The Mobile Hunter Podcast

Today on episode 264, Rick Cates, Josh Luck, and Chris Leppert sit down with to give a season update. Topics discussed in this episode include.

- Mobile Hunters Expo Recap

- Christopher Leppert's Elk Hunting Experience

- Josh Luck's Kentucky Opening Day Hunt

- Rick Cates's Opening Morning Hunt

- Mobile Hunting Setups

- And much more!

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Today on episode 263, Josh Luck and Chris Leppert sit down with Dr. Marcus Lashley to discuss the significance of habitat disturbance. Topics discussed in this episode include.

- Importance of Habitat Disturbance

- The "Magnet Effect" on Deer

- Deer Utilization of Burned Areas

- Cover and Public Land Hunting Strategies

- Impact of Habitat on Buck Survival

- And much more!

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Today on episode 262, We bring you another seminar from the Mobile Hunters Expo. Jake Belinda talks about ways to track bucks to help you gain more success this upcoming season. Topics discussed in this episode include.

- Jake's introduction into tracking

- Finding quality bucks

- Importance of understanding the tracks that you are looking at

- Allowing yourself to try something different

- Application of tracking from scouting to the snow

- And much more!

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Today on episode 261, Josh Luck and Jacob Sklenar sit down with Dr. Craig Harper to discuss his recent publication "Soil quality does not predict plant nutrition available to white-tailed deer". Topics discussed in this episode include.

- Challenging the Conventional Wisdom of Soil Quality and Deer Size

- Findings on Plant Nutrition and Soil Quality

- Importance of Quantity of High-Quality Food and Critical Nutritional Periods

- Mechanism Behind Deer Size and Soil Quality Correlation

- Application of Research for Public Land Hunters

- And much more!

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Today on episode 260 We bring you one of our great speakers from the Mobile Hunters Expo...... Mr. Bobby Worthington! Bobby goes over an extensive amount of knowledge learned from his years in the woods. Bobby goes over a number of tactics to help put you be a better woodsman and allow for a better fall. Bobby allows you to understand his process to being the best hunter you can in the woods all year long.

Topics Include

- Bobby's upbringing

- How Bobby learned to get on deer

- How mathematics is a great tool

- Hunter mentality and it's effects on getting the deer you want

- Knowing when to hunt and how to hunt the area you are in

- Woodsmanship and how it is the ultimate equalizer when hunting

- And much more!

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Today on episode 259, Josh Luck and Chris Leppert sit down with Dr. Mark Turner to discuss his recent publication "Correlating male white-tailed deer antler size with female body mass across multiple spatial scales." Topics discussed in this episode include.

- Correlation Between Female Body Mass and Male Antler Size

- Buck Antler Size Increases

- Impact of Intensive Land Management on Deer Size

- Hunter Mentality and the Concept of High-Grading

- Factors Influencing Female Body Mass

- E-scouting and Identifying Potential Hunting Spots

- And much more!

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Today on episode 258 we bring you one of the seminars from the Mobile Hunters Expo! Dr. Bronson Strickland gave an amazing talk on buck bedding and movement to our Southern Show crowd. He goes in depth with data in a talk that you will not want to miss! You can also find the video on The Mobile Hunter YouTube Page HERE!

Topics Include

- Buck Movement Rates

- Buck Movement by Time of Day and Bedding Habits

- Moon movement

- Year-to-Year Consistency in Early Season

- And much more!

Understanding Buck Movement publication: ⁠Here⁠

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Today on episode 257, Josh Luck, Chris Leppert, and Rick Cates sit down with Luke Resop to Early Season Buck Movement Data. Topics discussed in this episode include.

- Buck Movement Rates in the Early Season

- Predictability and Focal Areas in Early Season

- Buck Movement by Time of Day and Bedding Habits

- Food-Cover Patterns in Early Season

- Year-to-Year Consistency in Early Season

- And much more!

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Today on episode 256 Chris and Josh go over all things Mobile Hunters Expo related! They dive into a wrap up of the Southern Show, and then get into the vendors at The Midwestern Show! They also cover the kayak testing area, as well as the 1st Annual Dust Off Bow Shoot!

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Today on episode 255, we continued the Whitetail Apprentice Series! Josh Luck and Jacob Sklenar sit down with Chris Leppert to discuss consistency in the early season. Topics discussed in this episode include.

- Trail Cam placement and timing for the early season

- Targeting areas that create consistency

- What areas creates high fidelity for bucks

- Identify a bucks line of travel and capitalizing on it

- Choosing specific trail cam spots over another location and why

- And much more!

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