Very good general summary. Every situation is different, so you have to modify these concepts for your specific habitat. I hunt public swamp land in Mississippi. The mature bucks don't give one flip about their distance from food sources. These guys have no problem traveling 2-3 miles at night to feed, as long as they can return to a secluded, well protected space for the day. And what took me years to learn is that these bucks traverse miles of water - sometimes even swimming - to get to these places. I grew up thinking that food sources were the key. But in the habitats I hunt, at least, it's all about security and seclusion....if you're hunting the mature bucks. Identify places where humans either can't or won't go, and you'll find a trophy. It's HARD work.

@HobbyHarvest

7 ай бұрын

Yup, good advice. I always say; the biggest bucks got that way for a reason.

@williambonk380

6 ай бұрын

Amen you said it hard work and go where others would never what to go spot on and again hard work

This was excellent. I really needed a simple explaination of what to do, where to start when scouting around. I've listened to hours of podcasts that have so much information that it clouds my mind. This video is a great, simple explaination of what to be looking for. Very much appreciated!

@HobbyHarvest

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

All good stuff. I hunt State land. No cameras, no cutting foliage and so overnight stands. Makes it harder.

@christophersanders5780

7 ай бұрын

That's the way we have always done it some of my biggest bucks were spontaneous.

The best video I've ever seen regarding finding beds and explaining how to do it. I'm now a subscriber!

@HobbyHarvest

7 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Keep out of the bedding area, hunt the food plot entrances & pinch points.

Thanks for the info.

Excellent video

Great tips!

Very informative, thank you.

@HobbyHarvest

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

You got me at Wisconsin. I’m right here with you brother. New Subscriber.

@HobbyHarvest

7 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Good info!

@HobbyHarvest

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

So much information and you explained it very well. It was actually contrary to what the hunting public says. They said that bucks like to stay high when they bed so that they can see what's coming. I've never found that to be the case. Why is it that I always jump bucks extremely close? I believe that these bucks are thinking, "if I can't see them, they can't see me."

@HobbyHarvest

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, I've seen bucks bed low and high. But it's typically always in cover unless they're bedding out of the wind on the sunny side of a hill in extremely cold climates which I didn't cover in this video. The biggest bucks I've ever busted tried to "crawl" away when I was within shotgun range through some of the thickest cover I've ever bird hunted in. Makes you realize how they got that big.

When in the fall do they shift to these beds? I hunt in west central Wi with mixed woods and ag.

@HobbyHarvest

9 ай бұрын

Bucks are going to avoid these thicker areas of the woods until they lose their velvet in about mid September. Although my mock scrapes are getting rubbed on a lot more, not just bumped, recently so they may be starting to shift already.

so if i walk in an area and see deer fresh scat on the ground and they are big pellets that is a big deer and bedding area is close guy at work said i should hang trail cam and maybe hunt that area is that good advice

very imformative

@HobbyHarvest

6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

What's mixed egg??? I didn't know deer ate eggs?

Did you say egg?

I don't have a major food source like an ag field within 2 miles.

@HobbyHarvest

8 ай бұрын

I always joke they're a county away on my NW WI property but that's what makes food plots so effective on those types of properties.

@Red-vn4xq

6 ай бұрын

Water, my friend. Water. Rub lines ,scrapes, and does.

Did you mean welcome back to the channel?

He said ag field 😂

I didn’t know deer eat eggs. I’ll be sure to bring out in the woods next time

He just said rub on food side/ they get up stretch rub and then head to food Doesn’t that make rub on the bed side? Maybe they go around to food side to rub and trick us; then turn around and head to food Ended saying they rub whenever wherever so…just go with a deer made the rub…..unless someone hunting the are wants you to set up away from a different area where they have seen deer and they’re using back side of knife to make mock rub…….

Why no pictures of beds? And what in the hell is an egg field?

Like seriously, what is an egg field???

@HobbyHarvest

5 ай бұрын

The auto generated CC must not know what agg. is lol

Food plot, so you chain them to a fence? What a shame. This ain't really hunting.

Ehhhhhhh wrong... Do a video on all the big bucks u've taken.