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The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

731 - Determining Mature Buck Tracks, Pre-Rut Patterns | LISTENER Q&A

The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

Andrew Maxwell & Jacob Myers

Sports, Wilderness

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this listener Q&A, we cover: How to determine what a mature buck track looks like in your area Does using a suppressor on your rifle help with lowering hunting pressure? Are pre-rut annual patterns affected by hunting pressure? The best way to find pockets of deer in low deer density areas We also cover our plans for some upcoming hunts! 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

A lot of the guests that we feature on this show like to target feed trees to hunt white-tailed deer.

0:04.7

Whether it's hunting white oaks, red oaks, water oaks, not all oaks, whatever the case may be, they all do things a little bit different. But there is one common theme between all of them. And that is, when you're hunting feed trees, you just need to check as many trees as you can, find that fresh hot sign, and set up. That is what's going to give you the best chance at seeing deer or seeing a buck.

0:23.1

Well, there's two different tools you can use that fresh hot sign and set up that is what's going to give you the best chance at seeing deer or seeing a buck well there's two different tools you can use that are seriously helpful for that the first one you've heard us talk about it is the acre and producing oak layer from on x hunt you turn it on it'll show you where the white oaks are at where the red oaks are at where it's mixed red and white oaks now there's's another one that I've used here lately, and it's

0:37.6

the coniferous versus deciduous layer. So it shows you what's pine trees, what's deciduous trees like oaks, and then what's a mix of both. So my new hunting club is mostly pine trees, which if you're hunting in the deep south, a lot of you guys can probably relate to that. But I turn that layer on on my Onex Hunt app, and it showed some areas of mixed pines and hardwoods that I completely missed just by looking at the satellite image. So I went and popped in, checked those areas out and sure enough found a bunch of white oaks that were kind of interspersed with these pines that are just loaded. So not only do those two layers help me find oaks faster, but it also helps me find the oaks that I'm

1:11.1

overlooking. So go check them out on the Onex Hunt app. And hey, if you want to try out in an elite

1:15.3

membership, use the promo code Southern at checkout. It'll get you 20% off and it helps out the show.

1:20.7

Know where you stand with Onex Hunt. I'm super excited to announce that Vortex just updated their

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Crossfire Riflescope line with the Crossfire

1:29.3

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

1:34.7

improving low-light transmission, giving you a lot more confidence with your hunt. If you're

1:38.6

wanting an effective rifle scope, that gives you great low-light capability without breaking the

1:43.1

bank, check out the new Crossfire HD scope from Vortex. And if you're interesting buying one, you can head over to

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Eurooptic.com and use the code Southern 10 for 10% off your order of any vortex optics.

1:57.4

One of the most common questions we get is from people who are looking to get into mobile white tail hunting. They're looking at saddles, but they don't know which one to get. They don't know how to get comfortable in a saddle. And I always recommend the Lone Star Saddle from Latitude Outdoors. One thing you'll hear from a lot of people when they first get into saddle hunting is they deal with a little bit of hip pinch. That's just basically where you don't have your saddle adjusted right. And so it's kind of pinching your hips when you're sitting in the tree. It's really uncomfortable. It can take some fine-tuning to get a lot of saddles right where they're comfortable to sit in. But with that Lone Star saddle, it has a hip-pinch reduction system built into the saddle. Basically what that means is that right out of the box, this thing's going to be very, very comfortable, whether you're doing a quick early season bow hunt or if you're planning on sitting in that joker all day long in the rut. That Lone Star saddle is personally my favorite saddle, and especially if you're newer getting into saddle hunting and you're looking for something easy and comfortable, check out that Lone Star from Latitude. So to go look at the Lone Star and a whole bunch of other mobile whitetail gear, check

2:53.2

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