833 - Will a Buck Really Leave His Bed If He Smells You?

Andrew Maxwell (0:00)

Guys, you can tell a lot about a company by how they stand behind their products. And nobody stands behind their products like Vortex Optics. Recently, I had a pair of binoculars take a long, hard fall onto a hard surface, which happened to render them unusable. I went to vortexoptics.com and contacted them about their VIP warranty. They got back with me right away. I sent them my binos, and they were back at my house fixed and ready to hit the woods within two weeks. No questions asked. Vortex's VIP warranty isn't just lip service. It's their promise to you that if any of their products become damaged or defective, they'll replace it or repair it at no charge to you. And it doesn't matter how it happened, whose fault it was, or where you purchased it. Bottom line is, if you have any kind of problem with a Vortex optic, they're going to take care of you, even if you're not the original owner. I don't know of another company that stands behind their product quite like that. And Vortex has a little something for everybody, whether you're looking for a new scope, binos, or a range finder. They got something for everybody at every price point. I've been using Vortex Optics for over 10 years now, longer than we've even had the podcast. They make great stuff and they stand behind it. And if you want to get a discount on some optics from Vortex, you can go to eurooptic.com and use our promo code SGN10, and it's going to get you a discount on any Vortex product. Again, that's code SGN10 at eurooptic.com. Around here, fall plots usually go into the ground around the beginning of September, which means right now is when decisions get made. And Whitetail Hill is who I would call before making those decisions, like literally call them. That's one thing that we love about working with Whitetail Hill is you can get a real person on the phone by call or text who will look at your situation, your soil, your shade, your goals, and tell you exactly which blend to plant and how to plant it. If it's the first plot you've ever put in, they'll walk you through the whole thing before and after the sale. And the seed they'll set you up with is good stuff. It's premium germination tested blends with zero filler. And their seed blends are built in Alabama, so you know it's going to handle southern conditions. So don't guess your way through another planting season. Go to whitetailhill.com/southern and use the code SOUTHERN for 10% off. And if you're not sure what to plant, ask them. Again, that's whitetailhill.com/southern and use that code SOUTHERN for 10% off. If you hunt deer out of trees, you need to go check out latitudeoutdoors.com. They got a little something for everybody, whether you're a saddle guy or if you hunt out of a climber. Of course, Latitude makes some of our favorite saddles and climbing sticks, but they also make some great packs and backpack straps that you can attach to the bottom of a climbing tree stand to make it more comfortable to carry in the woods. Probably my favorite piece of gear I've gotten in the last several years is the Ranger 22 from Latitude. It's like a do-it-all backpack for me. It's compact, which I like, but it's adjustable enough that it gets me through the whole season. It's the only pack I use. I use it in early bow season, when I'm not carrying much in the woods, all the way to late January rut hunts in the deep south when it's cold, and I'm carrying all kinds of clothes and all kinds of stuff on my back. The Ranger 22 is adjustable enough that I can just use that one backpack all season. Hey, all you Mossy Oak Bottomland fan, they just released the Ranger 22 in Mossy Oak Bottomland. Like I said, no matter how you like to hunt, Latitude's got something for you. Go check them out at latitudeoutdoors.com.

I'm going to tell you all how I like to use one of my favorite tools out in the woods and that is the tracker from OnX Hunt. So here's how I've been using it lately. I got this new property I'm going to be hunting this year and the very first thing I did on the property was I went out and I drove all of the roads that are drivable in my truck and I had the tracker on as I was driving around. So after I got done driving around, I selected the track on my app and changed it to where it's just a solid black line. So now I've got a really nice, easy to see roadmap of everywhere that's drivable in a truck on the property. So here's what that does for me so far. Now I've got an easy to read map of everywhere that you can drive in a truck on the property. But also that roadmap is actually very useful because it makes it very easy for me to see what roads are drivable and what parts of the property are most accessible and what parts of the property are least accessible. Like I said, one of my favorite tools, if you're not using it already, you should be. And if you want to give OnX a try, go get an elite membership and use the promo code SOUTHERN at checkout. That's going to save you 20 percent and it's going to help the show out. Know where you stand with OnX Hunt. If people aren't in the bedding, walking around in the bedding, they're in there.