Episode #281 - How Don Tracks Giant Bucks Years in Advance
July 13, 2025 · 77 min
Don Higgins and Terry Peer are back with a packed episode of the Chasing Giants Podcast, diving deep into trail camera strategy, food plot updates, listener questions, and some wild woods stories you won’t believe.
🦌 Topics This Week:
Don’s July 4th trail camera deployment strategy
Tracking a buck across 4.5 miles and multiple years
Don’s tiers of camera locations: Bachelor Groups, Strategic Monitoring, and Exploratory Placement
Food plot updates — what’s working in the drought and how herbicide programs saved the season
Funny trail cam encounters — including a Christmas Day turnip theft and a legendary woods story
Listener Q&A on deer movement, food plot weed control, and managing doe populations
The truth about managing genetics — and a teaser for next week’s deep dive on how Don’s long-term strategies have altered the buck genetics on his farm
📸 Trail Cam Tip of the Week: Use every summer picture as a data point — even if the buck’s not a shooter yet!
🎯 Listener Questions Sponsored by: Midwest Land Group
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