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

On today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are sitting down with Josh and Jarad Stubbs of Elevate Stand Co. at The Great American Outdoor Show. Josh and Jared have both spent years targeting and hunting specific mature bucks in Kansas. We Discuss:

• Growing up hunting in Kansas
• Not getting into deer hunting until later in life
• Traveling to the west and Alaska to hunt and fish
• Training for mountain hunts while living in the plains
• Battling the elements in Alaska
• The story of their The Badlands Film Fest video
• Restrategizing after the neighbor kills your target buck
• Managing thermals in the plains
• Changing up access with an E-Bike
• How the drought affected antler growth
• Hunting bucks with a couple mile core range
• Using historical camera data to hunt 6+ year-old bucks
• The challenges of hunting Kansas
• Do mature bucks come back after you spook them?
• Rapid fire q&a

And so much more!

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On today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are sitting down with Joe Miles, owner of Asio Gear, at The Great American Outdoor Show. Joe has spent most of his life chasing whitetails throughout North America and has made plenty of mistakes that he learned from over the years. We Discuss:

• The Exodus Rival giveaway winners
• Growing up whitetail hunting in South Carolina
• How joe got his start in the hunting industry
• Do deer pattern hunters?
• The value of reliable intel
• Getting creative with access
• The one thing that doesn't change when it comes to whitetail hunting all across the continent
• Does mainstream hunting media hurt hunting?
• Tactics that work in Kansas that don't work in South Carolina
• How deer use wind differently in different parts of the country
• The biggest mistake that joe learned from to help be more consistent
• Don't be picky when starting out
• Should you hunt October mornings?
• Strategizing to kill a 9 1/2 kansas giant
• How Asio Gear got its start

And so much more!

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On today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are sitting down with Beau Martonik of the East Meets West Podcast at The Great American Outdoor Show. Beau has spent most of his life chasing bucks around the mountains of Northern Pennsylvania and frequently travels out west in search of bucks and bulls. We Discuss:

• Beau's spring scouting class in the Pennsylvania big woods
• How the East Meets West Podcast got its start
• The pros and cons of hunting the big woods
• The mental grind of hunting big woods
• Hunting a historically warm rut
• How droughts affect deer movement in the mountains
• Using creeks to manipulate your scent cone
• Wind mapping new spots
• Hunting a just off wind
• Organizing a year's worth of trail camera pictures
• Should you keep pictures of does?
• Finding apple trees in the Pennsylvania big woods
• The different types of browse that clear cuts offer

And so much more!

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On today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are sitting back down with repeat guest Aaron Hepler at The Great American Outdoor Show. Aaron has spent the majority of his life chasing bucks around the hills of central Pennsylvania and recently started traveling more to hunt. We Discuss:

• Aaron's experience shooting the Exodus MMTs last season
• Recapping Aaron's 2022 season
• Turkey hunting Pennsylvania state game lands
• Shooting a bull in Colorado 3 hours into the hunt
• Using annual data to have multiple encounters this past season
• Getting your mind right after missing a buck
• Aaron's 2023 Pennsylvania buck
• Walking over 175 miles post-season scouting
• What to look for in the big woods
• Qualifying different types of buck sign
• Shed hunting areas you will actually hunt
• The number one thing you need to look at when post-season scouting
• Narrowing down areas when scouting huge tracts of public

And so much more!

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On today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are sitting back down with repeat guest Thomas Mlsna of The Untamed. Post Season is here and it is the best time to get into the woods to scout. We Discuss:

• Recapping the 2022 season
• The key principles of post-season scouting
• E-scouting new areas for post-season scouting
• How to look at post-season sign differently
• Prioritizing sign by the time of year
• Food plot basics for the spring
• The pro's and con's of glyphosate
• How much is too much?

And so much more!

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On today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are changing things up a bit. Chad and Cameron, who hosts The Deer Gear Podcast, sit down in the studio to talk everything arrows. We discuss:

• Arrow recovery
• How arrow diameter affects recovery
• Wind resistance
• What is the arrow node?
• High FOC flight issues
• Proper nock fit
• String orientation vs fletching orientation
• Exodus MMT testing
• New .204 diameter Exodus MMT shafts

And so much more!

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In today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are back in the studio with repeat guest John Eberhart. We cover a lot of different topics but mainly focus on what you need to be doing in the post-season to help kill your buck this upcoming fall. We discuss:

• 0:00 Intro
• 01:55 John's retirement
• 03:09 Changes john has seen working in the hunting industry for over 30 years
• 07:17 Big deer are getting bigger
• 08:53 Recapping john's Michigan season
• 12:26 Hunting standing corn during the October lull
• 14:58 Post-season scouting
• 18:00 Recapping john's Kansas season
• 26:38 Where do most people fall short when deer hunting
• 33:28 Expanding your hunting area
• 36:49 Saddle Hunting
• 45:51 Shed hunting or post-season scouting
• 47:40 Johns advice to his 25 year old self
• 48:52 Outro

And so much more!

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In today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are back in the studio talking about our brand new budget cell camera, The Exodus Rival. You asked and we listened! This camera solves the question that we here at Exodus have been asked for years: "will there be a budget-friendly camera coming out from Exodus?" For those that have been waiting for one, The Exodus Rival is here! We discuss:

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:32 Introductions
• 2:56 Company History
• 7:00 Development and Testing of the Rival
• 14:47 Is this camera AT&T or Verizon certified?
• 15:36 The Specs of the Rival
• 23:36 Data Plans
• 26:29 When will the ship?
• 30:09 Frequently Asked Questions about the Rival

And so much more!

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In today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are back in the studio with Josh Profitt talking about his multi-year quest to catch up with a 230" Kentucky public land giant he called "Bones." We discuss:

• 0:00 Intro
• 4:00 How The 4 Year Stroy Of Bones Began
• 10:46 Bone's Core Area
• 14:56 Making Adjustments
• 19:18 Hunting A Buck That Knows He's Being Hunted
• 25:24 What He Would Have Done Differently
• 28:10 The Day Someone Else Shot Bones
• 33:11 The Competition That Comes With Hunting A Big Deer
• 36:07 Josh's Late-Season Buck
• 51:33 Late-Season Tips And Tactics

And so much more!

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In today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are back in the studio with repeat guest Heath Cisco. Heath is the master of late-season hunting and is known as the "Ice Man" for good reason. Some of his biggest bucks to date have come in the late season and we have a conversation centered around filling a tag in the late season. We discuss:

• Chasing specific bucks in the late season
• The biggest mistake you can make late season hunting
• FOOD IS KING!
• What part of the late season is best?
• What weather fronts should you be hunting in the late season
• Late-season trail camera strategy
• The most important part of late-season hunting
• The story of heaths 2021-2022 late-season buck
• Does the red moon affect deer in the late season?
• How snow affects your thermals

Key Highlights from the Show

[00:01] Episode intro and pre-show talk

[02:16] Meet and greet Heath Cisco

[04:53] Heath's milestones in his 30 years of hunting

[06:27] Hunting strategies that don't work anymore

[08:54] Podcast guests that Heath would never fail to listen to

[10:48] Lessons learned that have made Heath more successful in hunting

[11:58] Why aren't people killing in the late season?

[14:08] Best timing for a hunt during the late seasons

[17:32] Where to hunt between the deer bedding and the point of feeding

[20:44] How wind changes may affect the behavior of deer

[24:55] Should you focus on corn or bean fields for late-season hunting?

[27:03] Why Heath did not fill his Illinois tag despite the success in Ohio

[33:01] Why the red moon during the last week of the season excites Heath for hunting

[37:18] Changing the strategies of hunting between the late season and other seasons

[41:01] Always observe this rule of thumb when hunting in the late-season

[47:33] Don't always over-rely on trail cameras

[49:16] Why Heath believes that late-season is the best to shoot a buck

[50:38] Heath's advice to hunt in the late season but lack food sources

[53:47] What if you have been tracking a specific buck, and you find his shade

[56:55] Is it better to focus on one particular deer or just be a generalist?

[59:53] What should people with hunting tags be doing for scouting

[01:02:17] What Heath would tell his 25-year-old self

[01:06:51] Best ways to reach out and connect with Heath Cisco

[01:07:30] Ending the show and calls to action

• A smart person knows how to spend time with other successful people, learn from them and leverage their expertise.
• Not all hunting strategies will work for you, even when they come from experienced experts.
• Hunt at the right time. Otherwise, you will run into burnout and lose the most important relationship in your life; the family.
• Cornfields are better to hunt than bean fields.
• When you have a food source, late-season hunting can be the best.

And so much more!

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