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Vortex Nation Podcast

Ep. 98 | What, What in the Rut with Pat Durkin

Vortex Nation Podcast

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4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Rut’s here! Make sure you’re ready to tag your buck by joining us for big rut questions and small talk with outdoor writer and all-around hunting encyclopedia Pat Durkin. We’ll touch on what makes the rut so special, all-day rut hunts, and general strategies for whitetail success. As always, we want to hear your feedback! Let us know if there are any topics you'd like covered on the Vortex Nation podcast by asking us on Instagram @vortexnationpodcast

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Vortex Nation podcast brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public lands, the Second Amendment and good food. All right what the heck's going on everybody I got Jimmy to my right

0:20.5

Eric Barber across the table from me and special guest, repeat guest, Pat Durkin,

0:26.8

who is always a pleasure, always so insightful, and frankly right now though, I am having a hard time sitting here because we are at

0:37.2

I don't know. Yeah, we're at essentially the peak of the rut. We're in the office. Eric killed a buck like two days ago my my phone is a buzz

0:45.5

with all these killed a buck like yesterday apparently yeah just a giant kenny killed a really nice buck everybody you know

0:52.2

text messages are flying in.

0:53.6

Send Venmo for more license dollars.

0:56.2

Yes.

0:57.2

Yeah, Eric's having a complete conundrum over here

0:59.9

over the fact of whether he should go get an Illinois

1:01.7

dear license or not and potentially

1:03.6

risk his wife leaving him.

1:07.0

Make good choices and you know what I mean by that.

1:10.0

Anyway, hence the topic for today's discussion.

1:14.7

We're gonna talk about the white tail rut

1:17.4

and all of its intricacies.

1:19.3

Pat, I'll let you introduce yourself a little bit,

1:22.0

but Pat Durkin long-time outdoor writer

1:24.2

Wisconsin outdoor writer interviewed I'd assume a lot of really interesting folks

1:28.4

about the rut over the years and we want to learn more about it so we can hit the field here this week and go get us

1:36.2

some deers.

1:37.2

Well regarding the Rutt I am I was editor a Deer and Deer

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