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The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

730 - Hunting Scrapes the Right Way with Steve Sherk

The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

Andrew Maxwell & Jacob Myers

Sports, Wilderness

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Learn the truth about hunting scrapes and why they’re not just nighttime sign. Big woods whitetail expert Steve Sherk of Sherk's Guide Service reveals how to find the right scrapes near bedding cover that produce consistent daylight activity on mature bucks. We dive into identifying productive scrapes, trail camera strategies, calling setups, and how to capitalize during October and the rut. 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 Use code SOUTHERN10 for a discount on Outdoor Edge Knives - https://linkly.link/2EvPX Check out Latitude Outdoors for your mobile hunting gear - https://2ly.link/1zVDI Use code TSOP15 for a discount on Mossy Oak - https://linkly.link/2ERb8 Save 10% on your next Vortex Optics order at eurooptic.com using the Promo Code “southern10” - https://2ly.link/1wyYO Use code SOUTHERN20 for a discount on all vortex apparel, including eyewear Use code “SOUTHERN25” for a discount on Houndstooth Game Calls: https://2ly.link/24tFz 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

One thing we talk about with almost every guest on this show is map scouting. My favorite map scouting tool is LIDAR. If you're unfamiliar, LIDAR is basically like a 3D scan of the Earth surface. I like to say it kind of takes away all the surprises. LIDAR is now available on OnX Hunt on their topography map. If you go to your app right now, click on the topography map, you can flip on that LIDAR feature and boom it's going to come on and you're going to see what I'm talking about.

0:24.3

The LIDAR is going to allow you to see things that are normally hidden from view. This might be ditches, bends in creeks, rocks, old roadbeds. I personally love old roadbeds because deer like to walk them. They're great places to find scrapes. They're great camera locations. And you know before, an old roadbed or an old logging road might be something that you kind of happen upon while you're out scouting or hunting. Well now with the LIDAR, before I go into an area, I can turn on that LIDAR and I can see exactly where those road beds are. Even old logging roads from the 1930s, you can still see them on there. So that allows me to go straight to those spots and check them out. It's just an incredibly helpful tool, and it's available now on Onex Hunt. And hey, if you want to get 20% off your OnX Elite membership, you can use the promo code Southern. Like I said, it's going to save you 20%. Go check out that

1:11.4

LiDR feature. You'll be glad you did. Know where you stand with OnX Hunt. I'm super excited to

1:15.8

announce that Vortex just updated their Crossfire Riflescope line with the Crossfire HD

1:22.3

Riflescopes. These are an improvement over the previous design that delivers sharper detail

1:27.0

improving low light transmission, giving you a lot more confidence with your hunt.

1:30.7

If you're wanting an effective rifle scope, that gives you great low-light capability without breaking the bank.

1:35.8

Check out the new Crossfire HD scope from Vortex.

1:39.4

And if you're interesting buying one, you can head over to Eurooptic.com and use the code Southern

1:45.1

10% off your order of any vortex optics.

1:49.0

If you're wanting to free up some weight this fall, but also be quite getting in and out of

1:53.4

your tree and even packing around, you need to check out the latitude.

1:57.2

Carbon S.S. Climbing sticks have been awesome to use over this past season, guys.

2:02.9

They are very lightweight at one pound per stick, 18 inches long. They are super, super easy to

2:09.2

put on the tree. But even best yet, they have no metal in them, so they're extremely quiet.

2:14.8

That's the one thing I love about these sticks. All the sticks I've used in the past that were mostly made out of aluminum. You had to tape them up. You had to do something to them in order to keep them quiet. Because if you did it, whether brush hit it or they hit together or hit anything else, there was a loud metal ting. Well, with these carbon sticks, there's none of that. It's a very subtle thud sound when they hit together or brush up against anything else.

2:34.3

And I always tell people it sounds almost like a black rack rattling antlers if you hit them together.

2:39.1

I really like these sticks.

2:41.0

Also, with them being carbon, they are very warm to the touch, even on the coldest days, and they pack really well together.

2:47.2

So if you're looking for some lightweight sticks to stay mobile this fall, check

2:51.2

out the Carbon S.S climbing sticks from latitude outdoors.com.

2:55.3

There's a good percentage of scrapes that you're going to see that won't mainly get nighttime

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