#357 - The Mature Buck Puzzle: Creek Crossings + Perfect Timing = Alabama State Record With Michael Perry

The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests

Jake Hofer

Publicland, Nature, Deerhunting, Trailcameras, Sports, Wilderness, Outdoors, Exodustrailcameras, Naturestudies

2.4 • 600 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, presented by Moultrie. Your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. You asked and we listened, we are officially back! On this week's episode, we are back on the road for another Whitetail Cribs and Podcast with Michael Perry. We discuss:

Patterning the deer and other hunters on public
Hunting trails instead of scrapes
Seeking creek crossings for sign
Swing shift work doesn't stop a dedicated hunter
Patience and timing are crucial for big bucks
Don't over-rely on trail cams
Michael's state record public land muzzleloader buck
Trail camera angles can make or break your intel
How bedding areas differ in the South
In-season scouting
Moving leaves to find big buck tracks
Thermals and creek bottoms
Hunting the south vs hunting the midwest

And so much more!

Follow along on social!

IG - @WHTLDEER

TikTok - @WHTLDEER

Youtube - @WHTLDEER

Thanks again for all of the support from our partners, none of this would've been possible without them!

-Moultrie: https://bit.ly/moultrie_

-Hawke Optics | Use Code WHTL for 15% off: https://bit.ly/hawkeoptics_

-OnX: https://bit.ly/onX_Hunt

-Painted Arrow: bit.ly/PaintedArrow

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	What is going on? Welcome to the White Tailed podcast. This is Jake Hofer this week. We have a great episode.
0:04.0	It is from our travels from last week, Alabama and Tennessee. We have four great
0:09.1	white tail cribs coming to you guys here later this fall that all of them are awesome. And I hope you guys really
0:15.1	are as excited to see them as we are to share them. And this is with Michael Perry. He was our third stop in this trip.
0:22.9	Really enjoyed visiting with him and his wife for the day and seeing his trophy room and just
0:27.8	really enjoyed it. And this conversation, there's certainly a reflection of that feeling.
0:33.1	He's pretty much exclusively hunted public around his entire life.
0:43.5	And whether you hunt public or private or from the south or the Midwest or out east or way up north,
0:45.4	I bet you there's some things.
0:50.1	Actually, I know that there's some things in this conversation that stuck out to me personally that I think will be useful for absolutely anyone.
0:52.3	So he has the state record for
0:54.5	muzzleloader buck in Alabama, a 196 inch deer, a really big deer. And so just completely
1:00.7	ate up by White Tails, decades of experience. And he shares some key things in this episode that
1:05.8	hopefully you guys really enjoy. And before we get into this episode, as you know, this is brought
1:10.7	to you by
1:11.2	multery and i want to tell you about the edge 2 pro they have that they have a sale going on for
1:16.7	father's day you can get one for 99 99 and that's all i've been using here is the edge pro
1:23.3	2's you know late last year and throughout this spring and now we're into summer.
1:28.9	And a great camera, super easy to set up.
1:33.1	And they have a 0.3 second trigger speed, 100 foot detection and flash range,
1:39.7	built in GPS tracking, which is actually really nice.
1:42.7	You open up the Moultry app.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jake Hofer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jake Hofer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.