About this episode

Don Higgins and Terry Peer discuss key topics for deer hunters as the season approaches, including thermal drones, food plot management, and buck dispersal.

As deer season gets closer, Don Higgins and Terry Peer cover some of the biggest topics facing deer hunters right now. This week they discuss: • Thermal drones and why Don installed drone detection technology on his farm. • Herbicide updates after a challenging growing season. • Why residual herbicides performed differently this year. • Johnson grass and waterhemp management. • Scrape Magnet tips and the biggest mistakes hunters are making with mock scrapes. • Summer buck dispersal and what happens before hunting season. • Improving mature persimmon trees. • Rotating fall food plots. • Kentucky's supplemental feeding regulations. • Upcoming Chasing Giants events and Lester's Feet fundraiser updates. As always, the episode concludes with Sunday Night Prayer Time. Topics Covered Thermal drone detection Food plot herbicides Soybean management Waterhemp control Johnson grass Scrape Magnet Mock scrape strategies Buck dispersal Persimmon tree management Deer nutrition Hunting ethics Listener submitted questions Thank you for watching! Please Like, Subscribe, and Share to help us reach more hunters with practical whitetail management advice while pointing people toward Christ. Chasing…

People in this episode

Hosts: Don Higgins, Terry Peer

Topics covered

• Thermal drones
• Food plot management
• Buck dispersal
• Herbicide updates
• Deer hunting strategies
• Mock scrapes
• Persimmon tree management

Keywords

• thermal drones
• food plots
• herbicides
• buck dispersal
• mock scrapes
• deer hunting
• persimmon trees

Sponsors

Real World Wildlife Products, Asio Gear, Hawke Optics, Novix Outdoors, Midwest Land Group, 360 Hunting Blinds, Mike’s Mighty Micros, Gingerich Tree Farms, TagOut Technique, Grubb Implement, Brenton USA, Mathews Archery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vic

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