Last Breath Huntcast

During this episode Garrett talks about his hunt for Hershey’s - a one eyed warrior buck that is very mature. This buck has been on one of his leases ever since he picked it up 4 years ago. And even though this buck won't break any record books, he was #1 for Garrett. He also covers the ups and downs of his rutcation back in November. Thanks for listening! Don't Waste It! 

During this episode, Garrett sits down to catch up with Wayne Tompkins from Tompkins Taxidermy in Muscatine Iowa. Wayne is a top-quality taxidermist in eastern Iowa/Western Illinois. If you have a deer you want to preserve forever, give him and his full time apprentice, Mike, a call!

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Buck down on the new farm! This week, we break down the hunt for a buck called "Mr. Beem" and how Grant killed him on October 28th. Using a different path of access to and from the stand, morning thermals, scrape hunting strategies, and a little luck are what we talk about on this episode. Since buying the new farm in February, I have been able to get quite a few big bucks on trailcamera, and this was one of the home bodies of the farm I have known since the summertime. 

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Ep.166: Hunting Data Breakdown!! // What we can learn from Harvest Reports!

Have you every looked at your state report for deer harvests? This week, we do just that, and cover the 12 page Illinois harvest report to answer questions like: when is the best day to bowhunt of the year? What are trends with compound bow usage? What season is the most deadly for firearm? How did the youth hunters do? What age and sex were the deer killed in Illinois last year? This is a very interesting episode, especially if you are from the midwest!

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HUNTROVERSY!!! This week, we discuss October hunting myths! Is the "October Lull" a real thing?! Should you judge a buck's age in October? If so, when? These and other questions we tackle this week using some past experiences to guide the conversation, and explain how we feel the way we do! Thank you for listening, you guys are awesome! Please make sure you give Wayne Tompkins a call if you shoot the buck you are after this fall. 

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October Lull Hunting // Tips and Tactics for Being a Better Hunter! Have you ever encountered a buck or killed your target buck in October? If you have, you know there are a few factors to take into consider. In this episode, we cover our strategies and what we are doing day by day during late October to put an arrow in our #1 buck, and hopefully take him out of the field. Scrape hunting, stand movement, trailcamera strategies all play a big part in this. 

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How to Kill Bucks Using a Decoy // Tips and Tactics for Being a Better Hunter! In this episode, we break down the pros and cons of using a buck decoy to hunt! In the past, we have killed quite a few bucks using this method, and we wanted to share everything we have learned about this hunting strategy with you. How to play the wind while using a decoy, ground scent, using topography to conceal a buck decoy, and ultimately when to stop a deer and draw your bow! This is one of our favorite strategies to use for hunting bucks!

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SCRAPES! Types, Size, Locations // Tips and Tactics for Being a Better Hunter! In this episode, we cover mock scrapes, scrape lines, domainance scrapes, territorial scraps, and everything we have learned from all of the bucks we've killed to making an effective scrape strategy. This is a hunting tactic that we LOVE using, and has gotten us in front of some nice bucks over the past 15 years we've been using this strategy! We love hunting using mock scrapes, and we think this is everything you need to know about creating an effective scrape for whitetail hunting!

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Stand and Blind Hunting Setups // Tips and Tactics for Being a Better Hunter. In this episode, we break down all of the small things we believe go into positioning a ground blind, or hanging a deer stand for the season that make a big difference. We have learned quite a few things while hunting over the past handful of years like: planting to the position of a blind, hanging the perfect deer stand, and why it is important to be able to react to sign quickly during the hunting season. Hopefully, this episode will make you a more efficient whitetail hunter this fall!

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We are covering our hitlist for the 2022 hunting season! We cover the deer on each farm and when we believe we are going to get an encounter with each deer. Hopefully, we can listen to this podcast again after the hunting season and find out if we were right. Our trailcameras have been performing very well lately, and we are getting more velvet pictures of bucks than we ever have. In a few weeks, we will be bowhunting in Illinois! Good luck to everyone who's season has already begun!

If you have a Huntroversy you would like us to cover, please let us know! We will see you next week, on Monday morning for another new episode!