Author: Clede Spooner
Clede Spooner
In 2019, with over 17 years experience in multi-facetted marketing strategies and content creation, I left the “real-world” to bring my part time marketing agency to a full-time career. In late 2020, I joined the Xpedition Marketing team and continue to operate my personal business, Crossroads Media Productions, on the side. Focusing on outfitter marketing strategies and support has allowed me opportunities to pursue game across the world that I once only dreamed about. Continuing to pursue this outdoor lifestyle as a career, I live each day with one hand on the camera or computer, and the other on my bow. From website design to television production, commercial creation, graphic design, and marketing strategy, I am fortunate to have found a space to continue to live life to the fullest in the outdoors, while making a living doing what I love. You can follow our progress on Struttinbuck TV on the Pursuit Channel or on demand at Carbon TV and Waypoint TV. Current work projects can be found at www.markettheoutdoors.com and www.xpeditionmarketing.com. "If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself" - Henry Ford
Thanksgiving week is here and it could not have arrived at a more perfect time. Let’s be honest there is not one hunter here that would take sitting in the tree stand and catching up with family over a cold November hunt! Luckily the time off work aligns perfectly with an incredible opportunity. The rut is winding down, but that does not mean mature buck movement is. In fact, this Thanksgiving week could be one of the best times to kill one of your hit-list bucks. This might just be the perfect excuse to miss thanksgiving dinner. In states like…
It is beginning to happen; we are seeing plenty of rut-like activity. Just not everywhere – every time. The does are still “on the feed” but the bucks are in the “starting gate” and ready to go. It is nothing to see a wall hanger buck just standing near a bedded doe or staring at a group of does while they feed, and then keep on feeding. Eventually he loses his patience and rushes the group, or just loses interest and moves on hoping to get lucky, hope springs eternal in pre-rut bucks. The doe-fawn groups are beginning to be…
Pre-rut bucks are thinking about breeding, but they know the importance of putting on weight before rutting voyages take a toll on their body. As the food sources change, you will need to change where you hunt to find the whitetails in your area. Rubs and scrapes will provide information on patterns as well as core areas. This is the information you will need to have to pinpoint where the bucks are, whether they are bedding or feeding. Don’t put all your chips on scrapes and rubs as bucks will start to shift to spending more time checking does on fields…