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Times Up Outdoors

by Niko, Zig, John and Hunter

Four Detroit Firefighters, sharing their knowledge of the outdoors through stories, and interviews with other outdoorsmen. We discuss all topics of the outdoors from hunting and fishing, to camping and hiking.

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Episodes

  1. 2025 Rutcation Day 6 Update

    This is by far the best episode of our 6 day trip to hunt whitetails on Kansas public land. This episode is epic if you ask me. It's our last night in Kansas and our spirits are high!

  2. 2025 Rutcation Day 5 Update

    Mistakes have been made. Public Land hunting is hard....kansas is amazing

  3. 2025 Rutcation Day 4

    Kansas public land whitetail rut hunt day 4 update....lots of action...arrows flung...

  4. 2025 Rutcation Day 3

    Kansas Public land whitetail deer hunt rutcation day 3 update....redemption....closure....buck down in Kansas!!!!

  5. 2025 Rutcation Day 2

    Day 2 of our Kansas whitetail public land hunt. This one is way more exciting than day one....Deer hunting public land is tough.

  6. 2025 Rutcation Day 1

    Day one of our Kansas public land whitetail rustication is finally here!

  7. Steve Fell Out of a Tree Saddle Hunting

    Yep, that's it....thats the story here. Steve fell out of his tree while climbing down after an evening hunt in the dark. And he goes into detail of how it happened on here. We also get into our Kansas hunt a bit as well, and some rattle snake bite care that you won't want to miss. Could save…

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  8. 2025 Michigan Deer Season Kick Off

    HEY!! We are back with another episode...it's been since April. Oh well. We have crazy lives. Niko and Zig jumped on a quick call to kick off Michigans deer season on bow opener eve. We wait all year to hunt deer. And it's finally here again. This is a quicky. We discuss some family/life topics,...

  9. A Random Wed In April

    Just an update. We haven't talked in a while. Why? Here's why......You have to listen......and I hope you will continue to follow us in our journeys through life and the outdoors as we figure this whole thing out. Thank you.

  10. Rutcation 2024 Ep7 Lets Go!

    Our spirits have been lifted! Listen to find out why.

  11. Rutcation Ep6 Then there was 2

    This ones a quick one...and not nearly as funny as all the others...thats because we are fairly down and you'll find out why. Deer hunting can't always be fun can it?

  12. Rutcation Ep5 “Wait, are we talking about intercourse?”

    Episode 5 rutcation Indiana public land hunting up date. We basically beat up on Steve the entire episode because he's leaving early, and we talk about how badly we are getting our butts kicked.

  13. Rutcation 2024 EP 4 ‘thanks dad”

    Night four of our Indiana public land deer hunting rutcation. We give our update, and then get into some deep deer hunting conversations with Dean, Nikos father, about when we started passing bucks.

  14. Rutcation Ep3 “they’re here”

    Our Sunday night update...and it's another knee slapper. More deer hunting talk and maybe some alien stuff. We get into out 3rd night in this one. Hope you enjoy.

  15. Rutcation 2024 Ep2

    Join us on this episode after a full day of deer hunting Indiana public land. Lots of laughs. You just might pee your pants. And a Buck Down!

  16. Rutcation 2024 Ep1

    Join us on our drive to our Indiana Public land Rutcation.

  17. 2024 Season Kickoff

    It's been a minute, or two....or thousands, since we recorded but that's life. We are always more active this time of the year and we wanted to jump on here and kick off season 5 with a quick episode...or not so quick. We cover our 2024 deer hunting plans and then dive into some Detroit fire...

  18. Ep. 55 What it’s like being married to an obsessed hunter

    This episode features a special guest. Niko's wife Morgan sits down to discuss what it's like being married to his hunting obsessed self and tells some hunting stories of her own. Enjoy!

  19. East 2 West Hunts

    Niko, Steve, Doug, and Zig get Alex from East 2 West Hunts on the phone to talk about his full scale hunt planning tag application business. This guys created a pretty amazing service and if you have any interest in hunting outside of your normal realm, he's the guy to talk to. We recorded this…

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  20. Happy New Year Ya Filthy Animals

    1st time in a LONG time that the whole crew is in the shop to BS it up. Hunter, John, Niko and Zig all at the same time in the same room....you can probably smell it. This is just our general chat, 2024 happy new year BS session. Talking about our 2023 best hunting moments, zig being long winded,...

  21. CO2 poisoning and big bucks down

    Zig and hunter tell their 2023 buck stories, which are fairly interesting. Zig talks about how all the stars had to align in order for these deer to be in his possession. And niko talks about him sucking at deer hunting this year.

  22. Zigs Moose Hunt

    Zig sits down with the boys and tells all the details of his Newfoundland Moose hunt.

  23. Kentucky Whitetail trip day 7 report

    John and Niko give a final recap of a successful Kentucky trip on the drive back to Michigan.

  24. Kentucky Whitetail trip night 6 report

    Niko and John, last 2 standing report for day 6 in KY

  25. Kentucky Whitetail trip night 5 report

    Our kentucky deer hunting trip report from night five

  26. Kentucky Public land Night 4 Report

    Here it is, night 4 of hunting whitetails in Kentucky.

  27. Kentucky Public Whitetail Trip Night 3 Report

    Our report from our 3rd day hunting whitetail deer on Kentucky public land.

  28. Kentucky Public Whitetail Trip Day 2 Report

    Here is your day 2 Kentucky whitetail trip report. Stay tuned for more! Deer hunting in Kentucky has been quite interesting.

  29. Kentucky Public Whitetail Night 1 Update

    After our first evening in Kentucky we all sat down and gave out whitetail reports.

  30. Kentucky Public Live Update Prt1

    We are on our way to our 1 week in November public land hunt and recorded our first episode of the trip in our vehicles. We plan to keep these going as we move through the week.

  31. Moose Hunt Prequel

    Did I spell prequel correctly? This is a quick pre moose hunt podcast with Zig on the mic. Talking about his moose hunt that he is leaving on the day this is recorded. Packing, borrowing, how the hunt was arranged, and a heart attack. Hope you enjoy!

  32. Ep. 44 “Vanilla Killa”

    Ep. 44 Brings you into Nikos basement where he and his brother Hunter go over Hunters successful velvet Kentucky hunt, their early MI bow season gripes, some public land conversation, a pile of other randomness and some off the wall wild topics at the end. A typical TUO podcast, random BS. Enjoy!

  33. Buck Standards

    Another solo series, this time with Zig. Talking about buck standards and where he is at as a deer hunter and where he was. What are your standards? Do you agree with zig on this one?

  34. Ep 42 Shoot One More Doe

    Another short one here, this podcast you'll be listening to Niko do a solo based around an article the Mi DNR released recently about Mi doe numbers. Niko has some strong opinions on the subject and drops some facts every MI hunter might find interesting! Give it a listen and enjoy!

  35. Zig Talk- Who we are

    This is a short one. Zig sits down and kind of explains in short form, who we are, and what this is. Where do we plan to take times up outdoors. How it a works. Why we aren't professionals. That's it. 2

  36. 2023 Youth Hunt Break Down with the Kids

    In this episode zig starts out with a rant on how he feels about folks who don't like the youth hunt in Michigan. It then is joined by his kids, wife, and father to discuss day one of their 2023 youth hunt. Each kid tells their perspective on it, including Owen, the 4 year old. If you don't like...

  37. Venison 365ish part 2

    We bring back Dan and Marti Plate for a second time to talk about Marti's page Venison 365ish. You can check it out on her instagram and also sub to her emails for awesome recipes. This one went long, and we ended up telling a bunch of hunting stories. We figured now is the perfect time to drop...

  38. Ep37 Nebraska turkeys on the horizon

    This episode niko, hunter, John, and zig sit down and bull shit about all kinds of stuff but mainly their upcoming Nebraska turkey hunt. The boys are bringing their wives this year so they talk about strategies around that, they discuss their past seasons there as well, mistakes and triumphs.…

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  39. 2022 Deer Season Recap with Niko Tonti

    This short episode we sit down and discuss Niko Tonti's 2022 deer season. Zig, John, Hunter and niko are all in for this one. We discuss Nikos missed opportunities, learned lessons, and some other funny shit as usual.

  40. 2022 Deer Season with Hunter Tonti

    This is the first episode of a multi episode series where we dive into each of our 2022 deer seasons, individually. We also get into our listener questions as well. In this episode we sit down and hear about Hunter and Autumns deer season which despite the fact that they had limited time in the...

  41. Episode 34 2022 is over and 2023 is here!

    Ep. 34 of the Times Up Outdoors podcast brings you a wrap up of our 2022 season, and an intro into our 2023! We discuss, how John hates everything, Hunter built a house, Niko sucks at deer hunting and 2023 is going to be even better! We talk about some squirrel hunting and ice fishing too…

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  42. 6 Foot Beavers and Missouri Public Land

    We recorded this episode on the last evening of our Missouri public land deer hunting trip.We talk about our 8 day grind trying to kill a Missouri giant, johns irrational fear of beavers, our tactics, our gear, things we like and things that weren't working. As always, full of laughs.

  43. A hotel party in Ohio

    Zig and niko recorded this episode from a comfort inn, in ohio. They snuck down there for a two day hunt during the October lull and talk strategy and tactics and the reason they are down here AGAIN. This is a quicky. Hope ya enjoy it!

  44. Venison 365ish

    What is up welcome back to another episode of times up outdoors podcast. This episode is going to make you hungry. I went solo tonight and had a one on on with Marti and her husband Dan Platta. Marti is the mastermind behind a food blog called Venison 365ish. And dan, well dan is many things. We...

  45. Stinks Like Buck

    On this weeks episode we recorded from our 2022 Ohio Public land deer camp. We do a deep dive into our weekends experiences, trials, successes, deer killed, deer missed, poison Ivy in the wrong places, Aliens, and more. As usual, a lot of laughs, a lot of hunting talk, and a lot of fun. Guests on...

  46. Youth Deer Hunt 2022 Recap

    Tonight we are joined by 3 young ladies who just participated in Michigans 2022 youth hunt. One of them is a brand new hunter and we hear from her, what she thought. Zigs two step daughters also recap their perspective of this years youth deer hunt, and hunting in general.

  47. Its totally cool to shoot jakes

    Here is a bonus episode for ya! We recorded a podcast around the campfire at our Ohio public land Turkey hunt back in may...and lets just say, it gets a bit silly. This one is far from serious but you might just learn a few things about turkey hunting. You will absolutely laugh, and if you don't,...

  48. We are Back in Business

    Welcome back to our podcast. We will call this the start of season 2. Its been a while and in this episode we explain our lack of content, how we plan to move forward, and a HUGE announcement. We cannot wait for you to hear it and we look forward to getting this ball rolling again.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Four Detroit Firefighters, sharing their knowledge of the outdoors through stories, and interviews with other outdoorsmen. We discuss all topics of the outdoors from hunting and fishing, to camping and hiking.

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Niko, Zig, John and Hunter

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Four Detroit Firefighters, sharing their knowledge of the outdoors through stories, and interviews with other outdoorsmen. We discuss all topics of the outdoors from hunting and fishing, to camping and hiking.

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