00:00:02 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your home for deer hunting news, stories and strategies, and now your host, Mark Kenyon. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. I'm your host, Mark Kenyan, and this episode number three and today we're back for another episode of our mini series Right Fresh Radio, which we're getting up to date reports from all across the country on the latest deer activity, current conditions, and the tactics that are working right now. All right, welcome to the Wired Hunt podcast, brought to you by on X, and today we are back for our ret Fresh Radio miniseries. You know what this is all about. We're gonna be chatting with a handful of deer hunters from all across the country and they're gonna tell us about what kind of activity they've been seeing, what activity they're predicting coming in the future, and how different conditions and factors and sightings are are influencing what they're doing as hunters. So that's the game plan. Spencer new Heart leads the charge on all of those interviews and it is a very exciting time for me personally selfishly, because we are right on the precipice of the Michigan Bow hunting season, Spencer, and I'm very excited. I've got like the full blown I can't sleep at night. I'm looking at pictures, I'm looking at maps, I'm looking at my weather forecast over and over. That whole thing has one developed me right now. Man. So I'm glad we can do this chat because I'm chomping at the bit. I like it. I saw on social media you just had like a trail camera update. Can you tell us more about that, and like, where are your trail cameras gonna be now as we get into opener? Yeah, so I posted a bunch of pictures from the back forty and exciting news over there. We have a big turnaround from where we were last year. This time last year, if if you remember, Spencer or anybody listening, we had gone and checked trail cameras in mid September last year when Steve and Yanni came out for their squirrel hunt, and we hadn't had like a single decent buck on trail camera all summer in early fall. It was really disappointing, uh frustrating, and as you know, a lot of the season was that way too. I had that one great encounter and killed the white Ape, but a lot of the rest of the year was kind of frustrating. Well, we made a lot of changes last year in the spring, and I don't want to pat myself on the back too much, but something's going right because we're getting a lot more activity on cameras. We're seeing a lot of bucks. Um, there's probably I don't know three four five bucks that you know, I think would be considered shooters by myself and or our guests. Um, a couple of definite four year older older bucks, a couple three year olds, bunch of a two year old kind of you know, nice little ten pointers, the lay pointers. So yeah, the cameras are, they're lighting up right now. And most of those that I have placed all all I was checking and posting the other day where cell camera updates and those have been placed just in transition zones between food sources and betting. And so there's one cell camera that is in the edge of a bean field, on the edge of the bean field, but in between a neighboring bean field and the cover on our side. So we're catching these deer that were feeding in those beans in the summer, heading back to feed or sorry, heading back to bed on Ours and then there's another camera that's set back in the honey hole actually, which is this really cool area of cover on the farm, and there's big white oak tree in there that's just raining acorns. So what we're seeing is that there's still some deer coming off of those beans, and I'm sure there's some oaks scattered on the edges of these fields that they're feeding on two but they're they're heading back into bed on Ours and then they're going into that betting air and honey hole and they're feeding on those acorns heavily during daylight. Still. Um, So that whole acorn thing I think is going to be something I'm guessing you've heard from our guests or will be soon because I think they're dropping in a lot of parts of the country and they're definitely keying in on those here. So yeah, that's what's happening in the back Ford. It at least it's um it's that time of year now. I think a lot of hunters kind of operate on this system where when you have the beginning of October coming, or when you have a season opener coming, they sort of check them like one last time or set them in a different place one last time, and then leave them until we get closer to the rut. So my question for you, Mark is if you had to leave your cam siak for like the next month, where would you have it at. So I try to shift most of my cameras two my fall locations at the very end of summer, so the very end of August or early September, I basically shift everything to the spots I want them for October and November, which in most cases will be UM. They can be in different spots like these transition areas I mentioned are the edge of food sources. But the most important things I want them on scrapes, So that can either be a natural scrape, like a spot that every year that becomes a scrape gets hit by multiple deer year after year after year, that kind of community hub. I like having cameras on those um, but I'll also create scrapes in places that I want them and those as. As we talked about a lot in the past, these these scrapes just act as this kind of local water cooler, and all the bucks like to check in, see who's been here, what's going on, and and kind of leave their calling card to. So they're a really good place to get an inventory of what's there, who's in the area right now, how early in the day or late in the day, or these deer starting to move. It gives you that I don't know, it's like a thermometer on activity. So I may not be hunting in these places, but it's gonna give me a good check in on on what's happening in the area and who's here. So most of my stuff is set on those locations already. Now, these two cell cameras I mentioned are in a little bit unique spots. They aren't on scrapes. Well, let me take you back. I did create a mock scrape in front of both of these cameras. They're setting these transition spots that are hard to get to. But I also still create a mock scrape in front of both. Um. So that's all to say. If I was moving something right now, which i'd I'd rather not, I'd rather not go on at all right now, um and just wait until you're hunting. But if I had to move things around, I'd be doing exactly what I described. I'd be putting these on scrapes or mock scrapes. I would not be going back into the cover crashing around. Um. I would only be putting these in easy to access places where I'm not going to spook stuff because again, I don't want to apply a lot of pressure until I'm actually hunting. So for me in Michigan opening days October one, that's next week. UM, I'm not pushing into anything right now. I'm only checking cramp cameras that are cell cameras. I'm not gonna walk all over the place and check these things, and I'm just gonna observe from a distance as much as I can. So on my back forty place, we're observing via trail cam cell cam. On another one of my local Michigan properties, I've got this really cool hill area where i can observe a lot of the farm. So I'm doing some evening scouting up there and just watching from a distance. Um, but I don't want to. You don't want to go on their setting stands and messing around with cameras five days, six days before the hunting season. You know, you're the deer can't tell the difference between you hunting and you doing that work. It's all the same to them. And it's all going to result in these deer not wanting to move in daylight as much because of it. Yeah, I would echo everything that you just said their mark for the next three to four weeks. If I had have one place to have my trail cameras, I want them all on scrapes. They are great for getting inventory, They're great for patterning to you, They're great for seeing when they start to move a little bit sooner in the evenings, are a little bit later into the mornings. I just really want my cameras on scrapes for basically the whole month of October. Now, we're gonna talk about that same thing with all four of our guests this week, which include Dean Siemens from Delaware, Josh Gente from North Carolina, Travis Thiel in South Dakota, and then Michael hans Sucker in Missouri. And something that you'll hear from all of our guests is that there's this approaching cold front like early to mid next week across most of the country. Um. Now, this is like almost the unofficial sign of fall. Right yesterday was the first official day fall. But when we start talking about the first cold front, that's like the most exciting time I think in every year mark when we do red Fresh radio um in like early to mid October, when we get a good cold front that's very timely. It seems like all sorts of deer get killed. Now, the time of this cold front isn't great because it's like sort of between you know, uh, this coming weekend and the weekend after that of that Tuesday Wednesday. But say that cold front did land on like a Saturday and Sunday and everybody can be in the wards. What would you want to be doing for like a late September set up or an early October set up when we have a great cold front like this one coming where in some parts of the country from like Friday's high to Tuesday's low, we're looking at like a fifty degree difference. What what would be your strategy then? Yeah, like you said, there's nothing that's gonna get me more excited this time of yre and for me late September early October, it's still a food game. I'm I want to know what is the number one food source right now? And and or I want to know where is my buck like if I'm if I'm just after deer then I want to know what's the most the single, most attractive food source right now. And then if I'm after a specific deer, I want to know as best as I can possibly figure out what he's doing, you know, right now, or what's the most recent piece of until I can tell about him, Because when this cold front hits, it's going to get these deer on their feet, and this is going to be one of those couple opportunities you're gonna have throughout the year where that big old buck might move a little bit earlier in the evening. So I would try to make an aggressive hunt into that best spot. I would go try to get into my number one location for a food source type hunt. So that's something where I'm tight into the edge of that bedding and food transition spot where I think, Okay, if I have some kind of history or some kind of scouting that tells me that this is that best food source and this is probably the most likely place these bucks are coming from, I'm going to go in there and and get right on it. Um. Maybe if it was a warm, hot day in October, I wouldn't push right in there. I'd hunt more observations. I'd hunt farther on the edge. But with that cold weather, I want to be in my killing set. So you know, that might be a green food plot, that might be uh an acorn flat, that might be a little patch of clover, or maybe it's a standing corn field. It's just it's really starting to dry down now and all of a sudden the deer hitting it. It really comes down to knowing your area and your deer. So looking at those cameras, hopefully you can either check them in a really careful way, or have cell cameras that can give you this intel without you need to going in there, or do what I've been doing, which is observing from a distance. I want to know as best as possible what that right places to be is, because you only get a few chances when you get these big cold frinds, and you need to be in the right place to take advantage of that right time. So for me, October one is opening day. That's gonna be a couple of days after the front hits, but it's still gonna be pretty good. We're gonna be in like load of mid fifties, which is gonna be great for this time of year. So I've been watching one of my local farms from a distance, and I've seen my number one buck tran and I've seen my number two bucks, which I've decided to call number two. Um. I've seen both of them move out in this area along the edge of where standing cornfield and a bean field come together, and then I've got a food plot system that's about a hundred yards away from it. And every time I've seen them come out over this month of September, and I think i've had um since what in the last ten days or so, i've seen one of them. I've had less ten days. I've seen them four times, and they're always coming from that standing corn or that edge that corner with the bean field and cornfield come out. They're exiting out of the bedding right where that corner is. And some nights they move north into the standing corn some nights they move south towards the food plot. But that's the entrance to this area. I can see so right there. Because of that scouting, I know the area I want to focus on off the winds right when I get this front coming through, I want to be right around that, and I would I would tell anyone listening try to achieve something sim or to that figure out where this this point of knowledge is through observation or trail camera something and keian on that close to food. That's it's generic, but that's kind of the recipe for most early season success. Um. Swing for the fences right now and we have this front, but you need to have an educated swing, don't swing blindly. Sure, generic mark, but I think that's all great advice, um, and that can be like what helps somebody kill a deer for this first cold front of fall. I think that's enough from us though for this week. Let's get under our interviews. Sounds good, all right, and joining us on the line next is Dean Siemens from Delaware. Now, Dean in Delaware, what would you say the buck activity has been lately on a scale of one to ten? Um, Well, I might have a little bit of a bias point here, but I have to say we're kind of right in the middle, just for the fact that, uh, book activity has been really really was really good for us a couple of weeks ago. Um, a few things went down and then uh now it's been a little a little scattered, so uh yeah, I have to have to stay with that at five marks. I know you had some crazy weather there before the opener. Can you tell us about that and how that affected things for hunters? Yeah, yeah, that was That was by far the craziest thing I've had preseason. UM. So I don't know if you guys knew about you know, I'm sure you know about the hurricane that came through, um, but here in Delaware it brought I believe it was about seven and somewhere at five to eight touchdowns of tornadoes. Um. And with that, you know, brought brought all kinds of trees down, uh, tour fields up. I mean it it threw us for a spin. Um. So it uh kind of it took all the bucks that we had on camera on one of our our private spots and uh pushed them all to somewhere. Um. Hopefully they're still out there, but uh yeah, we're we're hoping to see him back. What food sources should hunters be focused on in that part of the country right now? I know we've been having really good luck with the normal corn Um. You know, we're we're you know, Delaware having a lot of corn fields and stuff around. UM, it's a it's a primary source for the deer. They're they're used to it. Um. But I know early season acorns start dropping and uh in the in the deep woods, that's kind of one of our go to spots. If you can find some some acorns, especially on public land where you're not allowed to do any baiting. Um, that's that's definitely a key spot. So I keep that on the radar. When you're going into a new piece of public land in mid to late September, what are you looking for on those properties? I know, I know early season right now, since we're we're throwing for a little bit of a loopward, we're bouncing around to a couple of public spots that you know we've hunted in the past, um, but we're we kind of backed away from because we thought we were pretty set on our private land. UM, so we're being careful. Uh. We're trying to get in and out during some rain. Keep our are sent you know down. Uh if you can't get in there like that, you know obviously suiting up, spraying down and uh. We're kind of working in on some of the trails, trying to get back into some of the deeper terrain find uh where some some nice are uh if we look if it looks like we're getting near some bedding areas trying back out UM, and we start kind of doing circles around that, finding whether there's a one in UM, whether there's an area, whether they're going to water UM. Basically all that little pre rut scouting and uh, you know a lot of times on those thick runs we get the rubs and scrapes, so we're we're hounding in on them, marking them on the maps, and uh, we're hoping it off pans out this year. Is water a focus for you this time of year? Uh? You say, Walter is a focus this time of year? Um, I would say that come the ruts, UM, I'd like to be definitely in an area that you know, if if there isn't much water, I want to make sure I find somewhere that is because those bucks are gonna need it. They get to chase and they get a little winded, they're gonna go for the hydration. So it's definitely a and that I want to keep on my radar. You said that you're looking for sign when you go on these new pieces of public land. Are you seeing any fresh sign that's from this year already? Yeah, Yeah, normally, I feel like I don't see too much of it this time of year. Um. I don't know if it's because we had some some cool weather roll through that that brought you know, nice forty degrees, you know, fifty degree weather at night. Um, that they've actually started, you know, doing some scrapes um and actually some some good rubs where you know, normally it's you know, if you do see a rub, it's like Alora is trying to clean off the velvet. Um. So it's you know, I'm pretty confident with we're seeing some of that stuff now. So that's, uh, that's gonna be something I'm I'm looking more towards. Uh. And then obviously getting into the next couple of weeks, they're really gonna start tearing it up going forward. Then in the sext week or so, what do you think that buck activity is going to be on a scale of one to ten in Delaware? I think it's really gonna have to do with the weather. I know we're gonna get into some a little bit warmer temps coming up here in the next week or so, so it might not you know, fire as soon as it it was appearing, it would but I don't know, man, it's still I'm gonna have to say probably seven because I've already been seen some good fine and stuff early. Alright, Dean, I hope you luck changes in Delaware. Good luck and thanks for joining me. Thanks going all right and joining us on the line. Next is Travis Steele from buck Storm in South Dakota. Now, Travis in South Dakota, what would you say the buck activity has been lately? On a scale of one to ten, I would say it's probably been about a four late right now. It's been the last couple of weeks been a warm Um, most of the state has been dry. Also, it seems like there's been more evening activity than morning activity, which is pretty typical this time of year out here. Um, but I would I would think that it should be picking up here soon for sure. I've definitely seen more deer on their feet in the evenings though than the morning. Seems like they're bedding up pretty early right now. So hunting white tails in the Black Hills, you don't really have those traditional food sources. So what are the food sources that you're looking for this time of year and how does that change later in fall? As you get into October and November. Yeah, this time of year seems like the majority of the deer and kind of all year in the hills. There's a lot of forage right now just because um, they're they're kind of mainly on like a grass diet. They're not there's not really corn, there's not anything like that, you know, but they are hitting like some of the like private land, hay bottoms, a lot of that. Even as the summer transitions further into fall. I've noticed, like some of these cattle pastures, the regrowth that will come up because there's crazing permits throughout the Black Hills, those deer will actually focus on the regrowth in those um sometimes even heavily more heavily graze pastures, they'll even feed in. But for the most part, I've noticed you'll kind of see them favoring meadows that have been hayed, um, kind of catching them to and from those meadows in between their betting area, kind of in that transitional zone where are you running your trail cameras at this time of year, this time of year, most of them are kind of in that transition zone, so in between where we think they're betting and where they're feeding. Um, also in just areas that have like traditionally been good for dear movement pinch points, uh, where like four draws come together that kind of lead down towards a food source. But you'll see a lot of those deer kind of feeding just on natural grasses too, So it's a little bit tougher to target a food source unless you're hunting like an area in the hills that borders that like a private meadow that has been haid. But I'd say for the most part, all of our cameras are kind of in a transitional zone, not in their bedroom. We don't hunt a lot of mornings this time of year, mostly evenings, just try to kind of leave them alone and let them do their thing. With the elk crowd happening right now and elk seasons happening right now in the Black Hills, does that change anything for a white tail hunter? Does it push those deer out of certain areas or move them off of certain food sources? Yes, Um, it's really hard to predict, but it definitely has an impact on them. You'll notice as like you start getting some elk hunters walking through, like you might even get tro camp pictures of them, some of the deer that were regular previously kind of danish um. I don't think it's completely takes them, sends them out of the area or anything, because they seem to show back up. It definitely has an impact. And then as soon as ascon than a rifle elk starts and that may even have more of an impact throughout October, just because there's even more hunters out there. But it really depends because there's some areas there just really is an elk in the Black Hills, so the elk cutters don't have an impact on those areas. Do you focus on water at all this time of year? Yeah, this year, especially because it's been a really dry there's really dry summer, has been a really dry fall so far. Early fall water has been key this year. I do have quite a few cameras that are kind of on like a food source that has water near it, like a meadow with water hole for example, or spring bottom in one of those transitional zones. But I think water is probably more important this year than some years because some years there's water everywhere, so it's really hard to pinpoint them and pick a water spot when they could drink anywhere. You know, there might be fifteen water sources in one one square mile, so I'd say this year, especially targeting water would be huge. Even sitting on water when possible is a really good option. Are you seeing any signmaking yet? Yeah, I've actually come across a few scrapes. Um. I actually have a camera on a scrape that I need to get out and check here this week, but normally the second half of September. Already I have bucks starting to kind of play around and hit that scrape rubs naturally obviously no sign of the rut yet or anything like that, but they're definitely starting to cruise. I think, uh underlooked way to hunt them is kind of find some fresh rubs, maybe even make a couple of early rubs her scrapes excuse me, in the this time of year, and a lot of those like timber bucks will hit those scrapes to and from food sources. It's just kind of a way to redirect them in front of your tree stand or however you maybe hunting going forward then in the six week or so, what do you think that bucket activity is going to be On a scale of one to ten in South Dakota. I think it's probably gonna be a five or six. We got a cold front coming in, I believe this this weekend. In the next week, it's supposed to drop. It's almost ninety today and it's supposed to be I think in the sixties early next week. In the hills, that means thirties. So I really expected to pick up. Maybe even that morning movement will get a little better, but I'd say, yeah, five or six, it should should be pretty decent for this time of year. All right, Travis, good luck to you and the gas from Buckstorm. Thanks for joining me. Hey, thanks Spencer, alright and joining us on the line. Next is Josh Genty from Cut four Outdoors in North Carolina. Now, Josh in North Carolina, what would you say the buck activity has been lately on a scale of one to ten. Well, if you would have asked me about five days ago, I told you about a eight. But right now it's probably down to about a six, maybe a five, five and a half, simply because that cold front came in for us this past week, so the bucks were really on their feet, it seems like. And then now that that co front starting to move out, it kind of seems like, you know, they're kind of taking their time, and basically daylight movement has been out a minimum. Right now, do your strategies change it all as far as how aggressive you are when you get a cold front in late September, Um, I try not to be too aggressive just because there is a lot of season left. Um, there is one there's been one book that I have been hunting like. He's been my number one hitless book I've been going after, and the wind just haven't been right for me that whole cold front. So I just I didn't even bother to even try to go too aggressive on them, um, because I still keep the wind as my number one thing to consider any time I go anywhere, even with a cold front, it don't matter. We both know that. So I've just been kind of, you know, trying to go where the wind works from me, and I've been seen a lot of deer activity, just haven't been where I think I can kill the big one yet. So that's just been my biggest deal. What food sources in North Carolina should hunters be focused on right now? Right now? I would probably go back. I would probably go back and kind of like your normal summer pattern activities. I'll probably go back to the beans now. About a couple of weeks ago, they were really hitting like grapes and for Simmons, apples, that kind of thing. But I think after that cold front that kind of started to steer clear of it and they kind of hit it back towards the beam, almost like that Paul pattern for him is starting to kick in a little early. But you know, only time can tell really, so right now, I would probably focus more on the beans and looks. Are you seeing any bachelor groups that are still together or have they all broken up? I wouldn't call it a huge bachelor group. I mean we see it every year where there's always that one big buck that seems to have that one little bug that tags along with it. Say, you know, every time you see you, that big one's gotta be around somewhere. So I wouldn't necessarily call it a bachelor group. But there is still a few groups here and there, about two or three bucks total, but I would definitely say that they're done with their bachelor groups. As the deers start to focus more on acorns, do you expect to see a shift in betting as well? I would say yes, because I still think, especially in North Carolina, we're supposed to getting this big warm front going in, and so as it gets warmer, they do tend to be a big closer to foods horses like they do in the summertime. So I would definitely look for those those acorns that are dropping that are closer to bedding or somewhere where you think deer might be bettered open just because where they're not gonna want to move as much whenever it gets warm this up for a week, So I would definitely hugging tight somewhere in between the acorns and wherever there's bedding close by. Are you seeing any signmaking yet? I haven't seen anything serious, you know, you see. I see a couple of random rugs on trees just because from where they shed their velvet, But I haven't seen anything too consistent yet. I have heard some people tell me more on the towards the coast in North Carolina, they're seeing a lot more signmaking, I guess because they're starts a little bit earlier than or do ours does. So I've heard some scrapes on that side, but I would imagine it's gonna be the complete opposite on the western side of the state, where in the mountains and the colder temperatures, there's probably I wouldn't say there's gonna be a whole lot of sign making in the west, but right here we're kind of the middle, so I'll just say we just got a few rugs here and there, but nothing too serious to focus a whole lot on. Where do you like to have your trail cameras focused in late September and late September? I would what I normally do is most people put their trail cameras and they set up whether it's over a corn pile where they usually see dear come out. I want to get my trail cameras up as how as I can, so kind of like if you have a timeline feature, I really utilize those. That way. I can kind of figure out what part of the field or what area they are mainly coming from, and then I kind of start to focus in on Matt and so work my way back until where I think they're better at that, and I try to get somewhere in between can use my trail cameras as everything going forward. Then in the next week or so, what do you think that bucke activt is going to be on a scale of one to ten in North Carolina. I'm gonna have to give it a solid four simply because we're supposed to get warmer tempertures asleep, We're supposed to get back up into the eighties. So that being said, I really think they're gonna be. They're not gonna move until late at night just because of the cooler temperatures at night. All right, Josh, that's great, intel, Good luck with your's and thanks for joining me. Appreciate it. Thank you all right in joining us on the line. Next is Michael hans Sucker from Heartland bow Hunter in Missouri. Now, Mike in Missouri, what would you say the buck activity has been lately on a scale of one to ten, I would say in eight. Um, it's not a nine. I mean it's been really really good so far. Um. You know, usually early season we're we're dealing with, you know, warmer temperatures and we're looking for those cold fronts to hit. But it has been pretty pretty cool overall. And we've had cool evenings too, which helps with with everything. So we've been doing really good buck activity. What food sources have you been focused on lately in Missouri. This is kind of interesting. Um for us, we've been focused on Braska plots and turn up turn up in Radish plots. Basically the deer on this particular front that I've been hunting, Um, you know, I've just wiped out the beans and the beans got in a little bit late, uh and didn't get rained there for a while. We just had they got in late and had a out. So the beans are just completely wiped out. So, um, Braska's is typically you know, something that they don't usually eat until you know, after that first hard frost when they start really keening on, especially on the bulbs. But um, they're eating the tops like crazy, and they're not spending a ton of time in these plots. But they're coming early, they're moving early. They're hitting them first before they head out to the destination bean fields. I noticed that a lot of your haunts lately you've been hunting from ground blinds. Is there some high level thinking behind that or is it what's just been most convenient for those locations. Man, I'm hunting with my wife and uh sometimes with my kids, and so the ground line is a is a great open to that. Beyond that, though, just the the scent containment um, the movement you know, concealability, and in the noise concealability. I mean, just those factors make hunting out of the the ground line super super beneficial. Um. Another thing too that we do a lot of times hunting with honey over food plot are hunting with moat corn in certain areas. You know, we can move those blinds easily to hunt different areas of different of the food plot um, so we can have this beer you know, most likely to be in bow range on recent haunts, have you seen bucks that are still traveling together or is that pretty much over with? Yeah? No, they're still still pretty bachelored up. The mature bucks seem to be kind of branched off, you know, kind of on their own. But the twos and ones and twos and even some of the three year olds are still kind of hanging hanging together sparr and messing around, playing and playing in the food plots stuff. But yeah, the maturity that we have seen have been kind of on their own. Where are you running trail cameras at this time of year? Oh man? Mainly you know food plot edges um catching them coming you know to them from the food plots, got them on time laps mode covering covering the food plots. Um. You know, I've really loved running truck carals on natural corridors like like fence gaps, fence crossings, major trails, that type of stuff, like leading towards food plots in between you know, food and bad areas and um, you know, especially in Missouri, the when our our main farms in c w D County, so we can't put out any sort of attract and even in the summertime, so getting pictures can be can be difficult. But um, we're making mainly focusing close to the food sources and and you know approaching trails at this moment um won't be long before we switch over to two you know, scrape trees and we already are c and dear you know rub you know they're rubbed their their glands on trees and not necessarily you know, falling at the ground town, but they're definitely starting to hit some of those looking branches and those types of things. So that's an exciting time a year coming up for most of the country. There's going to be a cold front moving through early to mid next week is there anything with your haunting strategy that changes in late September when that happens, or are you still pretty conservative at this point. Yeah, I mean we're still pretty conservative, but I mean those colds, those first cold fronts have been magical for us. I mean, um, as far as getting the big mature deer on their feet early moving um in daylight hours. I mean, those first cold fronts of the season have been awesome. So we will definitely be out there and we're waiting, and most likely, I guess we'll be hunting over clover um that seems to be the um you know, or or you know, any sort of green plot the clover or if they're like I said, if they're keying on these these radishes and turn ups plots that we get going like, we'll be on green plots for sure. Are you seeing any signmaking yet in Missouri? Um? Yeah, I mean there's definitely obviously rubs from when they're stripping velvet and stuff, but they are starting to scrape a little bit. Like I said, it hit the hit the scrape branches, the scrape trees. We put out some scrape trees and food plots and um, you know, on on field edges and stuff, and they're definitely uh, definitely seen a little bit of a little bit of activity. So um, as soon as they strip that velvet, they start kind of rubbing those glands all over the trees. And it's kind of a social thing, so it won't be long before they start ripping up the ground going forward. Then in the six week or so, what do you think that bucketvity is going to be on a scale of one to ten in Missouri? I think it's gonna get even better. Um in next week with that cold friend, it's going to be nine. I mean, it's gonna be gonna it gets for for a few days there. Um, we're gonna have a little bit of a law here. Looks like Friday, Saturday this weekend. It's gonna eat back up a little bit. Um, So I'll slow hanging down so that big swing when it warms back up and then boom kemp drops, Um, it's gonna trigger the deer to be be moving on their feet. Alright, Mike, I like your optimism. Good luck with your haunts, and thanks for joining me. All right, thanks hopefully have some results to speak for. And that concludes this week's episode of rout Fresh Radio. Thanks to Dean, Josh Travis, and Mike for joining me, and thank you guys for listening. 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