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The Hunting Public

#180 - Situational Calling Strategy For Whitetails

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The Hunting Public

Sports & Recreation:outdoor, Sports & Recreation, Outdoor

5.01.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

One of the most exciting ways to hunt deer is to call them into bow range. In the episode, Zach and Ben talk about the pro's can con's of calling deer, situational calling strategy, and how to add realism to your calling based off of conditions and the time of year. If you want to add some calling strategy to your playbook this season give this episode a listen! Topics Include: -when is the best time to call? -calling deer in heavily pressured areas -how to add realism to your calls OPTICS - 10% off Vortex Optics w/code THP10 - https://bit.ly/3AOdKDQ DEER CALLS - Get 10% off Woodhaven Calls w/coupon code - THP2018 - http://bit.ly/2IagiSe MAPPING - Get 20% Off OnX Hunt! Use promo code THP: https://bit.ly/3qCKryJ THP MERCH - https://bit.ly/30ZC1rm BOW ACCESSORIES - Get 20% off TROPHY RIDGE products w/code - THP21 - http://bit.ly/2Lol7Yx BOWS - Save 10% off all Bear Equipment w/code THP10 - http://bit.ly/2JW7OzP DEER CALLS - Get 10% off Woodhaven Calls w/coupon code - THP2018 - http://bit.ly/2IagiSe TICK REPELLANT - Learn about all Sawyer outdoor products - https://sawyer.com/lyme-disease/ TRAIL CAMERAS - Get 10% off Exodus Trail Cameras w/ code - THP10 - https://bit.ly/3lwNlpE GAME PROCESSING - MEAT! products - Free shipping on orders over $99 w/code - THP10 - https://bit.ly/2DzgTQ8v TREE SADDLES - Check out Tethrd saddles and platforms! - http://bit.ly/2Td2Wcr Follow us on Facebook at The Hunting Public Follow us on Instagram at The Hunting Public

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another episode of the Hunting Public Podcast. We get a lot of questions about how to call to deer

0:06.7

There's tons of different situations where you may be trying to decide if you should call to a deer or how you should call to a deer

0:13.8

And in this episode, we're just gonna go through a bunch of different

0:18.0

situations we're gonna talk pros and cons of calling. We're gonna be talking about you know how to add realism to your calling

0:24.3

And to help me out with the conversation. I'm gonna have my friend Ben Robinson on

0:28.4

I know one of Ben's favorite things to do is just be on the ground moving around

0:33.5

Mixing it up doing a bunch of different calling setups and just moving through potential bedding areas

0:38.5

And that's a strategy that I definitely have plans to put into place a lot more this season and as always

0:44.0

We're not claiming to have all the answers to how to call perfect

0:48.1

I know there's tons of other calls that you can incorporate into your calling strategy

0:52.3

That maybe you've had success with or that maybe you have a lot of confidence with that we don't mention

0:57.4

That's not to say that some of those strategies don't matter

1:00.2

We're just gonna be talking about our experiences and how we've had success calling deer in in the past

1:05.5

So during October we do a lot of in-season scouting we move around a lot try to find that hot sign and

1:11.7

One important piece of gear that I could change your luck is having a good pair of binoculars when you're moving around

1:18.0

Sometimes it's important to be able to see a good distance

1:20.9

We find ourselves glassing to see if a rub is fresh or not a lot of times that way

1:25.2

We don't necessarily have to get any closer to a specific area if we don't want to can also be handy

1:31.1

If you're still hunting through even a thick area to just use your binoculars to glass

1:35.6

It's something that we do all the time that I think

1:38.4

Some hunters may take for granted, you know, even in a big timber situation where visibility is limited

1:44.1

We're doing a lot of glassing while we're moving around doing these still hunts or just looking for fresh sign in general

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