580 - The ULTIMATE GUIDE to WHITETAIL HUNTING TERMINOLOGY

The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

Andrew Maxwell & Jacob Myers

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 136 minutes

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This is a HIGHLY requested episode that we have had in the works! In this episode, we go over all the whitetail terminology that you need to know to hunt or scout for whitetail deer. We cover terms for deer hunting in flat land, hill county, and mountains - and we cover terrain terms as well as habitat terms. Some of the terms we cover: Terrain saddles Bluff gap Bluff Bench Creek crossing Ridge example in swamps Ridge top hub High crows foot Thermal hub / hubs Oak flat Sapling thicket Oxbow lake / oxbow Beaver dam crossings Compounding habitat edges Select cut Clearcut / cutover SMZ Compounding Terrain features (examples) Glade Leeward side of a ridge Logging roads / road bed / skidder trail Ditch/drainage Secondary points Ridge points and more! Want more? Here are more videos that go even deeper on some of these terms with map examples: 3 MUST KNOW Deer Funnels - https://youtu.be/YNhIZWd_1UU FLAT LAND Deer Funnels - https://youtu.be/WN_-5K_pw6M How to use Slope Angle Shading to Find Deer - https://youtu.be/dUf7GBf8buk How to Tell if Woods are Thick from a Map - https://youtu.be/Zx2WN-qFkd4 Mountain Hunt Success on Compounding Terrain Features - https://youtu.be/NE5iAeneJ_k Got a question for the show? Submit a listener Q&A form - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1uMXP Grab some Southern Outdoorsmen merch here - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1u4aK Join Woodsman Wire - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1u4aR Use the promo code “southern” for a discount on your OnX Hunt membership here - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1tyfm Save 10% on your next Vortex Optics order at eurooptic.com using the Promo Code “SGN10” - https://2ly.link/1wyYO Check out Houndstooth Game calls & use the promo code “sop24” for a discount! - https://2ly.link/1w8Bj Use the promo code “southern” for a 10% discount on Meadow Creek Mounts - https://2ly.link/1w8Bh Check out our favorite First Lite gear - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1tyfh Have you tagged a deer using something you heard on the show? Submit your listener success story here - Share Your Story Here Want to help keep the show on the air, and get some bonus content? Join our patreon - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1uMXU NOTE: Not all advertisements run on this show are endorsed by The Southern Outdoorsmen Podcast unless an ad is read by one of the hosts. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Spring Turkey season is a ponous and don't be caught out in the woods without having onyx hunt on your phone
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0:12.0	This imagery is updated week to week and it comes in extremely imagery on a fresh clear cut and strut around all day long.
0:22.8	Actually, I was just looking at it on X
0:24.7	where the timber company just came into Andrews Club
0:27.1	and did a very small clear cut along this creek.
0:30.0	And I can see the high spots on the topographical map,
0:32.3	but also I can see exactly where they mulch and those are going to be hot spots for finding gobleers,
0:36.7	especially mid-morning after they get off their hands, getting up on these little high spots in this fresh small clear cut along the creek and strutting and
0:44.1	gobbling all day long. If you want to give onix a try you can actually download it for free, try it for seven days
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0:55.2	So going to this turkey season, know where you stand with on X.
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1:26.8	If you live in the Gulf Coast region,
1:28.6	you need to find yourself at the Eco Wild Expo
1:31.2	may 10th through the 12th in Mobile.
1:33.0	It is the premier outdoor expo for the Gulf Coast region, and we're going to be there, we're going to have
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