#359 - The Bobby Worthington Masterclass In Woodsmanship That EVERYONE Needs To Hear! Finding The Right Funnels To Hunt, Making A Mock Scrape That Actually Works, and The Art Of Killing Mature Bucks

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

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, presented by Moultrie. Your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. On this week's episode, we are back on the road bringing you one of the podcasts we recorded on our latest trip to Tennessee with Bobby Worthington. We discuss:

Bobby Worthington emphasizes that deer hunting lacks exact rules, making it a unique challenge for hunters
Many hunters misinterpret success, thinking luck equates to skill, leading to confusion in their strategies
Time spent in the woods, especially during the rut, significantly increases chances of success in hunting mature bucks
Woodsmanship is about understanding what matters in hunting, not getting lost in irrelevant details or trends
Identifying significant funnels is crucial; not all funnels are equal, and some carry more deer than others
E-scouting can help, but real-world scouting is essential to find effective funnels and deer trails
Mature bucks often stay close to their core areas, especially if they’re not in bachelor groups with other dominant bucks
Mock scrapes should be set up correctly; height matters, as mature bucks prefer higher branches for scraping
Mistakes in mock scrape setups can lead to missed opportunities; understanding buck behavior is key
The importance of evaluating deer trails: heavier trails indicate more deer movement and potential hunting success
Bobby shares that hunting is about playing the odds; experience and observation are the best teachers
The conversation highlights the joy of learning and adapting in the woods, making every hunting trip a valuable experience

And so much more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What is going on? Welcome back to the White Tailed podcast. This is Jake Hofer.
0:07.0	And this week we have a great episode with Bobby Worthington.
0:10.0	Bobby Worthington is someone that a lot of people don't know about. And I say that because everyone should know about Bobby.
0:17.0	A great wealth of information, a true woodsman.
0:21.5	And I read his book before this trip, and a lot of these questions are centered around his book.
0:26.9	And it's the final quest.
0:29.6	And so he is very thoughtful with his words.
0:32.7	And just the book was, I really enjoyed it.
0:35.6	And so there are some copies left available on the Osseo website, but I actually bought an extra copy, got assigned by Bobby, Bobby Worthington, and I'm going to give it away, and I'll do this on the YouTube channel as well. But if you're listening to the audio version, if you can leave a written review, that's going to put you in the money or in the game here. And then the same deal for YouTube.
0:55.0	If you subscribe and leave a comment on the video version of this podcast, you will also be entered.
1:00.0	And we'll let that run for quite some time because we're going to be releasing a second episode here with Bobby later.
1:05.0	It'll be in October talking about hunting the rut.
1:09.0	That's when Bobby has killed a lot of his deer over the
1:11.8	years. One other thing that we may do with Bobby that we've never done before is take the full
1:15.8	length White Till Cribbs audio and run it as a podcast because it's so dense of really good
1:21.0	information and just just really enjoyed this conversation with them. I hope you guys do as well.
1:27.4	As you know,
1:28.2	the White Joe podcast is brought to you by Moultry and there's some pretty excited announcements
1:32.3	coming down the pipeline. I'm getting more and more pictures and unfortunately, I've been
1:36.5	getting more pictures of raccoons here recently, but still some velvet bucks starting to grow out
1:40.7	and I'm really excited. So they have some great cameras out of an affordable price to your warranty and the app.
1:48.0	The more I'm in there, the more I like.
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