#364 - I Didn't Put Any Trail Cameras Out In July, Is It Too Late To Start Putting Them Out? We Asked 8 Whitetail Experts Their Thoughts!

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

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 44 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’re bringing you a brand new format. We spent the summer talking to 8 different whitetail experts as part of a mini series for The Wired To Hunt Podcast on the MeatEater Podcast Network. We asked Bobby Kendell, Skip Sligh, Bill Winke, Don Higgins, Jeff Sturgis, Steve Hanson, Thomas Mlsna, and Mark Kenyon 8 different questions to see how each is different/the same in the whitetail ideology and tactics.

This is the first episode in the mini series, with the remaining 8 going live over on The Wired To Hunt Podcast. We discuss:

Don't panic if you haven't set up your trail cameras yet; there's still time.
Historical data is crucial; lean on past experiences to guide your scouting.
Focus on food sources and pinch points when placing cameras.
Use glassing to identify deer movement before deploying cameras.
If you can't glass, look for mineral spots or use corn to attract deer.
Set cameras at stand locations to monitor deer movement effectively.
Don't be afraid to scout aggressively; it can provide valuable intel.
Use mock scrapes to attract deer and gather information year-round.
Remember, deer behavior changes; summer patterns may not reflect fall movements.
Take a breath and develop a plan; you're not as behind as you think!

And so much more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You still have time to get on them and do some pre-season scouting with cameras, but you've given up the ability to make a couple moves and maybe find those deer.
0:08.5	So I would take what little precious time you have and spend some time glassing.
0:12.9	First of all, don't panic.
0:14.6	Take a breath, right?
0:15.8	My second biggest deer I ever killed, I put the camera out on Labor Day weekend and came back in the next weekend, checked it, came back in the next weekend and killed it.
0:25.6	We always feel a little behind with it being late July, deer season's approaching.
0:29.6	And so this summer I actually have been working on a mini series for the Wired Hunt podcast feed feed on the Meat Eater Podcast Network.
0:37.8	And we're doing a mini series called Back 40 where I interview eight experts.
0:42.2	I ask one single question to eight different experts independently.
0:46.1	And you get to listen to all of their answers and see what applies for you for this upcoming
0:49.7	season.
0:50.6	And if you're feeling behind, I asked eight diehard white tail hunters. You haven't put your
0:55.0	cameras out yet. Where do you start? How far behind are you? And so that's this episode.
0:59.9	Tomorrow we're actually launching to great hunters, actually shoot a buck every single year with
1:03.9	all of these same eight experts that I tracked down. Guys like Steve Hansen, Don Higgins, Bobby Kendall,
1:10.2	Jeff Sturgis, Skip Slide, Bill Winky, Thomas Milsna, and Mark Kenyon, if you listen to the White Tail podcast for any period of time, all those names should be familiar and all those voices should be familiar. But I hope you guys enjoy this. It's a different format, different style, and hopefully it helps you guys. If you haven't put your cameras out you have more to put
1:27.9	out it might be the motivation to get your button gear here we go I mean it's never too late you
1:32.3	could start when season's already opened season have been open a month in fact I know a lot of
1:37.1	bow hunters that don't even hunt October they wait for the rut I can't imagine that either
1:41.5	but that's how deer hunting fits into their life you You know, that's their business, not mine.
1:46.0	I just have a hard time relating to that.
1:52.0	First up, we have Don Higgins.
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