Finding Public Land Bucks... On A Jet Ski
About this episode
Dan Johnson and Lucas Psycho discuss changing deer hunting tactics and behaviors in river-bottoms, along with insights on trail cameras and paddlefish season.
The river-bottom deer hunting playbook is changing, and Lucas Psycho is already adjusting. From dry-year deer shifts and EHD pressure to why trail cameras might actually be making hunters weaker, this conversation gets into the kind of on-the-ground tactics that separate guys who find bucks from guys who just chase screenshots. Dan Johnson and Lucas catch up on family, coaching varsity basketball, and a summer full of travel before getting into the real stuff: how North Dakota whitetails are using river bottoms differently, why some deer are disappearing from open field edges and pushing deep into thick willow country, and how water levels, farming changes, and hunter pressure are reshaping where mature bucks live. Lucas also breaks down paddlefish season on the Missouri and Yellowstone, including how snagging works, why he releases most of what he catches, and the biggest fish he's ever seen come out of those waters. You'll discover: Why Lucas thinks trail cameras are overused, and why he'd gladly hunt without them How river levels can move mature bucks half a mile or more What EHD looks like when it really rolls through a deer herd Why some of the biggest bucks are now bedding…
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