The Outdoor Aligned Podcast
The Outdoor Aligned is a podcast for the everyday outdoorsman — the guy who works hard, hunts harder, and finds peace in the wild. Hosted by Luke Long, this show explores everything from whitetail strategy and waterfowl tactics, to trail camera setups, shed hunting, turkey seasons, bow tuning, and bass fishing backwaters.
Each biweekly episode dives into real conversations with fellow hunters, anglers, and land stewards — focused on honest experiences, lessons learned, and the pursuit of getting better in the field.
In addition to structured episodes, Outdoor Aligned brings you raw, in-the-field recordings — bonus episodes straight from the duck blind, deer stand, or roadside campfire. It's storytelling, reflection, and real-time hunting life, captured as it happens.
Whether you’re a jack-of-all-trades or just love being out there — this podcast is for you. Subscribe, follow along, and align yourself with the outdoors.
The Outdoor Aligned Podcast
Ep. 3: “Ghost": The 187" Mule Deer | Colorado Spot-and-Stalk Success
In this episode of The Outdoor Aligned Podcast, Luke and Max tell the full story of “Ghost,” the 187-inch mule deer that closed out their annual Colorado spot-and-stalk hunt. After a long, careful stalk, a less-than-ideal shot led to a restless night and a big decision — calling in a big game tracking hound to help recover the deer the next morning. The story comes full circle when the guys finally lay hands on a buck they’d known from the year before, with trail cam photos and close encounters adding to the history behind this giant.
From there, Luke recounts a long, exhausting stalk on another buck that came heartbreakingly close, before wrapping up with this episode’s “One That Got Away” — the tale of a 200-inch whitetail deadhead they narrowly missed finding themselves.
This episode has everything — strategy, emotion, and the reality of western bowhunting. Tune in for one of the most memorable hunts yet from the Outdoor Aligned crew.
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