The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

Today we are hitting some listener Q&A submissions! Timestamps: 40:27 - Getting Habitat consultants to make your hunting land better 43:05 - Targeting a buck that seems impossible to get 51:19 - Which Hunting Expos we are going to in 2024 53:05 - Would statewide antler restrictions be a good thing? Got a question for the show? Submit a listener Q&A form - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1uMXP Gra...

Support Revive Outdoors here - https://2ly.link/1vzvD Today we are joined by our buddy Taylor Philpot to discuss this past hunting season, the state of hunting, and his organization, Revive Outdoors! Subjects include: Taylor's mission to kill a buck in every state His 5 bucks from this past season His first experience doing a large-scale deer drive His mission with Revive Outdoors The rise of...

Today we are hitting some listener Q&As! Timestamps: 43:43 - Finding the Sign but seeing no deer. Why? 47:36 - How does smoking affect deer while hunting 52:43 - How can having too many does affect the bucks on your property? We also discuss some recent hunts as well as our love for "gas station hunting culture". You dont want to miss that conversation! If you enjoy the show dont forge...

This week we are speaking with our taxidermist Daniel Williams of The Cedar Ridge Chronicles about his upbringing in the world of whitetail hunting! Subjects include: Learning from the old school hunters Hunting Alabama's Black Belt region Hunting a club with tons of members How the smallest details can make the biggest difference with mature bucks Hunting flat swampy lands Some crazy hunt sto...

On this episode, we are hitting some listener Q&A submissions: 1:01:15 - Finding where to actually hunt after locating night sign 1:07:47 - Tips on looking for or joining a hunting club 1:18:15 - Best way to have coffee while saddle hunting 1:22:06 - Using OnX to find spots in flat land 1:24:56 - What to do when your good spot goes dead We also cover our recent Alabama swamp hunt which include...

This week we are breaking down our recent SOA (Special Opportunity Area) hunt in Alabama! Subjects include: Un-learning certain tactics based on different situations Speed scouting an area with limited time to hunt Best bang for your buck scouting technique Andrew punching a tag on the first day Jacob shooting at a buck in his underwear The best pines we have ever hunted Got a question for the sho...

On this episode, we are hitting some listener questions! We are also talking about our recent scouting trip and woodcock hunt! Got a question for the show? Submit a listener Q&A form - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1uMXP Grab some Southern Outdoorsmen merch here - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1u4aK Join Woodsman Wire - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1u4aR Use the promo code “southern” for a discount on your...

On this episode, Mike Dillon (Andrew's stepfather) joins us to talk about tagging his first deer! Mike was originally on episode 537 discussing his intro into hunting and some close calls he had this season while searching for his first deer. A few weeks ago it finally all came together! Subjects include: Finally locating the scrape Andrew & Mike have been looking for on the club Going abo...

On this Q&A edition of the podcast, we cover: 28:30 - Breaking frustration from a mature buck drought 41:34 - Outside-the-box ways to access the woods without alerting deer We also discuss our plans to make the most of the remainder of the AL deer season by chasing the rut, and our thoughts on how deer actually react to extreme temperature drops in the Deep South! Got a question for the show?...

Today we are tackling some more listener Q&A questions, after a 30-minute discussion on Jacob's recent riverbottom hunt! Timestamps for questions are: 35:35 - "Hot-spotting" or naming public land spots & its impacts 45:06 - Determining buck bedding based on midnight pictures 57:13 - How to know where to start with so much public land available to hunt In our conversation about...

On this episode, we are talking with Greg Farrell of First Lite Hunting and answering some listener Q&A's! Timestamps: 30:44 - Keeping your feet warm 39:39 - How many times can you bump does before it affects the bucks 48:26 - How to avoid putting too much pressure on yourself to get it done 58:16 - What do clusters of rubs mean, and should you hunt them? For the first part of the podcast,...

This episode is coming to you from deer camp somewhere swampy in Alabama! We are chasing the rut this January and this is one of several camps we will be in over the month. We are joined by Michael Pike, Shane Parker, Chris Leppert, Talon Neal, and Greg Maher. Subjects include: Hunting limited cover this time of year in the rut The impossibility of escaping pressure in river-bottom country The eas...

On this listener Q&A episode, we are hitting the following: 46:54 - Getting bucks on camera but you never see them while hunting 53:13 - Hunting within eyesight of your boat when accessing via water 54:52 - Hunting near active logging We are also discussing scouting properties that seem to have a complete lack of buck sign, and finding a "target-rich environment" to hunt! Got a questio...

This week we have our buddy Johnathan Holsomeback, also known as John Boy by those who know him, on the show to talk about building history with and targeting specific bucks! Subjects include: - How he religiously re-scouts areas he already has years of history with - Hunting through a timber rotation, hunting cutover vs young pines vs thinned pines - How big bursts of hunting pressure can displac...

In this episode, we are hitting some listener Q&As on: 55:30 - Thermal Hubs in Flat land 1:00:44 - Hunting Bowls & Oak Flats 1:04:52 - What to scout when going deep isn't an option We also discuss the ins & outs of using tracks to hone in on mature bucks and how it relates to targeting late-season bucks! We also discuss tracks and what they mean compared to other forms of buck sign...

Our friend Jacob Lishen is back on the show to do a deep dive into all things late-season hunting in the South! Subjects include: A buck's home range this time of year Why rubs and scrapes can become unreliable this time of year Finding the RIGHT KIND of cover Finding the bucks best hideout The systematic nature of late-season success. Got a question for the show? Submit a listener Q&A for...

On this episode, we are answering listener questions, which include: 28:28 - Hunting Late Season in Thick Pine Country 40:12. - Using slope angle shading to e-scout 45:00 - Switching from big woods to thick pine country We also discussed the MSU buck movement study and read through some of the youtube comments! Our SOA hunt video - https://2ly.link/1vQJv Slope Angle Shading video - https://2ly.lin...

On this episode, we are breaking down a recent publication by Mississippi State University Extension titled "Understanding Buck Movement: How, When & Why Bucks Navigate the Landscape". You can find the paper here if you are interested in reading along: https://2ly.link/1vNQB This paper breaks down a whitetail deer GPS study in Mississippi that focuses on buck movement patterns as they...

In this episode, we are covering listener questions, timestamps: 54:12 - How scrapes can tell you if the rut is on 55:51 - How to break down a new property as a newer hunter 1:02:25 - How to tell if a spot is going to get hunting pressure To view a video example of the area Andrew is talking about with the community scrape, watch this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE5iAeneJ_k&t=157s...

This week we are talking with Jonah Abraham and Andrew Foster of Georgia Public Project about thinking outside the box to find high-quality bucks! Subjects include: Finding a happy medium between good habitat and hunting pressure Having a mindset that allows you to hunt spots you'd otherwise overlook Trying to capitalize on annual patterns vs not paying too much attention to them Vetting out t...

On this episode we are answering some listener questions! Timestamps: 57:33 - Community scrapes after the rut 1:06:34 - Do bucks use highways similar to water for bedding? 1:11:08 - Patterning bucks in high pressure, big woods settings. We also talk with Andrew's stepdad Mike on how his first year of deer hunting is going, and get the story on some of his buck encounters from this year. Got a...

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. Got a question for the show? Submit a listener Q&A form...

On this episode we are answering listener questions on: 48:19 - Seeing more deer in less hunts 57:31 - Johnathan Morelands Moon Hunting Strategy 1:03:49 - Do deer move in windy conditions We also discuss Jacobs's recent success on some public land in Alabama where he was able to grunt in a great buck! Video snippets of that buck and the cover he was in can be found at: 8:27 9:17 9:30 31:14 42:...

This week we are recapping an incredible week of rut hunting we had in Arkansas! We discuss Andrew & Thomas tagging out, and Jacob's uncle Anthony killing a monster buck! We discuss what factors led us to locating so many bucks so quickly, and how a recent episode with Jacob Lishen (EP. 530) helped us not waste any time when it came to diving in to the good spots! Got a question for the sh...

On this episode, we are answering listener Q&A's, and talking about Andrew tagging one of his target bucks on opening day in Alabama! Listener questions: 56:29 - How long do bucks act "rut like" after the rut starts 1:05:03 - Tips for rifle hunting from a saddle vs a lock on or climber 1:12:18 - Going from hunting private to public land, how to get started Got a question for the sh...