Shout out from Northern KY. This is one of the best episodes I've seen that you all have done. My dad self taught himself woodsmanship. He passed on everything he knew to me, and this is spot on. I use walnuts for scent control all season. Pick them when their green, and soak them in water for a few days. Filter through a coffee filter and fill a spray bottle. Only spray clothes that it doesn't matter if they get stained. It works, I have deer come down wind of me all season long. I learned something new with the moon phase.
I’ve been hunting in SC for years. This episode was fantastic. It was so relatable since most of my hunting has taken place on public and private lands in Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Union and Newberry County. Please have Rick Cope back on again. He is so knowledgeable on hunting in SC. He is also very entertaining. The 2+ hours went by fast.
Rick is a very seasoned-skilled hunter. To be able to consistently take deer in the south is no accident, especially our area of SC. I learned a lot from him personally as a young man just starting out along with some other guys from our church as my father was not a hunter. These guys allowed me to tag along with them and showed me things on how, where and when to hunt. I really enjoyed our old deer camp days down in Chester, SC. If someone is willing to take the time to try and help someone, soak up what they are saying like a sponge. That’s what I did as a young man trying to learn. Now as we are all older and more experienced, we all owe it to the next generation to teach them and show them how we used to have to do it when there was no technology, no social media, very little educational tv and still be successful. You only learn woodsmanship by getting in the woods and trial and error. I feel so many young-new hunters get disappointed or frustrated by what they see on tv these days without knowing that 90% of everything on outdoor television is money driven and just marketing to sell products by personalities, not true hunters. Great podcast! Hope everyone has a great season this year! 🦌
Wow!! What’s Up Johnathan!! Great to hear from you buddy! I had an awesome teacher and after seeing exactly what you said about the frustration of this generation I put together a seminar and SO reach out to me but I wish I could walk in the woods with everyone to learn and experience what we have been blessed to enjoy! Good luck Brother and Great to hear from you buddy!
Great episode. We need a Jonathan Moreland,Scott seals,and Rick cope feed tree bonanza episode!! Holy smokes what a wealth of knowledge keep these bangers rollin y’all
@@revcope6914I promise this episode will help harvest more deer in south East Texas this season. Especially with that new cover scent. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge
Holy smokes guys! This is a great cast that kept me glued to it all the way through. Big thanks to Rick for sharing scent cover secret! Big thanks to you guys for sharing my over looked state of South Carolina on your podcast. Look forward to watching ya'lls 2023'2024 hunting season. Best of luck!!!
I've listened to every deer episode you've put out and been a patreon member for over a year and this is a HOF episode. I wanna see what kind of listener success stories come out of this episode this season.
This was a great episode. Reminds me of Warren Womack and Robert Carter’s talks. I hunt all over Lancaster, Chester, Kershaw, York (live here), Union, and Chesterfield counties along with occasional jaunts across the state, and grew up hunting the suburbs of Charlotte. I’ve targeted feed trees in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Both Carolinas… the tactics work everywhere. There is so much to unpack here I’ll be watching/listening to this several times. Fantastic job fellas. @tradbowpodcast
Man, I am so glad I found out about this podcast! There’s some unbelievable stuff on here… My dad told me about the turpentine years ago and I almost broke down crying man when he said that! My dad died in 2005 and he was one awesome Deer Hunter! He was the best Hunting Buddy I ever ever had. Clifton Denney is my personal friend & mentor & a pro deer guide I know (Andy McGhee) told me Clifton was on here.. so glad I checked yall out!!!
I live in Bedford Indiana and I hunt the Hoosier national Forest around Lake Monroe area. It’s in four different counties up there. There’s pine trees all over that area mixed with hardwoods. Sounds like a good plan. I’ll have to try this if they have it at our CVS!
Here in central North Carolina wake county the deer will walk by a corn 🌽 pile to go eat white oak acorns… I’ve seen them bed beside feed trees and sometimes they will be feeding on acorns in the oddest places and bucks trail these does that know and the bucks sit back and wait until one comes into estrus…they are constantly moving and hard to pattern because they travel from feed tree to feed tree and may be in one block woods today and in another tomorrow and the old does know where to find feed trees and it can be easy or complicated !
Only deer I've killed this season was right beside a feed tree. Had a blown down tree within 30 yards in which the does was bedding in. One time hunting it. One kill
Talking about having deer under you after dark and not climbing down, when I was younger and was really hardcore into bowhunting I would always put some rocks in my pocket before I went to my stand. If I had deer under me at dark and I was ready climb down I would throw rocks at them and run them off that way.
We have plenty of pines here in Arkansas and I’m certain it will work here too. But this hill country has whip my tail and it is taking me two or three years of studying Hillcountry HUNTING… I’m hoping that things change for me this year!
We hope it works for you! Check out or latest two Monday episode with dr. Bronson Strickland on buck bedding and buck movement with GPS data. It’s very fascinating
This podcast was fantastic! I've been hunting public land for multiple years now with no luck. Coming from only hunting private land as a kid, I don't know much. This past weekend, I was out scouting after the morning hunt and jumped some does. Luck has it, there was a large oak tree (not sure what type) dropping acorns. The ground looked like turkeys had been scratching under it. All the turned up leaves were under that tree and only that tree. Found 3 other trees within 100 yards with the same thing under them. I'm going to sit under the one dropping the most acorns this weekend. I think listening to this podcast, learning from Rick, and finding that sign have sold me on finding feed trees. I'm in Ohio, so these tactics might not pertain just to the Southeast. I'm hoping this is the ticket to break my public land curse!
I’m from Lancaster county also. I gotta say we have some some cold killers with a bow. I kill my share with a bow for the last 25 years. 10-15 a year. I know about 8-10 others that hunt just like this. I thought everyone bow hunted like this. I kinda hate he passed this info on. Not being stingy……but we learned the hard way and I wished others did too. Woodsmanship plays a huge part, you gotta watch the wind and be extremely quiet. Nothing but experience will teach you how to read a feed tree. If it’s coming in……red hot….or going out. Don’t know Mr. Cope….but we hunt a lot alike. I only hunt WMA, no bait.
Great to hear from our Hometown and others who have experienced the same success and struggles. Iron sharpens Iron and I hope you have a great season 🦌 and Come by and visit sometime with me at Trinity Baptist in Indian Land 👍🏻 Rev
I’ve used cedar & pine cover scent and if you’re not in cedar thicket or pine thicket with either then any deer recognize a foreign smell in their living room that’s not normally there and it puts deer on edge and makes them skiddish and blow etc . The best cover scent is no scent …
Lol the mom and pop pharmacy I went to in lake Charles did the same thing, but they had a display of an old medicine cabinet and there was a bottle from the 40s in there. Amazon hooked me up though
I watched the episode and loved it. But, every time they said "good moon" or "bad moon" or "when the moon is right" I was yelling at the TV "What does that mean? What is a GOOD moon?!" I wish they had been clear on what he meant (Some of us watching are beginners). Needless to say, I have a copy of Moonstruck on the way... @revcope6914
My papa taught me when I was young to use baking soda fresh keep it in a Ziploc bag after u open it dont use the one u had in the fridge. Put 2 table spoons in a 24oz spray bottle that has never had chemicals in it and add either green pine needles or green cedar needles depending on the woods ur hunting in. Then fill the spray bottle with hot water and spray everything ur bow and release, ur pack, climber, ur clothes, everything going in the woods with u. Take some of the cedar or pine needles rub it on the brim of ur hat where u sweat, rub it under ur arms, and rub some on the sides and bottom of ur boots very important the main way ur leaving scent behind in the woods is the bottom of ur boot with every step u take
No need to water it down Like I mentioned it doesn’t take a lot it’s very strong and as long as your clothes are clean it will over power your scent 👍🏻 Good luck Rick Cope “rev” 🦌
A spray bottle will gum up on you You probably can water it down I’ve never tried it I just don’t use a ton of it at a time it’s strong so you don’t need much good luck!
I have spooked deer off of acorns walking in and had them come back within an hour of setting up. They can’t stand it. The drive to feed on those acorns overcomes their fear of being killed.
I hunt feed trees in eastern Ky. Big white/red oaks in ridges and big flats. Never paid much attention to moon phase. I notice I have bumped deer before in early mornings trying to get in there early
This was a really fun conversation! My only feedback would be that this *feels* like it's mostly beneficial for folks hunting private land. And the reason I say that is because hunter preasure really wasn't ever discussed aside from the preasure that you would apply getting into/down from a stand with deer around. Focusing on feed trees is probably fantastic on private land with limited hunter preasure, but anyone who consistently hunts public land can tell you those deer avoid fees trees like the plague after the first week or two of the season during daylight because there's already been 5 different people hunting them lol. Even if you're hunting them opening day, 10 other guys walked through there over the last 2 weeks scouting 😅. On preasured public, you have to take a gamble and try to hunt their route, not their destination imo. Still, great episode with a lot of good perspective.
This absolutely does work on WMA’s. I hunt like this for the most part, but on WMA you have to add in a few more elements. You kinda have to develop an ideal on how other hunters enter and exit the WMA. The deer there have learned to adapt to human intrusion. I have watched deer stand completely still and let people walk by, if they stop and point, the deer bust out. I cannot tell you how many good bucks I’ve killed on WMA after 10 am. The very best way to kill deer is to scout or squirrel hunt after deer season and heck out those places that still appear to be a thicket late season. Walk the creeks to find the serious crossings because those are often escape routes. The good bucks can be caught going from thicket to thicket ( bedding areas) to find the dies. You have to. Put boots on the ground or rely on luck. I like to walk.
@dwhunter8904 respectfully, I think you missed my point. I wasn't claiming that you can't kill bucks on public. I completely agree with the approach you noted - I do a lot of the same. I was specifically talking about the conversation focusing on feed trees. You can't reliably hunt feed trees on public for more than a day or two. After that, the preasure keeps the bucks in bedding areas or private. That's not even really debatable and it's basically what you were pointing out I your reply. But again, not what my reply was about 🤙
@@matthewdefee171 Sorry I couldn’t explain it better. I hunt feed trees WMA in Sc on WMA. I usually kil 2 decent to good bucks each year and my buddies do also. The deer act and react different but the same principles apply. Good luck this year. Red oaks tend to drop first, then water or pin oaks then white oaks here in Lancaster.
Man I was stationed in Charleston from 94-98…used to hunt hell hole swamp in Frances Marion national forest…he isn’t lying about the woods…good thing was there was a lot stumps to climb if ya get in trouble with the hogs. Lol
has anybody noticed how the does seem to always know your there? I truly believe when shes harrassed by bucks and that she will lure him near the hunter hoping it will get the buck to stop harrassing, as long as she knows your there even tho she never came close to your stand before ....
So the seminar was 2 years ago and it’s no longer on our live link Sorry but we may do A follow up session with several others who have proven this system
I cant seem to find the turpentine in stores anywhere and had to order it. Did I hear him say he would burn a pinecone and use that if he didn't have any of the turpentine?
Humco Turpentine is the brand It won’t be on the shelf but the pharmacist at CVS can order it in as well Amazon has it all day I can rip off young pine needles not cones Rub them together in my hands till hot and you can smell it Then rub my hands all over my clothes and hat But Amazon is a fast solution 👍🏻🦌 Good Luck!
@@revcope6914I had a pharmacist order a bottle for me. It’s the Humco turpentine “pure gum spirits”. Also says that it’s a solvent for removing paint and wax. Do I have the right stuff?
Can someone post the exact bottle of turpentine he’s talking about? I went to my local Walgreens and asked them and they looked at me like I was crazy 😂
@@revcope6914thanks a mil from south Louisiana for taking the time to do this! I hunt some piney areas where scent cover is a huge benefit. I got some pure pine gum turpentine from Etsy that was made from someone in the US to try and support the small batch craft. Do you think the brand would make a difference or should I be good? I bought the book as well, you sold me!
@@revcope6914 Thanks Rev! Fantastic Podcast. I'm in Greenville and it's great seeing someone from SC having such success. I have watched this episode so many times this week, my wife and kids now know your voice.
Don’t think so he never mention him but I’m going to look him up👍🏻 A lot of his tactics came from men before his time handed down from generation to generation. I’m just fortunate that I was in that line before it vanished away into technology. Have a blessed season 🦌 Rev
Fast talking preachers and feed trees...One thing he left out. You have to have the white oaks where you hunt. And not only then they have to drop acorns. The largest white oaks I ever had on a deer lease, never dropped any acorns. A whole creek branch of white oaks...never dropped ANY acorns in 10 years. I would check them in September through December and I had a stand set for them. Never dropped. This is in NC. They are unpredictable. Ones that produce can drop anywhere from Sept to Dec. That's a world of difference. The preacher man has all the access. He fast talks onto many properties. If you noticed the trees he is talking about drop in Sept. Before the rut, before the pressure. Sure if you have 20 properties you can find those trees, but just like that creek branch I had...never dropped. A buddy of mine bought 100 acres in upstate SC and I finally went down after him asking me to hunt it. I sat on the ground on a gas line right away in the early morning dark, never been there before and started seeing deer as soon as it got light. Saw about 20. Why...They where on acorns. It was December. I didn't even know there were oaks there. When I went down and looked where they crossed then I knew why. His oaks dropped last year in December. Now I explained to him they could drop in Sept this year, Oct, Nov...or never again.
It’s a very strong scent and one they smell everyday since they are born Remember whatever you can smell is 100 times stronger to them so it mask human scent To a minimum
If you listen close I said Me and my friend He films I shoot I film he shoots Yes 22 in one year and that’s 11 each but If you go to the low country of our state their limits are even more liberal than ours not that I’m for or against it Hope that clarifies the statement
Oh and may I add During that time I think I said our bag limits were 13 deer a year per license holder and during that time in the late 80 90s The low country of SC had no bag limits at all
If I did what I meant was I did the scouting found the deer and between what I put him on and what I shot it was 22 but I failed to mention we had an over population of doe and we were thinning the heard down and there were only if I remember about 6 bucks taken in that year between us. My point is that the system will put you on the deer if applied correctly but yes if I were pulling the trigger and I did not take him yes I could have taken at 10 -15 yards under the stand myself Have a blessed season 🦌🦌🦌
Shout out from Northern KY. This is one of the best episodes I've seen that you all have done. My dad self taught himself woodsmanship. He passed on everything he knew to me, and this is spot on. I use walnuts for scent control all season. Pick them when their green, and soak them in water for a few days. Filter through a coffee filter and fill a spray bottle. Only spray clothes that it doesn't matter if they get stained. It works, I have deer come down wind of me all season long. I learned something new with the moon phase.
Watching this for the fourth time and still laughing out loud.
Fantastic video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have more fun in my sleep than most people alive 🤣
Good luck in 2024 🦌 👍🏻💯
I’ve been hunting in SC for years. This episode was fantastic. It was so relatable since most of my hunting has taken place on public and private lands in Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Union and Newberry County. Please have Rick Cope back on again. He is so knowledgeable on hunting in SC. He is also very entertaining. The 2+ hours went by fast.
We are glad you enjoyed it! Please share the episode if you don’t mind.
Rick is a very seasoned-skilled hunter. To be able to consistently take deer in the south is no accident, especially our area of SC. I learned a lot from him personally as a young man just starting out along with some other guys from our church as my father was not a hunter. These guys allowed me to tag along with them and showed me things on how, where and when to hunt. I really enjoyed our old deer camp days down in Chester, SC. If someone is willing to take the time to try and help someone, soak up what they are saying like a sponge. That’s what I did as a young man trying to learn. Now as we are all older and more experienced, we all owe it to the next generation to teach them and show them how we used to have to do it when there was no technology, no social media, very little educational tv and still be successful. You only learn woodsmanship by getting in the woods and trial and error. I feel so many young-new hunters get disappointed or frustrated by what they see on tv these days without knowing that 90% of everything on outdoor television is money driven and just marketing to sell products by personalities, not true hunters. Great podcast! Hope everyone has a great season this year! 🦌
Wow!!
What’s Up Johnathan!!
Great to hear from you buddy! I had an awesome teacher and after seeing exactly what you said about the frustration of this generation I put together a seminar and SO reach out to me but I wish I could walk in the woods with everyone to learn and experience what we have been blessed to enjoy!
Good luck Brother and
Great to hear from you buddy!
My favorite episode so far. 🦌🦌🦌
Great episode. We need a Jonathan Moreland,Scott seals,and Rick cope feed tree bonanza episode!! Holy smokes what a wealth of knowledge keep these bangers rollin y’all
Would love to meet those guys 👍🏻
@@revcope6914I promise this episode will help harvest more deer in south East Texas this season. Especially with that new cover scent. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge
Bro Rick appreciate all the great tips! God bless you sir! From Sumter County
Thanks for watching!
Yes sir brother!
Enjoy the talk
God bless and keep us posted on your success 🦌👍🏻🙏🏻
This was the most useful hunting podcast I’ve heard all year, much love for Rick & you guys from central NC!
Thank you friend!
Hope this helps a little
Keep us posted on your success and Merry Christmas! 🦌
Rick Cope
“rev”
What a top notch episode! 👌
Hands down best hunting episode I’ve EVER seen!! thank you guys for this!! Top notch knowledge right here
Thank you my friend
Honored to be with SO
Good luck this year 🦌
Holy smokes guys! This is a great cast that kept me glued to it all the way through. Big thanks to Rick for sharing scent cover secret! Big thanks to you guys for sharing my over looked state of South Carolina on your podcast. Look forward to watching ya'lls 2023'2024 hunting season. Best of luck!!!
We are glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and listening!
Thank you hope it’s a little helpful to you this Season 👍🏻🦌
Best of Luck Rev
East Texas boy here. Amazing podcast. Lots of great information. I will definitely be trying these tactics this deer season.
Let us know how this works in Tx
I’ve never hunted there but would love to so I look forward to hearing the results good or bad
Rev
What a great podcast, I love his energy and I can’t wait to try this new trick.
We are glad you enjoyed Rick’s episode!
awesome information !! we hunt the same way here in georgia but just now learning the moon thank you for sharing !!
Glad it was helpful!
The entertainment alone was worth the watch
This guy(Rick) blows my mind
I've listened to every deer episode you've put out and been a patreon member for over a year and this is a HOF episode. I wanna see what kind of listener success stories come out of this episode this season.
We appreciate your support brother! Glad you enjoyed the episode. Please share the show if you don’t mind!
Thank you my friend
and good luck to you this year!
SO are great host and I thoroughly enjoyed being with you all 🦌
@@revcope6914can I ask what moon guide you look at is there a particular app that tells you? Or are you looking at the phases?
This was a great episode. Reminds me of Warren Womack and Robert Carter’s talks. I hunt all over Lancaster, Chester, Kershaw, York (live here), Union, and Chesterfield counties along with occasional jaunts across the state, and grew up hunting the suburbs of Charlotte. I’ve targeted feed trees in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Both Carolinas… the tactics work everywhere. There is so much to unpack here I’ll be watching/listening to this several times. Fantastic job fellas.
@tradbowpodcast
Good to hear from our hometown boys 👍🏻
Thank you and good luck this season
Warren Womack is the best bowhunter of his time period
@@revcope6914 good luck to you as well!
I was hunting in middle GA during that 89’ bow season. It poured bc o those storms that bow season. It was my second or third deer season.
Man, I am so glad I found out about this podcast! There’s some unbelievable stuff on here… My dad told me about the turpentine years ago and I almost broke down crying man when he said that! My dad died in 2005 and he was one awesome Deer Hunter! He was the best Hunting Buddy I ever ever had.
Clifton Denney is my personal friend & mentor & a pro deer guide I know (Andy McGhee) told me Clifton was on here.. so glad I checked yall out!!!
I think this guy could almost talk me into going to church on sunday..Almost lol great podcast guys.
Glad you enjoyed it man!
I live in Bedford Indiana and I hunt the Hoosier national Forest around Lake Monroe area. It’s in four different counties up there. There’s pine trees all over that area mixed with hardwoods. Sounds like a good plan. I’ll have to try this if they have it at our CVS!
Here in central North Carolina wake county the deer will walk by a corn 🌽 pile to go eat white oak acorns… I’ve seen them bed beside feed trees and sometimes they will be feeding on acorns in the oddest places and bucks trail these does that know and the bucks sit back and wait until one comes into estrus…they are constantly moving and hard to pattern because they travel from feed tree to feed tree and may be in one block woods today and in another tomorrow and the old does know where to find feed trees and it can be easy or complicated !
Only deer I've killed this season was right beside a feed tree. Had a blown down tree within 30 yards in which the does was bedding in. One time hunting it. One kill
Talking about having deer under you after dark and not climbing down, when I was younger and was really hardcore into bowhunting I would always put some rocks in my pocket before I went to my stand. If I had deer under me at dark and I was ready climb down I would throw rocks at them and run them off that way.
Great episode, shout out from game zone 3 in SC. Aiken area, this gets me so hyped to go get in a tree!
We are glad you enjoyed this episode! Make sure you check out some of our other episode because we are sure there are some you’ll enjoy!
We have plenty of pines here in Arkansas and I’m certain it will work here too. But this hill country has whip my tail and it is taking me two or three years of studying Hillcountry HUNTING… I’m hoping that things change for me this year!
We hope it works for you! Check out or latest two Monday episode with dr. Bronson Strickland on buck bedding and buck movement with GPS data. It’s very fascinating
This dude is convincing .. Great sense of humor !
Glad you enjoyed the episode!
Just sharing what works for us and Glad you Enjoyed it 👍🏻
Rick Cope
“ Rev “
@@revcope6914 yes sir ... good stuff and thanks.
This podcast was fantastic! I've been hunting public land for multiple years now with no luck. Coming from only hunting private land as a kid, I don't know much. This past weekend, I was out scouting after the morning hunt and jumped some does. Luck has it, there was a large oak tree (not sure what type) dropping acorns. The ground looked like turkeys had been scratching under it. All the turned up leaves were under that tree and only that tree. Found 3 other trees within 100 yards with the same thing under them. I'm going to sit under the one dropping the most acorns this weekend. I think listening to this podcast, learning from Rick, and finding that sign have sold me on finding feed trees. I'm in Ohio, so these tactics might not pertain just to the Southeast. I'm hoping this is the ticket to break my public land curse!
Give us an update how you do and if you kill one please submit a listener success story on our website! Good luck!
@thesouthernoutdoorsmen Thanks! Will do! I thought I already was, but I made sure I am now subscribed to the channel.
I’m from Lancaster county also. I gotta say we have some some cold killers with a bow. I kill my share with a bow for the last 25 years. 10-15 a year. I know about 8-10 others that hunt just like this. I thought everyone bow hunted like this. I kinda hate he passed this info on. Not being stingy……but we learned the hard way and I wished others did too. Woodsmanship plays a huge part, you gotta watch the wind and be extremely quiet. Nothing but experience will teach you how to read a feed tree. If it’s coming in……red hot….or going out. Don’t know Mr. Cope….but we hunt a lot alike. I only hunt WMA, no bait.
Great to hear from our Hometown and others who have experienced the same success and struggles.
Iron sharpens Iron and I hope you have a great season 🦌 and
Come by and visit sometime with me at Trinity Baptist in Indian Land 👍🏻
Rev
Man, this was a good one. Best episode since Glen Solomon! 👍🏻
Being from SC this was a great podcast! Very Informative....really enjoy the SOP 💪
Glad you enjoyed it! Love the feedback
Great episode hour 1/2 north west of Charlotte NC
Arkansas here been rubbing pine on me since my pawpaw told me years ago to , works 💯
Being from SC this was an awesome podcast!
Y’all should get Sonny on.
I’ve used cedar & pine cover scent and if you’re not in cedar thicket or pine thicket with either then any deer recognize a foreign smell in their living room that’s not normally there and it puts deer on edge and makes them skiddish and blow etc . The best cover scent is no scent …
Just wanted to say that the CVS here in Louisiana looked at me like I was crazy when I asked about turpentine.
Lol the mom and pop pharmacy I went to in lake Charles did the same thing, but they had a display of an old medicine cabinet and there was a bottle from the 40s in there. Amazon hooked me up though
Thanks for sharing your expertise. Great episode
So what’s the best moon phase to hunt? And what’s the best way to track it?
I’m looking for a crescent 🌙 moon phase going from or coming into a new moon
This moon phase is only about 4 days in a week every 2 weeks
Thank you for the feed back! Hope you have a great season.
thanks for the help. I'm going to try these strategies in E TX timber county. I found some fresh cut overs.
Awesome information! Never been one to go by moon phases. Just went hunting. So this year in October the 16th-19th would be prime time?
I watched the episode and loved it. But, every time they said "good moon" or "bad moon" or "when the moon is right" I was yelling at the TV "What does that mean? What is a GOOD moon?!" I wish they had been clear on what he meant (Some of us watching are beginners). Needless to say, I have a copy of Moonstruck on the way... @revcope6914
This was such great content!! Thank you
My papa taught me when I was young to use baking soda fresh keep it in a Ziploc bag after u open it dont use the one u had in the fridge. Put 2 table spoons in a 24oz spray bottle that has never had chemicals in it and add either green pine needles or green cedar needles depending on the woods ur hunting in. Then fill the spray bottle with hot water and spray everything ur bow and release, ur pack, climber, ur clothes, everything going in the woods with u. Take some of the cedar or pine needles rub it on the brim of ur hat where u sweat, rub it under ur arms, and rub some on the sides and bottom of ur boots very important the main way ur leaving scent behind in the woods is the bottom of ur boot with every step u take
So do you water this turpentine down any, three or 4 sprays (small glass bottle spray with pump top)and I’m feeling like i may be over killing it
No need to water it down
Like I mentioned it doesn’t take a lot it’s very strong and as long as your clothes are clean it will over power your scent 👍🏻
Good luck
Rick Cope
“rev” 🦌
A spray bottle will gum up on you You probably can water it down I’ve never tried it I just don’t use a ton of it at a time it’s strong so you don’t need much good luck!
I have spooked deer off of acorns walking in and had them come back within an hour of setting up. They can’t stand it. The drive to feed on those acorns overcomes their fear of being killed.
I hunt softwood river bottom..I wish I had a few acorn trees.
Amazing!! Trying this in Maryland
Thank you !
I hunt feed trees in eastern Ky. Big white/red oaks in ridges and big flats. Never paid much attention to moon phase. I notice I have bumped deer before in early mornings trying to get in there early
Great stuff u guys rule 👏
This was a really fun conversation! My only feedback would be that this *feels* like it's mostly beneficial for folks hunting private land. And the reason I say that is because hunter preasure really wasn't ever discussed aside from the preasure that you would apply getting into/down from a stand with deer around. Focusing on feed trees is probably fantastic on private land with limited hunter preasure, but anyone who consistently hunts public land can tell you those deer avoid fees trees like the plague after the first week or two of the season during daylight because there's already been 5 different people hunting them lol. Even if you're hunting them opening day, 10 other guys walked through there over the last 2 weeks scouting 😅. On preasured public, you have to take a gamble and try to hunt their route, not their destination imo. Still, great episode with a lot of good perspective.
You will really like Mondays episode then! Thank you for the feedback and you make valid points!
@thesouthernoutdoorsmen looking forward to it, guys!
This absolutely does work on WMA’s. I hunt like this for the most part, but on WMA you have to add in a few more elements. You kinda have to develop an ideal on how other hunters enter and exit the WMA. The deer there have learned to adapt to human intrusion. I have watched deer stand completely still and let people walk by, if they stop and point, the deer bust out. I cannot tell you how many good bucks I’ve killed on WMA after 10 am. The very best way to kill deer is to scout or squirrel hunt after deer season and heck out those places that still appear to be a thicket late season. Walk the creeks to find the serious crossings because those are often escape routes. The good bucks can be caught going from thicket to thicket ( bedding areas) to find the dies. You have to. Put boots on the ground or rely on luck. I like to walk.
@dwhunter8904 respectfully, I think you missed my point. I wasn't claiming that you can't kill bucks on public. I completely agree with the approach you noted - I do a lot of the same. I was specifically talking about the conversation focusing on feed trees. You can't reliably hunt feed trees on public for more than a day or two. After that, the preasure keeps the bucks in bedding areas or private. That's not even really debatable and it's basically what you were pointing out I your reply. But again, not what my reply was about 🤙
@@matthewdefee171 Sorry I couldn’t explain it better. I hunt feed trees WMA in Sc on WMA. I usually kil 2 decent to good bucks each year and my buddies do also. The deer act and react different but the same principles apply. Good luck this year. Red oaks tend to drop first, then water or pin oaks then white oaks here in Lancaster.
Great episode
What’s Ricks TH-cam channel ???
This was a real eye opener
Gotta try some of this in NC
I hunt some of the same woods he is talking about. Maybe well run across each other some day. Great podcast!
How do you figure out the moon position. Over head or under foot? Do yall have an app that shows it?
Man I was stationed in Charleston from 94-98…used to hunt hell hole swamp in Frances Marion national forest…he isn’t lying about the woods…good thing was there was a lot stumps to climb if ya get in trouble with the hogs. Lol
I hunt 20 minutes south of sylacauga Al. In coosa county. It was cool to hear a sylacauga shout out
What a great show!
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Any advice tips tricks Ouachita mountains (saline county hot spring county) Arkansas?
I’m epileptic and when alone cannot hunt elevated stands, I must hunt from a ground blind. Any tips, tricks, or product advice?
Great episode! Any thoughts about the turpentine in more northern states like PA or NY?
It would be worth trying in our opinion
Not as familiar with that region of the country but I would try it using it sparingly to start to see how they react to it
Good luck 👍🏻
Thank you. I’ll give it a shot and let you know.
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Were you able to give it a try??
I live in Virginia. Looks like it’s going to be an Amazon product for me not available locally.
Great episode!
Tons of great information
Glad it was helpful!
has anybody noticed how the does seem to always know your there? I truly believe when shes harrassed by bucks and that she will lure him near the hunter hoping it will get the buck to stop harrassing, as long as she knows your there even tho she never came close to your stand before ....
How does the cover scent work for hogs?
Dude !!! Fantastic Episode !!
Just hoping the pharmacy doesn’t sell out of this magic potion 😂
We are glad you enjoyed this episode!
What state allows you to bag 7-8 bucks? Tijuana, USA?
Where can I find the seminar?
So the seminar was 2 years ago and it’s no longer on our live link
Sorry but we may do
A follow up session with several others who have proven this system
@@revcope6914 awesome! I’m definitely going to put your system into practice.
@revcope6914 Good podcast brother. I need to dust off my bow this year and get in them woods.
Hey My Brother !
We may do some walking 🦌 together!
Glad you found this
Great guys here @ SO
Get that Bow out!
So relevant to hunting Arkansas 😅
My grandpa used turpentine as a cover scent when I was a kid fifty years ago
I have a witness! 👍🏻
Great to here because it’s an old school secret many have never heard of
Good luck this season
Adam hays is now the owner of the moon guide. He took over after Jeff passed.
I cant seem to find the turpentine in stores anywhere and had to order it. Did I hear him say he would burn a pinecone and use that if he didn't have any of the turpentine?
Humco Turpentine is the brand
It won’t be on the shelf but the pharmacist at CVS can order it in as well Amazon has it all day
I can rip off
young pine needles not cones
Rub them together in my hands till hot and you can smell it
Then rub my hands all over my clothes and hat
But Amazon is a fast solution 👍🏻🦌
Good Luck!
@@revcope6914I had a pharmacist order a bottle for me. It’s the Humco turpentine “pure gum spirits”. Also says that it’s a solvent for removing paint and wax. Do I have the right stuff?
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Thank you very much.
You should think about doing hunting videos for your retirement.
Great video.
What church do you Pastor? Im down in Lancaster SC
Trinity Baptist in Indian Land / Van wyck
I believe he is the pastor at Trinity Baptist.
Beat me to it while I was typing 😂
Love it
What’s the cover scent called ???
Pure Gum Spirts Turpentine
Can someone post the exact bottle of turpentine he’s talking about? I went to my local Walgreens and asked them and they looked at me like I was crazy 😂
I buy at CVS so they may have to order it 👍🏻
Humco Amazon has it as well
@@revcope6914thanks a mil from south Louisiana for taking the time to do this! I hunt some piney areas where scent cover is a huge benefit. I got some pure pine gum turpentine from Etsy that was made from someone in the US to try and support the small batch craft. Do you think the brand would make a difference or should I be good? I bought the book as well, you sold me!
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So what i heard was… put out corn and persimmons under white oak trees
Did he 100% confirm if he's climbing the primary feed tree, or, is he climbing an adjacent tree?
When I can I’m in the tree falling but if not I’m as close as possible 👍🏻
Good luck this year ! 🦌
@@revcope6914 Thanks Rev! Fantastic Podcast. I'm in Greenville and it's great seeing someone from SC having such success. I have watched this episode so many times this week, my wife and kids now know your voice.
Man that’s awesome
My in laws live there and many friends
You ever this way look me up
Trinity Baptist Indian Land SC 👍🏻
Sunny must have hunted with Warren wollmack they have the same tactics
Don’t think so he never mention him but I’m going to look him up👍🏻
A lot of his tactics came from men before his time handed down from generation to generation. I’m just fortunate that I was in that line before it vanished away into technology.
Have a blessed season 🦌
Rev
I went to CVS and couldn’t get the scent, need help 😂
Update I went on down to read the other comments and you can buy the turpentine off of Amazon
Fast talking preachers and feed trees...One thing he left out. You have to have the white oaks where you hunt. And not only then they have to drop acorns. The largest white oaks I ever had on a deer lease, never dropped any acorns. A whole creek branch of white oaks...never dropped ANY acorns in 10 years. I would check them in September through December and I had a stand set for them. Never dropped. This is in NC. They are unpredictable. Ones that produce can drop anywhere from Sept to Dec. That's a world of difference. The preacher man has all the access. He fast talks onto many properties. If you noticed the trees he is talking about drop in Sept. Before the rut, before the pressure. Sure if you have 20 properties you can find those trees, but just like that creek branch I had...never dropped. A buddy of mine bought 100 acres in upstate SC and I finally went down after him asking me to hunt it. I sat on the ground on a gas line right away in the early morning dark, never been there before and started seeing deer as soon as it got light. Saw about 20. Why...They where on acorns. It was December. I didn't even know there were oaks there. When I went down and looked where they crossed then I knew why. His oaks dropped last year in December. Now I explained to him they could drop in Sept this year, Oct, Nov...or never again.
I just can't understand how the turpentine gets rid of human scent. I have a hard time believing a deer nose can't pull that human scent out.
It’s a very strong scent and one they smell everyday since they are born
Remember whatever you can smell is 100 times stronger to them so it mask human scent
To a minimum
@@revcope6914 So you're saying the scent is so strong they can't (or have difficulty) discerning the human scent that is mixed in it.
Well, for $7, what do I have to lose? You can bet I'll try it. Thanks for letting us know.
Im against baiting. Its unethical. One for goes the entire experience when baiting.
I just found the book on Amazon for $112.00. NOPE!!!
Hope this helps 🦌
Hey I found the book online for $24.99 plus $5 for shipping just google it
22 deer in a year? There ain't no limit in South Carolina. This pastor might need to repent about them TALL TALES lol or he's a serious outlaw.
If you listen close I said
Me and my friend
He films I shoot
I film he shoots
Yes 22 in one year and that’s 11 each but
If you go to the low country of our state their limits are even more liberal than ours
not that I’m for or against it
Hope that clarifies the statement
Oh and may I add
During that time I think I said our bag limits were
13 deer a year per license holder
and during that time in the late 80 90s
The low country of SC had no bag limits at all
@@revcope6914 oh I'll have to listen closer about you & your buddy, I for sure thought I heard you say you killed 22 in one year. Guess I missed that.
If I did what I meant was I did the scouting found the deer and between what I put him on and what I shot it was 22
but I failed to mention we had an over population of doe and we were thinning the heard down and there were only if I remember about 6 bucks taken in that year between us.
My point is that the system will put you on the deer if applied correctly but yes if I were pulling the trigger and I did not take him yes I could have taken at 10 -15 yards under the stand myself
Have a blessed season 🦌🦌🦌
@@revcope6914 I am Charleston native and 50. Yes sir no limit on bucks and longest running rifle season back then. Thanks Rick and bless you!
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