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Episode description
The guys cover the week of bow hunting that Mike did
- Danny and Dan Jasa join Mike at camp
- Rain entire first day
- First day hunting
- Doe miss
- Deer movement times
- Early rut activity
- Mike's hunting bike broke on Monday
- Working on a new way to transport the bike
- Deer reports from listeners
- Mike doesn't like mornings
Coyote Wednesday
- Five deer right before dark
- Mike's set up
- Man made water holes
- The coyote encounter
- Coyote trail cam pics
- Mike didn't see another deer the last two days after the coyote encounter
Missing Fawns
- Too many coyotes
- Killing fawns
- Not seeing any of this year's fawn crop
- Very little fawn recruitment for next year
Mike hunts a track and switches stands
- Heavy deer left a track that headed into Mike's hunting area
- Switched a stand mid hunt
- Put a camera out in the ravine
Mike and Dan discuss a few of Mike's trail cam photos
Mike's acorns and tree experiement
- Mike collected 20 acorns from 10 white oaks and 10 red oaks
- Wants to try and grow some trees for future generations
- When sitting in your stand be observant of your habitat around you
Camera left out all winter
- Found a camera that Mike forgot he had out
- Got to see the progression of winter and how it impacted the deer
- How deer deal with winter survival
- How does our food plots impact deer survival
- Is what we are doing affecting our deer in a good way or bad way