#256 - Fail-safe Hunting Strategies to Tag a Buck! Decoys, Calling, Trail Cameras & More - Last Breath TV!
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
Jake Hofer
4.9 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2022
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, We are back in the studio talking with Garret Boelkes and Grant Putnam of Last Breath TV. Garrett and Grant are both seasoned veterans when it comes to killing mature bucks.
We discuss:
-What they have learned from running 40+ trail cameras
-Top trail camera locations for breaking down a new area
-When do you give up on a trail camera set and move it?
-How much of a difference does edge feathering on a farm make
-Tactics and strategies for using decoys in farm country
-The best fields to use a decoy in
-A hunt breakdown of killing a target buck with a decoy
-Calling effectively when using a decoy
-The optimal conditions for using a decoy
-The best areas for using decoys
-Dates to key in on when using a decoy
-Effective gun season strategies
-Taking longer shots with a slug gun
-Shooting tighter groups with a shotgun
-Ground blind or stand for gun hunting
-Slug gun vs Muzzleloader
And so much more!
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| 0:00.0 | What is going on? Welcome to the Exodus podcast this week. We have a great episode here with |
| 0:04.5 | Garrett Bulkis and Graham Putnam. And I've known these folks for a long time. And I tell you this, |
| 0:10.4 | every single year they get it done in terms of just killing big deer every single year in a lot of |
| 0:15.4 | different ways, different fashion, different forms. And we're talking about some of those tactics that |
| 0:19.8 | they have found to be tried |
| 0:20.8 | and true, including using a decoy, calling sequences, and trail camera strategies, and using |
| 0:27.4 | the farm to the best of its ability. So really fun conversation. I hope you guys enjoy this. And if you |
| 0:33.2 | are a firearm hunter in the state of Illinois, we break down their firearm setups, which is very |
| 0:38.7 | in-depth. And if you are one of those folks that are looking to maybe get something a little |
| 0:43.6 | bit different, then this one would be perfect for you guys. So that is it for now. Really, |
| 0:47.8 | no big plugs here for Exodus. If you want to support what we're doing here, head over to a website, |
| 0:51.7 | shop our entire collection of the Exodus MMT Arrow, Taylor Built for You, and we also have the Exodus render Verizon 4G LTE |
| 0:59.6 | trail camera that is flat out reliable and guaranteed for five years. So you can show support |
| 1:04.5 | by going over there and buying our products. And that is it for now. Let's go ahead and get right |
| 1:09.2 | into this week's episode. |
| 1:10.8 | Lights camera. Follow the trail. If you know where a deer, and that is it for now. Let's go ahead and get right into this week's episode. Let's. |
| 1:12.3 | If you know where a deer's betting and you know where he's eating, that deer should be dead. |
| 1:18.4 | If you're passive on a deer, what you're doing is you're teaching. |
| 1:21.8 | I've got 30 bucks in the Michigan record book. Everyone but one has had at least one previous wound on his body. Some had as many as |
| 1:29.0 | four. The Exodus podcast. Your source for all things, White Tail. All right, welcome, Grant Garrett. |
| 1:37.3 | Thanks for, uh, thanks for hopping on here today. I was thinking yesterday, we have to be pushing close to |
| 1:42.0 | 10 years of at least knowing each other at this point. |
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