1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: Hey guys, this is Mark Kenyon of the Wired Hunt podcast, 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: and I'm here today to introduce you to something new. 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: As you might be able to tell, this isn't a 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: regular episode of the Wired Hunt podcast. In fact, you're 5 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: listening to the very first episode of a bonus mini 6 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: series that we're going to be running over here over 7 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: the next few weeks that we're going to be calling 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 1: Wired Hunt's rut Radio. And here to help me with 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: this new project is Weird Hunt contributor and now producer 10 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: of this mini series, Spencer new Hearth. How you doing, Spencer, 11 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: I'm good. I'm excited that we're getting closer to November. Yes, yeah, 12 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: me too. I'm really excited about that. And I'm excited 13 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: about this podcast, especially kind of in relation to that 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: whole time period of November, because I don't know about you, 15 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: but when I think of that month, I think about 16 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: the rut am. I right, yeah, absolutely, And and this 17 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: has been a really strange set of interviews that we've done. Um, 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: you know, I reached out to to five contexts that 19 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: spread across White Tail Country from Minnesota to North Carolina, 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: and you know, I opened it up asking him all 21 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: the same thing our scale one to ten, what would 22 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: you say the bucket activities right now? And I heard 23 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: everything from a seven down to it too. And I 24 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: don't think there's any other time of year that you 25 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: would get that kind of response besides mid October. Yeah, 26 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: the dreaded October level. But let's let's rewind a little 27 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: bit because you came to me earlier this year with 28 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: this idea for this kind of mini series related to 29 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: the run. Um. But but Phil, fill our listeners in 30 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: what is this? What is this all about? What are 31 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: we gonna be hearing today? What are we gonna be 32 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: hearing over the coming weeks? So I think every fall 33 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: um me, just like any other you know, archery white 34 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: tail hunter is dying to hear reports of what's going 35 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: on in the woods. And we want to have our 36 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: thumb on on the pulse of, you know, what the 37 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: white tail are doing, and uh, this is one way, 38 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: uh for white tail hunters to confirm or deny what 39 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: they're seeing in the woods. And so each week I'm 40 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: gonna talk to four or five or six you know 41 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: white tail hunters that kind of spread throughout white tail 42 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: country and you know, get get a sense of what 43 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: they're seeing. In the woods and hopefully help us piece 44 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: together of what exactly is going on right now. You know, 45 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: are they hitting soybeans right now? Are they really nocturnal 46 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: or they working up scrapes? Um? You know, are they 47 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: seeking and chasing it? All that kind of information that 48 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 1: can make us better hunters. Um. You know, it's it's 49 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: great for that guy who maybe hasn't been out in 50 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks and um, you know, needs to 51 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: pick a stand to hunt and he's not sure what 52 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: you go into, but he's hunting North Dakota and he 53 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 1: just heard somebody from Minnesota on the podcast say that, 54 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,519 Speaker 1: you know, they're seeking and chasing really hard right now, 55 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: and you should be hunting aggressive. You know, that's just 56 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: one example of what this podcast is intended to do. 57 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: I love it. I'm excited about that because I think 58 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of value to that. As you 59 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: just said, you know, if you're not able to be 60 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: out there, you want to know what's happening in your region. 61 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: And what I like about what you're putting together with 62 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: this series here is the fact that you're gonna be 63 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: talking to people all over the country and getting different 64 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: perspectives and updates from everywhere from you know, the northeast 65 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: down to the south like could be, so we could 66 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: hear someone from North Carolina, we could hear someone from Tennessee. 67 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: We could hear from someone from Wyoming or Maine or 68 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: Michigan or all the way across the board. So I think, 69 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: no matter where you live and hunt, you're going to 70 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: be able to hear some updates throughout these coming weeks 71 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: that are relevant to you. And hopefully you can take 72 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 1: some of these things you here here and say, Okay, 73 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: maybe that's what's happened near me, I should try X 74 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: or Y and um. You know, as you know, Spencer, 75 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: at this time of year, white tail behavior and activity 76 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: changes so dynamically over this next kind of six week period. 77 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: I mean, things are going to go from zero to 78 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: a hundred pretty fast here, and it's as far as 79 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: I'm concerned, it's important to know where we are on 80 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: that acceleration and and be able to then apply the 81 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: right tactic to the right time. Um. So I think 82 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: that's what we're gonna be achieve here right you With 83 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: this time of year, it's still strange because I don't 84 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: think there's one overarching theme, you know, that fits the 85 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: whole country. Because I was talking to you know, our 86 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: listener from North Carolina, Haynes Shelton, and uh, you know, 87 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: I was completely agreeing with what he was saying. And 88 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: then I would talk to uh Trent Siegel from Kansas, 89 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: who's much closer to my homestate of South Dakota where 90 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: I'm I'm hunting, and uh, I felt it was very 91 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: different than when I was seeing and so it's it's 92 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 1: just a weird time of year, but it's still really 93 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: cool to to hear those reports and how guys are 94 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: using tactics right now to you know, help their success rates. Yeah. Absolutely, 95 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: So we're going to be having a new episode every 96 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: week for at least the next six weeks, I think, 97 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: and we're gonna be covering this type of stuff right 98 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking to, like you mentioned, three or 99 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: four or five six different guys from across the country 100 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 1: getting their updates. And that said, you know, we shouldn't 101 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: beat around the bush, I don't think, Spencer, because I 102 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,239 Speaker 1: know we have some great stuff the cover today. So 103 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: so who are we talking to today and what regions 104 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: are they covering. We started off in Minnesota with Tony Peterson. 105 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: He's a gear editor for bow Hunter magazine. Uh. Then 106 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: we have in Kentucky Josh Honeycutt with real tree dot Com. 107 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: In North Carolina, we have editor of North American Whitetail 108 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: Haynes Shelton. In Illinois, we have bow Hunting dot COM's 109 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: Justin Zaar. And then to end the podcast, we talk 110 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: with Trent Siegel of Heartland bow Hunter in Kansas. And 111 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: Trent just had an amazing hunt last week. Um, and 112 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: we'll get to that at the end of the episode. 113 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: If you haven't seen what happened yet, go to Heartland 114 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: bow Hunters Facebook page and check out his recent pictures. 115 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, that dear is insane, incredible, incredible buck. Yeah, 116 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: he was. He was excited to talk about it, and uh, 117 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: just you know how he went into the hunt. He 118 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: said he was literally a hundred percent confident he was 119 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: going to kill that deer. Um. And it's just so 120 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 1: different than when I out to like Justin from Illinois, 121 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: who said, you know, this is just terrible. Right now 122 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: he told me it to two out of ten for hunting, 123 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: and so it's just completely different. It's still exciting to 124 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: hear what tactics these guys are using and just how 125 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: different it can be from one stage to the next. Definitely. Well, 126 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 1: I'm excited to hear because I haven't got to hear 127 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: from these guys yet, so correct me if I'm wrong. 128 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: But the way this is going to work is we're 129 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 1: going to jump right into that first interview and then 130 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: we're just gonna go you know, one, two, three, four, 131 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: five or and here the mall and then that'll be 132 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: our show. Right. Yeah. Absolutely. We talked about four or 133 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: five minutes with each guy, uh, you know, get a 134 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: pulsible what's going on, and then it's onto the next interview, 135 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: so we'll wrap up the whole thing and you know, 136 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 1: around thirty minutes with these guys. Awesome. Well, this sounds 137 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: like an exciting new series, Spencer. I'm pretty pumped about it. 138 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: I know you are too, and I guess without further ado, 139 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: let's just get right into it, all right. We'll get 140 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: to the first caller, but quickly before we get our 141 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: first update. As all Wired Hunt podcasts are, this episod 142 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: so it is brought to you by sit Good Gear. 143 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: If you'd like to learn more about Sitka Gears technical 144 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: hunting apparel, you can visit Sick of Gear dot com 145 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: and now onto the show alright, and joining us on 146 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: the phone first is Tony Peterson. Tony is a notorious 147 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: public land killer and gear editor for bow Hunter magazine. Tony, No, No, 148 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: you just spent some time hunting in your home state 149 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: of Minnesota. On a scale of one to ten, how 150 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: would you say the buck activity was? Um, I would 151 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: probably go with about a five five And so is 152 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: that kind of what you expected for this time of year? Yeah, 153 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: you know, it wasn't bad. I ended up seeing two 154 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: bucks in the last couple of days that are both 155 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,559 Speaker 1: pretty good ones, um and some other buck activity. Actually 156 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: saw my first chase of the year, I think Saturday morning, 157 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: and I saw two bucks going after a dope pretty hard. 158 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: But it's this this time is just up and down. 159 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: If you get the right weather, it can be really good. 160 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,679 Speaker 1: And if it gets hot, like we just got it, 161 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: you know, it slows down a little bit. So it 162 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: was it was probably about what I expected. And so 163 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: before it got hot, re seeing a little better activity 164 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: or about the same. I was seeing better activity with 165 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: that big front that came through. Um, you know it 166 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: was it got real windy or we were fighting thirty 167 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: mile our winds, but the deer were moving and you know, 168 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: once it once it came through and those temps got 169 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: about you know, we were sitting at about twelve degrees 170 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: above normal. Um, it's it's shut down for me, pretty good. 171 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: I still saw some deer, but not not the way 172 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: it was. And what type of an area you know, 173 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: have you been hunting lately? Are you pretty aggressive right now? 174 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 1: I was? You know, I'm hunting staging areas. I'm kind 175 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: of trying to get between betting and food sources, um, 176 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: in the mornings and the evenings. Um, you know, and 177 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: I tried to hunt water a little bit when it 178 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: got hot, and it just it just didn't play out 179 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 1: for me that well. Um. But I'm kind of my 180 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: treatment Minnesota a little differently because it's my home state 181 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: and I'm I'm working on some really big bucks. I'm 182 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: kind of playing it a little safer than I would 183 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: in some other states. Um, but you know, there's a 184 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: lot of a lot of transition routes for me right now. 185 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: And so outside of the bucks, you know, with with 186 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: the does and even the younger bucks, are you seeing 187 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: them about the same activity level as it was a 188 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: bigger deer you're targeting or is it different for them? 189 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: You know, like you see more of those deer because 190 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: there's more of them out there. But the you know, 191 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: the activity in general was just okay. I mean I 192 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: saw some does, I saw some young bucks, um, but 193 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: it wasn't I never had one of those sis where 194 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: I was seeing deer left and right and it was 195 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: just on fire, you know. I mean, it was pretty 196 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: typical mid October type of stuff. M sure. And what 197 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: what about first sign right now? I mean, are you 198 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 1: are you seeing some scrapes popping up or or some 199 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: being active? They're laying down sign everywhere. Um. I took 200 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: a little walk on Sunday afternoon just to check some 201 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: areas that I haven't been hunting, and I found so 202 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: many rubs and scrapes. Um. They're really really laying down 203 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: some sign hard. So it's getting pretty cool out there 204 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: right now in the woods. There's a lot of a 205 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: lot of signs showing up, and you know, we're getting 206 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: pretty close to one. It's gonna get really good. And 207 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: and how can you use that to your advantage right now? 208 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: You know, if you find it a couple of good 209 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: scrape lines, um, you know, is there anything you can 210 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: do that to help you kill a buck right now? 211 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: With that? Um? You know, scrapes are good right now, um, 212 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: and they will be for you know, a couple more days. 213 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: But I'm I'm I'm looking at rubs because rubs tell 214 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 1: me an awful lot about wear bucks like to travel 215 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: and where they like to kill times. So I'm looking 216 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: for a staging area with a ton of random rubs 217 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: in it right now, and I found a few of 218 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: those places. So as soon as I get the chance, 219 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: which will probably be about Thursday, I'm gonna go back 220 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 1: in and start hunting some of that sign I found 221 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: this past weekend, get right on top of it, and 222 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: hope to catch those bucks moving in the cover sure 223 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: in and going forward, say you were going to be 224 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: hunting these next you know, ten days or so, what 225 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:07,719 Speaker 1: would you expect on a scale of one to ten 226 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: for the buck activity to be? Then, well, you know 227 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: it's going to get better here, I would say, you know, 228 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: within the next few days, we're kind of stuck in 229 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: a warm weather holding pattern, so that's gonna stay pretty consistent. 230 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: That maybe a five or six, But you know, as 231 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: we push on here a week down the road, and 232 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: you know, ten days down the road, it's gonna get better. 233 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: I mean, we'll be well, we'll be pushing up on 234 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: Halloween and it's going to get good, you know, seven 235 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: or eight, I'm sure. So that's that's pretty exciting, alright, Tony. Well, 236 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: I'll be hoping that a cold front rolls through before 237 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: you and you can get back in the woods. Awesome. 238 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: Thanks man, Thanks for your time. We'll connect again in 239 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. And joining us on the line 240 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: now is Haynes Shelton, Associate editor for North American Whitetail. Haynes, 241 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: I know you were just hunting in your home state 242 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: of North Carolina and targeting a big buck. UM. So, 243 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten, what would you 244 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 1: say the buck activity was while you were there? Oh? Well, 245 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: I would say, you know, buck activities were still relatively 246 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: low during daylight hours. You know, it's fortunate enough that 247 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:22,439 Speaker 1: I I saw the buck I've been after on Saturday 248 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: evening during daylight during shooting hours, you know, so that's 249 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: a major plus. Um. But other than yesterday afternoon, all 250 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: the buck activity I've had has been on trail camera 251 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: and it's all been nocturnal, but you know, I am 252 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: getting regular movement, So I would say four to five 253 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten. You know, the 254 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 1: bucks are moving, but like I said, I'm not getting 255 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: I'm not getting any consistency on my buck movement during 256 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: daylight hours yet. Sure. So what I just talked to 257 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: Tony Peterson from Minnesota and he told me that up 258 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: there it's like a five, um, you know right now, 259 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: and and so it's pretty incredible. The same thing down there. 260 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: Is that typical for this time of years that we'd 261 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: expect to see a lot of nocturnal movement. Sure, I 262 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: would say, yes, you know, we're hunting, uh in Davy County, 263 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: North Carolina. You know, it's Piedmont area, central North Carolina. UM, 264 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 1: And I hunted there, you know since I was a 265 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: little kid. You know, I grew up on there, and 266 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: I'm really familiar with kind of what those deer do. 267 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: And you know, it can be largely weather dependent, but 268 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: we traditionally have an extremely good muzzloader season that comes 269 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: in that first week in November. You know, you can 270 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: almost always bank on that November muzzloader being really good 271 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: for rud activity. Usually by that part of the year. 272 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 1: You know, the bucks have really started rubbing good. Uh, 273 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: they've laid down a lot of scrapes and that you know, 274 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: you're starting to see and chase a bunch of those. 275 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: You know that that's one is really on fire. Um 276 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: as far as bow hunting up until they're you know 277 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: kind of point in time we're in right now. I've 278 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: killed there, you know, I've killed big bucks during this time. 279 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 1: But it's a lot harder. You know, you can kill 280 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: them on scrapes. You know, you can go out and 281 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: put down some mocked scrapes and you can get some 282 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: bucks coming in to check them. But I've never killed 283 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: I'm screaming hot. Rut during this time is still still 284 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: a little early, you know, at least a week or 285 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: two early, that's a sure. And sot with with the hurricane, 286 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: they just moved through that area. Um, did you notice 287 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: a change in jew behavior during that time? And do 288 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: you think they will have any repercussions going forward or 289 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: right now? Yes, you know I did notice. Uh, I 290 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: did notice some some really cool things to going on 291 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: with that hurricane. And that's the reason I went back home, 292 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: uh to hunt this weekend or this past weekend. You know, 293 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: that's a long drive from Georgia and you know, really 294 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: not gonna make it unless I think it's a good shot. 295 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: But with the hurricane that came in last week, you know, 296 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: checking my trail cameras, I saw, you know, really great 297 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: deer movement and excellent buck movement. We actually had three 298 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: um new bucks coming on camera that we have not 299 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: had a photo of all year. And we ran cameras 300 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: all summer. You know, we've got these deer patterned and 301 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: you know, we've got a great feel for what bucks 302 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: are in our area. They want to check cameras two 303 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: weeks ago and saw all of a sudden these three 304 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: new bucks that were all good, big bucks, and you know, 305 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: two of them were solid shooters. Um. You know, I 306 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: think that hurricane what it did was it probably you know, 307 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: had the bucks hunkered down, had all the deer hunker 308 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: down while it was happening. We had two or three 309 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: inches of rain, you know, in in one evening and 310 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: then again the next day. And I think after the 311 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: storm rolled out, I think it got the deer on 312 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: their feet and got them out to feed. You know, 313 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: we had a big high pressure front, which is typical 314 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: on the back side of one of those storms, and 315 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: you know it was good. You know, we had a 316 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: lot of deer on camera, but once again still primarily nocturnal. 317 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: You know, that's really that's the kicker, as you don't 318 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: know if these deer are gonna get out during daylight 319 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: or you know, during legal shooting time because they're almost 320 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: always moving right on the cusp of that, you know, right, 321 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: but right at dark sure, and and going forward, I mean, 322 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 1: do you think that will change you in the next 323 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: ten days? You know what, what would you say on 324 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: a scale of one to ten, that buck activity is 325 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: going to be in North Carolina? Oh? Yeah, you know, 326 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: I think uh, I think in the next week, you know, 327 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: it could get a lot better, especially depending on the weather. 328 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: You know, if you get, uh, if you're lucky enough 329 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: to get a good cold front coming in on the 330 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: back side of October, you know, you can really do 331 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: some good because those you know, those big mature bucks 332 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: are gonna get have they want to be the first 333 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: one to lay down the scrapes. Man, they're gonna hit 334 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: the rubs and you know they're gonna start cruising and 335 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: kind of getting ready to start finding those does, and 336 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: they just get fired up. You know. I'd say the 337 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: next week it could be a lot better. Next two 338 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 1: weeks it could be awesome, you know, just hopefully we'll 339 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: get some good weather. Man, we can get one killed. Sure, 340 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: all right, Haynes, Well, I'll be following along in North 341 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: American White Hill. I hope to see you with that 342 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:30,479 Speaker 1: big eight point in your hands. Oh yeah, I appreciate it, man. 343 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 1: It's good talking to you, Spencer. Joining me online now 344 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: is Justin Tsar, general manager of Bowl hunting dot Com. 345 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: Great forum, great blog, check it out, guys. So, Justin, 346 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: I know you've been hunting in Illinois lately. What do 347 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 1: you gotta tell me? What's the activity been like? On 348 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: a scale of one to ten, I'd say maybe a 349 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: two at least in the areas that myself and most 350 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: of my guys uh have been hunging here lately, it's 351 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: been pretty slow. So that's devastatingly low. What what factors 352 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 1: are contributing to that, you know, terrible activity? Um, My 353 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,239 Speaker 1: best guess is probably going to be weather. You know, 354 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: it's been unseasonably warm, I think throughout probably most of 355 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 1: the country I know, definitely here in the Midwest for sure, 356 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: this warm. Whether it's certainly you know, kept the buck 357 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: movement subdued. We've had a few little pulled fronts have 358 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:25,120 Speaker 1: pushed through, and I I don't even know if you'd 359 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: call them cold fronts. There are more like cool fronts 360 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 1: that came through, and you know we'd see a little 361 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: bit of buck activity. Um. But I mean today it's 362 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: almost eighty degrees here and you know, buck activities pretty 363 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 1: much down to zero from what I'm seeing. Sure, And 364 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,959 Speaker 1: you're you know, getting that information from from your hunts 365 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: or from your trail cameras or what are you seeing 366 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 1: out there? Sure. I mean i'd say a combination of things. 367 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: You know, my hunts personally, UM, pretty much just you know, 368 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: all dough activity, dough sightings during the daylight. UM, trail 369 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: cameras you know, obviously it's a big thing. We run 370 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: a lot of cellular cameras. UM, you know, my self 371 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: and some of the guys that I hunt with, UM 372 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,880 Speaker 1: swinging between the five or six cell cameras that we've 373 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: got out. UM. I'm not sure we've had a daytime 374 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 1: picture of a shootable book you know, on his feet 375 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: in probably a couple of weeks now, UM. And then 376 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 1: you can just look through our forum you know, see 377 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: what guys are doing on the forum, and you know 378 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: you see a deer here and they're getting getting shot, 379 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: but you know, nothing with any sort of real regularity. 380 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: It seems like, sure, So what is your hunting tactics 381 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: beend then lately? With you know that terrible movement? Have 382 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: you been addressed at all? You know, I haven't been 383 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: super aggressive yet. You know, I'm kind of just gonna wait. Um, 384 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: you know, another week or two here, we'll start getting 385 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 1: real aggressive with them. But you know, with these warm temperatures, 386 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: I mean, unless you're right on top of one, or 387 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 1: you've got some areas and maybe that are super super 388 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 1: low pressured, um, it's gonna be hard to get you know, 389 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: get them on their feet and and get a shot 390 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: at them. So we're kind of staying out of some 391 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: of our better areas. Most of our evening hunts have 392 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: been over some sort of green food source. Uh. You know, 393 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: one of my protraft guys actually shot a real nice 394 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: buck here over the weekend Saturday evening here in northwest Illinois. Um, 395 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: that deer just hammered him mock scrape, uh and then 396 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 1: stuffed out in one of his green food plots before 397 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: he shot him, so definitely doable. You could kill him. Um, 398 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: just a hard thing to do right now, right, So 399 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: what about other deer sign Are you seeing a lot 400 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: of scrapes up right now? Yeah, the script activity is 401 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: definitely starting to pick up. You know, we're starting to 402 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,439 Speaker 1: transition a lot of our trail cameras over onto some 403 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 1: of those scrapes, you know, to try to monitor that 404 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: buck activity, and they're definitely hitting them. Um, I'd say 405 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: almost on a daily basis. The scrapes are getting hit 406 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: right now, but it seems like most of that activity 407 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: is still after dark. Sure, So do you think there's 408 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: any information you've gathered from this last week or so 409 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: that would, you know, help you kill a buck in 410 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: these coming days or is it just a bat tough 411 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: right now that you don't think so? Yeah, I mean 412 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: I don't know that I've gathered any information that I 413 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: didn't already know, um about most of the deer that 414 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: I'm hunting. If anything, you know, the few trips out 415 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: to the field and the trail cameras have just confirmed 416 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: what I kind of thought was going, which is, you know, 417 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: movement is going to be a little slow. But again 418 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: we got another front pushing through here in a couple 419 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: of days. And you know, as we get further into October, 420 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: even if these fronts aren't quite as cold as we 421 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: want them to be, I definitely think they're going to 422 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: be more effective at getting these bucks up on their feet. So, 423 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,159 Speaker 1: you know, over the next seven to ten days, I 424 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 1: would imagine we start seeing people harvesting bigger deer on 425 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: probably a more regular basis, right, I mean, it sounds 426 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: like it just you know, pretty much can't get any 427 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: worse than it is right now. Man, it's been brutal. 428 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: I gotta be honest with you. Then it's pretty tough. 429 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: You know, most of them, I said, seeing some younger 430 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: deer a year and a half, two and a half, 431 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: you know, a lot of dose hitting, the hitting the 432 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 1: food before dark. But the bigger deer just don't seem 433 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 1: like they're moving a ton right now. And so going forward, 434 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,479 Speaker 1: you know, like in these next ten days, what do 435 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: you think the buck activity would be then, on the 436 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: scale of one to ten, Is it gonna be pretty 437 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: low yet? Or do you think I gotta imagine what's 438 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: gonna start picking up? I mean, just given the time 439 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: of the year, you know, we got another front pushing 440 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: through later this week. So I mean, let's got to 441 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: ramp up to a five or six at the very least, 442 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: you know, maybe even the seven. You know, hopefully you know, 443 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: the evening haunts really start to pick up. Um, you know, 444 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,199 Speaker 1: front pushes through, we got some high pressure on the 445 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: back side. Temperatures are gonna be down probably degrees from 446 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: where they're at right now. Um, so yeah, we wish 447 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: just to hopefully start seeing some year on their feet 448 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 1: right on. Well, I'll be hoping for a cold front 449 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: for you, justin, not just for me, for everybody, right 450 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 1: So thanks for your time. Justin will connect against noon 451 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: sounds good. Thanks and joining me on the phone now. 452 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: Is associate editor for real tree dot Com. Josh Honeycutt. Josh, 453 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: I've seen the pictures of one of your recent hunting Kentucky. 454 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: Why don't you tell me about what the buck activity 455 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: has been there on a scale of one to ten 456 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: and a little bit about the pictures you sent me, 457 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: I would probably a six to a seven. Um, you 458 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 1: know last week I shot the deer last Thursday afternoon. Um, 459 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: you know they're in south central Kentucky and uh, we're 460 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 1: kind of moving into that period A lot of people 461 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: like to refer to as the October October law, which 462 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: is actually one of deer hunting the biggest uh largest 463 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: misinterpretations in all of deer hunting. Um, it's actually just 464 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: just shift in in in how the deer behavior where 465 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 1: the where they go, the big shifts and food sources 466 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: and key and on that is is pretty much how 467 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: relocated the deer that I shot last week. Um, you know, 468 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: they're shifting off of those agg fields of soybean fields, 469 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: and they're they're hitting the mass crops hard right now 470 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: that we've had a big the biggest acre and crop 471 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: um that we've ever had at least in in recent 472 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: years that I can remember. And so the deer hunting 473 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: is gonna be tough. Uh from from here on out, 474 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a little bit tougher than it usually 475 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: is because the deer aren't gonna have to move much. 476 00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: Uh you know, they're pretty much gonna get out of 477 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: their bids and they're gonna move very little to get 478 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: to where they're gonna feed, especially right whenever they get 479 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 1: up um, because they just don't have to move as 480 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: far um. And and for the field hunters, it's gonna 481 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 1: be a little bit more difficult because the deer just 482 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: aren't going to make it to the fields until after dark. 483 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,719 Speaker 1: So I'd say last week we had that cold snap 484 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 1: around Thursday Friday, and and that's wherever I was able 485 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 1: to get on that deer that I shot. I'd set 486 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: up right off the edge of a betting area, and 487 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: I've grown up thick at area, a lot of grasses 488 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: and a lot of brush, and the deer is just 489 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: feeding through that, eating akers and uh you know, I'd 490 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: say last week, like I said, it's probably a six 491 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: or seven, maybe five, depending on what day it was. 492 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: But I was hunting right there on that cold front, 493 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 1: and that's what had the deer up on their feet 494 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,640 Speaker 1: last week. And so how confident were you going into 495 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: that one? Did you have a pretty good idea of 496 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: what this buck was doing? Well? I had a pretty 497 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,360 Speaker 1: good idea. He'd been hitting my trail cameras at at night, 498 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: because I had my trail cameras right off the the 499 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: edge of a green uh soy being filled. But but 500 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: he wasn't making it to him in daylight because that's 501 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: about the time those acren started dropped and kept my 502 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 1: ground pretty hard. So he was getting up out of 503 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: his bed. He was feeding on uh acrons, acorns however 504 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: you want to say that, depending on what part of 505 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: the country areaIn. But he was feeding through. He was 506 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 1: feeding through there, but he wasn't making it out. So 507 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: I had to kind of get back off of those, 508 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: uh the green soybean fields, you know. I got it 509 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: back further away from those and get closer to of 510 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: course they weren't green at that time. They leaves it 511 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: started dropping stuff like that, but you know, those dear 512 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 1: will feed on those at least where I hunt. I've 513 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: seen the dear hit those even after those leaves start 514 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: to fall off, you know, but there comes a time 515 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 1: whenever though those beans they just they aren't hitting them 516 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: like they were. So they were still going towards those fields, 517 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 1: not like they were back in September obviously in August, 518 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,239 Speaker 1: but they were feeding mostly on acrons. So I had 519 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,679 Speaker 1: to back further away from the field edges, back further 520 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: away from the green food plot which I had positioned 521 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: between those soy being filled in the betting area, and 522 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 1: get closer to those acrens. And uh so, yeah, I 523 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: had an idea of what they were doing. I had 524 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: an idea of how I needed to change my tactics 525 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: based on what the deer were doing and where they 526 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: were going and how they were using the land. I 527 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: didn't know if i'd seen the deer or not. Of course, 528 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 1: you just you never know how things will pan out. 529 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: But but he did. He did slip up. That cold 530 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: front had him up on his feet a little bit 531 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 1: earlier than normal. I shot the here about forty five 532 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: minutes before the end of legal shooting light, which is 533 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,640 Speaker 1: pretty rare for uh, middle October to see a deer 534 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: on it facing like that. But I just had to 535 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: get close to his betting area, and I'd say I 536 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: was within about a hundred to a hundred and fifty 537 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 1: yards where he was laying down at and still going forward. 538 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: Do you think those field hunters could find success here 539 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 1: again shortly? Or is that time of the year pretty 540 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 1: much over with and you should be hunt think a 541 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 1: little bit of that thicker stuff like you are. Well, 542 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,199 Speaker 1: it just depends. Every place is going to be different. 543 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: That's a hard question to ask, is where everybody hunts 544 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,400 Speaker 1: different places with different train I mean, obviously they're gonna 545 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: be off those soy beans now because they're the beans 546 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: haven't quite ripened up yet. You know that it's not 547 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: that the soy beans aren't in a stage really where 548 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: where the deer are hitting them hard. And actually a 549 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 1: lot of the farmers are coming in and starting to 550 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: harvest those uh soy beans. Of course most all the 551 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 1: corns out by now. But uh, it's possible to hunt 552 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 1: on the edge of the agg field that's uh, that's 553 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: that's near harvest or has already been harvested, find success. 554 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 1: But it's gonna be a whole lot more productive if 555 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 1: you back off of those fields and you kind of 556 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: get in somewhere where it's in a staging area where 557 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: the deer kind of staging before the head out into 558 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: the big agg fields or into the big food plots 559 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: that you planted, or whatever the case um. For me, 560 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 1: at least for the next two weeks prior to the rut, 561 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,119 Speaker 1: before you start hitting, you know, hunting your traditional rutstand 562 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: locations um for the next two weeks, you know, through 563 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,719 Speaker 1: the to the end until the end of October, at 564 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: least the last few days of October. I would back 565 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: off and try to figure out if you've got a 566 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: deer on camera, figure out where his core areas, figure 567 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: out where he's betting, and I would set up between 568 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: where that deer is betting and the best a mass 569 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 1: crop that you've got available for where you hunt, because 570 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: that for now, that's where those deer are going to 571 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 1: be going to. And still on the scale of one 572 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: to ten UH, going forward, what do you think that 573 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 1: buck activity will be well, I mean, based on the science, 574 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: is should only increase. And that's kind of going back 575 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: to the October law I mentioned earlier that it's it's 576 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: one of the biggest misinterpretations in all of deer hunting. 577 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: There's plenty of data and research out there that biologists 578 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: have conducted that shows that the deer activity, both buck 579 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: and though activity only increases from summertime all the way 580 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: through September October and into the rut UH. That's daylight 581 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: activity to The biggest thing is that a lot of 582 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: times the hunters don't transition with the deer as they 583 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: transition from food source to food source, and so that 584 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 1: lack of sighting, lack of activity is just because the 585 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 1: hunters aren't set up in the right places. But based 586 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: on the size that it should only get better because 587 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 1: the daylight movement with it. Like I tell, deer only 588 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: increases as as we progressed through October. Um it all. 589 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: But obviously you've got to look at other things too, 590 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: like weather temperature. And it's hot right now, but it's 591 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: very hot right here in Kentucky. Right now, it's warm. 592 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: It's you know, recognized this week. So but we've it's 593 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: supposed to cool off again towards the end week, around Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 594 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: So as we move deeper into this week and get 595 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: closer to the weekend, if you're hunting that cold front, 596 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: you should see a spiking increase in daylight activity because 597 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: even though even though that daylight activity and deering activity 598 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: increases through them mysth October, that hot weather does have 599 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: the ability to suppress that daylight movement. So I wouldn't 600 00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: hunt if you've only got a couple of days in 601 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 1: the up this week, I wouldn't hunt, you know, early 602 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: this week, I wouldn't hunt me all the week out, 603 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: hunter round, wait untill that cold front yips toward the 604 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 1: latter half. So this week, moving into the week right on, well, 605 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: I think everybody's getting more excited. You don't as we 606 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: get closer to November, but you got it done early 607 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: and congrats on the buck, Josh, thank you. And finally 608 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: joining us on the phone is Trent Siegel heart Lamb 609 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 1: bow Hunter team member. Trent just shot a buck that 610 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 1: broke the internet. If you haven't seen yet, go to 611 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: heart Lambo Hunters Facebook page and check it out. Uh, 612 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 1: it's going to correct, yes, sir, all right, tell us 613 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: a little bit about that man. It was the buck 614 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 1: I've had on camera for the last few years, actually, 615 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 1: just kind of sporadically. He shut up late season last year, 616 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: after I'd already filled my canvas bag. H put some 617 00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 1: more cameras up trying to figure him out, UM, little 618 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: bit more up this summer and got him. Was getting 619 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 1: him about once a month and once every three weeks um. 620 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: And then came out and he just was everywhere on 621 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: all the cameras I had. UM. And then actually we 622 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: it was last Friday, um, the Friday before I shot him. 623 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: On a Wednesday, the Friday before I hunted. We didn't 624 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: see him. And then he was out in daylight Saturday 625 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 1: and Sunday on um some scrapes. Uh. And so the 626 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 1: wind was right on Wednesday and we had a high pressure. 627 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: The pressure was rising and we had a cold front 628 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 1: come through, the temperature drop twenty degrees from Tuesday, and like, man, 629 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 1: we gotta get out there and share enough. He came out. Um, 630 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 1: we watched him his three scrapes out in front of us, 631 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: and we had some little bucks bumping some does just 632 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: kind of you know how they are starting to see 633 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: me and the doors are ready, and um, he was 634 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,120 Speaker 1: making scrapes and came into twenty yards and shot them 635 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: and he went about sixty yards and piled up just 636 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 1: an incredible hunt. Well that's awesome, But how about overall 637 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 1: in Kansas right now in your area, what would you 638 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 1: say the bucket activity is on a scale of one 639 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 1: to ten Um as far as activity, I would say, 640 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: I mean we're probably sad, and I mean the bucks 641 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,800 Speaker 1: are really starting to move around, and a lot of 642 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: it has to do with, um, some of these colds 643 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: weather systems that are pushing down and then all the 644 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: crops are finally getting out, so they're they're getting a 645 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: little more concentrated. Start to see a lot more activity 646 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: on on the trail camera. And so how confident were 647 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: you going into that hunt, you know, with that buck? 648 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: MoU Fassa, I mean I don't. I don't want to 649 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 1: sound bad, but I mean, I mean I was confident. 650 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:57,479 Speaker 1: It was. It was a weird feeling that day, um, 651 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: I told I told my wife second the second day, 652 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: where that I knew was going to be the best 653 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 1: day of my life, where I could kind of see 654 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 1: ino the future. I told her that morning, Uh, it 655 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: felt like our wedding day. I just knew it was 656 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: gonna be one of the best days of my life. 657 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 1: And I could see everything happening before it. I just everything, 658 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: you know. We had a rising moon, we had the 659 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 1: weather system push it down, and the pressure was rising. 660 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 1: U it was like thirty points three that day or so. 661 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,720 Speaker 1: It was just everything was lining up where we were 662 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,240 Speaker 1: going to see a bunch of deers tear enough. Uh. 663 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: We saw him and I actually actually grunted him in Um, 664 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 1: I grunted at him because he the second scrape he made, 665 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 1: he started to turn away and walk away from us, 666 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: and I was like, well, I don't know really what 667 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 1: else to do. I mean, we have a twoundred inch 668 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: white stail in front of us. Beginning kind of the 669 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 1: first part October. Ive never grounded at a buck in October, 670 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: but I've never had that big one out in front 671 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: of me either, and so I had to dig my ground, 672 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: call out on my back and grounded at him. And 673 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: I mean just instantly he snore wheats right back at 674 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: me until I snore wheats to him. Then about a 675 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: minute or two later he came on. It made it 676 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: very like soas twenty yards. So it's pretty awesome. Yeah, 677 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,800 Speaker 1: And you know, that's that's a complete change of pace 678 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: from the other guys I've talked to, you know, Minnesota, Illinois, 679 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 1: North Carolina. They're all reporting you know, really uh lack 680 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 1: of deer activity right now. And so would you say 681 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,440 Speaker 1: this is typical for your area this time of year. 682 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,880 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just something you could expect to happen 683 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:31,919 Speaker 1: again next year or the year after. Yeah, I from 684 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:33,879 Speaker 1: what I've seen in the past, and yeah, I mean 685 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,280 Speaker 1: it seems like the harvest moon. Um, and we started 686 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 1: getting crops out in some of those cooler nights that really, um, 687 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 1: the buck activity really starts to pick up. And I 688 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,719 Speaker 1: started to get a lot more new boxer. I mean, 689 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,720 Speaker 1: it's bucks. I've had it's creepy years, but they won't 690 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,480 Speaker 1: show up until you know, October November. So I started 691 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 1: picking up those bucks um that don't summer on some 692 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 1: of the properties. I huh, I started picking them up 693 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 1: this time of year, so it is an exciting time, uh, 694 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: checking cameras and stuff like that, and getting out in 695 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 1: the stands. I mean, like I said that there was 696 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: bucks little bucks grunting and trying to they were buff 697 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 1: them some dose out of the field the other night. 698 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,439 Speaker 1: So sure in going forward, do you think it's only 699 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,319 Speaker 1: gonna get better? I mean, what would you say that 700 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: that deer activity level is going to be on a 701 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 1: scale of one to ten for like these next ten days, 702 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: the next ten days, I don't know here we have 703 00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:29,759 Speaker 1: a it's heat back up here. I mean I would 704 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 1: say it's probably gonna stay the same I mean for 705 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 1: the next ten days. But I mean then after that, 706 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,879 Speaker 1: it's it's only going to get better. I mean, don't 707 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,960 Speaker 1: get me wrong, I'm ecstatic. I shout it to its 708 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 1: rights over at the same time, like bumps, because I 709 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 1: don't have attack here um in campus anymore left to 710 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 1: go hunt the red I mean, the run is the 711 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,520 Speaker 1: rud is this magical here? I mean to watch you 712 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,320 Speaker 1: never know what's gonna come chasing under your stand or 713 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: anything like that, but um, and I mean we're only 714 00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:58,879 Speaker 1: just you know, less than two weeks away really from 715 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: that kicking getting wild. Sure, well, congrats on the deer 716 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,920 Speaker 1: of a lifetime, Trent, and uh, we'll look for the footage. 717 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:12,680 Speaker 1: Uh you got it on footage right, Yes we did, 718 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,920 Speaker 1: we did. Okay, well, we'll definitely be watching for that. 719 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:20,479 Speaker 1: So thanks again, and congrats on the kill. Yeah, thanks 720 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,280 Speaker 1: for having me. I appreciate it man. And that wraps 721 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 1: up our very first episode of the Wireded Hunt miniseries 722 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:31,840 Speaker 1: Radio thanks to Tony Haynes, Justin, Josh, and Trent for 723 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 1: providing the reports. And you can follow Wired to Hunt 724 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,680 Speaker 1: on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and follow me on Twitter 725 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 1: and Instagram at Spencer new Art. We'll talk to you 726 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,360 Speaker 1: guys next week, and thanks for listening.