Steve Sherk Jr. - Big Woods Bucks and Public Land Guiding Services | HUNTR Podcast #47

Jared and Jeremy invited Steve Sherk Jr. from Sherk's Guide Service back onto the HUNTR Podcast. Sherk, who runs a hunting guide service in Pennsylvania, came onto the podcast to talk about the recent mountain giant he harvested. The guys would go onto talk about big woods bucks, public land guide services, how to be an effective hunter, and much more!
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:03:30 - Jeremy Bought a Farm
00:10:30 - Steve Sherk Jr.
00:13:30 - Troubles with Mast
00:17:30 - Deer Shifting Their Home Ranges
00:25:30 - Sherk's Experience with the Rut
00:28:00 - Our Illinois Experience
00:38:30 - Hunting Large Tracks of Land
00:40:00 - Using Does to Your Advantage
00:46:00 - Sherk's Guiding Strategy
00:48:00 - Understanding Terrain, Wind, and Thermals
01:04:00 - Hunting Aggressively
01:09:00 - Rattling and Grunting Tactics
01:19:00 - Perks of Mobile Hunting
01:23:00 - Keeping a Good Hunting Attitude
01:29:00 - Looking for Buck Sign Year Round
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[@stevencooney9236]

Good interview. What steve is talking about with the end hour thermal pulling down is an important set up topic for the last hour on a corridor. We get them coming down in that last hour of mountains in NH at 2000-4000 feet and often the wind switches from S.W. or N.W. to a N.E. wind in the last hour. So a lot of times you are really up there high on a hill to get a look at last light. The bucks will often come down quartering away from the wind. I've also seen big deer go bed off a mountain into the N.W. wind on the wind side and come back to the top early afternoon quartering away from the NW wind in the same day on the lee side. The only reason I had the same big deer twice in the same day was that I was just off his wind river and his line of travel was so defined by the feature like steve is talking about in the ravine. I was within 15 yards on the ground but the wind and his turn to the top was just beyond his wind corridor/river. This would be a good topic to go over again for mountain setups that work for afternoon and the thermal draw at dusk.

[@gametrailoutdoors]

Thank you for another awesome podcast! Best most informative podcast on the web! Glad Steve is starting to get the notoriety he deserves! Waiting for you guys really pop off you damn deserve it. I miss PA, Spent my first 17 years living in and hunting PA near Fort Indian Town Gap.

[@HUNTRPOD]

Thank you! Just doing our thing! I know Fort Indiantown Gap well, spent time out there when I was at Penn State (Jeremy)

[@gametrailoutdoors]

@@HUNTRPOD Thats exactly why you guys are setting the bar. Your not hunting to prove a product works, you hunting using products and strategies that help you be successful. That's why I like guys like Steve he pokes holes in these "big buck killers" secret sauce lol. Bring us more freaking Steve's haha and congrats from Manitoba Canada on your farm. Ever looking to get on some 400lb canadain black bears let me know!

[@HUNTRPOD]

Love Manitoba! Will do for sure, and we are working on more guests!

[@jamesscott2559]

You should definitely do a podcast on your first farm buying experience. Research you did before. Questions you asked neighbors. Things to look out for as far as red flags. I'm currently just starting to get interested in buying my first piece.

[@HUNTRPOD]

100%! In fact, not announced yet, we are doing a parallel podcast (likely shorter in length) called “I Bought A Farm” that will go through everything in detail and even the journey of the farm investment and how to make money etc.

[@jamesscott2559]

@@HUNTRPOD looking forward to it

[@danielolfier6335]

I'm ready for another great show. My 8 year shot his first buck in Michigan last Saturday Moring

[@HUNTRPOD]

Awesome. Congrats to them!

[@diehardoutdoors]

Congratulations awesome man

[@HUNTRPOD]

Steve is the man! We hunt with him Oct 20-22

[@caseywaller5044]

Hey guys, new subscriber here. Totally off topic to this video but I'm catching up. I'm watching your first interview with bill winke. As a 50 year old , 44 years bowhunting guy, incredible, informative , progressive story about the industry and the journey of Bill. I date back to reading his articles straight out of the mailbox about his adventures in whitetail hunting from numerous magazines. So cool to hear how that all happened and where it went from there. I don't know how many viewers are interested in all that but I am damn sure one of them. Thank you guys for bringing me back to where I started my addiction with hunting and then the follow up with one of the pioneers of this whole thing. Thank you Bill Winks. Just saying

[@HUNTRPOD]

Thanks Casey! There’s a lot of great content coming down the pipeline!

[@bobamerican755]

Really wanted to get some Public Land insight from Steve but you guys only let him get like 5 words in. Damn.

[@HUNTRPOD]

Sorry Bob, Steve just gets us too worked up

[@johnny_fins]

Nice to hear about the yayhoos from Mississippi coming up to the Midwest! Sheesh

[@HUNTRPOD]

No disrespect by state, just the way some hunters were out there hunting and clearly having issues with other people on public land. Doesn’t matter where they are from…it’s public for a reason, don’t set up 150yards from parking lots

[@ArrowsRaised]

You should do a drawing to allow one yinzer a year to archery hunt the new Ohio farm…management bucks of course lol

[@HUNTRPOD]

I’m hearing you on this Gus!

[@caseyhepler2806]

Maybe trim travel lanes for deer to provide shot in thicket honey hole

[@HUNTRPOD]

Have to watch trimming on public

[@timnelson3705]

Thermals have to do with air temp. If air temp is rising so are thermals and vise versa.

[@HUNTRPOD]

We still need to dive deeper into this for sure Tim!

[@cantralltaxidermy]

Saw 4 guys with PA shirts looking to buy a mobile stand. Bout the time you’re referencing. Didn’t think anything of it until now. You guys stop in Springfield? Hope you guys had better luck in IL the second trip. Yes I remember the 7-14th being pretty poor in regards to weather. Was lucky enough to tag out that week despite the warmer temps. 🤘 get after em

[@HUNTRPOD]

Haha no good! Wasn’t us in Springfield. That warm weather still caught us but worse was the massive southern invasion of hunters haha

[@williamshaver5524]

Be careful everyone, we had a bear hunting fatality in pa this year, Warren County. A loss of a wonderful gentlemen from an accidental firearm discharge due to a party member falling. Please stress safety on your show. Best regards.

[@HUNTRPOD]

Sad to hear, firearms safety is so critical everywhere. Prayers to the hunter’s family

[@herbie1220]

What County did you buy land in Ohio Jeremy?

[@HUNTRPOD]

Hey Ryan - Meigs

[@jerimahjohnson8698]

Im in adams

[@jerimahjohnson8698]

Btw had bug summer bucks until oct 15and then they disappeared. I have great food corn beans and greens and for sure im seeing 2.5 year olds breeding. Today found new big rubs show up in big timber.

[@covidcrotch1960]

Bow feet

[@SPIKESLAYER1]

Damn it - you have a guest on for a reason - to talk not listen to you

[@FiveInDaPink]

What a drag, 30 min ride to work, skipped 15 mins additional in the midst. Boils down to 40something percent of the whole video and still basically nothing but these goofs not letting the guest get to many words in. I was hesitant about clicking on this clearly podcast due to that suspicion. It’s 2 hours for no real good reason.