The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

We sat down with Shane Simpson of Calling all Turkeys to talk all things finding and hunting turkeys! We cover a lot of ground in this episode, starting with how Shane consistently finds turkeys on land that he has never been on before. Shane hits on subjects such as finding habitat and topo features on a map that often lead to turkeys and how to effiecetly scout areas to not waste time. Then we dive into how to find more success in the turkey woods by just slowing down and "becoming a part of the woods". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Locating turkeys, determining if a turkey is "ready to die", how to kill the turkeys no one else can kill, hunting bumped turkeys, using terrain to set up on early season gobblers, subtle details that lead to dead turkeys, windy day turkey hunting, and why its almost impossible to kill a turkey if your setup in a bad spot. Those are just some of the things that we discussed with Dave Owens of the Pinhoti Project! https://www.pinhotiproject.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Driver has an interesting take on post season scouting, pointing out that it can lead you in the wrong direction and hurt your hunting more than it helps! We discuss how to avoid common mistakes, how to find meaningful things while post season scouting, why buck beds don't matter to Josh right now, what makes a good spot vs a great spot, keeping tabs on bucks for early season success & MUCH more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the show we dive into the best of the best of the 2019 deer season. With so many interviews with so many good deer hunters we had plenty of new things to try this season, so we go over what worked for us, and the listeners who sent us their success stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric Mcgee tagged a 169 inch buck this year on South Carolina public land, and he credits that success to post season scouting! Tune in to hear about Eric's post season scouting strategy, how he gets away from other hunters and finds deer in piney woods and swamp bottoms, finds the thick cover, predicts which trails deer will be using each day, hunts storm fronts and more! We also discuss the planning of our upcoming event! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes Moye has been killing nice bucks on high pressure Alabama public land since 1984 by breaking down large properties into manageable chunks, along with learning those parcels of land like the back of his hand. Wes also uses group tactics with his friends to not only learn the area he hunts faster, but also to have a more in depth understanding of it. We also go into the story of Wes's giant 170 inch Alabama public land buck he took this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We went to ATA to see the latest gear being released for the mobile, public land hunter. If you are looking to upgrade/replace any gear, this should be a helpful episode for you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have gotten lots of requests to cover hunting South Alabama, South Georgia and the panhandle of Florida on the show, and today those requests are answered! William Rozier shares his experiences hunting such an area, covering topics such as finding deer in monotonous pine savannas, food sources, bedding, calling and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This show takes all the best tactics we have learned both through out guests and our own experiences this year and wraps it into one episode! We also cover how to chase Alabama's late rut into January and February both as a resident or non resident! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our buddy Will Kissinger has forged a dream season on a very limited schedule on Alabama Public lands this year! After having a tough season last year he has turned it all around this season having already filled 2 buck tags on great bucks! We got Will on the show to discuss how he made it happen by hunting diversity, compounding features and other subjects recently discussed on our last episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Driver has killed some giant Southern deer, and he has done so with some very aggressive, no BS, straightforward tactics. For our seasoned listeners, this episode is VERY Glen Solomon like in the fact that Josh is a woodsman, and he hunts the deer where they are, not where he wants them to be. Tune in for tactics with trail cameras, thermal hubs, social hubs, hunting a crows foot, identifying a bucks core area, how to find a core area with map scouting and MUCH more! Check out our gear list here - Andrew & Jacobs gear picks Click the link below to check out our latest video on our Youtube Channel! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBBuz-tOP7SNeM6fSrrgR0w Want to help keep the show on the air, and get some bonus content? Join our patreon - patreon.com/thesouthernoutdoorsmen Use the promo code “southern” for a discount on your OnX Hunt membership here - https://try.onxmaps.com/hunt/app/hunt-smarter/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA7bucBhCeARIsAIOwr-_sBLib6xC3ibT5BMlTrBUdWdpGYOWOZ_06eZhJajTmMKne7e00Rd4aAtldEALw_wcB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It all came together for Andrew this past weekend! Today the guys discuss this weekends buck, what went into that hunt and why they hunted that area, thoughts on hunting these thickets and how the deer use pine thickets to bed and travel, how super fast-low impact scouting helped them narrow down the area that they killed the buck in, having a limb fall on you, packing out deer in steep county and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk with another heavy hitting public land deer killer! Michael Perry comes on to show how he consistently kills mature bucks on Alabama public land. We discuss hunting one of Alabamas largest National Forests where deer densities are low and hunter numbers are high. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we speak with Damon Bungard, who has already killed three nice bucks this season in Tennessee and Georgia using a very mobile and aggressive approach to hunting whitetails. Tune in to hear about how to make deer curious, how to rattle and grunt with success, and a ton of helpful tips from hunting from the ground! We also talk about Damons blood tracking dog, Jaeger, some of his craziest tracks and things Damon has learned about bedding thru tracking wounded bucks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk with Mark Turner of Hunt the Land Podcast on the thought process of making a good hunt happen by having the right attitude, not letting yourself form misconceptions, understanding deer and their habitat and much more! For more Southern Public land Bowhunting content make sure to sub this channel and check out all of our past episodes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rattling, grunting, bleating, sounding like a deer. Thats just one of the many subjects that we cover today with a podcast with not one, but two of our most sought after guests, Jeff Homan and Adrian Farley. Both men have unique tactics that work well, tune in here to see how they hunt different, and how much they hunt the same! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Jolly has already had some major success this season, arrowing a huge 13 point buck, in its bed within sight of a parking lot on opening weekend! Today we do a deep dive with Adam into how he hunts and kills bucks bedded to monitor access points, hunting laurel thickets, what makes a good funnel, primary scrape areas, rut hunting and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode was recorded the day before it dropped as we planned out afternoon hunt. On this hunting trip to North Alabama Public lands we used hunting pressure, good cover and real time observations to get on deer! The strategy worked to a tee, with 41 deer seen between the 4 of us, with several of them being nice bucks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk about hunting whitetails in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Devin Duncan was born and raised on mountain hunting in his home state of Virginia, and has accumulated an impressive pile of antlers over the years. On this podcast we break down how to locate deer in big mountain settings, the kinds of habitat and terrain features to look for, mistakes to avoid, mountain buck bedding, and knowing which elevation to hunt, plus more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bowseason is here! On the way in to an afternoon deer hunt on some Alabama public land Andrew and Michael recorded this episode to cover topics such as thermals and how to predict them, picking a spot based on the right combo of bedding and food, where MOST nice bucks are killed in the South and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we dive deep on the topic of hunting thickets as we dissect some of our own recent hunts putting our recent podcast topics to the test. Tune in to hear how we have been identifying thickets that will likely hold deer, how to determine where/how to hunt the thicket, how Jacob screwed up an opportunity at his biggest buck to date and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk with a woodsman, Robert Carter. Robert was actually referred to us by Glen Solomon just before Glen passed away, and he did not disappoint. Like Glen, Robert is a true woodsman and his knowledge of the game we hunt shows in his tactics and success. We talked locating feed trees, how to locate and hunt thickets, finding a spot in a spot, how to predict thermals, what kind of deer sign to set up on, hunting your way into areas and more! Let us know what you think and don't forget to subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Staggs has a great track record when it comes to DIY, public land whitetail hunting. We talk about hunting overlooked spots, finding hard to access areas, and hunting in adverse conditions such as hot weather like we are experiencing now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big swamps, big bucks! The Mississippi delta must be one of the most unique places you can hunt in the South and Corey Smith has taken several nice bucks off those swamps. We got him on the show to talk about predicting where hunting pressure will come from based off maps, what funnels deer in a swamp, finding the "spot in the spot", using water access, hunting mid-day around duck hunters and more! Make sure you SUBSCRIBE and if you like what you've been hearing please leave a review and share with a buddy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to hunt big woods mountain bucks - Today we hit topics on bowhunting and rifle hunting the mountains of the Southeastern US. Tyler Black has killed lots of bucks in what some consider to be some of Alabamas most rugged terrain, and he gives his take on where he is finding these bucks, what cover is good cover, good sources, pinch points, how to locate bedding and how to thoroughly learn your area! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk early season deer hunting tactics with Matt Reaves of Southern Pursuit! Many places across the country have already opened up, and the Southeast is getting geared up! With Georgia opening this weekend, we talk our tactics for hunting agricultural lands, timber with food plots, and straight timber with no openings! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the show we talk with Adrian Farley who was been hunting Alabama public lands since the early 1980s! We discuss finding and hunting thickets, rattling in the south, hunting around pressure, how to get close to bedding quietly, and more! Make sure to SUBSCRIBE for weekly public land deer hunting tactics relevant to the SOUTHERN DEER HUNTER! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have another whitetail hunting tactic podcast for you this week as we break down Jacob Myers' and Jacob Emery's successful velvet buck hunt on Tennessee public land this weekend! We hit topics such as how they chose their parcel of public they hunted, how they narrowed it down to specific spots, how did they know when to abandon their first spot and how they ended up with a big buck on the ground! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WFF Director Chuck Sykes sat down with us for a second time to talk public land issues in Alabama, SOA hunts, Sandhill crane seasons, as well as hunting regs and how state agencies work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Homan's trail camera strategy goes against the grain of most of the advice that we typically hear in hunting media today. By checking his cameras every few days and backtracking deer to their exact bedding locations he has had incredible success on killing mature bucks on one of Alabama's highest pressured pieces of public land. Tune in to hear about extreme trail cam tactics, how to know when to hunt, how to know where to hunt, and how to know where to look for mature bucks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Shearer stopped by our booth at the world deer expo to talk about his company, Broadside Camo! Scott is passionate about his work and his theories behind camo are both interesting and practical. We dive into how to conceal yourself in the whitetail woods, how his patten works, how he got started and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk with two public land killers, Johnathan Boheme and Adrian Wilson of Tennessee. Both of these guys have had a lot of success on public land over the last few years, and at the 2019 World Deer Expo they stopped by our booth to talk southern based public land deer hunting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk Aerohunter saddles! We sat down with Jon from aerohunter at the World Deer Expo to talk about their brand new “flex” saddle, along with all the other things aerohunter has going on! Subjects discussed include new features of the saddle, what makes saddles very different from one another, some company history, and of corse what the future holds for aerohunter! Tune in, let us know what you think, and thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Woodsmanship & Confidence. Richard is a die hard public land hunter who has found incredible success in the swamps of Arkansas. Richard consistently kills mature bucks (including 3 160+ inch deer) on public land by hunting feed trees, and hunting with huge levels of confidence. Today we dive deep on what kind of deer sign to look for, how to know if you should hunt it, what feed trees are, how hunting with confidence can change your success rate more than anything, and MUCH more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Wild Edge is announcing their brand new saddle, the Yarak! We sat down with Drew and Greg from WE to talk about the new product and all of its unique features. Another subject discussed is what makes saddles different, and how the makeup of a saddle effects its functionality and comfort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We had the privilege of talking to Mr. Glen Solomon, who is undoubtedly one of the best hunters & woodsmen that we have had the privilege of talking to on the show. Glen takes a deep dive into some hardcore public land deer hunting tactics that he uses in Georgia. Glens tactics are extremely similar to Dan Infalts methods, and Glen has been practicing these tactics for 35 years on public lands across Georgia and Alabama. Grab a notepad for this episode, you'll be glad you took notes! Check out our gear list here - Andrew & Jacobs gear picks Click the link below to check out our latest video on our Youtube Channel! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBBuz-tOP7SNeM6fSrrgR0w Want to help keep the show on the air, and get some bonus content? Join our patreon - patreon.com/thesouthernoutdoorsmen Use the promo code “southern” for a discount on your OnX Hunt membership here - https://try.onxmaps.com/hunt/app/hunt-smarter/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA7bucBhCeARIsAIOwr-_sBLib6xC3ibT5BMlTrBUdWdpGYOWOZ_06eZhJajTmMKne7e00Rd4aAtldEALw_wcB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk tactics for breaking down large areas of public land into hunt able chunks. We also talk general public land bowhunting tips, hunting subtle terrain features within the thickets that deer spend a lot fo time in and of corse gear talk. After gear talk we get out into the weeds and start telling our creepiest, and funniest hunting stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the show we do a deep dive into all things on whitetail deer bowhunting tactics. We talk about how to find funnels, pinch points, edges, finding overlooked terrain features, understanding deer bedding, why bedding is important, and thermals. This is the perfect episode to kick your mind back into deer hunting gear as we creep closer to bow season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we go over early season bowhunting strategies for velvet whitetails in Southern states! Some specific subjects discusses include how to plan where you will hunt now, securing permission to hunt private property now for the upcoming season, pre-acorn drop food sources, and how bedding in the extreme early season is very different from bedding throughout the rest of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever been interested in self filming your hunts? Today on the show we talk about how to self film hunts, the gear you need, how to determine your goals, our recommendations on gear and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is all things mobile hunting. Both Jacob and Andrew have about 6 years of experimenting with various mobile hunting systems which has led them both to saddle hunting. Specific topics include how Tethrd and Aerohunter are different, climbing with individual steps vs sicks, pack options, and how to determine your needs to build the perfect mobile hunting setup for yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today the guys talk about the usefulness, and uselessness of summer scouting for deer! We will be bowhunting Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee public land in just a few months and we are talking about what sign will help us on opening day, and what will probably ultimately prove to be useless! We want to thank everyone for their continued support of this show, and thank you for helping us continue to grow, even in the off season! Six Mile Productions: https://www.instagram.com/sixmile_productions/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we were joined by our good friend Tyler Malone who just caught a true giant of a bass in our latest weekend fishing adventure! We discuss jigging for crappie, catching bass at night, hunting laurel thickets for bucks, hunting beast vs traditional methods and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the show we discuss 5 key things to scout in the summer months that will set you up for success in the deer woods this fall. We also discuss how to avoid "Thinking yourself out of a deer", and how to know whether or not you should buy a saddle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On todays podcast we talk about all kinds of hunting and fishing, including summertime hog hunting, whether or not you can eat big hogs, Alabamas baiting bill controversy, super heavy arrow setups and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to fish against us? Listen in to find out how you can try and beat us in a bass fishing tournament and get entered to win a heap of free gear! We also dicuss the dangers of getting into a canoe at 2am with the Ginger Bowhunter, how to set lines for catfish vs gar, and bass fishing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunting Oklahoma over the weekend has been a blast! Tune in to hear all about gobbling rios, some cool new saddle hunting stuff and to help us find Jacob a new nickname! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With most southern seasons winding down we are headed to hunt Rio Grande Turkeys in Western Oklahoma! On this strut report we discuss the cost of a trip like this and how you can make it happen! Check out our friends at houndstooth game calls at the link below! https://houndstooth-game-calls-2.myshopify.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today our friend Matt Reaves of Southern Pursuit to talk about how his background in forestry helps him find game, the transition from private land to public land hunting, self filing turkey hunts and deer hunts and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the Southern Outdoorsmen Strut Report we cover tactics that led our two reporters to quick tag outs! Make sure to check out Stevens content over at "The Huntin Grounds"! Check out the KB hen: https://houndstooth-game-calls-2.myshopify.com/products/kb-hen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices