Ep. 956: Rut Fresh Radio - October is Here! Giant Kansas Buck and Opening Day Game Plans

Wired To Hunt Podcast

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Wilderness, Sports

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

October is here, and so is another episode of Rut Fresh Radio! This week, Flint Koch (Kansas), Clay Mervar (North Carolina), Josh Teulker (Indiana), and Connor Lokar (New Hampshire) join the show to break down what deer activity looks like across their regions. From early October movement to changing conditions, you’ll hear fresh reports straight from hunters on the ground. Plus, we’ve got two big buck stories you won’t want to miss.

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0:00.0	Real hunts rarely go as planned.
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0:08.3	I and the rest of the meteor crew have run this piece from September climbs to cold front
0:13.3	sits and everything in between.
0:14.8	It manages temps, stays quiet and close encounters, and wicks moisture on the uphill push.
0:21.2	It's one layer that adapts without hesitation no matter the pursuit.
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0:32.3	That's F-I-R-S-T-L-I-T-E dot com.
0:42.2	What is going on? Welcome back to Rutfresh. This is Jake Hofer and W-E-R-R-E-R-R-t-e dot com what is going on welcome back to rut fresh this is jake hofer and we have an exciting episode because it's october first so if you're one of the many states that have been
0:47.0	sitting on the sidelines and have been watching some of these other earlier opening states
0:51.5	it is your time this is oct 1st and the excitement and anticipation
0:56.2	is going to build every single week. And we have a great episode with a variety of different
1:00.9	guests here that have already killed some really great bucks, filled their dough tags, or one
1:06.0	guest that has put together a game plan for October 1st after many, many curveballs. So this week we're going to have Clint Coke from Missouri in Kansas.
1:13.9	He killed a Kansas giant Clay Murbar from North Carolina, Josh Telker from Indiana, and Conner
1:20.8	Locar from New Hampshire.
1:22.7	So this is the start of the season.
1:25.8	I hope you guys enjoy this episode of Ruffresh.
1:28.1	Here we go.
1:34.0	All right.
1:34.4	We got Josh with Before the Echo on the line.
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