Low Deer Density, High Rewards: Finding Big Bucks in the Mountains

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Another great episode, fellas. Maybe next time you could overlay photos of bucks your guest has killed during the podcast/video. Or do some "B roll" of his racks/mounts on the wall? Or some of their trail cam photos/videos would be awesome. Just to give us viewers some more context. Jason referred to his 2018 buck a number of times in this video. Let us see it! :) Keep up the good work, guys!

[@charlesleblanc6638]

I like this fellas attitude .. Does it the hard way, humble, loves the adventure, uses traditional gear .. picked up a few good tips.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Glad you picked up some tips from the video!

[@andrewsheppard9084]

I've seen two deer. One spike and one doe. Virginia mountains in my area was tore up from that hurricane Helene. Its like a bomb went off with acres of absolutely mangled blow downs.

[@butternutbean1885]

Great podcast fellas!! Keep em coming. I live down hill from this guy in central NC and admire his sense of the process…. Not necessarily the kill. Love it!! Thanks guys.

[@OldPecanHomestead]

My son shot a very large body dear field dressed 180 lb and it was back in some rough country I had a heck of a rocky cliff that sort of had a little bit of grade too it that I thought I could drag the deer up boy it took everything I had because of the leaves. I learned very quickly that hunting in rough country you quarter those deer up before you bring them out.

[@mountain_whitetail]

Can’t wait to listen fellas. Yall rock. East coast mountains kick my teeth in every year, it’s addicting!!!

[@TimothyStewart-m9l]

He is spot on with the dates my data an time in the tree says them bucks will be up moving an definitely see them active late December

[@Topher.86]

Same here. November 10-17th. I'm seeing nice bucks move in daylight. I'm in western md in the Appalachian mountains.

[@sethprevette9172]

For the last 4 years I've took a few trips to hunt NC Mountain public and to put it simply I've been getting my butt kicked. Likely have spent around 15 days back in those mountains in that span of time and have hardly seen deer. I've also done several days of off season hiking/scouting. After that amount of time I'd like to think I've figured some things out but I feel like I've just scratched the surface. I've seen several bear but the deer elude me. I located a big deer year 1 and I've strung out 6-8 trail cams across a 2 mile stretch in that area each season since. The old age class exists. And, yes, there's even one that'll likley go 145-150". He and another buck with a lesser scoring rack I've had on camera all 4 of those years. I think they are 7 yr old bucks. I can't find an error in anything you've said in this podcast. It is a love/hate thing. I can stay home, see deer, shoot 2.5-3.5 yr olds, or I can wake up super early, walk miles back into the mountains, sweat & freeze, likley see nothing, talk to myself on the long hike out that I'm an idiot for doing this.......but after a few days the lure of those old bucks gets me fired back up. I'm not going to drop a pin to anyone but I question how many people would be willing to go there if I showed them the buck pic and gave them a pin. Very few would be my guess. I'm more physically capable than most and I need the time to recouperate after a day of that kind of hunting. I have cameras that sometimes go 2 weeks without a single deer visiting a scrape. Then all of a sudden deer will be there a lot for 2-3 days. Its like they are nomadic. Very difficut to pattern. No cell service so the cell cams are of no help. Just checking the cams is one heck of a chore so I only get that intel 1-2 times a season.

[@ShawnSloan-e3r]

I love the respect to western n.c ...

[@stevenberta940]

I suggest carrying Sterno and a poncho in the event you need the heat. Riding ATVs in the winter in Wv, ive gotten so cold ot takes hours to warm up. Crazy.

[@austinsumner8442]

Theyre definitely some good deer in the Appalachian mountains. I'm in SE KY and have seen my fair share. The hunting is super tough, with the terrain and low deer numbers. I know theyre less than 10 deer per square mile

[@kc6671]

Mountains are rough in the north east for sure. Rock and Boulder fields with holes between covered in leaves and debris … drop in a 4 ft hole between rocks…. Not fun. Getting older now too takes more time to climb. Even on smoother trails. Sometimes that helps with the sweating cause you are just moving slower. Thick laurel that springs back on you will knock you on your ass if you’re not careful. But I always have wool on. Always. Highest content wool I can find. I wear thin synthetic then wool over top.

[@eastTnbigs]

I don’t understand why TN and NC won’t cut timber anymore. Does anyone know why?

[@kevinlewis785]

Give sherpa wool a try, I like it alot more than merino. Sherpa is warmer, and I believe it wicks moisture faster than merino.

[@neanderthalnugs]

Come to the Va big guy

[@MargaretHernandez-g5c]

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[@DevinBass-o7b]

Yall want to interview a legend,and a man who kills absolute giants in the black belt of Bama and NW Florida where everyone else doesn’t let me know,I’ll pay for the trip.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Let's make it happen! Shoot us an email and we will connect. [e-mail]

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

You're welcome..

[@stevenberta940]

Mountain deer are tough. I wish people would get away from those corn piles. Wv is loaded with corn. I have three 150s, three high 140s on the wall. Many others I didn't mount.

[@epistemologicaldespair68]

The Appalachians hold some big deer. I see people say 160 is as good as it gets but in 2016 my step dad killed a 221 west of the Blue Ridge in Virginia, absolutely no farms or agriculture within 40 miles. His brothers and him have all killed multiple deer 180+ in those mountains.

[@stevenberta940]

I recall that deer at the big game show. I had an entry in that year. Allegany if I recall.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Sounds like we need to get him on the show!

[@stevenberta940]

@thesouthernoutdoorsmen That deer was impressive for aure. That same year, there was another killed in Surry County near Bacon's Castle of the same caliber. Two 200" deer killed in the same year. The Virginia Peninsula Sportsmans Association (VPSA) website used to have pictures of these deer on their website. However, I personally do not understand why they would remove all pictures of past bucks that won the state big buck contest. VPSA has one of the earliest scoring systems for whitetail deer.

[@OldPecanHomestead]

It's that same way in Oklahoma probably our best place to kill a deer is in the southeast part of Oklahoma where there is very little to no agriculture huge tracks of public land and private land. In my opinion the west roads the more big bucks