#322 - Jake Bush - How To Hunt Late Season Public Land Big Woods Bucks
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
Jake Hofer
4.9 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Exodus Podcast we are chatting with Jake Bush as he unpacks his cross-country move for whitetail hunting. From the mental grind to stealthy approaches in Ohio's late season, get ready for an infusion of late-season strategies and heartfelt hunting passion. This episode is a must-listen for hunters seeking that elusive, cold-weather buck!
- Mastering late-season hunts
- Identifying food sources and patterns
- Staying mentally sharp for the game
- Adapting hunting tactics with seasons
- And much much more!
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| 0:00.0 | What's going on? Welcome to the Exodus podcast this week. We have a great episode. And in case you miss last week's episode, be sure to check it out. It's about the possible ban of cell cameras on Kentucky |
| 0:21.7 | public grounds. So whether you have a personal stance on that one way or another, be sure to go |
| 0:26.7 | and have your voice heard. And there's a clip from the actual commissioners meeting, hearing |
| 0:32.0 | some of the dialogue of what they're thinking about and what they, what's the purpose between |
| 0:36.2 | this possible legislation change. And we had Jake Bush and Reese Johnson on that episode. between this possible legislation change and we had |
| 0:37.9 | Jake Bush and Reese Johnson on that episode but this week is with Jake Bush yet and we're talking |
| 0:42.1 | about late season hunting how to make the most of it for this last leg of season can be very |
| 0:47.8 | challenging and there's some really great tips in here I'll give you a disclaimer it might not be |
| 0:52.6 | easy but definitely some hot tips here from |
| 0:55.3 | Jake Bush on how to get on late season, Big Woods, Public Landbucks. I hope you guys enjoyed this |
| 1:00.2 | episode. Here we go. This is top of mind for everyone that has a tag in their pocket. And, you know, |
| 1:09.3 | I think that we were talking before. I mean, late season can be |
| 1:12.5 | very straightforward for certain parts of the country or depending on what your opportunity is. |
| 1:17.4 | It can be very cut and try. Be very methodical with your sits, be very methodical with your |
| 1:22.6 | access and try to time things correctly with the good cold front. But I have to imagine that that's maybe not |
| 1:29.4 | quite what you have to do with the type of train that you're hunting. So just give me an idea of what |
| 1:33.9 | is your late season plans as of right now. So late season for me is I get into the late season mindset |
| 1:41.1 | probably about December 15th. And the reason for that is from running |
| 1:45.7 | cameras, one thing that I've figured out over the last five years, especially in the state of Ohio, |
| 1:51.3 | is we're looking at it now. I mean, December 5th today, but I started seeing it yesterday. So December |
| 1:56.4 | 4th, the day after gun season, for about a 10 day period. |
| 2:01.4 | It seems like the biggest, most mature bucks get up on their feet and they're looking for |
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