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In Pursuit

Ep. 65: Whitetail Habitat and Hunting with Jeff Sturgis

In Pursuit

MeatEater

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

4.96.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Whitetails are the topic of conversation between Jason and Jeff Sturgis. The discussion is rooted in how habitat affects deer movement and how you can capitalize while hunting. They dive deep into bedding and feeding and the relationship between the two as well as what the ideal stand placement is. Jeff also hints on how he can use the understanding of the movement to capitalize on public land tracts to find success.

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0:00.0

Get ready for the best thing ever done on the blood-soaked story of the white-tailed deer skin trade of the 1700s.

0:07.0

It's called Meat Eater's American History, The Longhunters, 1761 to 1775 told by me Stephen Ronella and my good friend

0:16.8

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0:22.0

in meat eat's American History series.

0:25.0

It's a bizarre tale about a fascinating group of Back Woodsman

0:29.2

and the forgotten trade in the skins of North America's favorite big game animal, the white-tailed deer,

0:35.0

featuring the exploits of Daniel Boone and a host of other long hunters

0:39.0

as they forced their way through one of the most violent, inspiring, and bad-ass periods of American history.

0:46.0

It's out on January 9th, but you can pre-order it now wherever audio books are sold.

0:51.0

That's Meat Eater's American History, the Longhunters,

0:55.0

1761 to 1775, available for pre-order now. Welcome back to cutting the distance. Today's guess is a white tail

1:15.8

strategy expert. He's published more than 600 deer-related articles,

1:19.1

1300 videos, five books and four web classes. But surprisingly, Jeff Sturgis wasn't born into a hunting family he was born into a non hunting family so he had to figure it out all on his own he'd learn how to squirrel hunt rabbit hunt and then eventually Deer Hunt.

1:33.1

He did most of this largely on public land.

1:35.3

He continues to hunt both public and private land

1:37.5

in several states each year on DIY hunts.

1:40.3

And he's used his experiences

1:41.4

to design private hunting parcels for close to 1500 clients in 26 states since 2005.

1:47.5

So he founded White Till Habitat Solutions in 2004 after being awarded QDMA's deer manager of the year and at the present time has a team of experienced habitat professionals that combine to work on 300 clients properties and dozens of states each year.

2:03.8

He continuously involves his family and all of his outdoor endeavors.

2:07.6

When he's not busy creating hundreds of videos each year for his social media platforms,

2:11.8

he loves to fish.

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