The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

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641 - The topo features to focus on for deer, How to not alert deer in loud woods, Scouting new areas | Listener Q&A Dec 05, 2024

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On today's Q&A podcast, we are answering the following:

What are the best/easiest topo features to focus on for deer hunting
How do you not alert deer in woods that are loud to walk through
What is the best way to approach scouting brand new areas

After the Q&A section, we go over the last day of our Kansas hunt and then discuss hunting the beginning part of Alabama's rifle season. We then go over some of our favorite gear picks so far for this season and some need to know tips about technical hunting apparel.

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640 - A simple approach to hunting GIANTS with Travis Murray Dec 02, 2024

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Today we are joined by our buddy Travis Murray of Mississippi to talk about his approach to hunting some of the biggest deer the deep south has to offer! We travled to Travis' home in Mississippi to get a full tour of his trophy room and it is by far the most impressive collection of bucks from the deep south we have ever seen. Travis has killed dozens of bucks over the 130" mark, many of which were taken from the ground with traditional equipment.

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639 - KANSAS HUNT RECAP! We found the bucks! Nov 28, 2024

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Today we are recapping our 2024 Kansas public land deer hunt! We had a great trip and have a ton to talk about with our guests (and cameramen) Seth Johnson and Kaiden Gray. Subjects include:

Our game plan going in
Scouting hard for the first 2 days of the trip
Encounters with some GIANT bucks
Andrew tagged his best buck to date!
Giving rut funnels time to work
Ground hunting in kansas
moving and calling

and a LOT more!

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638 - What happens when you SPOOK A BUCK? GPS Study with Dr. Gino D'Angelo Nov 25, 2024

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If you spook your target buck, will he leave and never come back? Today we answer that question with Dr. Gino D'Angelo of the University of Georgia!

Dr. D'Angelo is a professor of Deer Ecology & Managment at Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at University of Georgia. Throughout his tenure he has been a part of many studies related to whitetail deer, including GPS collar studies across the southeast! In this episode we dive into a question any deer hunter hasx wondered - what happens when you spook a buck? Does he leave the area completely? Will he immediately circle back? Subjects include:

- The decline of whitetail deer in the southern Appalachian mountains

- Why cutting timber means more deer

- Hunting pressure in the mountains vs low country

- how did deer react to heavy dog hunting pressure in one of Dr. D'Angelo's studies?

- How long does it take a buck to return to an area after being spooked by a hunter?

- How much pressure does it take for a deer to abandon their home range?

- How far does a deer run when it is spooked?

and a lot more! If you enjoy this episode, share it with a friend and let us know what questions you have for our next podcast on deer GPS studies!

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637 - Our KANSAS Deer Hunting Game Plan!! Listener Q&A Nov 21, 2024

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Today we are going over our game plan for our Kansas trip! We also cover some listener Q&A submissions:

When is it too late to hunt rut funnels?
The ideal time to hunt scrapes that bucks have been working
How thick is too thick for deer, and should those thick areas be turned into something like a food plot?

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636 - Reading the land to predict BUCK TRAVEL w/ Charlie Klassa Nov 18, 2024

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Today, we are talking with Charlie Klassa, an extremely accomplished traditional bowhunter specializing in hunting big, mature bucks in flat lands and vast swamps! Over the years, Charlie figured out that mature bucks just use the landscape differently than all the other deer and began looking at things differently, allowing him to read the land and predict where mature bucks will travel as compared to all other deer. Subjects:

Hunting mature bucks is like hunting a different species of deer
Tracking bucks through swamps
Finding where bucks hangout in massive areas with an abundance of thick cover
Predicting where a buck will travel, even without trail cams
Are signpost rubs better than scrapes in flat lands?

and much more! If you enjoyed this episode, let us know! And share with a buddy.

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635 - Blood Trailing Misconceptions with Shane Simpson Nov 14, 2024

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Today we are joined by Shane Simpson of Trakr to discuss all things blood trailing! Subjects include:

The things that instantly tell Shane a deer has a non lethal hit
How canine tracking works (the dog is not smelling blood)
How the trakr app came to be, and how to use it
After 2 years of gathering data, do mechanicals or fixed blades have higher odds of recovery on a marginal hit?

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634 - Hunting high rut funnels with Ryan Elders Nov 11, 2024

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Today, we are joined by Ryan Elders, a public land hunter from the mountains of North Carolina! Ryan has honed his craft when it comes to targeting mature bucks on public ground in the big woods, mountain settings that he hunts. Subjects include:

- Finding pockets of where all the deer are living

- Finding high rut funnels

- Staying away from the "night sign"

- How to know if buck sign was made at night

- Dealing with the wind in areas where it ALWAYS swirls

- The woodsmanship lessons he learned from his father and other older hunters

- Why understanding deer behavior is more important than any kind of buck sing

- Focus on food or bedding?

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