The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

Today we sit down with Chase Grubbs and Jim Ronquest of Turkeys for Tomorrow (TFT)! Turkeys for Tomorrow is a brand new non-profit looking to help benefit the wild turkey with scientific research. We dig in to how they got started, the model for their organization, how they feel they can make a difference, where they see the organization going in the next 10 years, the research projects they have...

On this episode we sit down with our friend Kyle Sides to talk about our recent introduction to snipe hunting! We also recap our discussion on CWD and our trip to the NWTF convention in Nashville. Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pr...

Today on the show Jacob and Michael sit down with Travis Sumner of the NWTF to talk turkey, and more specifically, talk about turkey habitat & management. Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

For this episode we traveled to Montgomery to have a discussion with the folks who make our hunting & fishing laws here in Alabama. We speak with director Chuck Sykes, as well as a panel of some of his closest chiefs, directors, and/or advisors. We focus in on the discovery of CWD in Alabama, and discuss subjects such as the fact that this is not the end of deer hunting in Alabama, what the st...

Today we sit with Mike Butler, the CEO of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation. We dive into several current issues with Mike about public land transfers, fights over habitat projects, the politics of wildlife management and much more. https://linktr.ee/SoPartners Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https:/...

On this outtro Andrew, Michael and Jacob discuss post season scouting in the south and the reasons we think a lot of people don't find sheds in the south. Jacob tells us another Subi Story about how him and his buddy Marshal fumble their way to killing a very nice Arkansas 11 point. Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Adve...

Rusty Johnson and Nathan Killen have several things in common, things like consistnely tagging some of the biggest bucks in their area, and a love for post season scouting & shed hunting. Both Rusty and Nathan attribute a lot of their success to the work they are putting in right now to learn their woods, sharpen their wordsmanship skills, locate surviving bucks and find sheds. We got Nathan a...

On this week Listener Success Story Jacob talks with listener Ben Price who recently moved from Louisiana to Alabama and talks about his transition from hunting river bottoms to steep hill country and the success he has had this season. Ben discusses about how past guests Michael Perry and Warren Womack have been impactful for him and his move to hunting public land in Alabama. Our Sponsors: * Che...

On this outtro we discuss the habitat talk we did with Adam of Land & Legacy as well as some of our own thoughts on trying to find a lease or club for this coming season. We also dive in to Jacobs new found love for rabbit hunting behind beagles! Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle....

Adam Keith of Land & Legacy makes his living by turning regular properties into dream hunting land! We have him on the show this week to discuss all things habitat and land management. Subjects include: A look at what habitat really is, and how to recognize great habitat vs bad habitat when you see it. Habitat features you can look for, or create, that provide deadly setups on bucks. Finding a...

On this week Listener Success Story Jacob talks with listener Cade Clemons of Louisiana about his memorable season where he was able to kill an absolute MONSTER Louisiana buck with his bow! You won't want to miss this episode! Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy &...

On this weeks outtro we are doing a full recap of all the brush stomping we did with Nick Adair from Gun Dog it Yourself! It was an extremely eventful weekend of upland bird hunting with dogs, getting our pups intro to wild birds, using upland hutting as a tremendous scouting tool, learning that upland birds use the SAME cover as the deer we chase, and a lot more! This episode was a blast and is f...

This week we are joined by our buddy Kyler Moppert from Louisiana Bowhunter to talk about swamp hunting and creative access! We had a fun time with this one and covered topics such as targeting sloughs and ponds as pinch points, how Kyler targets bucks crossing flooded timber in knee deep water, creative access and finding the spots other hunters wont go (and how that's not always going deep),...

On this week Listener Success Story Jacob and Mike talk with listener Olivia Glasgow of Alabama about her first season bowhunting. Listen to how she was able to have success killing her first deer with a bow which happens to be her best buck ever! Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com...

On this episode we are talking about Bobby Worthington's episode from this Monday on the subject of the unkillable buck. We discuss: How there are very few "unkillable bucks" Using annual patterns and off season prep to target these bucks The idea of trail cams giving you man days in the field ...and much more! We also discuss our weekend trip to south Alabama for a rut hunt that ended...

Whitetail Icon Bobby Worthington mentioned to us shortly after our last interview that he had another subject that he was dying to cover for yall - the idea of the unkillable buck! In this deep dive Bobby clearly defines what he views as an unkillable buck, and how a true unkillable buck is much more RARE than people think! We go over the story of a massive drop tine buck Bobby is chasing in Tenne...

In this outtro Jacob and Andrew discuss BJ Goldmans thoughts on late season hunting and how he has found a way to use it to his advantage when targeting big mature bucks. They dive in on targeting food plots in late season, late dropping acorns from trees like water oaks, as well as natural browse that whitetails love such as Greenbriar and honeysuckle. We also discuss a big river bottom hunt that...

BJ Goldman loves the post rut time frame when it comes to targeting mature bucks - so this week we sit down to talk all about his thoughts on post rut hunting. We go over what it is about post rut hunting that he feels actually gives him an advantage when targeting mature bucks, along with several key factors that he says goes in to his post rut success. Join our patreon or visit our partners here...

On this week Listener Success Story Jacob talks with listener Marc Smith of East Central Texas about a 3 year journey for his target Pope & Young 8 point named "Ocho". Marc talks about how specific episodes have played a factor for him like ep. 116 with Glen Solomon and more recently ep. 297 with Bobby Worthington. This may just be one of our favorite Listener Success Stories so make s...

Om this episode we go over some of the highlights of ATA - then shift gears to discussing a nice buck that Thomas was able to take on some public land in Arkansas earlier this year. https://linktr.ee/SoPartners Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://re...

This week we go into the vault to find two of our favorite listener success stories from last season! Perry Bundy of NC is our listener success story of the day! Perry recently knocked down an absolute stud of a North Carolina buck recently - and we dive into how he utilized advice from his hunting mentors, along with guests from this podcast, to put his first nice buck down. Topics hit on include...

Jacob made his Iowa trip happen and it paid off BIG TIME! On Sunday Jacob was able to connect on a heck of a buck! Tune in to hear all about his tacitcs, how this hunt is differing from the Dilla's trip earlier in December, and how Michael and Matthew Perry plan to fill Michael's tag in the last few days of the hunt. This podcast has a ton of laughs and some interesting comparisons on the...

Dexter Gouger has figured out a mock scrape system that has brought him a ton of success in a short amount of time! In this episode we dive into his unique way of using mock scrapes, which includes always trying to hunt them within 48 hours of making them. Dexter has taken several very nice bucks over the last 3 years using this tactic in several areas in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee on both pub...

On this outtro we are talking all about Jacobs latest buck, a nice 5.5 year old 8 point he was able to tag on a recent trip to a WMA with past guest Wes Moye. Jacob and Wes utilized the "wolf pack" mind set and got a group of guys together to hit a specific thicket and it worked perfectly that day! Join our patreon or visit our partners here: https://linktr.ee/SoPartners Our Sponsors: * Ch...

In the last mian episode of the year we have a fun roundtable with some of our closest buddies. We are joined by JT Watkins, Clay Colley & Baxley Shores to talk about everything from scrapes to black panthers! Baxley has had a ton of luck over the last few years on scrapes so we dive in to those hunts and some interesting points about what he looks for in scrapes that leads him to finding buck...