1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: Welcome to Wired to Hunt's 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 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: your host, Spencer new Hearth. Welcome to Wired to Hunt's 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: rut Fresh Radio powered by First Light. I have Spencer 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: new Hearth and this is the kickoff episode to season 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: six of the miniseries. Welcome to episode four of the 7 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: Wired Hunt podcast. And this is the first episode of 8 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: season six of our rut Fresh Radio miniseries six seasons. Mark, 9 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: can you believe it? It's crazy. I can't believe what 10 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: we've been doing this that long. We're we're getting old, 11 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,040 Speaker 1: my friend. Yeah, And the same conversation happened last s 12 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: at the beginning, it was like, is it season five? No, 13 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: now it's season four. Now it's season five, and it 14 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: was the same sort of realization. So season six, September 15 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: one is when this episode will drop. And this is 16 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: the earliest we have ever released a rut Fresh Radio episode. Um, 17 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: if you are not familiar with the podcast, this is 18 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: something that's going to come out every single Wednesday from 19 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: here until the end of one and on a traditional episode, 20 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,919 Speaker 1: which this is not, you're going to hear a little 21 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: intro from Mark and I where we talk about what 22 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 1: we've seen in the woods recently and maybe some historical 23 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: patterns that we've noticed around this time of year. And 24 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: then you're gonna get interviews from four or five white 25 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: tail hunting experts, from voices that you're probably familiar with 26 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: um that span across the country, and you're gonna hear 27 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: what they've seen for the last week and what their 28 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: preview of the haunting activity to come is and some 29 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: of the things that you're gonna here talks about our 30 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: moon phases, weather patterns, crop status, browse status, hunting pressure signmaking, 31 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,839 Speaker 1: anything that a whitetail hunter cares about. And you're gonna 32 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: hear from public land hunters and private land managers and 33 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: bow hunters and gun hunters and aggressive hunters and patient 34 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: hunters and mobile hunters in a tree and still hunters 35 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: on the ground and traveling hunters that are out to 36 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: state and those that are on their own turf. The 37 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 1: idea is to like bring you the most timely deer 38 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: reports available anywhere in our space. And this is just 39 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 1: you know, a preview of what's to come for the 40 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: week and what these hunters have already seen. And we're 41 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: gonna wrap the whole thing up in twenty five minutes, 42 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: so you can listen to this on your lunch break 43 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: at work, or on your commute to work, or wherever 44 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,119 Speaker 1: you can find just twenty five minutes in your weekly schedule. 45 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: Mark anything to add to to what rout Fresh is, Yeah, 46 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: I would just add my goal every week will be 47 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: too stress you out by using some kind of law 48 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: drawn story to really really push it tight to that minute. 49 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: Let it and see if I can stretch out longer. 50 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: But I think you nailed it. I think you nailed that. 51 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: We we want to help people with in the field 52 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: insights that they can put into action themselves the very 53 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: next day. And uh and that's what we've been doing 54 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: now for five years, and this will be the sixth. 55 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: And I think the one thing that's a little bit 56 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: different this year, Spencer, that you know, of course, you know, 57 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: is I've got a crazier than usual travel schedule this year. 58 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: I've got nine out of state hunts, So I think 59 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be gone eight or nine weeks this fall 60 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: and sometimes completely off the grid for a long period 61 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: of time. So I think there's gonna be more weeks 62 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: than usual that I'm just not going to be able 63 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: to join you for the intro, so you have the 64 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: keys to the castle. My friend. I'm gonna let you 65 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: run with this h as much as you want, and 66 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: I'll be here when I can be there. If not, um, 67 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure you will handle these episodes beautifully. 68 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: Maybe you can bring a friend along or two as well, 69 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, the show will go on. So 70 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: I'm excited that we're in a position now that you 71 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: you have put together a beautiful a beautiful thing here 72 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 1: with Refresh Radio Spencer, and I know that the listeners 73 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 1: out there know you and are excited to hear from 74 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: every week. So that's the only thing that's really different. Otherwise, 75 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna keep on getting great up to date from 76 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: the Fields reports, and uh we don't have those today, 77 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: they'll do a spencer today. Is a little bit different 78 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: because we are you know, seasons have only opened maybe 79 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: today or yesterday or tomorrow in the states that are 80 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 1: opening this week. But I did feel like, shoot for 81 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: people that do have a season right now at hate 82 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: Ken not to have anything for him, you know. Yeah, Yeah, 83 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: we're recording this on August thirty one, and I feel 84 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: like some of the only states open the country an 85 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: hour maybe, Like there's a very early season in Tennessee, 86 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: very early see in South Carolina. Florida of course has 87 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: has a weird brought that starts earlier than the rest 88 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: of the country. Uh. But then the day that this 89 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: episode drop September one, you have a whole bunch of 90 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: states west of the Missouri River that are opening. Um, 91 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: you have like Kentucky that opens, So this is a 92 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: podcast for them. What you're gonna miss on this episode, Like, 93 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: like we've said, you're not getting those interviews, Um, so 94 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: you're not gonna get these one to ten questions that 95 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: I ask everybody, and what that is At the beginning 96 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: of every interview I ask every guess, I say, in 97 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: the last week or so, what has been the buck 98 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: activity on a scale of one to ten? And to 99 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: the end of the interview, I asked the same question 100 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: this coming week, what do you predict the activity is 101 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: going to be on a scale of one to ten. 102 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: So hopefully if you're sort of passively listening to this episode, 103 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: you're in your garage working on some wrenches or something, 104 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: you pipe up for those two questions. UM, so you 105 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 1: can either get excited or feel pessimistic about the movement 106 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: to come. How do you you how do you see 107 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: people using this on a week to week basis, Spenser, 108 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: Because we've got talked to a lot of people, and 109 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: we've got to hear stories and things. And when I 110 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: hear that, you know, when I listened myself, and I 111 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: listened oftentimes when the new episodes dropped to hear all 112 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: the interviews that you do, um and it often it 113 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily make me feel pessimistic if I feel if 114 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: we hear bad reports and people, but it does change 115 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 1: my plans a little bit, you know, if maybe you 116 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: know there might be something new coming down the road 117 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: in the forecast, or there might be something you know, 118 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: when we get in October and we're talking about prerode 119 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: activity things and it might just be the little edge 120 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: I need to say, you know what, I do want 121 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: to get aggressive and jump in on this crazy thing 122 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: I was gonna do, or maybe you know what everyone 123 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: west to me over the last couple of days, we've 124 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: been seeing a really slow activity. Maybe I should pull 125 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: back and just hunt does and the edges tomorrow. It's 126 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. It just kind of slides my 127 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 1: reactions a little but this way or that, or sometimes 128 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 1: they'll spark a little idea that gives me this kind 129 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: of creative you know, push to try something new or 130 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: to consider this idea that so and so recommended. Um, well, 131 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: are there any other ways you've been seeing the stuff 132 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: being useful for you or your listeners now and that's 133 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: you put it really well there, Mark Um. Pessimism probably 134 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: isn't the right word for it. It's probably just adjusting 135 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: your hunting style for what's to come. If if it 136 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: is uh an episode that drops on October and you 137 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: have yet to be in the woods this fall, but 138 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: you are going to be in the woods on October 139 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: fifte and sixteenth and seventeen, hopefully what you hear from 140 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: our guests can give you uh like an idea of 141 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: what you should be doing this weekend. If you should 142 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: be really aggressive and you should be hunting and cover 143 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: around acorns or um, the weather has been stagnant um 144 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: and and it's going to be even hotter this coming weekend, 145 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: and so maybe you should do something untraditional like hunting 146 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: near water, or you should play it safe and hunting 147 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: observation stand and sort of get ready for pre rout 148 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: that's to come in a few weeks. So you're right, 149 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: it's not it's not so much about being optimistic and pessimistic. 150 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: It's just about like appropriately adjusting your hunting style. Um. 151 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: And so, because we don't have these four guests he 152 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: talked to you you this week, I sort of went back 153 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: and looked at what we've maybe heard from in other 154 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: early September episodes and what sort of success is we've 155 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 1: seen with those folks. And there was one thing that 156 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: really jumped out to me when I was talking to 157 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: hunters that were successful, whether it was in North Dakota 158 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: or Kentucky or Nebraska. Um, and one of them is 159 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: that they rarely entered the woods blind on September one 160 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: and then had success. UM. We we published an article 161 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: recently on the media dot com by Sam Lungri and 162 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:55,319 Speaker 1: that talked about how to kill a bowl elk on 163 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: opening day. We also published an article from Dylan Tramp 164 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,319 Speaker 1: about how to kill a white tail bucking opening day. 165 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: And it was really eye opening that the sentiment from 166 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: sort of both of them was like, you have to 167 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: know where the bulls and the box are. It's this 168 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: isn't the rout, this isn't like November six where you 169 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: can enter the woods and just like pick up on 170 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: some fresh sign and then have really good odds at 171 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: killing a deer. You need to have some intel, whether 172 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: that's from boots on the ground scouting or long distance 173 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: glassing or trail cameras or just knowing historical patterns. That 174 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: is like sort of the difference maker this time of 175 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 1: year between somebody like having good bucks in the area 176 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: and they kill one or they don't. Yeah, I think 177 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: you're right. This is the time for surgical strikes. This 178 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: is the time for careful thought through hunts. You know, 179 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: going in for a reason to a spot for a reason, 180 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: with a plan in place, expecting a specific movement pattern 181 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: that's definitely going to give you your best chance. There's 182 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: there's very little that willynilly movement right now. Deer doing 183 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: things and specific places for specific reasons, and you gotta 184 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 1: know that. You gotta know where that's at. And if 185 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: you don't know where that's that when you start your hunt, 186 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: I think you need to spend some time on the 187 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: front and figuring that out. So for example, I'm out 188 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 1: here on an early season white till hot myself right now, 189 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: which which I'll talk a lot more about next week. 190 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: But the first day we got into this area, we 191 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: weren't hunting, we were scouting. We got out and last 192 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: and observed, and then the next day we went in 193 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: slipped in some spots and are hanging cameras. So it's 194 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: all about getting that intail so that we can start 195 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: making thoughtful strikes. So make a really good point, I 196 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: think that is that's key. And you know the great 197 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: thing about these really really early seasons, and really a 198 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: great team about any opening day is that these deer 199 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: have not been pressured for months and months and months, right, 200 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: so they are operating normally. But that will only last 201 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: so long. So you get a handful of hunts before 202 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: they catch onto you. So you want to make sure 203 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: those first few hunts, those first few days, you know, 204 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: are are smart there can take an advantage of them, 205 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: because you know, three or four or five days in 206 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, they know, hey we're getting hunted. 207 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: Time switch it up. So be smart with those first 208 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: times and take advantage of these patterns that are still there. Yeah, 209 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: and another common denominator from the early September rut fresh 210 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: successful hunts that we've talked about and this will come 211 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: as surprise, and nobody that food was a common denominator. Um. 212 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: Of course, you have your obvious food sources that any 213 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: hunter can identify, like corn or beans or hay fields. 214 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: But what are maybe some of the less obvious food 215 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: sources Mark Um, that hunter should be looking for this 216 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: time of year. You know, it's so location dependent. There's 217 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: not any one thing. But I do think a very 218 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: generality or a generality to keep in mind is simply 219 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,199 Speaker 1: the importance of brows and the importance of native vegetation. 220 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: You know, there's some places that I remember one year 221 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: on a September hunt. Um, I was assuming that the 222 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: deer would be keen on alfalfa fields, but they're pretty 223 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: far away, and I saw there'd be this big, long 224 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: travel pattern back and forth thoself alfa fields. What turned 225 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: out to be the case is that there was actually 226 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: this really lush food right along the river bottom, right 227 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: on the river's edge, and more deer we're just going 228 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: and hang out right on the river edge and feeding 229 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: on that vegetation, then traveling half a mile to the alfalfa. 230 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: So that was all of a sudden something I didn't 231 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: really pick up until the end of the trip. But 232 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: once I did, well, here it is, here's the bed 233 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,719 Speaker 1: defeed pattern. They're just traveling right to the edge of 234 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: the water and walking along and feeding on that. So 235 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: it's just something to keep an eye on, find out, 236 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: you know, watch the deer, watch what they're doing, observed, 237 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: and take notice of that. If there's certain types of 238 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,719 Speaker 1: you know, there's certain types of things they're browsing on 239 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: more than others, go take a look at that the 240 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: next day and see if that's something you can key 241 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: in on elsewhere. Or little openings in the timber, little 242 00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: spots for more stun that gets down there, and there's 243 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: a diverse mix of vegetation. Those are simple things, especially 244 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: if crops fields are not available in your spot in 245 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: your area that are worth Keevan tabs them because that's 246 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: sometimes the best too available. Another thing which super dependent 247 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: on what's going on in your area, but any kind 248 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: of mass tree, fruit, trees, per simmons, if there's anything 249 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: that's dropping early, um, you know, obviously key in on 250 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,599 Speaker 1: something along lines those lives, but that would have to 251 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: be you know, what's happening in Florida will be very 252 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: different that what's happening Kentucky, what's really very different than 253 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: what's in North Dakota. So the key thing I think 254 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: is be watching and be very very attentive to what 255 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: those deer feeding on. So when you're glassing or if 256 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: you've got a camera that's overlooking the field, pay attention 257 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:49,959 Speaker 1: to what those deer are keying in on right now. 258 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: Once you know that, then that's what you need to 259 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: key on. But you got to connect those two dots. Yeah. Um, 260 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: there's just a ton of food available right now. And 261 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: one of my favorite articles that we've published so far 262 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: in something you wrote Mark, it was ten natural food 263 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: sources every deer hunter should know and if you are 264 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,839 Speaker 1: a white tail hunter in September October, you should go 265 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 1: check that out. Um, because everything in there, or most 266 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: of this stuff and there is relevant to hunters across 267 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: the country. They're trying to kill a white tail. There's 268 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: a ton of options right now, so it's worth knowing 269 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: what those options are besides the corn, soybeans and hay fields. Yeah. Yeah, 270 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: And I will say you know, if you do have fields, 271 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: it's it's pretty hard to beat alfalfa or clover right now. 272 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: Or if you've got green soybeans, I mean, if you 273 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: do have those, just don't forget about how effective those 274 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: can be. Yeah, and then the the third um factor 275 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: that's come up in early September successful haunts that we've 276 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: talked about in the past on Red Fresh Radio, and 277 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: this has been less of a theme, but it's still 278 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: something to consider, especially this year. But that's hunting water. 279 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: This is specifically relevant for hunters in the Dakotas or Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, 280 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: which are also all states that have early September openers. 281 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: But if you look at the drought monitor map for 282 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: every single one of those states, pretty much anything west 283 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: of the Mississippi is in like a D three or 284 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: a D four level drought, which is like extreme level droughts. 285 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: And so maybe water hasn't really been part of your 286 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: game plan in the past when you're hunting in early 287 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: September to early October, but for hunters in that part 288 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: of the country, that should absolutely be part of the 289 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: playbook this year. You brought up a really good point 290 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: where that drought, I mean, water can be so the 291 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: effectiveness of hunting water can be so dependent on the 292 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: availability of it, right, And so when it's a rare 293 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: commopity all of a sudden really focuses that movement to 294 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: the few places where its found. So our mutual friend 295 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: Tony Peterson and uh fellow water to Hunt podcaster, actually 296 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: is doing a series the talking about water right now 297 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: on his Foundations miniseries. So if folks haven't been listening 298 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: to that, make sure you pull up the episodes of Foundations, 299 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: which to come out every Tuesday and this month, I 300 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: think this week and last week or this weekend, next 301 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: week or come out here soon. He's got several episodes 302 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: all about this very topic. So how to take advantage 303 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: of hunting water, standing water, moving water, all that kind 304 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: of stuff. So if you want to deep dive on 305 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: that aspect, tune into that because Tony is a master 306 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: using water, especially at early season public Land White Till Hunts, 307 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: He's really figured it out. Yeah, and a spoiler, but 308 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: this is something that's going to be a theme for 309 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: probably every episode going forward of Rod Fresh this year. 310 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: If you hunt left of the Mississippi River, Um, you're 311 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: probably dealing with this drought that makes an impact right 312 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: now where water sources are limited. In a few weeks 313 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: from now, we're probably going to know what the damage 314 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: has banned from e h D. A few weeks after that, 315 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: we're gonna be talking about how it's been a really 316 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: early harvest because these places didn't get a lot of rain. Um. 317 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: So that's something that, uh, despite deer huntings, maybe deer 318 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: hunters maybe not paying attention to the weather in June, July, August, 319 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 1: it's gonna have an impact for the rest of the fall. Yeah. Yeah, 320 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: it's a really really interesting point. And now that we've 321 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: kind of done this so many years, we can sort 322 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: of see how there are those trickled own effects where 323 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 1: one thing impacts the whole season kind of unexpectedly. But 324 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 1: now we're can I can see those patterns now you 325 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: bring that up. It's interesting. Yeah. And so looking specifically 326 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: at the forecast for this weekend, I'm not seeing anything 327 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: out of the ordinary for weather. It's not gonna be 328 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: really hot, so I can be really cold for in 329 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: these states that have the early September opener. But I 330 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: have noticed like really erratic wind directions that I normally 331 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: don't associate with this time of year. Um. And that's 332 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: something that can really benefit mobile hunters that have the 333 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 1: pility to hunt a southwest wind one night tear down 334 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: and then hunted northeast wind the next night, tear down, 335 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: then hunting west wind the next night. I know that's 336 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: the strategy that you're going to be using here, Mark, So, like, 337 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: what is your early September gear list look like now 338 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: versus how is it different in October and November specifically 339 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 1: with your mobile hunting gear. Yeah, you make a good point. Um, 340 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 1: I've noticed the same thing, pretty standard. Pretty um oh, 341 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: what's the we'd' looking here for? Temperatures that are all 342 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: kind of average temperatures right now pretty stable as what 343 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: I'm looking for, but the wind not as much, which 344 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: is kind of funky. And so yeah, being mobile is 345 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: a great Um, it's a great tool to have in 346 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: your toolbox when you have a hunting situation like that. 347 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,719 Speaker 1: And I am, like I mentioned hunting that style right now. 348 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: I don't think my gear looks terribly different right now 349 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: than at other times of the year, with a few exceptions. Um, 350 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 1: but you know, the key for me is having a 351 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 1: good silent, lightweight pair of tin sticks and some kind 352 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 1: of you know, elevated hunting tools. So for me, that 353 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: means the saddle. Some people would use a mobile tree stamp, 354 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 1: but The big thing is just making sure that you 355 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: have that system dial so being very comfortable with getting 356 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 1: up in the tree quietly, quickly, and efficiently. That's something 357 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 1: that you know, if you've got to hunt. Come up 358 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: this weekend and you're listening to this on a Wednesday, 359 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: and you plan on being out there on Saturday and 360 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 1: you are gonna be hunting mobile, here's one piece of 361 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:33,160 Speaker 1: advice I can give you. Take an a half hour 362 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: tonight or an hour tomorrow and go practice climbing up 363 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: in a tree in the yard. Do it quietly, do 364 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: it with all your gear, use the whole thing, and 365 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 1: just get the kinks out of your system. Make sure 366 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: you remember that, oh yeah, I gotta make sure I 367 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: clip on my stick to my right hip, and don't 368 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: forget to tie my bowl roper. All these little things 369 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: I mean for me every year, the first hunt of 370 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,360 Speaker 1: the year, the first couple of hunts of the year, 371 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: there's just always something stupid. I forget, something silly that 372 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: I do wrong. So get a practice run before you 373 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: start hunting. Make sure that when you get out there 374 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: on that first hunt, that that first ton is as 375 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: good as it possibly can be. Because we alluded to earlier. 376 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 1: You know, we only get a few first tons of 377 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: the year, so you want to take advantage of them. 378 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm going in there with my lightweight climbing sticks, 379 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: going there in my sattle. I can slip in, you know, 380 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 1: just yesterday, this is what I did on our opening day. 381 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: We're slipping in quietly and got set up in a 382 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: brand new spot and didn't turn out the way I wanted. 383 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 1: So I pulled everything down after dark and I'm slipping 384 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: out again. And now today I can set up in 385 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: a brand new place just based off wind direction, just 386 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: based on sightings. Um. And you're not beholden to anything. 387 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: You can constantly be on the best sign with the 388 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 1: best wind every single day. It's it's a great way 389 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: to do it. It is a little extra work, um, 390 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: but it's one of those things that I always think 391 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:55,479 Speaker 1: it's worth it. So highly recommend that mobile system. When 392 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: you've got wonky wins like this. It's really easy if 393 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: you're just stuck on per minute sets to say, well, 394 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 1: when is not quite right, But I've got that set 395 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: already set up, so might as we was hunt again. Um. 396 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: You don't have that temptation when you're constantly adjusting based 397 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: off what's there with a mobile set up, So highly 398 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: recommend it. Definitely good tool with this forecast coming up, 399 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: and you've already been in the field mark and has 400 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 1: some intel in a way that most hunters across the 401 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: country probably don't. So although this isn't the traditional episode 402 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,719 Speaker 1: of the four guests lineup and talking to hunters from 403 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 1: across the nation, I do want to ask you, like, 404 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: what is your prediction for the coming week on a 405 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: scale of one to ten for buck movement. Yes, I'm 406 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: glad we get at least one of these predictions in here. Um. 407 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: You know, as you mentioned, we have a relatively unexciting forecast, 408 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: and you know, both in the West where I am, 409 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: as well as over in Kentucky, North Dakota, South Dakota. 410 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: A bunch of these states that checked their forecasts and 411 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: pretty much everyone has the same thing. Stable temper, sure's 412 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: kind of average warm stuff, no major precipitation events. UM. 413 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: So because of that, I'm not super duper. You know, 414 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 1: shooting the star is optimistic. I'm kind of the middle 415 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: of the road right now, So I think it's like 416 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: a five, five or six. Um. I say that because 417 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: there's no weather that makes it extra special. But at 418 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: the same time, it's not bad because this is the 419 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 1: beginning of the season and opening days, opening weekends, opening weeks. 420 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: You know, as we've mentioned, they can really be a 421 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: great opportunity to catch a deer unaware, a deer still 422 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: on their major bad to feed pattern, and if you 423 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,360 Speaker 1: know it, this is a great time to get out 424 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: there and move. And a lot of times that these 425 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: deer they're moving a lot in daylight still regardless of 426 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: how warm it is, because they've been doing that all summer, 427 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: and until they have a reason to change, you know, 428 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 1: hunting pressure, or once we get later into the year, 429 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: they do start adjusting and reacting to hop whether differently. 430 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: But right now, I'm not too concerned about being eighty degrees. 431 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: That's okay. Five days, three eighty degree is you know what. 432 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: I love a coal front shirt. But I still think 433 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: I got a chance, and I think everybody else out 434 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 1: there does too. So you know, a five or six 435 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: to get out there, make your own stars and uh 436 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: get that, get that opening with buckets. Yeah, and you 437 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: can tell me this is hyperbolic, Mark, but I consider 438 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: like this first week in September to be maybe like 439 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: the best stretch for the next eight weeks until we 440 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: get to like October UM. And this is sort of 441 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,479 Speaker 1: ignoring the like perfect cold front that might land on 442 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: October eight um, and like what your crop status is 443 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: on October fifteenth and stuff like that. But I think 444 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: this first week in September is like maybe your best 445 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: shot at a mature buck for potentially like the next 446 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: two months or so. Yeah, you know, I don't think 447 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: you're too far off. I think um, I think it 448 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,199 Speaker 1: really is. And and that same thing could apply to 449 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: anyone's first week to a degree. Right, whatever the first 450 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,239 Speaker 1: week you're see in the first few days of your 451 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 1: season will be one of your best chances until late October, 452 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: whether that's now or mid September or a little later 453 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 1: in September. But if you do have that first week 454 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: right now, it is probably the best of the opening 455 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: weeks because of all things we just talked about. There's 456 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 1: there's no better time to catch them on their bed 457 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: feed pattern. There's no better time to catch them still 458 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,400 Speaker 1: in those summer kind of stupid phase, or they move 459 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,239 Speaker 1: as much as they do and they're as active as 460 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: they are in that rowed up still and unaware and 461 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: and not too concerned about what's going on. So so yeah, 462 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 1: it is. It is a good time to be in 463 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: the tree. I think a lot of people are gonna 464 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: pass some success this week despite the kind of blah 465 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: whether well said, all right, Mark, let's do a preview 466 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:48,239 Speaker 1: of the Wired Hunt content that's to come for the 467 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 1: rest of the fall. And I am like a big 468 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings fan, but when the season ends in like January, 469 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: I don't usually start listening to Vikings podcast again until 470 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: like August. And I think there's a lot of hunters 471 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: that are in the same boat. So maybe we have 472 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: some listeners that stepped away, uh from listening to hunting 473 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: podcasts since like December, and they're just now getting back 474 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: into it and they've maybe missed all the news that 475 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: we've talked about for the last few months. So what 476 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 1: should folks know about for Wired to Hunt this fall? 477 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, Spencer. First off, shame on anyone who 478 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: stopped listening until now, but welcome back, um, But you 479 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: make a great point. Uh, there's been so much man, 480 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: we as you know. Obviously, we've kind of relaunched Wired 481 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: to Hunt this year in a big new way, so 482 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 1: there's a lot. We've got our own website now of sorts. 483 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: It's it's the v meat Eater dot com slash wired 484 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: and that's the Wired to Hunt website homepage now, and 485 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: there's dozens of new articles, lots and lots and lots 486 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 1: of new content from some really great hunters, covering off facets, 487 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: covering hunting, scouting, management, uh, habitat work, public land, private land, 488 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 1: every thing you could think. We've got to cover now. 489 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 1: So there's these new articles on the wire to the website. 490 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 1: We have the Wired to Hunt Weekly newsletter which comes 491 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: out every Monday, which has kind of an update for 492 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: me and then links to the best of our new articles. 493 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 1: We relaunched the wire Dunk YouTube channels. We have new 494 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: how to videos coming out every Monday there which are 495 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: coming from folks like me, Tony Peterson and guests, guest 496 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: contributors like Levi Morgan, who just posted one from Levi. 497 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: He's a like seventeen time world champion archer talking about 498 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: how he fine tunes his bowl accessories. Tony his covered 499 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: stuff about staging areas, and I've covered stuff up betting 500 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: areas recently. And these are short, punchy, helpful how to 501 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: so definitely check that out. Um, we have a new 502 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: podcast mini series which I alluded to earlier, which is 503 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:56,360 Speaker 1: Tony's Show. So we've gotta we've gotta pack podcast schedule. 504 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: Every Tuesday is the Foundation's mini series and that's this 505 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: episode was Tony breaks down one specific foundational whitetail topic 506 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: in detail and kind of gives you like a college 507 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: masterclass lecture on that for about fifteen minutes every week 508 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: every Tuesday, and they're they're great. And then Wednesday, of 509 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: course is this one the rough Fresh podcast mini series, 510 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: would you Spencer? And then every Thursday is the main 511 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: episode with me and my guests in the kind of 512 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 1: long form conversations we've traditionally done. So that's the podcast. 513 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 1: Those are the videos. Um. You know, of course you 514 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: are helping manage a lot that's going on with the website, 515 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 1: and we've got a lot more contributors there. Um myself, 516 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: you play newcome Tony. We've added some new contributors people 517 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 1: at Bomartonic, John Eberhart, EMILEC. Kantner, uh Andy May, Tony Hansen, 518 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: El Gilstrom and more. Um, there's a lot, so so yes, 519 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: in short, be checking out what we've got going on 520 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: at Wired to Hunt because if you love white tail hunting, 521 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: we are pumping it out for as a rate that 522 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: has never been done before. Um, and it's keeping you 523 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,159 Speaker 1: and me very busy, isn't it. Yeah? And then the 524 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 1: Back forty though is over with, So is there something 525 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,479 Speaker 1: that's like taking its place, mark or anything you can 526 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: talk about on that front? Yes, good point, Back forty. 527 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: The Back forty show is done. Um, although I am 528 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: going out there and helping with some of the new 529 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: hunter mentorship programs out there. Um, so we're actually gonna 530 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: do a hunt a couple of hunts this year there 531 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: where I will be mentoring some new hunters, which would 532 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 1: be cool. But yeah, we're actually working on a couple 533 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 1: of new shows. UM. Too soon to announce all the details, 534 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: but I can tell you one of them is going 535 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 1: to be filmed this year and released this year, and 536 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: that is actually gonna feature YouTube. My friend, you and 537 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: me and a couple of our friends will be going 538 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 1: and chasing some running white tails across the country and 539 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 1: we will be documenting that for a new show that 540 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: super excited about that will be coming out later this year. 541 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: So stay tuned. You will have some some exciting time 542 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,959 Speaker 1: in the tree or in the field with Spencer new 543 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: heart to watch very soon. So not only so you 544 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: get to watch Spencer in his apron took an up 545 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 1: tasty coyote me, you can now watch Spencer chasing white 546 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 1: tails so big hear my friend, I'm stoked. It's it's 547 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 1: the thing I have been most excited about all year 548 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: from medory content, So I'm really excited to get started 549 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 1: on that. But the takeaway messages that there is like 550 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 1: an overwhelming amount of Wired Hunt content being made. Um 551 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: whether you want to read what we have to say, 552 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: listen to what we have to say, or watch this 553 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 1: new stuff. Uh there there is more than ever. And 554 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: then specific assignments Mark if if you're hitting the woods 555 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: this weekend, I want you to go to the media 556 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: dot com backslash Wired and to check out some articles 557 00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: that we have if you are going to be hunting 558 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: this weekend, we have some really useful material like how 559 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: to kill an early season buck in September from Tony Peterson, 560 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: the best setups for killing a Velvet buck from Tony Peterson, 561 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: how to kill a white tail buck in Opening Day 562 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: from Dylan Tramp, and how to kill a white tail 563 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: buck hunting water, which we talked about earlier. Mark, why 564 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 1: that's gonna be so relevant again from Tony Peterson. Now, 565 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: if you don't have an opener this weekend, say you 566 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 1: gotta wait like another four or five or six weeks. 567 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: The hunters that can't hunt quite yet, we have a 568 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 1: ton of useful material for you as well, like a 569 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: Beaumartonic piece on how to how to eat scout big 570 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 1: woods for white tails, the best archery advice I've ever 571 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: gotten from Mark Kenyan, how to chum white tails, which 572 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 1: is something that is very seasonal right now from Alex Gillstrom. 573 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: And then three mods that will improve your mobile hunting 574 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: setup from Andy May. Now those are are written things 575 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 1: that are gonna help folks out right. Now, what about 576 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: Mark for old videos or old podcasts that you would 577 00:30:55,760 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: recommend for white tail hunters in early September. Yeah, h 578 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: you got a lot there on the written side. And 579 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: it's funny you bring it up because I actually was 580 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: working on a new episode of the wire Time podcast. 581 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: It's gonna go out tomorrow, So if you're listening to 582 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: them on Wednesday on Thursday, you're gonna hear this new 583 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: episode that I'm working on, and I was going to 584 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 1: do a compilation episode in which I go back and 585 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 1: pull all of the best insights from previous podcasts about 586 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: Honey in September, because I thought for sure there must 587 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: be a lot of great stuff that we could point 588 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 1: back to. And I went and looked, and we didn't 589 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 1: have anything. I have no good September podcasts, so I 590 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: don't have anything good to point people towards. But I 591 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: do I can tell you that we created new stuff 592 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 1: for tomorrow. So everything you know what we covered here 593 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 1: today is going to be like really nice appatizer for 594 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: tomorrow's episode in which we do a really deep dive 595 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: into a bunch of these topics with A self and 596 00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 1: Tony Peterson and four other guests. So we kind of 597 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: have a best of September full month strategy conversation that 598 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: I think, Um, if you if you got excited what 599 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: we're talking about here today, you're really gonna like tomorrow's 600 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,959 Speaker 1: as we get kind of an expanded view of all 601 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 1: these ideas and more so, So I would just stay 602 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: tune in for our main episode coming in hot It's 603 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 1: called Mastering September, So tune into that as soon as 604 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 1: it drops. I like it. That is going to be 605 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 1: a fun listen any other final words of wisdom Mark 606 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: before we get out of here. You know, the only 607 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 1: thing I would say is you listed a whole bunch 608 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: of homework for us UM with all those articles sensor. Uh, 609 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 1: and that's I love it. I think we should drop 610 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,959 Speaker 1: all the links for those in the show description so 611 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: that people can have a place to go find them. 612 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: So let's try to do that. Let's try to put 613 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: this in the show notes. Like so if you were 614 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 1: to go to Spotify you click the link for the information, 615 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: or if you just go to the podcast page on 616 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 1: our website, the media to dot com and navigate to 617 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: this episode, you know website, you would be able to 618 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: see the links so that you know, I don't think 619 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: anyone's can remember all those nine different articles, but just 620 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: go to the website to the podcast for this episode, 621 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: you'll see the links there and there's all the reading 622 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: that Spencer mentioned. I think that's probably the easiest way 623 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: for people to do that, don't you. Yes, I like it. 624 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: That is something that we will try to do on 625 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: every episode is drop some relevant links in the description. Uh. 626 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,480 Speaker 1: And I genuinely mean it. That these are like some 627 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: of the best white tailed white tail killers I know. UM, 628 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 1: and they're writing about their specialty, whether it's Tony Peterson 629 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 1: hunting water Baumartinicke scouting big woods UM or Andy May 630 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: talking about mods to a mobile hunting setup. UM. I'm 631 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: really excited about this content. To go to the show 632 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 1: notes and you'll find what we have available there. Um 633 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: alrt Mark, Well, let's get out here. Good luck in 634 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: the woods this weekend, and until we talk next time, 635 00:33:58,240 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: stay Wired to Hunt.