How to Position the Wind and Sun While Still Hunting with MeatEater's Janis Putelis.
Today on the show, I’m joined by MeatEater’s Janis Putelis to analyze his 2020 Wisconsin rut bow hunt and explore ways all of us can better learn from our hunts and unfilled tags. Topics discussed: The dreaded November heat wave Saddle hunting The urge to tree hop Scent control vs. wind direction Deer sign and lack thereof The importance of scouting What to do with limited time and intel Optimism and moving forward Connect with Mark Kenyon...
Want to kill more mature bucks? Pay close attention. When it comes to hunting and killing mature bucks, there are few things more important than understanding wind. We must understand how to use it in our favor, and how deer use it as well. We must understand how wind travels in different kinds of areas and how deer will travel these areas to take advantage of that. And finally we need to understand how to minimize the effects that wind can have...
If there’s a higher pleasure than hunting while fishing (or fishing while hunting), I don’t know what it is. Whether it’s pass-shooting mallards during a fall trout float or breaking out the pack rod on a high mountain lake between bear glassing sessions, I feel somehow more engaged, excited, and satisfied than by those pursuits alone. I don’t know if Aristotle was a sportsman, but I’m sure this gets at what he meant when he wrote that the whole...
