#261 - Don Higgins Approach to Hunting the Peak Rut!
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
Jake Hofer
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🗓️ 8 November 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, We are back in Illinois talking deer hunting with Don Higgins. Don is a previous guest on The Exodus Podcast and never disappoints, and this time is no different! If you want up your odds at a giant during everyone's favorite time of year, listen up! We discuss:
-The rut is the same time every single year
-Is November the best time of year to kill a mature buck
-Don's favorite time to kill a mature buck
-Should you hang a new stand in November
-Where you should hunt going in blind in November
-The part of the rut where you will see the most daylight buck activity
-Changing strategies for the lockdown
-What to do when its a warm rut
-Keep your trail camera pictures from this year!!!
-Homecoming bucks
-Make the best of your one week in November
-Can you kill a specific buck during the rut
-Why thanksgiving is the best time to kill a giant
And so much more!
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| 0:00.0 | What is going on? Welcome to the X's podcast this week. We have Don Higgins on here once again to talk about all about the rut, how to make the most of it, how to hunt it effectively, and everything else you should keep in mind to maximize on one of the most opportunistic times to attack a whitetail buck and none other than Don Higgins is going to be telling you what he would do. And in case you've been one of the folks waiting to see Don Higgins' White Hill Cribs episode, that's this coming Sunday. And last Sunday, we just released Bill Winkie's episode. So we've had so many great guests here this year. If you haven't been catching those episodes, head over to our YouTube channel, Exodus Outdoor Gear, and check out all the episodes we have on here. |
| 0:38.2 | A lot of really cool stuff, some awesome stories that you guys are going to want to check out. |
| 0:42.3 | So that is it. |
| 0:43.6 | I hope you guys are enjoying your season and getting out there. |
| 0:47.8 | And in case you are in need of some more cameras or maybe some solar panels or some arrows, |
| 0:53.7 | head over to a website, |
| 0:55.0 | Exodus Outdoorgear.com. Sign up for our email newsletter. And we're going to have some |
| 1:00.0 | incredible Black Friday savings coming out later this month. And you're going to want to be able |
| 1:05.6 | to get our emails because last year we sold out, I want to say within two hours of announcing |
| 1:10.4 | it. So be sure to go and take advantage of that if you're going to be in the market for some of those items, because those are the, this is the best savings opportunity we can provide. We only do it once a year. So that is it. I hope you guys enjoy this episode with Don Higgins. Here we go. Lights. Camera! Follow the trailer. |
| 1:28.4 | If you know where a deer's betting and you know where he's eating, that deer should be dead. |
| 1:33.0 | If you're passive on a deer, what you're doing is you're teaching. |
| 1:36.4 | I've got 30 bucks in the Michigan record book. |
| 1:38.7 | Everyone but one has had at least one previous wound on his body. |
| 1:42.9 | Some had as many as four. |
| 1:45.3 | The Exodus podcast. |
| 1:47.3 | Your source for all things, White Tail. |
| 1:50.4 | All right. |
| 1:51.9 | We're on the home stretch here. |
| 1:53.1 | We've done a lot here today. |
| 1:54.5 | We've recorded this third podcast, White Tail Cribs, |
| 1:59.3 | and I still get a look at the deer here for a little bit longer. |
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