486 - MASTERING HILL COUNTRY FEED TREES with Scott Seales

Today our buddy Scott Seales is back on the show to discuss his bread and butter - hunting mature bucks on feed trees! Most of our past guests who talk about feed trees come from a big woods, riverbottom setting - but Scott has found success with this tactic in hilly pine country in central Alabama. This is a must-listen episode of you are wanting to target feed trees for mature bucks! Subjects include:

• Why you NEED TO BE hunting mornings in early season
• Feed trees in TIGHT SMZ's or very skinny hardwood bottoms
• Finding THE feed tree that a mature buck is bedding close to
• How Scott finds feed trees then runs his "circuit"
• How positive and negative terrain are FLIPPED in early season
• Finding low spots that COLLECT ACORNS and attract bucks
• Using THICK pines to get in tight to bucks without being detected
• Why early season feed trees are the best time to tag your target buck
• What. buck sign Scott needs to see in conjunction with feed sign to get him excited
• Do bucks prefer feed trees on STEEP slopes?

and TONS more. We know a lot of listener success stories will come from this episode! If you get something out of it, make sure you share it with a buddy.

Listen to more from Scott in episodes 428 and 435!

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