Ep. 989: Rut Fresh Radio - Late Season Patterns and Tight Mature Buck Movement
Wired To Hunt Podcast
MeatEater
4.8 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This week on Rut Fresh, we’re ranging the country with hunters who are developing new game plans as weather begins to shift from nasty cold to more mild winter temperatures. Tyler Jones of The Element kicks things off with a big picture look at what sustained cold and hunting pressure are doing to mature buck movement and why this time of year still holds real opportunity if you stay disciplined especially in Texas. David Powell checks in from Kansas and West Virginia, breaking down how he plans to use historical data and a oak flat to connect with his target buck! Wrapping things up, Beau Martonik of the East Meets West Podcast shares an Eastern perspective on grinding through snow, wind, and post gun season pressured deer can be challenge.
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| 0:34.7 | What is going on? Welcome back to Rutfresh. I'm Jake Hofer, and this week we have a great episode as we are inching in on the end of December. And we have some great intel and information for anyone that still has to tag in the pocket or wants to know what's going on across the country. As you know, Ruffresh is brought to you by land.com, the leading online real estate |
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| 1:00.4 | in the U.S. It's been cold, it's been frigid. We've had a really, really strong winter |
| 1:07.6 | up to this point. Looks like there's going to be some warmer temperatures here throughout this week. |
| 1:12.0 | And what does that mean to you? |
| 1:13.5 | What can you do? |
| 1:14.9 | We're going to have a variety of different guests here. |
| 1:17.1 | We're going to kick things off with Tyler Jones, who's in Texas, and hunts all over. |
| 1:22.4 | But today, he's in Texas. |
| 1:24.4 | Here we go. |
| 1:31.1 | All right, first up on the line, a guy that travels a bunch. |
| 1:35.8 | And so I'm just going to ask, Tyler, where in the world are you right now? |
| 1:39.4 | I'm in Texas right now. |
| 1:41.3 | I've been in Arkansas recently. |
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