1 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your home for 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: deer hunting news, stories and strategies, and now your host, 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: Mark Kenyon. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. I'm 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: your host, Mark Kenyan, and this is episode number three 5 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: and ten and today the show. We're back for another 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: episode of our rut Fresh radio mini series in which 7 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: we're getting the very latest and greatest intel on what 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: deer doing right now and how you can hunt them. 9 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, brought to you 10 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: by on X. It is me and Spencer here again 11 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: for our weekly rut Fresh radio episode in which we 12 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: are hearing from hunters all across the country on the 13 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: latest deer activity, what dear doing right now, how current 14 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: conditions are impacting deer, and what different people across the 15 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 1: country are doing to get some deer killed. Ah, that's 16 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: the game plan at least, Spencer, you've chatted with some folks. 17 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: Do we uh? Do we have some interesting stories? Do 18 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: we have some good intel for folks to work with 19 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: this week? Yeah? Um, everybody is optimistic as they typically 20 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: are this time of year, because we are like one 21 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: week away here from things kind of really cutting loose. 22 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: And for those guys who kind of have a target 23 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: bucking mind or have a few deer in their area 24 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: that they're interested in. They're about to become day walkers 25 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: in like seven days from now, and so when that happens, 26 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 1: it's a great time to kill a target deer before 27 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: they just get off. Chasing does in early November, so 28 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: most hunters are excited. Yes, I'm right there with them. 29 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: I'm I've always looked at that last week of October 30 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: being like you just said, an especially good ants to 31 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: get that homebody buck. If you've got a buck that's 32 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: been hanging out but maybe just not quite in daylight, 33 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: this might be the time you can capitalize on him, 34 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: still sticking to a little bit of a pattern, but 35 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: moving a little bit sooner. So yeah, I'm hoping to 36 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: do that exact thing tran Uh has not been daylight 37 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: for me yet, but hoping he will be here soon. 38 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,959 Speaker 1: And this is the time of year where those cold 39 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: fronts can really kind of kick off some of that 40 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: stuff early. And so like this coming weekend, parts of 41 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: the country have cold fronts rolling in UH, and that 42 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: gets guys really excited. When you would normally like think 43 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: around that Halloween time is UH, when it's going to 44 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: happen regardless, but if you get a cold front like 45 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: between now and then, that typically gets guys a lot 46 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: more excited to find some of these bucks up moving 47 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,119 Speaker 1: a little bit earlier than they were, you know, as 48 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: we're recording this on the twenty two. Yeah, that takes 49 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: it to the next level for sure. I uh, it 50 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: looks like at as of right now in Michigan, the 51 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 1: weather is looking pretty darn good, like good cold weather. 52 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: I even saw some snow in the forecast right around Halloween. UM, 53 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: so I'm itching. I am curious though, folks know I'm 54 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: out there chasing white tails. I just got back from 55 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: my Boundary Waters hunt. By the way, I'm alive. I 56 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: survived that. Um. I'll save the juicy details for next week. 57 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: But you also have a white tail update finally, do 58 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: you do you want to share? Do you have any 59 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: any reports to share from that? Yes, I was just 60 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: in South Dakota hunting for about six days and I 61 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: was hunting an area that is massive. It's a massive 62 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: refuge that has a lot of CRP. It's mostly managed 63 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: for ducks, um swans, geese, other migratory birds, and at 64 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: that refuge there's like ten thousand huntable acres, but there's 65 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: probably less than twenty trees on the whole thing that 66 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: you would like actually through a tree stand up in 67 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: So if you find a little bit rise, some kind 68 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: of small rise in the topography, you can glass for 69 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:11,119 Speaker 1: like literal miles of CRP And so, unlike you struggling 70 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: to seeing deer, I was seeing all sorts of deer 71 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: and it was super I opening when you're seeing uh, 72 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: like big numbers of deer. I think the one night 73 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: I counted like sixty deer that I saw, and on 74 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: a hunt like that, when you see volume of deer 75 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: that high, it's really opening. Kind of what we talked 76 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: about that time of year, this time of year that 77 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: you can get really aggressive and get close to their beds, 78 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: or you can kind of play it safe and wait 79 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: till like the very end of October. Because on some 80 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: of those evenings when I would see like sixty deer um, 81 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: I would wager to say that like the first forty 82 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: five or fifty would be does And it wasn't until 83 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: the sun went down or that last bit of daylight 84 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: that those bucks would get up out of their beds 85 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: and they didn't move too far from there. So we 86 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: kind of talked about that, and you see it every 87 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: year and it's something that experienced hunters are aware of. 88 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 1: But when you see that many deer and the numbers 89 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: tilt that far, the one way that the doors are 90 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: up and moving, um, but the bucks are just tight 91 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: to their beds until that sunset time. Uh. It's really 92 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: eye opening about what strategies worked right now and what don't. 93 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: So you saw a lot of deer, the bucks were 94 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: on their feet late. Did you see any mature bucks? 95 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: Did you get a shot? Do you do? You? Do? 96 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: You get a buck story? I don't have a buck story. 97 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 1: I didn't see much for mature deer um, and I 98 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: didn't kill one. So I just came home with sightings 99 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: and that's it. We still fun, absolutely yeah, And it 100 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: was like a good way to kick things off because 101 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: now I kind of hit a bit of marathon of 102 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: hunting here. So that was a fun way to start 103 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: the season. Sweet. So what else do we have from 104 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 1: the folks? Any other consistent trends other than anticipation and 105 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: excitement for cool weather? Uh? Any big high level keep 106 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: this in mind over your next couple of hunts. That's 107 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: worth touching on the the high level thing that I 108 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: think to consider is that normally this time of year 109 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: we're talking about crop harvest. Um beans are certainly out 110 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: at this point, corn is is getting ready to come out. 111 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: But for most of the hunters that we talked to 112 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 1: this week and in weeks prior, they've all kind of 113 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: stressed that it's going to be a late harvest because 114 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: of how wet things have been this year. So what 115 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: that might mean for you if you're somebody who hunts 116 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 1: around Big Egg is that um bucks have a few 117 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: more hiding places in corn fields. Um Or if you're 118 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: in a place like Michigan, I know you're always excited 119 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: for kind of a late harvest mark because it saves 120 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: it saves some of those deer that might otherwise be 121 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: an easy target for somebody. So just when you're planning 122 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: your hunts, uh, you know in late October early November, 123 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: know that the crops are still probably gonna be standing. 124 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: Whatever that might mean for you, m But for who 125 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: else we talked to this year, excuse me talk to 126 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: This week, we go to Illinois and talk to justin's 127 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: r from bow Hunter Die, and then Trey Kerns in 128 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: West Virginia from three or four Outdoors, and then Joe 129 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: Call from Minnesota rack Stars in Minnesota, and then we 130 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: talked to Kyler Moppert in Louisiana from Louisiana bow Hunter. 131 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: Anyone killing um No, yes, yes, I take that back. 132 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: Joe Call just killed one a few days ago hunting 133 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: in South Dakota. Now he's back in Minnesota, so he's 134 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: kind of giving and Upper Great Plains Upper Great Lakes 135 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: area report for US nice. Well, I'm scaded to hear 136 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: this one. I as I a looted earlier. I'm particularly 137 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: excited about the next seven days and I want to 138 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: kind of I think this is a baby ruth thing 139 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: on wanna baby ruth it. I'm gonna say the next 140 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: seven days will possibly be my best chance at killing 141 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: Tran based off of historical data, based off of weather, 142 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: based off some time I've got um, I think I've 143 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: got a chance, So I'm going in. It's a little 144 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: earlier than I then you might think it's not November yet, 145 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: but I think right on Halloween it can happen. So 146 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: next week I'm Cali. I'm gonna try to have a 147 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: good story for Spencer. I hope you do, and kind 148 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: of explain that a little bit further. Mark, if somebody 149 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: is um sort of new to deer hunting, it's almost 150 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: weird to hear you say that the best chance is 151 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: in these next seven days because deer movement actually probably 152 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: won't peak for another two weeks or so. Yeah. Yeah, 153 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: and I kind of I kind of very bruefully mentioned 154 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: as at the top, but I'll elaborate basically as you 155 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: mentioned it. You're seeing dear stead deer movement steadily increased 156 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: in the month of October and then into November. But 157 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: what we've got going on over the next seven days 158 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: or so is there are a lot of bucks that 159 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: are getting very high levels that's tossed from These bucks 160 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: are ready to rock and roll. They want to breed, 161 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: but not many doughs have come into Estra's yet, maybe 162 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: none of the doughs yet, or if maybe just one 163 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: um or a few, you know, every day we're going 164 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: to have a better chance of more and more does 165 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: coming into Estra's. But basically, what that means that you're 166 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: gonna get bucks that are starting to move a little 167 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: bit more, a little bit earlier. If there's that mature 168 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: buck that you know is hanging out locally on your property. 169 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,839 Speaker 1: I really like if there's a buck that's kind of 170 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: come a homebody, like a deer, that it's core home 171 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 1: area is there on your farm. He's betting there either 172 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: you've seen him frequently, You've got pictures of him frequently. 173 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: But if you kind of know his his main pattern, 174 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: his main behaviors, I think he's betting here here, I 175 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: think he's feeding here or here. If you know that 176 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: kind of information, over the next seven days or so, 177 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: he's probably gonna stick to that same basic trend. He's 178 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: not getting full rout mode where he's chasing does all 179 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: over the place and going on excursions all over the 180 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: place like he might do in November. So in November 181 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: that buck becomes much less predictable. Yes, I'll be moving 182 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: a lot, but you don't know what the heck he's 183 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: gonna do. Now you're going to get this, you know, 184 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: last week of October. You're gonna get the benefits of 185 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: increased movement, but also the same benefits of a predictable 186 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: movement is that he's sticking to a similar trend, a 187 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: similar pattern. So when those two things line up, you've 188 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: got a disproportionately high chance of getting a shot. Not always, 189 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: but if things lined up, if conditions lined up, and 190 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: you know, if you have that intel, it could be 191 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: a great time to do it before he starts getting crazy. 192 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: So I think I have that with trand Um. I'm 193 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: looking at a trail camera picture of him two days 194 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: ago and he looks really good. So he's around, he's moving. 195 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: This picture was just a tiny bit before daylight in 196 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: the morning. He's coming back to bed. It looks like 197 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: just before daylight. So you know, over the next seven 198 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: to ten days, hopefully that trend shifts just a little 199 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: bit and he stays up and moving an hour later 200 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: in the morning, or gets up and going an hour 201 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: earlier in the evening. And that's what I gonn try 202 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: to key in on. Yeah, we did a great job 203 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: explaining that. And for more info like that, Uh, you should, 204 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: guys should check out the meat Eator dot com. Mark 205 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: has been covering some really good subjects that people are 206 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 1: often wondering about this time. You're like deer hunting in 207 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: the rain, how to rattle in a buck, how to 208 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: kill a nocturnal buck, stuff like that, So head over 209 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: the media dot com for Morgrad info like that, and Mark, 210 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: I hope you have that tran report for us next week. 211 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: Fingers crossed, my friend fingers crossed, all right, and joining 212 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:18,839 Speaker 1: us on the line first is Justin's are from Bow 213 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: Hunter Die in Illinois. Now, Justin in Illinois, what would 214 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: you say the buck activity is ben lately? On a 215 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: scale of one to ten, I am going to give 216 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: it a six. I feel like the bucks are definitely 217 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: on their feet during daylight. I don't think they're ranging 218 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: super far yet, uh during daylight, but nighttime activity is 219 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: really really starting to pick up. Do you do much 220 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: decoying on your properties in Illinois? Man, I tell you what, 221 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: I don't. I've been thinking about it, but you know, 222 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: with us, we mostly sell film our hunts, and I'm 223 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: dragging a lot of gear into the woods already. A 224 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: decoy is just kind of one extra thing that I 225 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: got to bring out there. So I've done in the past, Uh, 226 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: not a lot, but I certainly wouldn't hesitate to do it, 227 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: And if I was going to do it now, it 228 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,439 Speaker 1: seems like a pretty good time. When I think of 229 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: the Bow Hunter Die crew, I often associate them with 230 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: killing big bucks at the end of October. What is 231 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,839 Speaker 1: it about your group that makes you guys so good 232 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: at killing those target bucks this time of year? Um, 233 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: I think it's just you know, being in the woods 234 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: and having a pretty good beat on where these bucks 235 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: are at. You know, like I was saying, this time 236 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 1: of year, I don't feel like the bucks are covering 237 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: large a bounds of territory or ground during during daylight, 238 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: but they're definitely up and on their feet and moving around. 239 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,439 Speaker 1: So if you have a general idea of where a 240 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: buck is at, uh and you know where the does 241 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,839 Speaker 1: are at in that general vicinity, you've got a pretty 242 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: good opportunity. You know. This last let's say ten days 243 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: of October has always been one of my favorite times 244 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 1: of the year time hunt these bucks for a little 245 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: bit more predictive going to become November. Uh So, I 246 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 1: just feel like if you have an idea where they're at, 247 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: and you get the right weather, you could definitely get 248 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 1: on top of one. And if you've kind of alluded 249 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: to you know, they're fairly susceptible to calling this time 250 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: of year. Most of the those aren't an estress yet, 251 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,359 Speaker 1: uh so they're they're looking for a fight. Besides acorns, 252 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: what are their food sources? Should hunters in Illinois be 253 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: keyed in on right now? Oh man, I'm seeing I'm 254 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,680 Speaker 1: seeing good activity around either corns or beans. To be 255 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: honest with you, UM, I wouldn't say either one over 256 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: the other. It seems like a lot of the a 257 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: lot of the harvest is gonna be late this year, 258 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: at least up in northern Illinois where we're at. Most 259 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: of the fields are are still standing, but the ones 260 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: that have been cut have been pretty hot. You know, 261 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: those fresh cut corn or fresh cut beings either one. 262 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 1: If you've got one of those, those seemed to be 263 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: really hot right now. Other than that, if you've got 264 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: you know, foot plots on the ground. A lot of 265 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: my basket plots, oats, rye, stuff like that are really 266 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 1: getting hammered right now as well. Um. And of course acorns, 267 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 1: acorns are are still gonna gone. As someone who's selectively 268 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: pressures their property. When do you usually start mornings and 269 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: when are you gonna start hunting mornings this season? I'm 270 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: hunting mornings now. I mean we've had the good weather conditions, 271 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: bucks have been on their feet, so I've already started 272 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: hunting mornings very sparingly. But from here moving forward, it's 273 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: a full speed ahead man. Morning's afternoons. Any opportunity, i've 274 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: got to be in a tree, I'm gonna be out there. 275 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: You talked about calling before. Are you doing a lot 276 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: of blind calling this time of year? And do you 277 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: have uh an ideal set up, like a certain stand 278 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: location that you'd rather call from than others or morning 279 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: versus evening. You know, I'm not a huge blind calling fan. 280 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: I'll call to a dear if I don't think he's 281 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: direction and I can see him. But I'm not a 282 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: guy that's just going to sit in rattle and grunt 283 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: a lot. I will do it sparingly. I mean, if 284 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: we get a good hard cold snap, uh, you know, 285 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: in a clear morning without a lot of land where 286 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: I know it can be heard for a long ways 287 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 1: and I want to cover some distance, I'll hit the 288 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: antlers together. But I do it sparingly. Most of my 289 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: calling is too animals that I can actually have two 290 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: eyes on and and be able to, Like I said, Taylor, 291 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: my calling to what their their body language is telling me. 292 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: You're headed to Iowa this weekend on a public land 293 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: white tail haunt. What is going to be your strategy 294 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: for that haunt. Uh to find some doughs and thick 295 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: bedding cover. Um, that's gonna be my main strategy. Um. 296 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: Food you know, on a lot of these public spots 297 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: is difficult to find because a lot of the aggas 298 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: on the neighboring private So I'm going to focus primarily 299 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: on on betting areas. If i can get close to food, great, Uh. 300 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: If not, I'm really looking for doebetting is when I'm 301 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: looking at right now going forward then the six week 302 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: or so, what do you think that bucket activity is 303 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: going to be on a scale of one to ten 304 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: in Illinois. I think we're gonna start ramping up to 305 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: a seven or eight. Um, I'm already seeing pretty heavy 306 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: chasing on my trail camera minutes of daylight. It seems 307 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: like some of the younger really pushing these those around 308 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: pretty hard right now. I would imagine we start seeing 309 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: some of the older ones doing the same thing over 310 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: the next week, so seven, maybe an eight. We've got 311 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: some cold weather coming in, possibly some snow flurries and frost. 312 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: So everything is shaping up to be a really really 313 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: good end two October here. I look forward to following 314 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: you guys adventures on bow Hunter Die. Thanks for joining 315 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: me justin no problem. Thanks to mener Alight and joining 316 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: us on the line. Next is Trey Kerns in West 317 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: Virginia from three or four Outdoors Trey in West Virginia. 318 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: What would you say the bucket activity is been leateley 319 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten. I actualy, it's 320 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: been a four lately. You know, I feel like it's 321 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: it's still been really warm. Um. You know, it's been 322 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: early October the last couple of weeks, and you know, 323 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: you're really getting on some dry spells. Haven't had a 324 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: whole lot of rain here in the eastern side of 325 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: the United States, and um, the deer activity has been 326 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: minimal throughout daylight hours. And then you know, if you 327 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: do catch some of the throw cameras that we've been, 328 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: you know, just seeing them relatively nights you've had. Honestly, 329 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: what food sources are you focused on right now? In 330 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: West Virginia? Focusing on you know, whatever acorns have fallen, 331 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: and then you know the greens mainly right now we're 332 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: not literally focused on grain. Um, it'stuff some standing corn, 333 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: but um acorns that have fallen um and then also 334 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: some greens that we've been kind of focusing on as well. 335 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: And um, if you know, if we're you know, sitting 336 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: on these hot evening days, we're usually focusing on water 337 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: sources as well. Are you seeing a lot of signmaking yet? 338 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,159 Speaker 1: And what do you do with that information when you 339 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: do find some fresh rubs or scrapes this time of year? Yeah, 340 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: I think we're you know, we're getting into the later 341 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:21,360 Speaker 1: half October now, and with that, um, you know, we're 342 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: just trying to focus on, you know, finding out where 343 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 1: these bucks are and then also using previous you know, 344 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: information that we've used the last couple of years and 345 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 1: kind of just know that when it gets around this 346 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 1: time of year, it's going to get good at aging 347 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:36,120 Speaker 1: and the weather starts getting better. Uh, we'll probably see 348 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,919 Speaker 1: that tendency where those deer starts popping up in places 349 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 1: where we usually see them this time of year. Do 350 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: you use any calling tactics in West Virginia? We we 351 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: do a little bit towards um, you know, closer to run, 352 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 1: not a whole lot right now. With firearms season being 353 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: about a month away, how do your strategies change when 354 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: you get to that time of year where firearms hunters 355 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: are about to hit the woods. Yeah, I think we 356 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 1: try to use too. I think we try to use 357 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: that to our own abilities, just because we do have 358 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 1: a large quantity under woods UM for firearms season. I 359 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 1: think we try to um locate ourselves where we use 360 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: that our to our advantage and have those hunters pushed 361 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: dear to us. UM. I don't think it's a negative 362 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: by any means. I think it's uh, you know, if 363 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,440 Speaker 1: you play it right and hunt with you know, get 364 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,199 Speaker 1: enough strategy, I think it's going to help you in 365 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: the end. Are you haunting mornings yet? Yeah, we founded 366 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: a couple of mornings, and it honestly just depends on 367 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: what kind of sign we're getting on the trail cameras. Um. 368 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: You know, we're you know, it's all. It's all dictated 369 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: on what the deer movement is in that area and 370 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: what dear it is. So I mean that the deer 371 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: is you know, shown itself in in daylight hours in 372 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: the morning and we can avoid its betting area. We 373 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: can slip in there and then we'll hunt mornings. But 374 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: up until about last week, we were all evenings. But 375 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 1: we're starting to see some more movement this morning. So 376 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: we're just gonna try to slide in there probably this 377 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: weekend and get some more morning sept Maybe do a 378 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: couple all day sets going forward. Then in this next 379 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: week or so, what do you think that bucket activity 380 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 1: is going to be on the scale of one to 381 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: ten in West Virginia. I think that buck to activity 382 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: is definitely gonna be probably around a seven. Um, I 383 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 1: don't think it's quite there, but I do think that 384 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: this week, with the change in pattern and everything with 385 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: the weather, I think it's really gonna start clicking things 386 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: and get you over that hump you know, we've kind 387 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: of been waiting on. Actually good luck this season. And 388 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: thanks for joining me, all right, thank you alright and 389 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,360 Speaker 1: joining us on the line. Next is Joe call from 390 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: Minnesota from Minnesota, Rex Stars Now Joe in Minnesota, what 391 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 1: would you say the buck activity is ben lately on 392 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: a scale of one to ten. You know, if you 393 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: would have asked me last week, I would have said 394 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: about a one to two. Everything we've seen on our 395 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 1: trail cameras has been a lot of nocturnal movement. But 396 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: in the last couple of days here we're starting to 397 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 1: pick up some bucks that are showing up just that 398 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: last light. So, um, I would Bumford five for sure. 399 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: And uh yeah, I think that they're they're starting to 400 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: be a little more territorial, starting to spa around a 401 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: little bit more, and then also checking their scrapes. You 402 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: just mentioned scrapes. There. Are you seeing a lot of 403 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: signmaking then right now? Yeah, you know, I think the 404 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: little guys are getting a little antsy. Uh, the younger bucks, 405 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: you know, they're kind of running around with some doughs 406 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: right now. But the older guys, you know, there mature deer. 407 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: They know what's up, and they know it's gonna be 408 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: a little bit yet before things really get rock and 409 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: so that they're more focused on territory, and uh, you know, 410 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: they're they're starting to hit those scrapes and making sure 411 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: that everybody knows that they're in the area and this 412 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: is their territory. I know two years ago and obtention 413 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: of buck. Uh you know, just that last night I 414 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: watched them go to bed, and I waited there all 415 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 1: day for him, and he got up just at last 416 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: light and he comed and he made a couple of 417 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: scrapes and ended up taking them. But kind of seeing 418 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: the same thing. Just you gotta be patient. You know, 419 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: the younger ones are gonna be moving a little earlier. Um. 420 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: But if you can get near a buck betting area 421 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,640 Speaker 1: where you can find some good signs, some good scrapes 422 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 1: and good RUPs, I think you're gonna have a good 423 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,199 Speaker 1: chance of putting something decent on the ground. Are you 424 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: using any really aggressive tactics this time of year, like 425 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: calling or decoying there in Minnesota? You know, I was 426 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: actually just talking to my cousin about that the other day. 427 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: He went and picked up a decoy. And I have 428 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: the perfect spot for a decoy. Um. It's it's in 429 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 1: a section. I just purchased forty three acres this past summer. Uh, 430 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: And it's a it's in a section. It's a three 431 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: by one by all section, and I have a nice 432 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: five acre field kind of right in the middle of it. 433 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: And it's just a perfect spot for decoy. And that's 434 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: something I'm gonna try this year. Um. You know, it's 435 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: just a matter of being at the right spot at 436 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,679 Speaker 1: the right time, I guess. But the biggest thing that 437 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: we're being aggressive with is we're getting really close to 438 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 1: those buck betting areas, but we're waiting for the right wind, 439 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 1: right temperatures to sneak in those spots. And uh, you know, 440 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: this past year we've actually been pretty successful seeing some 441 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 1: good deer. But now is the time to really get 442 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: after it. I know the deer are a little more 443 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: educated after this last weekend here in Minnesota. They had 444 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: a used firearms season, so that beer a little more educator. 445 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,360 Speaker 1: Right now, it's gonna be a little more difficult. Most 446 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: of the Midwest is looking at a late harvest this year. 447 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: Is that the case in Minnesota? And how does that 448 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: change things for you? Yeah? Right now, usually are way 449 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: behind harvest. Last week here towards the tail end, some 450 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 1: farmers were starting to get in the field. But between 451 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 1: last night today we picked up about two to three 452 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: inches and that's really gonna set things back. Um. You know, 453 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 1: so those deer have a lot more cover. You're gonna 454 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: have to try to, you know, figure out those those 455 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: crop lines and true lines where kind of maybe catch 456 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: them skirting around the edge. But you know, it provides 457 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: a lot more cover for these deer. There's a lot 458 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: more cover out there for him. I guess the way 459 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,679 Speaker 1: I look at it is, you know, if the crops 460 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: aren't gonna be out anytime soon. I think it's multiple 461 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,360 Speaker 1: times in order for these crops to come out around here. Um, 462 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 1: you know, but the only positive I see out of 463 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: it is, uh, you know, more deer are probably gonna 464 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: make it through this season and in return, we're gonna 465 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,360 Speaker 1: have some some bigger bucks next year. So it's kind 466 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: of a you know, a give and take. I guess 467 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: when firearms seasons start to open in mid November for Minnesota, 468 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: how do you guys plan for that and how do 469 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 1: you adjust your hunts for that? You know, we really 470 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: hit it home with archery just before firearms season. Uh. 471 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's it's tough sitting there and you know, 472 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: you just gotta go to your hot spots even if 473 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: the conditions aren't right, you can try to got to 474 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: get in there and be aggressive, you know around here. Uh. 475 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: I hunt in South Dakota this past week. And the 476 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: biggest different sites see between you know a lot of 477 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 1: other states and Minnesota is that, you know, just the 478 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: size of the sections. You know, around here, a lot 479 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: of people have forties, you know, forty acres and on 480 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: that forty acres there's you know, multiple people hunting where 481 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 1: it's just to some of these other states, you know, 482 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: people own sections and you only you know, in some 483 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: spots you only have five people hunt sections, which you know, 484 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: more deer able to get by it. But around here, 485 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: you know as usually pretty good deer harvest. So we 486 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: really trying to kick things down a little bit just 487 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 1: before rifle season starts. But you know, it's it's always 488 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: a good time rifle. It's a great tradition here in Minnesota. 489 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: Able looking together with your family and friends going forward. 490 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 1: Then in the next week or so, what do you 491 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: think that buck activity is going to be on a 492 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: scale of one to ten in Minnesota? Yeah, I think 493 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: you know, I'm looking at the radar right now, and 494 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: this weekend it's supposed to warm up quite a bit. 495 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 1: And when I say a warm up quite a bit, 496 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna it's gonna be, you know, around forty, and 497 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: it's gonna bump up to upper fifties, and then kind 498 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: of the start of the next week it's gonna drop 499 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 1: back down in the thirds and twenties for low So 500 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 1: hopefully some of the big guys we have on camera 501 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: make their way out are Joe good Luck to you 502 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: and everyone else from Minnesota rack Stars. Thanks for joining me. 503 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: Thanks all right and joining us on the line. Next 504 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,959 Speaker 1: is Kyler Moppert from Louisiana. Bow hunter in Louisiana. Now, 505 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 1: Kyler in Louisiana, what would you say the buck activity 506 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: has been lately on a scale of one to ten. 507 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: On a scale of one of tim I would put 508 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: it at a seven right now for early season. Um, 509 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 1: it's been, Uh, it's been abnormally high buck activity for 510 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: this early in the year for our state. Now, Louisiana 511 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: kind of has three different phases of the rut going 512 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,360 Speaker 1: on at all times. You've kind of got the Florida deer, 513 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: the Midwestern deer dear similar to Alabama. Can you explain 514 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 1: to me those three different populations and what phase of 515 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: the route they'd be in right now? Sure, so we've 516 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: got three distinct ruth phases, just as you said, um, 517 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 1: for different areas of the states. For coastal deer marsh 518 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: deer is what we would call them. They're a little 519 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 1: smaller in size, smaller body size, and um, they don't 520 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 1: get to be as large racked either. Those are gonna 521 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 1: rut early like southwest Louisiana might even be a week 522 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: or two pass. It's main rut right now. They start 523 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: their in September season starts up to over fifteenth in 524 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 1: those areas. UM. And then we've got um you could say, 525 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: more native deer in Louisiana that we're closer to the 526 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 1: river parishes UM parish being a county. Everywhere else in 527 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: the U. S UM, those deer have been UM you 528 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: can say, adaptive to the flooding cycles for generations and 529 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaker 1: they always run a little later. Those would have a 530 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: lot more in common with like a South Alabama rut 531 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: where it can kick off anywhere between um middle of 532 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 1: January and roll on into the middle of March on 533 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: game camera. And then um, then we have back in 534 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: nineteen in the mid nineteen sixties, we had a large 535 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 1: population of Midwestern deer came out of Minnesota, Wisconsin areas 536 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: that were released in the Louisiana that they are very 537 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: much time with the Midwestern run. They're they're going to 538 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: go into rut kind of uh the beginning to the 539 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: middle of November and maybe fizzle out the very beginning 540 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: of December. So three distinct areas. Of course, when you 541 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:01,360 Speaker 1: get into maybe the overlapping line of of um one 542 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 1: group into another regionally that it can it can blur 543 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 1: a little bit. UM, but we've got that would be 544 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: the main three that we've got in the state. Yeah, 545 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: the rest of the country is really focused on probably 546 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: acorns right now and signmaking. What are you seeing in 547 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 1: Louisiana at this moment for signmaking and acorns? Um? So 548 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 1: for signmaking, seeing a lot of really early rubs. UM. 549 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: I saw my first scrape over the weekend hunting public land. UM. 550 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,199 Speaker 1: But but honestly, where I was hunting the area it 551 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: doesn't go into rut until Christmas or after, so um 552 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,640 Speaker 1: it might have just been more territorial more than any 553 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 1: sign of the rut. But that was in northeast Louisiana. UM. 554 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 1: But I um the signmaking, and I guess the way 555 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: I've been seeing the dear behaves, it's been We've been 556 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: in a big drought for the past within a half 557 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,199 Speaker 1: or so. So it's one of the few times that 558 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 1: I've ever actually focused on hunting a water source. Because 559 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 1: one thing about louisianas we we only have two water levels. 560 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: We have just enough water, are way too much water. 561 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 1: We very rarely have a drought and so when it 562 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: was dry for almost nearly a month and a half. Um, 563 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 1: creek crossings were a big, a big focus for me 564 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: and a lot of public land and private land hunters. 565 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 1: If you're trying to find reder, you go find water. 566 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 1: Acorns are starting to drop now, Um, I think are 567 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 1: are hard messed trees are scheduled a little later than 568 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: y'alls up north. We are just now starting to see um, 569 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: really consistent white oak, cow oak and over cut acorns falling, 570 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: which is that's always my target for October. And then um, 571 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: you know, we'll get the red oaks and the pin 572 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: oaks dropping here heavily as well, but they'll they'll always 573 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: favor the white oaks before before the red oaks and 574 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 1: pinnocks where we hunt, So a lot of that. So 575 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: besides acorns, what other food sources should bill horners in 576 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: Louisiana be focused on this time of year? And how 577 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: of that change as we get into November. Uh, you know, 578 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: with with how much flooding the state has had in 579 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen, there's a lot of areas that have 580 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 1: been underwater from legitimately from the middle of November all 581 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: the way until about a month and a half ago. UM, 582 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: A lot of those are gonna be river parishes or 583 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: areas fed by the Mississippi River. Because you gotta remember, 584 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: we're we're at the very bottom. Y'all are at the 585 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: very top. So anything that y'all get rained on with 586 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: comes down to us about six about three or four 587 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: weeks later. And so when that happens across the country, 588 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: our waters rise. I know people that we weren't able 589 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 1: to hunt their dear lease at all, um, and it 590 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,959 Speaker 1: just it just re emerged, if you will, out from 591 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:48,239 Speaker 1: under the back waters, UM a few weeks ago. So 592 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 1: a lot of that is going to have fresh brows, 593 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: fresh growth, real green saplings, and those deer are going 594 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: to move back into those flooded areas just as quickly 595 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: as the water receives. They'll be right there, step for 596 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 1: step without water, headed back out, going back to their um. 597 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: You can say, their homelands. So brows is something that 598 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: we shouldn't be overlooking. UM. I've been hunting a lot 599 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 1: of betting areas and thickets. UM. You know, I jokingly 600 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 1: say all of Louisiana is a betting area. We don't 601 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: have the luxury of saying this is where the deer sleep. 602 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: This is where the deer eat, you know. UM, it's 603 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: not like that down here. Everywhere is where the sleep. 604 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: Everywhere is where they eat. UM. But I have been 605 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: UM noticing a lot of um friars and um uh 606 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: smile ax and and UM thorn bushes and things like 607 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: that being hit very hard. We'll see nothing but stems 608 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 1: coming out of the ground. And a few days before 609 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 1: it was a big pushy briar patch. So brows is 610 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: attractive as well if you don't have a corn dropping 611 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 1: right now in your area. UM. And then you know, 612 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 1: we also are a state that allows feeding UM, supplemental 613 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: feeding UM and uh. I know a lot of people 614 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: that are getting good results from that as all going forward. Then, 615 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 1: in the six week or so, what do you think 616 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: that bucket activity is going to be on a scale 617 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: of one to ten in Louisiana. So I think it's 618 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: going to increase. I'll increase in a point. I'll put 619 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: it out in eight. UM, that's a little high for 620 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: this time of year. UM buck activity and the number 621 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: and size combined the number and size of deer that 622 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: have fallen, the quality deer that have fallen in the 623 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: first month of both season in Louisiana is probably the 624 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: greatest that I've witnessed personally in the last four or 625 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 1: five years. Um. Maybe it maybe it is the fact 626 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: that it's been so dry that do you have to 627 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: get up until find water they don't have something within 628 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 1: the twenty thirty yards of where they're land down. Um. 629 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: But for how hot it's been, you know, we've been 630 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: in the nineties all October opening day with ninety eight 631 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: degrees and there are some absolute giants that were killed 632 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 1: the first week of both season in whether that you 633 00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 1: would not climb up in a deer stand in and 634 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: so oh um, maybe it's uh, just un characteristically hot 635 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: weather has them up on our feet. Hot weather has 636 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 1: them up on their feet. I mean, and um, I 637 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: think this week coming up with this cold front coming down, 638 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 1: I think it's only gonna get better. All right, Kyler, Well, 639 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 1: I'm at the headwaters in Missouri River here in Montana. 640 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: I'll try to stop sending water your way. Good luck 641 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: this season, and thanks for joining me. It would be great. 642 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: Thank you. So You'll have a good day. And that 643 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 1: concludes this week's episode of rud Fresh Radio. Thanks to Justin, Trey, 644 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: Joe and Kyler for joining me and thank you guys 645 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: for listening. 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