114 Speed tours on public and private (burr oaks)-river funnel-oak differences-apple tree location
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- This video is a salad of pre-season things and am posting it with the other 2 videos I posted today because it's that time of season to do speed tours of early season locations to check for mast and fruit production and buck sign.
A short speed tour check on public land to see if some scrapes from last season were re-opened under a beech tree, which they were.
A speed tour check on private to see if burr oaks along standing cornfield produced acorns, which they did. At the burr oak trees near a river, showing and discussing what a river funnel is and why deer on public or private gravitate to crossing at them. Showing proof in John's yard why animals that eat acorns prefer to eat white oak acorns over reds.
A speed tour check of a couple apple trees to see if they produced apples and have any buck sign.
I find around here (central OH) that the deer will return to ravines/cuts near oak trees in the late season to search for acorns that rolled into the ravine and got missed/covered up.
burr oaks cranking this year!....hey John 😁
You put out great information that can be used all across the whole whitetail range and I very much appreciate it.Some wisconsin and iowa hunters say and do things that wont work anywhere else in the country.
Thanks Shane and I try to put out info for lots of differing terrain features as area to area can be so different. When I first went to Kansas I was like, how in the hell do you hunt this type of terrain and now I love it because it is so easy as are most states west of the Mississippi. The only states I can't relate to because I've never hunted there, are southern states.
Well I got me a buck opening day WI under a burr oak dropping acorns. I did the same thing cruising around 3 days before, including 'opening morning, without a bow in hand', to find feed trees. I probably got that tactic from you so thanks.
I have people tell me they know my spots too, but so what I don't care. They still have to actually go hunting. Hahahaha!
That first drop of acorns is normally empty shells or damaged by weevils.
Thank you for your time sir much appreciated!
You're more than welcome Chris
103 here today, cant even imagine wearing scent lock in this heat. Our acorn crop is spotty due to draught conditions
Dave, you know that the best hunting happens during the rut phases when the weather is cooler. Why would any seasoned hunter like yourself not wait as opposed to hunting in 100 degree weather.
@johneberhart4062 was referring to speed scouting looking fir acorns. The extreme hot also sets up good for water holes.... I typically go check a few hidden ones to see if they are dry or not before season starts. I don't mess with my rut spots.
Agree and I don't mess with rut spots either, the oaks with acorns are along a cornfield that I will hunt early season due to the acorns and during the lull to hopefully spar something in while the corn is still standing, by the rut the acorns will be gone and the corn will be cut and it's worthless after that because its too exposed for here. I checked the scrapes to see if they were active because they are in a transition zone between several bedding areas and I can get to them by walking through an open area. It is a spot that can be hunted any time of season until gun season begins.
@johneberhart4062 good luck this year John, hope you get a few good bucks. Personally, any buck in Michigan has to be a challenge.
Awesome
Here in NY my trees have gone 4 years without any acorns. Mostly due to the spongy moth caterpillars a few years ago. Luckily acorns have been showing up at other locations near me but still not on my property. Will be hunting hardwoods near ag this fall. Good luck everyone
Yea, we had issues with gypsy moths a few years back as well.
Seems like here in S. Michigan, all the white oaks are raining corns. It’s all I can hear out scouting. Seems they will be all cleaned up by bow opener.
I was thinking the same i live in southwest michigan and white acorns arent going to be a big factor cause the corn is going to last longer than the acorns
@@justinadams159 today I went out near some bedding areas and the white oaks have basically fell all of their acorns and there are only very few green ones left, not much at all. Almost all cleaned up off the ground too. I couldn’t find any more white oaks with any more acorns. It was a very good year for them, just barely too early.
I found a grove of burrs today that are dropping heavy. Dropped a camera so we’ll see what is around
Not related to the hunting content at all but was wondering what you have in them lakes. Pike, walleye, and etc?
doing the same thing speed tour time BOYS!
It is the ime to speed tour early season locations if you have an Oct. 1 opener and many options of early season locations to choose from.
Hey John, when do you do your speed tours? End of aug? Early sept?
Good info! We have a bunch of acorns here in ct this year. Im seeing a lot of half yellow half green and half yellow half brown ones. Not sure what kind they are tho or if the deer like em.
Deer love white oak acorns which fall before red oak corns. Red oak corns are very bitter to deer so they prefer white oak corns. They will stay away if the spot is too pressured or if something is wrong with the acorns. Deer don’t eat acorns with worms or parasites so that’s something to look for.
@@americanagothic7851 are those ones white oak?
@@dank5580 white oak trees leaves have rounded edges. Red oak leaves have pointed, sharp edges.
@@americanagothic7851 didn't catch the leaf shapes. Just wondering if that color combination can possibly be a white oak or if it's something else
Maybe chestnut oak from google
Do you use activated carbon socks?
Np as socks are in airtight boots so it doesn't matter what socks you wear. I wear mostly merino wool socks and the brand is irrelevant.
Why are there no activated carbon socks on the market for guys who hate rubber boots?
Rompola's buck is real!
I agree that the carcass was real, just not the antlers as they were altered and that is why he wouldn't get it Xrayed. Can you think of any logical reason for not getting the rack Xrayed and of course that is only one of the many issues with that buck.
I agree bro! A wanna be who never made it! U can get fake racks that are real life like! Just gotta have money lol haha 🤣 😂
Lol, subject is such a can of worms! I can talk myself into and out of believing it every time I talk about it. I really wish Rompola would have just had it scored officially. X-raying buck racks was never a thing as far as I know. How many record holders have had theirs x rayed? However, if it was real, he would have let it happen. Would have been awesome to have the world record buck belong to Michigan but, we will never know. Most likely because it’s not true. However, Rompola did shoot other monsters in the same area that look exactly the same, just a bit smaller.
Jesus! Here we go again...
You're correct, X-raying racks was never and still is not a thing for general entries, but when your talking about an overall world record, that is a totally different level of entry and obviously he wasn't expecting it because he had entered bucks into Michigan's book without any scrutiny and there are questions from the regional scoring director (who is a taxidermist) about his previous state record as well. @@americanagothic7851
'Promo SM' 👇
What’s the dpsm?
What's dpsm?
@@johneberhart4062 deer per square mile.
Depends on where in the state you hunt. Michigan has a lot of deer, just very few ever reach maturity. @@Briguy933