The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

This week we have Austin Pope of North Florida on the show to talk about how he has found success in the pine savannas and deep swamps targeting mature bucks! Subjects include

• Methodically searching to find the bucks you want to target, or deer in general
• Breaking down massive areas of monotonous terrain/habitat into huntable chunks
• Why Austin stays away from thickets when locating bachelor groups
• How certain habitat features play a huge role in locating deer to hunt
• and MUCH more!

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Have you heard our In the Field series yet? Follow along with us as we record in the field to get a behind the scenes look at what we are noticing while we are actually in the field in real time. You'll find useful tidbits of information for your next hunting or scouting trip, and you'll get some laughs out of it too! Exclusively for our apple subscribers or patreon members - subscribe on Apple or join our patreon at the link below to check it out and support the show!

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On this weeks outtro we are summing up the series we just completed with the Jolly brothers with special guest Paul Putera! We dive in to the aspect of finding specific areas you can work to your advantage when it comes to hunting mature bucks, such as locations with limited travel or bedding.

In this part 2 episode of the series with Adam & Heath we dive into the details of how they have found such amazing success over the years, especially in early season. We cover how they key in on mature buck bedding, annual patterns when it comes to bedding, finding that "special" spot that is going to pay off and much more.

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On this outro we are joined by Josh Hillyard of First Lite to break down Monday's episode with the Jolly brothers! Subjects include

• Beating a mature deer back to his bed for a morning hunt
• Why terrain is one of the main factors that allows such a tactic to be successful
• Why bed hunting seems to work in some areas and not in others
• Our new partnership with First Lite camo!

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Adam & Heath Jolly hunt the Appalachian Mountains and have found consistent success on mature bucks with their early season tactics. In this part one episode we dive in to:

• Finding a bed a buck uses very frequently and hunting it
• how certain kinds of sign help Adam & Heath key in on big bucks in the early season
• Why hunting a bucks bed in the morning in the early season can be better than trying to sneak in for an afternoon hunt
• Why getting walked in on isn't the end of your hunt if you are in the RIGHT SPOT
• Putting together a strategy that allows you to always hunt the "freshest" most unpressured deer possible
• and MUCH MORE!

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On this outtro Andrew and Jacob dive in to the recent episodes with Haynes Riddle and Chase Parker, along with Monday's episode with Wise Eye. We dive deep into the subject of scouting an area thoroughly and truly learning everything you can about it so you are better prepared for fall - and how several of our recent guests all share a common trait related to this subject.

WiseEye is a company who makes high quality cell cameras and AI - and they come together to create a system that helps hunters predict deer movement based on data they gather on their own properties. After discussing the system and how it works we cover the different ways it allows you to predict individual deer movement based on:

• Wind direction
• Moon phase
• temperature
• time of day
• wind speed
• barometric pressure

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On this weeks outtro we sit down with Tiffany Maxwell to talk all things hunting and outdoors, from her experiences hunting squirrel, rabbit & deer to her new found enjoyment of fly fishing and upland dogs.

This week we sit down with Haynes Riddle, Chase Parker and guest co-host Michael Perry to talk about how Haynes and Chase have quickly learned to capitalize on high quality bucks on public ground in Alabama.

Topics include:

• How Chase and Haynes tagged 3 bucks over 145" in 13 days on Alabama public land (one of them being an officially scored 150" 8 point)
• Working as a team to be more efficient and learn how to effectively hunt an area faster
• How to "make the big woods small" by breaking down large chunks of ground into manageable sections
• How Chase and Haynes systematically scout an area to truly learn as much as they can about an area in one trip
• Trail cameras and the happy balance of using them but not relying too much on them
• How bucks utilize and cover drainages
• Why Chase and Haynes say they only need to see a certain kind of track to be confident in an area
• And MUCH more!

On this weeks outtro Paul Putera joins us to recap our recent buck hub series. Subjects discussed include how to know when you are actually in a hub, painting a full picture of what is actually going on around a hub (where the bucks hang out vs the does) and more.

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Part 2 of our Buck Hubs series with Shane Parker & Paul Putera! On this episode we dive into the finer details of buck hubs and what Shane saw in his trail cam study on the following subjects:

• How weather influenced whether deer were heading up or down the ridges
• The major correlation Shane found with hubs, scrapes and moon phase
• Tracking several specific doe groups in the same area and noticing patterns in their activity, and how local bucks responded to changes in each doe groups activity
• Systematically finding all the buck beds around a hub
• What Shane found when he put cameras directly on heavily used buck beds, and whether or not weather patterns effected which bed a buck used
• Signpost rubs
• SO much more!

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On this outtro Jacob, Michael and Andrew go over part one of our buck hub series from Monday and do a dive into buck bedding and how our understanding of it continues to evolve as we look at more GPS data and talk to hunters like Paul & Shane.

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For the last 2 years Shane Parker has ran around 170 trail cameras on around 800 acres of public land he hunts in Alabama. Using his massive amount of scouting data from these cameras he began to identify, & target "buck hubs". Paul Putera has noticed a similar phenomenon in the Northeast. Today we have them both on the show for part 1 of a series on buck hubs! Subjects in this episode include:

• Shane's giant web of 170 cameras and weather stations across a relatively small area
• Defining a buck hub, and how they are different from other hubs
• How bedding directly relates to buck hubs
• How Shane & Paul are catching mature bucks who routinely avoid trail cams with a purpose
• Why mature bucks rarely use major deer trails & how to find their faint trails
• And TONS more!

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The Southern Outdoorsmen is your home for top notch hunting content every single Monday & Wednesday! Whether you are from South Alabama, Pennsylvania, Texas, or anywhere in-between we have content that will help you become a better hunter & woodsman.

Every single week we interview the best hunters you never heard of. We seek out down home heroes, local legends, and the best woodsmen in the country and pick their brains to uncover how they found the success they enjoy, what they had to overcome and how you can personally apply it. We measure our success by the amount of listener success stories we get every season - our goal with this podcast is to help you succeed, and to help you get the most out of your valuable time afield.

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On this outtro Jacob and Andrew are discussing their recent scouting trip to a more mountainous part of Alabama and what they found. The area is known for low deer densities but produces great bucks, so adjusting to the amount of sign the area had along with the more extreme terrain features made for an interesting scouting trip. Subjects include finding faint trails in lower deer density areas, reading rubs to determine what kind of deer made the rub, the patterns of buck sign they found, adjusting to scouting/hunting an area with a complete lack of pine thickets, how much of a factor oak species seems to play a factor in the area, some textbook buck beds they found and more!

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Adam Tucker is a die hard mountain hunter form North Georgia and today he stops by the show to talk all things mountain bucks. We dive into how he has found success in the big woods, mountainous, low deer density areas of Northern Georgia, and why he hunts that terrain rather than going to other places with flatter land and more deer.

Subjects:

• Adams Idea of "aggressive terrain", and why deer gravitate to it
• Hunting remote, and how he picks such specific spots in vast expanses of mountain hardwood forest
• Keying in on the faint trails to find the big bucks
• Having patience, but without overhunting a spot
• How careful access is a factor in his success
• and much more!

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On this outtro Jacob and Andrew describe the idea of big woods hunting going into this fall including their own plans and how past and future guests describe areas of big woods hunting.

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Michael Pike is back on the show today to help us launch into deer content! Today the dilla stopped by to discuss his recent trail cam pull from this past week, looking at some cameras he put out before last season and just now pulled. He had some very impressive bucks all over this camera and we dive into the camera placement, the patterns we notice with all the mature bucks who came by, what Michael found while scouting this area this week and more!

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This week on the outtro we discuss Jacob Walkers episode from Monday on run'n gun turkey hunting tactics, and how Jacobs tactics differ from Mike Pentecost, our last guest. We also talk about a major new offering for our apple podcasts listeners, peppers recent NA test, upcoming deer hunting content & much more!

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There are many different ways to find success in the spring turkey woods, and Jacob Walker finds his success with a fast & aggressive, run & gun style of hunting! On this episode we talk about Jacobs thoughts on fast paced turkey hunting and get his opinions on how using a locator call too early may hurt you, how he approaches and calls to a gobbler on the limb, how he hunts turkeys in very flat swampy woods, the art of striking up a bird late in the morning & much more!

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On this weeks outtro we discuss this weeks guests, including Mike Pentecost and the attention to detail he has with not only his turkey hunting, but his business as well - such as the attention to detail that goes into the calls. We also discuss the beginnings of our plans for this fall for deer hunts as well as some upland hunts.

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On today's episode Jacob speaks with listener Brandon Jenkins about a giant typical buck he killed on public land in Eastern Tennessee. Brandon talks about his goal of killing a mature mountain buck this past season and discussed how him and his buddy were willing to out work anyone else in order to make this goal a reality. Brandon was able to kill this 160" class typical buck 5.5 miles back from the truck. We promise you won't want to miss photos of this buck on our social media or the story as well!

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Mike Pentecost is an absolute wealth of turkey hunting knowledge, and we traveled to sit down with him to pick his brain on what the differences are between turkey hunters and turkey killers! Mike dives in to subjects such as all the details that 90% of turkey hunters overlook that have a huge impact on their success rate, tagging turkeys with ether "your feet or your seat", the importance of perception in turkey hunting and how a focus in this area will immediately start changing your turkey hunting for the better, and how he is extremely successful well into the mid and late season when a lot of other hunters struggle. You do not want to miss this episode!

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On this special edition outtro we talk with NWTF biologist Britt Perry on all things falconry! Britt is a falconer and talks us through aspects of falconry such as how you become a falconer, how you find, capture and begin to "train" a falcon, and how hunting with a falcon actually works.

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This week Jacob speaks with Thad McDonald of Arkansas of the memorable season he had last year taking his best buck yet. Thad talks about his passion for deer hunting and showing his granddaughter how to become an outdoorsmen and hunting with a purpose.

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Today on the show our buddy Zach Echols comes on to talk about the inevitable stretches of slow days in the turkey woods. We discuss overcoming slow days, the reality of failure in turkey hunting and what you can learn from it, looking for that one bird who is ready to burn the woods down and more.

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On this outtro we disuss the deer & turkey hunting topics from Monday and Wednesdays episode and point out some very interesting parallels, then dive into the idea that no matter the style or specifc tactic some core principles stay the same!

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Listener Will Johnston from Tennessee had a great season last year taking his best public land buck yet! This is a great episode breaking down his recent journey hunting public land and how different tactics from the show along with fine tuning his woodsmanship played a part of his success taking a great buck!

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Locating turkeys, determining if a turkey is "ready to die", how to kill the turkeys no one else can kill, hunting bumped turkeys, using terrain to set up on early season gobblers, subtle details that lead to dead turkeys, windy day turkey hunting, and why its almost impossible to kill a turkey if your setup in a bad spot. Those are just some of the things that we discussed with Dave Owens of the Pinhoti Project! https://www.pinhotiproject.com

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Today on the show Moriah Boggess stops by to talk shed hunting and deer biology! We talk about tips for shed hunting including what Moriah does about thick cover, early green ups in the south, and targeting food sources. We also discuss some biology around sheds including how to tell a deer's health from a shed, and then get into some interesting research Moriah did on red oaks and deer while at Mississippi State University.

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On this episode we discuss Andrews recent success bagging 2 gobblers in two days to start off the Alabama season! We discuss crafting a deadly turkey calling sequence, how calling alone will not make you successful in most cases, the logic behind a good turkey hunting set up, predicting exactly where gobblers want to be with topo maps and much more.

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On this episode we are discussing versatile dogs for versatile outdoorsmen! Scott Caldwell is the owner of Rusty Guns Kennel, which is the kennel that Jacob bought pepper from. We discuss the idea of having a versatile dog that you can trail deer with, upland hunt, and waterfowl hunt all in the same weekend! Subjects include explaining what a versatile breed even is and some breeds that are considered versatile, picking a breed that is right for you, what to expect with a versatile breed, some very important factors to consider when looking for a breeder, what it really takes to train a gun dog and much more!

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You have heard Jacob talk about his uncles who got him into hunting many times on the show. Today we got one of those uncles on the show! We sat down with Anthony Troncalli to talk about all the success he has had with focusing on isolated white oaks and discuss how he scouts them, whether he actually prefers one oak species over another, what needs to be around the oaks to make them productive, and we have some good laughs talking about Jacob growing up hunting with Anthony.

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Shane Simpson and Catman stopped by the show for a roundtable discussion on all things turkey hunting with Jacob, and our buddies Kyle Sides and Tyler Malone.

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On this weeks outtro we discuss some of the main topics from Monday and Wednesdays episodes and dive into Jacobs first experience participating in a prescribed burn!

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The guys from Land & Legacy are back on the show to talk habitat & trapping! This topic stemmed from a subject they have discussed on their show that they called "stihl before steel" - which is to say that while trapping is a good management tool, good quality habitat should take priority (if its something you can control). We discuss "building the house first", trapping as a management tool, what healthy deer & turkey populations actually look like, the things pressuring your herd that you would have never thought of & much more!

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This week we sit down to do a great Turkey Q&A with champion caller Billy Yargus!

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Some say the title of "woodsman" is the greatest compliment one can receive when it comes to being an outdoorsman! On this episode our buddies Nick Adair & Nick Larson come by to talk about a big announcement we all have, scouting cover types, what it takes to become a true woodsman, bird dogs & more! If you are enjoying the show dont forget to leave us a review and check out the GDIY and Birdshot podcasts!

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On this episode Jacob interviews Matt Dye and Chad Keith of Land & Legacy from the 2022 NWTF convention. The conversation is focused on private land use and different management strategies. Make your property an area that wildlife thrive instead of trying to just survive. If you are hunting private land then you DON'T want to miss this episode! Also if you enjoy this episode then make sure you go and subscribe to the Land & Legacy podcast.

Devin Duncan stopped by the show today to talk all things turkey, with a focus on being effective in the turkey woods not only when it comes to finding a turkey to hunt, but also in how you hunt him. We discuss how Devin covers ground to find birds, what sign & sounds besides gobbling he looks for, using topography to your advantage when listening for birds & more. On the hunting side we discuss staying with a turkey all morning if you cant get him at flydown, letting the morning play out without getting too aggressive, finding a spot that a gobbler will come to and so much more!

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On this episode we discuss tips for looking for hunting clubs such as good recourses to find them, considerations before actually putting money down to join one, pitfalls of hunting clubs, then we shift the conversation over to Turkeys for Tomorrow and our thoughts on that episode and the organization as a whole.

This week on the show we are talking with Kevin Tullis on all things finding and choosing the right hunting club. Kevin has had great success on hunting clubs by finding clubs that hold good deer, and doing things that other members aren't doing. We discuss what he looks for when searching for a club, red flags to avoid when it comes to clubs, how to tell if a club has few deer or too many deer, questions to ask clubs before joining, learning about a clubs neighbors, and more!

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Today we sit down with Chase Grubbs and Jim Ronquest of Turkeys for Tomorrow (TFT)! Turkeys for Tomorrow is a brand new non-profit looking to help benefit the wild turkey with scientific research. We dig in to how they got started, the model for their organization, how they feel they can make a difference, where they see the organization going in the next 10 years, the research projects they have already funded in Alabama, how more studies can help us turn around the decline of turkeys across the southeast and how YOU can get involved!

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On this episode we sit down with our friend Kyle Sides to talk about our recent introduction to snipe hunting! We also recap our discussion on CWD and our trip to the NWTF convention in Nashville.

Today on the show Jacob and Michael sit down with Travis Sumner of the NWTF to talk turkey, and more specifically, talk about turkey habitat & management.

For this episode we traveled to Montgomery to have a discussion with the folks who make our hunting & fishing laws here in Alabama. We speak with director Chuck Sykes, as well as a panel of some of his closest chiefs, directors, and/or advisors. We focus in on the discovery of CWD in Alabama, and discuss subjects such as the fact that this is not the end of deer hunting in Alabama, what the state did to prepare for this ahead of time, why hunters should be concerned but not panicked, some widely held misconceptions about the states response, how some regulations might not have the kind of impact you think, what the future holds and how to stay informed on regulation changes as well as opportunities for you to interact with the people in charge of changes in public meetings.

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Today we sit with Mike Butler, the CEO of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation. We dive into several current issues with Mike about public land transfers, fights over habitat projects, the politics of wildlife management and much more.

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On this outtro Andrew, Michael and Jacob discuss post season scouting in the south and the reasons we think a lot of people don't find sheds in the south. Jacob tells us another Subi Story about how him and his buddy Marshal fumble their way to killing a very nice Arkansas 11 point.

Rusty Johnson and Nathan Killen have several things in common, things like consistnely tagging some of the biggest bucks in their area, and a love for post season scouting & shed hunting. Both Rusty and Nathan attribute a lot of their success to the work they are putting in right now to learn their woods, sharpen their wordsmanship skills, locate surviving bucks and find sheds. We got Nathan and Rusty on at the same time to dive into this subject and share their knowledge, as well as bounce things off one another. As Nathan says in this episode, iron sharpens iron and the guys get into a lot of great information here. Make sure you share this podcast with a buddy and leave us a 5 star review on itunes!

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