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Wired To Hunt Podcast

Ep. 965: Rut Fresh Radio - The Best Is Yet to Come! Michigan Buck in the October Lull

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.84.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

It's only getting better! This week on Rut Fresh Jake Hofer is joined by Arron Bleise of the Fall Podcast, Christian Babcock of Hunters Advantage, and Benny Schuman of Moultrie share their plans for the next 7 days of sesaon. Folks are packing their bags and are ready to make the most of the next seven days. Tune in to hear what's on the top of their mind for hunting tactics as we creep into the best time of the year for chasing whitetails.

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0:00.0

Real hunts rarely go as planned.

0:03.1

And that's where the first light navigator hoodie earns its place.

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.

0:22.3

It's one layer that adapts without hesitation no matter the pursuit. The navigator delivers versatility in any

0:28.6

situation. So shop now at firstlight.com. That's F-I-R-S-T-L-I-T-E dot com.

0:42.0

What's going on? Welcome back to Rutf this is jake hofer and we have a great episode here for you guys we have erin blyssie from michigan who connected on a big buck during

0:48.0

the october lull you get to hear the whole story and progression and game plan on how we

0:51.3

pulled that together we have christ Christian Babcock from Texas,

0:54.3

who's also hunting in Oklahoma. We have Benny Schumann from Minnesota, who's actually

0:59.0

packing his bags and headed to Illinois. So we are at the time of year now where things are going

1:03.9

to get more exciting. The opportunity is likely going to increase. This is a very special window.

1:09.6

You've been sitting on the sidelines. You feel like

1:11.3

you're behind the eight ball. Things are likely going to start bouncing in your favor. There's a lot of

1:15.8

change that is going to happen over these seven days. There's going to be a lot of sign that is

1:20.0

laid down. If we get a cold front, we're recording this a little bit early, but if the weather

1:24.3

cooperates and you have an opportunity to potentially shoot a buck before things go completely haywire in the month of November, there's a really good chance.

1:33.3

You're going to have a big deer show up this week on a scrape, on trail camera.

1:37.5

So grit down.

1:38.7

This is going to be an exciting week from here on out.

1:41.9

It's going to get a little bit better.

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