Hunting isn't always killing . U are the man !!

Great hunt with a perfect ending. I think it's all about just being outdoors with a reason.

Bud, the more I watch your content, the classier a hunter you become. All the best.

Beats sitting in the house watching tv. That gets depressing real quick. I can't even watch the news anymore.

@brokenarrow6491

4 ай бұрын

I know exactly what you mean.

@randolphtolbert3825

4 ай бұрын

Bro, I usually get depressed after deer season ends. This year I went down to Florida for a week to visit my Brother and Sister in Law. Eighty degrees and sunny cheered me right up.😀 not to mention the swimsuits

You wanted to be out there, for the last day of season. To see that sun set on that very last day. You didn't really want to kill anything. I've been there myself, many times.

When I was younger, I thought the harvest was the big reward! What time teaches! Great hunt Dan!

DAN THE MAN, Talked to Lou from stealth outdoors when ordering product. Told him to tell you I LOVE YOU AND YOU THE MAN

I love hunting late season when everyone else has harvested their deer and woods is pristinely quiet. Being able to sit in the woods to enjoy the peacefulness and serenity is one of the reasons I hunt. Like you said at this time of the year deer will congregate in large numbers in a few locations. They “yard up” in areas where they have fresh water, browse, and, forest growth that helps them to keep warm. I really enjoy your videos Dan and getting information from another experienced hunter.

I contemplated going a lot this season during the late season, especially because there was no ice to ice fish until mid January. But in the end, I didn't go because I didn't need another deer either. At least you saw one!

I was out that same day…..brutal cold. I know a guy too! Love the shirt.

She made it that far, she'll be a good mom soon!!!

This is the reason why I love this guy, never say die. These kids today are set up for failure, not only are the chances slim they shoot a booner but couple that with the fact that they take a beautiful 120 or 130 class deer and it's not what is glorified on KZread or these pro Big Buck hunters, truth is we need to encourage these New hunters to Hunt for the beauty of the great outdoors, the memories created, the Joy of the Hunt, time spent with family and friends and lastly that meat hunting is cool,fact is most will quit after a couple seasons without shooting the Boone and Crockett Buck they're always told is the reason we do it and Dan is one of the few people who understands the true spirit of the Hunt, happy scouting, happy hunting from the grumpy old man in the finger lakes NY

love the tshirt ! i feel the same way sometimes you just have to get out it feeds your soul! God bless you dan

That's awesome. That's what it's all about.Some of the best hunts I've had, I never killed anything. I sat all day one time and didn't see anything. Just at last light a bald eagle flew over my head I could hear him flapping his wings. It's was great. It's just being out there! Thanks, The Beast Dan, for the great video!! Your the man brother.

Nothing wrong with just watching, it's not always about the harvest 👍😎

It's not always about the kill it's about the hunt the experience the opportunity to watch God's handy work. Even when I don't see a deer I enjoy getting to see all the other critters the smell and sound of the woods it brings a certain peace to the soul. Awesome hunt Dan I hope to meet you one day!

I’ve drawn back several times over the years and decided not to shoot. I have no idea why since I went out to shoot a doe. I think is just because of the passion for the sport and respect for the animals we pursue. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Love the shirt. Been there on a last hunt myself, deep snow and cold, and let a doe pass, that hunt will always be remembered. You're an upstanding hunter Dan, keep up the good work!

Great hunt. I had a great year myself as a first time deer Hunter this year. The plan is to do more scouting soon for next season.

Good stuff Dan! Good to just be out there! Awesome job

I can relate. Thanks for sharing!

I can appreciate it. I wont lie the last few years i completely tagged out, bith bow and gun. This year i had many, many opportunities to do so. I got my buck, and a doe for bow. Then i got a super old doe for gun. For the first time i think i felt content, and even though i wanted to be out hunting i didnt want to kill another deer. Looking back im atill happy about that decision

I’m the same way, I think it’s just about being apart of that drive we are apart of the deer in nature that we love

I had an awesome hunt during the rut,my target buck and 4 other bucks were harassing some does,I came to full draw twice and was never able to get the shot. Wasn’t upset at all,often,the experience of sharing space with deer is enough,even without a kill it was a treat to be in the midst of all that action

Hell yeah Dan, you are a sportsman. I did the same thing last Christmas on a bedded doe I snuck up on. We hunt these animals so hard all year, pulling the trigger on what we're after... when the easy ones like this comes sometimes you let em walk out of appreciation. No one usually hears about those, or the all the others you let walk on by in a season, but it feels right to have some balance and not destroy everything in my opinion.

I sat 14 hours of the last ohio weekend, never seen a deer , that's OK I sure enjoyed and needed the solitude to get me through until next fall !

You were out there near the end for the same reason you were there in the beginning. Thanks for Your expertise. It could have ended in a giant buck encounter just as easily. You never really know if You don't go.

With all that’s going on in this world maybe a fella needs to go sit in the outdoors alone and see true innocence. God bless and stay safe y’all.

Over the years I have let a lot of deer pass at times I guess for just about as many different reasons. Our season ends on the last day in February same as it always has. I myself could use some more meat and plan on getting out at least a couple more time. Still like all things in life, it's all about choices. Yesterday I could have went hunting but after a tough week and spending all day Saturday on a tractor. I chose to take a day of needed rest, I still have a couple of weekends left to get it done Lord willing. Dig the shirt bro.

The hunt beats the kill the majority of the time. Great video love the ground attack in the snow camo.

Well done . I have been there . Sometimes i just let them walk in late season .

You were out there because you needed to be out there ! The hunting gene runs strong in us that hunt! I’ve been there I still found it enjoyable and usually very educational both about the game I hunt and about my self!!

Thank you for another great season Dan🙏🏼🙏🏼 much respect

I always take a doe at the very end of bow for bologna or jerky.. It's a little bitter sweet. But I love hunting this time of the year. almost everyone has quit and it can be a challenge to just get a big doe sometimes.

I let one pass by opening day gun hunting mn… looking back, it was the best opportunity I had all archery and gun season. Easy to say I should have taken her, after the fact. But in the moment, it didn’t seem right.

That’s kinda the way I am when I have had opportunities lately on a doe. Especially in late season after they made it thru the season. Not sure why I let so many walk by me. I know that wasn’t the case 20 years ago. I like the shirt Dan. Good Bless

Good decision. GREAT shirt. Praise the Lord for all of our blessings, his magnificent creation and most of all the man who died on the cross for all of us, Jesus.

Dan dressed warm? Almost, odd to see! Nice ending to another great season sir. Well done.

Letting an arrow fly is always a bonus

Dan Rocks! 👍

Thank you my friend for another great outing.

I did the exact same thing on the last day. 3 small ones and a medium size doe came in. There was 10 minutes of light left. I thought i don't really need another deer and she made it this far into the season. Im done for this year. Now looking for spots for next year.

I don't blame u, if it isn't the old one u wanted then just back out. I avoided an area the last week of the season. I needed a deer but not a yearling buck I passed on 5 times in 3 different spots. I've had a pretty good last 6 months, but it has had nothing to do with deer hunting, just life. I take my victories when I can get them. But our season here in MN ended on the 31st, & I was out on the 1st setting up a new atea for 2024😮. Take care & keep going strong.

Love this. Thanks Dan

Good hunt Dan. Like an old man told me I don't need to catch fish every time I just love to fish.

Great shirt, good stuff.

I like your shirt Dan. I also know that Guy.

Love that shirt. God bless.

You are close to my age i m 62 heck i just glad im able to get out still

That was one of the best shirts I've seen you where 👍

Must be the age I ate tag soup this year and really don't care at 58 I have taken plenty of deer in my life but this year was different was in the game but unless it was an old doe or a huge buck just didn't have the urge and let them all walk it was a great season and I regret nothing!

Be honest, she busted you trying to get drawn half-froze lol. Kidding aside, it's satisfying watching them walk. You won, she won, and you leave with a smile on your face. Until next season...

No sir it is because God put you there to remind you of how awesome he is and how lucky we are to have him god bless you my friend .😊😊 love the video.

Good hunt and better Job Dan . I have over the many years learned its not about just killing .I have often stopped and asked why before I ever headed back out after taking my Bucks and occasional doe while having more than enough deer meat in the freezer .Its not anything like being squeamish , too soft or a tree hugger its become more about enough is plenty for me .

Great meaning

We are out there because that is where we belong.

Thanks, Dan. I pull for the doe.

Love the shirt! Do you have one that says "Need an ark, I Noah guy".....lol

Love the shirt! (As always) and I was the same way, contemplating going out and getting a doe, then decided not to.

Dan awesome shirt ...... as usual

I always tell myself It's more about the experience than the Kill. Some of my best hunts ended with no kill.

You are the man I hate the cold

Shirt is awesome!

Love the shirt

Perfect

Good choice

I almost fell out when you said “I kinda questioned why I was out there” been there Why not, rite.

I did the same thing passed on a doe last day an my freezer is completely empty 😂 lol

Respect 🔱

Dan, The reason why you were probably out there is addiction. Who in there right mind would go otherwise in those conditions, and decide to pass on meat? You go for the fact that you can say you did. You experienced real hunting, in real conditions. Yer Living, Man! That's why we do it. It's Living!, and a way of life! I'll hunt, 'till the day I die! Christ bless!

Dan I have a shirt I made and want to send you one ! I think you'll love it 😅

Respect beast 🙏🏻

Love the tee

Love it

Like your shirt.

Nice shirt!

Nice honest video

Nice!

True sportsman.

Beast Mode 😀

Fishing season is among us get some rods and reels and get back at it .

It's funny. The more I hunt, the more I find myself making up reasons not to shoot. I love the chase but I always feel a little sad after the kill. I think that's a good thing though. We should never take ending a life lightly.

Nice hunt Dan.... I'm already thinking about how I'm going to hunt next year.... Trying to figure out how in the hell I'm going to do that with a L4-L5 disk herniation in my lower back 🤔 first thing on my list is a Garmin in-reach because when the sciatic nerve wants to show up to the party i turn into a pile of mush on the floor no matter where I'm at, so that means ground hunting.

@turtleman5111

4 ай бұрын

Hey, the same thing happenned to my L5-S1 yrs ago. I couldn't even stand at the sink to get a glass of water! Then I got some epidurals. They helped 50%. I stopped hunting for about 10 yrs because of it! Then, I saw a doc on TV. He said-Walking is the best thing for a bad back- strengthens your core. So, I started walking EVERYDAY. 1st 1/2 mile. Next week- 1 mile, etc, till I got up to 3 miles a day. It REALLY helped! I thought that I would never hunt again. Hey, good luck. I'm old now, but still climb mountains+ walk thru swamps(slowly, Ha!).

@normankaster917

4 ай бұрын

@@turtleman5111 that's the same treatment the doc told me that he wants to get me on ASAP, get the shots and see what I can do to strengthen my core while not having the extreme pain or the numbness in my left leg/ foot/ hip.... My mind is going crazy thinking about what I've had planned for the next 10 years and the "what if's" that come with that....I really appreciate the info and that things can get better with out surgery... I'm just scared that it gets better and I feel good "even though this pain is something that I will never forget" then I go on a elk hunt to Idaho or Colorado and end up needing a chopper ride out. My goal is getting better and taking it easy, it's been 4 weeks now and some pain is getting better but I think that's the steroids working. I know my limits and don't want to push it...I'm doing the North Manitou Island hunt here in Michigan this year so I can condition my hunting buddy for his first elk hunt we have planned for 2026, so he can get an idea of what it's going to be like hunting with camp on his back for 7+ days....I wish I could train him for the elevation of 9500-10k....short of putting a bag with small holes cut in it over his head would be the closest to the real thing I can think of lol.

An you provide a link for that snow camo coverup thanks

Your the beast MAN 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

My fingers got cold

Yet again why your the man ... Great ethics .... sometimes just knowing you could is enough ...

You are one bad MF! I was cold sitting in the ice shack with the heater. Congratulations on the great season. Looking forward to following u through another next year.! Meanwhile,how about bringing some of those hair videos out of the archives? El Camino days!!!!

this is me .. I try to hunt as much as I can .. yet I let killable deer walk on most days .. wife doesn't understand .. just being out there matters most

Great video Dan, I can 100% relate. Sometimes I doe hunt if I get lucky enough to fill my buck tag, but I'm usually rooting for the doe, and looking for any reason not to shoot. I just love being out there.

Goood job on private ryan but those things happen. Love Dans tee shirt, witness when you can and let your life always reflect Jesus.

@ronaldbeasley4945

23 күн бұрын

This was supposed to be on another video. This is also a great tee shirt.

Crossbow would have been easier in cold

I'm glad you decided not to kill that doe at the end of the season hell it might have two future bucks this spring and I'm not saying it's wrong with it either, but look at it like this you enjoyed what you do and it's always not about the kill . thats seems to be a message of the video to me .

Im out there for different reasons at different parts of the season late season below zero flintlock or archery she was getting it if i sat there freezing without a buck tag i might of been saying i hope a doe dont show or im killing it thats the truth there might be something wrong with me but i kill em and i eat em if i wanted to look at em i would ride around scouting watching em out the window looking at lots of deer before dark and setting up a plan for later lol

I’ve said for many many years that being a deer hunter is a serious disease . You , my friend are terminally ill but in a good way 👍

Get a HBS, and don't wear all that crap