Thermal Drones, Food Plot Mistakes & Buck Dispersal | Chasing Giants Podcast #336

As deer season gets closer, Don Higgins and Terry Peer cover some of the biggest topics facing deer hunters right now.

This week they discuss:

• Thermal drones and why Don installed drone detection technology on his farm.
• Herbicide updates after a challenging growing season.
• Why residual herbicides performed differently this year.
• Johnson grass and waterhemp management.
• Scrape Magnet tips and the biggest mistakes hunters are making with mock scrapes.
• Summer buck dispersal and what happens before hunting season.
• Improving mature persimmon trees.
• Rotating fall food plots.
• Kentucky's supplemental feeding regulations.
• Upcoming Chasing Giants events and Lester's Feet fundraiser updates.

As always, the episode concludes with Sunday Night Prayer Time.

Topics Covered

Thermal drone detection
Food plot herbicides
Soybean management
Waterhemp control
Johnson grass
Scrape Magnet
Mock scrape strategies
Buck dispersal
Persimmon tree management
Deer nutrition
Hunting ethics
Listener submitted questions

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