The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

This week we have Michael Baugh and Sonny Mcumpsey on the show to talk about their history of hunting big bucks in a variety of different habitats and terrain types! Subjects include:

• How Michael targets bucks in flat river bottom country
• How Sonny targets bucks in more mountainous terrain
• How Michael reads buck signs to find mature bucks without the aid of trail cameras
• When to buckle down and focus on an area and when to jump around and try different spots
• Getting the most out of trail cameras when you do decide to use them
• Hunting the same areas as other people, but using different access routes to catch the deer off guard

Find Sonny and Michaels youtube channel here - https://www.youtube.com/@arkansasextremeoutdoors1156

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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This week on the show Ryan Kirby stops in to talk all about his career as an artist in the hunting space, and how he got his start.

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Winner will be announced later this month in the next edition of Woodsman Wire.

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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This week we have our buddy Kyle Lybarger of the Native Habitat Project on the show to discuss prairies, glades, savannas, and other highly productive habitat types. Subjects include:

• Are pine & hardwood forests really that productive for deer?
• How much feed does a deer need?
• The most productive cover types for deer numbers and buck quality
• buffalo & prairie chickens in the South
• The push to bring back native habitats and the direct benefits for hunters

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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On this breakdown episode we are digging deeper on Mondays episode with Alan Summerford! Subjects include:

• establishing a "honey hole"
• Getting so familiar with an area that scouting is no longer necessary
• Fine tuning a set up that will produce every year
• using annual patterns on mature bucks

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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Alan Summerford easily has one of the most impressive trophy rooms we have ever seen! He has had consistent success over the years on some absolute top-tier Alabama bucks and today we break down his tactics. Subjects include:

• How Alan positions trail cams to learn exactly WHEN and WHERE to hunt a buck
• Having absolute discipline with your access routes, and how that is where most people go wrong
• Setting up a spot where you can just "peek in" to a buck's bedroom
• Alan's multiple DROPTINE Alabama bucks
• Looking for the same things on public vs private, but with different applications
• Not hunting spots until the time is exactly right, & how to know when the time is right
• Building a hunt plan for areas to eliminate guessing, hunting the wrong conditions, and over scouting

and TONS more. This is a MUST listen episode for chasing upper-echelon bucks in the southeast! If you enjoy this episode, help us out and SHARE IT WITH YOUR BUDDIES!

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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On this weeks breakdown episode we are going over our interview with Beau Martonik and diving deeper on some of the topics, specifically on finding areas where deer behavior will be consistent year after year! Subjects include:

• Overcoming Boom & Bust acorn years
• Targeting areas that offer consistency from year to year
• Annual patterns
• Analyzing the wind to know exactly what you can get away with

and much more!

This week we are talking with our buddy Beau Martonik of East Meets West! Beau has a passion for targeting bucks in big woods settings and is relentless in the pursuit of mature bucks. We do a deep dive on big woods settings and what Beau has learned over the years to find success on mature bucks at different points of the season. Subjects include:

• A realistic look at buck bedding in big woods
• Boom & bust years for acorns, and how to deal with each one
• Seeking out areas with FEWER oaks for your rut spots
• Finding pockets of deer in the big woods
• Re-locating deer once the leaf drop happens
• Ringing a valley with trail cams to determine buck travel

Today we wrap up the Alabama Turkey season with our buddies Kyle Sides and Josh Holley! We talk over how all our seasons went & what lessons were learned. Subjects include:

• Jacob's new turkey call
• Hunting birds in the rain
• Our annual snipe hunt
• Josh's first experience with snipe hunting

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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This week we are doing a deep dive on the science behind aging deer with biologist Moriah Boggess! Subjects include:

• Tooth wear & Replacement vs cementum annuli methods
• Studies done across the country on the accuracy of both methods
• How cementum annuli aging works, and why it may not be as accurate across the southern part of the US
• The accuracy of both methods on both old and young deer

and more!

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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Today on the show we are talking with Josh Ilderton about steep country turkeys! Subjects include:

• Hunt terrain, not turkeys
• How the steepness of a hill decides how Josh moves on a bird
• Understanding how terrain affects gobbles
• A recap of Josh and Jacobs's hunt

and more!

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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This week our buddy Shane Parker is on the show talking about a solid strategy for getting mature bucks, and the exact does you need to hunt near furing the rut, on camera! Subjects include:

• Why Shane is placing some of his most important cameras NOW
• Finding THE DOE you need to hunt around during the rut
• Focusing on shady cool areas for cameras this summer
• Micro drainages being big buck hot spots
• You may have a bachelor group on cam, but the biggest buck is probably evading your cameras!
• Getting the absolute most out of an area with trail cameras

and MUCH more! This is a must listen episode for trail camera placement and patterning mature bucks.

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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This week Jacob is in turkey camp with John Lewis and Cody McIntyre of Just Hunt Club. John and Cody are from Upstate New York and have traveled from Maine to Alabama and all the states in between hunting turkeys. They discuss about how different turkeys are in the South compared to the Northeast and how different they hunt turkeys in different regions of the country.

Subjects include:

• How new turkey hunting is in the Northeast
• Roosting

This week we talk to our buddy Jacob Emery of D03 Outdoors to talk about his success using boat access specifically with kayaks for hunting bucks and turkeys. His success in the last few seasons has been impressive and after listening to Jacob's seminar at the 2022 Mobile Deer Hunters Expo we knew we needed to do an episode on this topic with him. Don't miss this episode!

Subjects include:

• Kayak access
• Accessing areas with less hunting pressure
• Deer hunting
• Targeting rut funnels
• Hunt close to the water
• Turkey hunting
• Locating Gobblers from the kayak
• Approaching turkeys from the water
• And Much More!

Click the link to check out Jacob's youtube channel D03 Outdoors! https://www.youtube.com/@do3outdoors741

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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This week we are joined by Colton Watkins to discuss turkey hunting in adverse weather conditions! It seems like it only rains on weekends in turkey season, and this episode is made to help you make the most of those rainy Saturdays. Subjects include:

• Turkey hunting a light drizzle vs a downpour and everything between
• Turkey's behavior during adverse weather conditions
• How Colton approaches thinned pines that are very open
• Using Cutovers to your advantage
• When to use a kee kee run to make a gobbler feel confident in coming in

and much more!

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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Adam Jolly is a public land buck guru in the big woods of the South! Today we have his original interview with the show from episode 135 where we go over his massive 13-point bow buck that he took using bed hunting tactics. 

Subjects include:

• Hunting bucks that monitor access points
• Killing this buck within sight of a parking lot
• hunting laurel thickets
• what actually makes a good funnel
• primary scrape areas
• tieing it all together during the rut

and so much more! Make sure you also check out episodes 378 and 379 to hear more from Adam along with his brother Heath. 

Join us at the 2023 Mobile Hunters Expo Southern Show in Chattanooga, TN June 23-24th! Make sure you use the promo code "southern" when getting your Mobile Hunters Expo tickets! Learn more about the show here - https://themobilehuntersexpo.com/pages/southern-show

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This week we are talking all about our recent turkey hunting success and what the keys to that success were! Jacob was able to call up 3 public land gobblers in Alabama mid morning after all the birds quit gobbling at fly down, while Andrew tagged a big gobbler at his hunting club that was staing with 4 hens. Subjects include:

• Why nether of these hunts would have worked out without woodsmanship
• The subtle details that made these hunts work out, such as knowing which areas produced more shade and which areas blocked the wind
• Jacob figuring out how to make a pretty good turkey call out of a straw
• Calling to a gobbler with multiple hens
• Watching hens limb-hop to a gobbler
• Taking the time to find the EXACT setup where you can call a longbeard into range

and tons more!

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Check out the new Trace system from FIrst Lite, designed specifically for hot and humid weather - New: Trace System

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Today's BONUS episode is all about hot weather gear for staying comfortable in the South's hot, humid months! We have Greg Ferrell & Josh Hillyard from First Lite on to talk about the science behind staying cool in very hot, muggy situations like turkey season or early bow season in the Deep South. We also do a deep dive on First Lites's new trace system, how it performed for us all season last year, and how it held up to a season of abuse in the pine thickets of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Arkansas.

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Our friend Richard Manry stopped by the studio to talk deer hunting and his long history of bowhunting mature whitetails across Alabama! Subjects include:

• Flatland features that Richard consistently finds mature bucks on
• The mindset of bowhunting mature whitetails in flat, thick areas
• How Richard creates travel corridors for bucks in flat land
• Bowhunting INSIDE pine thickets for all day buck movement
• Richards B&C Bow buck

and LOTS more! If you enjoy the show, make sure you share it with a buddy!

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Check out our gear list here - Andrew & Jacobs gear picks

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This week our friend (and bow tech) Robbie Yates came by the studio to talk all about his turkey-hunting adventures. Robbie has hunted all over the country but has a particular love for the north Georiga mountains. Subjects include:

• Robbie's relentless attitude toward turkey hunting
• An uncommon call Robbie uses to really fire up gobblers
• The terrain feature in the mountains Robbie has a lot of luck with
• Having gobblers literally fly toward your setup
• Getting charged by a Georgia black bear
• Shooting a hog in self-defense
• Finding pockets of birds in lower-density areas

and tons more! If you enjoy this episode, make sure you share it with friends! Just copy and paste the link to this episode.

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This week we are joined by Keith Hall, Zach Owsley, William Rozier and Paul Putera to discuss each of their custom DIY trailer builds and van builds that each designed to use for hunting season. The topic of building vs bought is interesting and you'll hear how much money you can save if you decide to fo your own build. Each Builders design is different so this episode may inspire you.

Subjects include:

• Build budgets
• Design / Plans
• Different Power sources
• Solar vs Generator
• Van Build
• And So Much More!

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This week our buddy Matt Ryan stops by the show to talk all things turkey hunting! We drill down on how to truly become more effective in the turkey woods, and how to enjoy the experience even more. Subjects include:

• Hunting the bird's everyone else is missing
• The number one way to get more encounters with turkeys
• Matt's calling cadence on high-pressure birds
• Terrain features that consistently hold birds
• How to effectively hunt those terrain features
• Reliable roost sites

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This week we are talking about a highly requested subject - targeting does! Most of the time we are drilling down on locating and targeting mature bucks, but everyone loves a good doe hunt from time to time as well. Subjects include:

• How targeting does differs from big bucks
• What kind of sign you should focus on for targeting does
• Some quick ways to actually put eyes on does, then move in for a hunt

This week we are talking all about gobble zones and how to hunt them! Subjects include:

• what a gobble zone is
• how they relate to "lek's" as mentioned by Dr. Chamberlain on ep 225
• terrain-based turkey hunting
• going in blind turkey hunting
• how access can screw up a turkey hunt, just like a deer hunt

and more!

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This week we have brothers Markie, Mario, Ryan, Nick, and Emanuel on the show to talk deer hunting! These brothers have mastered hunting alone and together and have had tons of success over the years. We cover a wide array of topics such as:

• Managing hunting time with a job, young kids, and a wife
• Learning an area over time and fine-tuning a great setup
• Dealing with major changes to your spots, like logging
• Hunting fire breaks
• Big woods tactics vs more broken habitat
• Hunting as a group and sharing information
• What are the boundaries when sharing info?
• Effective ways to find really good areas to begin breaking down & fine tuning

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Check out our gear list here - Andrew & Jacobs gear picks

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Our buddy Lyle Gilbert of Houndstooth Game Calls stopped by the show to talk high-pressure public land turkey hunting in the Deep South! Lyle is a bonafide turkey hunter who comes to the table with decades of experience chasing birds across the south on public and private lands. Subjects include:

• The subtle things you are doing to screw up your hunt
• The "road birds" we all overlook
• "Specialty" calls...do they really make that big of a difference?
• Picking up on the subtle details that help you close the distance on a gobbler

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In this episode Jacob is speaking with Dr. Kevin Chapman of the Kentucky Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders to discuss how hunters likes use can learn to over come performance anxiety that hunters call "Buck Fever" and "Target Panic". Dr. Chapman is a nationally redounded Psychologist that specializes in Anxiety. He works with professional and collegiate athletes to help them to over come performance anxiety at the biggest levels in sports including the Olympics. You will learn how us hunters can take what Dr. Chapman talks about and apply to ourselves to make us more capable during high stress encounters while hunting. We promise you won't want to miss this episode!

Subjects include:

• What is Performance Anxiety
• Mental Conditioning
• Mental Toughness
• Building a Mental Routine
• Learning the "Easy Button"
• Learned Association
• And Much More!

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This week our buddy Shane Simpson stops by the show to talk turkey fact and fiction! Subjects include:

• Is the worst calling sometimes from real hens?
• Would a hen win a calling contest?
• Is camo overrated?
• Do turkeys wear down their spurs?
• Calling vs woodsmanship
• Are gobblers supposed to go to hens?
• Is calling in one spot for too long bad?

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This week we dive deep into all things suppressors/silencers and cover hunting with them, buying them and all the legalities around owning and enjoying suppressors. Subjects include:

• Why Jacob and Andrew have bought suppressors for hunting
• Suppressors rising popularity in hunting, and why more of us are turning to using them
• Clearing up any confusion around laws regarding suppressors
• The easiest way to actually purchase a suppressor
• Picking a suppressor for your gun
• Setting up a trust for your suppressor and why you want one

and much more! This was a fun episode for us and we are excited to see where the suppressor industry is going.

Matt Persons is a lifelong turkey fanatic and today we kick of 2023 turkey content with him! This conversation was a blast and we cover a lot of ground including:

• Fast & aggressive turkey hunting vs old school slow and quiet hunting
• Meaningful ways to pre-season scout for turkeys
• Situational turkey hunting
• The best (and fastest) way to become a better turkey hunter

and much much more!

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We sat down with Steve Lucas of Buckmasters to talk all about the scoring system, some of the crazy bucks he has been able to put hands on and more. Subjects include:

• Some of the unlikely places Steve has scored 170" deer from
• How the buckmasters system differs from Boone & Crockett or Pope & Young
• Some of the strangest bucks Steve has come across in his scoring career
• Wes Moye discussing Andrew's recent misses on a big buck

We promise you dont want to miss this one!

On this episode Andrew & Jacob are talking about some hunts from this past year specifically targeting areas near parking spots on public ground! Subjects include:

• How Anthony Goggins discussed similar tactics on Monday's episode
• A hunt from this past year where a hunter set up 20 yards from Andrew
• Observing bucks set up to observe parking areas
• Observing bucks let hunters walk within yards of them without spooking
• Approaching the "obvious spots"

and more!

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This week we are speaking with Anthony Goggins on all things public land bucks here in the south. Subjects include:

• Locating escape routes and using them on high-pressure days
• How Anthony learns a buck's "loop" and predicts when & where to hunt him
• Bedding patterns Anthony has keyed in on around high-pressure areas
• Trying to find a back door into a bucks area when there seemingly is none

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This week we are LIVE from Weaver Meat Processing talking about all things venison & meat processing! We recorded this at our recent Southern Outdoorsmen meet up, subjects include:

• Meat care myths vs tips
• How to keep a deer fresh if you can't make it to a processor for a day or two
• What's the deal with bulk processing? (multiple deer going into one batch of product)
• Herding emu's
• The "flip flop" method of cooking an entire deer leg

and much more!

We want to say a special thanks to Weaver Meat Processing for putting this event on at their facility and big thanks to everyone who came out to the event! It was great to meet y'all and we are already looking forward to the next one.

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This week we have Dr. Michael Chamberlain on the podcast to discuss some research he has participated in relating to deer and fawn survival! Subjects include:

• The facts around fawn predation
• How hard are black bears on fawns in areas where they exist?
• Trapping to make a difference in survival
• How this kind of research is conducted
• Potential disease risks for fawns that may be leading to higher mortality rates

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On this week's Friday Breakdown we cover a wide range of topics including:

• Why do property lines always seem to be good spots? There is actually a good reason for this!
• Making the most out of bumping deer
• Indian marker trees - fact or fiction?
• Is virgin timber a thing in the south?
• Some hilarious hunting stories from our childhoods

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Today we talk with Aaron Rowell of Arkansas on hunting large, monotonous tracts of public ground. Aaron says the key to finding bucks in these areas is to make these big woods small in whatever way you can! Subjects include:

• ID what the deer are actually using
• Determine what is positive vs negative terrain
• How do you actually use positive and negative terrain?
• Buck bedding in large open, flat hardwoods

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Have you been missing the best part of the rut? How do you know if the rut has passed you by? We discuss that and much more today on the show!

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Why is the rut so odd across the southeast? Why did so many people say the rut happened late this season? We do a deep dive on these topics today with our good buddy Mark Turner! Mark has been studying whitetail deer for years and is currently working on his phd at The University of Tennessee. Subjects we cover with Mark include:

• Why the south has such a big variation in rut dates
• A history of deer restocking in the south
• Are there really "northern genetics" in some pockets of the south as a result of restocking?
• Why we heard so many folks saying the rut happened late this season in their area
• Trickle rut - fact or fiction?
• Ways to quickly key in on the rut year to year
• Targeting the best rut action you will find all year

and TONS more! This is an absolutely fascinating episode that you do not want to miss!

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On this episode, we are breaking down Benji Vote's Monday episode and all the challenges related to hunting river bottoms and swamp lands!

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This week we are talking with big buck killer Benji Vote of Arkansas on how he targets backwaters for mature bucks. Subjects include:

• Finding features that concentrate deer in big timber
• "Connecting the dots" on buck travel in open timber
• How mature bucks use cover and terrain to break up their outline, and how to scout for that
• Targeting backwaters for mature bucks
• Hanging & hunting over water
• Benji's thoughts on night vs day sign in open, flat timber

and tons more! You do not want to miss this one!

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This week we are talking all about Jacob & Andrew's recent successful hunt! Two mature bucks down in one morning in the same spot! Tune in to hear about a hunt that started out very slow, but quickly got hot after some adjustments to focus on some specific terrain features and habitat types.

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On this episode, we talk with Rocky Smith about his recent post rut success on some Alabama big-woods public land. Subjects include:

• Keying in on big woods features that will attract and hold deer
• Knowing when you need to put more time into a spot, even when deer sightings are low
• Identifying terrain features that define a bucks core area
• Finding a bucks daylight core and punching in to it
• The specific weather conditions Rocky looks for

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This week we are talking with Justin Houston of Alabama on hunting in and around saddles. Justin has had a ton of luck tagging mature bucks by hunting the right saddles at the right times and today we dive deep into what exactly makes a saddle good, and how to hunt it. Subjects include:

• Determining whether or not a saddle is worth hunting
• How to pick the right saddle when there are multiple to choose from
• Determining the ideal time to hunt a spot
• Making the most of having very limited time to hunt
• How Justin likes to access his spots
• Where to sit in and around a saddle based on conditions

and much more!

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On this Friday breakdown we are getting an update on Jacob's Iowa trip! Subjects include:

• Going from hunting Alabama hills to hunting flat Iowa river bottoms
• The caliber of bucks Jacob has been finding
• How paying close attention to tracks helped Jacob locate a giant
• Wind based buck movement

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On this episode Jacob and Andrew detail their recent Alabama public land mountain hunt! Both Andrew & Jacob both tagged great bucks on this trip and in this episode, they break down the tactics they used. Subjects include:

• Trusting the terrain, and how sign factors in
• How rainy, foggy weather influenced where deer traveled
• Doubling down on rut action
• Hunting the windward side rather than the leeward side

and much more!

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Thanks everyone for another great year! To celebrate 2022 we got quite the group together for this one. Guests include Nick Harris & Scott Seales, who you all heard a few weeks ago on the podcast. We also had our great friends JT Watkins and Zach Echols come down as well. In our first episode with Nick and Scott we talked about the "Echols buck", and 165"+ Alabama public land buck that Zach shot a few years ago - we also mentioned that Nick had encounters with that buck the season before. We walk through the story of that buck from both of their perspectives, talk some tacitcs and have a ton of laughs. We promise you wont want to mias this one!

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Today on the show we are coming at you from the cab of Andrew's truck on the way to hunt some mountains in North AL! This is a trip we have had planned for a long time and we recorded this at the halfway point of the trip. Subjects include:

• Learning to read the terrain and how we have seen deer using it
• Nailing down bedding cover in a short amount of time
• Quickly identifying the habitat the deer are sticking to (how-to)
• Going from extreme hunting pressure to minimal
• Several buck encounters we have already had on this trip
• Announcement of a big video project taking place on this hunt

and more!

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Merry Christmas everyone! On this week's outtro we are discussing our experience with chasing tracks and how we plan to apply the tactic in the next few weeks as we chase the rut across Alabama. We then talk about our recent trip wolf-packing some river bottom public land with friend of the show Wes Moye.

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This week we are talking with Travis Lee of Alabama about how he targets specific kinds of tracks to consistently put himself in high odds spots during the rut. Subjects include: 

• An explanation of chasing tracks and what they mean to Travis
• Determining if the chasing tracks you find are from a mature buck
• Key areas that you’ll usually find chasing tracks and why you find them there
• How to use information from chasing tracks to set up in high-odds spots for mature bucks
• How Travis likes to approach calling when he knows there is likely a mature buck within earshot 

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