Ep. 22 Bottomland Bucks! Land Smathers is no stranger to the river bottoms of Mississippi. The terrain is monotnous, miserable at times, and locating and patterning bucks seems to be a touch harder than somewhere with a bit of topo. Throughout this episode we cover.....

-Bottomland terrain and how it changes from year to year.

-Big Buck sign and where its typically found

-What food sources the deer key in on this time of year

-Ground hunting (the good and bad)

-Access to stay hidden in flatland

-Travel routes and lowland funnels

-Water access

-Taking kids hunting. The Do's and Do NOTS

This one has been a long time coming! I've always looked up to Jake since I've got to know him well and this was a great conversation to say the least. Jake Bush is known for killing big bucks early, and efficiently. He also decided in the last year or so hit the breaks and to take a step back from both his podcast (Latitude in session) and the realm of the hunting world in the social media aspect. Becoming both a husband, and father of two great kiddos, he's had to change his approach on tackling his whitetail season start to finish going forward. I hope you guys enjoy this one as much as I loved recording it!

Hank Gibson has done the impossible. Tagging a 200+ on a mere 4 acre parcel of land. When I got the picture recently I knew this was a story that deserved sharing. In this episode we dive into the transition from a typical stationary to becoming mobile and how that played the major role in filling this tag. We also touch on how this buck had Hank patterned as well and what it took to finally seal the deal on this mega. Hank is also one good dude and a hell of a dad, and I admire that about him. I encourage you to give this story a listen.

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Lane Housner is a great friend of mine and a dude I can count on to fill a tag all across the country. Lane is a lot like me and is all about capitalizing on any opportunity to get in the woods or on the road any good chance he has. This was a very laid back conversation with good laughs, good tips, and learning his approach to out-of-state hunting trips and what makes him successful on them year in and out!

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Jonathan Boehme better known as "catman" has definitely earned the label of a great woodsman. He's also someone I've looked up to as fellow Youtuber. Catman is no stranger to oak tree identification and them awesome little nuts that fall from them most seasons. With the mast crop either starting to or already dropping in most areas, I figured it was time to have him on to discuss.....

1. Where his woodsmanship came from
2. The timing of the acorn drop
3. What are some of the top few trees that produce the best hunts
4. if more OR less mast is better for hunting
5. What areas produce acorn crops when in a drought-like summer
6. late season acorn desire vs. early
7. Growing his youtube to what it is now!

Clay has become a good friend of mine and proven himself to be a super efficient hunter over the last several seasons. He's started this year off on one heck of a hot streak tagging two velvet bucks in a few weeks time in both Tennessee and Kentucky. We spend most of this episode discussing both of these hunts and what it took to be successful in both of them!

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Kenzie Taylor has been a great friend of mine for years! Shes also earned the reputation of a great tracking team between her, and her pup Leibe! With season coming in everywhere asap, I knew now would be a good time to talk about tracking your deer after the shot happens! in this podcast we cover things such as......

1. What got her fascinated with tracking deer in the 1st place
2. Wait times on certian organ/area hits
3. When to push a wounded deer and when to back out
4. WHAT NOT TO DO IF YOU'RE UNSURE OF HIT!
5. Archery recovery Statistics on Mechanical vs fixed Broadheads
6. Gun recovery statistics
7. How a dog ACTUALLY tracks a wounded deer
8. Using the "Traker" app and how it can help!

Kenzie covers a broad area of western Kentucky, Southern Indiana, and parts of southern illinois! If you find yourself neededing help this season, Save her number @ 270-339-7662

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EP. 15 Thermal Drone Study on MATURE BUCKS!

When the words...... drone, and thermals come into play in the outdoor world, it can put a sour taste is almost anyones mouth.... Derrick, however, sat down the weapons for an entire year to pursue his dream of learning, recording, and researching mature bucks for an entire year for our benefit and knowledge. Over the course of a year, he collected the eye-opening data, habits, and travel patterns of trophy whitetails. In this podcast....

•The reasoning behind the passion for this type of research

•Future plans for the show and upcoming videos

•How often deer are around your trails cameras without a trigger

•Time frames when mature moved the most outside the rut

•Pre rut habitats and feed tree visits

•Morning vs. afternoon foot travel comparisons and MORE!

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When the words...... drone, and thermals come into play in the outdoor world, it can put a sour taste is almost anyones mouth.... Derrick however, sat down the weapons for an entire year to pursure his dream of learning, recording, and researching mature bucks for an entire year for our benefit and knowledge. Over the course of a year he collected the eye opening data, habits, and travel patterns of trophy whitetails. In this podcast....

1. The reasoning behind the passion for this type of research
2. future plans for the show and upcoming videos
3. How often deer are around your trails cameras without a trigger
4. Time frames when mature moved the most outside the rut
5. Pre rut habitats, and feed tree visits
6. Morning vs afternoon foot travel comparisons and MORE!

Guys be sure and head over to whitetail research on youtube and check out some of these top level videos Derrick is producing.

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Driving home from Tennessee I decided to record a short recap of the first hunt of the year. While fun and exciting at times, I came home empty handed for the 1st time in quite a few seasons. I go over the conditions, pressure, game plans, and failures I experienced over the last four days.

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