The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests

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#230 - How To Effectively E-Scout For The Entire Hunting Season: Tony Peterson From MeatEater's Wired To Hunt Apr 19, 2022

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In today's episode of Trail Cam Radio, we sit down with Tony Peterson of MeatEater's Wired To Hunt to talk everything E-Scouting.

We Cover:

-Where he is putting his summer trail camera sets to collect the most data

-The first thing Tony looks for when scouting for early season

-His favorite places to look for when E-Scouting for a mid-october afternoon hunt

-What terrain and habitat features he keys in on for a potential rut funnel

-The number one thing he looks for when E-Scouting a late season set

#229 - The Number 1 Thing That Hunting Property Owners Do Wrong: Brain and Jared From The Habitat Podcast Apr 12, 2022

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In today's episode of Trail Cam Radio, we are sitting down with Brian and Jared from The Habitat Podcast. We are talking everything habitat management when it comes to managing your property for trophy whitetail bucks. We cover:

-How each of thier fall's went this past season

-The two bucks that jared shot off of his 15 acres in michigan

-The number 1 thing most land owners do that ruins a hunting property

-The pro's and con's of planting giant miscanthus

-How jared used hing cutting to help establish buck bedding on his 15 acre parcel in southern Michigan

And so much more!

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#228 - What Noise Spooks Deer The Most? Trail Camera Study With Dr. Daniel Crawford Apr 05, 2022

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In today's episode of Trail Cam Radio, we are doing something a little bit different. We sit down with Dr. Daniel Crawford to talk about his recent study using trail cameras looking into what noises spook deer the most. We discuss:

-How he first got into the business of deer and deer research

-How he first started the study

-What the objective of the study was

-What noises he played during the study to see how the deer reacted

-Which deer reacted more to which sounds

-How long did it take the deer to calm back down and come back into the bait site

-Why the deer in the study reacted more to wolf sounds than coyote sounds

And so much more!

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#227 - FAVORITE STATE TO HUNT? - Johnny Stewart Public Land Whitetail Hunting Mar 29, 2022

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In today's episode of Trail Cam Radio, we sit down with Johnny Stewart at The Great American Outdoor Show. We Discuss:

-His Brand New Hunting Cabin He built Himself.

-Where he would go for his dream out of state hunt.

-Hunting late season public land in minnesota.

-How he learned to track deer in the snow.

And so much more!

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#226 - The Right DEER SIGN To Look For Post Season Scouting! Greg Litzinger at The Great American Outdoor Show Mar 22, 2022

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On today's episode of Trail Cam Radio, we are sitting down with Greg Litzinger at The Great American Outdoor Show to talk everything post season scouting.

We cover:

-Where he would go if he had to plan a dream whitetail hunt with only five days of hunting.

-What he looks for when post season scouting.

-How he post season scouts for killing a big buck in next years late season.

-What he looks at when e-scouting a new piece of public land.

-His trail camera strategy for big woods public land.

And so much more!

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-https://linktr.ee/TheLandPodcast

-https://bit.ly/TheDeerGearPodcast

#225 - We Lost $7,000 Of Video Equipment In Iowa!!! Plus Our March Madness Bracket Of Whitetail Hunters! Mar 15, 2022

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In today's episode of Trail Cam Radio, We recap out recent trip out to Iowa and pick our 3 whitetial hunters for our March Madness Dream Teams. We Discuss:

-How our trip in Iowa went from Amazing to almost disasterous

-Where in Iowa we plan on hunting when we get drawn

-How one of us is bowhunting Iowa next year with only 2 points

-Each of our top 3 hunters we picked for our whitetail "dream team"

and so much more!

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#224 - Using Big Woods CLEAR CUTS To Kill BIG BUCKS!!! Where Aaron Hepler Finds Hill Country Bucks During The Rut Mar 08, 2022

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In today's episode of Trail Cam Radio, we sit down with Aaron Hepler at The Great American Outdoor Show. We are talking everything big woods bucks in this one. We cover: -Scouting In Hill Country

-How To Use Timber Cuts To Your Advantage

-Where Bucks Spend The Majority Of The Rut In Hill Country

-How He Has Changed His Approach To Bow Hunting Public Land

And So Much More!

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-https://linktr.ee/TheLandPodcast

-https://bit.ly/TheDeerGearPodcast

#223 - He Found 430 SHEDS In 4 YEARS! Iowa Shed Hunting With Emmitt Enyeart! Mar 01, 2022

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In today's episode of Trail Cam Radio, we sit down with Emmitt Enyeart from Extreme Element Outdoors to talk everything shed hunting. Emmitt resides in the whitetail rich state of Iowa, where he finds some absolute monster sheds from the giant whitetail bucks that roam the farms near him. We cover:

-Shed Hunting 101

-How To Properly Look For Sheds

-How He Gets Permission From Farms To Shed Hunt

-Wether He Would Rather Deer Hunt Or Shed Hunt

And So Much More!

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#222: How to Find GIANT BUCKS During The Post Season - Post Season Scouting with Ryan Glitsky Feb 22, 2022

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In today's episode of Trail Cam Radio, we sit down with Ryan Glitsky at the Great American Outdoor Show. Ryan has been a previoud guest on Trail Cam Radio as well as out Youtube Channel.

We talk about:

-What he learned from his 2021-2022 hunting season.

-What he looks for when scouting new areas.

-How to e-scout areas when going somewhere new.

-How to read fresh sign found in Jan/Feb and how it relates to his fall hunting strategy.

-How he used annual trail camera data to kill his PA Buck this year.

-How he determines when to hunt a certain area using long term trail camera data.

And So Much More!

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#221 - Why Are Mobile Hunters So Intense? Greg and Carl From Tetherd Feb 15, 2022

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On today's episode of Trail Cam Radio, we sit down with Greg and Carl from Tetherd at The Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg. We Cover: -Their 2021-2022 hunting season.

-How the competition in the saddle industry has changed/impacted their business.

-Expanding from just offering saddles into sticks and other saddle gear.

-The one mistake they learned that they will never do again.

-The most rewarding aspect of growing Tehtrd.

-The biggest questions they get from first time saddle users.

-Some of the biggest misconceptions about saddle hunting in general.

-The Tetherd Ten.

And so much more!

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