Nov 30, 2016
"HuntFishTravel 171 - Hunting the Rut - Your Questions Answered with Kip Adams of the QDMA"
What are the top three questions people ask Wildlife Biologist Kip Adams of the Quality Deer Management Association about hunting the rut? Listen in to find out!
00:00 Wisconsin Opening Day & catching up with Eric Clark from Where to Hunt Podcast
Interview:
12:30 Pennysylvania opening
day
13:30 New Hampshire opening
day
15:00 What would you say is the
number 1 question hunters ask you about hunting the rut?
15:00 Q1 - "When is the rut going to happen in my area"
17:00 If you could pinpoint two
days to be in the woods, two days that should not be missed what
would they be?
When
18:00 How does pre-rut impact
hunters and GPS collared deer
20:25 Monitoring scrape use and how
to be careful monitoring them during peak breeding
season.
22:45 Where deer prefer mock scrapes
to be
23:30 monitoring mock scrapes on
public.
24:00 Q2 - "Why am I not seeing any activity?"
27:00 No hot does in the area?
How to fool them
29:00 What the GPS collared deer
have taught us about their behavior during the hunting season and
the type of terrain they prefer.
31:05 How to hunt the second weekend
of rifle season after they've been pushed.
32:30 Where the average person can
find GPS tracking data
36:10 Q3 What is the best
strategy for hunting the rut.
39:30 If you're hunting public what
kind of food sources should you look for.
41:30 Listener Question: Can a buck's age fool you during the rut?
44:00 Final thoughts on hunting
the rut.
46:00 New update for the Where to
Hunt App - where2huntapp.com