Ep. 971: Rut Fresh Radio - The Best Whitetail Week is Here! Are All Day Sits Worth It?
Wired To Hunt Podcast
MeatEater
4.8 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This week on Rut Fresh, Jake is joined by Grant Watson of Iowa, Jared Van Hees of the Habitat Podcast, Chris Wiest of Pennsylvania, and Tom Alexander of Texas and Land Magazine/Land.com to break down why this might be the best week of the year for whitetail hunting across most of the country.
Connect with Jake Hofer and MeatEater
MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips
MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube
Shop MeatEater Merch
Thanks to our sponsor Land.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | First Light's white-tail kits were made for the long haul and built to perform in the late season cold, |
| 0:07.1 | trusted by hunters who demand more from their gear. |
| 0:10.2 | The thermic kit is our cold weather workhorse. |
| 0:13.5 | It'll keep you in the game when the temps dropped to 20 and well below. |
| 0:17.5 | So don't let the season give you the slip. |
| 0:19.9 | Finish strong with a system that delivers when |
| 0:22.6 | it matters most. Built to perform, built to last. Check out the full lineup at firstlight.com. |
| 0:29.9 | That's first light, L-I-T-E dot com. |
| 0:34.7 | All right, everyone, welcome back to Rutfresh. This is, this is the peak excitement for this whole entire season for Rutfresh. In my opinion, this is the November 5th through November 12th episode. This is the week when everyone schedules their vacation. This is when people are doing all day sits. This is when some potential chaos that can bounce in your favor or in the other direction. |
| 0:55.2 | And so my challenge for you guys this week is to go back and reflect on last year. |
| 1:00.1 | And maybe you made a mistake. |
| 1:01.5 | Maybe you didn't grind through this time period enough. |
| 1:04.4 | Maybe you gave up a little early. |
| 1:05.7 | Maybe you came up with excuses. |
| 1:07.6 | Or maybe everything came back together perfectly. |
| 1:09.9 | And you didn't overthink it. And so I think |
| 1:11.7 | this week the challenge is to realize the only thing you need to be is yourself and your own thought |
| 1:17.4 | process to have success this week. And that might be different for everyone. Maybe you're waiting |
| 1:21.3 | on a specific deer to show up or maybe you have some family or friends that are in from the area |
| 1:25.5 | and you want to make sure you are a good |
| 1:27.8 | host or a good friend or a good family member and encourage people and have a great time. |
| 1:32.2 | This is the week we've been waiting for all year. Once this week is gone, we're going to be |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from MeatEater, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of MeatEater and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

