Outpost Rut Report Edition | Oct 15 | Miles Fedinec and Mike Hanback
Release Date: 10/18/2021
Mathews Archery Launches the 2023 Phase 4 | Mark Hayes, Mathews Design Engineer
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Will Brantley sits down with Mark Hayes, design engineering manager at Mathews Archery, to talk about the new-for-2023 Phase 4. The flagship compound is a continuation of the CrossCentric Cam series, but with some major differences. Hayes says it's the quietest bow Mathews has ever built.
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The Bowhunter Who Took a Leak From the Tree, Smoked a Cigarette, Then Shot a Giant Buck | Laran Kaplan
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Laran Kaplan's big buck story ran a few weeks ago on the Realtree Rack Report, and it quickly became a reader favorite. Kaplan's first bow buck grossed near 200 inches, and the story behind it just might have you questioning some of your own hunting tactics. Host Will Brantley sat down with Laran Kaplan for the full story in Kaplan's own words.
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A Look at Brand-New Bows from Elite Archery | Corrine Yohann Bundy
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Will Brantley talks with Corrine Bundy, VP of Marketing for Elite Archery, about Wisconsin bowhunting strategies and tactics, and then they take a deep dive into the all-new Omnia, Elite's just-released flagship compound for 2023. They also discuss the ground-breaking S.E.T. tuning system featured on the Omnia as well as other recent Elite models including the Kure, EnKore, and EnVision.
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Elk Hunting, New Bows from Hoyt | Jeremy Eldredge
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Will Brantley talks with Jeremy Eldredge, Director of Marketing for Hoyt Archery, about the HBX and HBX Pro binary cam system that's been featured on Hoyt's latest flagship compounds. They also swap a few elk stories, talk carbon risers, and preferred setups. Brantley presses for details on the yet-to-be-released 2023 models, and poses the question — will Hoyt ever build a crossbow?
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Early Season Velvet
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Will Brantley and Kerry Wixs discuss Kerry's two giant velvet bucks he has taken this season, along with his scouting and hunting tactics for harvisting these two great whitetails in two different states.
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Old-School Scouting Tactics, Hidden Monster Bucks, and Pre-Season Plans
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Season 3 of Realtree's Outpost debuts with Will Brantley and Mike Hanback talking about old-school scouting tactics like long-range glassing, monster bucks hidden in garages for decades, and why Indiana has become the nation's best-kept secret for giant whitetails.
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Interview With Turkey Hunter Who Was Attacked by Bobcat | Jack Canady
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Host Will Brantley sits down with Kentucky turkey hunter Jack Canady, who's been hunting Kentucky turkeys since the '60s. During the 2022 season, Canady was set up on a group of longbeards when he was attacked by a bobcat. Canady's neck was broken during the attack, and he recounts the tale first-hand.
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The Guy Who Invented the Grunt Call | Brad Harris
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Brantley sits down with Missouri hunter and long-time Realtree Pro-staffer Brad Harris, who gets credit for inventing the original grunt call. Harris is an expert game caller with a lifetime of hunting experience, so in addition to telling the grunt call story, he shares some strategies for aggressive deer calling.
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The CVA Scout .410 Turkey Gun | Rick Taylor
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Will Brantley talks sub-gauge turkey guns with CVA's Rick Taylor. The CVA Scout is a single-shot .410 with a Realtree Timber stock and Jeb's choke tube, and it's already proving itself in the turkey woods. Brantley and Taylor talk loads, patterning, accessories, effective range, and more.
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Turkey Hunting in Terrible Weather | Rio Grande Road Trip Recap
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Will Brantley and Miles Fedinec recap a recent turkey trip to Texas's North Zone, where the weather was terrible. Following a massive wildfire a few weeks prior, the guys were faced with heavy fog followed by 90-degree heat and gale-force winds. Through all of it, though, the turkeys were going crazy, and some key lessons were learned about hunting Rio Grande gobblers in particular.
info_outlineWe'll be checking in every week of the rut with the Outpost Rut Report edition. We've got a team of reporters in the field reporting on buck activity from coast to coast. Whether you hunt the big woods in the northeast, southern swamps, or desert mule deer, we talk about it on Realtree's Rut Report. This week, we're checking in on the Southeast and Southwest regions with Mike Hanback in Virginia and Miles Fedinec in Colorado.