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Moultrie TGM Podcast Episode 032

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I hope everyone had a great Christmas! We're counting down the days until the New Year and ATA! With Michael still getting settled in up in Kentucky/Ohio, we decided to bring in a reliever  - we're happy to have Neil Morton with us this week. We talk news, deals and shows...and have a great time doing it!

Our "Question of the Week" comes to us via Twitter from our friend Tanner Lawing. Keep those questions coming in and you could win a FREE Moultrie Cap!

The weekly "Rut Report" is alive and kicking this week! Thanks to our Twitter and Facebook friends for their reports this week. I know the rut is winding down, so we won't have the reports much longer.

Deals of the Week

I-35 and GPS Connect "PAYG" Combo at MoultrieFeeders.com - $229.99 (Reg. $379.97)

Code Blue Howlin' Heat Coyote Attractant at CarryLiteDecoys.com - $15.50

Pretty Boy Turkey Decoy at codebluescents.com - $29.74 (Reg. $34.99)

Want good fishing lures cheap? Go to Lurenet.com’s “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” sale running until Jan. 3. Great lures from names like Heddon, Booyah and YUM, at prices you won’t find anywhere else. at Lurenet.com

Check out Lurenet's Facebook page for your chance to win your own bass boat and trailer!

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Contact us:

Moultrie / Carry-Lite Decoys /  Code Blue Scents

Knight & Hale / Summit / LureNet /  Lindy Fishing Tackle

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or email us at [email protected]

Don't forget you can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes and have us delivered straight to your ears every week...for FREE!!

This week's closing song is from Straight No Chaser...Happy New Year everybody!

Why Do We Deer Hunt? - Part 1

By Brandon Wikman

Have you ever had someone ask why you deer hunt? If so, you are not alone and should be at the top of your game to reassure non-hunters why we partake in the sport.

Deer hunting is needed to control the herd population because deer and vehicle collisions are at an all time high. The belief and support of deer hunting is essential to our future.

Did you realize that North America’s deadliest creature is a whitetail deer? They’ve killed more people than sharks, snakes and bears combined. According to the article “Deer accidents are often now covered,” written by Christine Dugas, a writer for USA Today, states 200 people die each year from deer and car collisions.
            
Deer have made a booming population boost throughout America over the last century. It is our job as mankind, to understand that the only way to successfully control and manage deer is through hunting. Deer and vehicle accidents are always extremely high.

According to a recent study from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, there were 17, 555 reported cases of Wisconsin deer and vehicle collisions in 2005. There were as many as 664 people who were injured and 12 people actually died. That isn’t counting the 41,000 deer carcasses removed by the DNR from the roadsides that went unreported. There are over 1.5 million accidents nationally. There are over 29,000 people injured nationally. Vehicle insurance premiums have risen due to such accidents.

Drivers who live in high deer populations pay more for their insurance. Many insurance companies don’t cover deer damages unless you have comprehensive insurance, which is more expensive. One estimate shows that deer damage results in $1.1 billion in claims. The average collision claim is $2,800, while injuries run $10,000. Deer and vehicle collisions happen the most during cold months. People hit more deer in the fall season than any other time of the year. During November, deer are breeding and bucks are chasing does. Accidents are more likely to occur during the rutting season during the early morning and late evening.

Deer play a major role in roadway accidents across the country. I can only hope that this gives you a little insight for the next time someone ask you why you support hunting. Wildlife are granted a fair chance to survive and live freely. It’s our job as citizens to control and manage animals for the betterment of their future and ours.

Moultrie TGM Podcast Episode 031

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It's 3 days before Christmas and we're all running on fumes! We celebrate Michael's last show with us (at least in-studio), and we finish up the podcast as we head out to his farewell lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings. I get to interview Moultrie pro-staffer, host of The Season and friend of the show, Justin Martin.

Because this is such a good cause, I'm leaving this link up again this week:  For those living in Tennessee (or close by), here is the link for the website we referenced in the show last week -  www.tnwf.org/hunters-for-the-hungry . Please be sure to check them out and help however you can.

Our "Question of the Week" comes to us via Twitter from our friend Taylor Shytle. Keep those questions coming in and you could win a FREE Moultrie Cap!

The weekly "Rut Report" is alive and kicking this week! Thanks to our Twitter and Facebook friends for their reports this week. Keep up the good work! I know your fellow hunters appreciate it!

Deals of the Week

Game Spy I-40XT at MoultrieFeeders.com - $119.99 (Reg. $159.99)

Remember, FREE Shipping on any order over $150 at MoultrieFeeders.com!

Scent Dispenser offers end 12/28/11 - so hurry! at CarryLiteDecoys.com

All special offers end 12/28/11 at codebluescents.com

Want good fishing lures cheap? Go to Lurenet.com’s “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” sale running until Jan. 3. Great lures from names like Heddon, Booyah and YUM, at prices you won’t find anywhere else. at Lurenet.com

Check out Lurenet's Facebook page for your chance to win your own bass boat and trailer!

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Contact us:

Moultrie / Carry-Lite Decoys /  Code Blue Scents

Knight & Hale / Summit / LureNet /  Lindy Fishing Tackle

Twitter (@moultriefeeders) /  Facebook - Moultrie Products / Facebook - The Hit List

or email us at [email protected]

Don't forget you can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes and have us delivered straight to your ears every week...for FREE!!

This week's closing song....let's just say it's another Christmas classic...Merry Christmas!

'Tis the (Deer) Season!

By Rich Miller

I hope everyone is close to getting their Christmas shopping done. I am pretty much done with mine but all I had to get was some stuff for my son and wife. Thankfully, my wife got everything for everyone else and I didn’t have to do all of that. In between working and all this hectic Christmas shopping I did get a chance to get into the woods last week; and man did I have a good hunt! 

I got in the woods Thursday evening and sat on a power line where we had a ground blind set up. There were a lot of signs going in, so I thought there might be a good chance of seeing some deer while I was there. Well, I was right because that evening I did see a lot of deer but they were all about 500 yards away from me up the power line where there was a box stand. I think there were about six bucks and one of them was a nice one. He was chasing a doe and came across the power line too quickly to get a shot at him. 

The next morning I thought I had everything figured out and moved to the box stand where all the deer were crossing the evening before. Sure enough, not long after daylight a small buck crossed the same place they were all crossing the night before. The next deer I saw were a few does about 50 yards on the other side of the blind where I was at the previous evening. Well, you guessed it, behind them was a buck and he was a pretty decent deer; but him being 700 yards away didn’t do me any good. 

I contemplated moving, but didn’t have time to because that’s when a monster stepped out! I saw the bone on that buck before I ever picked up my binoculars. He was a wide and heavy eight point and he was on the trail of the does, also. I picked up my grunt call and was blowing on it like a trumpet in hopes that the deer would hear me. A couple of times he did look my way, but of course he didn’t leave those does. I stayed in the stand hoping he might push the does up my way. Ten minutes later I looked back that direction and there was that big buck again standing beside the ground blind. Out came my calls again and I threw everything I had at him! I think I got his attention a few times but I could tell where his mind was. I sat there until almost noon and saw my last deer at 10:30. 

I should have known when I changed stands all the deer would come out at the ground blind, but that’s hunting. I have made moves like that in years past that paid off, but this time it ended up biting me in the butt!

2011 Trophy Whitetail Hunting Pictures

By Brandon Wikman

If I were to guess – I am certain that I’m not the only hunter with hundreds of trail-camera images of bucks cluttering my laptop’s desktop. My computer has an endless maze of archives with a never-ending assortment of folders dating back to my very first Moultrie images when I was twelve years old.

This year, I wanted to take a moment to share a few of my favorite Moultrie pictures of giant whitetail bucks on a property that I hunt.

Early seasons bucks are absolutely gorgeous. The whitetail’s sleek muscular body, combined with the light summer coat and velvety headgear, make for an amazing picture. This buck scored in the high 180's and was taken by a lucky hunter on the adjacent property during the latter part of fall.

The next photo is of a giant ten point in early August. This buck poses in front of the Moultrie and really shows his mass and width. I like this photo because it provides the exclusive behind the scenes look at some of nature’s most amazing spectacles in early season. If it weren’t for a set of batteries strapped into a technologically advanced motion sensing photography system on the ready 24/7, we’d never know that some of these giants roam our property across the country. 

My last photo of choice exemplifies the incredible value of having an infrared camera. This eleven-point buck shows his dominance in front of the camera.

Trail-cameras provide an immense amount of data about whitetails’ daily characteristics and lifestyle trends. It’s almost like breaking into the mystical culture of North America’s most popular big game species. I will always find a photograph to be truly spectacular in so many ways. I urge everyone to use these tactical devices to help improve your own hunting insight and increase the storage on your very own memory bank!

Moultrie TGM Podcast Episode 030

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Christmas is only 2 weeks away, and we're in high gear trying to get all the orders shipped out and have everything ready for the ATA and SHOT shows in January! We've got some great news stories this week, and we visit with our good friend, Rich Miller. He talks about taking his young son hunting, the deer activity in Georgia and South Carolina...as well as getting ready for some college football bowl games!

For those living in Tennessee (or close by), here is the link for the website we reference in the show www.tnwf.org/hunters-for-the-hungry . Please be sure to check them out and help however you can.

Our "Question of the Week" comes to us via Facebook from our friend Nick Owens. Keep those questions coming in and you could win a FREE Moultrie Cap!

The weekly "Rut Report" is alive and kicking this week! Thanks to our Twitter and Facebook friends for their reports this week. Keep up the good work! I know your fellow hunters appreciate it!

Deals of the Week

Game Spy I-35 2- Pack at MoultrieFeeders.com - $149.99 (Reg. $359.98)

Remember, FREE Shipping on any order over $150 at MoultrieFeeders.com!

FREE Moisture-Activated Field Wipes ($9.58 value) with any EliminX purchase at CarryLiteDecoys.com

Duck Commander Green Winged Teal with FREE Duck Ditty (a $14.99 value) at codebluescents.com - $34.99 (SAVE $10.00)

Heddon Punkinseed Christmas Ornaments at Lurenet.com - $19.99

Check out Lurenet's Facebook page for your chance to win your own bass boat and trailer!

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Contact us:

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Knight & Hale / Summit / LureNet /  Lindy Fishing Tackle

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or email us at [email protected]

Don't forget you can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes and have us delivered straight to your ears every week...for FREE!!

This week's closing song....we're keeping the "Christmas Vacation" theme going now until the end of the year!

Moultrie TGM Podcast Episode 029

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We're counting down the days until Christmas, and until the ATA Show! Michael and Boyd are getting over their colds, and Gene just keeps on keeping on...just a regular week at Moultrie! We would like to thank everyone for their support this season; we're doing our best to get you the best products at the best prices with the best service. This week, Boyd gets irked at some folks who have taken to social networks, Michael finally agrees with Gene...and some other feel-good stories for this season.

Our "Question of the Week" comes to us via Facebook from our friend @goirishwin on Twitter. Keep those questions coming in and you could win a FREE Moultrie Cap!

The weekly "Rut Report" is alive and kicking this week! Special thanks to our Twitter and Facebook friends for their reports...there were WAY too many to list again this week. Keep up the good work!

Deals of the Week

Game Spy I-35 at MoultrieFeeders.com - $79.99 (Reg. $179.99)

FREE bottle of Code Red Doe Estrous ($5.90 value) with any Deer Decoy purchase at CarryLiteDecoys.com

2Timer Scent Dispenser with FREE Code Blue Doe Estrous and Buck Urine (Save $31.00) at codebluescents.com - $83.94

Check out Lurenet's Facebook page for your chance to win your own bass boat and trailer!

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Contact us:

Moultrie / Carry-Lite Decoys /  Code Blue Scents

Knight & Hale / Summit / LureNet /  Lindy Fishing Tackle

Twitter (@moultriefeeders) /  Facebook - Moultrie Products / Facebook - The Hit List

or email us at [email protected]

Don't forget you can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes and have us delivered straight to your ears every week...for FREE!!

This week's closing song....we're keeping the "Christmas Vacation" theme going now until the end of the year!

Hunting with Tye - 2 Deer Down!

By Rich Miller

I hope everyone has recovered from all the Thanksgiving feasts. I did the usual and ate way too much, but man I love everything food wise that is a part of Thanksgiving! After all of the family gatherings and eatings, my son and I had “made us a plan” as he says and headed to our hunting camp for the weekend.  His mom wasn’t too happy that he was going to be gone for two nights without her, but man was he excited! 

He has hunted with me most of the times that I have had a chance to go and we have seen a lot of deer.  He has been content with passing on all of the smaller deer and just watching them, but on this trip he told me that he wanted us to kill something! I am in a club that I have been in pretty much for as long as I can remember, and there are a lot of deer down there with some very liberal limits. So I told him we would go and we would take one if we saw it as long as it was not too little; he liked that idea.

When we got there we didn’t have a lot of time left so we went to a box stand that we have on a food plot that was my grandfather’s. Tye slept for most of the way to the club, so he was fired up and ready to hunt when we got to the stand. We rattled and grunted a lot throughout the afternoon but it was uneventful until right before dark when out stepped a doe into the middle of the food plot. He spotted her about the same time I did and he said “deer dad, deer let’s shoot her”! So I got the rifle up and luckily made a good shot on her and she never made another step. That made for a great evening.

When we got back to camp all the guys had heard us shoot and Tye had to show everyone his doe. He had to help skin the deer and do all the stuff the big boys were doing. I just enjoyed watching him and I couldn’t help but think back to when I was a kid and remember doing the same thing. Most of the guys in the club were there to see me growing up, and they all made comments on how they remembered someone else being the same way. 

The next morning we went to another spot and sat in a box blind. It got pretty cold that night and I thought that might help keep him warm with us being in a blind. He was still very excited and wanted to know when we were going back to camp. He thought we were the only ones hunting and all the other guys were still back at camp; he didn’t realize they were all in the woods, too. I convinced him we should stay a while and that we would see everyone when we all got back to camp. About 8:30am out stepped a small buck into the logging road in front of us. Again, he saw the deer as soon as I did and I told him “Look! It’s a buck!” I hadn’t planned on shooting it, but he just stood there and Tye said “shoot him, dad, we need some meat!” 

Well, that was all the prompting I needed so I put the crosshairs on him and we had our second deer on the ground. He dropped in his tracks, too, and there was no sitting around after that. Tye grabbed all of his stuff and said, “Let’s go see his horns.” I finally convinced him to sit there and give him a few minutes but all he kept telling me was “he’s right there Dad, I can see him”. After keeping him in the blind as long as possible, we got the deer loaded up and headed back to camp. Shortly after we got back, everyone else showed up and then the stories started again. 

To say we had a good time would not do it justice, because I could have watched that kid run around there forever. We did kill a couple of deer just like he wanted to do, but deer or not I think he is going to enjoy the experience as much as anything. I know I am; that’s for sure. We have hunted hard all year for a big buck and like I said earlier he has been with me most of the time. We didn’t get that big-racked monster we have been looking for, but it couldn’t have gotten any better than that doe and little 6-point!!

Fight the December Freeze

By Brandon Wikman

Archers must worry about more than slicing an arrow into a deer during December. There’s a new set of challenges that hunters must face in a time when frostbite-inducing temperatures and harsh elements add to the raw chill.

Over the past week, the Midwest has dipped below freezing. Snow is spotty, but don’t let that white blanket fool you – it’s still cold!  There’s nothing chillier on a hunter than having to stand completely still with the wind in his face and ripping into layers of clothing – it’s late season bow hunting at its most memorable.

Walk-in Light. The most critical aspect of staying warm and cozy in a deer stand is walking to your setup slowly – which will eliminate your body’s natural reaction to sweat. Walk to and from your deer stand with as little clothing as possible. Don’t overdress like you’re venturing to the North Pole; you’ll only find yourself as cold as a snowman in due time.
Moisture is your chief enemy during late season and cold weather. The moisture build-up will only enhance your chill as time goes on. You should bring a backpack or even carry your outer layers into your hunting setup. This will allow your body temperature to stay average when treading through hip high snow. 

Keep Your Limbs Warm. Your hands, feet and head are the very first body parts to go raw and numb. They are the furthest pieces of skin from your heart, which means it takes blood much longer to circulate to them.

I prefer wearing booties on my feet. There are several hunting and outdoor manufacturers that make foot-specific warming gear. I will always sport a muff around my waist to put my hands in. Lastly, I always wear a mask around my face. This provides my head, neck, and ears the extra warmth they need.
Be sure to try these simple tactics to help stay warm in the deer stand.

Moultrie TGM Podcast Episode 028

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It's the first week of December and the rut is in full swing in some places, hasn't made it to some and long gone in others, but we love hearing the stories of success (and non-success) from all of you! We're very happy to have our good friend Lawrence Taylor from Pradco Fishing on this weeks to talk to us about a great new contest that Lurenet is putting on for Rebel's 50th Anniversary. Here's the link to those great rut pics from a Moultrie M-80 Mini Cam on Field & Stream's website.

Our "Question of the Week" comes to us via Facebook from our friend John Russ. Keep those questions coming in and you could win a FREE Moultrie Cap!

The weekly "Rut Report" is alive and kicking this week! Special thanks to our Twitter and Facebook friends for their reports...there were WAY too many to list again this week. Keep up the good work!

Deals of the Week

Game Spy L-30 2-Pack at MoultrieFeeders.com - $99.99 (REG. $149.98)

FREE Duck Ditty Bag ($14.99 value) with any Duck or Goose Decoy purchase at CarryLiteDecoys.com

Temptation Electronic Scent Warmer with FREE Code Blue Doe Estrous (a $15.50 value) at CodeBlueScents.com - $31.19

Check out Lurenet's Facebook page for your chance to win your own bass boat and trailer!

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Contact us:

Moultrie / Carry-Lite Decoys /  Code Blue Scents

Knight & Hale / Summit / LureNet /  Lindy Fishing Tackle

Twitter (@moultriefeeders) /  Facebook - Moultrie Products / Facebook - The Hit List

or email us at [email protected]

Don't forget you can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes and have us delivered straight to your ears every week...for FREE!!

This week's closing song....let's just say it's a classic. Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving everybody!