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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your home for

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Speaker 1: deer hunting news, stories and strategies, and now your host,

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Speaker 1: Mark Kenyon. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, Mark Kenyan in this episode number two and

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Speaker 1: thirty eight, and we are back with our weekly radio

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Speaker 1: mini series in which we're hearing from hunters from all

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Speaker 1: across the country about the current deer activity, behavior, rep

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Speaker 1: progress sign and the tactics that are actually helping people.

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Speaker 1: Right now, real quick, before we get this one started, though,

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Speaker 1: a couple announcements I want to share with you. Number One,

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Speaker 1: as most of you probably know from hearing past podcasts,

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Speaker 1: I and Wired Hunt have become involved with Steve ronnello

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Speaker 1: new company, Meat Eater, Inc. A lot of exciting things

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Speaker 1: going on there. If you heard our podcast, I think

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Speaker 1: it was to fifteen, Steve was on, I explained exactly

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Speaker 1: what's happening. I also posted a video on YouTube explaining

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Speaker 1: in more detail why I decided to do this, what

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Speaker 1: that means, where and how my content is going to

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Speaker 1: live into the future. Make sure check out the wire

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Speaker 1: hunt YouTube channel to see that. But tied into that

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Speaker 1: is the fact that the new season of the Meat

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Speaker 1: Eater TV show just premiered on October two on Netflix

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Speaker 1: as a Netflix original, which is a which is a

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Speaker 1: really big deal. This is the first hunting show ever

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Speaker 1: to be a Netflix original, So I'm excited about that.

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Speaker 1: The whole team is excited about that. And if you

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Speaker 1: heard last fall about my caribou hunt that I went

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Speaker 1: on with Steve, that hunt is now on Netflix. It's

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Speaker 1: two episodes. I just watched them last night, and Wow,

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Speaker 1: Steve and the production team did an incredible job of

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Speaker 1: of telling that story in what I think was just

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Speaker 1: a really beautiful, moving, powerful way. I mean it was,

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Speaker 1: it was super cool. Maybe I'm biased because I actually

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Speaker 1: was on the trip, but man, I was excited to

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Speaker 1: see that. I think you guys will enjoy it too,

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Speaker 1: especially if you heard me, you know, share the story

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Speaker 1: of that experience in the podcast. Actually getting to see

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Speaker 1: that now with your eyes, I think that might be

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Speaker 1: pretty neat for you, So be sure to check it out.

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Speaker 1: It's on Netflix now, the whole new season, sixteen new episodes,

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Speaker 1: and uh, like I said, I've only seen two episodes

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Speaker 1: so far, but they're great. I'm sure the rest are

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Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of fun too, So go on

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Speaker 1: over Netflix. Give those a watch. We would certainly appreciate that. Now.

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Speaker 1: The other announcement is that our partners over at first

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Speaker 1: white tail gear. And if you're listening to this on

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Speaker 1: the day of this podcast drops, this is October three,

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Speaker 1: stuff like uh, their hybrid saw too vest, stuff like

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Speaker 1: their Catalyst pants that I've been wearing, um, a bunch

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Speaker 1: of neat products. Check it out. If you've been wanting

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Speaker 1: to try first Light, this sales, great opportunity to do it.

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Speaker 1: Today is the last day though, October three is the

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Speaker 1: we'll do it for these couple of announcements. Onto the show.

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome to the Wire to Hunt podcast, brought

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Speaker 1: to you by Onyx, and we're here again for another

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Speaker 1: episode of the RUT Radio mini series that my good

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Speaker 1: buddy and producer Spencer new Heart is running the show on. Spencer,

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Speaker 1: thank you for carrying more of the burden even than

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Speaker 1: usual over the last couple of weeks, as I've been

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Speaker 1: glomping all over the nation in the back of my truck,

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Speaker 1: I finally have a microphone. Yeah, that's all right. Very

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Speaker 1: jealous of the troops you were on. But now it's

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Speaker 1: time and you're gonna be the guy sitting at a computer. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's time for you to cash in your wife vacation days. Right,

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Speaker 1: that's right, that's right. They have been accumulating. That's good.

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Speaker 1: That's good man. I uh, I'm excited because you know,

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Speaker 1: excitement levels at at all time high now, and the

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Speaker 1: And then we talked to Gray Drummond from Florida Outdoor

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Speaker 1: Hunt is Colton Clemens. Awesome. Now, from people you've spoke

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Speaker 1: But it sounds like across the country that signmaking is

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Speaker 1: UM or pulling down a licking branch in the woods.

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Speaker 1: an outdoor writer out of Nebraska. Now, Bryce in Nebraska,

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Speaker 1: what would you say the buck activity has been lately

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Speaker 1: on a scale of one to tent Well, I'm usually

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Speaker 1: it's crazy. I've never seen anything like it. We'll speaking

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Speaker 1: you got and tell us a little bit about that hunt. Well.

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Speaker 1: Going forward, Then, in the sixth week or so, what

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Speaker 1: Tyler in Pennsylvania. What would you say the bucket activity

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Speaker 1: and whatnot. Um, it might not change a whole lot,

431
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,280
Speaker 1: but I would say at the tail end of this week,

432
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,720
Speaker 1: then gears are definitely gonna start switching. I would say

433
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,119
Speaker 1: to your activity this week would be right around the

434
00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,560
Speaker 1: five as far as good movement. Al right, Tyler, good

435
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,320
Speaker 1: luck to you and the other guys a flat line

436
00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,439
Speaker 1: white tails. Look forward to seeing what you come up

437
00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:38,240
Speaker 1: with this fall. Thanks for joining me already. Thank you

438
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,400
Speaker 1: alright and joining me on the line. Next is Colton

439
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:45,600
Speaker 1: Clemens from Dream Chaser's Hunt in Kentucky. Now, Colton in Kentucky,

440
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,840
Speaker 1: what would you say the bucket activity has been lately

441
00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:52,600
Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten right now here? Lightly,

442
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:57,000
Speaker 1: it's probably been um anywhere between a six and a seven.

443
00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:02,600
Speaker 1: Akrons are really really falling uh here lately. And the deer.

444
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 1: We had a big cod front both both through last

445
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,560
Speaker 1: weekend and I had a lot of deer show up,

446
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,400
Speaker 1: a lot of daylight activity, and they were hitting acrons

447
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 1: pretty hard here recently you mentioned the large amount of acorns.

448
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,800
Speaker 1: How does that compare two years past? This year has

449
00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,679
Speaker 1: been quite a bit more than normal. We had a

450
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,160
Speaker 1: lot of rain early in the spring and I think

451
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:28,160
Speaker 1: that really really bumped them. And it's just been they

452
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,280
Speaker 1: were falling from the trees Saturday and Sunday it sounded

453
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,959
Speaker 1: like it was raining. You guys in Kentucky, you've been

454
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,400
Speaker 1: hunting for over a month now, so how have your

455
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:43,000
Speaker 1: setups changed from maybe mid September until now early October?

456
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:48,000
Speaker 1: UM meds early in September to mid September. We're pretty

457
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 1: much sitting on food sources being filled. And in Kentucky

458
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,640
Speaker 1: it's legal debate, so a lot of people hunt over

459
00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,359
Speaker 1: corn piles. Um as we get in Doctober, it's gonna change,

460
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:03,440
Speaker 1: probably gonna stay up on ridges, an oak ridges and

461
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 1: scrapes Rob Linds. That's gonna get pretty hot here pretty soon.

462
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,080
Speaker 1: You just mentioned scrapes and Rob Lindes. Have you been

463
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 1: seeing any signmaking in the woods yet, Um, a little bit, Uh,

464
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 1: starting to, not a whole lot, but uh there within

465
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,520
Speaker 1: the next few weeks it should pick up. Well, you

466
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,520
Speaker 1: just killed the great buck here a few nights ago.

467
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,600
Speaker 1: Congrats with that. Tell us a little bit about that

468
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:32,760
Speaker 1: hunts a little bit about that setup. Um, we hunted, Well,

469
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,000
Speaker 1: it's on an oak flat. I hunted Saturday. The pressure

470
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,160
Speaker 1: was sky high. I think it was thirty point two

471
00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:44,320
Speaker 1: four and I actually didn't see a deer Saturday afternoon

472
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,600
Speaker 1: at all. So I was pretty discouraged about that. With

473
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 1: the spot I was sitting at because it's usually pretty

474
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,320
Speaker 1: good and uh, I didn't even know if I wanted

475
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,119
Speaker 1: to hunt Sunday, but I had a good wind, so

476
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,720
Speaker 1: we decided to go back in there. The pressure was

477
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:03,760
Speaker 1: a little lower Sunday. That was Saturday, and from five

478
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:08,919
Speaker 1: o'clock until I shot, the deer were absolutely just traveled

479
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:13,159
Speaker 1: up in deer every direction. There was deer everywhere, And

480
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 1: so you are attributing that dear movement to the pressure change,

481
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 1: I would think so, Um, yeah, I mean it was

482
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:28,160
Speaker 1: thirty points one five. I think Sunday it wasn't as

483
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,960
Speaker 1: high as it as Saturday. I think that had a

484
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 1: little bit with it the weather. The temperatures were a

485
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:37,520
Speaker 1: little warmer actually Sunday. But um, for some reason, the

486
00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 1: deer everybody I talked to didn't see hardly anything Saturday,

487
00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,680
Speaker 1: but Sunday they were just seeing a ton of deer.

488
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,240
Speaker 1: Now most places in the Midwest, the combines are getting

489
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,000
Speaker 1: started going. Will that change much for you guys in

490
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 1: your part of Kentucky with that large acorn crop or

491
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,960
Speaker 1: once you see much of a difference. Mm hmm. Most

492
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 1: the corn here is being harvested, are already harvested. The

493
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,160
Speaker 1: beans are still standing. They should be starting on them

494
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,960
Speaker 1: when the ground drives up. But I would say most

495
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 1: people are going to be hitting re just because this year,

496
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:17,639
Speaker 1: because the icons are just crazy amount this year going forward.

497
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,480
Speaker 1: Then in the Sex week or so, what do you

498
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,320
Speaker 1: think that buck activity is going to be on a

499
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 1: skill of one to Tanning, Kentucky going through this next week.

500
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: I don't know the weather here. I don't know about

501
00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: anywhere else in Kentucky, but here and U between the

502
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 1: southwest and south central. It's uh, it probably stayed the

503
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 1: same because the weather really isn't gonna change much. It's

504
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 1: still it's gonna be hot, actually, and the pressure is

505
00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:45,680
Speaker 1: not gonna be they high. But it wouldn't hurt to

506
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,240
Speaker 1: be out in the woods. I mean, it's it's gonna

507
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,359
Speaker 1: get pretty good here soon. Congrats again on the great

508
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: buck look forward to seeing what else you guys come

509
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,040
Speaker 1: up with the Dream Chasers hunt. Thanks for joining me Colton,

510
00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,480
Speaker 1: I appreciate it all and joining me on the next

511
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 1: is Gray drumming from Florida. Outdoor Experience in Florida. Now

512
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,840
Speaker 1: Gray in Florida. What would you say the bucket activity

513
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 1: has been lately on a skiale of one to ten. Well,

514
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 1: I think it started out as a nine, but within

515
00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 1: this last week in full moon it um, I think

516
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 1: it's down to about a four. So we're anticipating it

517
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:24,200
Speaker 1: go back in the coming week, hopefully now in your

518
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: part of Florida, you guys are in peak rut right now?

519
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,480
Speaker 1: Is that correct? We are we Um, we hit the

520
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:34,800
Speaker 1: rut about a week and a half ago. Um, the

521
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,919
Speaker 1: first part of this moon I think might have triggered it.

522
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,040
Speaker 1: But UM, and and we're seeing just a lot of chasing. UM.

523
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,920
Speaker 1: It's an exciting time to be out there. It's just

524
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 1: ninety two degrees, so it's tough. And how was the

525
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 1: timing of this year's rut played out versus other seasons?

526
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,959
Speaker 1: You know, I've seen it this time um in my past. UM,

527
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 1: but it seems like it might be a week week

528
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,119
Speaker 1: and a half from what I have in my books

529
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 1: on my calendar. But that's okay. UM. It's always nice

530
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 1: when it's a little closer to UM, a little further

531
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 1: in the fall, you know, with just comfort, um as

532
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: far as the weather goes. But UM, hey, we'll take

533
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: it when we can get it. And it's it's been active,

534
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,600
Speaker 1: so it's been exciting. You reference the full moon a

535
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 1: little bit earlier. What are some moon phases that you're

536
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,639
Speaker 1: looking for this time of year when the rut is

537
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,640
Speaker 1: really going or do you think the moon doesn't quite

538
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,880
Speaker 1: matter as much? Well, one thing about it, We're gonna

539
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: hunt regardless. You know, sometimes we find ourselves spending so

540
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,000
Speaker 1: much time on what moon phases it's going on and everything,

541
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: and then and we tell ourselves, shoot, we're gonna go

542
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: out there regardless what it is. So um, but I

543
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 1: think just before the full moon is probably my favorite time.

544
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 1: It seems like everything is really active and moving. Um,

545
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:54,160
Speaker 1: it's kind of um correlized with them with the start

546
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 1: of our rut here this time of year or this

547
00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: this particular year, and um, that's generally my favorite time

548
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:04,480
Speaker 1: just before the full moon. Uh, but it's definitely been

549
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 1: tricky this last week. I would say, I imagine one

550
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: of the challenges you guys face every year is the precipitation.

551
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 1: You guys have made quite a bit of water this

552
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 1: year as well. Correct we have, we have we've dodged

553
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 1: the hurricanes, but um, we've had quite a better rainfall

554
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 1: record rainfall for us and the majority of the woods.

555
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 1: We have a little ever ten thousand acres that we

556
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 1: utilize here and I would say that's flooded. So it's

557
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: been challenging. But um, you know, if you can target

558
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 1: the high ridges, um, find some some oaks, um on

559
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: the high ridges than you you know, that's that's what

560
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: we're trying to target right now. Um, the morning is

561
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 1: obviously a little more comfortable. It is getting down to

562
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: around than the upper sixties at night, so it's not

563
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:55,680
Speaker 1: unbearable to hunt the mornings. Um. We're trying to my

564
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 1: strategy when we have hunters and in the morning time,

565
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 1: you don't obviously want to bust the deer off the

566
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,239
Speaker 1: the feed patterns, so we'll try to maybe set up

567
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 1: some strategic ambush spots, you know them coming back from feeding. Um,

568
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 1: going back to bed, I would say, other than this

569
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 1: last week, it's been a very successful year for us

570
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 1: the floor. Talking about those flooded properties, how did the

571
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 1: deer respond once that water does recede. Are they moving

572
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 1: back in there pretty quickly or is there a little

573
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 1: bit of a leg period? Um? Were there not necessarily

574
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 1: working that as soon as the water's gone well the

575
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 1: way it is right now, that's a good question. Um.

576
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,960
Speaker 1: Most of the time when it does flood, the majority

577
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 1: of our rains is hitting us in in August, first

578
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 1: part of September, and you know it won't recede UM,

579
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 1: I would say until about mid December. Um. Once that happens,

580
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: the majority of our acons have either rotted or dried up,

581
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: you know, and they're starting hit feed. You can't hunt

582
00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,239
Speaker 1: over feed in Florida attractives they had obviously a deal,

583
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 1: obviously spread out more. It makes it a bit more challenging,

584
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 1: but it kind of corelides with the acorns and the

585
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 1: in the natural fruit so to speak, drying up too.

586
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 1: So we're able to just move from targeting the high

587
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: ridges once it drives up into focusing on our attractments.

588
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 1: Has this been a normal you for you guys as

589
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,239
Speaker 1: far as the acorn crap goes. Are you seeing an

590
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 1: abundance there in Florida? We we seem to always have

591
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: a pretty good acron crop, but I would say this

592
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 1: year has been an abundance, and it's been early too

593
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 1: for us. It's it's come in about three weeks early.

594
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 1: I don't recall seeing the quantity of acrons on the

595
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: ground as as I've seen this year, um, And that

596
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 1: that has made it a bit challenging. How about with signmaking,

597
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,200
Speaker 1: you guys being in peak right, there are those scrapes

598
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: and rubs still relevant and something that you're keying in

599
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: on or not it's they're starting to phase out. I'm

600
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: seeing a few of them still being hit, but I'm

601
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 1: not seeing any of real I would say fresh new

602
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 1: sign um. So it's starting to phase out, definitely. But

603
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: in Florida, we have several different ruts, So this is

604
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: the first one and it's one of the few states

605
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 1: I've met, not the only, that they will run throughout

606
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 1: the season. Um. So it's and you can find a

607
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 1: rut in August, and you can also find a rut

608
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 1: um similar to Alabama's and um late January going forward.

609
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 1: Then in the sext week yourself, what do you think

610
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,160
Speaker 1: that bucke activity is going to be on a scale

611
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 1: of one to ten in Florida. Well, I can't speak

612
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 1: for all of Florida, but I know in our part

613
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 1: of Florida, with it being in the rut, I anticipated

614
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,719
Speaker 1: to be an eight from what I'm seeing on camera.

615
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 1: So if they can just shift their feed patterns into

616
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,479
Speaker 1: a little bit more daylight than then it will definitely

617
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,000
Speaker 1: be an eight or higher. All right, Grey, Well, thanks

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00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 1: for joining me, and good luck to all your hunters

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Speaker 1: at Florida Outdoor Experience. Thank you very much. Have a

620
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 1: good one. And that concludes this week's episode of Wired

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622
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