Can y’all talk bout different types of bedding for different types of weather.. I believe I herd the other day on the podcast of y’all’s someone said “when it’s cold or freezing they’re bedding in grass, wet, rainy, storm they’ll bed in pines. Etc. so was hoping y’all could drive more into that. Love the podcast keep it up fellers. -Alabama
Shot one the same way, he was in a muddy pinch point. Jumped the string, tried turning around, ducked and it hit him right where the spinal cord meets the cranium. Dropped on the spot.
I was super pumped to have my season opener this past Saturday in nc. Had four decent bucks feeding about 30 yds away from my blind. The shot felt perfect and found the arrow which was a complete pass thru with bright red blood. Pulled out and came back a couple of hours later and followed a faint blood trail for 200 yds before it petered out. Grid searched for hours and found nothing. Came back on Sunday and searched for 3 more hours...nothing. needless to say, it left a sour sour taste in my mouth. The guilt has kept me from hunting since the shot.
Had this happen many times. Next time they plug up like that, think water source, or bedding in the general direction they were headed. 90% of the time I find that deer after blood stopped and rarely are they 50-75 yards past last blood.
I hunt Blacktails and Roosevelt elk in the NW Oregon Coast Range; I set up a trail cam and determined the earliest activity there of a dozen or so cow elk, an old 5x5 bull, a younger 5x5 bull and a spike. These 5x5s were 800 lbs. and the spike @600 lbs., average for this sub-species. It was the last day of the 6-day 1-Bull season, right at dawn and I was still-hunting to my ground stand about 100 yards from the logging road until I was 30 feet away from some small firs in front of my stand approach; suddenly I heard what sounded like a stampede, it was the Roosevelt elk herd spooked away about 30 feet from my stand, jumping over the 15' wide creek like it was nothing; the firs and brush was so thick between me and them, I could just hear and see slivers of their movement, so their keen hearing detected my slow and quiet creeping anyway. I wasn't very kind to myself; I only had to get there @30 minutes earlier to have been in the perfect spot. Next year, I guess.
Pre "cell " cams I definitely busted out my target buck one morning and ruined the spot getting in there early morning. He was on my camera 10 min before I got there and he blew and ran off 50 yards from me when I got to my tree an hour before daylight. 🤒🤕. Had him SUPER regular and he was a monster. My first time in and his LAST to daylight was the day before . Killed me
Thats insane to not hunt morning...ive killed all my bucks between 7 and 11 am...crazy...maybe its different down south but here in pa...we get our butts out early n it's definitely definitely!!!...worth it
You should have him on again but with video, let him do a screen share and show maps.
Second this motion
Awesome show guys! I've been out of the game a few years now and am super amped to get back into it
We glad you enjoyed this episode and we hope to get a listener success story from you this fall with you getting back into hunting!
YES a Kentucky one! I just found you guys the other day and I listen to these all day at work
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Can y’all talk bout different types of bedding for different types of weather.. I believe I herd the other day on the podcast of y’all’s someone said “when it’s cold or freezing they’re bedding in grass, wet, rainy, storm they’ll bed in pines. Etc. so was hoping y’all could drive more into that. Love the podcast keep it up fellers. -Alabama
One of the best ever!!!
Great episode! I've had this one saved on a Playlist to listen on repeat before season starts.
Great info like usual!
Glad you liked it!
Shot one the same way, he was in a muddy pinch point. Jumped the string, tried turning around, ducked and it hit him right where the spinal cord meets the cranium. Dropped on the spot.
I was super pumped to have my season opener this past Saturday in nc. Had four decent bucks feeding about 30 yds away from my blind. The shot felt perfect and found the arrow which was a complete pass thru with bright red blood. Pulled out and came back a couple of hours later and followed a faint blood trail for 200 yds before it petered out. Grid searched for hours and found nothing. Came back on Sunday and searched for 3 more hours...nothing. needless to say, it left a sour sour taste in my mouth. The guilt has kept me from hunting since the shot.
Man I hate that! But it happens to the best of us! Had a similar experience on a doe 2 seasons ago
Had this happen many times. Next time they plug up like that, think water source, or bedding in the general direction they were headed. 90% of the time I find that deer after blood stopped and rarely are they 50-75 yards past last blood.
It's the end of February and our hunting season is coming to an end!
Our bucks are still holding Antlers.
I’m in central part of the state we hunting bank head right now I just found big ten points bed I’m gonna try this in morning
I hunt Blacktails and Roosevelt elk in the NW Oregon Coast Range; I set up a trail cam and determined the earliest activity there of a dozen or so cow elk, an old 5x5 bull, a younger 5x5 bull and a spike. These 5x5s were 800 lbs. and the spike @600 lbs., average for this sub-species.
It was the last day of the 6-day 1-Bull season, right at dawn and I was still-hunting to my ground stand about 100 yards from the logging road until I was 30 feet away from some small firs in front of my stand approach; suddenly I heard what sounded like a stampede, it was the Roosevelt elk herd spooked away about 30 feet from my stand, jumping over the 15' wide creek like it was nothing; the firs and brush was so thick between me and them, I could just hear and see slivers of their movement, so their keen hearing detected my slow and quiet creeping anyway. I wasn't very kind to myself; I only had to get there @30 minutes earlier to have been in the perfect spot. Next year, I guess.
They winded you. Can fool their ears and eyes, not their nose.
Pre "cell " cams I definitely busted out my target buck one morning and ruined the spot getting in there early morning. He was on my camera 10 min before I got there and he blew and ran off 50 yards from me when I got to my tree an hour before daylight. 🤒🤕. Had him SUPER regular and he was a monster. My first time in and his LAST to daylight was the day before . Killed me
Thats insane to not hunt morning...ive killed all my bucks between 7 and 11 am...crazy...maybe its different down south but here in pa...we get our butts out early n it's definitely definitely!!!...worth it
Agree. New England bucks, 7 to 10 am is money
How do I listen to ep. 141. Great stuff thank you
This is episode 141 but re-released. So it’s the same conversation
I don’t get the point in trying to “buck out “ ? Whats the issue with passing them up and growing mature bucks 😩🙄
He hit the deer in back the head /neck, and came out under the eye