Pre-Season Reality Check Every Whitetail Hunter Needs | 100% Wild Podcast Ep. 478

Pre-Season Reality Check Every Whitetail Hunter Needs | 100% Wild Podcast Ep. 478 In this pre-season catch-up episode of the 100% WILD Podcast, Matt Drury and Tim Kjellesvik break down the last-minute bowhunting gear changes, shooting mechanics, and equipment maintenance required before heading into the woods. The hosts dive into relatable archery struggles, including fixing target panic, managing eye dominance issues during low-light practice, and preventing severe field injuries caused by snapped D-loops, failing lighted nocks, and release aid malfunctions. The conversation transitions into tactical land management and whitetail scouting, highlighting the new DeerCast Plot Planner tool designed to calculate exact acreage, seeding rates, fertilizer needs, and regional rainfall metrics. Matt shares his experience setting up trail cameras on his Missouri properties to target wide, mature bucks. Finally, the hosts tackle industry controversies, clearing up online misinformation surrounding public land cellular trail camera bans in Iowa and breaking down the actual regulations behind Missouri's updated Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) management rules. 00:00:00 – Pre-Season Catch-Up & Fall Production Deadlines 00:01:18 – Heavy Arrow Build: Victory Archery VLR Micro-Diameter Specs 00:03:20 – Increasing Draw Weight to 65lbs for String-Dropping Elk 00:05:48 – The Financial Temptation of Buying a New Bow Before Opening Day 00:08:16 – Low-Light Archery Practice: Headlight Glare & Crossed-Eye Dominance 00:11:00 – Shot Sequence Adjustments: Closing the Non-Dominant Eye at Full Draw 00:14:09 – Beating Target Panic: How to Stop Punching the Index Trigger 00:17:05 – Preventing String Slaps, Form Flaws & Arm Guard Debates 00:19:48 – Lighted Nock Wear & Avoiding Backyard Dry-Fire Disasters 00:22:00 – Bowhunting Disasters: Snapped D-Loops & Handheld Release Failures 00:28:12 – DeerCast Plot Planner: Calculating Seed, Fertilizer & Rainfall Rates 00:30:31 – Setting Deer Profiles & Custom Tag Analytics in Command 00:33:20 – Suburban Scouting: Prospecting Mega Bucks in St. Louis Neighborhoods 00:37:32 – Landowner Privacy Concerns & Suburban Trail Cam Etiquette 00:41:15 – Cell Cam Bans: Fact-Checking Iowa Public Land Regulations 00:46:15 – How App Location Services & Digital Data Logs Actually Work 00:49:18 – Missouri CWD Changes: Unpacking the 20-Acre Rule & Tag Limits 00:53:32 – Clickbait Media vs. Fact-Checking Wildlife Agency Regulations Join the Rack Pack Facebook Group :/ n73gskjt7bfb2ngc   Get ahead of your Game with DeerCast available on iOS and Android devices App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deerc... Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Don't forget to stock up for your next hunt! 1st Phorm has you covered! Protein Sticks: https://1stphorm.com/products/protein... Level-1 Bars: https://1stphorm.com/products/level-1... Energy Drinks: https://1stphorm.com/products/1st-pho... Hydration Sticks: https://1stphorm.com/products/hydrati... Send us a voice message on Speakpipe! https://www.speakpipe.com/100PercentW... For exciting updates on what's happening on the field and off, follow us on social Facebook:   / @officialdruryoutdoors   Instagram: @DruryOutdoors X:  @DruryOutdoors  Be sure to check out http://www.druryoutdoors.com for more information, hunts, and more! Music provided by Epidemic Sound http://player.epidemicsound.com/ #dodtv