This Will CHANGE THE WAY YOU HUNT DEER! Find a MATURE BUCKS SCHEDULE & WHEN TO HUNT HIM!

We have been VERY excited to get this episode out to y'all! This week we are talking with Daniel Williams about using annual patterns to precisely predict mature buck movement patterns. Daniel has perfected this tactic over many years and has used it to tag mature bucks in areas where other hunters struggle! The best part about this tactic is that you probably already have everything you need to start using it. Subjects:
Understanding that mature bucks' daylighting is NOT random
Utilizing trail cam data & in-person observations to find the EXACT dates you need to hunt an area
Why the wind is now meaningless to Daniel
Killing a mature buck in an area you'd NEVER expect based on sign
Scouting to find a mature buck's "loop"
Finding where the home ranges of multiple bucks intersect
Building a "hunt calendar" to know EXACTLY where to hunt and when
Taking the guesswork out of stand locations
Why you need to pay extra-close attention to historical rubs
How pressure can move the deer sign away from where it "should be"
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[@Crayz919]

Here in central north Carolina in the flat lands , Alot mature bucks make these loops under cover of darkness and they will bed up just off doe bedding in daylight and want move until after dark 30 while visiting these doe groups farms and properties along his loop journey and if u can pin point where u think he is , u will have to influence the buck to move in daylight like by pretending to be another buck making scrapes ,grunting & sound realistic as possible and i like to use code blue because its drawn out several nocturnal bucks to a mock vine scrape for me several times and has got several bucks loopy in the head and running around trying to locate this mysterious doe in heat ! Try code blue in mock scrape and thank me later !

[@BrookerJr]

I was able to do something similar to this in '22. I threw out a camera over a tight creek crossing tore up with scrapes and rubs in the mountains. It was nearly unhuntable, so I backed up a ridge where I guessed he was coming from based on the trail cam video and found another scrape and some older rubs. Last year, '23, I sat a trail paralleling the ridge top just under that scrape and passed on three bucks in two hours, same dates as the year before, but he didn't show. The next time I hunted that area was a month later and I took a younger cat out there to get his first buck and I figured he would shoot something I passed on and he almost got run over by the big boy at 10:30am. He shot him and the buck ran over the ridge top passed where I was sitting and I got to watch him take his last breathes. It was a really cool ordeal, and I keyed in on that area based on dates and it did not disappoint.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Hopefully you can do it again this season!

[@BrookerJr]

@thesouthernoutdoorsmen we'll see, I'm not actually a big fan of cameras. I like them if I find really big or unique sign and I want to see who the culprit is but I choose MRS as my go-to. If I feel I'm late on a spot I just try and pay attention to that area the next season but get in there earlier. It seems to pay off more when you are hunting places year after year. Prior to that I've lived in some different places and every hunt was my first hunt at any particular spot so I was playing a lot of cat and mouse and showing up late to sign that was being laid down.

[@Crayz919]

After 40 years of hunting i truly believe in the solunar good bad and great times to hunt and i think yall should do a podcast in regards to hunting solunar calendar times and dates ect.

[@FishingLifeTV225]

100% agree with this guy. Have a 1 mile stretch on Mississippi that is exactly what he is describing. We don’t always kill a booner but we always see solid 130 inch bucks on public

[@TheCurtMarshall]

Sounds exactly like where we hunt as well. It’d be wild if it was the same piece.

[@Joel-vt9mh]

The Southern Outdoorsman Podcast is the best, no better content. Keep it coming guys!!

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

We appreciate that man! Thanks for watching.

[@Summerlovers100]

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[@christophertowsley8563]

Iv been a date hunter the past two years and will never go back! Changed my entire life. Grandpa sat on a certain tree and certain time of the year ever year and crack a big one and I never could figure it out till now lol

[@bryanmaness621]

This man is so right I been telling my son the deer at the house just make a big circle. I still have about all my SD cards from first cameras I had and few years ago I try going to spot around same days I seen big bucks day light. It's always been within 3 days

[@markhall1169]

He's spot on on all his talk. I've been 25+ years on public. We do pretty good. Appreciate the show I'm listening and stand alot of room to learn. Gonna apply some of his tactics try to sharpen my own knife.

[@matthewdefee171]

I completely agree with this tactic and have been doing this in my primary public state for the last three years. The only issue I have with his approach is 'never putting cameras back in the same spot no matter how many big deer show up'. From a data perspective that just doesn't make any sense. One year is the smallest sample size possible - 1. Why not put cameras back in the same spots you found bucks in 3-4 years in a row? You'll have a much better idea on time frame and validate the consistency. That's just a no-brainer from a scientific approach. More data = more reliable intell. Tighten up your activity windows by removing the outliers 🍻

[@randykdodson9042]

This is my second listen to this episode... I hear something new every time

[@losgood5936]

Ditto

[@jordanfournier1719]

Really enjoyed this podcast. I think this happens better with more deer per square mile. Here in NH I’ve seen big deer on the same 3-4 day period, but it doesn’t happen in the same spots year after year. I’ve had cameras on a post rub and got two huge deer. The next few years nothing. We have 1-4 deer per square mile where I live. I’m sure you can probably find some spots. Just pretty hard to find here I believe.

[@gheft762]

This is awesome, iv listened to this podcast 4 or 5 times and certain parts of it more than that, iv seen the same thing he has for a few years now, and he opened my eyes to some things but there are more that wernt mentioned

[@Zach-Burke]

I’m diggin Andrew’s shirt

[@graysquirreltreeservice7299]

I started putting my cameras 📷 eye hight, game changer, way more pics and no deer looking at cameras. Reconyx too no bs cameras

[@thehuntingcamp2363]

Looking forward to trying this out. I'd definitely like to see this with historical data for sure. I might be getting a lease to some private where I can run cameras this year. So would be worth a try. Just hunt over food this year and leave everything else with cams.

[@PrimalFrameOutdoors]

FINALLY BEEN WAITING SINCE THE LAST TIME HE WAS ON

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Well we hope it was worth the wait!

[@brittsetzer4485]

This was a really good podcast. Lots of valuable information that would be very helpful to anyone no matter the level of hunting experience. There’s always something new to learn listing to the Southern Outdoorsmen. It was good talking with both of you in Mobile Alabama.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

We are glad you liked the episode! It was great meeting you in Mobile as well!

[@JimmyGammons]

I found a good looking place way back off the “path” during Turkey season. I wasn’t too excited when I found there is a hiking trail right through it but I was second guessing giving up on it and now I am gonna go back and look a little harder.

[@PrairieThunder]

Those hiking trails don’t mess with the deer as much as you think… spend some time in there

[@sethmatherne7012]

Lol, you better have some snake boots on for those rattlers and cotton mouths if you are scouting in August

[@Crayz919]

PETERSEN'S HUNTING CALENDER TIMES IS PRETTY ACCURATE FROM WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED

[@ronnieharper514]

What's with the bleep at 19:20? It didn't sound like he named a location.

[@Crayz919]

Take away the cell cameras and cameras period & actually use woodsmanship , intuition & calendar dates from experiences and time in the woods & stand insted of intel & data from cameras ! True definition of hunting ...

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

In this episode Daniel talks about how he did this style of hunting before ever using trail cameras. Plus he only uses a handful of camera now not 10-20 cameras. We appreciate you watching!

[@curtismerriman9956]

Yes Sir!! Been waiting on this one!

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@ptoriginals]

Can't wait for this!

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

We hoped you liked it!

[@graysquirreltreeservice7299]

I belive it 💯

[@graysquirreltreeservice7299]

Reconyx or browning fast as hell trigger speed get deer running

[@timtaylor-lo9hs]

Calendar bucks

[@losgood5936]

Where was all this info when I was much younger? lol

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Well its here now lol

[@losgood5936]

@@thesouthernoutdoorsmen well thank you for that while I still can climb Hills n trees. lol

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

Let’s gooo

[@Crayz919]

Cameras , cameras cameras, Pictures, pictures , pictures What other aspects of hunting is there anymore ?

[@WesternNyBigfoot]

1700 acres with no deer.

[@randykdodson9042]

You are making my gears turn..I started logging this info last yr..

[@PrimalFrameOutdoors]

Just finished his last episode

[@kevindonahue7355]

I hunt walkin ereas private land to hunt I try to hunt it the wind in my favor there is no prescouting there it is illegal public land to many people there

[@bassamaticfpv4354]

Is his dates in southern Alabama in feb ? All I here is they have feb rut down there ?

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Not where he currently hunts. But there are other areas of Alabama with a February rut

[@whitetailsup760]

My place to the tee

[@Cooper0307]

I liked this until i realized this was about gun hunting. I can’t stand rifle hunting. I mean come on little kids are killing big bucks from 100 yards away. Get close, 20 yards and closer. That’s how you know you have what it takes. But I get it. Everyone has their own thing. Rifle hunting is not mine. Way way way to easy and simple. Not my cup of tea.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

To each their own! Thanks for watching.

[@graysquirreltreeservice7299]

It works for bow

[@Jimmy2toes4u]

Welp fk us KS guys cuz they don’t let us use cams

[@Crayz919]

CODE BLUE DOE IN HEAT WILL MAKE A MATURE BUCK GO LOOPY

[@nathanlensing6635]

They don't seem very smart