The Best Way to Hunt Each Week in October For Mature Bucks - Steve Hanson

In this episode of The Exodus Podcast, we traveled to Iowa and sat down with Steve Hanson, who spent years guiding in Alaska and still helps guide in Iowa about how he approaches his pre-rut and October whitetail hunts in a week by week format. Along with everything he has learned when it comes to rattling in big bucks in the midwest. This is truly a great listen for anyone looking to improve their deer hunting plan for this coming season!
0:00 Intro
1:50 How Steve Fell In Love With Hunting
2:55 How He Was Introduced to Hunting
4:10 Huntings Impact on Steve as a Teen
5:00 Steve's Perspective of Hunting Iowa
6:00 Pros and Cons of Guiding
7:15 What Steve Does Different in October
8:05 How He Gathers Early Season Info
8:40 How He Sets Up for Bucks First Weeks of Oct
11:50 Creating Dead Spots
12:40 Timber Walls
13:20 Warm Front Days in Oct
14:10 How Strategic Do You Need to Be?
15:20 Hunting October Mornings
16:45 First Week of Oct
19:45 Second Week of Oct
22:30 Third Week of Oct
23:25 Remove Early Muzzleloader or Late Muzzleloader Season?
25:40 More Third Week
26:25 Rattling Story
28:10 First Time Rattling Advice
30:35 Favorite Time to Rattle
32:50 What Rattlers Steve Opts For
34:15 End of October
37:15 Biggest Mistake of Out of State Iowa Hunters
38:00 Getting Over Buck Fever
44:00 Rut vs October?
45:00 Scent Control
48:15 October Pep Talk
49:00 Outro
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[@h2osoe]

It’s opening day in Iowa. ! Good luck fellas.

[@tristanrevia1321]

Tomorrow in Texas got a nice buck I'm gonna target this year

[@garrettstraffon608]

@@tristanrevia1321 I had one to target last year and he shifted right before the rut like October 20th and he was gone and haven’t seen him since. Northern pa so I would say pre rut he disappeared. But my advice would be try to get it done early. Early season patterns and don’t be scared to get aggressive.

[@skimorebumps]

When talking rattling and their ability to pinpoint location how come no one seems to discuss having horns on a rope and bouncing off ground below. Requires very little movement and sound is low where it should be. Even when they are looking in your direction you can make some noise only moving a finger on the rope. It also generates the leave noise with virtually no movement. Can even be used in that 50yd range that you can't get away with up in tree. With them staggered just right you can lay them on groung where slight finger twitch can rustle just leaves pick just one off the ground slightly to drop for a little thud. Bow is in hand too. Works exceptionally well if there's a visibility problem to where you are bouncing them off the ground. I have yet to find a downside so generally curious why its never discussed as it addresses all the problem areas except circling downwind

[@garrettstraffon608]

I’ve never tried it but I feel like it would be hard to make it sound like two bucks brawling or even sparing. But I have heard of it and I like the aspect of the leaf and ground noise but idk

[@KeepinYouUp07]

Great information 👍 thanks

[@thetributary8089]

Moving away from the shoulder leads to endless one lung liver shots. A sturdy fixed broadhead blasts thru shoulder, period.

[@Ma_Deuce]

I second this

[@dansanders442]

Does hunting early october mornings or evenings differ when using a bow vs rifle when you should start hunting?

[@keithbanther3385]

Wow...actual factual information!
This is what I do & this is how I do it...
Instead of this is what I do but no explanation on how. So many of these guys just talk generalities .Adam Hays comes to mind.

[@Alex_A39]

When do ya suppose giving the horns a rattle is the earliest time you can get away with rattling??

[@ExodusOutdoorGear]

First light is when a lot of folks like to first rattle

[@Alex_A39]

Thanks for the reply... I more so meant in the month of October

[@dylantackes5337]

single bevels for the shoulder

[@mthom10987]

Beans are like weed eh