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 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: deer hunting news, stories and strategies, and now your host, 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: Mark Kenyon. Welcome to the Wire to Hunt podcast. I'm 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: your host, Mark Kenyan, and this is episode number three 5 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,159 Speaker 1: eight one, and today we're back for another one of 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: our Fresh Radio episodes in which we are hearing from 7 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: hunters all across the country about the latest deer activity, behavior, 8 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: current conditions, and the tactics that are working right now. 9 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: All right, welcome to the Wired Hunt Podcast, brought to 10 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: you by on X. We are back with I think 11 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: this is our Is this our last rout fresh Radio 12 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: for October? Next episode will be October UM and that 13 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: will be the last episode of October. All right, Well, 14 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: I'm getting ahead of myself. I'm wishing away October all 15 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: the way to November. But I shouldn't do that because 16 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: good things are still to come in in October. Uh. 17 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: For those that haven't heard these episodes, we are basically 18 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: going to hear from a series of deer hunters here 19 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: in a minute. They're gonna tell us all about what 20 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: kind of deer activity they've been seeing, what kind of 21 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: dear activity they are predicting, and all of the conditions 22 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: and behavior and changing. I don't know, moon, weather, temperature, 23 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: anything that might influence deer movement. That's the kind of 24 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: stuff that we're in hearing from from these in the 25 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: field reporters. Spencer, of course you know this. I know this, Um, 26 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: But that's the game plan. And it is almost the 27 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: end of October. It's Uh, it's getting to be a 28 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: particularly exciting time of year because we're we're basically in 29 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: the doorstep of the pre rut and the super Bowl 30 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: is is going to break open any day now. Yeah, 31 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: These last ten days of October, which when this episode drops, 32 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: there would be ten days of the month left, um, 33 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: are really exciting because sign is going to peek here 34 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: pretty soon. We're gonna start seeing some of that pre 35 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: road stuff like seeking and chasing, like you said, Um. 36 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: And for a lot of serious white tailors, this is 37 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: like their favorite time of year to kill a homebody 38 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: buck that they're familiar with, and it's something that a 39 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,399 Speaker 1: lot of haunters look forward to each year, even more 40 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 1: so than the rut, because with the rut comes this chaos, 41 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: it comes the loss of deer, it comes with gaining deer, 42 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: and it's like sort of hard to plan for. But 43 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: for folks UM that like data and like scouting and 44 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: like trail camera images and are really familiar with an 45 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: area and no historical patterns, this last ten days of 46 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: October are really important. Thinking back to the biggest buck 47 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: that I ever hunted in twenty I think it was seen. 48 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: It was probably a one class deyear um. I I 49 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: had kind of you know, been getting pictures of him 50 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: since July UM, and the two opportunities that I had 51 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: at him seeing him in daylight did not come like 52 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: during the peak of the rut. They were like October. 53 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: In October, I believe. And so these next seven days 54 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: are super important for white tailors that have some nocturnal 55 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: buck um that they might finally get a chance at. Yeah, 56 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: that's that is the truth. I feel a dent the 57 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: same way. I've been looking at this week on the 58 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: calendar as as one of my very best chances um. 59 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: For example, for my target buck, my number one target 60 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: buck tran of course that big eight partner in Michigan. Um, 61 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: this was the week I circled is probably when I 62 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: could really get it done because just like you mentioned, 63 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: he's not going to be roaming all over the place yet, 64 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: but hopefully he's getting spicy enough that he'll be moving 65 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: a little bit in daylight and I can get a 66 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: crack um. So yeah, it's it's a time that especially 67 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: if you get that very nicely time to cold front, 68 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: it can set things off to you can get that 69 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: rut at least a flash of the rut a little 70 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: bit earlier than you might otherwise if you happen to 71 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: get that weather too, and at least in my neck 72 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: of the woods, we do have that weather hitting over 73 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: the coming weekend. We're gonna get a twenty degree temperature 74 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: drop that lines up with that last week of October 75 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 1: and those late October cold fronts hitting it already a 76 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: very good time. Seemed to be like a firecracker thrown 77 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: into a gunpowder shed. It just it bodes very well. 78 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: So I'm excited. Um. I'm actually out in Ohio hunting 79 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 1: some public land right now, but I've made sure to 80 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: plan on making it back to Michigan in time for 81 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: this cold front that's hitting around time period, because I 82 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 1: want to take advantage of this last week of October 83 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,799 Speaker 1: magic with that cold front all hitting at the same time. 84 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 1: So um um, I'm certainly hoping it turns out the 85 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: way we're hyping it up because I'm counting on it. Yeah, 86 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: and sort of like the textbook example is if ten 87 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 1: days ago you had a buck showing up in the 88 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: middle of the night at like one am, um, then 89 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: maybe right now he's showing up like an hour after daylight, 90 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: and then ten days from now, you know, maybe it's 91 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: at last thirty minutes of shooting light right at sunset um. 92 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: But then you get the ten days beyond that, and 93 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: you might not ever see that buck again because he 94 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: wanders off somewhere during the rut um. So for those 95 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: hunters that you don't have some buck that they're really 96 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: easier or in on, this is probably gonna be your chance, 97 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: you know, now through October thirty one or so um 98 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: to sort of put that dada together and kill him 99 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: on some fresh sign or some some field edge that 100 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: he slowly is showing up closer and closer to daylight in. Yeah, 101 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: you know, It's it's funny. We've had a lot of 102 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: these cold fronts that have lined up with weekends and 103 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: lining We've had almost had one hitting every week or 104 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: every other week, and so I found us saying now 105 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 1: is the time to swing for the fences. Often almost 106 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: every episode I've done these, But we had one that 107 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: was leading into the beginning of October, and we're saying, man, 108 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: if it's the beginning of your season and we have 109 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: this cold front, it could be really special swinging for 110 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: the fences maybe. And then we had like a mid 111 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,679 Speaker 1: October cold front that hit recently, and we were saying, man, 112 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: with this front hit and this could be a chance 113 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: to push in there and get after something. Um. Each 114 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: one of those I would say is we're excited about 115 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: cold fronts, right, We're always talking about those are going 116 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: to give you a little bit better chance. Um. But 117 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: that opening day cold front, you know, I look at 118 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: that as like a like a seven out of ten 119 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: kind of excitement level. And then when you get that 120 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: mid October cold front, maybe on like a six point 121 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: five out ten kind of excitement level. But when you 122 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: get the late October cold front, the hits if it 123 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: hits at the right time and you get this big temperatureure, 124 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: that gets me to like the eight and a half 125 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: or nine out of ten excitement level. Because you have 126 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: these two very powerful drivers converging. You've got the the 127 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: ven diagram of pre rut craziness happening when those two 128 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: things intersect in the last few days of the month. 129 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: Um So, even though we told you to swing for 130 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: the fences the fences several times leading up to this, 131 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: now I really want you to do it because, as 132 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: you just said, Spencer, Um, you know, the deer you 133 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: want to kill might not be around on November four 134 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: or something, but there's a damn good chance he still 135 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: is right now. Um So, so at least keep that 136 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: in mind when you're weighing your risks and rewards and 137 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: when you want to go in there. Um, this is 138 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: something to think about. Agree with you there? Um, The 139 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: hunters we talked to you this week, we have Dan 140 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: Moultrie from Moultrie in Georgia, Scott Spitzley in Michigan from 141 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: six Packs and Max Podcast, Taylor Chamberlain in Virginia, the 142 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: Urban Bowman, and then Get Hikes from Chasing the Dream 143 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: TV in Nebraska. And we had two of our haunters 144 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: we talked to you this week that just killed deer yesterday. 145 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: So I think you're gonna find their reports, um extra 146 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,679 Speaker 1: helpful on this episode. Any other than what we just said, 147 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: is there anything we should be thinking about is there 148 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: any particular um I don't know common theme or or 149 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: should we just let these folks speak for themselves? And 150 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: then we get to the episode of These interviews are exciting, 151 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: It's the exciting time of year, and I'm gonna let 152 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: you get back to hunting. Mark all right, it works 153 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: for Ray Spencer. 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Alright and joining us on 163 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: the line next is Garrett Hikers from Chasing the Dream 164 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: TV in Nebraska. Now Garrett in Nebraska. What would you 165 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 1: say the bucket activity has been lately on a scale 166 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: of one to ten um. I think in the past 167 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: week m from my hunts have been out quite a bit, 168 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: but I'd say it's probably five or six probably closer 169 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: to a six m. With the colder whether we've had, 170 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: and I've noticed food sources have been pretty important, especially 171 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: green food sources like alfalfa and Nebraska plots. The cold 172 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 1: weather has definitely helped in my opinion. UM. Sometimes you 173 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: don't see as much buck activity right now, UM fits 174 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: warmer UM. A lot of guys talking about the October low. 175 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: But from this week, I've seen quite a bit of 176 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: activity on scrapes and stuff like that. I've got all 177 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: my cameras switched over to them. The last two nights especially, 178 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: they've been coming out to super early. We've had cold, 179 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: misty weather the last couple of days, and I've been 180 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 1: sitting on food sources and in my main plot where 181 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: I actually killed last night. But plenty of plenty of 182 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: deer activity in the evenings pretty early. It seems like 183 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: they've been bedding up pretty early in the morning. Though. 184 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 1: Tell us about that set up from last night when 185 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: you arawed that awesome white tail. Two years ago, we 186 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: started pretty good sized food prought about three and a 187 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 1: half acres along a creek line with Betting on the 188 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: northwest corner and on the east side and this year 189 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: I kind of completely redesigned it to try to help 190 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: my chances, um after learning how the deer moved in 191 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: there a little better last year, so I put pretty 192 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: tall Egyptian wheat strip from the very west end all 193 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,959 Speaker 1: the way down the south border to the east end, 194 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: and that helped my access in and out, and then 195 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: south of me across the lane, uh, there's a big 196 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: main field the south alfa, so I've kind of got 197 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,959 Speaker 1: the plot set up to be a good transition plot 198 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 1: between betting in the main twood and uh. The last 199 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: few weeks, I've been the chase in this book that 200 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: I can't see too and he had been coming out 201 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: quite a bit in the east side of the plot, 202 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 1: and I have a platform line over there that's set 203 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: up for northwest wind, but the wind broke a couple 204 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: of the supports in it, so I didn't have that 205 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: set up. And I've got a hay Bell blind on 206 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: the west end, so I've been sitting that and it 207 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: seems like every time I sid that hay Bell blind, 208 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: he comes out on the east side by the platform. 209 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: So yesterday I went in I ended up finding a 210 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: kind of a crappy ground blind in the barn and 211 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,199 Speaker 1: I got that popped up on the platform and sat 212 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: it last night and I put it on my Instagram story. 213 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: Um kind of making a joke. I kind of knew 214 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: it was going to happen though, now that I was 215 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: in the right blind, he was going to show up 216 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: in front of the other one, and probably forty five 217 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: minutes before dark, I looked over to my left, which 218 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: is over by the bailed blind, and he was standing 219 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,599 Speaker 1: broadside at twenty five yards from that one. And it 220 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: took him quite a while to get down towards me, 221 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: but finally worked his way down at bean row across 222 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: the fence at thirty five and then took a couple 223 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: of steps quartered away. I don't remember if I ranged 224 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: him at thirty seven or thirty nine, but shot him 225 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 1: and last second he ducked and lunched forward pretty hard 226 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: and I hit him in front of the back right 227 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: hip um on the spine dropped him and it also 228 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: hit the artery, knocking another arrow and shot him in 229 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: the heart and then he went down pretty quick after that. 230 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 1: But there I've been seeing. The food source has been 231 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: pretty good. They're pounding the soybeans and not that they're 232 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: dried out and it's getting colder. And then I've also 233 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: got half the plot planted in wildlife perfect basket of glen, 234 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: so they've been tearing those up. But I think good 235 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: green food source near the bedding has been pretty important 236 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: from what I've seen the past week. You mentioned that 237 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: a lot of your trail cameras right now are on sign. 238 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: Are you seeing a lot of fresh rubs and scrapes 239 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: showing up in the woods right now? Yep, especially the 240 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: past week. Um. The week before it was pretty warm, 241 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: but this last week it's cooled down quite a bit. 242 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: And I think between between the time of the month 243 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: that it is and the weather cooling down, my scrape 244 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: activity has picked up big time on all my cams. 245 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: I think I have all my all my cameras set 246 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: up on mock scrape licking branches right now. And yeah, 247 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: definitely the last week, especially the last five days, the 248 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: bucks have really been hitting them pretty hard. What is 249 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: a decoying or a calling set up look like for 250 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 1: you in Nebraska at the end of October. End of October, um, 251 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: I like to be in good pinch points, like typical 252 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: rut funnels between dope betting areas, and usually I'll sit 253 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: for a couple hours in the morning, left the deer 254 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 1: filter into the beds, and then I'll try UM a 255 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: grunning sequence with my UM Dear Society Extinguisher grunt tube, 256 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 1: and then I'll wait probably ten fifteen minutes and then 257 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 1: do a not a not too heavy and aggressive of 258 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: rattling sequence, but UM do a short, short, kind of 259 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: heavier sparring sound for that, and then probably wait an 260 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 1: hour hour and a half before I try it again. 261 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: Going forward. Then, in the next week or so, what 262 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: do you think that buck activity is going to be 263 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten in Nebraska? Looking 264 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: at the forecast and the moon phases, I think it's 265 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: really gonna skyrocket. UM. Our attempts are gonna drop, the 266 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: highs are going to be low to mid thirties UM 267 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: and northwest winds, which I think is ideal for end 268 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: of October especially and based off the moon. UM got 269 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: another full moon coming, so I think it's really gonna really, 270 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: really gonna pick up scrape activity in the next week. UM, 271 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: I think you might might see a little bit of 272 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: chasing bucks pushing dose around, even though we're still a 273 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: few weeks out. From the true rut, but I think 274 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: the activity will definitely pick up in the next week. Alright, Garey, 275 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: we'll congrats on the great book. Good luck with the 276 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: rest of your sides. Thanks for joining me. Yeah, thanks 277 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: for having me on alright and joining us on the line. 278 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: Next is Taylor Chamberlain, the Urban Bell them in in Virginia. Now, 279 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: Taylor in Virginia, what would you say the buck activity 280 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: has been lately on a scale of one to ten. 281 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: On a scale of one to ten, it's been a 282 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: three point seven five. Yeah, really not a lot of 283 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: buck activity, uh, in the daylight hours that we're seeing here. Um, 284 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: Yet you know, we're right at the the point of 285 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:27,239 Speaker 1: October where I call it kind of like the sign explosions, so, um, 286 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: the deer are are kind of getting ready to just 287 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: pop here. And you know, every day from now through 288 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: the next ten days or so, I think you're just 289 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: going to continue seeing a ton more sign get laid 290 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: out in the woods. And that's really important sign based 291 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: on what you're hunting and where you're hunting and kind 292 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: of you know, obviously you don't want to go blowing 293 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: into your areas scouting them fully right now, but it's 294 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: really important to pay attention um and and kind of 295 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: lightly scout and see what's going on, because if you're 296 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: not keeping your head on a swivel right now, you 297 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: could be missing out on some really great hunting and 298 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: great spots to be hunting in. As an urban bow hunter, 299 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: what sort of food sources are you focused on during 300 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: pre rout? So right now where I am in northern Virginia, 301 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: I am really focused on the white oaks. Uh. This 302 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: year we have a really really poor white oak crop, 303 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: which is really good as a hunter. People don't really 304 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: think about that, but when there are a ton of 305 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: acorns around, the deer don't have to to choose where 306 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: they're going. They can literally just you know, go at 307 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: random and find some makecorns to eat. However, when you 308 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: have a year like this where you have a really 309 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: poor acorn crop, you know where the deer are going 310 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: to be. So when you find some white oaks that 311 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: are dropping, the deer are really going to hammer them hard. 312 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: So what I do this time of year is I'm 313 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: looking for for any and all white oaks that are dropping. 314 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: I will pretty much bet the farm and guarantee that 315 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: if you find a way that's it's dropping. This time 316 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: of year, you will find sign everywhere around it, communal scrapes, 317 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: and a lot of deer activity around it as well. 318 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: When do you expect to start seeing some seeking and 319 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 1: chasing in Virginia? This week is one of my favorite 320 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: weeks the hunt of all time because the deer, the 321 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: bucks are starting to really kind of put some sign 322 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: down and they're starting to attend to that sign. It's 323 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 1: a really, really really good time to get in to 324 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: a communal scrape or a scrape line um early morning 325 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: was deer gonna hit those right before they go back 326 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: to bed. They're gonna be on their feet just a 327 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: little bit longer in daylight hours. We've really kind of 328 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 1: are crossing the threshold right now from deer being bedded up, 329 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,439 Speaker 1: but I'm talking about buck bucks being bedded up before sunrise. 330 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,400 Speaker 1: Now they're going to be moving around a little bit. 331 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 1: That first hour to hours of daylight are really really good. 332 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: This is my absolute favorite time of year to kill 333 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: a buck in his core home range over a scrape 334 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 1: in the morning before he starts venturing out. So everybody 335 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: that's been out there doing their homework for you know, 336 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: all year long, uh, finding deer, figuring out where their 337 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: home ranges are. This is the time to finally move 338 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: in on those stands, um over that that communal scrape 339 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 1: or destination, spot tight on buck betting, and put an 340 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: arrow in one of them. Absolute best week of the 341 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: year as far as I've been scerning, for killing deer 342 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: that you know about before they start chasing and going 343 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: miles away where you don't have control of them. I 344 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: know you're kind of getting new permissions on properties throughout 345 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 1: the year. So if you get access to a new 346 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: piece of land in late October, what are you looking 347 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: for when you go in? You're doing some in season scouting. 348 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: So in season scouting, I'm trying to tread as lightly 349 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 1: as possible. So I'm going to go in, I'm gonna 350 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:05,160 Speaker 1: poke around, looking for food, looking for sign It's very 351 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: easy to find the obviously, you know, white oaks are 352 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: are easy to identify based on their bark um. But 353 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: even if they don't have white oaks, you can find 354 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: Deer really hit maple trees really hard this time of year. 355 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 1: The leaves um. They really really like the maple leaves. 356 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,479 Speaker 1: If you find some some droppings on the ground, a 357 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: lot of deer sign, that's obviously a great place to start. 358 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: And then if you start seeing you know, rubs and scrapes, 359 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: those are going to be around a lot of the 360 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: predominant food sources right now, and that's a great place 361 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: to set up. So when I'm going in scouting, I 362 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: tread lightly. I'm looking for a sign. I always take 363 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: a couple of cellular trail cameras with me. I'm gonna 364 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: pop them out um or regular trail cameras, whatever you have, 365 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 1: But I want to get as much intel as quickly 366 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: as possible. And then for me, I'm looking for the 367 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: best tree to hunt, has the the best access, that 368 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: is the least intrusive, So I'm looking to be able 369 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,479 Speaker 1: to get in and out without bumping deer or without 370 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: uh spooking deer. Getting intel that first sit on all 371 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: of these properties is always one of the best to 372 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: kill a deer. So wait until you have the intel 373 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 1: that you know we're there, don't just wing it, and 374 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: you will have a very successful hunt. I would imagine 375 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: in an urban environment, is calling in decoying? Are those 376 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: tactics that you'll use? Yeah? Absolutely, I mean you have 377 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: to be careful with the decoying um sometimes because you 378 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: don't want to draw a ton of attention to yourself 379 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: as a hunter. And it looks a little odd if 380 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: there's a dough or a buck standing in the corner 381 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: of the yard for four or five hours. But um, 382 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 1: you know, just like they work on on big rural areas, 383 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: decoing calling especially works very well. Um. You just have 384 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: to remember that it's all up to the buck, and 385 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 1: the bucks have different personalities. Some of our fighters summer shy, 386 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,199 Speaker 1: um summer vocals, some are not so. Um. You know, 387 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,160 Speaker 1: being able to see those animals and call to them 388 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,400 Speaker 1: and kind of read their body language will really help 389 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: you in in doing any type of calling for those animals. 390 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: But also you know, just throwing a grunt out here 391 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: or they're doing a little bit of light rattling. Uh. 392 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: That's always been helpful for me and it's definitely something 393 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,719 Speaker 1: that I'm going to continue to use in my arsenal 394 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: going forward. Then, in the sex week or so, what 395 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: do you think that bucket activity is going to be 396 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten in Virginia. I 397 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,719 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be a solid ten. I mean, I'm 398 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: looking really forward to every morning coming up here. You 399 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: will not find me not in the woods. It's gonna 400 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: be a really, really, really good week coming up, and 401 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: I hope all you guys are getting out there. I mean, 402 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: we have warm weather coming through this week. It's going 403 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 1: to be in the mid to upper seventies with lowse 404 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: kind of in the upper forties, lower fifties in the morning. 405 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 1: That's really going to condense the dear activity down to 406 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: those early morning hours that they are not going to 407 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: be running around the middle of the day. They're not 408 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: gonna be up on your feet until the very end 409 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: of the day to feed, and it's just a great 410 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: time to catch a lot of condensed activity in the morning. 411 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 1: So find those big communal scrapes, find the food sources. 412 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: Um the scrape areas that are removed from food sources 413 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: that can get in on and hunt in the mornings 414 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: are my absolute favorite spot and this is my favorite 415 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 1: week to hit them. So I highly recommend people getting 416 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: out in the woods and hopefully arrowing their their target animals. 417 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: All right, Taylor, love following your content at Urban Bowman. 418 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:39,360 Speaker 1: Good luck with the rest of your season, and thanks 419 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 1: for joining me. Thanks Spencer, you have a good luck 420 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 1: out there. Alright and joining us on the line. Next 421 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 1: is Scott spits Lee from six Packs and Racks podcast 422 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: in Michigan. Now Scott in Michigan. What would you say 423 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: the buck activity has been lately? On a scale of 424 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 1: one to ten, I give it about a seven or eight. 425 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 1: I've been noticing a lot of my cheerbuck movement during 426 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: the day, um browsing around. I think if you've got 427 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: them patterned right now, I think it's a pretty decent 428 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: time to get on them before they start running around chasing. 429 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: Does I know you just aired a big Michigan buck 430 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: yesterday October nineteen. Tell us a little bit about that setup. 431 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: So on this setup, I set up on a river bottom, 432 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: and it's a set that we actually just put up 433 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: the day prior. We have been noticing bucks cruising through 434 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 1: here kind of late morning midday ish, so I knew 435 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: to get in there and try to get in there 436 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: early and get set up quietly and uh catch one 437 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 1: running by later morning midday. So I ended up sitting, 438 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: or planned on sitting until about eleven o'clock, and uh, 439 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 1: sure enough, one of my target bucks had been brushing 440 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: and making a scrape about thirty yards from me. And 441 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 1: you worked my way or worked his way, um, basically 442 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,199 Speaker 1: not right under me, but about twenty yards away, and 443 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 1: uh presented me with a beautiful shot. Unfortunately, Um, I'm 444 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: still tracking that deer and I was shot that deer yesterday. 445 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,119 Speaker 1: What were those bucks doing moving through their midmorning? And 446 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: is that something that you notice every year? Is that 447 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: a historical pattern for late October in that area? Yeah, 448 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: usually around this time of year. Um, the little bucks 449 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: are kind of chasing. Does I've noticed a lot and 450 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 1: usually about a week prior's um when that happens, and 451 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 1: then a week later you'll start seeing the bigger bucks chasing. 452 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 1: But I think they're just kind of patterned right now. 453 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: I think they're just comfortable. Um, there hasn't been too 454 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 1: much pressure on this property that I'm hunting right now, 455 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: and I just pick the best weather date and uh, 456 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: best possible spot that I had thought that give me 457 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: an opportunity, and um, I had that opportunity. So are 458 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: you seeing any signmaking it in Michigan? Lots of sign um, 459 00:24:55,960 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: lots of fresh robs and scrapes. Um, they're getting hitten 460 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: often to what food sources are relevant for hunters in 461 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,120 Speaker 1: that part of the country right now. Um, I'd say 462 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 1: around me, it's spend fresh cut corn, um, fresh cut beans. 463 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: They just cut corn across the road um from our 464 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: property here. And I've noticed a lot of deer feeding 465 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 1: out there throughout the night. Um. Obviously acorns are still 466 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 1: getting eight right now. Um. And I've noticed a lot 467 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: of browsing. I mean there don't just eat good food sources. 468 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: They eat anything green I've noticed. So UM. Definitely don't 469 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: just focus on food sources this time of year in 470 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: a pressured neighborhood like what you're hunting in Michigan. Do 471 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: you try tactics like calling and decoy, Um, only when 472 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 1: I see them. And I actually had this happened to 473 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: me about four sets ago. I had another one of 474 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: my target bucks, uh, about sixty yards and he was 475 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: just browsing about twenty minutes too dark, and I ended 476 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 1: up calling and he didn't hear me. So I called 477 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 1: a little louder. And you probably should just like call 478 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: behind you to make it so they don't know exactly 479 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: what direction or you know about the spot you called from, 480 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: because I made that mistake and he picked me off 481 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 1: right after I called, And I was just trying to 482 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: call it to get his attention, and uh, he ended 483 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: up getting spooked and ran away after that. So I 484 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: technically I would call if I see the deer or buck. 485 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: I won't blind call. I don't do a lot of 486 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: blind calling. Maybe during the rut when it's hot, but 487 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: usually not this time of year. Going forward, then in 488 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 1: he thinks week or so, what do you think that 489 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 1: buck activity is going to be on a scale of 490 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: one to ten in Michigan? But the next week, week 491 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: and a half, I would give it about a nine. 492 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: It's um, full moon's coming. Uh, you know it's pre rut. 493 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: It is just around the corner. You're gonna start seeing 494 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: those mature bucks on their feet through day on in 495 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: daylight chasing. Does um, I think your best bet is 496 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 1: to start hunting down when the dough betting around that time. 497 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 1: So yeah, within the next week, I think it's gonna 498 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 1: be pretty good out here. All right, scout, Well, good 499 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 1: luck with your tracking. I hope this story has a 500 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: happy ending. Thanks for joining me. I appreciate it. Sponsor 501 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,400 Speaker 1: alright and joining us on the line. Next is Dan 502 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,159 Speaker 1: Moultrie in Georgia. From Moultrie, now, Dan in Georgia, what 503 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: would you say, the buck activities ben lately on a 504 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 1: scale of one to ten. You know, we're hunting middle 505 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,199 Speaker 1: Georgia and George is pretty much the same all the 506 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: way throughout the state. But we're right in the middle, 507 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: so it's pretty representative. But the the buck activity has 508 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: been like a four on a ten point scale. They 509 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: have been, uh, you see the young deer chasing a 510 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 1: little bit. The young bucks are chasing. They have no 511 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,959 Speaker 1: idea why they're chasing, but they're chasing. You see the 512 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: increase in scrapes and rubbed activity going on, and they're 513 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: heading towards that. Usually around November eight is the Georgia 514 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 1: You know, you can't count on it exactly every year, 515 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: but sometimes around November eight the peak of the rug. Now, 516 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: I know, you haunt all over the South. How does 517 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: the timing of George's rout differ from other states in 518 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: that region? You know what's great about that is is 519 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: we've got a ranch in Texas and Alabama and Georgia, 520 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: and we've we last week or so, we had bow 521 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 1: Jackson out there and and who's a great bow hunter, 522 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: and they're just not you know, they're just barely coming 523 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: out of a summer activity in Texas right now, but 524 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: Georgia you can sort of always count on November eight. 525 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: You can count on Texas always about November or December tenth, 526 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 1: and you can count on Alabama about January tenth. And 527 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: so it's really good, especially slee if guys are hunting 528 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: only rut activity and having the chance to kill the 529 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: biggest deer possible, which usually that brings. That's great because 530 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: you get to go to each different state and hunt 531 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 1: the best of the best during that time, so that 532 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:18,479 Speaker 1: that affords a hunter a great opportunity. Specifically talking about Georgia, 533 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: then when do you expect to start seeing some seeking 534 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: and chasing from mature bucks? I would say that that's 535 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: probably uh, with you would start seeing the age class 536 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: go up on the seeking and chasing. Uh, We're we 537 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 1: usually probably the end of next week. Rattling pre rattling 538 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 1: will be very very effective, especially for people that have 539 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 1: are hunting in a correct boat buck to doe ratio area. 540 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: But ours within a week we'll be rattling. Uh November eight, 541 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: you better strap on your belt and to stand because 542 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: they're gonna be wide open. Are you seeing a lot 543 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 1: of signmaker right now in Georgia, lots of increase in 544 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:07,520 Speaker 1: scrapes and rubs, and the difference than the velvet rubs 545 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: that they've done, you know, a month ago. The lots 546 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 1: of uh pre rut rubs getting ready for the rud, 547 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: lots of scrapes. Every logging road through any of the 548 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: woods with an overhanging branch has a scrape under it's 549 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: It appears to be starting a textbook year for for 550 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: the rudd in Georgia. What food sources are relevant for 551 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: white tails in that part of the country right now? Uh, 552 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: natural food sources besides manmade which everyone controls themselves, and 553 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: food plots are putting out free choice supple months are 554 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: feeding from the the musketines are just playing out right now. 555 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 1: That's really our earliest really good food source. The if 556 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 1: you're lucky enough to have some chestnut trees, which we 557 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: do on the property, of course, that is tremendous food 558 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 1: habitat one for the deer when they drop those. But 559 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: the the muscadins are playing out. The white oaks appear 560 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: to be full in the canopy, but they're a little 561 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 1: bit late dropping. But you're just seeing some dropping uh 562 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: right now is when you find that sweetheart tree that 563 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 1: is really outproducing dropping a lot more acrons and the 564 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 1: rest of on the white oaks, but within the next 565 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: week they ought to be wide open. Now, obviously, as 566 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: the founder of Multrie, you run a lot of trail cameras, 567 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 1: So how do you utilize cell cameras in pre rut 568 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: and during the rut? And how is that different than 569 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: maybe a regular trail camera. You know, you can tell 570 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: what one of the neatest tricks with cell cameras is. 571 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: You can pattern deer so well before the RUDD activity 572 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 1: and you've got the same buck coming in the same time, 573 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,960 Speaker 1: within minus the same day, same group of bucks comes 574 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: in in the bachelor groups, same group of doose come in. 575 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 1: You can monitor that. With the increase in RUD activity, though, 576 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 1: you'll start seeing bucks fall out of the groups, You'll 577 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:03,479 Speaker 1: start seeing new bucks come in. You'll get pictures of 578 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: the buck coming through, not eating, just pushing it deer. 579 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 1: But one of the neatest tips that I've been given 580 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 1: lately is with self can Self cameras are taking over 581 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: the camera businesses. Everybody knows the but getting the signal 582 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 1: seems to be the difficult part. It doesn't matter whose 583 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: brand it is hopefully it's our brand, but we're really 584 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:28,120 Speaker 1: with anybody. It's it's the getting a signal. One of 585 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: the neatest to everybody says, oh, I put the camera 586 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: up and I can't quite get a signal. We had 587 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: an area that, in fact is the area that I 588 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 1: bow hunted. It's extremely hard to get a signal out. 589 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: Move the camera up to your tree stand. You've already 590 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: got to stand in a climbing deal where you're gonna 591 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: be twenty ft up. Some people are my age, I'm 592 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: gonna go and and you're twenty ft up. The signal 593 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 1: comes in beautifully and it's a really I kind of 594 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,239 Speaker 1: like the perspective from a bug better because you can 595 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: really see the rack and analyze the rack better. Where 596 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 1: some time if you don't get it on the ground level. 597 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: But if if the tip of the year for us 598 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: is if you're having trouble getting a cell phone signal, 599 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 1: move the camera up and point it down out of 600 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: your out of your tree stand, and then you'll really 601 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: be getting your signal better. So where are you running 602 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: a lot of your trail cameras in late October and 603 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 1: orly November, we keep them on all food sources on 604 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 1: all protein feeders, on all spin feeders, and we would 605 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 1: put you know, we don't really put one on scrapes 606 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 1: and rugs. But for people that's never done it, it's 607 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: it's a neat deal for them to see that, you know, 608 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: what they may have heard about old fodder, about hay 609 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 1: the buck, or revisit that scrape or ductin revisit or 610 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: see the same crap. It's neat for them to see 611 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 1: what dear activity really on it, which deer actually comes 612 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 1: and they can differentiate between what they've been told its 613 00:33:56,160 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 1: tailgate talk, and what's the real deal on it going forward. Then, 614 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: in the next week or so, what do you think 615 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 1: that buck activity is going to be on a scale 616 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: of one to ten in Georgia in the in the 617 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: next week or so, again, right now i'd rated a four. 618 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,719 Speaker 1: The next week or so, it'd be a six. Two 619 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 1: weeks it will be a Tana's trap it home, all right, 620 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,239 Speaker 1: Dan Well, I like your optimism. Good luck with the 621 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,239 Speaker 1: Haunts the rest of your season. Thanks for joining me, 622 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 1: Hey Spencer, thank you so much, Thanks for what you 623 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,120 Speaker 1: all do, thanks for informing all the others. And that 624 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: concludes this week's episode of rout Fresh Radio. Thanks to Garrett, Taylor, 625 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 1: Scott and Dan for joining me, and thank you guys 626 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: for listening. These next seven days are one of my 627 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,360 Speaker 1: favorite stretches of the year, and I hope you'll be 628 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 1: in the woods taking advantage of the increased dear movement. 629 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,720 Speaker 1: Look fresh sign, pay attention to what your trail cameras 630 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,440 Speaker 1: are telling you, and don't forget the rattling antlers and 631 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: grunt tube at home. The next time I talked to you, 632 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna hear a lot about seeking and chasing, so 633 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: get ready for the woods to light up. Until then, 634 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 1: stay wired, Haunt