Mark Drury's 9½-Year Iowa Giant, Why Weather Beats the Moon | 100% Wild Podcast Ep. 446

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Mark Drury's 9½-Year Iowa Giant, Why Weather Beats the Moon | 100% Wild Podcast Ep. 446

A warm October, one perfectly timed front, and a once-in-a-lifetime Iowa monarch. Mark joins Matt and Tim to break down a nine-plus-year-old buck's history, why "weather trumps moon," how farm layout and micro-cool pockets produced daylight, and the winds that sealed the deal. They cover Grandma Lucy's 92-year-old bowhunt, Taylor's uniquely racked Missouri deer, running three film crews through a short front, and how La Niña may shape late fall patterns. Practical takeaways: screening near home sites, bedding-to-food distance for old deer, pressure timing, and when to sit out and strike.

Timestamps 0:00 Intro, lineup, and early-season heat 0:40 Mark's Iowa buck intro & age debate (9½ vs 10½) 1:45 Why this was his best rack and what EHD did to him 2:55 Inside spread, beam length, mass—"classic Iowa big deer" 4:03 Sheds found nearly every year & charity auctions 5:00 The deer living behind the house; sold property to Wade 6:00 What changed this year: king of the roost, daylighting multiple spots 7:10 "Slave to his stomach": short bed-to-food for old bucks 8:15 The kill evening—buck out at ~6:15, broad daylight 9:15 Wind plan: "Hot Corner" needs a north, home plot needs a south 10:20 Family schedule, tag timing, and picking the sit 11:15 Farm divider ravine & limited cross-over 12:05 Scrape loop at night; no challengers post-EHD thinning 13:10 Neighbor sharing pics—always dark on his side 14:20 Screening the home plot: 200×50 yd corn block to hide activity 15:55 "We walked 150 yards from the house to the blind" 16:50 Old bucks & late-season daylight—human-years analogy 18:00 Body notes, hooves, double throat patch 18:35 Early-season success strategy: bottom fields & micro-cool areas 20:05 Three-night front: running three crews, one tag a night 21:15 Weather vs moon: why the front won, early movement 22:20 Jackpot setup: great moon + great front + phase 23:35 October lull returns; plan short strikes on cooler days 24:45 High pressure spiking—why it helped 26:10 Grandma Lucy's hunt at 92: the shot, adrenaline, recovery 28:20 Taylor's Missouri buck: funky side that still scores close 29:40 Arrow setup & pass-through at ~18–19 yards 30:50 Taylor's drought ends: 36–37 sits without a bow kill 32:00 Trivia: La Niña patterns and "weather trumps moon" refresher 33:40 Shoutouts and Rack Pack note 34:40 Tag status and late-October outlook 36:10 Wrap: when to expand crews, when to wait for the front 42:50 Close

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