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The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

795 - DO's & DONT's of Ground Hunting, Finding Hunting Mentors, and Public Land

The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

Andrew Maxwell & Jacob Myers

Wilderness, Sports

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this episode we cover some listener Q&A submissions: 1. What's some good advice for bowhunting from the ground? 2. What is the best way to network in your area to find properties to hunt, gain hunting mentors or find hunting buddies? 3. Do's and Dont's of interacting with other hunters on public ground 4. Is hunting getting more popular? 5. What are some tips for someone who wants to start making hunting related content? 6. What are our throughts on spot burning? 7. What are the bare minimum products you need to purchase to start hunting? Join our Circle Community here - https://the-southern-outdoorsmen.circle.so/checkout/join-the-community Got a question for the show? Submit a listener Q&A form - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1uMXP Get a discount on your Poncho Outdoors shirts here - https://linkly.link/2bfPZ 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 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 Have you tagged a deer using something you heard on the show? Submit your listener success story here - Share Your Story Here 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, one feature you need to be using this spring is compass mode on Onex Hunt on your Onyx Hunt app.

0:06.0

Basically what compass mode is, is when you click on it, it orients your map to whatever direction you're facing and it lays a line straight down the middle of that map with marked yardages.

0:16.0

So what that allows you to do is when you hear a bird gobbling off in the distance, you can turn on compass mode, face the bird, and then it's going to lay a line straight towards where that bird is at, and then you can make an estimate of where you think he is. The way that I like to use it, it's been very helpful for me in pinpointing exactly where a gobbler is probably at. So, for instance, if I had one goblin way back here behind me on these ridges, I could turn, orient, and say, okay, at 450 yards, there's a nice ridge point poking out above like a hub or something. That's probably where that turkey is at. So I can drop a pin on his location, and then I've got a pretty good idea of exactly where he is so that I can read my map and I can look,

0:54.6

hey, do I need to go get up above him? Do I need to come straight at him? Do I need to just stay

0:58.0

right here? Whatever the case may be. So it's a very, very useful tool. I encourage you to try it this spring. It's been really nice for us. And hey, if you want a discount on your Anex Elite membership, use the promo code Southern at onexhunt.com and it's going to get you a 20% discount.

1:12.0

Again, that's promo code Southern.

1:13.8

Y'all make sure you use that code because it helps the show out. Nowhere you stand with OnX Hunt. Y'all have heard us talk about them for years, but one of our favorite turkey gun upgrades is a red dot site. And one of the best red dot sites when it comes to turkey hunting is the viper enclosed red dot from vortex optics now the reason that a red dot is so nice

1:32.4

for turkey hunting is because it opens up your site picture it allows you to

1:35.4

actually see what you're aiming at and you're not covering up the turkey with your

1:39.1

site which is especially helpful with modern ammo like TSS where you're shooting a

1:43.4

pretty tight pattern.

1:44.5

One reason that the Viper enclosed red dot is so nice is because it has that enclosed design.

1:49.2

So it's very, very durable, resistant to the elements, and it has a universal mount built right

1:54.3

into the site.

1:55.7

So it's just four screws, screw it down onto your shotgun, boom, you're good to go.

1:59.2

The Viper enclosed red dot is available

2:01.4

with a red or a green dot, and they have one that's finished in the South's favorite camo, mossy Oak

2:07.1

Bottomland. So y'all go check them out. That is the Viper shotgun enclosed red dot from Vortex Optics.

2:13.8

Y'all check it out at vortex.com. If you hunt deer out of trees, you need to go check out Latitude Outdoors.com. They got a little something for everybody, whether you're a saddle guy or if you hunt out of a climber. Of course, Latitude makes some of our favorite saddles and climbing sticks, but they also make some great packs and backpack straps that you can attach to the bottom of a climbing tree stand to make it more comfortable to carry in the woods. Probably my favorite piece of gear I've gotten in the last several years is the Ranger 22 from latitude. It's like a do-it-all backpack for me. It's compact, which I like, but it's adjustable enough that it gets me through the whole season. It's the only pack I use. I use it in early bow season when I'm not

2:51.3

carrying much in the woods all the way to late January rut hunts in the deep south when it's cold and I'm carrying all kinds of clothes and all kinds of stuff on my back. The Ranger 22 is adjustable enough that I can just use that one backpack all season. And hey, all you Mossie Oak Bottomland fan, they just released the Ranger 22 in

3:08.4

Mossy Oak Bottomland. So like I said, no matter how you like to hunt, Latitude's got something for you.

3:12.8

Go check them out at latitude outdoors.com. Some follow the noise. Bloomberg follows the money.

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