In today's episode, Jacob details how he broke down a piece of out of state public land, and in relatively short order, tagged a mature 11 pointer. As he outlines his hunt, he goes back to last fall when he felt he needed to add another state to his whitetail season. During the summer, Jacob spend time examining maps of public and private, and tried to identify a drainage system that would have several ridges dumping into it, as well as limited access points. He wanted to avoid any pre-season scouting and simply scout in season. As a result of his efforts, he found a piece that was relatively unpressured, found hot sign, and identified a ridge system that held several mature bucks.

As the great motivational speaker, Matt Foley, once said, "you're going to live on a steady diet of government cheese, and be living in a van down by the river". And if that sounds like you right now during the whitetail rut, then congratulations, you're doing the rut right. In today's episode, Jacob shares how he was able to gain new access to private hunting ground by doing a good deed and helping a stray dog find a new situation. Also, Jacob discusses the pressure that is on maintaining hunting as a way of life. And lastly, Jacob shares some of the gear he has in his "van" in order to live over the next week or so as he bounces from 2 different pieces of public in 2 different states.

In today's episode, Jacob shares his rut experiences as he is bouncing to 2 different pieces of big woods public land in 2 different nearby states. He has had some encounters with bucks cruising and has had some success in finding good bucks on a new piece of hill country public. Listen as Jacob breaks down his approach on these 2 pieces of terrain and what he is paying attention to and how he is setting up accordingly. Also, Jacob shares his recent failure to put an effective lethal arrow through a public land buck.