580 - The ULTIMATE GUIDE to WHITETAIL HUNTING TERMINOLOGY

This is a HIGHLY requested episode that we have had in the works! In this episode, we go over all the whitetail terminology that you need to know to hunt or scout for whitetail deer. We cover terms for deer hunting in flat land, hill county, and mountains - and we cover terrain terms as well as habitat terms. Some of the terms we cover:

Terrain saddles

Bluff gap 

Bluff

Bench

Creek crossing 

Ridge example in swamps 

Ridge top hub 

High crows foot

Thermal hub / hubs

Oak flat

Sapling thicket 

Oxbow lake / oxbow 

Beaver dam crossings

Compounding habitat edges 

Select cut 

Clearcut / cutover

SMZ

Compounding Terrain features (examples)

Glade

Leeward side of a ridge 

Logging roads / road bed / skidder trail

Ditch/drainage 

Secondary points

Ridge points 


and more! Want more? Here are more videos that go even deeper on some of these terms with map examples:

3 MUST KNOW Deer Funnels - https://youtu.be/YNhIZWd_1UU
FLAT LAND Deer Funnels - https://youtu.be/WN_-5K_pw6M
How to use Slope Angle Shading to Find Deer - https://youtu.be/dUf7GBf8buk
How to Tell if Woods are Thick from a Map - https://youtu.be/Zx2WN-qFkd4
Mountain Hunt Success on Compounding Terrain Features - https://youtu.be/NE5iAeneJ_k

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