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In Pursuit

Ep. 64: How to Have Whitetail Success in the West

In Pursuit

MeatEater

Life Sciences, Wilderness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Science

4.96.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

There is an endless amount of information out there on how to hunt whitetails. Problem is, most of that knowledge is based in the the East and Midwest. What about all of us out West? Well, if you want to find big bucks in the timbered ridges out here, this is the podcast you need. 

 

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0:00.0

As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days in the field. This show is about translating

0:13.1

my hard-won experiences into tips and tactics that will get you closer to your ultimate

0:18.3

goal, success in the field. I'm Remi Warren. This is Cutting the Distance.

0:30.0

Welcome back friends. I'm glad you joined us. It's that mid-October time-framing.

0:36.8

Hunting seasons are just kicking off. Maybe you're going to be listening to this on your way to a hunt

0:41.2

this weekend for opening day or maybe you're right now sitting in your tree stand waiting on a

0:46.4

white tail buck to step out jamming on this podcast. Now, when it comes to white tail hunting,

0:52.4

there's really just a pile of information out there about food plots, management,

0:56.4

stand locations, the list goes on and on. And the reason is because they are the most widely

1:02.0

hunted big game animal in North America. But this week I wanted to break down a tactic

1:07.5

a little bit different. When it comes to hunting white tails, I want to talk about hunting

1:11.0

white tails the western way. Often overlooked are really a lot of the abundant public lands and

1:16.9

white tail opportunities from Colorado all the way to Washington state and most states in between.

1:23.4

But with these seemingly endless mountains and honestly thousands of places and acres for them to hide,

1:29.2

king in might seem pretty difficult. So I'm just going to give you some of my favorite tactics

1:34.3

for locating and hunting white tails from the Big Timber Mountains to the open broken country plains.

1:40.3

But first, let's go on a last day hunt for a Big Timber White Tail Buck.

1:53.0

Now, I definitely get to hunt pretty much all the time. But a lot of that hunting is spent

1:58.3

guiding other people or taking other people out. So when it comes to my own personal hunt,

2:02.9

sometimes it's just a weekend warrior deal where I've got a couple days to go out and be successful.

2:09.0

This just so happens that it was the end of the season. I just finished up my last week of

2:13.1

guiding and I had the end of the weekend to hunt for myself. So I figured I'd already filled my

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