Tim Knight put the rifle down for good in 1985, and he killed most of the bucks on his wall the same way: rattling from a climber with his antlers on the ground. We sat down in Tim's trophy room in Georgia to get into his yo-yo rattling method, why he wants to sound like two small bucks sparring instead of a buck fight, and why his favorite week to rattle comes before the does are ready.

In this episode:

- Going bow-only in 1985

- The "scout hunt": why a climber beats lock-ons and ladders

- Why your first sit in a spot is your best one

- What a 3 AM trail camera photo really tells you

- Calling deer the way you call turkeys

- How a snagged antler string led to yo-yo rattling

- Sound like two small bucks sparring, not two giants fighting

- Why the last week of October is his favorite week to rattle

- The snort wheeze: the most underused call in the woods

- Why he hunts evenings, and taking time off in hours instead of days

- Setting up within 50 yards of thick bedding cover

- The scrape transplant trick to challenge a buck's dominance

- Learning your hard and soft mast trees

- Using the tree for cover

- Calm evenings and swirling wind

- Why small antlers, and making ground noise from the tree

- How often he rattles and why he waits for the sun to set

- The conditions that give him the most confidence

- Yelping like a turkey on a noisy walk in

- Why 3D targets teach you to aim too high

- His 1991 Pope & Young full-body mount

- Paper tuning and broadhead flight checks

- Sharpening and oiling broadheads for penetration

Join our Circle Community here - https://linkly.link/2o0Sn

Grab some Southern Outdoorsmen merch here - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1u4aK

Join Woodsman Wire - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1u4aR

Use code "SOUTHERN" for a discount on Whitetail Hill food plot seed & trees - https://linkly.link/2myBP

Use the promo code "southern" for a discount on your OnX Hunt membership here - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1tyfm

Check out Latitude Outdoors for your mobile hunting gear - https://2ly.link/1zVDI

Use code TSOP15 for a discount on Mossy Oak - https://linkly.link/2ERb8

Use code SOUTHERN20 for a discount on all Vortex apparel, including eyewear

In this listener Q&A, we walk through a day of post-hurricane scouting: six and a half miles of acorns on the ground and only one spot worth hunting, plus the three-reason test that made the call. Then we run through your questions, hot takes, and some Circle marriage advice before Jacob ties the knot.

In this episode:

- A hurricane knocked every acorn down at once: where do you hunt when the feed is everywhere?

- The bench pinch point: bedding cover, feed sign, a funnel, and two fresh scrapes

- Jumping deer on purpose to learn where they're bedding

- Thermals busting you on a field edge in Kentucky hill country: go low, get on the ground, or move

- Getting ready for the pre-rut: doe groups, cover changes with leaf drop, and travel routes between bedding

- The risk of a mock scrape on a public land rut funnel

- Hunting a buck that shows up on the same December dates two years running

- HOT TAKE: rifles don't belong in "primitive weapon" seasons

- HOT TAKE: does Alabama even need a muzzleloader season?

- Hot tips: annual patterns plus annual weather, and electrical tape over the muzzle in the rain

- HOT TAKE: find grouse without a dog and you're one of the best woodsmen around

- Why every spot needs three reasons to hunt it

- HOT TAKE: is .223 enough for deer?

- HOT TAKE: carbon suits and ozone units

- Hot tip: plan how you'll carry your mobile setup, not just which one you'll buy

- HOT TAKE: "feed trees" are overrated, and browse is the real baseline

- Marriage advice for Jacob from the Circle community

Join our Circle Community here - https://linkly.link/2o0Sn

Grab some Southern Outdoorsmen merch here - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1u4aK

Join Woodsman Wire - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1u4aR

Use code "SOUTHERN" for a discount on Whitetail Hill food plot seed & trees - https://linkly.link/2myBP

Use the promo code "southern" for a discount on your OnX Hunt membership here - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1tyfm

Check out Latitude Outdoors for your mobile hunting gear - https://2ly.link/1zVDI

Use code TSOP15 for a discount on Mossy Oak - https://linkly.link/2ERb8

Use code SOUTHERN20 for a discount on all Vortex apparel, including eyewear

Asher Kight found a mature buck in his bed in late summer, filmed him from 20 yards, then set up 184 yards away and killed him early season. We get into how Asher finds and targets individual mature bucks in the Arkansas mountains, why he scouts far more than he hunts, and how he plans to kill a target buck in four sits or less.

In this episode:

- Going from a "brown is down" deer lease to targeting mature bucks

- Why dog-hunted ground can hold more big deer than you think

- Pine beetle kills and why they make perfect buck bedding

- Where mountain bucks bed: ridge points, finger knobs, and thermal hubs

- North face vs. south face bedding through the season

- Reading big sign: licking branches, tall rubs, and why low scrapes are night sign

- Hunting from the bottom up and waiting on the thermals

- The cane thicket buck and the mock scrape set to blow scent into his bed

- Homebody bucks vs. nomadic bucks, and how to tell which one you're after

- Reading nighttime trail camera photos and moving cameras closer

- Why bumping a buck isn't the end of the world if he doesn't smell you

- Giving the deer the wind and still beating his nose

- Why big bucks hook downwind of scrapes instead of standing in them

- Tracking doe groups to stay on a buck through the rut

- Early season browse, oaks, privet, and late season food in the mountains

- What "killing sign" looks like, and why your first sit is your best sit

- Rechecking spots midday on out-of-state hunts

- Why squirrels, turkeys, and bears make you a better deer hunter

- Learning from hunters who have the wall to back it up

Join our Circle Community here - https://linkly.link/2o0Sn

Grab some Southern Outdoorsmen merch here - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1u4aK

Join Woodsman Wire - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1u4aR

Use code "SOUTHERN" for a discount on Whitetail Hill food plot seed & trees - https://linkly.link/2myBP

Use the promo code "southern" for a discount on your OnX Hunt membership here - https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1tyfm

Check out Latitude Outdoors for your mobile hunting gear - https://2ly.link/1zVDI

Use code TSOP15 for a discount on Mossy Oak - https://linkly.link/2ERb8

Use code SOUTHERN20 for a discount on all Vortex apparel, including eyewear