Ep. 388: Overcoming the Challenges of the Whitetail Rut

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show I'm joined by Tony Peterson, Justin Michau, and Charlie Williams to discuss how to handle the unique challenges of hunting the whitetail rut AND the story of my 2020 Back 40 buck.

Topics discussed:

What to do when warm weather strikes during the rut
Thoughts on saving spots for better weather during the rut VS being aggressive
Do other hunters really matter during the rut
What to do if you spook a buck at this time of year
The challenges of hunting small properties in November
The unique struggles of rut hunting on public land
The mental grind of the rut
Dealing with the high expectations of November
Handling social media comparisons
The story of our rut hunt this past week on the Back 40
How I killed my first drop tine buck

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0:51.1	Welcome to the Wire to Hunt Podcast.
0:53.9	I'm your host Mark Kenyon and this is episode number 388.
1:03.9	And today in the show, I am joined by Tony Peterson and our back 40 camera crew to discuss
1:16.7	the challenges, trials, and tribulations of hunting the white tail rot and how you can
1:22.0	overcome those things and the story of my 2020 back 40 buck.
1:29.0	All right, welcome to the Wire to Hunt Podcast brought to you by Onyx.
1:36.0	Today we are talking the rut as this episode is dropping.
1:41.7	We are kind of right in the midst of it for people listening.
1:45.4	I think this is going to drop on November 12th.
1:50.0	If you're listening on November 12th and if you're a white tail junkie like I am and
1:54.0	the guys with me are, I'm sure you've been spending a lot of days in the woods.
1:57.7	I'm sure you've hopefully had some exciting days but probably some frustrating ones too.
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