Category: Eblast Archives

The bucks are out in force this week and we’ve got the encounters. Grant and Adam have an intense moment in Kansas when a big, grunting buck comes charging in. It’s a quick shoot / don’t shoot moment. Then two more Missouri bucks go down as Chase White and Zack Coy both grunt them into the kill zone.

Is it a miracle? It seemed there was only a small chance that Pops Woods would hunt this fall. Well, there is great news to share as Pops gets out for the Missouri gun opener!

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Where should you hunt now?

Good news! With fewer acorns, the food plots will soon heat up again.

Rae Woods was hoping to tag a big buck. Watch now to see Rae’s biggest buck ever step out of the fog! After the hunt, Adam explores what the rapid expansion Deer Season XP did inside Rae’s buck. Then we continue working on our management plan with multiple doe harvests.

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Where Should You Be Hunting Now?

Areas of thick cover, does often run for cover when bucks are chasing.

In this video: Grant is bow hunting and taking advantage of the pre-rut action. Not long after Grant grunts at a young buck he hears another deer coming through the woods. Watch this episode to see Grant draw back on a mature buck.

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Harvesting Mature Bucks

Limit hunting pressure until conditions are right.

Keys to look for:

• Trail cameras showing mature bucks moving in daylight
• Cold front or barometer change
• Wind direction favorable for the stand

Watch this episode to see how Heath Martin takes a Kansas brute with a brand new Prime bow called the RIZE! Lindsey Martin gets on the board too. Even though she has a run in with Kansas coyotes, she still drops a doe at 30 yards.

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Not much can turn a buck better than a grunt call.

Right now, this is the tool of choice.

Get attention. Don’t be afraid to get louder if needed.

Watch this episode to see Seth Harker and Chase White work on doe management. While they are working on arrowing the does, antlers come into range! Then in Iowa, watch Pro Staff Ryan Arnevik and Rory Heims as they have an amazing bow hunt, taking 4 does in about an hour!

Everyone loves jerky! Tracy has another great tip showing how you can share more of your venison with tasty homemade jerky.

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Mature bucks, if not already, will soon be actively chasing does.

Spend your time hunting favorable travel corridors.

Great chance, Mr. Big will be coming through.

It can be hot and dry during the early part of October here in the Midwest. We’re constantly watching the weather looking for the next cold front. A significant drop in temperature will get the deer on their feet and improve the chances for success!

With great hunting conditions forecast, the teams headed out to hunt. Watch this video to see the hunts play out!

Tip of the Week:

Cooler Temps – Time to Hunt Scrapes

Put the odds in your favor:

• Hunt traditional scrapes, ones created year to year
• Those that you can approach from downwind
• Scrapes in transition areas

This week it’s doe patrol for the GrowingDeer Team. Watch as Grant gets on the board! Then Chase White and Seth Harker get some of their own Ozark backstraps.

We have thousands of hardwood stump sprouts growing here on The Proving Grounds. Their massive
root systems are stealing resources. This week we’re trying a new technique to kill those old stump
sprouts and recycle their nutrients back into the soil to improve the habitat.

Click through to watch this episode today!

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Drop in temperature? It’s time to hunt.

If a 10% drop in temp is on the way, there’s gonna be deer

movement.

That’s a good time to be in the stand.

Kansas buck down! This week we head to Kansas with pro staffers Jerry Boden and Aaron Morgan. It’s a fairly quiet hunt until, suddenly, chaos breaks loose with deer running all over. Click through to watch the hunt play when this Kansas buck enters the fray.

Nothing “mock” about this scrape. Watch as Adam shows you how to create a “real deal” mock scrape. It’s a complete package for bringing that buck broadside in your shooting lane.

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It’s hard to predict deer movement in many fields. Create a big attraction by building your own scrape station. Adam shows you how he does it, step by step, in this episode.

Archery season is officially open in Missouri! The GrowingDeer Team climbs into a Redneck Blind for the bow opener. Watch as a shooter buck steps into view, but will he close the distance?

Later, another hunt turns into an opportunity to bring home Thanksgiving dinner when a nice long beard comes into bow range!

Click HERE to see these hunts and more today at http://www.GrowingDeer.tv.

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Keep your cool on those warm bow hunts:

• Dress light
• Take your time getting to the stand
• Use a broad spectrum scent control like Dead Down Wind: for our hunts we like the field spray, boot powder and field wipes

The GrowingDeer Team goes elk hunting. When a bull elk bugles right next to you, it’s as intense as it gets! Watch this episode as pro staff Daniel Stefanoff takes a bull elk with his Prime bow! Grant and the GrowingDeer Team had some great elk and mule deer encounters captured on camera!

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Mock Scrapes

It’s a good time to attract a buck’s attention with a mock scrape. Create a mock scrape at a location that will bring the buck by your stand and keep his attention on the scrape. This is a great technique to attract bucks to stands and/or camera sites!