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580 - The ULTIMATE GUIDE to WHITETAIL HUNTING TERMINOLOGY
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580 - The ULTIMATE GUIDE to WHITETAIL HUNTING TERMINOLOGY

The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

May 6, 20242h 14m

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Show Notes

This is a HIGHLY requested episode that we have had in the works! In this episode, we go over all the whitetail terminology that you need to know to hunt or scout for whitetail deer. We cover terms for deer hunting in flat land, hill county, and mountains - and we cover terrain terms as well as habitat terms. Some of the terms we cover:

  • Terrain saddles
  • Bluff gap 
  • Bluff
  • Bench
  • Creek crossing 
  • Ridge example in swamps 
  • Ridge top hub 
  • High crows foot
  • Thermal hub / hubs
  • Oak flat
  • Sapling thicket 
  • Oxbow lake / oxbow 
  • Beaver dam crossings
  • Compounding habitat edges 
  • Select cut 
  • Clearcut / cutover
  • SMZ
  • Compounding Terrain features (examples)
  • Glade
  • Leeward side of a ridge 
  • Logging roads / road bed / skidder trail
  • Ditch/drainage 
  • Secondary points
  • Ridge points 


and more! Want more? Here are more videos that go even deeper on some of these terms with map examples:


3 MUST KNOW Deer Funnels - https://youtu.be/YNhIZWd_1UU

FLAT LAND Deer Funnels - https://youtu.be/WN_-5K_pw6M

How to use Slope Angle Shading to Find Deer - https://youtu.be/dUf7GBf8buk

How to Tell if Woods are Thick from a Map - https://youtu.be/Zx2WN-qFkd4

Mountain Hunt Success on Compounding Terrain Features - https://youtu.be/NE5iAeneJ_k


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