This week our buddy Jamie Mccay is back on the show to talk all about big woods buck stories with us! Jamie has had an incredible season so far tagging two GREAT bucks in Alabama. In this episode we talk a lot about how Jamie got so good at hunting the big woods, and some of the mistakes he made early on that have led him to his success. 

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536 - Narrowing Down BIG WOODS BUCKS with Jamie Mccay

Your go-to Deer Hunting Podcast! The Southern Outdoorsmen is a show dedicated to diving deep on the topics that will make you a better hunter. We interview guys who are the "real deal", the best hometown deer hunters across the country - the guys who have consistent success deer hunting the same public lands, leases, hunting clubs, or family farms as everyone else. Every Monday we post an episode with fresh tips, tactics and strategies to give you an edge in the woods this fall.

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Wilderness

We are getting back to Q&A submissions this week! After a ~30 minute discussion on Monday's tactic talk and discussions on some proposed hunting regulation changes we hit some listener Q&A's. We answer the following -

Have we used Troy Pottenger's scrape tactics from EP 176, and has it worked?

Access through where the deer are, or where they are going to be? (This relates to one of the BEST things you can do NOW to prep for this fall)

How do you determine when you need to take does off a property?


We also announce our blaze orange hat giveaway winner! Thanks to everyone for the reviews on Apple Podcasts. Also, don't forget our HUNTER'S HANGOUT meeting on Patreon is TONIGHT! We host meetings every other Thursday for our Patreon members where we all hop on a video call and talk hunting!

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583 - One of THE BEST Things You can Do to increase your odds this season!

The Dilla is back! On this episode, we are joined by our good buddy Michael Pike, known to many as "the Dilla" (short for armadillo, because he has turned over every leaf in Alabama looking for big bucks!). We catch up with him on his awesome 2023 season where he tagged out in AL with 3 great bucks, two of which were big 10 points - all on public. Subjects include:

How Michael got severely burned out on deer hunting & then got back into it

The intangible aspect of being good at deer hunting

Why your tactics haven't been working

Listening to the woods (literally) to find deer

Building upon each hunt to increase your odds every time

The best way to plan out-of-state hunts

The camaraderie of having hunting buddies, and how it makes you hunt better


and tons more! It was great catching up and we are sure the dilla will be back on the show throughout the year.

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582 - Let THE WOODS Tell You Where the MATURE BUCKS ARE w/ Michael Pike

We have a great episode for our last turkey podcast of 2024! Andrew was able to tag another longbeard on his club, meanwhile, Jacob's brother Thomas was able to tag out on public! We relive all the hunts on this episode and talked about what made each one successful!

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581 - Andrew's Last Bird Of the Season & THOMAS TAGGING OUT!

This is a HIGHLY requested episode that we have had in the works! In this episode, we go over all the whitetail terminology that you need to know to hunt or scout for whitetail deer. We cover terms for deer hunting in flat land, hill county, and mountains - and we cover terrain terms as well as habitat terms. Some of the terms we cover:

Terrain saddles

Bluff gap 

Bluff

Bench

Creek crossing 

Ridge example in swamps 

Ridge top hub 

High crows foot

Thermal hub / hubs

Oak flat

Sapling thicket 

Oxbow lake / oxbow 

Beaver dam crossings

Compounding habitat edges 

Select cut 

Clearcut / cutover

SMZ

Compounding Terrain features (examples)

Glade

Leeward side of a ridge 

Logging roads / road bed / skidder trail

Ditch/drainage 

Secondary points

Ridge points 


and more! Want more? Here are more videos that go even deeper on some of these terms with map examples:

3 MUST KNOW Deer Funnels - https://youtu.be/YNhIZWd_1UU
FLAT LAND Deer Funnels - https://youtu.be/WN_-5K_pw6M
How to use Slope Angle Shading to Find Deer - https://youtu.be/dUf7GBf8buk
How to Tell if Woods are Thick from a Map - https://youtu.be/Zx2WN-qFkd4
Mountain Hunt Success on Compounding Terrain Features - https://youtu.be/NE5iAeneJ_k

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580 - The ULTIMATE GUIDE to WHITETAIL HUNTING TERMINOLOGY

Jacob called his shot and tagged out last week! He was able to take 4 birds using covert calling tactics he picked up from our interview with Ron "Coach" Watters a few weeks ago. In this episode, we discuss the calling tactics and give some calling demos.

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536 - Narrowing Down BIG WOODS BUCKS with Jamie Mccay

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