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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