Moriah drew a rare Gila National Forest rifle elk tag for unit 16A. In this episode we tell the day by day story of the hunt and how we killed a good bull in three days!

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#118 - New Mexico Gila Bull Elk

This week we are talking about our recent deer hunting roadtrips to Ohio and Arizona on OTC tags!

#122 - Arizona and Ohio Deer Roadtrips

Mark and Luke join us from southern Arizona to talk about there over-the-counter mule deer archery hunt in progress. They have been seeing lots of mule deer, coues deer, hunter, javelina, and cacti!

#121 - 2020 OTC Arizona Mule Deer

This week Moriah is telling the story of his recent successful deer hunt on public land. Last week's episode we discussed red oak hunting strategies and they produced a big Indiana buck this week!

#120 - Late Season Indiana Buck Killed Hunting Red Oak Acorns

This week we are talking about recent hunt over one of the most overlooked late season food sources, red oak acorns! We have stories to tell of encounters with bucks and shots fired!

#119 - Late Season Hunting Over Acorns

This week on the show Mark shares how his TN deer season turned around in the blink of an eye. Mature buck down in TN!

#117 - Mark's First TN Buck

It has been an eventful last few weeks and on this episode Mark shares stories from his 2020 NC buck and doe, as well as his first TN doe!

#116 - Three Deer Down

We are finally back with weekly podcast posting! This episode is all about opening day in Indiana and a successful bow hunt off the ground!

#115 - First Indiana Deer In The Ghillie Suit

Joining us today is fellow Mississippi hunter John Zimmerman to discuss ghillie suits for bowhunting. John tells us how to build a custom low-cost ghillie suit at home along with some tips for customizing it to your needs. We then discuss the success John has had using his ghillie suit to get within bow range of deer on the ground! The Untamed video on building a ghillie suit

#114 - How To Build A Custom Ghillie Suit With John Zimmerman

When you kill a deer far from the truck it can be a daunting task to get it out. Over the last few years of public land deer hunting the South and hunting the West we have developed a quick clean system for quartering deer in the field and packing them out. In this podcast we discuss the gear you need and walk you through the process!

#113 - How To Quarter And Pack Deer Out Of The Field

We are answering listener questions on this show about various subjects around hunting like clover food plot establishment, deer sexual segregation, and of course...how we approach emergencies of the fecal kind while hunting.

#112 - Answering Questions: Food Plots, Woods TP, Fighting The Chafe, And Our Archaic Hunting Methods

This week we are discussing fall food plot plantings. Specifically we cover what you should plant, how tow plant it, and when to plant it.

#111 - Fall Food Plot Plantings

How old is he? A common question after killing a buck or when deciding whether to shoot him. Today we are discussing the three most commonly used methods for aging deer: tooth wear and replacement, cementum annuli, and aging on the hoof. We share how these methods were developed and what the current body of scientific literature says about their accuracy. See cited papers below.   -Tooth Development and Wear as Criteria of Age in White-Tailed Deer -Aging White-Tailed Deer by Tooth Replacement and Wear: A Critical Evaluation of a Time-Honored Technique -Physical Characteristics for Age Estimation of Male White-tailed Deer in Southern Texas -Accuracy and implications of visually estimating age of male white‐tailed deer using physical characteristics from photographs

#110 - Can We Accurately Age Deer? A Review Of Science

We are unpacking the top points Dr. Haus made during our interview last week and applying them to our current hunting situations. If you haven't yet, listen to episode 108 prior, as we interview Dr. Jacob Haus about research he did on collared mature bucks on public hunting land!

#109 - Key Takeaways From Our Interview With Dr. Haus

Dr. Jacob Haus of Bemidji State University joins us to share findings from his graduate research on collared mature bucks on a public hunting area in Maryland. Jacob shares a wealth of knowledge through his observations of real world public land deer movement and answers such questions as why are some bucks so hard to kill? Do bucks choose travel routes based on wind direction? Do bucks bed in the same place repeatedly? Are some bucks unkillable?

#108 - Dr. Jacob Haus on Public Land Mature Buck Movement and Hunting

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