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