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American Roots Outdoors w/ Alex Rutledge
2021 Whitetail Rut pt 3- Another Mature Buck hits the ground!
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Alex Rutledge and Mike Crase open the show discussing the current situation of the Whitetail Rut here in the Ozarks and opening day numbers for Gun Season in Missouri.
Then they are joined by John Kerr founder of the 12v Battery Pack for your Trail Cams. Can a battery truly last a full year on a single charge? listen to find out. Plus John shares a story about the loss of his Father that changed his life and the way he hunts forever.
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Uh by the way, it uh it was it was really disappointing, but but one of those things that happened actually was telling somebody's story today and they said, you know what, I had the same thing happen uh to them. Uh their deer had a large abs. And normally the uh processor said, you know, normally we might cut it out and and go ahead and process the rest of the deer. But he said with the situation like it is today with CWD and and other diseases, they said, I wouldn't chance it, I wouldn't eat it, and I recommend you don't either. So we didn't.
SPEAKER_04Well, it's a very smart decision on your behalf and uh the the facts about the loop process.
SPEAKER_02Camel boots on my feet, bow in my hand, walking in the room.
SPEAKER_04Wise eyes persist on the climb up Welcome to American Roots Outdoors this November 23rd, 2021. I'm calling via my lodge, my cabin. Redbones in the studio. Wayne Light will not be joining us. It's peak rud hunting time. Bucks are still on their feet. Chasing does. Bucks are locked down with does. Bucks are still cruising, bucks are still scraping, does still have foss with them. And the fair Bobcats just beat a 26-0 high school team. I'm proud of the Bobcats, Red Bones.
SPEAKER_01Well, thank you, Alex. I'll pass it along to them. And uh yeah, great game last Saturday. They beat Windsor, who had won 26 games in a row and was the defending state champions and obviously undefeated this year. So Bobcats are playing well, and the the offensive line is dominating up front, and then the running backs are running to daylight, and uh they're throwing the ball well. So you know they got everything clicking right now, so we'll see what happens. As this show airs on Saturday, uh Bobcats are going to play Saturday afternoon at one o'clock against East Buchanan, the Bulldogs, and that game is going on up at Gower, Missouri. Alex, you have any idea where Gower, Missouri is?
SPEAKER_04You know what, Redbone? I do not. I'm I'm thinking maybe it's up by St. Louis somewhere.
SPEAKER_01Well, you would be wrong.
SPEAKER_04Okay.
SPEAKER_01Gower, Missouri is 20 minutes north of Kansas City.
SPEAKER_04Oh my goodness, they're way up there.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's gonna be about a six-hour drive for the uh Fayer Bobcat broadcast team uh to go up and do the game and then turn around and come home. It's gonna be a long day on Saturday, but uh we're proud to do it because those player bobcats, I mean, if they win this Saturday, uh then it's on to the state championship game in Columbia next Saturday. So, and of course, that's the ultimate goal, and they're just one step away.
SPEAKER_04Yes, they are, and I want to give a shout out to all the other high schools in our listing areas, take Drata area, Springfield, Missouri, Ava, uh Salem, Missouri area, uh Popper Bluff, and the schools that's in the sectional playoffs. We want to uh wish you the best of luck.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, well, Fayer's about the only one in our listing area that is still alive. I was looking at the list earlier, and uh, you know, the closest would be Jackson. Jackson, Missouri is still playing. Uh in fact, they beat an undefeated uh summit team out of St. Louis that my nephew plays on. Uh beat them last week. So uh yeah, but uh yeah, down to the state semifinals, so man, it is it's crunch time.
SPEAKER_04Yes, sir. Let's talk about our numbers in Missouri and northern Arkansas. Have you got any update for us on the numbers here harvesting right now?
SPEAKER_01No, since we're we're you know doing the show on Tuesday. They have not updated the numbers since the opening weekend. Uh and of course today, I believe, was the final day of the season. So uh it'll be Wednesday before those come out. So we're a little bit late because and we are recording this show early this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. And uh but you know, we were about I looked at the numbers from opening weekend, and uh we were about 9,000 ahead of the opening weekend a year ago. So I got a feeling that you know this is gonna be a really good year for the deer hunters in Missouri and and I think locally it's been outstanding. I mean uh we've seen we've seen a lot of good bucks that have been killed this year.
SPEAKER_04Yes, they have. And uh the topic title of our show is Peak Running Tactics Show number two, and uh I want to talk about my success of killing a a nice four and a half year old ten-point yesterday evening at dawn, and we'll talk about that. And also we've got a special guest going to be calling in talking to us about the 12-volt power pack that gives energy to trail cameras and specifically designed for trail cameras, and this battery will last about a year without ever charging it, so you don't have to have a solar panel to keep your batteries alive to last longer. I use my trail cameras year-round to monitor predators, but also the turkey numbers, and also the security system for my properties. So, our special guest will be John Kerr, the owner of 12 volt power pack, and he's also gonna talk about Tree Stand State safety. And I want to give a big shout out to True North Tree Stands. I received my shipment of stands, and I'm excited. I wished I'd have gotten them about a month earlier before season, but it just happens like that. But we're gonna get some stands hung and we're gonna shoot some deer out of them uh for these guys this coming fall. They're coming out in 2022, True North Tree Stands, and we're gonna go to a break, everybody. We come back. We've got John Kerr. We're gonna talk about the power pack and tree stand safety. Don't go away. We'll be right back with more right after this. Hi, everybody. This is Aaron Tippen, and you're listening to my old buddy Alex Rutledge with American Roots Outdoors and Good Brains.
unknownI've been on a big boy for a while. I could load him in the back of my throat.
SPEAKER_03Red Bum, what would you say if I could tell you that you could kill a buck on stuff?
SPEAKER_01I would say there's no way to predict.
SPEAKER_04Welcome back to American Roots Outdoors, everybody. Alex Rose again calling you via from my lodge, my cabin, and Redbone's in the studio. Wayne will not be joining us this evening. He has some family events that's going on. He's taking his kids to watch a movie at West Plains, and he'll be out of pocket. But also, as promised, we have on the phone the owner of the 12-volt power pack that powers my wise eye cameras. And I must tell you, Redbone and all you listeners, I really, really like it because I don't have to charge that thing. I don't got to worry about ever going to visit my camera. These cameras work not only for modern-day wildlife, but also a security system for your properties. And uh Mr. John Kerr has created a great product. And uh, John, welcome to the show. Thank you, Alex. Yes, sir. So, John, you've been under the weather a little bit. Let's talk about that. Excuse me. Yes, sir. Uh I've been having pneumonia. Uh I started out, I thought I just had a sinus infection, it just progressively got worse, and uh next thing you know, I ended up with walking pneumonia. So it's been pretty rough.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, that stuff can come on out of nowhere, it seems like. I had that one time, been a few years ago, but uh well and I and I feel for you, John, because uh it's a terrible feeling. And it's not anything you can do to help it. You just have to kind of let it run its course.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, that's right. It feels like somebody standing on your chest, you know.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, exactly. I remember it well. And you ought to be in the radio business to have to talk for a living because you get kind of short of breath. It makes it really tough. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04So, John, tell us uh you're doing better now, and uh you've been out of the weather, you ain't been able to hunt much. The twelve volt power pack, uh you come up with the idea. I just want to touch on it real quick when we're gonna talk about uh tree stand safety. You want to share a story with everybody. Yes, sir. Um yes, the the twelve volt power pack was an idea I come up with because I got tired of fighting the uh the fight with the uh double A batteries, you know, uh fail cameras. It doesn't matter which brand you use, they're all pretty rough on on double A batteries. Uh-huh. And uh so I just uh excuse me. I uh got tired of fighting that fight and I I decided to to develop something. And the beautiful thing about it is uh, you know, I make a little money on it, but it helps people save money, and that's what I like. I I enjoy being able to to develop something and get something out there that's gonna actually help people save money. You know, yeah, I bet you Duracell and Energizer is not very happy with you right now. You're probably right. You're probably right, man. Because like I said, this thing this thing will put put you completely out of the double A battery business if you want. Uh you can go three to five years respectively, uh, according to the the power source instructions before you have to change that power source out. Uh and then and then the power source is not super expensive to change out. So it's still, even after having changed out, you still come out way ahead than than having to buy double-A battery.
SPEAKER_01So when you talk about the power source, John, and and I I mean, uh explain to people exactly what we're talking about here when you're talking about the 12-volt power pack. I mean, what exactly is it?
SPEAKER_04So it is basically I took a a uh ammo can that has a seal in it to make it weatherproof. I put some holes in it, I put some battery terminals in it, um with wing nuts, so you can basically after everything's attached, it's basically hardwired to the camera. Uh it's all weatherproof, waterproof, scent proof, it's quiet. It runs a uh 12 volt rechargeable sealed AGM battery in it. Uh I'm running a uh eight amp hour battery. Uh can uh shell cameras typically pull around uh uh a a milliwatt I'm sorry, milliamp of power. Uh and these are eight amp hour batteries. So it would it would have to run non-stop for a long time to pull this battery down.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, now does it recharge does it recharge itself? I mean when because there is gonna be some pull down depending on you know what what you've got hooked to, but I mean uh uh that that's I guess where I'm confused is do I am I gonna have to get it out of the woods every once in a while and recharge it? I guess is the question I'm asking, or is it just fit there with the camera?
SPEAKER_05Yes, you will. You'll have to take it out once in a while and and recharge it. But look, I've had one running since August, the last week of August.
SPEAKER_04It finally stopped sending me pictures last Saturday, and I'm and the battery was still showing a hundred percent. I'm not sure if a uh if a squirrel or something didn't chew my my cable uh because the battery's still showing a hundred percent at the last transmission. Uh but I've had I intentionally set it in an area with a lot of high grass that moves a lot to cause it to send me just pictures after pictures after pictures to try to see how long it would take to run this thing down. And my camera's on all optimal settings, and like I said, the last week of August up until last Saturday, this thing has been non-stop with no issues. Uh now this thing will will work on other trail cameras other than Wiseye also, correct? Absolutely, absolutely. Uh it'll work on any 12 volt system that needs a power source. You just have to uh look in your uh in your handbook and and see what size plug that's required, and I can I can get you the the correct plug for whatever type of camera you're running. Yeah, the the cool thing, Redbone and listeners, is that this battery that I've run, I've had mine on for over a month now. For a month, I've not had one issue. And if you don't have it set up in a high volume traffic area, this battery could last you up to a year without charging it, possibly. Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, I think so.
SPEAKER_04That's the cool thing. And what also is unique and really cool about this concept, Red Bone and listeners, is that when you say you're gonna move to another location, your camera will fit right inside of that ammo box to carry it. So you don't have to carry it separate. So if that's right, it's set up. That's right. Uh and and and most cell cameras will fit inside. You just simply remove the antenna, fit fit all the accessories inside the box, set the camera inside the box, latch it down, and you can either do one or two things, you can carry it by the handle, or if you have multiple cameras you're going to transport, you can just take the strap from the camera and wrap it around the uh handle and and just hang it off of you, you know, uh over your shoulder. I do that quite often, makes for an easy carry, especially if you got a long way to go. They're not terribly heavy anyway, they weigh less than five pounds, but uh, if you got multiple ones, you know, it could be a chore. So I hang, you know, I I hang them off of me across my shoulder.
SPEAKER_01That's just pretty amazing. I think something that every everybody that runs trail camera, Alex, is is gonna want one of these. I mean, golly, you're talking about saving yourself money over the long haul, and you know, John's talking three months that he's had a camera that's been shooting picture after picture after picture after picture before. And still showing 100%. John, I gotta say, I find that hard to believe.
SPEAKER_05Well, it's it's awesome, man. It really is. It's calling you out, John.
SPEAKER_01Well, no, I'm not I don't mean that in a negative connotation. I mean that in a positive connotation. Uh that is just really kind of unbelievable.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, no, I understand what you mean. But yeah, I mean it's it's great. It's so like I said, I did this for myself and people started seeing them and and and they really liked them, and so I started selling them.
SPEAKER_04And you know, I I didn't have any idea how long it was gonna last. We we did um the math, uh the you know, we we took the the how much the the camera drew and did the equation into the uh how many amp hours were in the battery and come up with the idea that it would, you know, that it should absolutely last three to four months easily. And so far that has not been a problem. Um we're in the process of uh uh beginning to run some tests on them and putting them through some uh some rigorous picture-taking activities to see, you know, how quickly we can run run one down. So when we get that figured out, we'll sure let you know. Because I want I want to be completely transparent, you know, with everything. I don't want to promise somebody something that they're not gonna get.
SPEAKER_01Wow, that's just amazing. All right, Alex, we need to go to break. I know we're gonna continue here talking with John, and uh we'll do that on the other side of the break. You're listening to American Roots Outdoors Radio with Alex Rutledge and his friends. We'll be right back.
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SPEAKER_04Eagle Seed presents Welcome back to American Roots, segment number three of the show. And if you just joined us, we have Mr. John Kerr, the inventor of the 12-bolt power pack. John is from Louisiana, and your deer season is going on right now, right, John? Yes, sir, it is. Uh, we have a long deer season down here. It starts October 1st and ends the uh end of January. Yeah, and why guys from pretty much in the same area right there where you're from, Bat Rouge area, correct? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yeah. I mean I've got lots of I've got lots of friends around Bat Rouge, and I'll never forget I've done a promotion in a little town called Troutville, north of you. You know where that's at? Uh no, sir. It's a little bitty town, it's a farm store, and there's like two or three hundred people showed up to come and hear me talk while telling it. It's pretty neat. Yeah. Yeah. So anyway, John, uh, we've talked about the 12-volt power pack, Redbone listeners all over the world. Uh John, you want to talk about tree stand safety? And Redbone listeners, he told me the night goes, Alex, why don't we why don't you have me on the show and let me talk about safety? Tree stand safety. I said, Okay. Uh why? And he said that uh, and I'm gonna let him share your story. Why do you want to talk about tree stand safety? You know, good Lord put it on my heart that somebody out there needs to hear this. My dad, very accomplished hunter, hunted his entire life at 54 years old, uh, fell out of a tree and broke his neck, and I found him in the woods. Um probably one of the hardest days of my life, honestly. Um I feel like uh him being so experienced, I hear this quite often from people, you know, they they make the little five one-handed comments about, oh man, I've been doing this a long time. I don't need, you know, I don't need to worry about tying off. Um, you know, I come from a safety background in the plants. Um so I know a lot about it. And, you know, I was always on my dad about it, but he was old school and wasn't lifting a lot, you know. Uh he was climbing, climbing spurs and uh way, way up in a tree, and a spurs slipped out, and uh, as he was sliding down the tree, a limb from another tree was angled just right or just wrong, however you want to look at it, and caught him on the bite of the head and broke his neck. And uh and like I said, I found him in the woods and uh but look man this is it was so bad, it's this does not have to happen. It don't. It it does not it's not exp it's not expensive to stop this. It's easy, it's not it's it's look, it takes a little bit of effort and it's very cheap. You simply get a a a climb uh climber's type rope, a heavy-duty rope, and you use a a perfect knot on it, uh, uh, uh a rope grab knot. Had it save me just not too long ago before I got sick on my uh I was in a climbing stand on a hardwood tree, which is a no-no, especially if you're not tied off. And uh that stand came out from under me, you know it's tied together, it still comes out from under me just in the blink of an eye, and I'm sitting there by my perfect knot on my rope, didn't move because I had it done properly. And look, this thing, it don't cost anything hardly to build. You build one for a few dollars, and you can you use if my feet leave the ground whether it's a climber, whether it's a lock on, hey, even a ladder stand, man. I had a a good doctor friend of mine that slipped off the top rung of his ladder stand on an icy morning and fell, landed on his gun and broke his back off a ladder stand. So it can happen anytime you leave the ground. You you need to be tied off. Look, you owe it to your children, you owe it to your wife, and if you're too young to have children and what you owe it, you owe it to your your your mom and dad to not let something as wonderful as hunting turn into something as horrible as a as a as a death or a serious injury, because like I said, it's just so simple, so simple to avoid.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, you know, that's a heartbreaking story, and Alex, and and you and I both know a lot of people, experienced hunters who have had a fall from a tree stand, and uh uh and it really is there's really no excuse for it.
SPEAKER_04You know, I had I had an incident that happened to me one time. I died a few hunts, not very many, and I had all my hunter sign release ones. Real quick story, this guy was hunting out of a 14-foot ladder stand, me and two other boys set it up a month before he got there, setting over a community scrape, hot traffic area, a lot of big deer coming through there. And uh, long story short, he uh texts me uh thirty minutes before breaking light, goes, Hey, all the deer's coming in behind me. They're moving in behind me. I said, That's okay. I said, they're gonna the deer that you're gonna kill is gonna come out in front of you. Don't worry about it. Well, after about thirty minutes after daylight, he comes and goes, Hey, this ladder stands come loose. I thought, How does the ladder stand come loose when you you ratcheted it to the tree? And when the boys and I put it together, there was no instructions in the box, because the box had been torn up so we put together a best of our ability to. But anyway, long story short, when I got there to him when he told me the stand come loose, it was turned in the direction he told me the deer was he was hearing the deer. So you can think what you want, but we're not going into details there. But anyway, we put the stand back in place and it's back parallel with the tree. And he's coming down the tree, gets seven and a half foot from the ground, and the tr the ladder started to bend a little bit. And he jumps. He does not fall, he jumps and breaks his leg. Oh no. Anyway, long story short, there was a lawsuit, and anyway, this and that, but he said he fell, which he didn't. But it just goes to show you how people can do what they would do, even though they sign a release. But the the whole point of this whole conversation is no matter who you are. And this guy, it was a ladder, you know, and he had a uh he was supposed to had his harness with him. He told me he had his harness with him. When I noticed I you know, when I let him out that day, he told me he had it with him. He did not have it on. So if he'd had his harness on, he had a lifeline. And a lifeline is uh a rope that you got tied off above your stand to the ground, and you got a tie knot on this like a Japanese knot. If you fall, it's gonna keep you in place and keep you from falling. That's what he was talking about. It's sort of like a lifeline, but the the the type of safety rope you're talking about is you hook it to your harness, hook it around the tree above you as you climb up or whatever each time you move. So if you fall, it's gonna save you. So the point here is wear a harness, no matter who you are. There's a local boy that just fell out of the tree that that loves the white-tailed hunt and broke his leg. He's going through his second operation right now as we speak, Redbone.
SPEAKER_01Well, it happens. And and every year it happens, Alex, and and we keep hearing the story. And and again, I'll say again, I mean, and it's you know, I I guess sometimes even with the lifeline, you know, it could malfunction. I mean, there there always could be a situation where nothing would have helped. But in most, you know, I'm thinking 99.9% of the cases, if you're using a safety harness, you're using a lifeline, you know, your stand may fall, you may hang there for a while until somebody comes along to help you. Uh, but at least you're not gonna crash to the ground.
SPEAKER_04Exactly. I want to say this before we go to a break, everybody. Uh, True North Tree Stands is one of our partners now. And True North Tree Stands, Red Bone, and you already know they're one of the most anal safety companies I've ever seen. They're TMA approved and members, and these guys stress safety, and their quality of their product is superb uh to some of the companies that are out there. So they're gonna you're gonna get a harness, I believe, with every tree stand you get, instructions, how to use it and why you should have it, etc. So Two Lore Tree Stands is I'm very proud to be associated with them. But John, I want to thank you for coming on the show and share your story and stressing safety to everybody and the importance of of having a harness or some kind of safety device when you're climate trick. Yep, thank you for having me, Alex, and uh I really appreciate the opportunity. Yes, sir, and uh you know I'm sorry to hear your story. Thank you for sharing it with us, and uh we appreciate our partnership with you two with a 12-volt power pack. And everybody, if you need a power pack, go to on your website, John, jkroutdoors.com. Okay, and you can order them, or I've got a few here. Anyone local since this show, I'm gonna have access to these power packs at my house. So if you want them, and what's the retail price on them? $69.99. $70.
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SPEAKER_04Without shipping, right? That's correct. That's what that was. All right, John, thank you again for being on a What a Story, Red Bowl.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, what a story. And uh wow. And for $70, you can never have to buy batteries again for your uh trail camera or your security system, whatever you want to do. All right, uh, Alex and I'll be back with more of American Roots Outdoors Radio with Alex Rutledge and his friends right after this.
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SPEAKER_04Welcome back to America Roots Outdoors, everybody. Alex Rutledge again calling via my cabin, my lodge. Uh Redbones in the studio. Wayne Locke cannot be with us tonight. He's doing some family stuff. Uh what a great guest we had, uh, John Kerr talking about the the 12-volt power pack and also tree stand safety. What a horror story to find your dad in the woods.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I I can't imagine. I mean, I can't imagine. And uh uh great story and a great reminder for people. And even though, you know, uh the the rifle season is is you know over with for now, uh still people are gonna be bow hunting. We got uh muzzloader seasons and things like that coming up and guys, uh just you know keep the safety at the forefront of the hunt. I mean, sometimes I think Alex, people get all caught up in in everything else that's going on, and sometimes we just maybe get in a hurry or or get forgetful. Uh but uh well you really got to keep that safety first and foremost.
SPEAKER_04Safety should be first and foremost in any aspect of life.
SPEAKER_01I would agree.
SPEAKER_04You know, I've done safety work for two and a half years in the mill ride industry, and uh let me tell you, being the safety administrator, uh it it's it's a pretty rough job. You gotta get stern with people when they don't want to listen. But you are right, Redbone, on the points that you did touch on. It's because people neglect uh because they get in a rush or they just they're not being focused and they don't think, oh, it don't ever happen to me. Well, you heard John said his dad was an experienced hunter. And uh he you know it happened to him. So always keep safety first and foremost in mind. And that being said, this is our last segment of the radio show. I want to talk to people about the peak rut, because that's the topic of our show. Uh the peak rut, it's the last day of Missouri rifle season today. Uh I harvested another mature buck last night with my Thompson Center 243, Hornity White Tail Ammunition, interlocked bullets, and shot the deer about 85 yards. He dropped in his tracks. It was low white. The footage isn't gonna be the greatest. But all the other encounters I had before harvesting this mature buck, probably 135-inch deer is my guess, uh, four and a half years old. Uh the secret to my success of closing the deal on another mature buck on my farm is the way I hunted it. Uh the wise eye cameras was telling me where I needed to be and what time I needed to be there. And the Eagle Seed Food Plots is another part of the success. Uh knowing where the deer was coming from. Uh one of my stand locations I can see for a long ways and I can broadcast calling to them. I done a few grunts and stuff early in that evening, rallying segments. I saw several bucks that day. I've hunted three days straight. Two pieces of property a total of thirty-six hours.
SPEAKER_06Oh wow.
SPEAKER_04I never left my stand. Even though I hunted two pieces of property in three different days, thirty-six hours not ever leaving my stand. I carried a urination bottle with me. Uh I only had food one day of the three days that I took with me, and one was a little oat milk cake, two little Kit Kats, and a Dr. Pepper. I was so focused to want to close the bill when it's immature bucks. And that's what you got to do when the full peak rut is on like right now. These deer will move all day long. So when you leave your stand to go do something, come back, you're taking a chance of pushing these deer out of here. So those are the secrets of me harvesting deers, the wise eye cameras, food plots being sent free, using exonics, uh, using hunt control to know when the deer are coming into the eagle seed food plots, eagle seed. And I want to thank Nutriplot for helping me save my food plots because the armory worms came in and wiped my food plots out, red bone, and beat to the dirt.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I remember that. And and just like three or four weeks ago. Yeah. Well, I was gonna say just three or four weeks ago, and of course, uh you replanted, and with the Nutriplot, you still got good enough food plots to keep deer on your property.
SPEAKER_04You know, I didn't have the growth I normally would have had, but it did bring them back. And what I did, I took a a uh 40-gallon portable sprayer and I created my own little uh uh nozzles, what you would say, or tubes, and I drilled holes in it, real small holes in three different angles about 10 inches apart, and this plastic tube is about seven foot wide. Put it on the back of my golf cart, and I drove every uh seven foot around my food plot and fertilize it with this neutral plot. They had three different products, uh the neutral guard and the enhanced uh neutral neutral uh plot, and they got the the just plain fertilizer neutral plot. And if you want to attract deer, you want to use the neutral plot plus, which has got a flavor in it. It will create that uh curiosity to the deer and the flavor of it, but it also enhances the growth after they eat. So it's a fertilizer. So those are the keys to my success on this second buck. You know, Alex is a good shot and knowing where to be, and and the cameras tell me what when where I need to be.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, and I mean that and it and it just came it just came together perfectly for you. You know, and I saw pictures of that buck uh four and a half years old. Uh he was very healthy.
SPEAKER_04You know, red bone he was, but you know what? I don't know that I had a picture of that buck, possibly. I've got to go through and look, and I possibly may have seen this deer one other time. This is a new buck that's come in from somewhere else. This deer had a lot of ticks on the back of his ears and the back of his head. Uh the deer is very healthy. He's not a big bited four and a half-year-old, but he's a runt type deer. Uh, but he is definitely a a cruising buck that came in behind another buck. He was about, I'd say, two or three hundred yards behind the other buck that came in before him at dawn.
SPEAKER_01Wow. Now tell you the story about what happened with my deer.
SPEAKER_04Mm-hmm. Tell us. I want to hear it real quick. We'll talk about in the bonus segment.
SPEAKER_01Well, well, well, I mean, I guess I just want to tell you what happened with my deer because uh the hunt was pretty uneventful. I mean, I was watching a go. He walked in through the woods in ten seconds he was dead. Uh so it was a pretty uneventful hunt, but I took it to the processor and left it. And I was on my way home and they called me and they said, Well, we got some bad news about your deer. I was like, what's that? And I was tasted, I could already taste that this and the deer sausage with the candy and jalapeno. I mean, I was thinking on the way home on Thanksgiving. I'm gonna put out a whole platter of this stuff. Uh my deer had uh his entire fine quarter was abs. And he had to end up being thrown in the thrown in the dumpster. We really think that he had been shot before. Uh possibly somebody had shot him in the rear end with a bow with a bad shot or something. And uh so uh I lost my deer. I got no deer meat.
SPEAKER_04Oh well, if I'd known that, I would have given you some of my deer. I ended up giving this temporar I killed last night to my neighbors up the road.
SPEAKER_06Yeah.
SPEAKER_04He'd come over and go to it last night and I helped him skin it out and everything today. So uh yeah, I I just say I got some summer sausage I can bring you.
SPEAKER_01Okay, well that'd work. Uh but anyway, it uh it was it was really disappointing. But but one of those things that happened, and actually was telling somebody a story today, and they said, you know what, I had the same thing happen uh to them. Uh their deer had a large abscess. And normally the uh processor said, you know, normally we might cut it out and and go ahead and process the rest of the deer. But he said, with situation like it is today with CWD and and other diseases, he said, I wouldn't chance it, I wouldn't eat it, and I recommend you don't either. So we didn't.
SPEAKER_04Well, that's a very smart decision on your behalf and the the taxader or the meat processor. I want to say this, you know, we got a bonus segment coming up. And if you're not a podcast listener and you want to become one, we're on every podcast carrier available Apple, Buzz Sprout, uh, Spotify, just to name a few. Uh, we do a giveaway every week, and Wayne Locke's in charge of that. And uh what we're gonna do is have another giveaway this week. We'll announce the winner next week. I don't know who the winner is this week because Red Bone Ain't joined us, but uh we'll figure it out next week. But the bonus segment, what I want to share with everybody, is some more techniques to closing the deal on the bonus segment on peak rut hunting. The peak rut is still going on right now here in southern Missouri, northern Arkansas. There's those still with ponds, Red Bone, that have not been bred yet.
SPEAKER_06Yeah.
SPEAKER_04They're still with them. Wow. So, listeners, stay tuned to us, listen to the podcast, and I want to thank each and every one of you for listening to us, supporting American Roots. Go to our website, www.americanrootsdoors.com. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, American Roots Outdoors, Alex Rutles and Friends. I have a personal page, but also Alex underscore rutley64 on Twitter and Instagram. And ARO Alex at ARO Productions on Instagram. Red Bone?
SPEAKER_01All right, when your roots run deep and strong, there's no reason to fear the wind.
SPEAKER_04Fear the window. And I'm again, I'm calling from my lodge cabin here in Southern Missouri, and Redbone is in the studio. Wayne Locke did not, could not be with us tonight because he had a family event going on. We've had a great show today and the great subject matter. Uh Mr. John Kerr talking about the 12-bolt power pack, uh, also sharing tree stand safety, shared the story of his dad losing his life, fell from a tree, uh, was not using any type of safety harness. Uh, and I shared some tactics with you on how the I closed the deal on another mature 10-pointer yesterday evening. Uh, what I want to do in this subject matter here is keep the focus again on peak rut hunting because the rut is still going on in other states right now, and it's still going on right here in southern Missouri in my area. We're still seeing chasing activity, cruising activity. My wise eye is sending me pictures daily. And the neat thing is about the wise-eye listeners is that they have a program called Hump Control. Hunk Control collects data. Every picture that's taken, if it's a deer, it's sent to a folder. If it's a turkey, it's sent to a folder, if it's other, it's sent to a folder. If it's hogs, it's sent to a folder. What it does, it creates an algorithm, a graph of telling you the best times to be in that location where that stands at. And that is is a big part of my success closing bill on one of those bucks last night, Redbone.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, well, I mean, when when you know that for three or four days in a row or every other day for the last two weeks, uh this buck has showed up at, you know, 7.35 in the morning or, you know, 445 in the afternoon, there's a pretty good bet that if you get there early and get settled in, that he's gonna come back again.
SPEAKER_04I want to share this with our listeners. You're right. I spent a total of 24 hours in the stand to shoot this buck on my dirt, my farm. I went in before 6 o'clock a.m. before daylight and left at 6 o'clock in the evening. Hunting two days, 12 hours a day, I spent 24 hours to close the deal on this buck. It takes dedication. And to all the listeners out there, if you're a white tail hunter, when this rut is on and they're cruising, they're on their feet, they're chasing does, they're moving, they're they're scraping, uh, the big bucks are locked down with those, right close to food sources, you cannot afford to leave. Uh, what I want to share with you is carry drinks with you, carry some type of uh urinal bottle, uh five-gallon buck if you need to do number two, uh elimination stuff with you to kill the odors. Carry something to eat, you know. Uh bring an iPad with you when it gets slow. Uh watch a movie, play a game, whatever, read a book. Uh these things will keep you occupied and help the day go by quicker, Redbone.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, and we talk about that with kids, Alex, hunting in uh in you know, shooting houses or in blinds or whatever, you know, keeping the kids occupied with the video games and iPads and and uh that same uh uh that same uh uh can go for adults. I mean, take something to help keep you occupied during the course of the day, because as adults, we get bored too.
SPEAKER_04You know, you're right, Red Bone. What I do is I got I'm a social media freak, I guess you want to call it social media uh aggressive. Uh I'm on it daily throughout the day, making posts, reading posts, monitoring posts, helping our partners, our sponsors, sharing the product knowledge, etc., to help create a following and help promote the products and sell the products. But that's what helps my days go by quicker. And another thing that helps you, if you see a lot of deer, it makes the time fly by fast because your heart rate's gonna be uh above normal, you know what I'm saying.
SPEAKER_01Absolutely. And one of the things I do, Alex, is I have three or four people that I when I when I go hunting, I kind of I contact the night before say you hunting in the morning? Okay, well, I'll I'll text you in the morning. And uh and we text back and forth. Are you seeing anything? No, how's how's the wind over that way? I mean, you know, you can carry conversations on with three or four people while you're in the woods hunting.
SPEAKER_04Exactly. I just want to say this to the listeners too, you know, my whole life is the outdoors, it's hunting. I make my living to keep my electricity on, put food on my table. I want to thank everybody that listens and supports us and sponsors us to help us do what we do with the podcast, the TV, the radio. Uh, thank you for supporting us. And uh, you know, our slogan is faith, family, friends, outdoors, and our constitutional rights. And uh just want to say that if you're a gun owner, be proud to be a gun owner. It's our Second Amendment right. And, you know, they're trying to take our freedoms from us, and it's not gonna happen. It's not gonna happen as long as you keep the right people voted in, leading our country in Senate and Congress and Presidents. Keep that in mind. But also uh to be a successful deer owner, some people don't understand the dedication it takes to be successful in harvesting deer year after year and spending very few hours in a stand. And it's really a pretty simple system. It's the wise eye again, running the trail cameras. Uh you say, Well, I can't afford that. Well, do like I do, do extra things, create extra money to to support that. Uh the food plots. You know, the food plots is a magnet, it's a draw to the deer, it's the dose. Okay. Uh shooting a good rifle, having that rifle lined up, having good ammunition. And by the way, Red Bund, when I shoot this deer at 85 yards, he don't he just drops. He wilts it. Yeah, the one I shot white tail ammunition.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, my my dear uh shooting the horn in the ammunition as well, of course. And and he was about 60 yards through the woods, and I mean he never took another step. And I was shooting a 3030. Anyway, uh you shooting a 3030? Yeah, I went back to my old Winchester Model 94 30 30 just for uh nostalgia uh nostalgia uh snakes. I'm totally talking this evening. Uh and uh yeah, harvested deer the last three years in a row with it. So I'm loving getting back to the old days.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, I need to kill one with a 3030. I shot mine with a 243, and uh I love shooting a 243. It's uh it doesn't have much recoil. It's a flat shooting gun, two, three hundred-yard gun, but uh it but anyway, back to my point is you know, it's dedication. You know, I talk to people all the time all over the country, and somebody say, Well, it's the worst deer seeding I never had. I didn't see many deer. I planted food plots, I I I fed, I seen less deer than I've ever seen in my life. It's a terrible year. Well, if you got other people around you that's harassing the deer in the areas around you and they're really pressuring at heart and you got cattle in there eating your food plots down, you're defeating the purpose. And the pressure around you is causing your place not to be a good place. The secret is going into your stands with with the wind in your face, right? Not spooking them, pushing them out, shooting and banging at them, scaring them to death, and hunting the stands during the right times. Letting Wazai tell you the right times to be in there. Don't go in there letting them be able to see you. Every stand you go into, you need to slip in undetected.
SPEAKER_01And that includes the wind. All right, so Alex, I think we're uh need to wrap it up here. Uh we're running to the end of uh the podcast for today. Uh, folks, thanks for tuning in to the uh podcast, the bonus segment of today's show. And don't forget to leave us a review before you uh log off. And uh please leave a good one and uh make sure you put your real name on that review so we know how to get in touch with you if you win our next drawing.
SPEAKER_04Exactly. Thank you again so much. Take a kid hunting, share the outdoors with somebody. You know, it's all right. God created the animals on the earth for you and I and for us to enjoy. And uh remember the rut's still on. Get out there and hunt, be safe, use safety harnesses. Uh if you haven't checked out the True Lord tree stands, go check them out. HuntTNT.com. You're gonna love them. They got climbing stands, ladder stands, lock-ons. Uh, this company's gonna take the industry by storm.