Kyle had gone almost 20 years without killing a mature buck with a bow. Then, on Alabama's opening weekend, he jumped one out of his bed at 12 yards in an old cattle catch pen. Instead of leaving, he sat down in the grass, and the buck came back 15 minutes later. With Jacob on his honeymoon, Kyle and Thomas Myers join Andrew to break down that hunt, how to hunt a Black Belt cattle farm, and your questions.

In this episode:

- Hurricane knocked green acorns to the ground: will deer still eat them?

- What can you learn from seeing deer at night?

- HOT TAKE: bow shots past 60 yards aren't bowhunting

- 20 years of bowhunting without a mature buck, and why

- The shooter buck Jacob missed for his wedding

- A cold front at the wedding and why Kyle had to go

- Slipping into an old catch pen on a high-wind day

- Jumping a bedded buck at 12 yards

- Overhead cover when you're set up on the ground

- Why less gear makes you a better woodsman

- Moving through cover: shade, shadows, and stopping every few steps

- How a Black Belt cattle farm lays out

- Do cattle ruin your deer hunting?

- Why bucks on a farm live on 15 to 40 acres

- Will a buck come back to a bed you bumped him from?

- Hunting pastures like Midwest funnels

- The trail camera that missed three giants

- When white oaks aren't dropping: mountain chestnut oaks and water oaks

Mentioned in this episode:

- Travis Murray on setting up on the ground - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Eib99ax8k

- 23 Years of Data Reveal the Only Days Worth Deer Hunting | Dr. Bob Sheppard - https://youtu.be/8VhjagGAfgE

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