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Nomadic Hunting: From Louisiana To The Midwest
The white-tailed deer may be a single species, but hunting them across different regions of the United States reveals they might as well be different creatures altogether. In this eye-opening conversation with Russ Neal from Louisiana, we explore the fascinating contrasts between hunting whitetails in the Deep South versus the Midwest.
Russ shares his journey as a nomadic hunter who travels extensively to pursue mature bucks across state lines. He's developed a brilliant strategy – chasing the November rut in Midwestern states like Iowa and Kansas, then returning south to hunt the later rut in Louisiana and Mississippi during December and January. This approach effectively gives him two separate rutting seasons each year, maximizing his opportunities for trophy bucks.
What makes Russ's perspective particularly valuable is his innovative approach to mobile hunting. After years of limiting himself to familiar territories due to hotel costs, he transformed his Toyota Tundra with a custom truck camper complete with solar power and heating. This self-contained setup allows him to stay directly at his hunting locations, providing unmatched flexibility when plans need to change or hunting pressure becomes too intense in one area.
The regional differences Russ highlights are striking – from the smaller-bodied deer and dense cover of Louisiana to the agricultural landscapes and bigger-framed bucks of the Midwest. He explains how southern deer face extraordinary pressure from longer hunting seasons (up to three months of rifle season), multiple buck tags per hunter, and occasionally even dog-running seasons. These factors create entirely different hunting scenarios that demand unique strategies.
Whether you're planning your first out-of-state hunt or looking to expand your understanding of whitetail behavior across regions, Russ's experiences offer invaluable insights for any dedicated deer hunter. Check out his YouTube channel "High Pressure Hunting" to follow his adventures and learn more about his mobile hunting approach across America's diverse whitetail habitats.
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this is sunset outfitting podcast. I'm your host and rookie guide, ken meyer. I love everything hunting the outdoors and all things associated with it, from stories to howos. You'll find it here. Welcome to the podcast. Hey, we are thrilled to have you listening in, as always, to the podcast.
Speaker 1:So this week we're talking to Russ Neal from Louisiana. I came across Russ from his YouTube channel, high Pressure Hunting, and I found it interesting. Russ does some gear reviews. He shows his neat truck camper that he has for traveling around, because what russ does is he is uh, he travels around to different states hunting mostly on public land, some private after the white-tailed deer, and it's interesting talking to him how he navigates through unknown public land first time on it and he is successful in getting some nice deer and just learning. You know he's following different aspects of the rut, from Louisiana to Kansas and Iowa and all these different places where the rut's different, the deer act different and we also talk a bit of turkey hunting and it's been. Yeah, it's really interesting talking to Russ. I think that you guys will enjoy it as well.
Speaker 1:If you're looking to get a hold of me for the podcast, you can huntsonoutfitting at. Gmailcom is the email or you can find me on Facebook, ken Meier, or also on Facebook Hunts on Outfitting, to stay up to date with all the latest podcasts. So, without further ado, let's talk to Russ. Yeah, so, russ, you know. Thanks for coming on the podcast. I appreciate it. And, like I was saying to you before we just started, I came across you from your YouTube videos. You're down in Louisiana, correct? Yeah, yeah, so, being up here in Canada, it's, it's. I find it really interesting seeing different hunting, and you know we're, we both hunt white-tailed deer, but if we put, you know, the deer from here and the deer from there side by side, it doesn't even look like the same creature. Um, so, it's, it's interesting. How, uh, have you always been hunting in Louisiana? Is there ample, uh, opportunity to go after various game there?
Speaker 2:Oh, yes and no, I mean there's. I guess the main, the main ones would be just, you know, white tail and turkey and some small game, uh, dove and and um squirrel and and a lot of fishing, you know, down around the Gulf and all. But yeah, there's a huge difference and the population is good because we have a lot of thick terrain. It's not wide open like you know, other parts of the country. We have a high population but we don't have it. It's. It's tough to come across. Uh, you know, upper age class of bucks, just because the um the length of the rifle season and the length of the hunting season and and the uh availability of tags in the south makes a lot of difference right, yeah, do you guys know?
Speaker 1:do you have a lot of hogs and gator hunting near you?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yep, tons of hogs, for the most part, and plenty of gators. Yeah, that's something I've never done, but there's plenty of them around for sure.
Speaker 1:So I mean, do you guys? I know what domestic pigs can do and I couldn't imagine dealing with feral hogs Do you guys do many food plots there? Is it the right temperature and everything for it? And if so, is it hard to have them with the wild boar?
Speaker 2:Yeah, if you're hunting private, a lot of guys are doing it Pretty much. Everybody's doing food plots on private. You know a lot of guys are doing pretty much everybody's doing food plots on private. They don't as far as the hogs go. They're not bad on disrupting food plots. Unless you plant like a grain, like corn or something, they will absolutely annihilate a corn field.
Speaker 2:A lot of guys, if they're hunting on, we can bait in the south and most people do. If you're hunting on private, a lot of guys will do, like if they have feeders or bait piles or whatever. If they have a high hog population in that area they'll actually put like a fence around it. You know, tall enough that deer can jump over it, but too high for hogs to get in Because they'll just come in and just devour whatever you have. You know, and if you have a feeder they'll knock it over. Or if they can reach it, I mean they'll empty 300 pounds of feed out in one or two nights. Wow, if you have a heavy population and you can't get them under control, it's a struggle dealing with the hogs down here. A of guys trap them and and try to keep them under control, but it's a constant battle with them in most of the areas down south oh, yeah, yeah, it looks like they would be a lot to compete with in terms of trying to keep the deer fed as well.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, um, so I want to talk to you. I'm always curious and enjoy people's youtube channels, but I'm always curious what gets them started in it. So yours is high-pressure hunting. Yeah, if you could just kind of talk about what kind of sparked the idea of doing it, and then you know, following through and you're pretty consistent with it.
Speaker 2:Well, I grew up hunting and I mean, that was just the the main passion that I have. Uh, my family was big into it and and I just started very young and just grew up doing it with a passion and I, you know, we were always watching. When I was younger we were watching, uh, all kind of hunting, hunting content on on tv. You know, before there was YouTube or internet or anything, and so I just grew up watching it and then it kind of entered out and you had the outdoor channel and then into YouTube and different social media platforms and I always liked watching it and sometimes I would start filming with my phone a little bit and I I just decided one day that I thought that maybe it would be something that I would really enjoy. I didn't know much about editing or much about cameras or anything and I'm still kind of an amateur on the camera side there. You know, that's kind of a rabbit hole. You can go down as far as you want to. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2:But, uh, I kind of looked at the initial investment and and it was going to be to get into it to the level that I wanted to get into it. I was going to have to sink some money into camera gear and a and a good you know uh PC to edit it and everything, and and it was one of those things, just like man I'm talking about, just to get started. I'm going to wind up spending, you know, between five and seven thousand dollars to get what I need, and I don't even know if I'm going to like this or not. I don't know what the workload is going to be. So I talked to a lot of friends and family and my wife and they all told me that they just felt like it was something that I would, you know, pursue and enjoy doing. I mean, they know me well, so who better to ask? And I finally told my wife. I said, you know, I think I'm going to do this. If I don't like it, I'll just sell the stuff, but at least maybe, if I can't get the editing or whatever, I'll be able to do it, just to have memory, you know, just to have stuff on video.
Speaker 2:But I got into it for a couple years and uh really enjoyed it and just sunk myself into learning how to uh, edit and and just get better, you know, and learn more and more and more over time. And I mean I just I don't leave my vehicle without some some sort of camera gear now. It's just something I love to do. I really like the challenge of it and uh, and a lot of people you know they fight the editing process and the work, but it's, I don't know, I really enjoy doing. I just sit down for hours and do it and I'm always just trying to learn more about it. I have a hunger for, for learning about it yeah, exactly too.
Speaker 1:I mean, it's hard enough to hunt, you know, let alone there's definitely a challenge added to it with the camera work. It's, it's hard, it's difficult. You're bringing extra stuff, you're trying to get that shot. You're maybe waiting on a perfect shot that you could with the rifle or the bow so you can get your camera on it. I mean it definitely adds a whole other level to it adds a whole other level to it.
Speaker 2:It does, it does. It is definitely a challenge and it doesn't always work out right, you know. Sometimes it seems like it's going to work out perfect and it just doesn't. But you know, it's something that I just enjoy. I do a lot of traveling, so I get to see a white tail and you know, from the south all the way to the Midwest and I get to do a lot of hunting. I have, I have a good bit of time to do it and I really enjoy doing it. And I've told some of my friends there may be a point where I wouldn't mind just going and filming and not even hunting, just filming, filming for somebody or someone who has, you know, a really well-managed property or something. I just I really enjoy doing it. I got a lot to learn. I'm not a professional by any, by any aspect, but but I really enjoy doing it and learning, you know, learning it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, I have a friend that's like that. He likes, you know, just tagging along and learn. Yeah, again, he's learning, trying to run the camera. He's actually out filming a moose hunt right now, yeah, but you know, yeah, there is a lot too, but I find your videos well done. I mean you've got stuff. It's very informative, there's lots of information. It's helpful. You're doing reviews and showing different things and uh, I want to talk about. You do do a lot of traveling for hunting and, uh, exploring different States and you know it is high pressure hunting the channel.
Speaker 2:I mean, how, how do you navigate when you get to a new state, new area, and how do you navigate where you're going to hunt and how you're going to hunt it? It's uh, it's different things. So, uh, there's, there's states on my bucket list that I I want to go to. I have areas that uh, maybe I found on a map or someone's told me about or whatever. It's just various reasons that I may go to a certain spot. I really enjoy learning new ground and the challenge of just getting the new ground and trying to find a deer to get on and just breaking that ice of something new. It's something for when I first started traveling, I was going to the same location you know, year after year for several years and, uh, I just had for a few every year I would go and I would be like, man, you know, I really want to go to Iowa or I really want to go to Kansas, I to go to this different spot. But I was always seemed, felt like I was tied to that ground because I was familiar with it and, uh, and at those times I was traveling with some family members, so we were splitting the cost of a hotel room and everything and I decided that I just wanted to branch out, I wanted to explore, I wanted to find out you know what was over the next ridge and just kind of try different experiences. So I decided to just start going alone and maybe camping in a tent or sleeping in my truck or whatever. And that's led me to now.
Speaker 2:I have a camper on the back of my. I got a Toyota Tundra and I have a camper on the back of it. I got a Toyota Tundra and I have a camper on the back of it and I've got a full setup, man. I mean, I have a solar panel and a little solar generator, a little Chinese diesel heater in the back, so it's like a portable hotel room. I can kind of go anywhere I want to go and I'm just basically, you know, paying for my gas and my tags and just a little bit of food here and there and my tags and just a little bit of food here and there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, well, yeah, that's what I wanted to talk to you about. For those listening and not seeing, they can go to your YouTube channel and check it out. Your truck setup's neat, and then I understand that you were paying for hotels and motels and that gets a little pricier. Now with the truck, you're a lot more versatile. So, yeah, that's neat. You have the solar panels and the diesel heater in it and everything, and you're all. You're good to go.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm, I'm good to go. I don't, uh, the thing that I really like about it more than anything I mean the number one, obviously is the cost, especially me traveling alone. But if, if I'm, if I decided to go to a new area and that and I'm hunting public land, which I do a lot, and that area is not good or there's too many people, and my plan B may be, you know, 30, 40 miles from there or whatever, I don't have to worry about getting out of a room early or trying to find a place to stay or a room in the location I'm going to next. I just don't have to deal with any of that. I can just kind of get up and go and and, um, I can focus more on the hunting aspect of it, you know, more so than than trying to find somewhere to stay and afford it and and that whole deal.
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly, um, you know. And so what? What is the difference? Do you find there's a major difference in hunting? It's all it's whitetail deer. But you know, hunting in Louisiana versus hunting. Uh, did you say you're heading to Kansas right now?
Speaker 2:I don't really even fool with public land too much in the South. It's doable and I did it when I was younger. I've hunted private and public, but they're so I don't know. I guess as I've grown as a hunter I like to hunt the bigger deer, bigger-bodied deer, an older-age class of deer, and uh, just have more opportunities. And it is really tough in the south. Uh, I'm not saying it's not doable, but to come across mature deer on public land in the south, especially if you're bow hunting, it's, it's during the bow season, it's, it's super hot, they just don't move very good. And the whole I mean just the whole, the whole enchilada is just a totally different ball game.
Speaker 2:The rut. The good thing about it is is I can travel to somewhere in the midwest and hunt the hunt, the rut and the pre-rut at the beginning of november and in november, and then travel back and I can hunt Louisiana or Mississippi or somewhere in the south, usually in that late December to January time frame, because that's the peak of the rut there, depending on what area you're in, because it differs a little bit. So I'm able to kind of hit two ruts doing that. Yeah, by the time it's over in the Midwest it's just starting. In the south you can even hunt the late rut. You can hunt that early December time frame in the Midwest, if you wanted to, and still travel back and hit sections of Mississippi and Louisiana and Alabama and all in that later part of December and January. Most of the places that I hunt in the South, uh, the rut is around Christmas and then all the way through January, uh, some places even into, uh, the 1st of February.
Speaker 1:Okay, yep, um, so out of all these places that you're able to go travel to and hunt, is there a favorite state that really you know? You have good luck there. You enjoy it.
Speaker 2:the weather's normally favorable um, out of all the states I've hunted and I've only been there one time, but hands down I would say iowa okay, yep, has been has been my favorite and this will be my third. I have a kansas tag year, so this will be my third year hunting Kansas and I've had some struggles in Kansas and they've just been my fault. It hasn't been Kansas' fault. But out of all the places that I've been, iowa was just. It was just the Mecca for me. It was great. I can't wait to go back there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I've never been there but from what I've seen on tv that definitely, like you said, it's the mecca. That seems to be the the buck capital more or less, of of the states and that's where you know you got all that egg.
Speaker 2:Land you got seems to be really healthy, deer population and big body, big racked bucks yeah, yeah, just the population and the age structure and and I don't I don't have a lot of experience hunting in iowa, you know, I haven't hunted there several years, uh, but the the place I was in in the area was just, it was fantastic, it was great and I hear you know from from talking to other people that it's just good pretty much all over that state.
Speaker 1:So yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:From what I've heard, I could see that yeah, they definitely have the uh population and age structure yeah, and and better management, would you say.
Speaker 1:People are probably passing up more on smaller deer and letting them grow.
Speaker 2:Absolutely, absolutely yeah, it makes a big difference I, I met man, I I met two guys when I was hunting there and I became good friends with them and I've actually had some opportunities to open up through meeting those guys and I believe that the friendships I made with them because some of the public I was hunting, they hunted too, they were residents and they passed younger deer and uh and hunting the older age class of buck and and that was my goal for going to iowa, I just had a goal in mind and I think that, um, hunting that way there and being respectful to them on the property, even though it was public, I just I respect their, I the the way that Iowa manages, you know.
Speaker 2:So I wanted to uh, to hold out and try to kill a bigger, older buck and I think that opened up some doors for me in talking to some of the residents there. And it's, it's actually um, I'm actually heading to Kansas right now because I have permission, if it all works out. It's not 100% yet, but I've gained permission on a private farm through one of those guys that I befriended in Iowa while hunting there. So it's, it's worked out, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah Well, just you know how you have respect to try to take the more mature animals, not just shooting. You know little spike horns that come out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. Everybody has their own deal. You know, that's just what I went into it with and I think that helped me gain a few friendships on like-minded individuals that are Iowa residents, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean. Yeah, like I said, there's nothing wrong with that. But if people want to have a deer population around where they want to try to shoot bigger bucks, it's nice to have. You got to have like minded individuals hunting that area in order for that to be attainable.
Speaker 2:Really, Right, right, and in a state like Iowa, I feel like more people are of that mindset. It's why they have what they have, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, exactly. So what is it like finding big bucks in the south, in Louisiana, I mean, is it much harder? They just don't get to that size.
Speaker 2:Well, they don't, unless you have some private land where you can manage the age structure. The issue is is we have a really long rifle season? I mean we have a like a three month rifle season. Wow, um, we have. You know a lot of the southern states. You can kill three bucks, um. And, and some of the states on public ground they run dogs. I don't know if you're familiar with that. I'm not sure if they do that up north or not Just one spot they do.
Speaker 1:It's about a two-week season, one province here.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's a pretty lengthy season. They run dogs, so you've got a very long rifle season. You've got multiple buck tags and then you've got dog runnings in different areas and you just have. So you have a higher population of just humans in the south and the east and all. So you naturally have more hunters. You naturally have more hunters. So unless you've got some private land that you're able to manage and get some bucks to reach maturity, it's tough to do. They are there on public but they're rare. You know. It's nothing like any of the northern or the other Midwest states and you have to, I don't know. It takes a lot of work and it's like finding a needle in a haystack to find a big mature buck in Louisiana, especially in the southern parts of Louisiana and Mississippi in that coastal range.
Speaker 1:Right, yeah, yeah, that's what I was wondering. I kind of figured that. I got the gist of that from some other stuff I've seen and read. So, yeah, thanks for clearing that up. Yeah, and then you know, like, too, we were talking the bucks. It's harder too, because they don't need to put on that heavy weight for winter and they're just smaller framed. Yeah, smaller bodies, yeah, they are.
Speaker 2:They're much smaller and we don't have the agriculture either down south, like a lot of places do yeah that helps a lot.
Speaker 2:It's a lot of native browse and acorns can have a big effect on it. If we have a low mass acorn year it can really really affect the antler size the following year and uh that if you, if you get like in the uh the Delta area, like the Mississippi Delta and all where they have some ag, you can get some pretty good sized deer. But outside of that there's a pretty big difference in in antler quality and size of the animal body. You know body weight.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Just being able to, you know graze, browse through those, the the egg land, if it's readily available for them in some other States and provinces. Yeah, it helps a lot. Yeah, for sure, For sure. So I know you're you're newer to Turkey hunting than you are deer, even deer hunting longer.
Speaker 2:What do?
Speaker 1:you, what do you like better?
Speaker 2:deer hunting longer. Uh, what do you? What do you like better? Um, well, you know, my family turkey hunted and and when I was growing up, um, my job position I I worked two jobs a long time. I was kind of in the construction side of things for a long time and income tax season would roll around and my phone would start ringing and springtime was just a very, very busy time for me and I just couldn't do. I just couldn't do it, I just didn't have the time to do it. And finally, as I've gotten older, situations have changed so I'm able to do it, oh and, and I really enjoy.
Speaker 2:But they're, you know, I know I know a lot of guys that favor turkey hunting over deer hunting. But man, I'm gonna, I'll be honest with you sitting in a tree in the midwest in november when there's a 300 pound buck just with so much testosterone in him that he is just raging out of his mind, there is no other feeling in the world like that than drawing a bow back on just a fired-up Midwest big, you know, whitetail deer. I don't think anything will ever take the place of that, whether it be duck hunting, turkey hunting or whatever. But I really do enjoy it because I'm able to—deer season, man, it is such a grind for me. I hunt really hard. I'm about wore out. So turkey season, I feel like that. I'm like it's a little lower key for me and I'm just able to relax and have some fun and get out there and just enjoy it and do a little scouting and learn some new ground for deer hunting while I'm at it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I noticed here in the spring turkey season, when I'm looking around for turkeys, that's usually when I find sheds. Yeah, yeah, so it kind of works hand in hand. How long have you been bow hunting for? Did you take that up at an?
Speaker 2:early age I did. I don't remember exactly what age I was. I'm assuming I'm going to say it was probably around I don't know, 14-15 years old, maybe somewhere around in that time frame. I picked it up. Not many people were bow hunting back then and I had an uncle and a cousin that were really big into it. They were running around shooting some competitions and stuff.
Speaker 1:And I was always hunting with them, so I picked it up and just fell into it right off the bat.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because I noticed you have a lot of videos with the bow hunting and you're a good shot too, so I kind of figured you'd been doing it at least for a little while. Yeah, yeah, I've been doing it for a long time. I rifle and bow hunt. You know a lot of guys. Rifle hunting is a big deal in the South and you've got such a long season, but I would much rather be bow hunting than I had rifle hunting at any day and time, but I do both Right.
Speaker 1:yeah. So just being down there, do do you find that, say, in the south compared to the midwest and stuff are bucks a little more receptive to, uh say, rattling antlers or grunt tubes, things like that?
Speaker 2:yes, absolutely. Um, you have a? Um, the the buck to doe ratio is different down South than it is in in the in the North, in the South, it just seems like almost everywhere you go now, speaking outside of a managed property, when I, when I, when I speak, when I speak about this, it seems like almost everywhere you go, the the doe ratio is is much too, there's just too many does and um, so and and you also don't have such a compact rut like you do in the midwest, it's, it's more spread over a little bit more time and and it is uh, and you don't have the the age class of bucks either, which has a lot to do with it, so that there's several factors that play into it. I'm not saying you can't call a boat in the South, because I have, I've called a few in, but it just doesn't work near as good as it does in the Midwest and some northern states.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, I was curious about that. That does make sense and I figured you'd be the kind to ask. Traveling around and trying it. Yeah, it just depends on.
Speaker 2:That does make sense and I figured you'd be the kind to ask, traveling around and trying it, yeah, yeah, it just depends on.
Speaker 2:It really makes a difference where you have the age class of bucks. If you have an area where you have an older age class of bucks and you've got a better buck-to-dough ratio, it seems to work a lot better. It seems to work you know a lot better. And then I don't know in my mindset also in the south you have a lot more pressure put on the deer and you have, you know, you don't have a lot of wide open country like you do up north. So I'm sure there's a lot of bucks who have heard rattling horns or grunt tubes or whatever, and they've circled downwind in the timber and gotten you know traces of human scent so many times that that could be another factor in why it doesn't work very well in public in the in the South. Right, yeah, and then you got a, you know, a three month long gun season mixed in with that and just so many hunters. It's just uh, I just think it has a big effect on it.
Speaker 1:Yep, Do you ever? Do you mess around? You mess around much with minerals and things like that, some licks and attractants to kind of help stack the odds in your favor. Do you find that works for you?
Speaker 2:I do, I've done it all. I've hunted private. I've been in some clubs in the past I've had private land where I baited and I've always put out minerals, usually just to gain an inventory. But nine times out of ten in the south, it seems like because our bow season opens October the 1st, it seems like about that first part of September when that velvet starts coming off in the south. Most of the time, whatever bucks you have on camera coming to a mineral lick, if you don't, if you don't get a shot on the first couple of days of season, they're changing their their home range to their fall range from summer to fall and, uh, they're not going to be there most of the time. Every once in a while you'll get one. You know that that's, that's in there, or he may make a loop back or whatever, but it seems like the ones you have on camera over those minerals a lot of times are not there come season.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, no, um, it's kind of the same thing here, I think, for the most part. So, yeah, that's uh, that's interesting.
Speaker 2:Um, a lot of times I'll have a good buck on a mineral lick in the summer and he'll be gone the first part of both season or whatever. But he may you know, I've had him come back during the rut a few times and and maybe even hang around there a lot during the post-run and and I've killed a lot of them that way. So not to say they're gone forever for the whole season, but they will be gone for a while usually yeah, yeah, uh, so I know you're you're on a road trip right now.
Speaker 1:Uh, what are your plans for for this upcoming season and what can we kind of expect from your youtube channel, high pressure hunting?
Speaker 2:um, for this season. Um, I had planned on hunting a buck in mississippi on a piece of private that I've been leasing for a while and unfortunately I lost that piece of private this year. So I will be hunting public ground in Mississippi. I'm going to Kansas for a week now. I am going to do some hunting. There's a cold front coming in not a cold front but a cool front and I'll have about three days of north wind this week. That's the reason I'm heading up here. But I'm going to do a little hunting, have about three days of north wind this week. That's the reason I'm heading up here.
Speaker 2:But, uh, I'm gonna do a little hunting and do a lot of scouting and just kind of learn some areas. I'm hoping to get permission on this farm and if I do I'll be able to put some cameras on. I can't put cameras out on public ground here, but I can on private. And uh, then I'm going to come back home and I'll be back in Kansas in November and possibly Missouri, if I can feel this Kansas tag. So it'll be Kansas, missouri and Mississippi, and, if I have time, I've been thinking about going to Arkansas for late season. So that's in the plans. And then Byron, who is my cousin. That's on the channel also. He actually has some land in the Mississippi Delta. There'll be a lot of footage with some good hunts for him because he's got a well-managed property and a good deer population and age structure there.
Speaker 1:Wow, so you've got a full season and I'm really looking forward to watching the videos. Yeah, russ, I don't want to take up too much more of your time. I know you're busy. Thanks, it's been interesting and I'd definitely like to talk to you again after the season and kind of recap how all it went.
Speaker 2:Sure, sure, Kent, I appreciate you having me on man and anytime, anytime, Just let me know.
Speaker 1:Awesome Thanks, well, best of luck.
Speaker 2:Thank you Appreciate it.