Outside TG

Today Chris, Jeff, and Charlie sit down with Wally Jenson. Wally is a 30+ year employee of Certified, Inc. and now Tweet Garot. Wally started as a plumbing pre-apprentice and is now running projects for TG in Western Wisconsin. Wally gives us some background on his early days at Certified and what it's been like during the transition to Tweet Garot. Visit to outsidetg.com for more info.

This week Chris, Jeff, and Charlie are joined by Shawn Thomas. Shawn tells us about his 36 years at Tweet Garot, from starting out as a plumbing apprentice, his current role as a Project Planner, and everything in between. Check us out at outsidetg.com for more information.

Jeff, Tonya, and Charlie break down the 2025 TG Buck Pool, review the final top 5, hand out some massive end-of-season prizes, discuss the upcoming Buck Pool Party, the 2026 TG Walleye Tour, and what's next for the podcast. Enjoy our season review and check out outsidetg.com for more.

Jeff, Tonya, and Charlie sort through the dozens of deer submissions to the Buck Pool during Wisconsin Gun Deer Season, then reset the leaderboard with exactly one month left in the 2025 hunting season. To see pics and learn more about the Buck Pool, head to outsidetg.com.

It's been just over a month since Jeff, Tonya, and Charlie have been able to check in on the TG Buck Pool and a lot has happened. We go on a fast and furious trip through the nearly 40 deer that have been taken in the Buck Pool since we last met. To see pictures and get all the details, go to Outsidetg.com.

Chris, Jeff, and Charlie sit down with Central Wisconsin Account Manager Wayne Glen to discuss his 30 years at Tweet Garot, the early days of TG in Wisconsin Rapids, the people he's worked with over the years, and what keeps him going now. For more information go to outsidetg.com.

Jeff, Tonya, and Charlie catch up on everything happening in the TG Buck Pool and this weekend's final TG Walleye Tournament of the year at Lake Wissota. For more info check out outsidetg.com.Oh yeah, we added episode numbers to the titles now. Who said we don't listen?

In this TG Tributes episode of the Outside TG Podcast, Chris, Jeff, and Charlie talk with 40-year Tweet Garot sheet metal veteran Andy Redard about his career, life outside of work, his upcoming retirement, and a lot of fun along the way. Recorded in August, this episode also mentions beloved TG legend Ray Roney, who has since passed—our love and condolences go to Lois Roney and the rest of Ray’s family. Please enjoy our conversation with Andy Redard.

Jeff, Tonya, and Charlie are talking deer hunting again. This week's episode focuses on the (once again) record number of hunters in the pool and the unprecedented early success with three bucks better than 140" already taken in the first two weeks of the season. For more info, head to outsidetg.com.

Episode 3 of TG Tributes introduces us to Davey Delcore. Davey has spent over three decades with Tweet Garot, serving his plumbing apprenticeship in the mid-90s and running projects ever since. Davey talks to Chris, Jeff, and Charlie about his career highlights across 30+ years and projects, the people who mentored him, what keeps him motivated, and how he sees his role now as one of the company's leaders and elder statesmen. Thanks to Davey for sharing his story with us.

Today Tonya and Charlie were joined by Justin Beck and Jim Vitort to discuss the recent TG Walleye Tournament at Petenwell Lake. To learn more about the TG Walleye Tournament, go to https://outsidetg.com/tg-walleye-tournament/

Tonya and Charlie are joined by Tanner Weise to discuss the upcoming Tweet Garot Walleye Tournament. The tournament takes place in four locations over the next six months and Tanner fills us in on all of the details. For more information go to outsidetg.com.

Our second TG Tributes episode highlights the life and career of Rod Dax. Rod started out as a sheet metal pre-apprentice four decades ago and has been an outstanding Tweet Garot employee ever since. He takes pride in his current role as Northeast Wisconsin Sheet Metal Labor Coordinator, helping to find TG's next generation of leaders. Join Chris, Jeff, and Charlie as they talk to Rod about his life inside and outside TG. For more info visit https://outsidetg.com/tgtributes/

We're introducing something new today that we're calling TG Tributes. The purpose of TG Tributes is to honor some of our longest-standing employees who have shaped what Tweet Garot is today. We're going to share their stories and attempt to give them the appreciation they deserve. Instead of waiting until a farewell party to express our gratitude, we’re making it a priority to recognize and celebrate them now. To learn more about TG Tributes go to https://outsidetg.com/tgtributes/Our first TG Tribute episode features Dan Ebert. In this episode Chris, Jeff, and Charlie talk to Dan about his 40 year journey at Tweet Garot, his favorite moments and traditions, and what's on the horizon. Thanks, Dan, for all that you've done for all of us!

Jeff, Tonya, and Charlie are here to wrap up the 2024 Buck Pool by giving you a lot of information that you already knew. Prepare yourself for 20 minutes of nonsense. This is either going to be your favorite or least favorite episode.

Our deer hunting experts were unavailable today leaving Tonya and Charlie to summarize two weeks' worth of Buck Pool activity. We're sorry. Learn more about the TG Buck Pool at outsidetg.com.

Casey, Tonya, and Charlie get caught up on Casey's hunting season and everything happening in the TG Buck Pool. They also discuss the upcoming week of prizes and an exciting new prize that will be given out later in the season. To learn more go to outsidetg.com.

It's December and things have slowed down a bit. Jeff, Tonya, and Charlie review the few deer harvested in the pool in the past week and hand out another raffle prize. For more info on the TG Buck Pool go to outsidetg.com.

On today's episode Jeff, Tonya, and Charlie rush through 40+ deer that were added to the TG Buck Pool during Wisconsin Gun Deer Hunting Season. They also introduce a new upcoming feature of the Outside TG Podcast: TG Tributes. To learn more go to outsidetg.com.

Jeff, Tonya, and Charlie are back to discuss another week full of successful hunters leading into this week's Wisconsin gun deer opener. For more, go to outsidetg.com.

Since last week's podcast didn't work, Charlie and Tonya hit the podcast studio this week and took a long call from Jeff to get caught up on everything happening in the pool over the past two weeks. I hope you have along drive, because this week's episode covers over 20 deer taken in the past few weeks, and takes an unexpected early detour into the WIAA High School Football Tournament. We also give away this week's prize. To see more go to outsidetg.com.

Jeff calls in from the road to join Charlie and new guest host Tonya. They talk about another week in the buck pool and then get into a conversation with Charlie about his work as a Poll Worker/Election Inspector. They also give out another raffle prize for the buck pool. To learn more check out outsidetg.com.

We have a jam packed episode this week. Jeff and Charlie are joined by Wisconsin Rapids Account Manager Wayne Glen to talk about his time as a parent and coach of a high school mountain biker. Wayne explains how high school mountain biking works, how he got involved, and what life is like during mountain biking season. Before that Jeff and Charlie give a brief update on the TG Buck Pool and hand out a few more raffle prizes. Click here to see some pics of Wayne and his son Levi with the SPASH mountain biking team. Go to wisconsinmtb.org to learn more about the Wisconsin Interscholastic Cycling League.

Jeff and Charlie break down everything happening in the buck pool and go down a few other tangents, including the Breast Cancer Awareness events at TG and deer shining.

Travis Tlachac joins Casey, Jeff, and Charlie to talk about his recent trip to Wyoming. The guys also discuss early successes in the buck pool, the youth hunt, and some bear hunting. Learn more at outsidetg.com.

Casey, Jeff, and Charlie recap the first two weeks of the 2024 TG Buck Pool, discuss the shifting October deer patterns, and hand out another raffle prize.

Jeff, Casey, and Charlie discuss a slow opening weekend and award the first prize of the season. Casey shares information on Apex Outdoor Rewards Challenges.

Casey re-joins the team this week as we talk about the upcoming Wisconsin bowhunting season and get a great story about Casey's son's first buck taken recently in Kansas. Also, enjoy the continuing saga of tinkering with audio settings on our new board when Jeff causes chaos by joining the podcast late. For more about Outside TG and the TG Buck Pool go to outsidetg.com.

Jeff and Charlie are joined by Tweet/Garot CEO Chris Howald. Chris covers a lot of topics including his journey to TG, his newfound love of fly fishing, and what he does to fight off getting old. For more about Chris go to outsidetg.com.

TG Director of Design Mike Podnar joins Jeff and Charlie on the podcast to discuss his recent fishing trip to a remote area of northern Ontario. For more info and pics go to outsidetg.com.

Hunting season is less than two months away so we're switching gears this episode and discussing the upcoming TG Buck Pool. Jeff and Charlie talk about the rules and how to get signed up for the 2024 pool.

Jeff and Charlie are joined by Tweet/Garot Account Managers Jason LaBine and Frank Ujazdowski to talk about beekeeping. Frank is in his second year of beekeeping and is now mentoring Jason, who is brand new to it. To see a few pics and videos from Frank, go to outsidetg.com.

This week Jeff and Charlie sit down with Safety Coordinator Pete Ullmer to talk about his work as a wedding officiant. Pete discusses how officiating a wedding for some friends several years ago led to him presiding over 26 weddings in 2023 alone. If you're interested in hiring Pete you can look him up on Wedding Wire and The Knot.Don't forget to visit outsidetg.com to learn more.

Project Manager Zach Gronski joins Jeff and Charlie to discuss how his love of hunting and the outdoors led to him becoming a turkey hunting mentor for Pulaski area youth.To learn more about Pulaski Area Learn to Hunt go to https://pulaskilth.wixsite.com/learn-to-hunt or visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/learntohunt

In this episode of the Outside TG podcast, hosts Casey, Jeff, and Charlie introduce the show's new format, discuss what's next for the TG Buck Pool, and share exciting plans for the future.

Casey, Jeff, and Charlie recap the 2023 season and discuss what’s next for the buck pool and the podcast moving forward.

Wisconsin Whitetail Firearm Season is here. Jeff and Charlie are joined mid-episode by TG Buck Pool legend Travis Tlachac and they discuss the bucks taken in the past week and the current standings as we enter gun season.

With more Buck Pool action in the past 10 days than there are in some entire seasons, Casey and Charlie get us up to date on all of the bucks that have fallen. We also get a recap of Casey's dream deer hunting trip to Iowa and Missouri and hear how he got his record-shattering Iowa whitetail.

With Jeff in Missouri and Casey in Iowa, Charlie was left in his basement to make this call work and damn if he didn't pull it off. On this rare nighttime podcast we get updates from Casey and Jeff on their hunting trips, as well as news of a few bucks added to the board this past week courtesy of Brynden Beck and Kent Ott.

Without Frank to save us, Casey, Jeff, and Charlie are back to the usual topics like bucks, prizes, weather, moon phase, upcoming hunting trips, and bold predictions for the weekend.

The guys are joined today by licensed falconer Frank Ujazdowski for a great conversation about how he trains and hunts with hawks. You don’t want to miss this.

After an unintentional break last week the guys get caught up on everything happening in the buck pool.

The guys discuss the inactivity in the buck pool so far and end up down a rabbit hole you probably didnt expect.

A slow week in the buck pool is saved by Casey’s success on a recent Kansas bow hunt. Note: our engineer screwed up the audio and nothing from our soundboard came through. No sound effects or theme music. We are not re-recording so you’ll have to enjoy it as it is.

With Casey out of town Jeff and Charlie discuss the final head count in the pool, prizes, the website, bear hunting, and Jeff’s encounter with a coyote.

Jeff, Casey, and Charlie are back to rundown what’s new for the 2023 season.

With the buck pool being slow in recent weeks, Jeff and Charlie explore other hunting options for this time of year.  Charlie shares an inappropriate story about a memorable New Year's Eve pheasant hunt.  They also discuss the winners of this week's raffle prizes in the buck pool.  To see the list of winners or follow anything else TG Buck Pool-related, go to tgbuckpool.com.  Thanks for listening and have a Merry Christmas!

Jeff and Charlie sit down with the new TG Buck Pool record holder, Josh Andrews, and talk about his opening morning success as well as his hunting background and traditions.  To see pics of Jeff's record-breaking buck and follow everything else TG Buck Pool-related, check out tgbuckpool.com.  

After some technical difficulties last week, Jeff and Charlie are back this week to talk about the massive bucks taken by Josh Andrews, Greg Wierzba, and Justin Beck and where they rank all-time in the TG Buck Pool.  They also give out a raffle prize courtesy of Todd Hilscher at Access Inc.  Please visit tgbuckpool.com for everything TG Buck Pool-related.  Thanks for listening!

After a break for gun deer hunting season, Jeff and Charlie are back to recap everything that happened in the Buck Pool.  We do a "rapid fire" recap of the bucks taken in the pool in the past two weeks that ends up not being very rapid, much like this sentence.  We also give away this week's raffle prize, two $50 Cabela's gift cards courtesy of Bill Seiltz at Seiltz Trucking.  Thanks, Bill!  To catch up with everything happening in the pool remember to visit tgbuckpool.com.  Thanks for listening!