It's Always Deer Season | The Count Down Till Deer Season

Welcome back to the raised hunting podcast and what you guys just caught me doing there was scrolling through because we've been doing some shout outs And I want to do a shout out to this gentleman because Sean would Road in and gave us a really good topic So if you guys will do the same thing will do the same we'll give big shout outs once in a while We might even give something away. Just but also got Brian Daxon and Devin Yoder. Oh, yeah Devin and Yoder. Yeah, and Brian Brian, yeah, everyone is asking what are we doing at this time of year to get ready for deer season? I mean, we're talking can't see my own watch May 18th 19 It's a day 18th. All right, and so like start thinking dear. I Guess oh, yeah, we got five months. I don't understand why it feels so much later in the year It doesn't feel like it's only May 18 still no it feels like June or July Well turkey season ended but that was really five days ago That was really a really really really unfortunate thing to just do well. We just counted out how many months until deer season What's wrong with that? It would have been better in my head not knowing oh way way way way I think What? New York maybe still turkey season. I think they just opened yeah was Wisconsin I think it's still rolling that a lot of work still gonna be open so is Wyoming Idaho's still open to when is this close 31st? Wow, I wonder what it opened It's a good question. I don't care about that part. It's open on there Just in case all right, but but we're supposed to we're not talking about turkeys anymore We've been talking about turkeys for weeks now now. We're gonna talk about some deer stuff which Cup brings up the first subject is Seeing them suckers in velvet is fun But like they're way early but Nick and I saw a buck this morning as well I was I mean standing right off the side of the road. He's looking at it's already had brow tons and I don't know Eight or ten inches of his main beams something like that one the other day with G2's. Yeah, I know that's wild I would like to go back and look at photos and see if that's normal growth or it seems fast to me I think it's well It's got to be fast considering me and dad over the course of the last two weeks of season the amount of like turkey season The amount of deer we had coming up to us The majority were bucks and they all were already growing everything Some of them had like the start of a split for their I guard and like their main beam Not a single one was even close to going all the way up having the I guard G2 and past the G2 something like this buck had Yet he has G2 to grow still but he had already started growing it and his main beam was going Mr. Liss wasn't even do his I guard yet. Yeah, I would say that one Is early especially because it wasn't like he was he grew Obviously ahead of all the others, but I don't think he's like a huge deer I don't think that has any correlation to size though when they're growing now I don't I'm just saying that he'll be he'll be one of those some of them life fourth. He's fully grown Yep, so all right, but what are some of the things that we're doing to get ready? Because we are doing some stuff besides Taking inventory on these deer as they're starting to grow to see if there's someone that you can pick out who it is Mr. Liss Warren's talking about we know this deer and we know him because he's missing an eye and he has kind of a weird Configuration he's got that scar and he's got a scar and so you can tell that it's him. I mean no doubt even though he's only got Five inches five or six inches of antlers, you know, we know it's him I think so with these topics that we've gotten the three guys that have sent in the majority of these They're they're asking what we're doing preseason what we're doing now. They've asked about food plots and stuff They've asked about so I think we'll just break it into two I would be smart would be what you're doing on a lot of your your private or lease stuff and then On basically on land that you can do stuff with and then on land that you can't do things with so yeah And and so Sean actually asked a few questions that I think we will put into that Number one though. I want to make sure because I see this with the kids at camp I see this with other hunters is number one that what everyone should be doing right now shooting your bow Mm-hmm. I can't think of one more to shoot your ball the time but imperative now Yeah, and you want to be the guy that shoots ten arrows a day Not 150 arrows the day before you know If you shoot ten arrows a day kind of keeps you in them flow of things and keeps you going And even with my shoulder I've took my bow home and I've been shooting a little bit I don't shoot a lot of arrows. I can't especially with anybody that lifts. Yes, it's way that works out It's more important for you to be shooting frequently Because your things are going to change right but like for you two. It's pretty like Warren It doesn't seem like it affects him as much correct me if I'm wrong like he'll lift and he might have some big differences Every once in a while Seems like with you like a lot of times me a lot if you like change your workout You're gonna have to go change your sight too. Oh, I can't No, I can't shoot my bow and and lift that's it does change that much for you. It doesn't Yeah, I mean it's changes as far as If I go a day where I'm fresh Yeah, I'll be dead on and then if I lift in the morning or whatever Usually I'm so fatigued that I can't hit the broadside. Well, I'm not I'm not talking about the fatigue because like you can Plan your lifts around that kind of thing like okay I'm gonna shoot before I go lift but I'm talking like your muscle growth or If when you're not lifting when you shrink some or I think it's a combination I think I think growth fatigue I think muscle memory because I can tell you you probably experienced it too You don't realize it until you go to draw your bow and you can't I mean like not even close from Lift from a day of lifting is all it is the next day you walk out and I mean that I don't understand out guys that say they lift super hard and Shoot and lift every day. I'm like if you're if you're really lifting and shooting every day you ain't lifting that hard Yeah, because or you're not shooting that when you really lift hard Like you can't go out and shoot your bow normal Unless like what I said like if they were swapping like if they're doing going to shoot and then they go lift afterwards But if you're sore from the day, yeah, no I'm saying I'm saying lifting before you shoot if you lift ever even honestly though If I if I lift really hard the next day two three days. Yeah, yeah like that's what a lot during hunting season One we're hunting but two even even when we get close to elk season I don't like to lift in the last few weeks of August because I needed to make sure I can hit something Yeah, and I need to make sure that my bow is consistent right now It's not that big of a deal if I shoot one day and I shoot the next and there's a three four inch difference or whatever I don't adjust anything because I know it's probably just me and then I and I shoot again when I'm fresh Like I keep notes, you know I was like I was fresh today and I'll be good But when I get close to season I don't want to have a Three or four inch variance and I don't know how to I don't know how to avoid that other than I guess maybe I could just lift Light yeah, and and see I've had to start doing that So I used to lift to the extent of what you're doing now what you're doing now, and I can't do that anymore And still be able to number one. I can't lift it like I used to just I'm just not going to be able to do that anymore So what I can do though, and I have to because used to I could put away I would like completely quit lifting during the entire hunting season three months September October November when we lived in Montana and here it's more of a Mid-September through December because we could be back in a tree even in December But my point is is that I've gotten to where I have to do a little something But I just don't live very heavy or do very like no no like short reps and a lot of weight It's a lot of lot of reps a little bit of weight just to kind of keep the muscles warmed up and things like that So I think people need to really pay attention because I know that it took me a little bit to figure out You guys were fortunate enough that I could tell you yeah, hey, this is what's going to happen and when you lift weights It's going to affect how you shoot your bow Not that you won't be able to do it But I was going back and forth with a sight back and forth because one day I was here one day I was here, you know and and finally I realized wait a minute Maybe this has something to do with what I'm doing outside of Especially if you do shoulders or something like that. Yep, it's gonna huge effect. Correct point being practice Shoot your bow. Yeah, if you're gonna Time to run anything if you're gonna try a thumb release or you're gonna try a back tension or something You if you're gonna try and either of those I would start right now because you're gonna need a few months to get You have a lot of like check around you have a lot of your 3d shoots You're gonna be opening if not already That are gonna be outdoor and stuff and that's great times to go Whether it's just a course or whether it's a shoot go shoot on the weekends or whenever like we have one that we go to quite a bit Just to kind of keep you get a hike around shoot stuff and be Something a little more fun than just a target. So all right But Sean's specific question was about deer about deer season and deer in general And I want to answer one of his questions So he asked a question about like trail cameras. What do we do with our trail cameras this time of year? I can tell you right now I'm not running as many cameras as I will as I will be in say August You know one thing is the other one that he asked was are we already using our sense and I believe that you could I did it last year as early as I can't say I did it in May I did not do that but June 1 you know I had scrapes that I started opening and I started having deer come into those scrapes now They're not going crazy. They're not Paul, but they're sniffing it. They're licking it They're making sure that they knew what was going on. So it was a pain in touch Yeah, absolutely, especially if you've got one of those scrapes that you know is going to be that community scrape where they're going to start coming back to You could I know during July you had them out. Oh for sure. I know I did in June I wrote it down More you pay attention and more you listen like even if you just pay to listen to stuff We're talking about because the amount we talk about sense and scrapes and Rubs and everything that now when I was turkey hunting You like or even when I was going shed hunting and things like that seeing the amount of scrapes and everything that are like you can see that they just Scrape the living crap out of it today and it's May and it just shows goes to show right there that you're paying attention you find some of these certain ones Those are really good ones to find because if they're using it right then it's probably a they're using Yeah, that's a great spot to that would be a natural one that you know if they're keeping it open Throughout the offseason like when they're not actually fired up, you know that they're gonna be keeping that open probably year round however last year was a big year for me to Determine that Going this early meaning having a camera sitting on a scrape having in May June Maybe even early July it also let me know that some deer were around but not deer that I was gonna get to hunt Yeah, I had several deer that were in I was like holy cow look at the this deer I don't recognize or a couple of them. I did know I'm like, oh, maybe he's moved over You know soon as as soon as he became hard horn. It was gone time I had two of them last year that I can think of the deer we called Which one what Cluster cluster cluster would be one and then the other one is the nomad that guy killed Yeah, he's kind of doing it the whole time. Yeah, but I'm just saying he was there and gone there and gone there and gone And I mean I was seeing him two miles away from my camera. Yeah, you know, which was nuts I never did the same thing Yeah But I've never seen a day definitely pay attention to things like that because you'll and you'll have ones that move away and have ones that are moving in Like I I can think of only two or three that I was paying attention to last year that moved away Completely and then I knew that I had a couple others that showed up right at the end of summer that those were it can work to your benefit some some places you might have a farm that's You're the can't the deer you're getting there. They have no reason to leave at all But they stay or they are just there for that time of year and they're all gonna leave so you got a couple cameras out Yeah, honestly, I keep three or four out all year right. Yeah, I've had cameras out. I Mean I haven't so have you changed locations. You had yours out for turkey season. Yeah, I had mine for turkeys I changed locations and then what about for deer now? I just put another one up so I have four out right now And I just put up another one that's back in an area that I know that they're in and I but I also put a food block out That's that's what I was gonna get at is what can you do to kind of put these deer in front of your camera? I would definitely say that this time of year more than anything is we're on food We're or or that catching them going to and from the food Whatever that may be whether that's a bean field whether that's something and and I'm big on the Greeniac blocks Yeah, I like those because they're handy you can drop them anywhere and it puts them right there where you get a good Video or good photo of who it is you can see them. Well, you know for instance for like the guys that I keep thinking of Devin because he's asked me a couple times On places that you don't can't drive to or whatever else Like on the where I put that food block was just one of those little brick ones Well, it's a buck break isn't that what it's called. I think so I don't I think yeah, I think that's what's called But I like to do the reason I use those one is because super easy for me to walk all the way in there Drop it right there it lasts a little while and it doesn't make a huge hole or nothing But they I have the acorn and the apple ones specifically Because I think right now You're this next month or so you have a really good time to have a reason for them to come to a food block One, it's good for their growth of their antlers It's very healthy for them Especially with the different types of food and if you are using some kind of block that has mineral in it That's gonna allow them to grow better, right? But as well as like our corn hasn't grown yet our beans haven't grown yet are I mean They're sprouted and there's some that are starting to but if you give them something that's really really easy It's kind of like winter when it's winter time and you throw out a ton of bales You're gonna have every deer in the country there because if there's enough snow they don't have food anywhere else Well, they have food here But I like the acorn in the apple one or so different and this so different smelling that Like right now I'll get ton I'll go back and check that camera to probably be full off of one little block Mineral is really a big one this time here if it's legal where you you're doing it and you can do it I would be I would have it out because it's really gonna help it's gonna benefit the bucks Right now they're in full growth mode. It's gonna benefit your dough It's gonna benefit the doughs that are shouldn't ready to have babies Yep, and so they're gonna seek out those those nutrients that they need and so a lot of the mineral blocks provide that I particularly have protein in them some of them do protein plus a lot of minerals do There's one called protein plus yep, and the king makes one The one that I really like though is the lick magic comes in a bucket and it's a Because it has it tastes it does it smells like it's good No, you seem like you want to but I've not done it Warren has put some interesting things in his mouth That's came out way worse and anticipated What I'm referring to to tell everybody Warren one time we are filming some stuff and said if you guys if you guys dare me We even pay him we didn't even offer money for the the top of yeah, he's doing some stupid Video he's like if you use it on the show. I'll put I'll eat this deer tour acting ninja I'm like you were funny to pick up a turnt smell he's like I'll even taste it if you guys will use it Yeah, no everybody was trying to get me to do it and you did it on your own no where they not dad They were all everyone was telling me to do it. I remember there's a lot of discussion You're the only one dumb enough to actually put a deer turn your mouth. I Theory was it tastes like grass. I told him no I Figured a dry one wouldn't have any flavor So I did that big of a deal yes, and yes, he actually went through like no that and I Was that I wouldn't need a fresh one but a dry one I would I would do that because I didn't think there'd be any flavor in yes He did throw it in his there. He did not eat it. That's not real quick all I can tell you Fastest dry heaves I've ever seen The moment that he put it I Was actually kind of impressed you followed through on it. I know we need So don't that now don't go around at this time you're tasting turds. It's not gonna help you Why did we get on that the dry ones the dry ones don't taste any better right? How do you know if they taste any ones might be better because they may be more close to grass forms Oh, I don't know that's nasty. That is so I don't even know why we started looking for one with corn in it tastes like corn That's gross So what we were talking about I was we were talking about the lick magic which is The bucket that antler king makes that you just dump it on that said it was really good and I said Taste because it may sound like he was looking at now. It's not really good the antler aid has protein in it I believe a la rade I just wonder like Is mineral more integral for their antler growth or protein we need to get a biologist on here to tell us a little Bit more. I mean I don't I don't know the answer to that But from what I have read I don't believe like for a for you to go put on muscle mass like protein overload Not necessarily over my protein could play a big role in that you know what I mean in the muscles repair Yeah, but I don't think it's a body well maybe for their body But I think as far as like a healthy antler growth I don't know how much I would imagine if their bodies in better shape with their antlers grow better I don't know Warren from what I read I don't have the answer to that Anything that you can supplement out there that that is helpful I think is going to help the deer because obviously if they come to it then they're not finding that not finding that naturally I'm just I'm surprised like way hasn't tried to get in the game We'd be crushing with a other game whatever. Yeah next the next thing. I don't know who used to have that logo of the jacked up Dear, I used this yoked remember that has on the side of the trailer at the Iowa deer classic Yeah, it was actually a pretty good logo. Yeah, but the deer did you ever seen that one huge? Oh, this deer is roided out, you know like vein through the the shoulder and everything and like it's actually But they did a really really good job like whoever they paid to design it like it was really good. That was cool Anyway, so food food would be number one as far But now the other part of that because I have more than four cameras out right now and matter I'm probably gonna take this weekend now the turkey season's over I can put food out and so I'll probably put some blocks out and when I'm talking blocks grainy act blocks and Set them on what a couple farms though. We have cattle so I got it. I can't do that So when I have situations like that then I rely on what I believe is the food source of that time of year And I'll put it on a trail as they come by And I will say that you don't get as many photos in that particular situation However, sometimes you get the best quality photos You find here that if you start finding the right deer too, they're probably gonna be pretty habitual Absolutely, you might not get as many pictures, but you're gonna get the right ones Yeah, as opposed to what I hate doing that's why put them one of the things I do actually really like about the senses I'm kind of narrowing down what I'm getting pictures of because a lot of times I might get tons and tons and tons of videos or pictures of freaking doze and fawns Which is great to watch for the first 15 videos and then you get really tired of it, right? So that's a downfall to food So just keep that in mind though when you guys are setting your cameras set the settings According to what you got it set on meaning if I've got something sitting on a food block I'm gonna get a lot of pictures, so I don't want to take a picture every 10 seconds or 20 seconds I want to take a picture every two three minutes because that dough is gonna come in with her fawn or She gonna hang out for a while so you want to limit that number of pictures I do bursts on all mine where it's three or four photos at a time Just trying to get one clear picture out of them and then but if I'm on a trail I'm probably gonna have it on every 10 to 15 maybe 20 seconds tops because I'm not expecting I'm also putting them on video. I use video for everything almost but like like food I'm putting on pictures because I don't care because I put a hundred and eighty card in there You can't put it in that big card cards full no time So that that's one thing that we definitely are doing as far as cameras go It's about now. I would say Probably not even really heavily till mid-June Then then I want to make sure because I can start to tell who some of these bucks are gonna be by mid-June Warren's theory is July 4th Is when you can really? Yeah, we pretty and that that may change according to where you live, you know But here in Iowa we got pretty good antler growth by July 4th Yeah, I'll be I'll be so I go to Idaho tomorrow for a week But when I get back so it'll be like June I mean it'll be NMA, but June Whatever that's when I'll probably all my cameras I have right now or probably all gonna go out But I will give you guys a fair warning for things that I will not repeat this year If you are gonna run cameras whether it's one or 40 or 60 however many cameras you're running There is a big difference and there's there's you better pay attention to how like if farmers are in there all the time Or if nobody's in there because in the situation like dad Around his house. He's there enough. He can check those cameras check him frequently every three four days Yeah, heck you could check them every day pretty much And you're not gonna hurt anything because they're used to hearing the trucks around they're used to hearing us in the yard mowing doing whatever Okay, but like well, I thought last year stupidly or wow stupid stupid stupidly Yep, we need to have a cat podcast. Yeah, we do I thought last year stupidly that if I'm in there frequently either even if I'm in there just once a week It's not that big of a deal or they'll get used to it at some point because with me and the farmer being out there checking cows and stuff all the time It wouldn't be a big deal. I learned going into the season. That was the first year I'd done it that frequently Was the worst season I've had as far as like the deer doing what I know that they're normally doing So pay attention to that don't like if you have the majority of places you're probably not going to want to go in all the time So like this year I'll probably end up having 15 to 20 cameras out, but I'll rotate Part of why I'm out there so much is because I want to be out there like I want something to do I enjoy being outside He's you know what he's gonna tell you is put a cheater cheater cam Yeah, then you don't have to worry about it. You put say it was cameras I enjoy getting to go out let chris doe run me set cameras set stands whatever I enjoy the work so I like being out there, but A tip is you can rotate your stuff. So like if I'm gonna have 15 cameras out the ones in this section I'll go check on this weekend and I won't touch them for another two three weeks And then if not longer and then the next week if I'm wanting to do what I normally want to do is I want to be out As much as possible I'll rotate and I'll go to a different section where it's not going to be the same deer kind of thing if I can I will try to set cameras to where I can drive right to them and check them never get off and walk If they like especially field edges, you know things like that where I know the deer are gonna walk them at night or whatever But I definitely want to understand what am I looking for? You know this time of year primarily all we're trying to do is an inventory I'm not trying to see which way are they going? What are they doing? You know, I'm just looking for who's here who made it who who did I not see who's gonna make a big jump You know that kind of thing at this time of year. That's all that we're really kind of doing. You know So if you're gonna try to get the deer used to you By technically kind of maybe training them or pressuring them to that amount. I don't know how you the best way to specify that but uh What how often do you think you need to be in there because I know what how often I think you need to be in there Well, I think to start without just Dropping a bomb on them where he's there like every day kind of thing I think you need to be in try to be starting to go out or be out there in your Be present loud whatever Make him know that you're there at least two to three times a week and then after that once they actually start to get used to it I'm like every day Like they need to know if if you want them to genuinely get used to you or have an idea that somebody's gonna be in here all the time They need to know that you're there dang near every day and they can still do their normal things Not have to run away or whatever because they know that you're just doing your stuff but in the logic of that or the ability for most people I Don't have the time to do that. I don't I don't have the ability to go out and just hang out with my deer every day Yeah, his is kind of nice because Your house sits on the center of where you they built the house in the wrong spot. Yeah, technically Yeah, well, they I'm sure that's most people's standards is it was on in too good of a deer area. You shouldn't build your house there Well, he obviously wasn't a deer hunter He because you because you can look at it and see it's on the edge of the Cedars and everything about it says x marks the house. Yeah, and so I would have put the house up by the shop Yeah, you know and his is a deer hunting space a perfect example He's doing something every day and he's outside every day even even just pulling into your driveway I can literally stand me and mom just the other day were sitting on the porch and we have Kristo and Dan out there And she's laughing like mom has a loud laugh and there's five ten deer out in the field They'll look at you and they'll be like, huh? What's up? Now granted it's the time of year that they don't care as much either But it'll get to be time of season and they may like walk off into the woods if we're out being a bonoxious in the Tempere in the yard or something, but they're pretty well used to be like Not to the point of you can walk up and pet is deer don't get us confused at that but the point of like they're not gonna go run a mile or Be out of there for the next four or five days because they got busted Which is what you run into in places where they'd never see anybody or anything at all You go in there and you bust some deer You could be looking at maybe they come back that afternoon or whatever, but they might be gone a couple days Okay, so there was a I just saw a video on facebook of a dude that Inagreed himself into a mule deer herd the same guy did it with turkeys Oh, is that guy that had um, yeah, I think it was the same guy didn't I? Yeah, I didn't realize I was pretty sure I was the same guy the mule deer thing Yeah, yeah, he was saying that it took him every day like So they got a large portion of the day Yeah, and everything around these deer until they finally let them get closer and closer and closer and then they took one of them Didn't it and he say I don't know like one of the doves finally was like, okay I think that your trust worthy and came up to him and then the rest of them were like, oh, okay Could you imagine like during deer season? He just waits for that doe to come and heat and then throw out all my What do you think she's like he goes out there? Hey, Susie. How you doing today? Here comes the buck right behind her Well, what do you think that what that would do to their mentality if that is so he gets them all used to it and then fall rolls around And he shoots bob the big buck The no, but they all be like I can't believe we fell for that. No, the dough the dough is either gonna He got real close with is either going to be extremely appreciative Yeah, her him saving her right from bad things or She's gonna hate him like why did you just shoot my boy? But yeah, it depends if she's a hoe or not. Yeah I don't know how it does these podcasts did I say that I meant dough That was good That's funny a dough hoe She is this dough hoe all right, so the other part of I think um Sean's question was Not necessarily so that's a little bit about cameras and food and trying to just get a little bit of an inventory But as far as stands go like this time of year we hanging any stands are you? I mean would you do it right now? For the trials. Okay what's that? That was good. You say you wouldn't understand your own though. I said these doughs are for the trails I don't know what that means exactly. Okay. Anyway, so let's talk about stand location Yes, like way off in law. All the yeah because he doesn't touch anything until the week before season I would say if I was gonna hang stands I'd be doing an al post to I don't like doing stuff in june. Oh, I hate because it's too flipping hot I hate doing it then too, but that's the time to do it and then I don't I'll go do I'm It's a little tough to hang stands I guess it's not tough to hang stands this time of year If you have a very good intel from last year or over the winter on where you want to put a stand And so it's just about to say But one of the things that we're doing is managing our deer So a lot of times I don't know whether I got a deer that is going to be of age On a property until a certain period of time. I got to make sure that there is someone there Now there's there's some places right now that I could say I could go put a stand in and and be ready So that is where I've given people on x tips during shed season because shed season you're if you shed hunt You're walking over everything absolutely everything that you normally hunt And so me and Warren did it multiple times where we're walking around even on pieces that we hadn't hunted yet that we were just shed hunting And I have a different color on my pen and like I'll mark what it is But I'll mark like here is a Huge scrape or here is like this could be a good trail for a stand or something like that Um so that I know now because the other thing you got to pay attention to is like I have a really good idea Even when I'm hunting during deer season I'll do the same thing because I can either go do that during season and move stuff like when I can Or I'm banking on next year. Yeah, I could really use a stand over there or something like that So that now I can go do that. We got to pay attention to don't over cut Things as far as like your shooting lanes because Bank on I mean you depends on what time your season opens but like here We got like a week or two of pretty thick if not a little bit more actually but of thick but full footage as opposed to Late october. Yeah, it can change dramatic if you cut your shooting lanes to what it looks like during the summer Be ready because you're gonna be looking like a sore thumb stuck up there bare on a telephone pulse So like you're turning a punch bowl Yeah that so Oh, there who is the first person to shit in the punch bowl that made people more in I don't know You're making this you're gonna have to have the little e next to it But that's no different than most of them. That's valid Because that's about that who put the first turn to punch bowl to make that saying I don't even have a clever comment to come at someone because someone had to do it Are they just thought of that boy? There's no way they just heard in a punch bowl. Now somebody took a turd and put in a There's no way in the world. Did they take a third and they put in the punch bowl or did they turn into a funny I realize how I said that and I would imagine that This is like a steve stiffler situation where he poops in the in the cooler when he steals the guys jet skis It's american pie Yeah, I know stiff he wants to steal these these frat guys jet skis So he swims under the water ties rope onto their jet skis then sneaks around with his rope ties it to the His truck and then he's like oh, that's not good enough So while they're not paying attention he opens up their cooler of beer and takes a dump in it And then he walks away. They go to get another beer. He grabs a turd Freaks out and then stiffler takes off of this truck and pulls his jet skis through the woods I didn't see that one. I don't miss much. So I'd say there's your person that probably discovered pooping a punch bowl Now I want to go watch full models That's a good one too. What were some of his anyways, let's get back to our questions Yeah, sorry guys. We're on one today. I don't know what it is, but Um, like so like I said probably not mocks grapes or anything like that till mid june. I I mean, there's just you're not gonna hurt You can start now. You know, but but my point is is you can't tell who it is or what they're doing You can you you're just getting them ready you're getting You could fit yourself those if if you Uh, don't have an area where there's a scrape But you know that there's deer in the area to start a really big one or even just start it some in hopes that They're they'll pick up on it And that way you know that you got one and that they're gonna start that they're used to using it and frequently using it Yep, and don't expect it like they're not going to go crazy on it, but just one or two bucks start coming and then all of a sudden Few doughs show up other than buck shows up and then they stop in once in a while But you end up with a video or a photo of a buck that you might not know that he's there You know, so and I would say this Your scrapes are going to be more likely to give you that piece of advice or a piece of information that you need As a poet I find they're better than food I just a lot of my bigger bucks don't want to come to a food block don't want to come to a food Sometimes they will sometimes they won't You know, but it doesn't seem like any of them like stay away from a scrape Yeah, you know at the same time. I I preferred doing the scrapes once they are using them more frequently Because I don't have to deal with sifting through as many photos because I'll get sure I'll get those I'll get fawns. I'll get bucks all sorts of things on my scrapes, but the majority of them are the bucks So what's it? So I think I can't remember who you said whether Devin was or Someone asked the question about whether we think food plots are worth it I think it's both of them actually I'm gonna tell you as of today they better be because I just finished putting seven acres worth of food plots in yeah, and Here's the thing about that is I try to put food plots in so that we have food there all year long So today I'm planning perennials something that will continue to come back I'm doing that for multiple reasons one so that the deer have a food source number two keep the weeds down number three I'm trying to um put some nutrition back into the ground so that I can come back and put my annuals in And not have to spray for weeds and not have to put down anymore That's going to be the first time like it's your 80 that you have I've ever done that Yeah, I think that's gonna be really good down there I hope so because I think that it's gonna keep a lot of the weeds out of there and it'll be a like an actual lush Food plot not just and then we'll just come right in and put our annual stuff right over top of it And so what we did today was we planted um Trophy clover by antler king um That's what i'm putting in all those plots right now clover is what's going to put nitrogen back in the ground I did have to but before I did that I put pot ash on the ground to help um new give some nutrition to the clover itself Um, so anyhow, so there's different things you'll want to definitely do your ph test and stuff like that Um, but then what will happen is hopefully if we get the rain and the ground was perfect today It was I mean it was some moisture still there and everything so I had one field that was really hard You know that was dry that was the last one. I just did all right though. It should be as we're supposed to be getting rain Yeah, we're supposed to get rain tonight. So it depends on you you had tick on you. I thought so um your food plots like Did the question I think for both of them was Are they worth it? What are you using? Are they not worth it? I think that they are very lucrative if you can use them in the right forms in the right Uh food, I guess because like I think it depends depends on the area. Yeah, some of them like I I There's some of them. It's pointless. Yeah, I think those quarter acre plots and stuff that we used to do I don't think there's any point in doing that because I from Sure, I think it might kind of stop them going by but no deer deliberately coming to that we're like 180 those deer are They are going to that food. So there's a difference though between trying to get them to stay There because they have enough food as opposed to knowing that there's food there they can come to because Like I I just did I didn't really plan it didn't have to do much, but I just put in like quarter acre Not anticipating them come and do it a ton not anticipating like really anything of Consistency with it besides the fact of instead of the deer having to go this way in that area because I know they bed right there I put it That right next to their bedding where I can actually hunt it still in hopes that maybe they'll You know whether they're they're midday or whether they're they're just leaving and stuff that they have a reason to come that way As opposed to go in a different way because no matter what way they go they can find food anywhere, but if I can Coke some to go at least narrow them down a little bit That's gonna help me a ton because even in that spot that's that's one of the ones I've told you that I It's the hardest one for me to hunt because the wind is so difficult to get proper where it's actually blowing consistently Whether we have 15 or 20 mile an hour winds or not So now if I can at least bank on where the deer are gonna come from as opposed to them coming from everywhere That's gonna help me and so I don't bank on like that quarter acre plot. I do not bank on it pulling deer Anything I'm simply putting it there for the deer that I know are already existing in that spot Maybe give them a reason to come over. I would say that the two plots that we have that Draw deer to feed It would be the one of the 80 that you just talked about and then the one we call the north plot At the house, you know and that's I disagree with you. I think that whole entire section Yeah, but but that that Plot they're coming to meaning you can sit on there and know they're gonna enter from the This corner or that corner or whatever but you've also given them the food now that can hold them Yes year-round with alfalfa and everything. That's what it's five acres six acres. There's not enough there There's a ton of they all go to the neighbors in the because it's corn. Yeah in the I don't have the right food for dead winter. Yeah. Yeah, no, he has enough there where he That's bigger than the 80 food plot those plots. We used to have those southern farms. Yep pointless Well, there they were pointless one. They never really came in very well number two Um, they were right on the edge of a cornfield slash beanfield, whatever he was planning there So there was already a major food source there for that guy that's out there that doesn't maybe he's hunting hardwoods or something like that Man putting something fresh green in there and it may only be a quarter acre again like easton was saying they're not coming to that food plot to um spend two hours there, but would they swing over there and Grab a bite deep before they head on to somewhere else. Why not try and find a spot though that you could make it three quarters of an acre Well, that'd be great. I'm just saying when you can't like right now. I don't I wouldn't even have a spot on that piece That's the I mean the first one that I've gotten in least For work basically, but I don't have any Anyway to like that quarter acre right there is the biggest section. I'm gonna get I just I just don't know that there's no food there to be able to get them to do anything I think that I think they may plus I think they might if they're gonna actually come through I think they're gonna ruin it I mean they're gonna So what I put in was what the heck was it? There's a new one that they came out with the no-till Honey hole no Grade eight No, southern greens. It's not the ones that you use. It's a mixture. I can't remember exactly what it's called What I use though was it's from it's from antler king as well, but it's a no-till Like you can till it in if you want or if you're able to otherwise you can just hand spread it And it's kind of it's the most simple kind of have but it's a blend so they have clover trophy clover I have some brassicas in it. No um fall winter spring food pop blend Lights out Redate no The gray date I have the bag in my truck. I should grab it, but um So like for this one I knew that I could basically Sorry slam dog it might be it go back up Maybe it is true. No, I think it's a slam dunk one. I don't know I have to check but anyways Uh, where was I at? I don't know. I mean I think what we I think we should do save Well, I did getting too deep into um podcast and to a whole podcast on food plots Well, I agree. I'm just talking about what yeah, we're just talking about like whether it's beneficial and my answer would be yes And dependent on your situation. It's gonna be more beneficial Other times than not. I mean I still have to disagree with warren though Because because like what no till plot may that one yep that so that's a newer one, but that that is Uh a great place from I can't tell anything in there. I don't have anywhere that's big enough for me Like again, I was not banking on holding deer, but the reason I disagree with what you're saying on that is We know year round that those deer have massive betting corridor there and All the time and for whatever reason they like to bed in it all year round, but there's no food within I don't know a multiple hundred yards like they they come to it to live in it But then they go any direction they go they're gonna find food, but they have to go a hot minute to find it And so when they want to spend that much time Clearly that they want to spend a lot of time there for whatever reason that they feel safe there and everything If you can give them more reason to stand there to stay there because I can't hunt any of the food I can't hunt any of the the food choices they are going to so it's catching them to or from is all it is Now if I can give them a reason at least hang out longer until they go out at night or whatever to the big food plot or not food In the stage I 100% think that that would make a difference now you might be completely right I might go in there and one it might not come up two it might not Do anything but the issue with like what you were saying I don't I really don't think that they're gonna ruin it because I don't think it's gonna be all that great For the point of that there's clover in it and then there's brassicas as well And so I think that they would maybe they might destroy the clover and stuff in there But I really think that if they as long as some of the brassicas and stuff are left in there That's gonna be great come season For that reason because they get better They start hitting brassicas a heck of a lot more once it starts getting cold That'll be a good one just to check and see so we'll keep it you'll have to go in there You got a camera on that one or no? Yeah, I I did that and then I also put a food block in a camera right there for now Well, my problem is is that once I put my food plots in then I want to go watch them I want to go see them grow. They're the one that paints the wall and waits for it to dry Yeah, I mean it's like I already called she asked me if you want to go over and watch my plot tonight I'm gonna call dad when I just know he's probably watching his he is As bad as I am he's like mine's already started to germinate because he got his stuff in before all this rain Yeah, freaking be sitting there at lawn chairs dad's gonna have a pepsi and Oreos Oh, oh, I think oh nope is just a bug. Yeah. Oh, there's one No, it's all good. Uh did we answer everyone's questions? I mean, I think that's a real general Like what they were asking as far as what we're doing. That's about what we're doing right now And then we're gonna get into a lot more You get a biologist like what we're just asking for the mineral stuff But also we're gonna have one of our good buddies Robbie with antler king at some point he's gonna come Do a food ball like we'll go into some of this stuff because you know People they're asking about food plots and when it comes to clover There I don't think there's anybody out there that knows as much about his Forte is clover. Yeah, I mean not that he doesn't know about everything else as well But man, I've seen that guy grow clover plot like I've never seen before just for people just to get in just give somebody a reference Because if those guys are asking I would imagine that they're probably in a position where they might be able to plant something What it just give us two two things that you would suggest if you got if you're limited But you can plant a few things two things you could plant right now. That'll be beneficial Um clover and alfalfa Yeah, those are actually two that I was thinking in my head and and Antler king makes it it was new been now for a year or two Booner buffet and you put that stuff in and it comes back year after year and I would tell you that that one's both Isn't it it is and I'm two years in on it and we're hating that yeah and it looks freaking fantastic this year It's like a foot and a half tall already at the house. It's over my knee Yeah, if you guys are like anything like me and you are interested in food plots But you don't have a great you have permission or you don't have the ability to do anything with the land Um Or if you can get a landowner a lot of times something like that like what I did my landowner doesn't care because I don't have to kill Nothing up. I don't have to take anything out anything like that. That's a bad one. Yeah. Nice shot. Oh, yeah I'm actually really impressed that one This podcast was a Bruce Lee show Easton just whacked a cloth moth in flight in one Swat And now i'm gonna keep it attacked my now i'm gonna continue my point too because I didn't forget it So doesn't he get you with chopsticks? He did no That was weird So take it if you have the ability of it and say we'll let you we just shut up for two for my head Oh my gosh See now as you can Uh-huh. No, you won't know who that one is. That was grasshopper Good karate kid. No before the karate kid even there was a karate show on David karate played They do And he said as quickly as you can snatch this pebble from my hand Oh, just like that. Yeah, something like that sounded like I think i'm probably really really close Why are you yet? You're just feeling him. Oh, I'm enjoying this. Okay. You have any other impersonations I do anyway, what else you got? I Can't do them on air Okay for anybody that my point seven minutes ago that I started Did you know? What are you doing? Did you just say that guy? What you're doing? You can't do it in the store. That's the 7-11 impression Did you know they race camels in Saudi Arabia Warren They do Why we did This is gonna be one of the randomest podcasts What happens if your camels got double humps? That's not what i was gonna say. That's cheating Twice as fast Least there's a place to ride then all right finish your point. I think we're about ready to wrap this up Oh If you have the ability to put something small in and it's not very easy for you to get to your food plots often Think of something like clover alfalfa perennials and we're talking about perennials that come back On their own year after year you may have to do like a little sprain or something like that of weeds and stuff But if it comes up very well, you won't have to so Small places or even big food plots and stuff that you don't want to have to go into every year Perennials it's a great option. Oh, they can be super And clover's just like across the board works everywhere. Yeah All right, he's getting ready to go on another tangent. So i'm gonna close this thing. Look at how pictures. Yeah, which is bad That's really bad I have to say though. You made a comment and he didn't pick up on it about you know If you just need a place to put something small in And I was waiting for him. 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