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 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: Mark Kenyon. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Podcast. I'm 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: your host, Mark Kenyon's episode number two and fifty three, 5 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: and we are here today for another episode of our 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: Rut radio mini series, in which we're chatting with hunters 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: all across the country to get the latest on what's 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: happening in the white tailed world, progress of the rut, 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: and the tactics that are working right now. Welcome to 10 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: the Wired to Hunt Podcast. I am your host, spent 11 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: to New North and this week we are without our 12 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: fearless leader, Mark Kenyon. Mark and I just couldn't put 13 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: it together this week forward getting on a call. Uh, 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: just with the holidays and as I am traveling and 15 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: he's been traveling. Um, it just didn't work out. So 16 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: I am going to take you guys through the intro solo. Ordinarily, 17 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: one thing that Mark would ask me in the intro 18 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: is if there are any themes from this week's episode. 19 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: I would say this week that theme would be that 20 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: we are coming back to food sources. If the RUT 21 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: is a bell curve, then we are now on the 22 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: other side. For most of the country, we're on the 23 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: other side of the top of that bell curve. So 24 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: the buck movement is going to be on the way down. 25 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: But with that, you're still gonna have bucks that are 26 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: very interested in doughs, and where the doughs want to 27 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: be right now is going to be on that food 28 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: in the evenings. So this is really exciting if you 29 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: were someone who has a quality food source, or if 30 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: you are a hunter prefers sitting field edges. Uh, those 31 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: evenings on field edges are going to be really good 32 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: right now and probably for this next week or so 33 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: as we get into December. Something else from this week's 34 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: Seat of Callers is that you hear a few people 35 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: talk about calling right now using some rattling, grunting, etcetera. Uh. 36 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: Most folks don't think of like November and think of 37 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: using some different calling strategies, But that could be a 38 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: good technique for getting a buck to show himself. Whether 39 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: you're gun hunting or bow hunting, looking to close the 40 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: distance on a specific deer or just get one to 41 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: step out of the timber. That is something that you 42 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: could be doing even as the best running is behind us. Now, 43 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: if Mark was here, he would also compliment me and 44 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: be fawning over the two deer that I just killed. Um. 45 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: If you go to Instagram and check out a few 46 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: of my latest posts, you'll see the buck that I 47 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: just killed in South Dakota on Saturday and then the 48 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: buck that I just killed in Kentucky on Wednesday. So 49 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: if you head over there to at Spencer new Hearth 50 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: on Instagram, you'll see why Mark was so jealous and 51 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: why he did not want to join me on the 52 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: podcast this week. If Mark were here, he would also 53 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: be complimenting me on this week's sleight of guests and 54 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: how great of a job I did covering the entire country. 55 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: So for this week on the podcast, we have Todd 56 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: Pregnant's from White knucle Productions in Iowa, and then in 57 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: Virginia from Aero Addicts TV is Erran Lee, and then 58 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: we talked to Scott Spitzley in Michigan from Dirt Nap Gear, 59 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: and then from Louisiana. Bow Hunter in Louisiana is Kyler Moppert. 60 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: One more thing Mark would want me to tell you 61 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: guys about is the meat Eater dot Com. If you 62 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: haven't been there, lately. Go check it out. It looks 63 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,799 Speaker 1: a little different than it did about a month ago 64 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: or so. Um specifically, there's now a lot of great 65 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: white tail content on there, written by myself, Mark and 66 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: Pat Durkin. So if you are looking for some new 67 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: reading material, the meat Eater dot com is now a 68 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: great resource for that kind of thing, even for white 69 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: tail hunters. That's enough for me, though, let's go to 70 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: our first color. I have to say, I think this 71 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: has maybe been the best intro that radio has ever had, 72 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: and uh, I'd have more proxy, and so I'm going 73 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: to agree for him. Before we go to our first report, though, 74 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: let's pause for a word from our sponsors at white 75 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: Tail Properties. This week, with white Tail Properties, we are 76 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: joined by Tony Hanson, a land specialist out of Michigan, 77 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: and Tony is gonna be telling us about how hunting 78 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: strategy changes in pressured states like Michigan. I'd say the 79 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:25,359 Speaker 1: biggest difference is that just the availability the number of 80 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: older deer is much much lower, so you don't have, 81 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: you know, a bunch of them to pick from. So 82 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: you've got to be pretty cure that you do have 83 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: to hunt. And you know me, it's It's all about 84 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 1: trying to manage the growing that I've got so that 85 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: I do have that age structure because it's it's probably 86 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: not going to be there on the neighbors. If you'd 87 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: like to learn more and to see the properties that 88 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: Tony currently has listed for sale, visit white Tail properties 89 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 1: dot com. Backslash Hanson that's h A N S E N. 90 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,119 Speaker 1: All right and joining us. The line first is Todd 91 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: Primants from White Knuckle Productions in Iowa, not Todd in Iowa. 92 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: What would you say the buck activities been lately on 93 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: a scale of one to ten, one to ten, probably 94 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: about a five to a six. A lot of it 95 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 1: really depends on hot dose this time year. I think 96 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: a lot of times we get caught into this generalization 97 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: about the rut, but the fact of the matter is 98 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: when it dough comes in the heat, it really does 99 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: change everything in that area. Um. And from around here 100 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: we have a we do have an older age class 101 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: of deer that are kind of like the dominant deer 102 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: that usually this time year, if there's a doll that hot, 103 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 1: they will shall be with a mature deer. UM. Not always, 104 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: but oftentimes this is the time here where I guess 105 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: the bigger, more dominant animals kind of succeed. But this 106 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,679 Speaker 1: is actually my favorite time of year to catch bucks 107 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: because not only is the ruts still going on, so 108 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: they still got that vulnerability, so to speak, but they're 109 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: also starving at that so a lot more starts transferring 110 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: back to food, which actually makes it easier to hunt 111 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: these big bucks. So is food something you'll focus on 112 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 1: in the morning as well? This time of year, I 113 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: kind of start ease and back from morning sets. Um. 114 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: If I am going to be hunting mornings, I will 115 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: only go into spots that I really believe are right 116 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: next to their bedding area. Um. I'm just not a 117 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: huge fan of hunting food in the mornings. I think 118 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: most of the time we're hunting specific spots based on 119 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: the wind. So like let's just say, for example, you're 120 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: waiting for that cold front or that northwest wind to 121 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: come in, so when you finally get it, I kind 122 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 1: of would rather put all my eggs in one basket 123 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: and try one good evening set on the food as 124 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: opposed to trying to go in in the morning. Um, 125 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: because I think a lot of times you do more 126 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: damage than good, particularly this time of year where they're 127 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: just not up traveling as much during daylight. So what 128 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: kind of food sources do you prefer to focus on 129 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 1: this sabby year. Well, we are fortunate here and I 130 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: We've got lots of beans and corn and agriculture just 131 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: kind of everywhere, So there's a lot of good food 132 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: supply there. If you have standing corner beans the since 133 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 1: the time here, they'll really start hitting it for that 134 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: higher protein count. And just last week I hunted a 135 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: spot that had a bunch of saving beans, and literally 136 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: it had been almost dead the entire rut, but we 137 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: got a little bit of snow, about two inches of snow, 138 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,239 Speaker 1: and it changed everything. Like within twenty four hours, pretty 139 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: much every deer in the neighborhood was hitting that standing 140 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: bean plot. And I think a lot of it just 141 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: comes with the cold because they have to produce so 142 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: much more energy to stay warm. Uh, they go to 143 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: the highest benefit beneficial food sources, which are beans and corn. 144 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: It fills them up, makes them feel warm, and has 145 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: lots of protein. Uh, just basically allows them to produce 146 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: more heat. Um. However, green food sources can still be 147 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: really good too. I'll be hunting tomorrow night. I'm actually 148 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: planning on going hunting green food source, but it's gonna 149 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: be a little bit a little bit warmer conditions about 150 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: fifty degrees. So I actually kind of like hunting my 151 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: green plots when it's a little bit more mild, and 152 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: then as soon as the cold, cold, whole weather comes, 153 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: hunt starts coming in. That's when I really like to 154 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: focus on the beans and corn. But the big thing is, 155 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: you know, no matter what time of year it is, 156 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: you've got to have fresh areas to move into the hunt. Um. 157 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: You can't keep pounding and pounding and pounding the same spot. 158 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: So UM, I kind of like to use the holidays 159 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: to spend some time with my family, whether it's Thanksgiving 160 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: or Christmas. Kind of let some of your areas die 161 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: down a little bit, give them a break, and then 162 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: kind of playing your next hunts based on the weather 163 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: and the front. But then that that next series of 164 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: hunts right after Thanksgiving can be absolutely fantastic. This window 165 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: of the rut then where you can still find some 166 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: mature bucks that just have one thing on their mind 167 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: and they're harassing those doves in the food. How long 168 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: do you think that last I've had really good rock 169 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: hunts all the way through. Um. The end of November 170 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: usually usually a brown December one is when they pretty 171 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 1: much most of the doughs have been bred. There will 172 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: still be one or two that will come in here 173 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: and there, but you just won't find the bucks out 174 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: track link. But all the way through. I mean, just 175 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: for example, last year, I went out and filmed on 176 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: a green food plot after Thanksgiving and ended up seeing 177 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: one of the biggest bucks in our whole territory. And 178 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: he was out in broad daylight feeding but it was 179 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: an area that hadn't been hunted hard um, and so 180 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: he had kind of been left alone there, so he 181 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: had no reason to not be outfeeding during daylight. But 182 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: through the any time in November is really good, and 183 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: I've had some excellent late season rott hunts, and even 184 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: just this last week, some of our team members in 185 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: Illinois and different places have been out and seeing tons 186 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: of actions. UM. Because I think something about this rot 187 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: was weird because it was so brutally cold in early 188 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: November when it usually is pretty mild. It seemed like 189 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: the brought was really suppressed. So I don't know if 190 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: biologically if the dose just didn't come to heat or 191 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: if it delayed the coming to heat or we just 192 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: didn't see the movement because of the cold. But this 193 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,959 Speaker 1: could be an interesting light rot. I'm kind of curious myself. 194 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be hunting hard in the next week as 195 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: we have some fronts and snow things coming in. Um, 196 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: but dude, if it's November, there is always a chance 197 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: of catching a buck with a hot dog and it 198 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: could be a monster and boy, they just they have 199 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: no choice but to follow that hot door where she goes. 200 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: Now that we're on the other side of maybe like 201 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: peak running, is there any calling or decoin strategies that 202 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,199 Speaker 1: you'll use here at the end of November. Oh absolutely, 203 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 1: I'm I'm always calling throughout the year. I'll just kind 204 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 1: of raise and lower my aggression levels accordingly. But I'm 205 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: a big fan of single grounds throughout the season, and 206 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: like this time of year. Like, as an example, if 207 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go sit out on a food plot or 208 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: an area in your food you know, if there's no 209 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: deer around, I will not hesitate to put a single 210 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: loud grunt out there. But every thirty minutes giver take 211 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: and then as you get closer to prime time, I'll use. 212 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: We have a tree trash or call I developed which 213 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,959 Speaker 1: attracts all dear, but it doesn't spook everything like rattling. UM. 214 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: So I'll throw out a thrash session here and there 215 00:10:58,360 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: just to see if I can peak the interest of 216 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: the deer or a buck that's laying nearby, um, if 217 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: they're not out moving, just to try to get them 218 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 1: up a little bit early, to get them out on 219 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: the field or out in the open early. UM. But 220 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: rattling this time of year, I'm just not a big fan. Now. 221 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 1: Some guys love it, some guys love decoin and doing 222 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,959 Speaker 1: all those things. But for me, hunting this area year 223 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: after year, chasing the same dear year after year, I found, UM, 224 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,719 Speaker 1: that type of aggressive, aggressive calling is is it does 225 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: a little bit more damage than good. In my opinion, 226 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: it can work, but I think if you're hunting the 227 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: same dear, you don't want to necessarily completely educate them 228 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: in the process because there's always you know, next week 229 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: or next hunt or next year. So I kind of 230 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: like to go a little bit more subtle. But I 231 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: absolutely call all the way through the season. Uh. And 232 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: deer are just generally so generally attracted to that social 233 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 1: sound of a grunt gear making noise, rubbing and antlers 234 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: thrashing trees and all those things send a calming message 235 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: that hey, it's safe over here, and you basically create 236 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: the next destination they want to come to going forward. 237 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,199 Speaker 1: Then this s next week or so. What do you 238 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: think that bucket activity is going to be on a 239 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: scale of one to ten in Iowa? I'm gonna say 240 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: a seven coming up, because we've got a major cold 241 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 1: front coming with some big time snow, and I think 242 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: most of the Midwest is gonna get hit, or at 243 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: least the upper Midwest where they're looking at. We have 244 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: eight inches predicted and for us, dude, that's a lot 245 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: of snow. So that's gonna push a ton of deer 246 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: onto the plots. Now, whether it's a real running activity 247 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,599 Speaker 1: or not, mostly they'll be out there to feed and 248 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: they'll be checking every other dough that's out there. All right, 249 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: Todd Will, congrats on that great buck you just killed. 250 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: Good luck with the rest of your season, and thanks 251 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: for joining me. Hey, thank you very much, and good 252 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: luck to everybody out there hunting. Be safe and enjoy 253 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: the holidays. Happy. Thanks for giving everybody alright and joining 254 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: us on the line. Next is Aeron Lee from Aero 255 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: Addicts TV in Virginia. Now, Aaron in Virginia, what would 256 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: you say the bucket activity has been lately? A skill 257 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: of one to ten one ten probably be about six 258 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: or seven. It's gonna start to slow down, uh, stay 259 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: of the bucks are starting to catch on to the 260 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: dogs running around, all the clubs running dolls around. But 261 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 1: other than that, buck activity has been pretty good for 262 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: the still hunters. That's what we do. We still hunt. Um. 263 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: A lot of books have been kind of moving around 264 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: more at night times, in the morning times or afternoons, 265 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: but we have we do still have some activity. Um, 266 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 1: some you know, decent bucks in the afternoon. So I 267 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: will give you about six or seven and what phase 268 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: of it? What would you say the deer in in 269 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: Virginia right now we are I would say probably towards 270 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: the end post runts. Um. They were rutting real good 271 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: a week or two ago, and I have notice activity, 272 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 1: you know, rutting kind of gone down the past week. Um. 273 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: I haven't seen as many doors running around or many 274 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: bucks chasing. I have seen you, but it's not as 275 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: you know, as hot as it was two weeks ago, 276 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: so giving those factors that were maybe on the other 277 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: side of the huts. And there are a lot of 278 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: dogs in the wood from from hunt clubs. Where are 279 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: you focusing on to find some mature bucks on their feet? Um? Well, 280 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: right now as we speak on certain as deep as 281 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: you can on the property that was leasing. Um, I 282 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: gotta swamp. It's stick, it's not down here, but there's 283 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: a few openings. Um, we're basically planning on cassing big bucks, 284 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: kind of slipping out of the native properties. Um that 285 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: they wanted dogs and stuff like that, trying to get 286 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: big bucks slipping um the tickets and afternoons kind of 287 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: going towards the bean field. We've got a bean filled 288 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: right up the road from us, actually right outside of 289 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: the right on the woodline for where we hun at um, 290 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: and we're kind of just seems to come out there 291 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: and eat the beans, the beans around beans pretty much 292 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: all we got as the fruit source where we're hunting 293 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: at right now. Do you notice the change in bedding 294 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: this time of year when the woods get a little 295 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: bit chaotic. Yeah, they'll um if they could find a 296 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: short Most short time tickets tend to be a good uh, 297 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: betting ground for bucks, and those are pretty much anything 298 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: around this time of year, or a little this small 299 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: little thicket they've just got enough from curl up then 300 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: anything real sick. I think um that they fill a 301 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: lot of protection with. There's pretty good pat and grounds 302 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: right now. How about the signmaking. Are you still seeing 303 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: any fresh rubs or scrapes in the woods. Actually, I 304 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: saw a fresh rub walking into the path, but all 305 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: the other ones are from earlier this year. I have 306 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: seen a couple of scrapes um with some like fresh 307 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: buck tracks in it. I guess you come back and 308 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: checked one, um, but nothing nothing too fresh other than 309 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: that other buck blow lessow earlier this this morning. And 310 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: where are you using your trail cameras is time of 311 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: year they focused on some specific trails or food sources 312 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: or what are you doing? We got I got a 313 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: trail camera right in the corner of this bean field 314 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: where we knows a good Uh. It's a hot travel 315 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: path of deer use UM comes right out of the corner, 316 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: right through the bean field, and it's pretty much a 317 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: path that was cut through a thicket. UM, So we've 318 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: placed the trail camera there. We got a couple of 319 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: trail cameras throughout the woods, just around the tree stands 320 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: and um, big bottoms. You know where we think hot 321 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: travel is um coming out of betting areas. We've got 322 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: a couple of trail cameras where we think they're betting 323 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: at UM. That's pretty much it for the trail cameras 324 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 1: going forward. Then in the next week or so, what 325 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: do you think that bucket activity is going to be 326 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to tend in Virginia for 327 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: this area southeastern Virginia, buck activity probably about a seven 328 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: or eight. They're still on their feet, they do looking 329 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: for a nice mature buck. You're not gonna find one 330 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: every single hunt. They are on their feet if you 331 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: give it the time and you put some effort in, 332 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,199 Speaker 1: and I know the season is kind of coming not 333 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: towards an end. But dogs, the dogs, the shotgun seaton 334 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: just started, but we only got about another month some 335 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: change left. But if you give us some time and 336 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 1: you give us some patience, you'll you'll definitely get a 337 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: nice buck. Even though it's hard with the betting area 338 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: and dogs running around. The big bucks are trying to 339 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 1: find a place, you know, just to kind of hang 340 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: out at not moving around too much. With the rep 341 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: coming coming towards an end. Um, I still definitely think 342 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: you have a good chance of get in piecent book 343 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: if you put the time, you know determination into it. 344 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: Are Darren, good luck with your hunt that you're currently on. 345 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:48,159 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining me new problem alright and joining us 346 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: on the line. Next is Scott Spitzley for the Dirt 347 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: Nap Gear in Michigan. Scott in Michigan, what would you 348 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: say the bucket activities been lately on a scale of 349 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: one to ten? You know, I'd probably give it a 350 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: roll of seven. Now through my observation and lack of 351 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,400 Speaker 1: sign I've been seeing, I think we've been pretty much 352 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: well past the peak of their up for a little 353 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 1: bit now. However, I have had some good friends of mine, 354 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: uh put some great bucks down was in the last 355 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: couple of days. I think they're finally getting out of 356 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: that lockdown phase and looking for that next hot dough. 357 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: One of them actually shot their buck after we chase 358 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: a dough right under his tree. So when Michigan the 359 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: gun season has been going on for about a week now, 360 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: I believe what is your strategy for finding bucks that 361 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 1: are maybe avoiding those gun hunters, you know, I try 362 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: to set up close to dough bedding, UM nearer in 363 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: a travel corridor on the down wind side. UM. If 364 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,199 Speaker 1: putting in the time in I think you could have 365 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: a chance at a mature buck cruising through there looking 366 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: for another hot dough. And if you do, and if 367 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: you are near doe bedding and you do happen to 368 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: catch one still lockdown, that could put you in the 369 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 1: game as well, you know, depending on where the doe goes. 370 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: So this time of year, the end of November, do 371 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: you have a preference for morning or evening sits. I 372 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: tend to focus more on evening sits just in my experience. 373 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 1: The mornings just not a lots going on. UM. I 374 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't necessarily favor the evenings. Um, if you're in the 375 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: right spot, you can you can catch them in sure 376 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: buck on his feet in the morning. So don't get 377 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: me wrong, UM, but if you're the type of funner 378 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: that hunts over food, I would definitely favor the evening. 379 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 1: You know, on a big cold front day with some 380 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: perfect weather conditions. So what food sources specifically are you 381 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: looking for right now in Michigan? UM? Where I hunt, 382 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: I don't really have much availability to food sources. UM, 383 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: so I'll hunt a travel cord or leading into the food. UM. 384 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 1: But if someone did have that, I mean that access, 385 00:19:55,760 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: I would definitely say to sit up your food because 386 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 1: they're not going to be betting far from it, and 387 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: they're gonna you know, try to get that that winter, 388 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: you know, get built up for the winter. So you 389 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: mentioned before that you know, if the right weather comes along, 390 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 1: what is the weather that you're looking for this time 391 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: of year. I'm typically looking for a huge cold front day. 392 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: You know. Actually yesterday I ended up sitting most of 393 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: the day. The pressure peaked up to about thirty point six. Um. 394 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: Just high pressure days, cold, little wind um, sunny days. 395 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: I mean, just anything that you feel that gets the 396 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 1: deer on their feet in your area. Uh, that's that 397 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 1: would be the right time to sit up on it. 398 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: How about with calling a deco and those strategies that 399 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: you'll use in late November. UM. I do typically like 400 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: the rattle a little bit. You never know, if a 401 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: buck you know, just got done with the dough in 402 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 1: the area. Uh, if he hears two bucks fighting, it 403 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: might pique his interest a little bit. You know, get 404 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: close enough to come check it out. So, um, I don't. 405 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: I don't try to blind call much. I haven't had 406 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: good luck with it. If I do have a buck 407 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: out of range, I'll try calling or grunting to it, um, 408 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: but I don't go to to overboard with the calling 409 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 1: going forward. Then, in the sixt week or so, what 410 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: do you think that bucket a TV is going to 411 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 1: be on a scale of one to tend in Michigan. 412 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: You know, I'd probably give it about a five within 413 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: the next week, you know. I hate not to feel optimistic, 414 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: but I think within the next week or so their 415 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 1: focus is going to be on the greens again, you know, 416 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: before her hard winter hits, which can hurt the guys 417 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: that don't have access to that. Excuse me. I can 418 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: imagine the mature bucks not moving too far during daylight 419 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: and betting fairly close to food, and that can all 420 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: depend on the deer hurt as well. You know there 421 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 1: are still hot dolls in the area. All right, Scott, Well, 422 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: good luck with what's left of your season. Thanks for 423 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,919 Speaker 1: joining me. I appreciate the sponsor alright and joining us 424 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: on the line. Next is Kyler Mompert from Louisiana bow 425 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: Hunter in Louisiana, now Kyler in Louisiana, what would you 426 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: say the buck activity has been lately on a scale 427 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: of one to ten. Block activity for US so far 428 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 1: this year has been so far this week has probably 429 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: been about a seven. Um. We've got some parts of 430 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,479 Speaker 1: the state that is uh kind of falling into that 431 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: pre rut time frame, especially in the northern part area 432 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: to northwest and also the northeast parts of the state 433 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: are are definitely in pre rut. Um. I think it's 434 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: gonna get pretty hot and heavy here in the next 435 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 1: two or three weeks. So, so you're part of the 436 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 1: state specifically, what stage of they wrote, would you say 437 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: you're in there? Uh, We're We're still very early for 438 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: us here. Um. I'm an area six outside of Baton 439 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: Rouge and we're just starting to see a couple of 440 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: scrapes and rubs nothing um, nothing too aggressive, and not 441 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 1: a whole lot of daytime activity right now. Our rutt 442 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: is really around Christmas to at the beginning of the 443 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 1: new year, and sometimes going as as late as uh 444 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: end of January early February. So your setups, what are 445 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: you focusing on then? Right now? Are you doing some 446 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: mornings as well as evenings. Are you looking at food sources, 447 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: water bedding? Uh? What is your strategy this time of year? Yeah? 448 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: For for right now, what I'm focusing on. Number one, 449 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: any anytime I can get out in the woods is 450 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: a is a good time to hunt, So I'll hunt 451 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: morn again. E of then I'm mainly focusing on on 452 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: pitch points and travel routes. Um. You know, some of 453 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: our acorn trees, some of our oak trees have dropped out, 454 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: but a lot of the white oaks are still dropping. 455 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: Red oaks still have a lot on them, so that's 456 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: always great for an afternoon hunt to get on a 457 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: red oak flat and uh make sure you're playing the 458 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: right wind. Um. I killed a few bucks last year 459 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: on on on some oak flats that uh that produced 460 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: ellen in the you could say the mid to late 461 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: winter and get some good activity in the evenings. You 462 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: mentioned signmaking a little bit before. Um, what is your 463 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: strategy around signmaking right now? Are you just running cameras 464 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: on there or is that part of your hunting as well? Um, 465 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: you know this time of year, I'm running cameras. Uh. 466 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: When I find a scrape, I'll try and hang a 467 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: camera high and angle it down and just see what's 468 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: hitting it, because you know, this is the time of 469 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,439 Speaker 1: year where you start getting bucks you've never seen before. UM. 470 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 1: So every once in a while I'll hang a camera 471 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 1: over a scrape and check it just sequence in the 472 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: area and then depending on which standard is trying and 473 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: hunt a little downwind of it, um, try and catch 474 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: something coming in and checking it before dark. Um. But uh, 475 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 1: you know, I had a few new bucks show up 476 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: this week. UM, some of them are it's kind of 477 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 1: confirming to me that I don't want to hunt the 478 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: area because I don't have anything substantial checking. Um. But 479 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: one of the cameras, I've got a nice buck that 480 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start targeting here as soon as as soon 481 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: as he starts making some daylight appearances between now in 482 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 1: the rut. H if you're trying to find a buck 483 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: on its feet during daylight, are there any specific weather 484 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 1: patterns or moon phases that get you excited about maybe 485 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: seeing some more daytime movement? Absolutely? Uh. I always trying 486 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: and hunt the back half of a rain storm, especially 487 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: if it's uh, if I'm checking the checking the weather, 488 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: if I see it's gonna stop raining raining about two 489 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,719 Speaker 1: or three o'clock, UM, or sometimes even as late as 490 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: as four or five o'clock. I might go throw my 491 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,679 Speaker 1: rain gear on, climb up in the rain, just to 492 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 1: be there next to the betting area when he decided 493 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 1: to stand up and start walking. You know, will you 494 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 1: see any kind of shift in bedding between now and 495 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: maybe peek rut hitting now? Our our our betting staves 496 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: about the same all year long. I mean, we're such 497 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 1: a sick, sick state to hunt anyway that. UM, I don't. 498 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: I don't generally see a whole lot of shift in bedding. 499 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: Every once in a while you'll see um bed down 500 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: under the oaks or in the oak flatts, and you'll 501 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: push them out in the morning when you go to hunt. UM. 502 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: But typically some of your thickets that you would imagine 503 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: there would be a deer staying in there, there's uh, 504 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: they're gonna be in there from the beginning of the 505 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 1: season until the end. You mentioned before that you think 506 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: we are even ahead of pre route right now? Does 507 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 1: that mean you're part of say you're still seeing some 508 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: bachelor groups. Maybe absolutely, Yeah, A couple of others are 509 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: still seeing baschlor groups because like I said, I mean 510 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 1: there was even um, there was a buck killed in Velvet. 511 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: I want to say at the very beginning of November, 512 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: UM up on the northern part of the state, kind 513 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: of an intention Tinsaw Parish, there was a buck killed 514 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,640 Speaker 1: in killed in Velvelle on public land. And I mean, 515 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: you've got buck You've got bucks in Velvet, You've got 516 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: bucks that are still traveling together in groups of two 517 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 1: to five, um, you know the the rest so long 518 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: ways off, you know, going forward. Then in this next 519 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,679 Speaker 1: week or so, what do you think that bucket activity 520 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: is going to be on a scale of one to 521 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: ten in Louisiana. So for the next week, I think 522 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: it's gonna say about the same. We're not gonna start 523 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 1: heating up UM for some really good hard pushes at 524 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 1: you know, rut movement until UM until probably the week 525 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: week or two before Christmas. So we're probably two or 526 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: three weeks out. So the next week I'm gonna leave 527 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: it at the seventh UM and uh, you know, I 528 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,879 Speaker 1: would say, if you can get near some betting areas 529 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: or you know, you have a travel trail where you've 530 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 1: got some bucks walking and they're feeling pretty confident that 531 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: they're not going to get pushed around or be pressured, 532 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: then I would hone in on that. Alright, Kyler, good 533 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: luck with the long season head, thanks for joining me, 534 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: Thank you have a good day. And that concludes this 535 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 1: week's episode of Wired to Hunt's Radio. Thanks to Todd, Aaron, Scott, 536 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 1: and Kyler for joining me, and thank you guys for listening. 537 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: As always, make sure you're following Wire to Hunt on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, 538 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: and YouTube, and follow me at Spencer New Heart and 539 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: my blog rut Fresh on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. 540 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: Good luck to everybody who is hunting over this holiday break, 541 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: and until next time, stay Wired to Hunt.