420 - BACKTRACKING Mature Bucks with Jeff Homan [THROWBACK]

The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

Andrew Maxwell & Jacob Myers

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Every fall we like to go back in the vault and pull out a "classic" from our back catalog of episodes...who all remembers this one? On this episode, we talk with Jeff Homan about how he keys in on locating mature bucks and backtracking them to their daylight core areas. This episode is one of our TOP listener success story producers! Subjects include: Overcoming heavy hunting pressure to find where the deer are hiding out Locating a target buck or multiple target bucks Using trail cams and sign reading to determine which way they are coming from Systematically moving towards the buck's bedding Knowing when to stop pushing in and when to start hunting How to know if you are putting too much pressure on a buck The importance of hard edges and how Jeff uses them to his advantage and TONS more! Have you tagged a deer using something you heard on the show? Submit your listener success story here - Share Your Story Here Check out our gear list here - Andrew & Jacobs gear picks Click the link below to check out our latest video on our Youtube Channel! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBBuz-tOP7SNeM6fSrrgR0w Want to help keep the show on the air, and get some bonus content? Join our patreon - patreon.com/thesouthernoutdoorsmen Use the promo code “southern” for a discount on your OnX Hunt membership here - https://try.onxmaps.com/hunt/app/hunt-smarter/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA7bucBhCeARIsAIOwr-_sBLib6xC3ibT5BMlTrBUdWdpGYOWOZ_06eZhJajTmMKne7e00Rd4aAtldEALw_wcB Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	We do a lot of talking on the podcast about figuring out how thick an area is going to be
0:04.6	or what you can expect going into a certain area based on when it was cut.
0:08.5	Well, I got just the tool for you to figure that out.
0:10.7	Onex actually has a timber cuts layer and it'll show you on a national forest
0:14.8	the exact area that was cut and what year it was cut.
0:17.6	So maybe you've been hunting a pine thicket and you're like,
0:19.8	how old is this pine thicket?
0:20.8	You could pull it up on Onex and look and see,
0:23.2	hey, this was cut in 2017.
0:25.2	This was cut in 2020.
0:26.8	Now suddenly you have a gauge for just saying, okay, okay, this is a three year old cut.
0:31.5	So this is how thick a three year old cut is in my area.
0:34.8	Now you're going to be able to use that to kind of start building patterns and stuff.
0:37.6	It's a really awesome tool.
0:38.8	It's under the tree crops and cover layer where you're going to also find stuff like
0:42.9	wetlands, agron producing oaks, thermal deer cover,
0:45.9	deciduous versus coniferous, and a host to other things.
0:48.8	So go check them out.
0:49.7	If you want to get 20% off of your Onex hunt elite membership,
0:52.7	use the promo code Southern at checkout at onexhunt.com
0:55.9	or you can hit the link in the description of this podcast.
0:58.3	Again, that's promo code Southern for 20% off.
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