Hunting Target Bucks, Weather Patterns, and Summer Food Plots w/ Don Higgins | HUNTR Podcast #86
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Returning to the podcast this week, we bring on Don Higgins, a guy who knows a thing or two about killing big bucks. In this episode we discuss topics that include strategy for killing target bucks, how to respond to different weather fronts, and the best way to set up your property to attract mature bucks. Don, being a successful writer in the outdoor industry, killing giant bucks, and having his own whitetail consulting business, shares a wealth of knowledge when it comes to whitetail deer hunting.
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I'm with Jared on this one. When you cut the brassicas back at about 8 to 10 they end up shooting quite a bit of young growth off that the deer end up really appreciating it later on in the season. Yes it done stunt it for about a week to 10 days but if you have a rain within 2 weeks they do just fine and still focusing on your cereal grains around it and I've had them pull up bulbs in the middle of March and Munch on them
I respect everyone's tactics for hunting but one I always think about is whoever has private land probably worked their tail off to own the land,,because land isn't free
That’s a fact
Or some pricks grandparents passed it on when they passed on
That prick’s grandparents still had to work for that land.
Another good one guys! You all keep blessing us with legends
Thanks for what you do. Always appreciate Dons advice. Good luck this fall.
Thanks for listening!
The biggest bow kill in PA grossed 190 6/8" shot with a recurve his dad had but wasnt using it. this buck is #2 typical in pa.
I did something similar with brassicas last year. I planted a clover plot and had some brassicas seed left over. So I mixed the two together. Planted august 8th. I noticed the brassicas were out competing the clover because I planted brassicas too heavy. I mowed part of the plot September 26th. Brassicas regrew but the bulbs only got to baseball size where I mowed and softball size where I didn’t mow. Clover came up great where I mowed and had to reseed clover where I didn’t mow come spring time.
I Also hunt in columbiana county, OH. Good luck this season!
Interesting!
My favorite part of this podcast was the last 20 minutes of guy talk!
Haha if you can make it through the podcast, it usually is pretty good
Can you guys do a dive into a public land hunt and where and when to go in and set up?
For sure
I jeff Sturgis also says a similar thing about a buck popping up in summer and then leaving again. He says that buck is showing you it will be back in the fall
Starting to see a pattern
Great guest.
I think 200 inch bucks are even fewer than you think. It's literally a needle in a haystack. Also, when one exists these days everyone knows about it by visually seeing him. . Then everyone hunts him and he gets killed. Even the best counties in the USA for big bucks don't have hardly any at all. Some of the biggest names in the hunting industry hunt in Decatur Co Iowa.. They have TV shows and how often do you see them shooting 200s? It happens but it's extremely rare, and they are on the best land in the United States. Most landowners there are managing for top end bucks too.
The question about 200's should be asked to all of the guests lol. I think depending on where you hunt the answer would vary quite a bit. I mainly hunt Texas where I live and they are rare but here in certain areas. Also hunt Kansas and have seen multiple 200's on the hoof and harvested within 1 mile of our spot. I assume you are talking 200 Gross right? I would say 5-7k that gross 200" walking around on an average year. That's a total guess haha
I think there are at least 50-100 in poor states and 250+ in good states
Deer love radish leaves early. Sept -nov . I plant straight radish light. Don’t plant early. The smaller the radish the better. I’m planting in wi now. I broadcast rye 3-4 weeks from now before the radish get huge. And I get best of both worlds. The radish with the tastey leaves, dongers in the winter , and the rye coming up in between.
Don’t plant brassica too early. Big are not tastey. My most tastey brassica were planted Aug 22nd cuz of no rain. They hammered it.
They don’t eat yours maybe cuz you plant too early.
Radish and light turnip Aug 1-10th before a rain. And rye sept 1-10th before rain to. Try it.
Great input Nic
Love the show, not sure I agree with the 200" buck discussion after Don left the show. I do agree that it would be a great research project. In my circle of friends that hunt [in Pa] and we have never gotten photos of any bucks over 185" over roughly 6 counties. I would guess there's more like 4-8 200"'s in our state. I won't comment on other states numbers though... Maybe ask Spook Spann.
Lol @ Spook Spann.
He can make them appear in any state 😂
@@HUNTRPOD he is the only person in recorded history to kill a 200 inch whitetail in Africa
I live in se Mn near where sturgis lives and the two county’s close to me is some pretty good whitetail hunting. I think there could easily be 10 200” deer in both counties. There’s a lot of places to hide in the Mississippi River valley bluffs. If our regulations were more like Iowa this area would be just as good.
Agree they are there for sure. Rare but they exist
Only 15 200" bucks have been reported that have been shot by firearm. In Pa.
I mowed brassicas last year to try to eliminate some weed growth. The brassicas came back with a vengeance
Hmm, good to know...
Since B&C was scoring bucks 3000 net 200" bucks give or take, have been entered in the book. So your odds of taken a 200" net is about 16 200" net bucks are taken , or your odds would be one in a million!!!! I do not know what the odds would be for a 200" gross buck per year.
Number of 200s question my guess is less than one to one per county on average in good states and 1 per 5-10 counties in less quality states
We have some more discussions on this coming
I've had my tcams out for 11 days in Ohio on public and so far I've got 13 bucks, 3 booners and only one is a 200. I know there's another bucks that should break 200 this year but no pics of him yet
Sounds like a hell of a spot lol
@@HUNTRPOD is there a way I can send you guys pics to get your options?
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9 million bucks 400 to 700 depending on the year
If you mow brassicas they regrow, I thought for sure they wouldn’t lol
Crazy! I guess something to try?
Guys please be careful with covid thing. As an ems worker I can tell you you can get it again and each time you get it can be worse especially if you react to getting it. Just please be careful because it is super still out there
Thanks Jeff! Not something we take lightly, just glad to be through it
@@HUNTRPOD You guys are young and healthy. Covid isn't going to hurt you. I'm 62 and had it when I was 60. I've had worse head colds.
Florida's out here bringing that average way on down lol. There's a lot of deer but there's only been 2 over 200 ever recorded in the state (and really only a handful over 150). One 80 years ago and one after a large government owned area was opened to hunting.
Haha yes you are right!
But remember that doesnt count 200" bucks that havent been entered.
Talk less and let your guest talk more. It is like you both are trying to prove your knowledge instead of sitting up Don to talk.
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