A Maggot in My Croc, Country Music Court & Deer Hunting Mistakes

A Maggot in My Croc, Country Music Court & Deer Hunting Mistakes

Author: The Brothers Hunt September 22, 2026 Duration: 1:00:32
Deer season is almost here, and the Isbell brothers are back with opening-day deer hunting advice, grizzly bear debates, country music hot takes, and a few stories they probably should’ve kept to themselves. 😂 On this episode of God’s Country, Dan and Reid break down the biggest mistakes hunters make on opening day, when to hunt a nocturnal buck, why the first cold front matters, and what to do when your target buck disappears from your trail cameras. But this wouldn’t be a Brothers Hunt episode without things going completely off the rails. Dan tells the horrifying story of a maggot flying straight into his Croc, Reid explains how a golf ball nearly took his head off, and the brothers debate which hunting buddy they’d trust to save them from a charging grizzly bear. There’s also a dead-mouse pep talk and a wild cottonmouth story. Then it’s time for Country Music Court: Is Carrie Underwood’s revamped Sunday Night Football intro guilty or not guilty? The brothers weigh in on Ella Langley, hunting, and why country artists should be able to be exactly who they sing about. In this episode: Opening-day deer hunting mistakes and early-season strategy Hunting nocturnal bucks, cold fronts, and disappearing target deer A grizzly bear encounter and the ultimate hunting-buddy debate The maggot-in-a-Croc disaster and Reid’s near miss on the golf course Carrie Underwood, Ella Langley, and Country Music Court Subscribe to God’s Country for more country music, hunting, outdoor stories, and unfiltered conversations with Dan and Reid Isbell. Tell us in the comments: Who’s the ONE person you’d want beside you if a grizzly charged? #GodsCountryPodcast #TheBrothersHunt #DeerHunting #WhitetailHunting #CountryMusic 00:00:00 Intro 00:06:00 What You Mad At? 00:07:00 Jordon Almost Takes Reid Out With a Golf Ball 00:11:00 The Maggot in the Croc Story 00:18:00 Alaskan Hunter Survives a Brown Bear Attack 00:24:00 Who Would You Trust Against a Grizzly? 00:30:00 Opening Day Deer Hunting Advice 00:36:00 How to Hunt a Nocturnal Buck 00:40:00 What to Do When Your Target Buck Disappears 00:47:00 Country Music Court 00:48:00 Carrie Underwood’s Sunday Night Football Intro 00:53:00 Ella Langley, Hunting & Country Music Authenticity -- TBH INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thebrothershunt/ TBH FACEBOOK: TBHhttps://www.facebook.com/thebrothershunt/ GCP FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/godscountrypodcast GCP INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thegodscountrypodcast/ TBH/ GCP TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@brothershunt?lang=en TBH MERCH: https://the-brothers-hunt.myshopify.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The weekly conversation inside God's Country is hosted by Dan and Reid Isbell, known collectively as The Brothers Hunt. Their background is key: they are working Nashville songwriters who grew up immersed in the Tennessee wilderness, and that unique perspective shapes every episode. This isn't a formal interview show but a series of deep, often meandering talks with major country artists and songwriters, focusing on the raw connection between their craft and the landscape. Listeners will hear stories about hunting trips that led to a hit song, fishing metaphors that unravel a lyric's meaning, and how the discipline of sports or the solitude of a mountain trail directly fuels creativity. The podcast digs into the genuine, often messy, relationship these musicians have with the outdoors-far beyond the clichés. It’s about the dirt-under-the-fingernails reality that inspires the music, offering a backstage pass to the moments of inspiration that happen off-stage and outside the city limits. You get the sense of sitting around a campfire with insightful friends, where the talk seamlessly drifts from guitar chords to gun dogs, from song structure to river currents. For anyone curious about the authentic stories behind country music and the wild places that birth them, this podcast provides a consistent, engaging, and surprisingly grounded listen. The Brothers Hunt facilitate these conversations with the easy familiarity of shared experience, making each episode feel like a natural extension of their own lives spent between the studio and the woods.
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