FEED TREE TACTICS for MATURE BUCKS with Rick Cope - EP 510 

Shout out from Northern KY. This is one of the best episodes I've seen that you all have done. My dad self taught himself woodsmanship. He passed on everything he knew to me, and this is spot on. I use walnuts for scent control all season. Pick them when their green, and soak them in water for a few days. Filter through a coffee filter and fill a spray bottle. Only spray clothes that it doesn't matter if they get stained. It works, I have deer come down wind of me all season long. I learned something new with the moon phase.

Watching this for the fourth time and still laughing out loud. Fantastic video.

Bro Rick appreciate all the great tips! God bless you sir! From Sumter County

Rick is a very seasoned-skilled hunter. To be able to consistently take deer in the south is no accident, especially our area of SC. I learned a lot from him personally as a young man just starting out along with some other guys from our church as my father was not a hunter. These guys allowed me to tag along with them and showed me things on how, where and when to hunt. I really enjoyed our old deer camp days down in Chester, SC. If someone is willing to take the time to try and help someone, soak up what they are saying like a sponge. That’s what I did as a young man trying to learn. Now as we are all older and more experienced, we all owe it to the next generation to teach them and show them how we used to have to do it when there was no technology, no social media, very little educational tv and still be successful. You only learn woodsmanship by getting in the woods and trial and error. I feel so many young-new hunters get disappointed or frustrated by what they see on tv these days without knowing that 90% of everything on outdoor television is money driven and just marketing to sell products by personalities, not true hunters. Great podcast! Hope everyone has a great season this year! 🦌

Great episode. We need a Jonathan Moreland,Scott seals,and Rick cope feed tree bonanza episode!! Holy smokes what a wealth of knowledge keep these bangers rollin y’all

I’ve been hunting in SC for years. This episode was fantastic. It was so relatable since most of my hunting has taken place on public and private lands in Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Union and Newberry County. Please have Rick Cope back on again. He is so knowledgeable on hunting in SC. He is also very entertaining. The 2+ hours went by fast.

What a top notch episode! 👌

My favorite episode so far. 🦌🦌🦌

This guy(Rick) blows my mind

The entertainment alone was worth the watch

Talking about having deer under you after dark and not climbing down, when I was younger and was really hardcore into bowhunting I would always put some rocks in my pocket before I went to my stand. If I had deer under me at dark and I was ready climb down I would throw rocks at them and run them off that way.

Here in central North Carolina wake county the deer will walk by a corn 🌽 pile to go eat white oak acorns… I’ve seen them bed beside feed trees and sometimes they will be feeding on acorns in the oddest places and bucks trail these does that know and the bucks sit back and wait until one comes into estrus…they are constantly moving and hard to pattern because they travel from feed tree to feed tree and may be in one block woods today and in another tomorrow and the old does know where to find feed trees and it can be easy or complicated !

What a great podcast, I love his energy and I can’t wait to try this new trick.

East Texas boy here. Amazing podcast. Lots of great information. I will definitely be trying these tactics this deer season.

This was the most useful hunting podcast I’ve heard all year, much love for Rick & you guys from central NC!

awesome information !! we hunt the same way here in georgia but just now learning the moon thank you for sharing !!

Just wanted to say that the CVS here in Louisiana looked at me like I was crazy when I asked about turpentine.

This was a great episode. Reminds me of Warren Womack and Robert Carter’s talks. I hunt all over Lancaster, Chester, Kershaw, York (live here), Union, and Chesterfield counties along with occasional jaunts across the state, and grew up hunting the suburbs of Charlotte. I’ve targeted feed trees in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Both Carolinas… the tactics work everywhere. There is so much to unpack here I’ll be watching/listening to this several times. Fantastic job fellas. @tradbowpodcast

Hands down best hunting episode I’ve EVER seen!! thank you guys for this!! Top notch knowledge right here

I’m from Lancaster county also. I gotta say we have some some cold killers with a bow. I kill my share with a bow for the last 25 years. 10-15 a year. I know about 8-10 others that hunt just like this. I thought everyone bow hunted like this. I kinda hate he passed this info on. Not being stingy……but we learned the hard way and I wished others did too. Woodsmanship plays a huge part, you gotta watch the wind and be extremely quiet. Nothing but experience will teach you how to read a feed tree. If it’s coming in……red hot….or going out. Don’t know Mr. Cope….but we hunt a lot alike. I only hunt WMA, no bait.

Holy smokes guys! This is a great cast that kept me glued to it all the way through. Big thanks to Rick for sharing scent cover secret! Big thanks to you guys for sharing my over looked state of South Carolina on your podcast. Look forward to watching ya'lls 2023'2024 hunting season. Best of luck!!!

This was such great content!! Thank you

This dude is convincing .. Great sense of humor !

Thank you !

I was hunting in middle GA during that 89’ bow season. It poured bc o those storms that bow season. It was my second or third deer season.

Great episode!

Amazing!! Trying this in Maryland

Being from SC this was a great podcast! Very Informative....really enjoy the SOP 💪

Great episode

Being from SC this was an awesome podcast! Y’all should get Sonny on.

I've listened to every deer episode you've put out and been a patreon member for over a year and this is a HOF episode. I wanna see what kind of listener success stories come out of this episode this season.

Man, this was a good one. Best episode since Glen Solomon! 👍🏻

Love it

Gotta try some of this in NC

Tons of great information

Great episode hour 1/2 north west of Charlotte NC

What a great show!

I hunt some of the same woods he is talking about. Maybe well run across each other some day. Great podcast!

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has anybody noticed how the does seem to always know your there? I truly believe when shes harrassed by bucks and that she will lure him near the hunter hoping it will get the buck to stop harrassing, as long as she knows your there even tho she never came close to your stand before ....

I’ve used cedar & pine cover scent and if you’re not in cedar thicket or pine thicket with either then any deer recognize a foreign smell in their living room that’s not normally there and it puts deer on edge and makes them skiddish and blow etc . The best cover scent is no scent …

My grandpa used turpentine as a cover scent when I was a kid fifty years ago

Adam hays is now the owner of the moon guide. He took over after Jeff passed.

So relevant to hunting Arkansas 😅

How does the cover scent work for hogs?

So what’s the best moon phase to hunt? And what’s the best way to track it?

@revcope6914 Good podcast brother. I need to dust off my bow this year and get in them woods.

Great episode! Any thoughts about the turpentine in more northern states like PA or NY?

What’s Ricks RU-vid channel ???

So do you water this turpentine down any, three or 4 sprays (small glass bottle spray with pump top)and I’m feeling like i may be over killing it

Can someone post the exact bottle of turpentine he’s talking about? I went to my local Walgreens and asked them and they looked at me like I was crazy 😂

Where can I find the seminar?

What church do you Pastor? Im down in Lancaster SC

I cant seem to find the turpentine in stores anywhere and had to order it. Did I hear him say he would burn a pinecone and use that if he didn't have any of the turpentine?

Sunny must have hunted with Warren wollmack they have the same tactics

Did he 100% confirm if he's climbing the primary feed tree, or, is he climbing an adjacent tree?

I went to CVS and couldn’t get the scent, need help 😂

I just can't understand how the turpentine gets rid of human scent. I have a hard time believing a deer nose can't pull that human scent out.

I just found the book on Amazon for $112.00. NOPE!!!

22 deer in a year? There ain't no limit in South Carolina. This pastor might need to repent about them TALL TALES lol or he's a serious outlaw.

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