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The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

Andrew Maxwell & Jacob Myers

The Southern Outdoorsmen is a weekly deer hunting podcast for serious DIY whitetail hunters, hosted by Andrew Maxwell and Jacob Myers. Since 2017 - across 800+ episodes - we've sat down with the best hometown deer hunters in the country: the guys quietly killing mature bucks year after year on the same public land, leases, hunting clubs, and family farms as everyone else, and broken down exactly how they do it.Every Monday we drop a new episode on the woodsmanship that actually fills tags -

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832 - Massive 23-Year Study CONFIRMS the Best Times...

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2026/10/05

Dr. Bob Sheppard spent 23 years building a database of more than 3 million data points on what actually gets deer moving in daylight. We get into what the data says about the moon, the wind, cold fronts, and the rut, plus how he was hunting from a saddle back in the late '70s.In this episode:- How 23 years of hunter logs turned into 3 million data points- What the data showed about the moon, and why the first two years fooled him- The three variables that matter most: temperature, wind, and

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73:40

831 - Why the Most Worn Deer Trails Can Lie to You

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2026/10/01

In this listener Q&A, we get into why the most worn-down trail on the hillside might only see one doe a week, and how to figure out which trails are actually worth hunting. Then we run through your questions and hot takes as bow seasons open across the Southeast.In this episode:- Why heavy, carved-in trails can fool you, and why you should follow them until they meet other trails- The great moon debate: phase vs. position, selection bias, and why weather still wins- Inside corners and field-edge

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111:45

830 - The Scent Trick He's Used for 50 Years to Get...

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2026/09/28

Phillip Robison (AKA Coyote Rob) is 81 years old and has been chasing whitetails in Alabama's Black Belt since deer first came back to the area in the 1960s. Long before scent control came in a bottle, he was spraying his hunting jacket with deer urine and keeping it in the deep freeze. One morning, an eight-point walked up and blew on the back of his neck.In this episode:- The scent routine he's used for 50 years, and why he believes scent matters more than camo- The piece of string on his

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76:14

829 - The Fastest Way to Find Deer to Hunt | Q&A +...

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2026/09/24

In this listener Q&A we get into why bumping deer is the fastest way to find them on new or public ground — and then we run through your questions and hot takes as archery seasons open across the Southeast.It's bone dry across most of the South right now and the acorn crop is feast-or-famine, so we start with this week's mast and scouting reports state by state, then dig into how to find deer when the food is everywhere and the sign is scattered.In this episode:– Why "spooking"

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94:07

828 - How Deer Hunters Are Killing Their Odds Without...

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2026/09/21

David Heatherly has killed mature Alabama bucks for 31 years by doing the opposite of what most deer content preaches: he keeps it simple. In this one, we get into why hunters make deer smarter than they really are, how to read the freshest sign instead of overthinking it, and why grinding the same spot every weekend is the fastest way to educate a buck right out of the county.What we get into:- Why deer are simpler than you're making them- Reading fresh sign and building off every hunt- How

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81:13

827 - A Bowhunting Trick You'll Want to Use This Season!

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2026/09/17

This week we're back in the mailbag: your questions on early-season food, killing mature bucks without cameras, timing an out-of-state road trip, moon studies — and the noise trick that pulls curious deer right to your tree. Plus a round of hot takes to close it out.In this episode we get into:- This year's mast picture — red oaks dropping while a lot of white oaks aborted in the drought, and where that's pushing deer right now- The opening-day call: scratch the itch on brand-new public

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102:11

826 - One of the Best Public Land Bowhunters in the...

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2026/09/14

Tony Myers is one of the most accomplished public-land bowhunters in the Deep South — and one of the last of a dying breed. Self-taught, with no cameras and no mentor, he's spent a lifetime learning to read the woods and kill mature bucks. In this episode, Tony walks us through how he finds and kills giants on pressured public ground, the old-school way.In this episode:- How Tony taught himself to hunt and learned to never fear getting lost in big woods- The way he breaks down and scouts ground

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81:31

825 - Why Deer Duck Your Arrow Before They Ever Hear...

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2026/09/10

The best time of year is here — and this week's Q&A digs into why deer "jump the string" and duck your arrow before they ever hear the shot, plus a full round of hot takes and hot tips from the Circle community.In this episode:- Why deer duck your arrow before the sound reaches them — the deer-vision science behind "jumping the string"- Are big-buck killers just sitting in better spots? Consistency vs. hunting brand-new ground- Time in the woods vs. woodsmanship — which

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140:56

824 - Everything to Know About Ground Hunting with...

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2026/09/07

Want to go deeper? Join our Circle Community here: ⁠https://linkly.link/2o0SnZach Ferenbaugh of The Hunting Public has killed some of his biggest bucks without ever climbing a tree — slipping through cover on the ground, calling them into bow range, and getting close enough to reach out and touch them. In his first-ever sit-down with us, Zach breaks down the woodsmanship behind ground hunting whitetails: reading conditions and other animals, moving through the woods undetected, why deer can't

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79:26

823 - How He Knows a Giant Is There Before He Ever...

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2026/09/03

Rusty & Russten Johnson KNOW how to find mature bucks fast, and they've got the receipts. The summer we recorded this, he had close to 100 bucks over 120 inches on trail camera on PUBLIC land alone, including a 170-class deer and a near-200-inch giant, with no bait and no private honey holes. In this throwback from the back catalog (an episode that produced a pile of listener success stories the first time it aired), Russten and his dad Rusty break down the exact trail-camera system they use

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102:42

822 - The Best Day of the Year to Kill a Buck - and...

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2026/08/31

Russ Seale has killed more mature bucks on one specific set of conditions than any other day of the season — and he'll argue the point with any biologist who says otherwise. This is the 3020 Factor: rising barometric pressure behind a cold front, a 10–15° temperature drop, and a steady north/northwest wind. Last year it put two Boone & Crockett bucks on his wall seven days apart — a 190" non-typical and a 184". We get into all of it.In this episode:- The 3020 Factor explained — the

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106:16

821 - Q&A + Hot Takes: Midday Bucks, White Lights,...

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2026/08/27

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820 - Why Mature Bucks Get Up and Move at 10AM | Clay...

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2026/08/24

Clay Harper is a DIY traveling hunter who's turned breaking down brand-new ground into a system. He picks a state, a season, and a "theme" long before he ever sets foot on the property, then kills mature bucks on public land across the country. In this one, we get into his early-season playbook: how he reads unfamiliar woods fast, why he hunts the mid-morning window nobody else does, and the mindset shift that's put more bucks on the ground for him than any single tactic.In this

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819 - MAST REPORT & Early Season Q&A

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2026/08/20

We just rolled in from the Mobile Hunters Expo in Dalton, and the season is coming fast so this Thursday Q&A is a loaded one. Andrew and Jacob work through a stack of listener questions and Circle hot takes: reading a spotty mast year, finding bucks when the ground's too dry to track, velvet-buck decisions, doe harvest, neighbor management, and a run of rapid-fire hot takes that'll get the comments going. Grab a seat.In this episode: Mobile Hunters Expo recap and this year's record

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124:55

818 - The Early Season Blueprint for Killing Mature...

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2026/08/17

Archery seasons are opening soon across the country, and early-season success comes down to one thing: acorns. Ben Davis of central Alabama joins us to break down his complete early-season feed tree blueprint — how to find the oaks that are actually hot, the overlooked sign that tells you a tree is about to fire before the deer even pattern it, and how to hunt it without blowing it out. It's a wide-open early-season how-to for every deer hunter, then a deep, technical dive into traditional bow

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817 - Do Mature Bucks Recognize Your Stand?

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2026/08/13

Can a mature buck actually recognize your treestand, your climber, or your trail cameras? Andrew opens this one with a story about the biggest buck he'd ever seen in bow range — a buck that stepped out, locked onto the base of the tree he was sitting in, and eased off without a sound. It never saw him. It never smelled him. So what gave him away?From there, Andrew and Jacob work through a stack of your questions from Circle and the website. Classic Thursday Q&A — straight from you guys.In

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108:15

EP. 816 - Why He Hasn't Been Smelled by a Deer in 8...

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2026/08/10

Eddie McRae has bowhunted the same Georgia farms for 40 years — and he says he hasn't been smelled by a deer in nearly a decade. No ozone units, no expensive sprays. Just a scent system he runs 365 days a year and a theory that most deer don't even know what a human smells like anymore.In this episode of The Southern Outdoorsmen, Eddie (of Riverman Custom Calls) breaks down the self-taught, low-pressure approach that's put six mature bucks on the wall in the last four years. We cover

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58:44

815 - Which Kind of Public Land Produces the Biggest...

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2026/08/06

Is a National Forest really the best place to find a mature public-land buck? In this Q&A episode, Andrew and Jacob debate whether National Forests or Wildlife Management Areas consistently produce the biggest deer, discuss how hunting pressure shapes age structure, and tackle several listener hot takes covering roadbed hunting, scent control, hunting shows, antler growth, and more.Topics discussed:- National Forest vs. WMA for mature bucks- What creates big-buck public land- Roadbed &

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96:14

814 - This Old-Timer Kills Bucks on His Feet, Not...

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2026/08/03

Chuck Bailey (Old Timer Outdoors) has killed dang near every deer on his wall while standing on his own two feet — not from a box stand, not over a corn pile. In this episode, the Louisiana woodsman breaks down the on-the-ground hunting skills most of us have forgotten, why the easy way is quietly making us worse hunters, and a few old-timer scent tricks you've probably never heard of.In this episode:- Why Chuck refuses to hunt from a box stand — and how "devolving" back to hunting on

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58:23

813 - Can You REALLY Kill Mature Bucks from Permanent...

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2026/07/30

This week we’re diving into another round of listener-submitted Hot Takes and Q&A! We debate whether it’s really possible to consistently kill mature bucks from permanent stands outside the rut, discuss the biggest factor separating consistently successful hunters from everyone else, answer questions about saddle hunting, sanctuaries, and dream hunts, and share a few stories.In this episode:Is it virtually impossible to kill mature bucks from a permanent stand?The biggest factor behind

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