699 - Mature Buck habits, Stand Placement & Terrain Reading w/ Jim Forbes [THROWBACK]

The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

Andrew Maxwell & Jacob Myers

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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“You can know all this stuff and still not be a killer. You’ve got to put yourself in position over and over again and be willing to blow it and keep learning. That’s what a good predator does.” - Jim Forbes In this throwback episode, we are bringing EP. 190 back to the top of the feed! In this episode, we interview Jim Forbes, a highly successful mountain buck hunter from Virginia. Jim has kept a journal of all his hunters for 30+ years. Over the years he has identified what it is that makes him successful and keeps doubling down on it. Jim puts a ton of focus on being a good predator and using woodsmanship. This is an all-time favorite episode of ours! Y'all enjoy. 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 “southern10” - https://2ly.link/1wyYO Use code “SOUTHERN25” for a discount on Houndstooth Game Calls: https://2ly.link/24tFz Use code SOUTHERN20 for a discount on all vortex apparel, including eyewear Check out Latitude Outdoors for your mobile hunting gear - https://2ly.link/1zVDI Have you tagged a deer using something you heard on the show? Submit your listener success story here - Share Your Story Here Come chat with us on our Thursday Hunter Hangouts! 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	Happy Deer Season, everybody.
0:01.0	We've had a lot of guests on lately talking about early season bow hunting and how to be successful
0:05.5	and pretty much all of them do the same thing.
0:07.8	They hunt feed trees.
0:08.8	Now y'all have heard from these guests that the name of the game when it comes to hunting
0:11.6	feed trees is you've got to cover ground and you've got to check a lot of different trees
0:15.3	to find that hot feed sign.
0:17.0	If you're planning on doing that this early season, there's one tool that you should really have, and that is the acre and producing oak layer from on-X hunt.
0:23.8	It's exactly what it sounds like.
0:24.9	You click that layer on.
0:26.1	It's going to show you where those oak trees are on the map.
0:28.7	And it even will tell you whether or not they're white oaks, red oaks, or a mixture of both. you're hunting feed trees you got to be going checking trees checking trees checking trees and this tool is going to allow you to immediately walk straight into those spots and straight out
0:40.6	going to help you minimize your impact on the area and it's going to increase your odds of success
0:44.7	because you're going to be able to check more areas quickly to truly locate that best sign we've used it
0:49.4	a couple years in a row now in both Alabama and Georgia specifically and it works fantastic
0:53.8	it's very, very
0:54.8	accurate. So check them out at onexmaps.com. Use the promo code southern for a discount. Using that
1:00.0	code also helps out this podcast. Know where you stand with OnX hunt. I've been using the
1:04.6	Vortex Fury range finding binocular this season, and I've been really loving them. It eliminates
1:09.4	the need for a rangefinderer for me and it's
1:11.0	really useful when you're hunting, let's say a big cutover where there could be a deer anywhere out there.
1:15.4	And when you get eyes on it with the binoculars, it's really nice to not have to switch over to a
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