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Wired To Hunt Podcast

Ep. 981: How the Experts Kill Mature Bucks in December and Beyond

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.84.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show I’m conducting a comprehensive review of the many different approaches to killing mature bucks in the late season that expert hunters have shared with me over the course of Wired to Hunt’s seventeen year history.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.3

Mark Kenyon here.

0:05.4

And if White Tails are your obsession, listen up.

0:08.8

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0:15.2

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0:22.3

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0:28.0

quiet fabrics, reliable layers, and the calls that bring bucks into range, all at a rare discount. Visit your favorite brand site to find your deal and make the most of your season.

0:33.6

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0:38.2

Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your guide to the White Tail Woods.

0:43.5

Presented by First Light, creating proven, versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle, or blind.

0:50.0

First Light, go farther, stay longer.

0:53.3

And now, your host, Mark Kenyon. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt

0:58.2

podcast. This week on the show, we are conducting a comprehensive review of the many different

1:03.8

approaches to hunting mature bucks during the late season. And these are ideas that come from the many

1:09.7

different experts that have shared with me

1:11.8

their approaches over the course of the 17-year history of Wired to Hunt.

1:23.8

All right, welcome back to the Wired to Hunt podcast brought to you by First Light and their

1:29.4

Camel for Conservation Initiative. Today we are talking late season. We are breaking down the month

1:35.5

of December and on into January as we enter this final phase of the White Tail year.

1:41.5

We're doing another one of these deep dive, comprehensive reviews.

1:46.4

We did it for October.

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