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The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

754 - How to Narrow Down WHERE Deer Will Travel in Thick Areas with Clint Carter

The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

Andrew Maxwell & Jacob Myers

Sports, Wilderness

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Today we are joined by our good friend Clint Carter to discuss all things pine thicket hunting! Clint is a very consistent public land big buck killer in Alabama and today he discusses how he finds big bucks on monotonous pine country, how he takes a large pine thicket and narrows down the areas the bucks will use, how to determine bedding vs feeding in pine thickets & more! 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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0:34.8

Deer typically, at least a lot of the ones I see, tend to be moving and browsing

0:39.2

as they go a lot of times. So if I can get in there and I can find, you know, heavy trails,

0:44.1

you know, coming from an area that kind of like right down or out of like, you know,

0:49.5

a briar thicket or something like that, I'm probably going to give out a little bit of more investigation.

0:55.0

Now, if it's one of those that's like there's trails throughout this whole area and there's briars everywhere,

1:02.0

that's kind of like we talked about mass crop, like how do you pick out that feed tree when everything's got acorns under it?

1:08.0

Well, if the whole entire pine stand has a greenbrier under it,

1:11.6

I'm not looking at the greenbriar. Like, I am, but I'm not, I'm initially attracted to that

1:17.3

pine stand because it has covering food. But it's all the same under there in terms of that,

1:23.5

then I got to start looking at, okay, well, what's going to set a specific section apart from the rest of it.

1:30.3

I All right, Clint Carter, buddy, this has been a long time coming it's been a while in a while

2:02.1

yeah finally making it happen that's right jacob how are you all doing great i'm fired up

2:06.9

getting ready for big hunt but we got clinton on the podcast yeah i'll say this so i'll say well

2:12.9

first of all clint uh i've known you before andrew, me, I ran to you deer hunting on a piece

2:17.9

of public land seven years ago, maybe. Probably, but we've done each other longer than that.

2:23.1

Longer than that. Yes, because I ran into you at the workout place there.

2:28.7

Oh, the gym? Yeah, the gym. I met you at the gym first before the time I let you try the saddle and you were tracking

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