1 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your home for 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: deer hunting news, stories and strategies, and now your host, 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: Mark Kenyon. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. I'm 4 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: your host, Mark Kenyan. This episode number one eight and 5 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: today we are back with another Rut Radio episode in 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: which we're getting from the field reports on the progress 7 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: of the white tail Rut. And today we've got updates 8 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: from states such as Michigan, Tennessee, New York, Ohio, Minnesota, 9 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: and Moore. All Right, welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, 10 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: brought to you by Sitkin Gear. And I'm excited to 11 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: say that sweet November is here, the rut is finally 12 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: and we'll well, hopefully the rut is finally here. I 13 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: think it should be because November is here, and this 14 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: is one of our Rut radio episodes, which is why 15 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: I'm so excited about this. And if you're not familiar, 16 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 1: On each of our Rut radio episodes, we chat with 17 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: a handful of different hunters from all across the country 18 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: to hear about current dear behavior, current conditions, the progress 19 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: of the rut, different things like that to find out 20 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: what's happening right now and what we wish as deer 21 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: hunters should be doing right now as well. So that's 22 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: what we've been doing since the beginning of the hunting season, 23 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: and now it is November and the RUT Radio. I 24 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: think the whole idea we had here is um is 25 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: really going to be I think exceptionally helpful as we're 26 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: trying to track that progress of what's happening across the country, 27 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: what's happening in our neck of the woods, and my 28 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: buddy Spencer here you are the man that helps make 29 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: it all happen, right, and uh, how was how was 30 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: uh this past week for you out there shooting swans? 31 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: Just a lot of shooting swans. That's it. Still on 32 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: the sidelines until we hit November as far as deer hunting, 33 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: so I gotta past time in other ways, and that 34 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: has been tundra swan hunting and waterfall hunting. Do you 35 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: do you regret filling your tag so early? Now you're 36 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: missing out on the pre rot and all this good 37 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: stuff sometimes and then like I see that it's snowing 38 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: out and thirty five wins, This is okay, all right? Yeah, 39 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: not to mention the deer your shot was was decent, right, 40 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: it was okay? Yeah, that makes it easy to cope 41 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: with two. Yeah, that's good. That's good. Well, have you 42 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: been hearing anything about what's happening in South Dakota or 43 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: have you noticed anything out driving around or trout cams? Do? 44 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: Do you have a rut radio or port of any sort? Yeah, 45 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: so both of those things you just mentioned. I have 46 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: spent a lot of time checking cameras and just out 47 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: glassing because I do have a rifle tag that comes 48 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: up in about three weeks for this area, so I'm 49 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: still interested in in what the deer are doing. But 50 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: trail cameras. Um. Number one thing is scrapes. Right now, 51 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: they are on fire and we're getting some daylight movement 52 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: on them as well. I don't know how long that 53 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: will last, that scrapes will be that productive, um, but 54 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: right now there's a good time. And then just movement. 55 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: I've been seeing a lot more movement in the mornings 56 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 1: when I'm all driving around. Just see bucks hanging out 57 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: and cut bean fields at sunrise, which is a week ago, 58 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: you know, unheard of for the most part. Yeah, yeah, 59 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: where I feel like we're seeing similar things in my 60 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: neck of the woods to um. You know, I've been 61 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: hunting for the last week. UM, most of that time 62 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: has been in Michigan, although I spent two and a 63 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: half days down in southern Ohio to UM and in Michigan, 64 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: it's been a little bit slower than I was expecting. Um. 65 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: You know, we had that great cold front the hit 66 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: last week that we talked about, UM, and I just 67 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: in my spots. I didn't see the increased activity I 68 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: was expecting. UM, I still don't have any daylight photos 69 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: of any mature bucks or holy Field. Still haven't seen him. Well, 70 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: I still hadn't seen him until UM a little something 71 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: that happened tonight. Um, but the only thing I've seen 72 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: otherwise had been some two year olds in one and 73 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: a half old bumping a few doughs around. But UM, 74 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: pretty minimal on that front. So UM that said, I 75 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,479 Speaker 1: think things are you know, things are starting to shift. Um, 76 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: tonight I did see another two and a half year 77 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: old chasing and UM, I'm gonna keep this minimal because 78 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: I'll go into the whole story in the next episode 79 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: of the podcast. UM, but I'll throw a little teaser out. 80 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: I did I think have an encounter with holy Field tonight. 81 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,679 Speaker 1: It was very, very brief. Um, but in that brief 82 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 1: few seconds about sure, I did see him tonight, um 83 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 1: during daylight, a couple hours before dark. So that's a 84 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: really good sign um of hopefully much more or many 85 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: more good things to come here soon. Who is holy 86 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: Field again? He's this he's this one buck that I 87 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 1: kind of have been hunting for a little while that 88 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: probably everybody listening to the podcast is just sick of 89 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: hearing about. So I just need to get that hunt 90 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: done and over with. Some people can move on to 91 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: something more interesting, I think. Um, but but that's Michigan 92 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 1: and um. Yeah, am I allowed to give in Ohio 93 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: report even though that's not my home state. Yep. We 94 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: will hear some more Ohio later. But let's uh compare 95 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: your report to days al right, So my my little 96 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: uh cliff notes version of the Ohio report. From what 97 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: I was seeing, um was I was seeing some cruising bucks. Um. 98 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: I had one evening where I saw three different bucks cruising, 99 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: all probably three year olds or older. Um. And then 100 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: yesterday morning I saw a three or four year old 101 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: buck cruising late in the morning. Um. A night a 102 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: pretty nice buck that I passed on. So that was 103 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: good to see decent bucks up on their feet moving UM. 104 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: The first night, it was probably about and I saw 105 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: the first one about an hour before dark, and then 106 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: the second two around half hour before dark. And then 107 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: that buck I passed yesterday that was a couple hours 108 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: after daylight. He was still on his feet moving around. UM, 109 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: So I think that makes sense. This is kind of 110 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: that time of year where your start you're seeing those 111 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: bucks cruising around late in the morning checking dough betting 112 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: areas and everything. And that was exactly where I was at. 113 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,119 Speaker 1: I was tight to a thick, nasty patch of cover 114 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 1: that lots of does tend to bed in, and he 115 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: was cruising through their checking it out. So that kind 116 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: of is exactly what you'd expect to see. So that 117 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: that was basically the extent of what was going on 118 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: for me. I do have a mature buck on trail 119 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: camera in daylight down there, um twice in the last 120 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: week I had him, So that's another sign of these 121 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: deer starting to get a little more active. And let 122 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: me take that back. There was another picture of him 123 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: during daylight. UM. The time stamps around on the camera, 124 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: so I'm not exactly sure when it was UM, but 125 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure it was within the last week and 126 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 1: a half if I like trying to backdate it. Um, so, yeah, 127 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: that's a good sign. Yeah, and uh like the best 128 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: sign for me that the road is here is that 129 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: it is really hard to get people on the phone 130 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: because everybody is either in a tree stand or on 131 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: their way to retree stand. But who we did connect 132 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: with this week was David g. A Rizzo with Tag 133 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: and Bragg in New York, and then Byron Horton with 134 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: the white Tail Experience in Ohio. Do we have Jeff 135 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: Simpson with Sick of Gear in Kansas? That we have 136 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: Jake Terry and outdoor photographer from Tennessee. And then we 137 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: talked to Alex Comstock of white Tail DNA in Minnesota. Excellent. Well, 138 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: sounds like a good slate of states for us to cover. Um, 139 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: I'm interested to hear what everyone's seeing. Any big takeaways 140 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: after you've talked with everybody now, or you're gonna make 141 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: us way. Well. Another thing to to listen for this week, 142 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: I guess is besides the regular questions on the scale 143 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: of one to ten, thing I also asked everybody what 144 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: their ideal set up is for like this coming weekend, 145 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: in a hypothetical where we get a cold front and 146 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: there's a north wind on November four, a Saturday, Like, 147 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: what is your ideal rut set up? And I think 148 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: that's fun to hear because I have in my head like, well, 149 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: my ideal rut setup is, and I think a lot 150 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: of people envision their own, you know what tree they 151 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: want to be in. So it was fun to hear 152 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: um what these five had to say. What what would 153 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: you say your market ideal rut setup is? Ignoring that 154 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: holy Field is in the picture. If you were hunting 155 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: like Ohio right now? Where anything else in Michigan that 156 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: wasn't holy Field specific? What would be like your ideal 157 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: November four hunt looked like, Well, in a perfect world, 158 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: I'd like to be um a morning hunt. Um, I'd 159 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 1: like to be tucked right up tight to the downward 160 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: side of a dough betting area that also happens to 161 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: be a bit of a pinch point. If you can 162 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: get a pinch, If you can get a terrain funnel 163 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: some sort, do some knock on my micro on here, 164 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: if if you can get the two things combined, a 165 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 1: little tightening down of cover or something like that to 166 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: pinch down movement and then also have that be downwind 167 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: of dough bedding. That's like an absolute dynamite rout hunting 168 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: set up. So if I can like try to think 169 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: of a setup of my own like this, um, okay, 170 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: I kind of do have a good setup like this. 171 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: So there is on one of one of these Michigan 172 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 1: farms a hunt. Um there's a big swamp and then 173 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: there's a sort of a ridge of high ground along 174 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: the far edge of this swamp, and then on the 175 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: other side of the um of that ridge is open 176 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: field and open field. So what you basically have is 177 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 1: is this wide open field, then there's like a forty 178 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,959 Speaker 1: yards strip of high ground, and then you've got thick 179 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: swampy water and stuff. So what happens is there's a 180 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: great dough bedding just on the edge of that high 181 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: ground in the swamp, So there's a bunch of bedding 182 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,959 Speaker 1: going on right there. And then because there's that open 183 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: field on the other side, you basically have all the 184 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: movement down window that doe betting are squeezed into that 185 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: little thirty five to forty yards stretch of high ground, 186 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: so I can hunt there with a west wind, so 187 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: it blows from the doe betting area out to me 188 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: and out across that open field, and all these bucks 189 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: come down and they start cruising that edge in the 190 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: mornings when they're coming back checking those betting areas. UM. 191 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 1: And it's it's kind of a bulletproof set from a 192 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: wind standpoint, because I can blow my winds straight into 193 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: the open field that very few deer going into. UM 194 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: And then you know, it's got those both of those 195 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: two things going for. It's got the doe bedding and 196 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: it funnels down that deer room into a small area, 197 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: so I can get a shot at basically anything that 198 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: tries to go through there. UM. So that's the spot 199 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: I'm planning on hunting, you know, over the next week 200 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: and a half here or so. When I get that 201 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,839 Speaker 1: that you know the wind I'm waiting for. So that's 202 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,959 Speaker 1: what I would go for. What would you do, Spencer, 203 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: I would primarily focus on the same thing that you're 204 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: looking for as far as doll bedding. But my setup 205 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: would look like, UM, where I hunt, there's a horseshoe 206 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: in the river, and at the back of the horseshoe 207 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: is where a lot of the dear bed UM. But 208 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: typically I don't push back there until in November. So 209 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: if it was coming up on November four for me 210 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: and I still had a tag, um, I'd be hunting 211 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: in in the middle of that horseshoe where there's sure 212 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: to be a lot of traffic um and and likely 213 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: try to stick it out all day if possible, but 214 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: for sure there in the morning. Um. And And that's 215 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: similar to a lot what a lot of these guys 216 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: are looking for on two things, pinch points and does 217 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: So is it a great thing to focus on, you 218 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: know as we go into this weekend. Yeah, it's it's 219 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: not you know, hunting the rut isn't rocket science. There's 220 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: just a couple of core things to think about, which 221 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: we just talked about there, and then it's just a 222 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,559 Speaker 1: matter of can you put in the time, can you 223 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 1: tough it out and be out there for long hours 224 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: and just wait till the opportunity presence itself. So I 225 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: think that's what we all gotta do, right. Yeah, And 226 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: unless you have another Don Higgins interview for this week, 227 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: I think let's get in the podcast. Don has done shooting, 228 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: so yes, let's let's carry on and uh, hopefully next 229 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: week I'll have a good holy Field story for your 230 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: something All right, talk to you then, Mark. Before we 231 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: get to our first update, though, let's positive thank our 232 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: sponsors at Sitka Gear and For this week's sit story, 233 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: we're joined by Sitka athlete Jeff Simpson, who tells us 234 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: about a public land whitetail hunt where he tagged a 235 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: booner while wearing his tennis shoes. It was a couple 236 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: of years back. I think it was November eighteens actually, 237 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: Um that I was out chasing. I had a couple 238 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 1: of big deer on contreil camera that were actually on 239 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: some public ground here in Kansas, and we've been waiting 240 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,439 Speaker 1: for a cold front to hit. It was staying pretty warm, 241 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: but I was picking those two deer upquote a bit, 242 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: and uh got up real early, headed out there, about 243 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: a three hour drive. Get out there, got all the 244 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: way into to the point where I parked and started 245 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,559 Speaker 1: to get ready to walk in and realized that, Um, 246 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 1: I had forgotten my boots. Um, I had all this, 247 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: all the gear in the world, of course, pasika to 248 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: stay warm on a cold day, but um, lo and behold, 249 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: I forgot my boots. But anyway, I slipped into the 250 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: stand with with with the tennis shoes on, and I 251 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: think I had my fanatic bibs on and unzipped. Luckily 252 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: for me, by the time I got up the tree 253 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: and zip my pants up, I had heard something and 254 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: looked up and saw Doe I'm kind of making its 255 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: way to me, and right behind her was the buck 256 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,959 Speaker 1: I was chasing. So they came in nice and quick, 257 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: and I was able to make a good shot. He 258 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: ended up going down about twenty yards in my tree 259 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,719 Speaker 1: and never even get to put my jacket on. But 260 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: luckily my feet stayed warm and and everything else worked 261 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: out pretty well. On Jeff's hunt, he was wearing Sita's 262 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,439 Speaker 1: Fanatic system. If you'd like to create a sick of 263 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: story of your own, or to learn more about sid 264 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: technical hunting apparel, visit Sitka gear dot com. Alright, and 265 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: joining us on the line first is David g Arizzo 266 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 1: in New York from Team Tagging breg Now David in 267 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: New York. What would you say? The buck activity has 268 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: been leately on a scale of one to ten um Man, 269 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: the buck activity probably about an eight um There's a 270 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: lot of a lot of younger bucks cruising right now, 271 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: and a lot of two and three year olds that 272 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: we've you know, that we're seeing that we don't typically see. Um. 273 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: And the reason I say an eight and not anything 274 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: higher than that right now, it's just because we haven't 275 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: seen a ton of we haven't seen like the mature buck, 276 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: you know, the four or five six year old bucks 277 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: on their feet um, at least this past week in 278 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: the daylight. There's a lot of trail camera videos of 279 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: them on scrapes, but nothing in the daylight yet. Um. 280 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: But the younger bucks are on their feet, it seems 281 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: like all day long and looking, begging, hoping for that 282 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: first though to come into Astris. Well they are you're 283 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: picking up any new bucks yet this time of year 284 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: is it's still kind of the same group of you 285 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: you've been seeing all fall. No, you know what it's 286 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: it's pretty crazy. It's it's probably about six forty two 287 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: bucks that we saw all summer compared to the new 288 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: bucks that are on here now that are that you know, 289 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: and that's just trail camera stuff that we're seeing, um 290 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: and and a few new bucks that we just randomly 291 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: see while we're in the woods. But we've had a 292 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: lot of new bucks move into the area, A couple 293 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: of really big Bucks move into the area, so we're 294 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: really excited about that. How about was signmaking Um, do 295 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: you still see bucks they're working rubs and scrapes um? 296 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: Or are they doing it as much as they were 297 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: you know a week ago? Yeah? Yeah, if if, if not, um, 298 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: even more than they were a week ago. I mean, 299 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: with New York being a little bit more north, I 300 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: don't know, you know how that kind of shifts the movement, 301 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: But it seems like over this last week the scrape 302 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: activity has literally picked up every day, um and and 303 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: to where it's gotten more daylight every day more more 304 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: like even towards the middle of the day hours you 305 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: know that eleven two o'clock hours and stuff. Um. So, 306 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: so yeah, the scrape activity right now, I think is 307 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: that its peak at least by us up in New York. 308 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: How About with the deer movement that you've been seeing 309 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: in person, as far as have you seen any bucks 310 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: that are really dug in some does or have you 311 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: seen bucks fighting yet? Yeah, we've we've seen the box 312 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: if if we're sitting on a food plat or even 313 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: in the hardwoods, um and there's two bucks. Uh, you 314 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: know in the area together. They're there banging horns together 315 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: at least a little bit um, and it really seems 316 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: like the does are not ready at all and the 317 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: box are just literally begging for somebody to be ready. Um. 318 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: The bucks are chasing the dose all over the pust, 319 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: tormenting the crap out of them, you know, but there's 320 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: no none of the does are an asterisk yet. So 321 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: they'll kind of you know, check a group and run 322 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: them around for five, ten minutes whatever, and then get 323 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: lost and going to try and find another group. Or 324 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: if we're on a food plot, even although we'll be 325 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: running five or on one side of the food plat, 326 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, you know, they'll move 327 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: to the other to see, if you know, see if 328 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:06,199 Speaker 1: anybody's ready yet. But the box seem to be ready, 329 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: like beyond belief, and the Does are not anywhere near yet. 330 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: Let's talk about this coming weekend, Um that around that 331 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: November four time period. Let's say that we get a 332 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: cold front and uh, you were going to be in 333 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: your absolute best stand. Tell me about that set up. 334 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: What is your best rout set up look like? Um, 335 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: you know, we we've got the stomacking new York we 336 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:34,360 Speaker 1: call four Corners, and it's it's kind of set up 337 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: in the hardwoods, up on the top of this ridge. 338 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: And what I like about it is it's just it's 339 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: just a main travel area between bed and food and 340 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: and and it's kind of big picture. It's a huge 341 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: travel area between the neighboring properties and ours. So what 342 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 1: I like about it most is you're when you see 343 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: the deer, you're not going to see him for a 344 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: long time. But especially in the rout if we got 345 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: a cold front and you know, a lot of these 346 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: bucks are gonna be on their feet. It is a 347 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 1: major cruising area. We've seen a lot more activity in 348 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: this last week in the hardwoods as opposed to sitting 349 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 1: on the food cloth, um, like we were a little 350 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: bit earlier in the season. So my perfect scenario is 351 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: going to be up on that ridge, you know, up 352 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,640 Speaker 1: on a big ridge where these deer are cruising back 353 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: and forth, you know, from betting area to betting area, 354 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: just just checking does well going forward then to this 355 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: next week or so, David, what do you think the 356 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: bucket activity is going to look on the s one 357 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: to tend in New York? You know, I think this 358 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: week coming up is going to be the best week 359 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: of the year personally because the bucks are not going 360 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: to be like locked down chasing, but they are gonna 361 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 1: be like that. The energy is going to be ramped 362 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: up for them. They want to find a dough um 363 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: and and you may get you know, one or two 364 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: of the doughs that are just starting to come in. 365 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: So if you have a hot dough in the area, 366 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,880 Speaker 1: it's gonna I think it's gonna explode. Um. I think 367 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: the buck activity is going to ramp up more to 368 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 1: like a nine, maybe even at ten. But this week 369 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,719 Speaker 1: of this week of the season is my personal favorite 370 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 1: week of the year. And based off of the interaction 371 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: that we saw this past week, UM, that's really been 372 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: the biggest, the most pre rod activity that we've seen 373 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: on our land up in New York probably ever. UM, 374 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 1: I have I have high anticipations going into this week. 375 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: All Right, David, We'll see in you guys this trail 376 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: camp pictures. I'm confident that Tag and Braggy will get 377 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: something done. So good luck and thanks for joining me. 378 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 1: Thanks Spencer, I appreciate you having us on alright and 379 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 1: joining us on the line. Next out of Ohio, is 380 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: Byron Horton, the owner of white Tail Experience Now Byron 381 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: in Ohio. What would you say the buck activity has 382 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: been lately on a scale of one to ten, I'd 383 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: say over the weekend we definitely got into the six 384 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: point five range. We're starting to see morning movement on 385 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: buck when you're able to jump into betting areas real early, um, 386 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: starting to see him kind of cruise around a little bit. Obviously, 387 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: trail camp sidings were starting to get a few daytime photos. Uh. 388 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,360 Speaker 1: In the evenings, we're starting to see, oh, a lot 389 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: of two and a half year old starting to cruise um. 390 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: And obviously all of the smaller bucks are are on 391 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: their feet as well, looking lost and just looking for love. 392 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: So any mature buck movement then out of Ohio there 393 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: that you've witnessed. As far as personally, the best mature 394 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: bucks movement I saw was Saturday night, about two hours 395 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: before you know, um sundown. I was getting into a 396 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: set and I actually had a dough blowing at me 397 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,399 Speaker 1: before I was able to get my standing sticks up, 398 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: and she sat there and blew for oh three to 399 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 1: five minutes, just not getting my win, but definitely saw 400 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 1: me walking in and sure enough, I saw three and 401 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: a half year old cross the ridge at about sixty 402 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: seventy yards, no real concern for for the threats she 403 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 1: was seeing, but he knew there was a dough there 404 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 1: and he was definitely in to check her out. And uh, 405 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 1: he actually took off after her. Oh her exit trail. Um, 406 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: after everything kind of settled out. So that's kind of 407 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: my first real good siding of the year. Well, Byron, 408 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: you hunts a lot of public ground there in Ohio, 409 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 1: and how do things change for you come the rout 410 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: on that public ground versus if you were hunting private. Yeah, 411 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: the public ground, especially here, we've noticed in the last 412 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: just a few days, we're seeing a lot more license 413 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: plates from out of state guys. We're seeing more tire 414 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: tracks in and out of the common parking lot. So 415 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: at this point, it's the years of scouting, knowing areas 416 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 1: that don't get hit as often and finding more of 417 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: these overlooked type areas. Um, sometimes you gotta go deeper, 418 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: sometimes you gotta Um, I'm planning on taking a boat 419 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: in this weekend, so trying to separate ourselves from the 420 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: average individual. Well, with that said, then let's say this 421 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: weekend like November four, we get a good cold front 422 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 1: and you're gonna be in your absolute best set up. 423 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 1: What does that look like as far as stand location, 424 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 1: time of day, topography, stuff like that, it's gonna be uh, 425 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: definitely an early entrance into an area near a dough 426 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: betting area. I'd like to be on the down wind 427 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: side um. In a perfect world, I'd even be on 428 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: maybe a military crest where I could maybe catch UM 429 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: cruising from down wind and maybe you know, having a 430 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: deer working both a thermal and the um the wind 431 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: tunnel effect. In a very perfect world. I'm not sure 432 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 1: that scenario that I've got, but that's where i'd love 433 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 1: to be. Well, what does the signmaking look like? You know, 434 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: Ohio that you've seen everything's picked up or slowed down 435 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: as far as scrapes and rubs. Scrapes are definitely a 436 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: hot place to be. We're catching a few daytime trail 437 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 1: camp picks on on that end. I personally saw a 438 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 1: two and a half year old work a rub on 439 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: Saturday night, oh probably hour and a half before sundown. 440 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 1: So they're definitely starting to make their rounds and and 441 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 1: that sign is definitely picking up. Well, you've referenced trail 442 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,719 Speaker 1: cameras a couple of times. Where do you have them 443 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: at now? And will that change anytime in these next 444 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 1: couple of weeks as far as trail came location. Yeah, 445 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 1: I've placed a few cameras obviously over scrapes in October. 446 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,479 Speaker 1: Some of the cameras were pulling now have been placed 447 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 1: in Betting area in an entrance and access routes that 448 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: we placed in August and now on the first entry 449 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 1: um into those locations we're pulling and seeing women may 450 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 1: be using those areas over Oh, the the October period 451 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: going forward down this next week or so, Byron, what 452 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 1: do you think that buck activity is going to look 453 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: like on a scale of one to ten in Ohio? Oh, 454 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna ramp up. We've got a couple 455 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: of front systems pushing through, so temperatures are staying low. 456 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: Uh that we've also got some precipitation, so uh, dear 457 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: do love to get up and move after the fronts 458 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: come through. So I gotta think we're gonna get into 459 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: the seven eight some of the best activity of the year. 460 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: For sure. Well, good luck Byron in the Buckeye stay 461 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: and look forward to seeing some pictures from the White 462 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: Deal experience. Absolutely thanks a lot of Spencer all right 463 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: enjoining us on the line. New is Sitka athlete and 464 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: YETI athlete Jeff Simpson out of Kansas. Now Jeff in Kansas. 465 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: What would you say the buck activity has been lately 466 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten, Oh, I'd have 467 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: to go with probably a six. Right now. It's the 468 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: time of year where we're all pretty excited. We've got 469 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 1: some cold fronts moving in, but it's also warming up 470 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: in the days in between, and it really depends on 471 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: when you catch it. Um. You know, it can be 472 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 1: really good, but it can also be really slow this 473 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: time of year because one little thing that triggers them 474 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: to lay down and and uh they typically will. So 475 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: there's not a lot of hot those running around yet 476 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: um if any um, there's very few. So if they 477 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: don't have a lot of reason to move around during 478 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: the daylight hours right now because they know they know 479 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: the main events coming. So you think a good weather 480 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: front right now would get them moving it out a 481 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,479 Speaker 1: little more though, Yeah, I think it is. It's it's 482 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: actually snow and here today in Kansas. Um, and I'm 483 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 1: sitting here in my office, watching my trail cameras light up, 484 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: so you know they're they're moving around a little bit. 485 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: There's been a lot of activity. I'm a lot of 486 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 1: younger year, a lot of those, but I'm still that 487 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 1: upper age class is not real active. Um. But with 488 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 1: that said, over the last week, I have seen a 489 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 1: lot of times getting broken off on that that middle 490 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: age group, that hundred forty hundred fifty in class deer um, 491 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: they're all starting to break some time. So I think 492 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 1: everybody's starting to get a little serious. Speaking of Jeff, 493 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: would you do any calling right now, if if you 494 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: were hunting, we're speaking on Halloween right now, would you 495 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: be using any rattling or grunting a few out? Oh well, 496 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: if anyone knows me, they know that I can scare 497 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: any deer in the country with rattling. So I don't 498 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: care what time in the year it is. I don't rattle. 499 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 1: That's a personal preference. Um. You know, I will grunt, 500 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: I will snort. We'se And I feel like you can 501 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:49,159 Speaker 1: almost use that from now all the way to Thanksgiving 502 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 1: somewhere in there pretty easy. And you can grunt all 503 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,239 Speaker 1: your all your long atom snort where you can get 504 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 1: you in trouble if you're doing it too early or 505 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 1: too late. But um the one thing I do right 506 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 1: now is it's prime prime time for a decoy. So 507 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: I will put a decoy out from now, probably the 508 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,439 Speaker 1: next ten fifteen days or maybe not even that long 509 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: at this point. But UM, I do like to run 510 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: a decoy right now. We'll tell me what that decoy 511 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 1: set up I would look like. Is it a single 512 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: buck decoy using a pair of decoys? It kind of depends. Um, 513 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: I like using a buck decoy, But a buck decoy 514 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: can can make and break you. Um. I had one 515 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: of my largest typicals I could have ever shot coming 516 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: right to me, and the dough in front of him 517 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: hated my duck buck decoy. And yeah he followed her 518 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 1: as she ran off, snort and m me. So you know, 519 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: it can break your heart, but can also have had 520 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 1: it work really well to where they come right in 521 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 1: if their cruising alone, and you can give them that 522 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 1: grunt call and get him to look and then they 523 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 1: have a visual queue as well. You've got to really 524 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: get a chance with them coming over. Now, let's say 525 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: we get a cold front this weekend, like on November four, 526 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: then there's a north wind. Where are you going to 527 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 1: be sitting, Jeff? And what does that set up look 528 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: like this time of year? You know, pretty much all 529 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,919 Speaker 1: all times a year. I really I'm a brat. Um. 530 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: I've only killed one or two deer on the edge 531 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: of the field. UM. So most of my deer have 532 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: come in to timber. I like getting getting in there 533 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: and finding the shelves and finding the pinch points and 534 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: finding areas that they feel really comfortable and move around. Um. 535 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: It seems like when they're my food plots, or when 536 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 1: they're out now fausa fields, or when I catch them 537 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,479 Speaker 1: out in big egg fields, they're always on edge and 538 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: they almost treat it like geese, you know, they stealing 539 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:25,479 Speaker 1: from the edges and they stay out in the middle. Um. 540 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: I've had a lot of really nice bucks stand right 541 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 1: out in the middle fields and really never got a 542 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: shot at him with a bow. So UM, I like 543 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: to get in where they're at, where I can get 544 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,360 Speaker 1: them into tight quarters. And other thing is I think 545 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 1: that allows you to call better. Um you start calling 546 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 1: at them, drowning at him or anything else in the field. 547 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: If you're not running a decoy, they have no visual 548 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: cue so it can sometimes that just gets up to 549 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 1: your location. Well, Jeff, do you put any stock in 550 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,199 Speaker 1: what the moon is doing this time of year as 551 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 1: if we go into November. Yeah, I look at it. Um. 552 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,120 Speaker 1: You know that this Saturday is a full moon. So 553 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 1: you know, you look at it and you kind of 554 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 1: base it off of temperature, um and everything else. What 555 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,959 Speaker 1: kind of sky you have, if you've got clouds, if 556 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: it's clear and you can, they're gonna move no matter what. 557 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,640 Speaker 1: So um, the survival of the species depends on the rut. 558 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: So they're not going to skip out on it. Um. 559 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 1: It's just a matter of if they're going to do 560 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: it during the daylight hours, if they're gonna do it 561 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 1: at night and with the full moon. You know, I 562 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: really like that late morning sit um seems like that 563 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,679 Speaker 1: early sit Sometimes it's really slow because they've already bettered up, 564 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 1: but you know, if you can get in there. I 565 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 1: like to slip into my stand somewhere around nine o'clock 566 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 1: and it sits one or two, and during full moon phases, 567 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 1: I like to do that a lot. Now going forward 568 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: in the sex week or so, Jeff, what do you 569 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: think the buck activity is going to be on the 570 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: scale of one to tending with Kansas. Oh, I think 571 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: we'll creep up to seven, a solid seven, maybe maybe 572 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 1: an eight. Um. I think we're still a good ten 573 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: days away from it getting really good. So if you 574 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: look at the wind and you look at the tendencies, 575 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: you know, and get a sixteen day forecast and look 576 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: at that in with the moon and kind of everything 577 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: that's going on, I think we're this Sunday were predicted 578 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: to be almost eighty degrees. So it's gonna shut everything 579 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: off really bad. So it'll take take a good three 580 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 1: or four days of cold weather to kind of kick 581 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: that back off. But once it gets going, I think 582 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 1: it'll ramp up pretty quick. So I would say next 583 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: week we're looking okay, the week after that we're probably 584 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 1: looking really good. All right, Jeff, Well, I hope you 585 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: get to spend more time and in trying less time 586 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: launching websites in the next couple of weeks, and good luck, 587 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,719 Speaker 1: that's why we're doing it today. Yeah, thank you, all right, 588 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 1: And joining me on the line next is Jake Terry, 589 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: an outdoor photographer from Tennessee. Now, Jake in Tennessee, what 590 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: would you say the buck activity has been lately on 591 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: a scale of one to ten. Hey Spencer, thanks for 592 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 1: having me. I would have to write the activity, um 593 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: right at it about a seven right now. Ums, it's 594 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: just jumped up to a seven here lately, but I 595 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: would have to go with the seven. So in the 596 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 1: last week here what I've really been noticing. UM, So 597 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: we got a cold snap here in to see last week. 598 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 1: UM that put the lows down in the upper thirties. UM. 599 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: It had been pretty slow activity up until that point. UM, 600 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: this was about five days ago. The deer activity after that, 601 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: of course skyrocketed. UM. That's when I started seeing new 602 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: bucks on on you know, most of my cameras. UM, 603 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: starting getting daytime picks of UM, lots of my younger 604 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 1: bucks two and a half and three and a half 605 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: year old deer UM in the daytime on on scrapes 606 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: and scrape lines. UM started started seeing a lot of 607 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: those newer bucks showing up. Still haven't had any of 608 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,320 Speaker 1: my shooters, but I would say, um, older deer are 609 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 1: still mostly nighttime activity. UM. But that's kind of where 610 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: I'm where I'm coming from the last four or five days, 611 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: just going from UM, that cold spell that that happened 612 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: last week really bumped it up to to what I 613 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: would call us seven. Um, it's it's not not prime yet, 614 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: but it's really all the scrapes are are wide open. Um, 615 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: a lot of buck activity the um just still those 616 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: three and a half and younger bucks, in my opinion, UM, 617 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: is kind of what I'm seeing. I've noticed the last 618 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: four or five days out of stands, most of those 619 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: younger bucks, those two and a half and three and 620 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: a half year old deer are being um, you know, 621 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: super call responsive is one thing I'm seeing. So most 622 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 1: of them definitely want to come inspect a grunt call 623 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: right now. UM. Seeing a lot of the smaller bucks, 624 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: of course, that's some of the smaller bucks been pushing 625 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: uh those around for you know for probably two weeks now, 626 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 1: but especially in the last four or five days, a 627 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: lot of that happening. Let's talk about those scrape lines 628 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: for a minute. You said they're really starting to open up, 629 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: and are those like field edge scrapes or are you 630 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: seeing some self along pinch points in the timber. Yeah, 631 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: I've I've really been seeing, really been seeing the field 632 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: edge scrape you know, you know for some time, those 633 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: are those are the ones that you'll seems like you'll 634 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 1: always notice first. Um, but going into some of those 635 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 1: little deeper areas, those pinch points and and kind of 636 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: surrounding those those betting areas without going without going too 637 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: far into them. Uh, you know, I've got some cell 638 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: cams and things hung over some of those scrapes in 639 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: those wooded areas and starting to see a lot of 640 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: that daylight activity in the woods. I'm not necessarily saying 641 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:13,240 Speaker 1: that daylight activity on those field edges yet, Um, still 642 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 1: a lot of nighttime activity on those and newer bucks 643 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: are showing up on those scrapes, but I'm still seeing, um, 644 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 1: you know, most of that in timber, and whether you 645 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: know it be pinch points are kind of the edges 646 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: of thick cover where it opens into, um, you know 647 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: some prettier hardwoods that have a lot of acorns. Right now, 648 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: But Jake, let's talk about this coming weekend. Let's say 649 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 1: we get a cold snap and you know there's a 650 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 1: north wind on like September excuse me, November four. What 651 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: is your rut set up going to look like you're 652 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 1: gonna be hunting all day? Are you hunting your bedding? 653 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 1: What are you gonna be doing there. Yeah. Um, Unfortunately 654 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 1: the reality is probably that that's not gonna happen, but 655 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: I wish. But and if that happened, um my go 656 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: to on November fourth, Um, I would crash into some 657 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: of my better spots that are gonna be on the 658 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 1: edges of betting. Um, you know, and I'm I'm I've 659 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: got to be in stand all day. If it's November four, 660 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 1: it's November four, then you see that kind of colde front. Um, 661 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:14,959 Speaker 1: you know, it's definitely something I want to spend as 662 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: much time as possible. Um, you know, this week coming 663 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 1: up and and the ten days coming up, it's kind 664 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,959 Speaker 1: of everything we dream about and talk about all year. Um, 665 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna spends as many hours in the stand 666 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 1: as possible because, um, those daylight pictures of activity that 667 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: I've kind of been seeing these last five days are 668 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: just gonna multiply over these next few days. And and 669 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: like I said, a colde front of course, you know, 670 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 1: we all know it's going to help even that much 671 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 1: more so was sticking with talking about these next couple 672 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 1: of days. Um, what do you think this next week 673 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: is gonna look like? In Tennessee? On a scale of 674 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 1: one to ten for buck activity. I'm hoping that it 675 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 1: jumps up from a seven that we're gonna be in 676 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,720 Speaker 1: an eight or nine. Uh. The The only thing i'm 677 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 1: we're about a little bit as far as activity goes, 678 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 1: would would be, you know, this next week, the forecast 679 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: right now, and of course that that seems like it 680 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,400 Speaker 1: changes all the time these days. But all of us 681 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 1: that our hunters are kind of uh you know, part 682 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,280 Speaker 1: time weather weather men also, but it's looking pretty warm 683 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 1: right now. Um. But because of the days that are 684 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:22,440 Speaker 1: are coming up, I believe there's still gonna be good activity. Um. 685 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,520 Speaker 1: And with the moon phase and everything, I still can 686 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: believe that it's going to be an eight or nine, um, 687 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,279 Speaker 1: going into going into this next week. UM, I think 688 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,840 Speaker 1: this these next seven days or some of my favorite 689 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: to hunt as as I'm sure that it's the same 690 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 1: for a lot of a lot of us. All Right, Jake, Well, 691 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 1: I hope you get that cold front and good luck 692 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:45,400 Speaker 1: in Tennessee. Thank you. I appreciate that. Good luck to 693 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 1: you guys too, alright. And joining us on the line 694 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 1: next is the founder of white Tail DNA, Alex Comstock. Now, 695 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 1: Alex in Minnesota, what would you say the buck activity 696 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,720 Speaker 1: has been lately on a scale of one to ten, 697 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,360 Speaker 1: I'd say over all, it's probably been somewhere around the 698 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 1: two or three. It's been pretty dead out there. Yeah, 699 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 1: I just haven't been able to I just haven't been 700 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 1: seen any mature bucks, I mean, younger bucks and some 701 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,799 Speaker 1: dope movement, but it's really just been pretty dead, even 702 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: with the told front that we just recently got. Well, 703 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,959 Speaker 1: everyone else I've talked to alex Is, you know, said 704 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: upwards of seven or eight. Why do you think it's 705 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 1: been so dead for you in Minnesota? You know, I 706 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 1: think it might be even uh me, not everyone else, 707 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 1: just because I just moved back to Minnesota and I'm 708 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,400 Speaker 1: kind of behind the game a little bit trying to 709 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,920 Speaker 1: play catch up. I do know a couple of guys 710 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,279 Speaker 1: in the area that shot Bucks recently, so maybe the 711 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 1: buck activities been a little higher for others. But I 712 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,440 Speaker 1: think hopefully in the next week I can start to 713 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 1: figure things out. I've been kind of just bouncing around, 714 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:53,240 Speaker 1: um like between dope betting areas or where I proceed 715 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,480 Speaker 1: to be dope betting areas, kind of like little pinch points. 716 00:35:55,480 --> 00:36:00,200 Speaker 1: I've done about nine percent running guns, um so and 717 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 1: just trying to focus on the doors right now. I 718 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,600 Speaker 1: mean we're trying to the next couple of weeks is 719 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:06,759 Speaker 1: gonna be more and more. I'm gonna be focusing on 720 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 1: the doughs more and more. Alright, Alex, Well, I know 721 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: you've been hunting two very different setups, one of them 722 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,359 Speaker 1: being the Big Woods, the other one some urban hunts. 723 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,400 Speaker 1: How are those different for you here at the end 724 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: of October. Yeah, the urban hunting has been in the city, 725 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: it's been a little more dear movement, but out in 726 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,719 Speaker 1: the Big Woods has just been I mean, cameras are 727 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 1: shown all nighttime. And so I'm hoping that in the 728 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,839 Speaker 1: next really next weekend and the next week or so, 729 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,279 Speaker 1: that the Big Woods is going to start to get better. 730 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:40,319 Speaker 1: Because we did some scouting and hung some stands out 731 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,919 Speaker 1: there with I mean, there was just tons and tons 732 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:47,160 Speaker 1: of rubs and scrape, so I know they're there. What's 733 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,520 Speaker 1: going forward in this weekend like November four, say we 734 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,919 Speaker 1: get a good cold front and you know, ten million 735 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,400 Speaker 1: hour north wind, what is your ideal set up around 736 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: the loose on that public land and those urban hunts. 737 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to get between two dough bet in 738 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,640 Speaker 1: areas and some type of funnel or pinch point where 739 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,359 Speaker 1: I'm perceiving bucks to be traveling trying to check out 740 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 1: going from one bedding area to the next. I'd buckling 741 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,400 Speaker 1: and just sit all day. Yeah. I think what sometimes 742 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,759 Speaker 1: people just forget about is really the dough is drive 743 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,360 Speaker 1: the rut. I mean, you know, I know if you 744 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:20,839 Speaker 1: guys are asking me that, you know they haven't had 745 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,319 Speaker 1: any mature buck pictures and where should they hunt? And 746 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,319 Speaker 1: you know, I always say, just where the doughes are 747 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,319 Speaker 1: the bucks are going to be, especially the next couple 748 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,759 Speaker 1: of weeks, So I'd be like, my big thing. We 749 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 1: talked about your trail cameras a little bit. What are 750 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,720 Speaker 1: those focused on right now? Are you looking at scrapes 751 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 1: or just on trails? Yeah, I still have all my 752 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 1: cameras pretty much over scrapes. Um, I'll probably start to 753 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,479 Speaker 1: transition some of those in two funnels. But I really 754 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 1: don't rely on trail cameras as much as I do 755 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,320 Speaker 1: earlier in the air during the rut is more historical 756 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:52,959 Speaker 1: and just trying to get in those funnels and pinch 757 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,000 Speaker 1: points and kind of your classic rut setups. Will you 758 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,920 Speaker 1: try any calling in that time period. As far as grunting, 759 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:03,759 Speaker 1: salt wheezes, addling, Yeah, I'm usually pretty hesitant on the 760 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,560 Speaker 1: blind colling, but I will, especially once we get into, 761 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,480 Speaker 1: you know, first second week in November, I'll definitely do 762 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 1: some rattling sequences and some grunting and whatnot. So it 763 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,960 Speaker 1: can definitely work well going forward and early over here. 764 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,719 Speaker 1: What do you think that bucket TV is going to 765 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 1: be on a scale of one to ten in Minnesota? 766 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:22,560 Speaker 1: I hope in this next first week or so we 767 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,719 Speaker 1: have November, we can get it up to a six 768 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,520 Speaker 1: or seven or at least. I'm scene. I think temperatures 769 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,960 Speaker 1: are supposed to be staying cold. We already have snow 770 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,680 Speaker 1: on the ground up here, so I'd like to think 771 00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:33,759 Speaker 1: that these bucks are going to start chasing here pretty soon. 772 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: All right, Alex, Well, good luck in Minnesota. If if 773 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:38,719 Speaker 1: you can't get it done there, then I hope don't 774 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,560 Speaker 1: let the coda works out for you. Yeah, me too, 775 00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:46,040 Speaker 1: Thanks so much. And that concludes this week's episode of 776 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,840 Speaker 1: Wired Haunts Radio. At the end of this week, I 777 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,120 Speaker 1: am hopping on a plane to go to Texas and 778 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,960 Speaker 1: hunting deer. So my early November is going to be 779 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:59,000 Speaker 1: very different than one of the past. However, I'm excited 780 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,399 Speaker 1: to hear how everyone in Midwest does. So you can 781 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,160 Speaker 1: hit us up on Facebook at wire to Hunt. You 782 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: can hit up Mark on Instagram at wired to Hunt. 783 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,919 Speaker 1: You can check me out on Instagram at Spencer New Hearth, 784 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,120 Speaker 1: and we thank you guys for listening. We also thank 785 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:19,000 Speaker 1: our sponsors at Sitka, white Tail Properties, white Tail Institute, Hauntera, Matthews, 786 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:24,040 Speaker 1: Maven Yeddie and Trophy Ridge. And as always, stay Wire 787 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:24,520 Speaker 1: to Hunt.