Ep. 101 - Camp Cutlet BSing
12/11/2025

Goose Chasers how we doing? Back with a solo eppy at Camp Cutty just scrapping and BSing my way through the day right now. I had a lot of coffee and felt like talking so here we go. This week I discuss Deanos New York buck he just shot, a 6.5 year old legend, 3.5 year old bucks being dominant in New York, closing out the season, MCing a Film Festival, going to trade shows and more! Lets get after it!


Goose Chasing Ep. 100: Opening Day Orange Army
12/04/2025

Goose Chasers we are finally here with episode 100! Are you kidding me?! Triple digits! Lets go! Thank you all for the support as always and coming along this journey with us for 100 episodes. It means the world to us so thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Today is a solo episode talking about opening day of gun season, the orange army, how people hate gun season, why I love it now, the tradition of hunting, Rut Week, passing bucks, and why I am not satisfied right now and want more! All of this and more on episode 100...


Goose Chasing Ep. 99: Kansas SUCCESS
11/06/2025

Goose Chasers we are diving in to our Kansas Success this week on episode 99 of Goose Chasing! 99?! What?! I am here solo this week talking about our Kansas trip, the weather we endured, and never giving up to get it done on the last day! I am also talking Code Blue Scents and tactics, when to hunt this time of year, why the rut can be so rewarding and much more! Lets dive right in.


Goose Chasing Ep. 98 - Kansas Scrape Week
10/29/2025

Goose Chasers we are joining you from Kansas at the start of Scrape Week! Scrape Week and this episode is brought to you by Code Blue and today we have a special guest in the house. Uncle J is coming in hot this week on Goose Chasing as he drew a Kansas tag and we are all enjoy camp from the heartland. This week we talk Code Blue Scents, why scrapes are so important right now, trail cameras on video mode, living a dream, a raining week in Kansas and much more! Join us, please!


Goose Chasing Ep. 97: Wisconsin Public Land Deer Camp
10/15/2025

Goose Chasers we are back from Wisconsin with a lot to talk about! The Public Land deer camp was an absolute blast a d a huge success and today we are joined by special guests Tom Loland who is the director at XOP and one of the best producers and storytellers in the game, Sam Moore from Sam Moore Media. We filled 6 tags at the XOP Gear Lab this past week in Wisconsin and we are hear to talk about all of it. This is a good one. Lets go!


Goose Chasing Ep. 96: Opening Day and Elk Hunting
10/01/2025

Goose Chasers so sorry for the long delay between episodes but we are back and it is officially opening day of bow season here in New York. Its a beautiful day for bowhunting and we are talking about our fall travels so far, opening day obviously, what opening day means to me, North Dakota (kinda), an elk hunt in Colorado that I have dreamed about, finding the little kid in you, and much more! Its a good one and I am glad to be back!


Goose Chasing Ep. 95: How Many Bucks Are NOT on Trail Camera
08/09/2025

Goose Chasers! We have a special guest in the house today! DEANO is back! And my goodness did we have a lot of laughs today. Today we talked summer bucks, the buck pool being full, the rut versus this time of year, which one is our favorite, how many bucks in America aren't on trail camera, and so much more! Glad to have Deano back in the saddle. Get after it!


Also, we thought this was episode 96 and it is factually 95! We have work to do!


Goose Chasing Ep. 94: We're Going Elk Hunting
07/10/2025

Goose Chasers whats going on? Your boy is back with another Solo episode this week. It is tough to get Deano scheduled into the studio these days being a dad and all. But we have got a lot to cover today. Today we are talking about Food Plot Chronicles, where we are at in the food plot process, throwbacks to the good old days, the unknown of the hunt, AND the fact that WE"RE GOING ELK HUNTING! I drew an elk tag in Colorado with a bow and cannot even tell you how pumped I am! Lets go! <...


Goose Chasing Ep. 93: Not One Acre
07/03/2025

Goose Chasers! Happy Fourth of July and what a win for the public land advocates over the last week. Senetor Mike Lee was trying to sell off 3.2 million acres of public land out west and we said NO! Not One Acre! Here to talk about that and everything that is American on this Independence Day.


Goose Chasing Ep. 92: Facebook Hacks and Crossbow Hunters
06/18/2025

Goose Chasers how are we doing on this fine Wednesday? Today we got a solo episode with David and we are talking life lately in TAGNBRAG land. There's a lot going on over here and a lot to talk about. We are experiencing a facebook hack currently, staying in shape, bringing back ego waffles, log cabin syrup, and talking the recent addition to crossbows in New York for the entire bow season. It gets wild. Lets go!


Goose Chasing Ep. 91: New York, New York
06/11/2025

Goose Chasers Deano is back this week and we are fresh off a family trip to the BIG Apple. New York City was a wild experience! Neither of us had ever been and we are here to talk about it all. Outside of that, the spring food plots are in the ground and we are here to talk about it. We are talking planting with new equipment, efficiencies, saving money, new equipment and much more. There's a lot packed in to one episode so lets get after it!


Goose Chasing Ep. 90: Exploring the Unknown
06/04/2025

Goose Chasers how are we already at episode number 90?! This has been an insane journey so far and we cant thank you all enough for coming along with us. Today is a solo episode with David and we are talking about exploring the unknown in the hunting world. I am so grateful for how far we have come from and the work we have done to create an amazing place to hunt at Camp Cutlet but, the little boy in me is curious about getting back in to the unknown parts of hunting. Come along I will take you...


Goose Chasing Ep. 89: Chasing YOU 10 Years From Now
05/21/2025

Goose Chasers the dynamic duo is back and we have an awesome episode for you this week. This week Deano and I talk about how jacked we are for deer season, Food Plot Chronicles and its evolution, chasing your future self, hunting one specific deer, always wanting more, new food plot equipment and much more! Its a good one. Get after it!


Goose Chasing Ep. 88: Reaping Turkeys
05/14/2025

Ya'll I am on one today. I just got off of a spontaneous but extremely exciting turkey hunt this morning and I am still riding the high. Sorry to say to all the haters out there but I reaped this turkey and I am here to talk about it. Buckle up, its an energy filled 30 minutes and a Goose Chase for the books. Lets go!


Goose Chasing Episode 87 Being a Dad, the Cavs and CWD vs EHD
04/28/2025

Dean talks about what it has been liking being a new Dad, the excitement of the Cleveland Cavaliers and thoughts on all the attention on CWD.


Goose Chasing Ep. 86: Adversity is a Privilege
04/16/2025

Goose Chasers what is up and happy Wednesday. Back with another solo episode with your boy David! I get a little vulnerable on this one so hope ya'll can hang with me. Been going through some hardships and adversity lately that have taken me off my path a little bit. But its a good thing! Adversity is a privilege and if look at it like that then we can change our life and honestly we can heavily impact the lives of those around us. Now, I am not opening this up for sympathy. Thats actually not what I want...


Goose Chasing Ep. 85: Good Friends, Hunt Camp, and Making Memories
04/09/2025

TAGNBRAG Nation we have a pretty special episode for you this week on Goose Chasing. This is one of my longtime friends in the hunting industry, Nick Ventura. Nick has produced multiple outdoor TV shows, he's hosted a number of shows himself, and he is brilliant at capturing a story. His videography skills are some of the best in the business and he is on a new venture (no pun intended) with his show called Art of Wild on the Sportsmans Channel. Nick is a huge inspiration to Dean and I, he has played a major role in our...


Goose Chasing Ep. 84: Jakes, Long Beards and Limb Hangers
04/02/2025

Goose Chasers what is up? Happy Wednesday and welcome back to episode 84 of Goose Chasing. We are walking back at Camp Cutlet with Deano this week! Talking shed hunting, land management strategies, turkey calling, how we suck at a calling, jakes, long beards, and limb hangers! Its a fun episode lets dive right in.


Goose Chasing Ep. 83: Nostalgia
03/26/2025

Goose Chasers what's going on? Coming at you with a solo podcast with David this week after an awesome walk shed hunting up in western New York yesterday. We got to walk through some of the neighboring properties where we grew up hunting when we were young and man the woods and the hills were telling old stories to us the entire time. It was Nostalgia at its finest and we are going on a ride down memory lane this week. Lets go!


Goose Chasing Ep. 82: A Hunting Conversation Worth Listening Too!
03/20/2025

TAGNBRAG Nation we are here to announce a brand new partnership this year with Painted Arrow. Painted Arrow provides easy to use magnetic phone and camera mounts to help YOU document and relive your own hunts. Not only do they offer amazing products but these are some of the best people we have met in the hunting industry so far! We share a lot of the same goals and values and beyond announcing our partnership we go deep in discussion on the state of the hunting industry today and how different it is since we grew up. We go...


Goose Chasing Ep. 81: Shed Hunting, Spring Time, and Fish Filets
03/12/2025

Goose Chasers whats going on? Happy Hump Day! Believe it or not we did not have a plan going in to this podcast and we went ALL over the map with it. We started out shed hunting, talked about Camp and the deer casualties from the harsh winter, New York being a bunch of coyotes, blue cheese on your chicken wings, not frying cutlets, and the infamous McD's Fish Filet sandwich. Wow! Hang on to your shorts. Lets go!


Goose Chasing Ep. 80: 15 Deer Hunting Sayings Everyone is Tired of Hearing
02/26/2025

Goose Chasers we are back with episode 80! 80?! Are you kidding me? How did we make it this far? This week we are talking about the little lull in between deer hunting season and whatever else is next AND we are talking about a recent article that came our with 15 deer hunting sayings everyone is tired of hearing! And how they make us feel. This one is pretty funny. Lets go!


Goose Chasing Ep. 79: Don't Forget Where You Came From!
02/20/2025

Goose Chasers its another solo mission with your boy David. Love self filming, love solo podcasting. This episode we are back in THE Original HQ in pops basement recording and talking about an important topic and consistent reminder. Don't forget where you came from! I have a little nostalgia today working in the OG office I won't lie but it is fueling me and most definitely motivating. Outside of that I am story telling Dean's first buck on film, a mishap on a buck of a lifetime, and my first buck on film as well! It's a good time...


Goose Chasing Ep. 78: 2024 Hunting Season Recap
02/12/2025

TAGNBRAG Nation and Goose Chasers we are back and this week we are diving into the a 2024 hunting season recap. It was an amazing season and we are super blessed for the opportunity to travel and hunt as much as we do. This season started off stronger then any other season we have been through but like everything in life things change and you have to get through hard times in order to do great things. We went on a little roller coaster ride during the season after our great start and experienced a lot of highs and lows...


Goose Chasing Ep. 77: Bowhuntings LOWS and a Track Job to Remember
02/05/2025

Goose Chasers what is up? We are doing things a little bit different today. This is a solo episode that was actually recorded a few weeks ago as I (David) sat down to speak through my thoughts and emotions of my recent late season hunt. For those that have not been following along with our vlogs on youtube (you should) I shot a buck late season here in Ohio and went on a journey that taught and humbled me beyond belief. This is me spilling my guts about that hunt, my raw feelings about it all, and where I...


Goose Chasing Ep. 76: New Baby, National Champions and Huntings Decline
01/22/2025

Goose Chasers what is up?! We are kicking off the 2025 year with a bang. On this episode we talk about Dean and his wife having a baby in a couple days, bringing up new hunters in this world, the Buckeyes as national champions, trade show season, the hunting industry decline and how we can truly get back to our roots. This was a great chat and we hope you enjoy it!


Goose Chasing Ep. 75: Happy New Year - The 2024 GOOSE CHASE
01/02/2025

Goose Chasers we are here with our final episode of 2024!  Today we talk about our 2024 year, the seasons within it, our favorite Goose Chases of the year, specific hunts that stuck out for us, what's to come for 2025 and much more!  We are so grateful for you all and especially those who tune in every week!  From the bottom of our hearts, thank you and Happy New Year!  Lets make 2025 even better! 


Goose Chasing Ep. 74: Hunt and Just Have Fun
12/05/2024

Goose Chasers what is up?  You boy David here with a solo podcaster and I am just here to talk about the last week or so, the insane hunt I had in the rain, the more insane snow accumulation we have had at camp, heading back to Kansas for round 2, having fun while you hunt, the law of attraction and much more.  I just turned the mic on and let it rip today.  Thank you to Code Blue for sponsoring this episode! 


Goose Chasing Ep. 73: Freddie
11/25/2024

Goose Chasers we are back and FINALLY getting to talk about Deans awesome New York Bow Kill on a buck we call Freddie. We had passed this deer a for a few years but knew he was going to be 5.5 this year and we were hoping that he stuck around so we could get a crack at him. Well, he did and we did and we are here to tell you all about it! Lets go!


Goose Chasing Ep. 72: First Buck
11/01/2024

GOOSE Chasers we are back and here with an awesome episode this week. We have our editor and producer Mike Novak in the house and Mike shot his first buck with a bow this past week during scrape week. It was a 12 year quest to knock down his first buck with a bow. 12 years! He got it done all while self filming the entire thing. You can only imagine the emotions that he went through as he finally go the monkey off his back. We talk about all of it right here on this weeks episode of Goose Chasing! <...


Goose Chasing Ep. 71: Code Blue
10/16/2024

Goose Chasers October is here and that means bucks are going to start moving and scrape will be popping up. This week we sit down with our buddy Matt Ware from Code Blue to talk scents, mock scrapes, Code Blue Rope A Dope, the start of a hunting journey, getting kids involved in the outdoors and so much more! This was a fun and educational episode. Enjoy!


Goose Chasing Ep. 70: The Art of The MEH
10/02/2024

Goose Chasers whats going on? Hope you are all having a fantastic week. We sit down this week to talk shot placement, opening day of all seasons, shooting a deer with its head up or its head down, the art of the MEH, and much much more! Plus a bonus solo mission with Dave at the end! Lets go!


Goose Chasing Ep. 69: Control What You Can Control
09/25/2024

Goose Chasers seasons are opening all over the country. We have Ohio and Tennessee opening this weekend for us and New York opening next week. Its here! Fall is here. Colder weather is coming. The Chase is on. Its hunting season! This week we are chatting about a bonus hunt that just showed up on our youtube channel (don't forget to SUBSCRIBE), moving trail camera's to scrapes, the season as a whole, and most importantly controlling what you can control. Lets get after it!


Goose Chasing Ep. 68: The Story of Delonte
09/17/2024

We are back with another episode of Goose Chasing rounding out the story of our North Dakota trip on a buck we call Delonte. What a hunt and what a trip! This deer has had me thinking about him for an entire year since I let an opportunity with him slip by last September. IT all came together and was meant to be this year and we would not have it any other way! Here is the story of Delonte. And if you want to watch the entire hunt unfold check it out on our Youtube channel and SUBSCRIBE...


Goose Chasing Ep. 67: The Story of McGuire
09/11/2024

Goose Chasers we are back after a monumental trip to North Dakota. We apologize for the couple weeks off but we were focused on the hunt at hand and it worked! We came home with 2 amazing velvet bucks and the stories around both of them are amazing. We are here to talk about it! So indulge in the full story of a buck we call McGuire!


Goose Chasing Ep. 66: Documenting Your Passion
08/21/2024

Goose Chasers can you believe we are only a couple days away from being in a tree for real?! Unbelievable! We cannot wait. But first we are coming at you with some old school stories, bucks that have been missed because of the camera, hunting with a camera man, documenting what you are passionate about, and more! Its a fun solo episode with Dave this week. Get after it!