The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests #269 - Finding and Killing A Specific Buck in The Late Season: Here's How With Heath Cisco!
In today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are back in the studio with repeat guest Heath Cisco. Heath is the master of late-season hunting and is known as the "Ice Man" for good reason. Some of his biggest bucks to date have come in the late season and we have a conversation centered around filling a tag in the late season. We discuss:
- Chasing specific bucks in the late season
- The biggest mistake you can make late season hunting
- FOOD IS KING!
- What part of the late season is best?
- What weather fronts should you be hunting in the late season
- Late-season trail camera strategy
- The most important part of late-season hunting
- The story of heaths 2021-2022 late-season buck
- Does the red moon affect deer in the late season?
- How snow affects your thermals
Key Highlights from the Show
[00:01] Episode intro and pre-show talk
[02:16] Meet and greet Heath Cisco
[04:53] Heath’s milestones in his 30 years of hunting
[06:27] Hunting strategies that don’t work anymore
[08:54] Podcast guests that Heath would never fail to listen to
[10:48] Lessons learned that have made Heath more successful in hunting
[11:58] Why aren’t people killing in the late season?
[14:08] Best timing for a hunt during the late seasons
[17:32] Where to hunt between the deer bedding and the point of feeding
[20:44] How wind changes may affect the behavior of deer
[24:55] Should you focus on corn or bean fields for late-season hunting?
[27:03] Why Heath did not fill his Illinois tag despite the success in Ohio
[33:01] Why the red moon during the last week of the season excites Heath for hunting
[37:18] Changing the strategies of hunting between the late season and other seasons
[41:01] Always observe this rule of thumb when hunting in the late-season
[47:33] Don’t always over-rely on trail cameras
[49:16] Why Heath believes that late-season is the best to shoot a buck
[50:38] Heath’s advice to hunt in the late season but lack food sources
[53:47] What if you have been tracking a specific buck, and you find his shade
[56:55] Is it better to focus on one particular deer or just be a generalist?
[59:53] What should people with hunting tags be doing for scouting
[01:02:17] What Heath would tell his 25-year-old self
[01:06:51] Best ways to reach out and connect with Heath Cisco
[01:07:30] Ending the show and calls to action
Notable Quotes- A smart person knows how to spend time with other successful people, learn from them and leverage their expertise.
- Not all hunting strategies will work for you, even when they come from experienced experts.
- Hunt at the right time. Otherwise, you will run into burnout and lose the most important relationship in your life; the family.
- Cornfields are better to hunt than bean fields.
- When you have a food source, late-season hunting can be the best.
And so much more!
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