1 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your home for 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: deer hunting news, stories and strategies, and now your host, 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: Mark Kenyon. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Podcast. I'm 4 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: your host, Mark Kenyan, and this is episode two and 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: forty and today we're back with another episode of our 6 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: rut radio mini series in which we're hearing from hunters 7 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: all across the country about the dear behavior that's happening 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: right now, the conditions, the activity that folks are seeing, 9 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: and the tactics that are working right now. All right, 10 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, brought to you 11 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: by Onyx, and we are back here today for our 12 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: weekly mini series that we like to call radio. And 13 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: on this show every Wednesday, we tried to get you 14 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: the most recent and up to date intel on what's 15 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: happening in the white tailed world across the country. So 16 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: I've got this friend. He's got a big beard and 17 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: a low voice, and I sent him out each week 18 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: to talk to people across the country in different states 19 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,279 Speaker 1: to hear what's happening. And that big beard, low voice 20 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: friend is Spencer new Hearth. How are you, buddy? I 21 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: am doing good. That's uh, the first time you've introduced 22 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: me that way, but I like it. You know, I'd 23 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: like to try to keep everyone on their toes. Um. So, 24 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: so you did just that when I just mentioned you 25 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: chat with some folks already this week. Maybe you've got 26 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: a call or two still to do. Um So, I 27 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: know we're gonna get some reports and mother folks, But 28 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: do you have any kind of report yet? I don't 29 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: have much of report. No. I have been hunting a 30 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: little bit more now since we hit October. I hit 31 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: it pretty hard at the beginning of September, take a 32 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: little hiatus, and now I am back in his own 33 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: and I'm I'm back in getting some tree stand time in, 34 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: but not a whole lot of actions so far. Have 35 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: been seeing some younger bucks, quite a few doughs, but 36 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: nothing that gets me super excited. The biggest thing that 37 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: I've done now is pretty much all of my cams 38 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: have been taken off of what they were doing this summer, 39 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: and they're all looking at scrapes, kind of like we 40 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: discussed last week. Yeah, it's hard to beat that. That's 41 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: that's what all my cameras are on. Two So, so, 42 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten, what would you 43 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: say that deer movement has been so far in South 44 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: Dakota Spencer, It's it's been salad. I think here lately, 45 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: we've had some cooler weather, there's been quite a bit 46 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: of precipitation, uh, and there's also kind of been a 47 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 1: delay in harvest. So things overall have just been consistent 48 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: and steady, and I tend to think that that helps, 49 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: uh kind of pattern to your better. So if I 50 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: was gonna say a scale one to ten, maybe like 51 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: a seven or so, how about you in uh, Michigan, 52 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 1: because you've gotten quite a few sits in here lately. Yeah. Yeah, 53 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: And you know, it's been kind of an interesting week 54 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: and that we've had very it's been like seesaw weather. 55 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: We've had like really nice cold weather, cool and kind 56 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 1: of rainy weather, and then the next day will be 57 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: like eighty degrees, and then the next day it's like 58 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: fifty five degrees and cool and nice again, and then 59 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: two days later it's eighty five. So it's been back 60 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: and forth, back and forth. Um. So I personally haven't 61 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: seen a ton of activity. Um. I've spent a couple 62 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: of nights just observing. Was out hunting last night and 63 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: that was super slow. It was really warm, um. And 64 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: there was also I think some people, um harvesting apples 65 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: on a neighboring property or something like that. There's a 66 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: whole bunch of commotion on a neighboring property. UM. So 67 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: I would say the activity here has maybe been kind 68 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: of five ISHU. It's gonna be kind of average. There's 69 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: been some better days, there's been some not so good days. UM. 70 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: But I do see a light at the end of 71 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: the tunnel, and I know this is something that I'm 72 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: sure you're going to talk about and the rest of 73 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: our our guests that they're gonna be talking about. But 74 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: there is this pretty significant, very significant I would say, 75 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: cold front pushing across the country that's gonna hit me 76 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: here in Michigan on Thursday. And I think that's gonna 77 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: be pretty good. Are you seeing the same thing for you? Yeah? 78 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: So this week on the podcast, we talked to Caleb 79 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: Simon from Simon Brothers Outdoors in Ohio, that we have 80 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: Tyler Jones and Texas from the Element podcast, and we 81 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: talked to Brett Joy from Parallel forty three in New Hampshire. 82 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: Then we go to Illinois and from bow hunting dot 83 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: Com it's justin Tsar and all of those people touched 84 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,119 Speaker 1: on this just like you said, the approaching weather front 85 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: that we're getting, and and much of the cold or 86 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: much of the Midwest UH is experiencing cold front. And 87 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: then like where I'm at in the Great Plains, UM, 88 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: we're having some change in weather as well. Right now 89 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: it's kind of cold and snowy and rainy, but that's 90 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: gonna break as well this weekend, and so everybody is 91 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: optimistic that they're going to be some good deer that 92 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: hit the ground this weekend. Yeah, you know, it is 93 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: mid October, so there's always a worry that that's gonna 94 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,239 Speaker 1: slow things down. But I think this is a really 95 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: nicely timed front to UH to keep the action going. 96 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: So I'm excited about it. I'm gonna hunt um Thursday 97 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: when that front hits, and and hopefully Friday too, UM, 98 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: and we'll go mitten that to my very best spots 99 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: that I would hold off on until it rot, but 100 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: I'll go to some better areas UM and see what 101 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: we can do. So I am looking forward to it. 102 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: Are you gonna be hunting the front too, I'll be 103 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: hunting it. Yeah, And I think a good example of 104 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: how optimistic people are is like Justin's are in Illinois. Um, 105 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,559 Speaker 1: he is someone who is very calculated when it comes 106 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: to deer hunting pressure and when you hunt mornings and 107 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: when you hunt betting and stuff like that. And he 108 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: said he's gonna be doing some morning setups this weekend 109 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: with the cold front, which for a lot of people, 110 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: this is maybe a little bit early in the season, 111 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: but that's, uh, you know, shows you how excited people 112 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: are about this cold front coming through. And it lines 113 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: up really nicely with like Friday Saturday, and people are 114 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: getting out of work and uh, should get some time 115 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: in the woods. Yeah. I agree. I'm probably not gonna 116 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: hunt mornings myself yet, but I certainly would not fault 117 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: someone for doing it because there are going to be 118 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: some really nice cold temperatures here Friday morning, Saturday morning, 119 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: UM for us here in Michigan. I think I saw 120 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: it might not even get out of the forties for 121 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: the whole day. So that's pretty darn good for October 122 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: twelfth or whatever it's gonna be. So Mark Kenyon reporting 123 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: a eight maybe for my one to tend scale. Looking 124 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: forward over the next week, I think it is gonna 125 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 1: be good. Um, I don't know. I every time I 126 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: ask you about the one to ten scale or I 127 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,239 Speaker 1: say the one ten scale, it makes me kind of giggle. 128 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: I'm not sure why, but I like stealing your line. Um, So, 129 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: I guess that's that. Is there anything else that you 130 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: want to touch on here at the beginning before we 131 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: do get to those um those contributors, Uh, I don't think. 132 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: So Let's touch base again next week and see if 133 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: that eight was a correct call by you or not. 134 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: Figures crossed. Before we get to our first update, let's 135 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: pause for a word from our sponsors at white Tail Properties. 136 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: This week. With white Tail Properties, we are drawn by 137 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: Blake Farah, a land specialist out of Texas, and Blake 138 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: is gonna be telling us about what a potential buyer 139 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: should be looking for improperties in states like Texas and Oklahoma. 140 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: You know, I think that it's probably pretty much the 141 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: same answer no matter where you go, even if it's 142 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: outside of Texas. You don't know, but the main three 143 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: things I'm looking for in a peach of property, you know, 144 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: to translate to you know, as big a white tail 145 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: as you could possibly grow in the region, really is 146 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: you gotta have good food, you gotta have good water, 147 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: and you've gotta have good cover. And you know, the 148 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: different regions of Texas offer a variety of those different 149 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,239 Speaker 1: type of categories. But at the end of the day, 150 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: if you get a property that has a really good 151 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: diversity of those three things and has a good balance 152 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: of all three of those things, you're gonna have it 153 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: just an outstanding hunting property. And it's gonna hunt differently 154 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: depending on which region in Texas obviously that you're in. 155 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, if it's got 156 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: those three things, you absolutely can't go wrong. I'd say 157 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: the one other key factor that I would also plug 158 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: in there specifically related to Texas is the fact that 159 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: you know the land is gonna hunt much larger in Texas, 160 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: I would say than maybe other different parts of the nation. Um, 161 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: you've got a lot larger pieces of property. The deer's 162 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: you know, range, how far they're going to travel is 163 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: probably a lot bigger, um, And so you know, these 164 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: places aren't necessarily you might find a honey hole here 165 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: and there, but at the end of the day, you're 166 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: gonna have a lot bigger country to hunt, and and 167 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: that translates to the size of the neighbors that you're 168 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: hunting around you, how cooperative you are with them, that 169 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: kind of thing. That's really going to translate to the 170 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: good hunt ability of a property and overall age structure 171 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: of the deer, which is probably the most important factor. 172 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: If you'd like to learn more and to see the 173 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: properties that Blake currently has listed for sale, visit white 174 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: tail properties dot com. Backslash farah that's f A R 175 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: R A R all right. And joining us on the 176 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: line first is Caleb Simon from Simon Brothers Outdoors in Ohio. Now, 177 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: Caleb in Ohio, what would you say the buck activity 178 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: has been lately on a scale one to ten? Right now, 179 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: I'd say the buck activities it's not a four. Uh. 180 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: You have beans that are still green, you've got offalfa, clover, 181 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: food plot, chick or something of that nature. Uh, you're 182 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: gonna have some some good hunts. There's been some guys 183 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: killed some next year in the state and over that 184 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. But if you don't have that, you 185 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: don't have any corns hunt, it's gonna be pretty rough. 186 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: You guys have been experienced a little bit of a 187 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: heat wave here lately, haven't you. Yeah, I'd say probably 188 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: the hottest October it's ever been. And so you think 189 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: that's really surprissed movement then as well? Uh, last light 190 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: right at dusk. Uh, there's been a lot of guys 191 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: see some deer. But during the day, especially early evening, 192 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: it's still degrees. The other day it was almost ninety. Uh, 193 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,319 Speaker 1: the derectivities real down. You brought up food sources a 194 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: little bit before. What's the crops satus like? In much 195 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: of a hier right now? Right now files are taking 196 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: off the beans, at least around here in the northeast Ohio, 197 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 1: most of the beans are coming off. If someone put 198 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,839 Speaker 1: them in late. You know, there's some no till going on. Uh, 199 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: those beans are still green. Like I touched on before, 200 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: those beans are getting hit pretty hard. The corn right 201 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: now is turning. No one's really started harvesting yet. There's 202 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: been some styleage cutting, some chopping going on, but mostly 203 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: corn fields are still standing. And how will that change 204 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,599 Speaker 1: things for you guys? Once more, those crops start to 205 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: come out as soon as the corn comes off, which 206 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,439 Speaker 1: usually farmers will start taking off the end of October 207 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: early November, which coincides with the run pretty well. Corn 208 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: will no doubt be the hottest spot you can be 209 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: on by that time. The braskets aren't quite ready. How 210 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: your clover pots are all burned out from this heat, 211 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: and that's where I would be. Beans will be off 212 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 1: by then, Um, everything else will be already stand still 213 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: for the time being. Though it sounds like you're focusing 214 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: on acorns. How does this year's mass crop compared to 215 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: other years in Ohio? The mass crops pretty good. I 216 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: know a lot of guys. Uh, if they have acorns, 217 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: which it's spotty around here. If you have them, you're 218 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 1: a good situation. If you don't have them, you're in 219 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 1: a world to hurt. But the acorns are dropping fruit 220 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: trees most of them are doing pretty good. So if 221 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: you have apples, uh, something of that nature, those are 222 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: sort of real good year for that as well. What 223 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: are you finding for signmaking to this point? Uh, there 224 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: are some rubs popping up, nothing too big. A lot 225 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: of it is on trails entering exiting food sources are 226 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: trail cameras are showing that gear really are coming back 227 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: to them, So they're not really signed post rubs yet. 228 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: They're just kind of being made spur of the moment um. 229 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: There are some scrapes popping up. I know a lot 230 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: of guys in the suburbs are finding scrapes. They are 231 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,719 Speaker 1: a little more active than us out here in the 232 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: farm territory. But the scrapes with cameras on them hit 233 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: or miss um. Not a lot of scent marking going on, 234 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: just deer checking them out. Maybe a buck makes them. 235 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: Continues on mock scrapes. Han't to heat it up yet, 236 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: just because of the weather. I would assume were you 237 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: guys doing any calling this yearly in the season when 238 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: it comes to grunt stories or any kind of rattiling, 239 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: not not our group right now. Maybe just maybe if 240 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: you have some gear out the field eating uh you know, 241 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 1: last light touch situation, they're clicking their horns together, maybe 242 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: you'll click the horns together a little bit. But no 243 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 1: grunt calls, no bleeding, nothing of that nature going on yet. 244 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: How about with moon phases as we enter mid October? 245 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: And do you feel like that affects deer movement all 246 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: in Ohio? Um? Some people swear by it, don't. Um. 247 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: You know, I've read some recent studies where people are 248 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: saying that the moon phases do not correlate at all, 249 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 1: So the other guys that have bigger names will say 250 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: that it does matter me personally. I don't pay too 251 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: much attention to the moon. I pay more attention to 252 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: pressures and either rising or falling temperatures. That's gonna be 253 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: the key right now, I feel. And so when you 254 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: talk about the rising and falling pressure, what are you 255 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 1: looking for in mid October as far as getting those 256 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: bucks on their feet, I want to see a fifteen 257 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: degree temperature drop. Honestly, pressures over thirty maybe thirty point one, 258 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: thirty point two. I want to see a big weather shift. 259 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: It doesn't have to be drastic, it doesn't have to 260 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: get terribly cold. You just want to see a change 261 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: in the weather from really hot to mediocre, from mediocre 262 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 1: to really cold, something of that nature. Maybe a storm 263 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: front moving in that would really helped. This time of year, 264 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: we've had a lot of rain, but it's been warm rain. 265 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: So if there hasn't been a much much in the 266 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: way of change as far as the weather goes, unfortunately 267 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 1: going forward, then a sex week or so, what do 268 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: you think that bucket ativity is going to be On 269 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: a scale of one to ten in Ohio. Right now, 270 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: I'd say the bucket activity is gonna go from a 271 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: four later this week to a six, maybe seven. There's 272 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: gonna be some guys they're gonna kill some year this 273 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: weekend because we've got temperatures going from the eighties and 274 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: nineties down to the fifties and sixties. Loads in the forties. 275 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: They're talking about a possible frost's you can hit right 276 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: on Friday when everyone's getting off work. So Pierre, Ohio, 277 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: this weekend, I'd be in a treat stance i could, 278 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: because it's gonna be as good it's spent all year. 279 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 1: All right, Caleb, thanks for joining me, and good luck 280 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,079 Speaker 1: to you and your brothers this year. No problem, Thank 281 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: you very much. Are in joining us on the line. 282 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: Next is Tyler Jones from the Element podcast in Texas. Now, 283 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: Tyler in Texas, what would you say the buck activity 284 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: has been lately on a scale of one to ten. 285 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: On a scale one to ten, about a week and 286 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: a half ago it was really starting to ramp up, 287 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: and I'd say probably, you know, five to six, um, 288 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: but we've had a lot of humid and hot weather, 289 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: low ninety degree temps and uh, that pretty much shuts 290 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: them off, since most of them have got their winter 291 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: coat on at this point. And uh, honestly, the last 292 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: week it's been probably a one. It's been pretty rough. 293 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: Now we're not a lot of the country. We've heard 294 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: about a lot of the massive acorn crop that's hitting 295 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: the ground. Is that something you're dealing with there in 296 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: eastern Texas? Sure, Yeah, we deal with that every year. 297 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: We've got bunch of swamp folks and willow except put 298 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: off a little tiny orange akreins every year, you know, 299 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: in a bunch in a bunch of them said something 300 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: we were used to dealing with his heavy achren crop. 301 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: Where we where we've actually seen probably a difference is 302 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: our schuemarred oaks, which are a red oak that put 303 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: off a big acorn um have been Last year was 304 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: a banner year for them, and so this year is 305 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: not nearly what it was. So it's definitely changed up 306 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: our strategy this year in October, especially those bigger acorns 307 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: that you just talked about. Is that something that you 308 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: can plan on like clockwork, that if one year they're great, 309 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: the next year they're not going to be very good. Um, well, 310 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: I don't have a whole lot of historical background with 311 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: those type of trees. Uh, maybe a couple of years. 312 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: So it's hard to tell, um, but I do know 313 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: that that second week or so in October where we're 314 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: at kind of right now, um, was uh death. I 315 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: mean they were keen and hard. I mean they're they're 316 00:15:57,760 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: pretty close to the size of a wide oak acorn 317 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: and uh, extremely preferential, I'd say after seeing what I 318 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: saw last year, So I would think that, you know, 319 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: going into this year, my plan was that in the 320 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: first part of October I would definitely be hunting those trees, 321 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: but they just didn't produce this year. I know you're 322 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: in the heart of dairy country there. Um, what's it 323 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: like or what are some of your strategies for hunting 324 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: some of those active cattle farms. Yeah, we we have 325 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of cattle. We don't have 326 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: many corn or beans like a lot of the country has. 327 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: So UM. You definitely, UM, when I were a bait state, 328 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: so you have the opportunity to either have a feeder 329 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: or throw corn out on the ground. Um, And so 330 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: that's that's helpful. But if you've got cows around, you're 331 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: gonna probably have more of a headache than anything dealing 332 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: with corn. So uh, focusing on on acron trees is 333 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 1: definitely something UM that can be done this time of year. Uh. 334 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: And I would say, you know, your best option is 335 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: if you're hunting an active farm too, uh, stay away 336 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: from the cattle side of things and stay more in 337 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: the hay production side of things. So if you can 338 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 1: find those permissions that have that have no cows on 339 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 1: them because they're in hay production, I tend to see 340 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: more dear on those pieces of acreage you're far enof 341 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: inland where those hurricanes but you don't touch you guys, 342 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 1: but you'll still experience that heavy precipitation UM in mid 343 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: October like this, If if you do get a bunch 344 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: of brain, how do you see that change to your movement? Yeah? 345 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 1: I mean, if if we get a hurricane UM in 346 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: our area, it turns out to be a lot of rain. 347 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 1: Usually because we're still pretty close to the coast, we 348 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,199 Speaker 1: get a lot of humidity, which in my opinion, like 349 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: I said earlier, with the they're putting their winter coat 350 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 1: on at this point, most of the dear habit on um. 351 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: You know, the humidity really does shut them down. They 352 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: don't like to sit there and and be hot and 353 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: uh so, Um, after a rain, it's a lot like 354 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: other places in the country. I'm sure where you're gonna 355 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: get dear increased after a heavy rain because they've been 356 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: kind of hold up all night and uh they're ready 357 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: to get active again. Not to mention, uh, you know 358 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 1: with a with a hurricane tends to come a lot 359 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: of wind. Therefore, Um, you know our hackberry trees that 360 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,120 Speaker 1: we have a lot of, in our boat ark trees 361 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: that we have a lot of, they're gonna they're gonna 362 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 1: shed some leaves, and especially the boat arcs I've noticed 363 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 1: it here, will really come out and try to hammer 364 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 1: on those leaves and those limbs that have fallen, um 365 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: that they couldn't reach before going forward. Then in the 366 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: next week or so, what do you think that bucket 367 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 1: activity is going to be on a scale of one 368 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: to ten in Texas? Well, Uh, you know, looking at 369 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: a week and a half ago, seeing the movement we 370 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: had there with a good coal front, and then coming 371 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: out of this week where we've seen hardly any movement 372 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: even just locally driving the roads and stuff. Um, we've 373 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:56,439 Speaker 1: got a coal front coming in today and it's supposed 374 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: to drop quite a bit. I think, Um, I would 375 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: expect that we see similar movement as we saw in 376 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: late September, especially coming out of this kind of low 377 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: period that we've had. So I'm pretty excited. I would think, 378 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: you know, on a scale of one to ten, I 379 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: would have to rate that we're probably going to see 380 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: a five or six uh in movement um and building 381 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 1: it to the rut hopefully. Alright, Tyler, good luck to 382 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: you and Casey from the Element podcast. Thanks for joining me. Hey, 383 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 1: thanks man, so I appreciate a lot. Man alright and 384 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: joining us on the line. Next is Brett Joy in 385 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: New Hampshire. Now Brett in New Hampshire. What would you 386 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: say the buck activity has been lately? On a skille 387 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,640 Speaker 1: of one to ten, I would say it's probably a 388 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 1: five or six. Um. You aren't moving typically very far 389 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: from the vest during daylight, but they were moving a bit. 390 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 1: It's probably dependent mostly on cold fronts or for weather conditions. UM. 391 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's about a five or six let's say 392 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: right now. I know in the past when I've talked 393 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: to you that acorns have always been a subject that 394 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: we've covered. What is the acorn crop like in New 395 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: Hampshire this year. Actually this is a little bit different. 396 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 1: It's actually a pretty poor mass crop all around, both 397 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: soft and hard mass, so not many apples, acorns, beets, 398 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: any of that. Um, So that's changes changes it a 399 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: little bit. Um. If you can find acorns, you're gonna 400 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 1: be in good shape, especially if that's tight to bed 401 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: and cover. Um. But if they're if there're no acorns 402 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: in the area, then um, early succession growth of brownsts 403 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: play their fact and it has in the past at 404 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: this time of year, and so does any hay fields 405 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 1: and agriculture. We have very little agriculture. We do have 406 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: some hay field um hayfield so um those are actually 407 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: drawing to hear to a significant degree right now. So um, 408 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: people are focusing on that. Those other things weren't finding 409 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: those isolated pockets of acorns their masks are you know, 410 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: getting into the view pretty get and having some pretty 411 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: good success. So you're set ups a little bit different 412 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,160 Speaker 1: this season, and then are you focusing on those field 413 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: edges a little more then with the lack of acorns. Yeah, absolutely, 414 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: I haven't done a ton, just had a abusity, but 415 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,199 Speaker 1: I have been out a few times, and all my 416 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: sets have gone on food plots or hay fields. Actually, Um, 417 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: one of my buddies actually killed a really good buck 418 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: I think a few nights back, and he was sitting 419 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: in a transition between betting here in a swamp and 420 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: hayfield and he had pictures of that buck coming into 421 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 1: that hayfield it last light. Um, that was a great 422 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: deal of really big deal from the answers. So yeah, 423 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: that's that's kind of the end of the game right now. 424 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: They're not moving far from betting still that that's not 425 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: doesn't really change. It's just that they're having to move 426 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 1: a little more and they're a little more concentrated on 427 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: the food sources typically as acorns everywhere, so they don't 428 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 1: really have to move very far betting his food and 429 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: it's all the same and I'm just kind of having 430 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: to stand up, walk to in Neard's eat and lay 431 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 1: back down type of deals. So I'd say that the 432 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: movement's more defined this year, um, and they're having to 433 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,679 Speaker 1: move a little bit further. They're still not doing a 434 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: tundering daylight, but um, it's a little better than I 435 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: would say normal it is. Are you seeing any signmaking 436 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: in the woods. Yet as far as rubs of scrapes go, 437 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: I'm starting to see a little, but really not that much. Um. 438 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: I'm kind of gauging that by a couple of big 439 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: primary scrapes that usually turn on at some point in October, 440 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: and they really haven't at this point. Just seen a 441 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: two smaller rubs pop up. Really no scraping activity, although 442 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: I have got I got a couple of pictures the 443 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,479 Speaker 1: other night on a food plot of a couple of 444 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: the bucks up after one of the big old one 445 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 1: in particular, and another four or five year spanning. So um, 446 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 1: I think that as you know, the October develops and 447 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,479 Speaker 1: as they start to get some cooler weather, it's going 448 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: to stick pick that activity up in the next a 449 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. The lack of signmaking then and the 450 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 1: lack of acorns that seems like it might change where 451 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: you're putting your trail cameras right now. So what is 452 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: your trail camera strategy as we get into mid October here? Yeah? Actually, 453 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: the scrapes that I use around them and been pretty dead, 454 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 1: um hopes as well for the most part. Um, So 455 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: really right now I have most of money on food 456 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: plots on field edges. Um. I have some one edges 457 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: that cuts as well any transition line. Um, so it's 458 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: a lit more of a challenge. But it seems like 459 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: those city fields and most food plots are really feeding up. 460 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: I think I had last week in particular, it was 461 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 1: all after dark for the most part, but I had 462 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: five different mature bucks on a little you know, eight 463 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: of an acre clover plot in the middle of timber um. 464 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 1: So that's pretty significant to have that concentration mature deer 465 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: in one air. So really, those those other alternative food sources, 466 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,679 Speaker 1: if you will, really drawn deer. And at this point 467 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: you've said a few times now that the bed to 468 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 1: feed pattern is pretty tight for the time being. Does 469 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 1: that mean you were a little ways off from where 470 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: you would be hunting some mornings I actually for the 471 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: most part, Yeah, So though I did hunt the morning, 472 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: it was a few mornings ago because I had a 473 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 1: real high pressure day with cold temps that was down 474 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: in the series. And I actually had a buck I 475 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,719 Speaker 1: was after I had him moving, um in conditions like 476 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 1: that early season in the past two years. So I 477 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: went and I didn't see him, but um, you know, 478 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: I was enough to know that historical patterns enough to 479 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 1: push me into that area to go hunt them. But 480 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: typically I'm not hunting mornings, so no, I would say 481 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: that most of the time they're probably on their belly, um, 482 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: you know, by shooting like. Of course there's exceptions to that, 483 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: but yeah, in general I would see that little mornings 484 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: unless you have some reading to other than you know 485 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: the standard. So going forward in the next week or so, 486 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: what do you think that bucket activity is going to 487 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 1: be on a scale of one to tend in New Hampshire, 488 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: I would say it's probably gonna be pretty close to 489 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: the same. I think we're probably still a couple of 490 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: weeks away, so we get that, you know, real strong 491 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: prered activity of late October. Um, I still think it's 492 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: gonna be food source in cold front dependence. So I 493 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,239 Speaker 1: think we're kind of in a stage where, yeah, it's 494 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: gonna ramp a bit, i'd say scraping and rubbings. I 495 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 1: don't think it's going to really get going crazy for 496 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: maybe another two weeks, but we should see it slowly 497 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 1: start to build as we get as October goes along. 498 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: All Brett were good luck in the Northeast. Thanks for 499 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: joining me. Thank you Spencer alright, and joining us on 500 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: the line now is Justin's are from bow hunting dot 501 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: com in Illinois. Now Justin in Illinois. What would you 502 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: say the buck activities been lately? On a scale of 503 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: one to ten, I'm gonna give it up four. Early 504 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: in the season, we've had some warm weather here, We've 505 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: had a lot of rain, wind. Um. I think overall 506 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,719 Speaker 1: it's kind of kept dear movement down a little bit. Um. 507 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 1: It seems like the younger bucks are up and moving 508 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: around in daylight. But you know, sightings as well as 509 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: trail camera activity of the bigger deer is I don't 510 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: want to say non existent, but pretty sporadic during during 511 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 1: daylight hours. Anyways, Now, I know you run trail cameras 512 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: pretty much all year. How does your trail camera strategy 513 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: change once we hit early to mid October? Sure, Um, 514 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: every not every camera, but the majority of my cameras 515 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: right now are getting moved onto scrapes, um usually along 516 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: food source edges. Um. So during the summer I like 517 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 1: to keep them, you know, on green food for the 518 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: most part. Um, So they're close to where they've been 519 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: all summer long. But as those scrapes really start to 520 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 1: open up, I like to move my cameras onto them. 521 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: They seem to be the most consistent, UH source for 522 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: trail camera data through throughout October. How about hunting on scrapes? 523 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,959 Speaker 1: Will you focus on those for setups or is it 524 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,439 Speaker 1: more just to get inventory of bucks with your trail camera. 525 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 1: I think it depends on the scrape for me anyways. 526 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: You know, I think there's a lot of scrapes that 527 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: pop up, you know, on field edges and places, but 528 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 1: the likely places A lot of times they get made 529 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: and never touched again, so they're not always the best 530 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: places to hunt. But if you you know, traditionally have 531 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:48,959 Speaker 1: some history, maybe on a piece of property, or you'll 532 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: find a community scrape it's maybe tucked into some cover somewhere. 533 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: Definitely key in on those scrapes, you know, specifically in 534 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 1: mid October when we get some cooler weather there. You 535 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 1: talked about food sources a little bit earlier. Um, what 536 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: are deer keying in on right now? Big agriculture yet 537 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaker 1: or has been a shift of the acorns right now? Yeah, 538 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: I think they've been in the acorn for a while. 539 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: We've had a great crop here in Illinois this year, 540 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 1: so I think they've been hitting acorns probably since September, 541 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: to be honest with you. Uh, and they're still falling. 542 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 1: So definitely seeing a lot of sign around that. As 543 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: far as you know, agg Field, I'm still seeing a 544 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: lot of deer on green. A lot of our green 545 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: food plots are doing really well, so like our clover 546 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: chicker rail falfa type stuff are still getting just absolutely 547 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 1: hammered right now. So that's where we've been focusing a 548 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 1: lot of our attention now. A lot of the Midwest, 549 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: I think you guys included, has gotten a lot of 550 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 1: rainfall here in September and October. Um, how has that 551 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: changed things for deer patterns for you guys or maybe 552 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: affected food sources? Um? Well, I think more than anything, 553 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: it's going to keep the crops in the fields a 554 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 1: little bit longer. I know that the farmers are working 555 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: hard through most of September trying to get the stuff out, 556 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,639 Speaker 1: and then we've after this real rain weather that's hit 557 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 1: here lately, so it's definitely gonna delay things for a while. 558 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 1: I think, you know, specifically, I'm mostly concerned about the 559 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,440 Speaker 1: corn right the beans is great because they can still 560 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: hunt the beans when they're in. But when the corn's up, 561 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: you know, it makes things a little bit more difficult. 562 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:16,919 Speaker 1: I don't know that it's necessarily going to change the 563 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: way that I hunt per se um. I know, the 564 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 1: deer and even with the acorns and the green that 565 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: you are still hit the corn fields pretty art, at 566 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: least on the properties that I hunt a lot of 567 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 1: sign in the corn fields, which can be frustrating uh 568 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 1: as a hunter, because it's uh they're difficult to hunt. 569 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: But I also like when the corn is up because 570 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: it does allow me some better access in and out 571 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: of my spots because you can hide, you know, in 572 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: those corn fields to get in and outwards. When that 573 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: corn comes down, I've got a few areas that are 574 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: more difficult to get into. So it's kind of a 575 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:50,959 Speaker 1: blessing an ochers both. I know you're very particular about 576 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: pressuring deer, and so you're probably not hunting any mornings yet, 577 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: But when will that shift happen for you? When you'll 578 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: start hunting some mornings. Honestly, I'll probably hunt this coming weekend. 579 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 1: We've got what I'm considering our first really good cold 580 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: front of October coming through. We've had a few minor 581 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: little dips in temperature, but nothing like what we're getting 582 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 1: ready to see here this weekend. So I'll probably hunt 583 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 1: both Saturday and Sunday morning. Um, I'm gonna get a 584 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: little bit more aggressive than I usually do on probably 585 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: one of my properties. Um, and if I blow something out, 586 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:26,959 Speaker 1: I blow it out. I guess I'll go hunt one 587 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 1: of my other pieces. But I figured, with this good 588 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: temperatures that are coming in good weather conditions, I'm gonna 589 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: press my luck a little bit. You sound optimistic, So 590 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: what do you think that buckettvity is going to be 591 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to tend in Illinois is 592 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,840 Speaker 1: coming week or so, I think we'll probably ramp up 593 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: to a five or six at least. I mean, it's 594 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: still early. I don't want to get my hopes too high. 595 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 1: But with that first cold front, I mean good cold front. 596 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: I mean we're talking temperatures today here in Illinois. It's 597 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:57,239 Speaker 1: eighty in the eighties. Uh, two days from now, we're 598 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: going to be struggling to get out of the fifties 599 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 1: with temperatures all down into the thirties at night, which 600 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: we haven't seen yet. So I'm anticipating some some better 601 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: buck movement Uh, it's not the rut yet. It's not 602 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: even really the pre rut yet. We're kind of the 603 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: pre pre rut, so you don't want to get your 604 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 1: hopes up too much. But man, that first good cold 605 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: snap of the year usually puts a few deer on 606 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: their feet. Uh, and I got to imagine that we'll 607 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 1: see some bucks going down here this weekend. Alright, Justin, 608 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: good luck to you and everyone else at bow hunting 609 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: dot com and bow Hunter Die. Thanks for joining me, 610 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 1: no problem, Thanks be, And that concludes this week's episode 611 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: of Wired to Haunt's Radio. 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