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Wired To Hunt Podcast

Ep. 361: Islands, Big Woods, and Northeast Bucks with John Altman

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.64.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show I'm joined by John Altman, of the new whitetail show Sea Bucks, to discuss his unique tactics for hunting mature bucks across the islands and big woods of the Northeast.

Topics discussed:

  • Why island hunting is a sneaky effective way to hunt mature bucks
  • Tips for accessing islands to hunt deer
  • How wind and available space impact how you hunt islands
  • How John killed a 12+ year old island buck
  • Annual patterns for Northeast deer
  • Scouting and locating mature bucks in the big woods of the Northeast
  • Dissecting stand set-ups for big woods deer
  • How do calling and rattling work in the big woods
  • Tracking deer on foot


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Podcast.

0:05.9

You're home for dear hunting news stories and strategies.

0:10.1

And now your host, Mark Kenyon.

0:15.3

Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Podcast.

0:17.9

I'm your host, Mark Kenyon, and this is episode number 361.

0:20.9

And today I'm joined by John Altman to discuss his unique methods for targeting mature

0:26.0

bucks from the big woods of Maine to the coastal islands of the Atlantic Ocean.

0:33.0

Alright, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Podcast.

0:37.9

Brought to you by Onyx.

0:39.3

I'm joined today by John Altman for a really cool chat.

0:43.9

I think at least John is a diehard dear hunter from the east coast of Maine who's been chasing

0:50.0

mature bucks across the north east for decades now.

0:52.8

And he's doing some really unique and interesting ways.

0:56.4

You might be aware of what I'm talking about if you've watched the new show over on real

1:00.1

tree 365 called Sea Bucks.

1:03.2

Well in short, what he's doing, he's chasing big deer in the big woods and he's boating

1:08.9

and kayaking to islands and find giant bucks out in those spots too.

1:13.3

And he's getting great deer and all these different unique tough scenarios.

1:17.4

So whether you hunt in the north east or not, his ideas I think can be applicable.

1:21.8

You know, when you're listening, think about how you can take little bits of his tactics

1:26.1

and apply them to your own scenario.

1:28.1

Whether that's in the upper great lakes or the deep south and his water access tips are

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