1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: Welcome to Wire to Hunts rut Fresh Radio, bringing you 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,559 Speaker 1: the latest reports from the White Tailed Woods and now 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: your host, Spencer new Hearth. This is Wire de Hunts 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: rut Fresh Radio powered by First Light. I am your host, 5 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: Spencer new Hearth, and this week we talked to a 6 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: hunter who killed the biggest buck in show history. Welcome 7 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 1: to Wire to Hunt's rut Fresh Radio. This is episode 8 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: four hundred sixty nine and we're officially in late October. Now. 9 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: Normally joining me for the intro is Mark Kenyon, but 10 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: as you've probably seen on Instagram or Facebook, he is 11 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: on assignment with our buddy Clay Newcomb making some really 12 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: cool content that I think you're probably gonna see more 13 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: of in two. So joining me is our other buddy, 14 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: Tony Peterson. And Tony, last time I talked to you, 15 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: you were taking twin nine year old daughter one out 16 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: for a deer hunt. Who you got a dough um. 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: But this last weekend you took out twin nine year 18 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: old daughter two and you did even better. Tell us 19 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: about that hunt, oh man. So they actually both the 20 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: girls got doze in September. But then there you know, 21 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: you know how they are, So they're like, we gotta 22 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: get bucks now. And so last weekend we were on 23 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: a buck mission over there in northern Wisconsin. And the 24 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: very first night we got over there, five minutes into 25 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: our hunt, my daughter taps me and she goes, Dad, 26 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: there's a buck right there. And I was I thought 27 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: she was joking because my kids messed with me all 28 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: the time, so I didn't even look. And she goes, 29 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: debt right there, and I looked out and there's a 30 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: little forky standing there, and I just I felt like 31 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: we had this is it totally not like me, but 32 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: I felt like we had a really good chance of 33 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: of encountering a bigger deer. So I told her. I 34 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: was like, honey, you can do what you want, but 35 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: I think if we let this one go, we'll have 36 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: a bigger one come in. And she sat there for 37 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: like twelve seconds and she goes, Dad, I really think 38 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: my first book should be a little guy. I said, 39 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: all right, light him up, honey, and she made a 40 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: good shot and got him, and it was it was 41 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: really cool, awesome. That is good parenting, something I don't 42 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: know anything about. So I'm glad to hear the hunt 43 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: went down like that. And I imagine Tony, this opens 44 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: up sort of the rest of the fall for you 45 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: to focus on you and your haunts. Is I right? Well, 46 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: So I have one nine year old who haven't shot 47 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 1: a buck this year now, so I know I'm I'm 48 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: turning right around and going back to get her one. 49 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,119 Speaker 1: You know this coming next couple of days and see 50 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: if we can see if we can get another forky 51 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: in range. And then after that it'll be my time 52 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: to get into a tree. Sweet glad to hear of 53 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: all the successes so far with your daughters. Um, Now, 54 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: what I really want to talk to you about, Tony, 55 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: is in season scouting and what hunters should be looking 56 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: or this time of year, because I know you would 57 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: do a lot of traveling to hunt, and you're often 58 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: exploring new properties, especially this time of year, because as 59 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: I've talked to you before, Tony, I think mid October 60 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: laid October tends to be one of your favorite times 61 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: of year to to make an honest state trip and 62 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: and go kill a white tail sort of a week 63 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: or weeks before a lot of hunters are getting in 64 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: the woods for their big extended period and taking vacation 65 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: time off and stuff like that. So what are some 66 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 1: things that a white tail hunter should be looking for 67 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: right now if they're entering a new state or a 68 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: new piece of property for the first time, and they've 69 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 1: got like one day to do some in season scouting 70 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: to sort of set the table for the rest of 71 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: their trip. Yeah. Man, I mean I think you could 72 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: even say, not only those groups of hunters, but anyone 73 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: who's even if you're on private ground. Um, you know, 74 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: my strategy right now is to get into the into 75 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: the cover and look for big concentrations of buck sign 76 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: you know. And a lot of people kind of make 77 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: a mistake of they see signs showing up everywhere on 78 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: field edges right now, and they go, this, this is it, 79 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: This is all I need. But you know, if you 80 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: hunt pressure deer, it's you want to get into the 81 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: cover typically, and so I just look for some scrapes. 82 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: You know. I'm kind of moving when it gets toward 83 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: the end October, I'm kind of moving away from scrape 84 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,679 Speaker 1: hunting and really focusing on rubs. And man, there's nothing 85 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: I like better than walking in and get into like 86 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: the real cover, kind of reverse engineering that travel from 87 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: the food sources and just looking for rubs and if 88 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: I find the right concentration of fresh rubs, then it's 89 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: time to start hunting. So paint me then a detailed 90 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: picture of say it's October and you're in just some 91 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: general Midwest state and you're going into the woods to 92 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: look for sign. What what is like the exact ideal 93 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: scenario that you're hoping to find. Well, you know, it 94 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: probably starts with the the easy sign, you know, the 95 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: field edge, the meadows, whatever, where most people would start. 96 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: But you know that's probably nocturnal sign making, right, that's 97 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: probably nocturnal travel. But it tells you, Okay, we're not 98 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: super far away, and there's probably gonna be daylight movement 99 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: in the cover somewhere close to here. So you know, 100 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: I might start with the easy stuff, but I'm always 101 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: backtracking and getting into the cover and just looking for 102 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: some concentration to sign within, you know, maybe a hundred 103 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: two five six hundred yards away from those destinations of 104 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: food sources, but it just has to be something with 105 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: some terrain that offers them an advantage as far as wind. 106 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: So it's kind of it's kind of like a staging 107 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 1: area strategy, but gets even tighter when you're like, okay, 108 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: there's a whole bunch of rubs here two hundred yards 109 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: off this field in a place that's real thick and 110 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 1: not all that easy to approach. I I just like 111 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: that tight cover and high concentration of sign. Now let's 112 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: fast forward like two weeks, say it's November third, but 113 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: it's same scenario. You're in a place that you've never before, 114 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: and you have like one afternoon to get into the 115 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 1: woods and and sort of find what you need to find. 116 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: What are some things you're going to be looking for 117 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: when the rut is in full swing and you're on 118 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: a brand new property, terrain man, what what what's funneling them? 119 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: And you know, we think about rut hunting like you've 120 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: got to find that sign and you know, get on 121 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: those rubs like I'm talking about right now. And for me, 122 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: the most valuable sign that I see for rut hunting 123 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: like pure, like right in the heart of it. Rut 124 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: hunting is a pounded trail that goes through some kind 125 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: of pinch point or funnel. I don't care if there's 126 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: rubs or scrapes or whatever anymore. What I want to 127 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: see at a place where the deer have to travel, 128 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: and it gives me some kind of wind advantage, some 129 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: kind of access advantage, so you know, it's it might 130 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: be a river bottom where a bluff bucks up to 131 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: the river bank, or it might be just your traditional 132 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: bluff country kind of battles or something like that. That's 133 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 1: just like they the deer look like they have to 134 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: go through here. That's what I want. I love it. 135 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 1: Hearing that gets me stoked for November. But we still 136 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: have like another ten days before we're there, so we 137 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: ought to focus on late October, and that's where you're 138 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: gonna hear about in our interviews this week. And who 139 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: we talked to is Aaron Slide from the ninety ten 140 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: Project in Iowa, who buried the lead on this a 141 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: little bit, but he killed the biggest buck in rut 142 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: Fresh history, so you're gonna want to hear that interview. 143 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: The other folks we hear from our Josh Smith from 144 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: Wildcare Deer Attracting in Tennessee, Cole Stevens in Michigan, and 145 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: then Kyler Mopert from Louisiana Bow Hunter in Louisiana. And 146 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: for the reading assignments this week, which you can find 147 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: in the description of this podcast episode, you're gonna be 148 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: linked right there, So all you gotta do is scroll down. 149 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: You can click on these articles and you're gonna be 150 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: right on Wired Hunt's website getting the info that you need. 151 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: And that is how to rattle a How to Rattle 152 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: in a book on public Land by John Eberhart. John 153 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: goes over his experience with calling in bucks on heavily 154 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: pressured public land and all the considerations that go into 155 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: a calling sequence. And then the land feature that too 156 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: many deer hunters ignore by Beau Martinic. Bow covers one 157 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: specific land feature that he always looks for when doing 158 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: boots on the ground scouting and why it's so relevant 159 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: to white deal hunters. And this is going to be 160 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: especially useful if you hunt public land or big woods. 161 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: You know. We have how to sight in a bow 162 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: in twenty five minutes by Tony Hanson. Hopefully you've been 163 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: shooting your bow all summer, but if that's not the case, 164 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: you need to get dialed in quick before they are. 165 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: This is how to do it. And last we have 166 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: how Adam Hayes find the biggest buck on a property 167 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: by Emily Canner. Emily interviews one of the best big 168 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: buck killers we know in Adam Hayes, who shares his 169 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: strategy for locating the most mature white tails in a neighborhood. 170 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: I thank you for joining me, Tony, and uh, the 171 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,719 Speaker 1: next time we probably talk to you, it is going 172 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: to be November, so I look forward to that. Good 173 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: luck with the rest of your season. Man. Thanks Boddy, 174 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: good luck to you too, all right, joining us online. 175 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: Next is Aaron Slide from the ninety ten project in Iowa. Now, 176 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: Aaron in Iowa, what would you say the bucket activity 177 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: has been lately on a scale of one to ten, 178 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: you know, uh, based on weather. When you have good 179 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:19,599 Speaker 1: weather like we've had, getting those cold temperatures, UM, I 180 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 1: say an eight. And the reason I say eight is uh, 181 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,479 Speaker 1: I love hunting October. When you get these cold mornings, 182 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: these cold evenings, even if it's the first hour of 183 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 1: light or the last hour of light. Um, as long 184 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: as you have cold temps, high pressures, there's no reason 185 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: not to push it into some of your better spots 186 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: right now. Now. If you haven't realized it yet, you 187 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: probably will in a second. But you've likely seen Aeron's 188 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: pictures floating around these last couple of days of a 189 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: buck that he named Angry that he just killed in Iowa, 190 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: which is the biggest book that we've ever talked about 191 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: in brought fresh history and probably one of the biggest 192 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: bucks killed in one. Thus are so Aaron, tell us 193 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 1: about this dear named Angry, tell us about the haunts, 194 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: tell us about uh that spot, why you were there 195 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: and why that deer was ultimately there? Yeah? Yeah, so 196 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 1: you know, uh, you you had alluded to the projects, 197 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: and what I talked to people about is you know, 198 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: ent of of hunting is the setup, right, whether that 199 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: be growing, maintaining, holding, tracking deer the ten percent the 200 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: ten percent of the kill of course. Um. So the 201 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 1: story of Angry is, uh if long he a couple 202 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: of years ago was a deer that you know, you'd 203 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: really kind of a scroll through your pictures in Iowan 204 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: just say it's a nice buck. I've seen a nice buck. 205 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: We really started paying attention to him last year in 206 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: um when he had about a hundred sixty hundred rack 207 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,319 Speaker 1: on him and he was just always piste off. Every 208 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: time you've seen him, he was just angry, right, just 209 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: had a chip on the shoulder, always posture and dear, 210 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: whether it was January nine, the day before season well 211 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: passed run. He was just always aggressive. UM. So the 212 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: way that we wanted to set up with Angry is 213 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 1: uh is is go towards his home range right and 214 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: basically tracking him. Doing that, tracking him where he was 215 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: and where he wasn't, we quickly figured out where he 216 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 1: wasn't and that was the problem is running trail cameras. 217 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: He just disappeared October one. Last picture of him was 218 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 1: probably ten thirty at night on October one and he 219 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 1: just disappeared. So again alluding back to having an eight 220 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 1: right now for as far as having good hunting, So 221 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: we picked the cold morning, low or high pressures, and 222 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: we picked where he wasn't because we didn't know where 223 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: he was. So we thought, you know what, let's go 224 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: into a spot. We don't think he is, but he 225 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 1: could be. UM And a lot of the food is 226 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: getting cut down here, a lot of your corns coming out, 227 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: your beans are coming out, and you know, with cut corn, 228 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,719 Speaker 1: that's kind of a dinner bell for him. So what 229 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: we did is we set up in a bedding area 230 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: on the way back from a cornfield. UM. Again, cold 231 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: morning and a lot of people are thinking you're gonna 232 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: hunt mornings in October. If you got a cold morning 233 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: and he got high pressures, don't be afraid to go 234 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: into some of your better spots. So we slipped back 235 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: in there, and you know, we had good buck activity 236 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: the whole morning, just a boodle of dose just all 237 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: over the place. And uh and I mean we sat 238 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: in there late. You know, I was just watching dos, 239 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: just hoping that they're not catching our winds, and thinking, man, 240 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 1: I should be three hundred yards further west towards that cornfield, 241 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,319 Speaker 1: you know, a little bit further into the bedding, and 242 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: uh and I kind of look up towards the west 243 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: and see you buck stand on the hillside, and I thought, man, 244 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 1: that's a good deer. And uh I look below him, 245 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,719 Speaker 1: and you could you could see his acting distile and 246 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: uh I look below him and shure, enough, there's angry 247 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: just doing what he does, his ears back piste off, 248 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: posturing and ready to fight. So just picking those good spots. 249 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: Don't be afraid to go into him, even even though 250 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: it is October. As you followed this deer, did you 251 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: pick up on anything with his pattern that would change 252 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: based on the weather or based on food status in 253 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: the area. Yeah, I did you know where we thought 254 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: we'd kill him. He just wasn't showing up. And you know, 255 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: you go to the standing you get a little bit defeated. 256 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: When you have a deer that's been so consistent and 257 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,319 Speaker 1: you don't shoot him, you don't see him, you start 258 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: to run through worst case scenarios. Right, was he poached? 259 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: Did he get the h D which we have commonly 260 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: here in Iowa. Um, you know, we we focused on 261 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 1: cut corn. I said, you know what, if he's not 262 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: on these these big, beautiful green plots we have, he's 263 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: not on these standing beams, he's not on uh, these 264 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: these clover plots, brassica cereal grains, he's gotta be eating 265 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: cut corn. That's the only thing that changed, right, So 266 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: we thought, what changed from October one to now? The 267 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: corn came out, all the corn started getting cut and harvested, 268 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: and I thought, you know what, he's got to be 269 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: on cut corn. It's the only place I don't have 270 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: a trail camera. And sure as heck, that's where he 271 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: ended up being. So if you got cut corn right now, 272 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that hunt hunt on a cut corn field, 273 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: but put yourself between that cut corn and uh and betting, 274 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: and that's what we did. What are you seeing for 275 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: signmaking right now in Iowa? Man, it's on fire. Uh. 276 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: What I really focus on is scrapes and and especially 277 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: rub posts. You know, I've been getting into rub posts 278 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: with some living branches and grapevines, specifically grape minds the 279 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: past couple of years, and I have him on pretty 280 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: much all of my my food plots and as far 281 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: as signmaking goes, he's dear aggressive when I see him 282 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: hit the field, especially the upper age class. Dear, you 283 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: know you're you're three year old above. Uh, they're really aggressive. 284 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: You know, they're snort weezing already. There they're they're rubbing, 285 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: and they're scrape and I mean when they're scraping, then 286 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: they're and so they're they're definitely this is the time 287 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: to kill an old deer. If you have, you know, 288 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: to know how of of where your dear is. You 289 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: might not have him on the exact trail camera, if 290 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: you have the general idea of the general neighborhood they're in, Um, 291 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: don't be afraid to get in there. Like you said, 292 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: with signmaking, UM, I knew danglong when I saw angry 293 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: at a hundred yards. I said, you know what, this 294 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: dear's he's as good as dead. Because with those upper 295 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: age class dear, with how aggressive I've seen them and 296 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: their scrapes and rubbing. Uh, I just did a snort 297 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: wheeze at him. He whipped around. I grunted a little bit. 298 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: Once he turned, I knew he was uh. I knew 299 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: he was interested. So I kind of got behind the 300 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: tree and and hit some horns. And they always do 301 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: that little little tail kick, you know. When he did 302 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: that tail kick and turned his body, I said to 303 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: uh the cameraman, I'm like, he's as good as dead. 304 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: It took him about forty five minutes. Because it's a 305 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: seven year old deer, right, he's gonna take his time. 306 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: They're not stupid, um. But he took his time. He 307 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: bridged a gap of a hundred yards. Took him about 308 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: forty five to fifty minutes for him to bridge that gap. 309 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: But don't be afraid to get in there and do 310 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: some calling. I'm not saying to do an all out 311 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: brawl rattle uh blindly, but if you have an opportunity 312 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: where that deer can't see you, it might be an 313 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: obstruction of you as a hill or maybe some brush. 314 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: Don't be afraid to hit some horns in October. It's 315 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: the best time to kill him. Going forward. Then in 316 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: a sex week or so, what do you think that 317 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: buck activity is going to be on a scale of 318 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: one to ten in Iowa? So the that's a good question. 319 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: The temperatures are dipping again right now. It's warm, but 320 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: you still have your cold mornings, right so looking a 321 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: forward at the forecast starting tomorrow through the weekend, Man, 322 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: get out there. Don't wait for uh, don't wait for November, 323 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: because you're gonna be kicking yourself thinking I missed so 324 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: many good morning, so many good nights in Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana. 325 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: Because as you're waiting for that rout right, the pre 326 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 1: rut for me as far as the pressured and unpressured deer, um, 327 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: it's hot right now, so I would label that as 328 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: an eight to a nine. Um probably a little bit 329 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: better than Saturday when I killed because we're getting thost 330 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 1: high pressures and cold temps. And I tell you what, Spencer, 331 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: the the amount of movement in the morning is just 332 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 1: on fire. And I remember waking up Saturday morning, I'm like, hey, nah, 333 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: but I know I got a giant deer to to 334 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: to hunt, but I don't want to get out of bed. 335 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: Now is the time to get out of bed. Now 336 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: is the time to hunt these good early October mornings 337 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: while it's cold. And if you want to see the 338 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: photos of Aaron's buck angry, go to Instagram and check 339 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 1: out at the project. Uh there's some great photos there 340 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 1: of all two hundred and thirty seven inches of antler. 341 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: Congrats again, Aaron, and thank you for joining me. Thanks brother, 342 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: good luck to everybody all right and joining us on 343 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: the line. Next is Josh Smith from Wildcare Deer Attracted 344 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: in Tennis See Josh and Tennessee. What would you say 345 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: the buck activity is ben lately on a scale of 346 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: one to ten, Well, I'd say on a scale in 347 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: the ten over the last ten days or so, I'd 348 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: give it a three, and I might even go a 349 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: little lower than that. Um, if it weren't for our 350 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 1: younger bucks still kind of sticking in bachelor groups and 351 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: we're still seeing in a lot of daylight activities from them. 352 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,959 Speaker 1: The older bucks are kind of dropping off the daylight 353 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: pictures on the cell cams. Um, and it's fairly slow 354 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 1: because we've got such a high yield of mass drop 355 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: this year. Uh, everywhere around home, acorns are just falling 356 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 1: like rain. So I think that's kind of contributing to 357 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 1: a little bit of inactivity. That the deer aren't having 358 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 1: to travel quite as much for food. They can kind 359 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: of hang tight to those sources that are literally just 360 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: falling out of the sky on them right now, So 361 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 1: not much motivation to get up and be mobile. Um. 362 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 1: And also I think, uh, you know, we we had 363 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: a good cold front come through this past weekend, but 364 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: unfortunately it was just really windy at the same time 365 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: the first couple of days of that, so I think 366 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: that it was kind of neutralized a little bit there, 367 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: but the wind kind of died down on Sunday and 368 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: it stayed a little cool, but and then started to 369 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 1: warm right back up on Sunday evening and on the Monday. 370 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,640 Speaker 1: So we had about a twenty degree drop last weekend 371 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,120 Speaker 1: and we're looking at back up about fifteen degrees so 372 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: we're riding right around seventy five for the next week 373 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: or so. So historically in mid to late October and Tennessee, 374 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: would you consider a three to be normal or blow 375 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: average for dear movement. I'd say it's pretty normal, but 376 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: it really depends on food. Uh. We're not really agg 377 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: heavy where I lived, so you know, the mass crop 378 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 1: is crucial and in years where we have have a 379 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 1: light crop, activity is a little higher. But historically, on average, 380 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: i'd say it's in that three day five range. You 381 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,120 Speaker 1: mentioned that the ass crops has been large this year. 382 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: What other food sources are relevant right now for deer 383 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: hunters in Tennessee. Oh, there's tons of brows man. Uh. 384 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: Our woods are still thick and green, so you know 385 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 1: there's plenty of stuff in the undergrowth for deer to 386 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 1: be cruising around munching on. Um. And you know, I 387 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 1: think we have got back to mass crops. We've got 388 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 1: twenty species of oaks and Tennessee, so just tons of 389 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: opportunity there. Uh, And that's what I would focus on 390 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 1: more than anything. Obviously, you know you're looking at your 391 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: travel corridors, but those will probably heat up a little 392 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: more as we close in on the rut in about 393 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,679 Speaker 1: three or four weeks UM. But yeah, as far as 394 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 1: food sources, definitely mass crop and just you know your 395 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 1: your brows that they like to munch on food plots 396 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: if you're lucky enough to have them in And what 397 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: are you seeing for signmaking right now? We're seeing that 398 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: they're starting to make scrapes. It's still kind of premature, 399 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: but they're happening. They're just not as dense as usual. Um, 400 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: But I am, you know, using our sense right now. 401 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: I'll use all really all of them, A basic dough, 402 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 1: basic buck. We use our Rutt and Buck and Asterius dough. 403 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: Just kind of keep stock on what's going on and see, 404 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,439 Speaker 1: if anything, you kind of get a good monitor of 405 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: the rut activity and how close it's getting. You know, 406 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: it's still a ways out, but you'll get bucks acting 407 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: aggressive toward different sense and kind of get a good 408 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: idea on how to make a play on them. Um. 409 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: So that's kind of the game there. But yeah, straight 410 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 1: activities kind of moderate yet, but I'd say it'll be 411 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: heating out pretty good here in the next couple of weeks. 412 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:35,239 Speaker 1: Besides on scrapes. From a hunting perspective, how are you 413 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: using sense as we get into late October? If once 414 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: we get into late October, depending on the method I'll 415 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: use for hunting, I like to still hunt quite a lot, 416 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: So I'm not using sense quite as much when I 417 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: do that, but when I tree stand hunt, I definitely 418 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: like to use cover scent. Um. You know, it's thermals 419 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: are a big deal here. We're in the foothills of 420 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: the Smoky so playing the thermals is extremely important. But 421 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: you can never be a hundred percent with that, so 422 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: it's great to have something to kind of just boost 423 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 1: a little bit of cover scent for when the wind 424 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: does start to swirl in the evening or in the 425 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: morning going forward. Then in this next week or so, 426 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 1: what do you think that bucket activity is going to 427 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: be on a scale of one to ten in Tennessee. Man, 428 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,120 Speaker 1: I'm hoping that we get up to a five or so. 429 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: I expect it won't clind much higher than that, but 430 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: if it gets that, that's that's good enough for me. 431 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: You know, I think that's good for this time of year. 432 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: So that's enough motivation for me to be on stand 433 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: as much as possible. Um. But yeah, you know, in 434 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: Tennessee is a big state. You gotta keep in mind 435 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: we're in the east side and it's almost like a 436 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 1: completely different country than the West side. So I don't 437 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: want to speak for everybody, but if you're in the 438 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 1: east side of the state. I think I got it 439 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: pretty well nailed, all right, Josh fingers crossed that you 440 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,879 Speaker 1: get some cooler weather. Good luck with the rest of 441 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: your season, and thanks for joining me. I appreciate a buddy. 442 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 1: Have a good one, all right and joining us on 443 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: the line. Next is Cole Stevens in Michigan. Now, Cole 444 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: in Michigan, what would you say the buck activity is 445 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: been lately on the scale of one to ten, I 446 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 1: still one of ten. Say it's right around the five 447 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: right now. Um, And I think I give it that 448 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: because outside of opening weekend it was really warm and 449 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: and and rainy really here, to be honest, where I'm 450 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: at Michigan. UM, and i'd stay over the last five 451 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: seven days with that cold front that pushed through it 452 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: last week, it's really improved. Um. The cameras are a 453 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: lot more active now with about activity, and we're getting 454 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: some in daylight. So I think it's it's up to 455 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,479 Speaker 1: a five, and I can see that increasing here as 456 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: we go on. What food sources are relevant right now 457 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: for deer and deer hunters in Michigan. I think the 458 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: biggest food source would still be UM acorns right now. 459 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: With all that rain that we got, it kind of 460 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: pushed the cross back a little bit. There are some 461 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 1: cut corn fields where I'm starting to see more dear 462 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 1: activity because I think overall, um, dear, dear, really sitting 463 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: on the acorns right now. What are you seeing for 464 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: sign making this time of year? Um? Yeah, So sign 465 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: has really picked up over the last couple of days. Um. 466 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 1: I have some cameras over some mock scrapes and and 467 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: notice that they've been getting freshened up recently. Yeah. And 468 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 1: I'm starting to see more scrapes just throughout the woods, 469 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: on the on the trails and whatnot. So I think, um, 470 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 1: that's really picking up here. I actually had some uh 471 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 1: Sunday night, I had four bucks coming and they actually 472 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: made some scrapes near mine and and starting to spar 473 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,120 Speaker 1: So I think the sign and tests starting to raise 474 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: a little bit. Besides on mock scrapes. Where else do 475 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: you like to run trail cameras in mid to late October? Um? 476 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: Right now where I'm at, it's it's pretty flat, um, 477 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: and I'm running them off the mox scrapes and outside 478 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: of that, just in between betting and our small food 479 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: plots that we hear that we have on our piece. UM, 480 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 1: and then I like to keep a couple of just 481 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: on the edges of of the food sources like the 482 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 1: agg fields and stuff where here just crossing through this 483 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 1: time of year in a heavily pressured state like Michigan. 484 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: I feel like you get a lot of varying opinions 485 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: on this topic. But do you like to do any 486 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 1: calling to Bucks in Michigan? I'm not really UM, I'm 487 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: definitely not one of those aggressive callers. UM. You know, typically, 488 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,400 Speaker 1: especially this time of year, I'll wait until maybe early 489 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: November to do any sort of calling that might just 490 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: be like grounds if I see something in the woods. 491 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: But I'm not a decoy or hardcore caller. UM here 492 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:29,120 Speaker 1: in Michigan. What are you seeing from morning movement right now? 493 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 1: Morning movement had been really slow up until the last 494 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: two days. UM. I haven't been out this week yet, 495 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: but the cameras were going off in and I'm getting 496 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: more bucks in daylight. UM. Just starting to kind of 497 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 1: look like they're cruising, UM, not really running too hard 498 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: and not really feeding, just just crossing paths. New deer 499 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,959 Speaker 1: coming in so UM, it's starting to pick up. If 500 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: you're doing some in season scouting in a state like Michigan, 501 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: what are you looking for in late October? Uh? Personally, 502 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: I'm looking for fresh signs just to see where the 503 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,440 Speaker 1: deer are at right this minute. Um. You know, for example, 504 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,400 Speaker 1: these smaller private pieces that I'm on has a lot 505 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: of pressure, So if if I know what deers in there, 506 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 1: he might not be in there for more than a 507 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: couple of days if that so, I'm just looking for 508 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: fresh sign fresh scrapes. Is like I I typically to 509 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: hunt over um and really that's what I rely on. 510 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: I don't really look for the food source too much 511 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: outside of um getting into just where the doors might 512 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: be grazing once the rud activity starts to pick up. 513 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: But right now, just fresh sign going forward. Then the 514 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: next week or so, what do you think that bucket 515 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: TV is going to be on a scale of one 516 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: to ten in Michigan. I think this coming weekend and 517 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: in the week to come when it'll push up to 518 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: seven seven and a half maybe, Um, I think it's 519 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: really gonna increase. Won't be peak yet and we're a 520 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: little early, but um um, we have another cold front 521 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 1: coming in with some rain this Thursday, and then it's 522 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: supposed to be in the lows of thirties and highs fifties, 523 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: So I think that's really gonna get them on their feet. Alright, cool, 524 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: I like your optimism. Good luck with the rest of 525 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: your fall. Thanks for joining me, Yeah, thanks, Spenser, alright 526 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: in joining us on the line. Next is Kyler Moppert 527 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: from Louisiana. Bow Hunter in Louisiana. Now, Kyler in Louisiana, 528 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: what would you say the bucket activity has been lately 529 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten, So on HeLa 530 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: one of ten this past weekend, I would probably put 531 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: it at about a seven um, and that has a 532 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 1: lot to do with the fact that we've finally got 533 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: a cold front second weekend to the season, the main season. Um, 534 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: we finally got down into the fifties. I think some 535 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 1: areas got into down into the mid forties, which is 536 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,479 Speaker 1: for us down south, pretty cold. So I know, I've 537 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: got a lot of buck pictures this weekend sent in 538 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: from our community members, and a lot of people are 539 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 1: laying down bow and finally, now, Louisiana is one of 540 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: those classic southern states that has a variety of white 541 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 1: tail herds and you always have different phases of the 542 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: rout happening in different parts of the state. So what 543 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 1: is sort of a general overview and a rudimentary look 544 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: at the different phases of the rout happening right now 545 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: in Louisiana. So, um, right now, I know is prime 546 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: rut for the southwestern part of the state, which for 547 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: most people, even in the Midwest, would be considered really early. Um, 548 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,160 Speaker 1: we're talking about a lot of marsh deer coastal deer 549 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: um that are not of the Florida variety, but of 550 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: the same logic behind watch Florida has such an early 551 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 1: rut um. But I had a Texas warning from a 552 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: good friend of mine, Ronnie do God, that said he 553 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: almost closed the deal on a big ten point that 554 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: he's behind been hunting that was trailing a dough And 555 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: here it is in October sevent eighteen, whatever the date is, 556 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: and he's been hunting that deer for the last week 557 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: or two. Um, want to speak during daylight. And he's 558 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 1: getting good rut activity. But in general, most people are 559 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: getting really good buck activity because we've had we've got 560 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: these uh cooler camps. Now, the reason why the rut 561 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: is so sporadic across the state. We don't have just 562 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: one rut period where it's kind of like a two 563 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: week window and then it's over for everywhere, kind of 564 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: like the Midwest or other states. We have UM a 565 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: bit of a mixed bag of different um different types 566 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: of buck activity and rut activity. A lot of times 567 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: the river parishes as well what we call parishes what 568 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: other people call counties. People places that used to historically 569 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: flood for hundreds and hundreds of years. Those year that 570 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: are gonna be close to the Mississippi River are gonna 571 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: rut um later in the season in order to have 572 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: their fall and drop be after the flood cycle in 573 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: the springtime. UM, whereas places in central, northwest and southwest 574 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: Louisiana are going to have an earlier rut because that 575 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: flood cycle isn't as much as the factor. And then 576 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: you have to throw in the fact that in the 577 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: sixties we actually transplant planted a UM I don't know 578 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: the total number, but a larger out of deer from 579 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: Wisconsin another northern states and release them to kind of 580 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: repopulate some areas that were bearing a deer and those 581 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: deer having more classic Midwestern rud cycle you know, might 582 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 1: be like around um, Halloween, first two weeks in November. Um, 583 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: that's common also. So we do say that it's always 584 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 1: running somewhere in Louisiana. But the thing is, it's typically 585 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: so hot here that we call it a trickle rut 586 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: most times where it'll be rut activity. But it's not 587 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: just hot and heavy, gotta be in the woods, you know, 588 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 1: bucks running around without a thought rolling through their heads. 589 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: It's not like that. It's you might see a little 590 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: more daytime movement, and you might get a lot of 591 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: rut pictures at night on camera, but that's about it 592 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: for us. We're never really wide open like a lot 593 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: of other states. What food sources are relevant right now 594 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: for deer hunters in Louisiana. So that's a great question, um, 595 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: I had we just on on my podcast last week. 596 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: We just discussed, um, the fact that the beginning of 597 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: the season last year, by opening day, all the for 598 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 1: Simmonson dropped and that was over. That was not worth hunting, 599 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 1: that was not worth sitting over, It wasn't even worth 600 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: hanging a camera on. Whereas right now I still got 601 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 1: for Simmons dropping well in October, but I think we're 602 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 1: probably on our final week of that. UM. A lot 603 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 1: of pin oaks, a lot of red oaks are starting 604 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: to drop really well. Those usually dropped consistently throughout the 605 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: whole season. And I'm expecting the white oaks what we 606 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: call swamp folks too. Those are the big, big, old green, 607 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 1: almost pink pong ball sized acorns. Those should be dropping 608 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: any day now. And that is that's my favorite. That's 609 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: like deer candy UM that started to drop finally with 610 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:48,959 Speaker 1: these cooler tips that that we just got last weekend. 611 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: So acorns uh as we call the acorn trees. Oak 612 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 1: trees are supposed to be UM probably your best bet 613 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: for natural food sources in the next a couple of 614 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 1: weeks because brows is starting to decline. I think those 615 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: deer have been waiting for for oak trees to start dropping, 616 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: and they've been hammering the brows pretty hard. So if 617 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 1: you've got a hot swamp oak or white oak or 618 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 1: something like that that's dropping, hang a camera and see 619 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 1: if you can time it well with us and deer 620 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: coming in. How does signmaking in Louisiana differ for deer 621 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: and deer hunters than it does maybe in a Midwestern state. Um, 622 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,479 Speaker 1: we're getting to get a lot of your early season 623 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,000 Speaker 1: rubs that people kind of consider to be territorial. When 624 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 1: I say your early season, I mean like the first 625 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: week or two of October. That's really a lot of 626 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: the rugs that you're finding early season or just in 627 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: trying to get their velvet off. Um. And especially on 628 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: areas where you've got a later rut, a later falling 629 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 1: drop and um, you know later antler dropped. You know 630 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: they nut might not drop the antlers until April and May. 631 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,360 Speaker 1: You're gonna see a lot of deer and velvet all 632 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: the way up into mid October and some areas, So 633 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 1: if you're seeing hubs this time of year, it's not 634 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 1: so much territorial like it is pre run. It's more 635 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 1: of just like, hey, get this stuff off of me, 636 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 1: I gotta get it off now type of thing. Um. 637 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 1: But I am seeing on some properties that I hunt, um, 638 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 1: public land, I'm starting to see some community scrapes and 639 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: I've got cameras set up on some community scrapes that 640 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: seem even for me, even like very early, very early 641 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 1: in the season to start seeing scrapes, but they're getting 642 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: hit every single day and the thing that's most interesting 643 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 1: is every two or three days we'll see a buck, 644 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: but every day, four or five times a day you'll 645 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 1: see does come in, jump around piano, hang around in 646 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: front of the camera for a couple of minutes, and 647 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: move on. So they're actually being checked more by doze 648 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 1: right now than they are bucks. And and to be 649 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 1: totally honest, I'm not quite sure to what to make 650 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 1: of that as far as like an early season signmaking 651 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: that one's even kind of new to me going forward. Then, 652 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 1: in this next week or so, what do you think 653 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: that buck ACTVT is going to be on a scale 654 00:33:56,720 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 1: of one to ten in Louisiana. I think it's going 655 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 1: to decline. Um. I think it's probably gonna go down 656 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 1: to a five or six, which would be about average 657 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: for US UM. And the reason why is the attempt 658 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,400 Speaker 1: surrising it's going to be in the sixties is a 659 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,680 Speaker 1: low and the eighties mid eighties is high again. Um. 660 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 1: And not only that, but I think that southwest Louising 661 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 1: in a rut is going to start to dry up 662 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,800 Speaker 1: and we're just gonna go back to our typical level 663 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: of four or five seeing bucks uh during daylight, which 664 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: isn't that great, but until your area really kicks off 665 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 1: for it's rut activity, I think it'll probably stay in 666 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,839 Speaker 1: the four or five range um for the time being. 667 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: All Right, Kyler, great intel, good luck with the rest 668 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: of your season, and thanks for joining me. Thanks Spencer, 669 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:51,280 Speaker 1: appreciate it. And that concludes this week's episode of rut 670 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: Fresh Radio. Thanks to Aaron, Josh Cole, and Kyler for 671 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,920 Speaker 1: joining me, and thank you guys for listening. As a reminder, 672 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: you can find this week's reading material the description of 673 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,320 Speaker 1: the podcast, where you're gonna get articles like how to 674 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,360 Speaker 1: rattle in a buck on public land, the land feature 675 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: too many deer hunters ignore, how to sight in a 676 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 1: bow in twenty five minutes, and how Adam Hayes finds 677 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: the biggest buck on a property. I hope you're in 678 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,400 Speaker 1: the woods this weekend. You're gonna find all sorts of 679 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,839 Speaker 1: rubs and scrapes that you didn't previously see, and you're 680 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 1: gonna be hearing bucks rattling and seeing them sparring and 681 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,759 Speaker 1: hopefully get a shot opportunity for yourself. I will talk 682 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: to you next week, and until then, stay wired to Hunt.