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#269 - Finding and Killing A Specific Buck in The Late Season: Here's How With Heath Cisco!

Jan 3, 2023

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.   

 

 

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