Field Notes 4: The Pants-Down Buck Down Story

The Garden State Outdoorsmen Podcast

The Garden State Outdoorsmen Podcast
Field Notes 4: The Pants-Down Buck Down Story
Sep 30, 2025 Season 5 Episode 227
Boondocks Hunting

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We chase the early-season swings from hot starts to quiet weeks, then ride along as Kyle breaks a ten-year out-of-state streak with a messy, memorable, and deeply instructive liver-hit recovery. Strategy shifts, habitat puzzles, and why patience under pressure still wins.

• early-season highs and lulls across states
• e-bike access, quiet entry, and setup choices
• New York opener timing and time-off planning
• beans vs corn, drought impacts, and harvest timing
• Kyle’s ten-year standard and the mindset switch
• blind heat, rushed mechanics, and the shot window
• backing out overnight, drone recovery, and ethics
• shot diagnostics: liver hits, angles, and waiting
• mock scrapes, pre-orbital scent, paste vs spray
• October “vanish,” natural selection, and doe bedding
• losing and finding bucks, EHD fears, and evidence
• perspective, grief, camaraderie, and why we hunt

We’ll be starting to plan our third annual wild game dinner—stay tuned for details


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