Not seeing deer? Try driving to work early in the morning while it’s still dark. Do this when you are already running late and it’ll quadruple your odds. Sumbitches will be jumping across the road like Peter Pan. Works every time!

@johngissendanner5836

2 жыл бұрын

Thats a no shitter I go to work a 145am and I'm like no you don't have time for this

@markradzwion5547

2 жыл бұрын

HaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!!!!!!! No lie there NR!!!!

@roadhousedelorean2630

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct, I leave for a Work at 3am... I live in doniphan missouri out on a 2 lane.... if you take 3am add a small amount of "I'm in a hurry" with a touch of "shit I'm late", you will 100% see more eyeballs and street stragglers than you'd ever see on the hunt.

@yanblondin7490

2 жыл бұрын

i see a uge body 8 points, at 4 am, beside the street, at the place we are not allowed to hunt, every morning while i drive to my hunting spot. they are not stupid

@jameslinzmeier368

2 жыл бұрын

I got one with my truck on opening day about ten years ago (on my way to my stand), then one from my stand about three hours later.

It's a bonus seeing a deer I love being out there...love the mornings...when the woods come alive...

@rickparshall

3 жыл бұрын

I agree!! Had an extra bonus today, I had at least 28turkeys walk by my stand today...4 times, down the hill 15 yds to the north then back up and around then back down and up again to the south!!! OMG so cool!! I did not however see a deer all day...🤣

@edarnold1426

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickparshall my daughter and I have taken 2 so far. She got a buck and i took a doe the same evening. Heading out this after for my buck. Well at least I hope! Better be a big one or I'm not shooting though.

@reddawng43x91

3 жыл бұрын

@@edarnold1426 good luck shooting a buck after u shoot the hot doe

@edarnold1426

3 жыл бұрын

@@reddawng43x91 I shot a doe and one minute later my daughter shot the buck that was on the other end of the woods. He was coming from the opposite direction. That is only the second doe shot by either of us since she has been hunting, and since 2009 for me. We have both been taking bucks about every year but this year. I wasn't to worried about it as I had passed up a couple of smaller bucks for next year and I'm having surgery this Friday so I wanted to get a tag filled. Most of the rut is on the downhill here now anyway. That girl has taken a buck every year since I've taken her hunting though. Funny when she started hunting I told her not to get discouraged if she didn't shoot a buck for 4 years.lol She shot a double last year the second day out within 30 minutes. I said you know I have you in my best spot right, she said yes you told me before. If I can hunt the last weekend of muzzle loading season I will though. We will see how I'm feeling in two weeks, as we are lucky and no one else is hunting our woods and the presure is low in a high hunting area.

@davidbunten4895

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

Reasons not seeing deer. 1. Watching this instead of woods.

@Ivoryfier

2 жыл бұрын

Lol ain’t that right

@mattbeveridge9248

2 жыл бұрын

Lol facts

@richardjiles3654

2 жыл бұрын

Yep because all my deer are still nocturnal... rut hasn't hit hard where my stands at yet..

I bought a second, identical climber for a different property...it is that good of a product! kzread.infoUgkxlQ7TDIrnnSXXbRgFFaxqwullRJJIuYAs I have had the first one for 10 years and only have had to replace the plastic chain covers when they wear out from climbing pine trees. I don't use the climbing harness and strap that comes with this product since I already have upgraded that for comfort. I do save it for a guest though. It works fine, but takes a lot of work to strap in compared to aftermarket harnesses. I will buy this climber again when my daughter is old enough to climb. It is a very safe product and well designed.

55 years of hunting, You'll have good days and not so good days, never a bad day hunting.

@rickparshall

3 жыл бұрын

DareMeBroVlogs I rate that a rough day.. hope you are ok...

@rickt9569

3 жыл бұрын

@@daremebrovlogs449 couldve been worse bc it couldve killed you...truly tho that sucks wtf happened???

@edarnold1426

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickparshall I was not expecting that.lol I to hope your okay! I would rate that as a terrible day x3. Please elaborate. I too was shot, but it was on a fox drive when I was about 13 years old. I was far enough away and had enough clothes on that nothing made it to me from a 10 gauge shotgun. I can so though, that was the first and last fox drive that I was ever involved with!!! Sorry I replied to the wrong guy though.

@rickparshall

3 жыл бұрын

Ed Arnold no prob, I hope he's ok and you as well.. I have had some close calls on state land during gun season... no longer hunt state land after early bow season anymore... too many hunters per acre..

@rickt9569

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickparshall the reason i didnt hunt from age of 16 until i was 28 again was bc i got shot at in state land... 16 year old me didnt like that.. I still hunt state land so im always weary tho

I love just sitting in the woods. Iv let monster bucks walk by simply because i just enjoyed watching them and just didn't feel like killing anything that day. Not all the time do i hunt to kill, sometimes i go in the woods just to relax in nature.

@jameslinzmeier368

2 жыл бұрын

YEP

@LilMan000

7 ай бұрын

Epic!

Trees grow vertically, I look for shapes in the woods that go horizontally. I think that it helps me see more deer.

@waynecole1918

2 жыл бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly!! A good friend, (who was/is a great outdoorsman) taught me to look for horizontal “lines” amongst the vertical trees/saplings. Once you get used to doing that, you can scan a woodlot pretty quickly.

Deer blend in extremely well with their environment! During the fall when the leaves are down, and deer are standing perfectly still, they can seem virtually invisible!! I recall on more than one occasion, looking diligently in a certain direction through WIDE OPEN hardwoods, and suddenly seeing does standing there at 40 yards staring at me, making me wonder how on earth I didn’t see them!! Their quiet, camouflaged, and very stealthy!

@InformedOutdoors

3 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of times you'll scan to the right, look to the left, and as soon as you turn head your head back to the right there's a deer standing right in the open. Like a ghost.

@jimbigboystoys4077

3 жыл бұрын

@@InformedOutdoors You ain’t lying! I can’t count how many times I’ve gotten busted by a deer that I didn’t see or hear coming....Even when you’re being alert and on point! You’re right… sometimes they are like GHOSTS!

@WizardsDoMagic

2 жыл бұрын

I like to call them wood ninjas

@jimbigboystoys4077

2 жыл бұрын

@@WizardsDoMagic That’s a good name for them! 😂

@Crackhouts

2 жыл бұрын

On MOnday, I saw four deer jump a fence 30 yards away, and I didn't hear a sound.

A tip my Dad gave me....Everything in the woods grow vertically....look at the horizontal images with a hunters mind....been a ton of deer fell victim to me because of that 1 little hint....thx Dad...RIP

I figured it out finally. It was really simple. They were seeing me first. I start using binoks and start hunting when I step out the door. People are impatient , older deer aren't. You crest a hill do it in slow motion a stand like a statue for 5-10 minutes. I still hunt usually so stealth is everything.

Another tip I learned in the U.S.M.C. is most people don't realize how Much your face & hands "shine" in the woods. Much akin to seeing the white on a deer's ears when they move. Wear cheap brown cotton gloves & a face mask....You'll be amazed !

I know he covered being seen, heard or smelled, but it my mind being seen because of movement is the biggest culprit. Deer are way, way better at picking up movement than humans. When I first started bow hunting, I went for the first two years without seeing any deer. The clue light came on for me when my brother-in-law and I were discussing how bad the mosquitos were. He showed how he was keeping them off the eye opening in his head net, using a long twig with just the tinniest bit of movement. I pictured myself in the stand swatting away with my hands like I was directing traffic. He was sitting motionless while I was flailing away. As soon as I stopped all movement, I started seeing and harvesting deer.

@carolemcconnell4651

2 жыл бұрын

I don't go to my stand before daytime here's why .I bump to many deer I can't shoot what I can't see.right @ daybreak I enter.but I can see without attention gettn lite.think about it.(deer hunter)

@Last_Chance.

Жыл бұрын

@@carolemcconnell4651 fair play Carole. Fair play.

@Echo_5_Charlie

7 ай бұрын

Here in the River Valley bottoms of Arkansas, this is good info. Thanks. I'm the same way. Slapping, shooing, blowing, swatting, everything short of jumping jacks.

@pokey5428

7 ай бұрын

@@Echo_5_Charlie My brother-in-law and I have been using a Thermacells for the past few years. You can be sitting in a cloud of mosquitos, turn that baby on and poof---they are gone. I've had deer walk right up under the stand with it on--they don't seem to mind or pick up on it. Semper Fi Marine.

@Echo_5_Charlie

7 ай бұрын

@@pokey5428 thank you! I appreciate that. I like to ground hunt as much as I do in a saddle or stand, and this would help tremendously. Looks like I'll finally break down and get one. SEMPER FI! 🇺🇸👍

You hit the nail on the head get out early let the other hunters drive the deer too you. Works every time

@sogmclovin2394

3 жыл бұрын

I’m in my stand a hour or so before daylight and I can watch the guys on the other end of the farm walking in with there flash lights 10 mins before daylight and it really does work they push them straight to me

Moving to much in your stand, leaving those after Thanksgiving farts the whole time. That's why I didnt see any deer today anyways

The biggest reason I am not seeing deer is because (according to my game cameras), I am not out there between 12 midnight and 4 a.m. BTW, after over 50 yrs. of deer hunting success (at least one or two deer every year) I have to say that at least 75% of the deer I have killed have been around mid day and 95% have been while walking/stalking.

@danletter9357

2 жыл бұрын

So....walk through woods between midnight and 4 am? Should I use a spotlight?

@reb1050

2 жыл бұрын

@@danletter9357 Only if you can convince a game warden that you are hunting some form of game that is legal to hunt after dark. Note: Some game wardens are hard to convince.

@JacquelineJaroffaith

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about putting a scarecrow out there then I am not there. So, the would get use to people.

@Josh-fj9hi

2 жыл бұрын

@@reb1050 if you live in Texas you could say hog but alot of land says no night hunting to just prevent lieing with that reason

@carolemcconnell4651

2 жыл бұрын

You got it.hunters have left the woods you by yourself.i use timing when deer actually are up on their feet and set on stand over 50 years chasing whitetails helps.

Good info. Here in upstate NY, I see a ton of deer during bow season; now that gun season is upon us, I sat out all day and didn’t see anything.

@andrewk5705

2 жыл бұрын

Where in ny are you hunting?

@MDR-hn2yz

2 жыл бұрын

Hudson Valley. We get a lot of hunting pressure in the first week of the regular season. Add in the EHD we got this year and 2021 is going to be a rough one. A couple buddies shot nice bucks, but not like other years.

@TacticoolVIKINGBeard

Жыл бұрын

Yea im originally from the catskill mountain area (but live in the new paltz area) and hunt about 30 miles south-south west of Albany at the base of windham mountain and it seems that if you don't get a deer before the rifle shots start ringing out on opening day then you are absolutely doomed. Has happened every year for the last 8 years. Youll at most see them hauling ass through your shooting lanes but theyll NEVER stop amd youll NEVER see them again. Its ridiculous

some pretty good info. Some other stuff to keep in mind is use the terrain to your advantage. He touched on it a bit with using creek beds and whatnot to conceal your movements but my favorite spot to rifle hunt is a gully. its only about 400 yards from where i park to where i sit but i sit about half way down the side of this gully and I always see deer coming out at the bottom. The design of the gully helps to keep my scent away from the deer because the wind blows it over the top of them. plus they love walking down at the bottom of it because it gives them just enough cover to feel safe and it protects them from heavy winds. Then theres the fact that deer very seldom look up. so even though i sit almost completely open they never notice me.

@permaguard3166

5 ай бұрын

Deer look up alot. They look everywhere

You know just once, I would love to come across one of these videos where you get to the point in the first 10 seconds.

@jdb3160

Жыл бұрын

Naa man… this stuff is like googling a soup recipe. They drone on and on for a hot minute about randomly stuff then tell you the recipe…after the ad runs also.

I'm in Arkansas, I pay a hunting lease that I'v been a member for 20 years. Recently Weyerhauser has sold some of our lease, now we only have 1,300 acres out of almost 20 people, it's so crowded now. I have started to go to public land bow hunting, only thing needed is a 25$ hunting license, and a free wmp. 2nd day out I harvested a doe. This public land doesn't have near the pressure as my lease, plus it's over 13,000 acres!

Reason 4: Another pennsylvania hunter sees all the orange from you and your setup and walks right through it anyway

@InformedOutdoors

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’ll make your heart sink every time.

@cha-ka8671

2 жыл бұрын

Yup fucking dicks

@mattbeveridge9248

2 жыл бұрын

Are you WV guy lol

@patgreco2098

2 жыл бұрын

Happened to me opening day this year...got up extra early just so I could be out there setup and waiting...about ten or fifteen minutes before it was light enough to shoot I see a headlamp coming through the woods towards me...so I start flashing my headlamp at the person...and wouldn't you know it...even after having appeared to see me that fucking asshole walked right past me just at shooting light.

In all honesty from experience it's all about your swagger, know how to listen. Laid one down a couple days ago with a Newport In one hand

@calvinlayport3127

3 жыл бұрын

Laid many down with a Marlboro hanging out the side of my mouth,my daughter started hunting with me last year and I hunted in the same stand as she did right beside her and I smoke she kill her limit and my limit last year and she doesn't smoke this year she hunted Alone and she told me dad you gotta go with my so you can smoke my cover scent so I can start see some deer lol I even have a video of me shooting a buck with the Marlboro between my fingers on the forearm of the rifle stock with the wind blowing the smoke straight to the buck and he never was even slightly alerted at all till that bullet hit him anyway Iv hunted all my life and every year kill my limit and in the past a couple other people's limits to but I only hunt on property I personally look over and culling is something that all hunters should do it allows better bucks to carry on the good or better gens the first year my daughter hunted with me we seen what I call a cull buck in to sight I looked seen one side great the other junk I told her kill him the coolers not full she said dad he's bad on one side I said that's why he passes that to his sons and if you don't I will so she did damn good shot too but all my children were already extremely good marksmen by the age of 12 if taught early then you take away all the wondering about a fire arm my children are grown now but if asked now what is a safety on a gun they will say the person holding it is the only real safety on a gun

@stephentodd4345

3 жыл бұрын

@@calvinlayport3127 if this ain't a absolutely perfect reply I don't know what is keep on keeping on brotha

@randypond7499

6 ай бұрын

Does weed work

Great informative content on here! Always enjoy it! Keep the vids coming!

@InformedOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

34yr old, new to hunting. I've been lucky this season. Not every setting but we gonna eat.

I found the reason I wasn't seeing deer. I was hunting in ny in the snow with a full moon one year and I could see like daylight. What I saw was deer all over me. I learned that deer move very slowly through the woods and the secret to seeing them is to NOT MOVE! After that my deer hunting has improved 1000% I take a directors chair and get comfortable and don't move!

@JacquelineJaroffaith

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I do that. Still haven't seen any deer. I walk very slow and quiet.

@30aught68

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was too old to teach me how to hunt by the time I was old enough. He did tell me that you find a hot trail and set up down wind of it and stay still. If they don't come through the first day they will the second. He always put a big emphasis on staying still. He use to get deer every year and so do I.

@timothylongmore7325

6 ай бұрын

Yeah , I finally figured that out too. I went out 1 time this season 1 hour , 7 point , done.

Very good information, I could add three or four points, but this is your video! New sub, look forward to watching you grow. deer hunting is a lifelong teaching lesson and only those who are willing to learn will improve. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving

@prestongogan2767

6 ай бұрын

Would you mind sharing those tips? any pov can be helpful

@kapperoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

@@prestongogan2767 I really do need to make a video on this stuff. It takes years of learning and spending time in the field and observing deer and wildlife behavior. BTW we are selling a beautiful new home bordering our farm here in So IL, so the QDM is already in place with 10 years of history at growing the deer age structure. Most of our learning we continually share on our channel. Thanks and best of luck!

Very true. My friend and I got one by hunting a pressured 2 quarter section crown grazing lease here in Alberta. I came in from the west fence line. Then cut in to the center. Just over a very small hill I saw the ears of mule deer run in the direction of my friend. Less than a minute later...BANG! The plan worked that time. My Whitetail buck was a bit of an accident. I couldn't scout another stricter access controlled grazing lease. Set up looking at where the does were moving last year. Nothing. Late morning I went for a quiet stroll to look for sign. Not much. Went down to the lake along the cow trail to see where they were moving to water to plan for the afternoon sit. Saw the flash of the white tail 60 yards up the hill. Hello 5x4 buck. BANG!

Sometimes there's no choice as to the approach to your stand. A lot of public land is so choked with thick brush there is often only one way to approach your stand, regardless of which way the wind is blowing.

A buddy of mine had taught me to hunt whitetail deer last year and got me on his hunting property he hunted for 19 years. I have been hunting there for 2 years now but during the month of December the deer on the property just end up going to late nights on camera to not even shooting times. I’m not going to complain I have tagged out just about this year (only having one buck tag left).

Some times there just ain't much deer to begin with. Depends on location. I've hunted where there was alot of deer easy hunting makes you look like a pro. But I've also hunted where there just ain't many deer. And its discouraging. I don't have good places to hunt any more its all gone to clubs or leased land. Where the almighty dollar. Is the only way you get a good place. Not like it used to be,,,

Thank you for the info

Very good and accurate information, thanks.

Rule one : you are right . look for parts of deer not a whole deer . Find a leg , an ear , tail . It works . My dad taught me that when I was a kid .

@jimmymcjimmyvich9052

3 жыл бұрын

A willy even)))

@tonydancz6789

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@tonydancz6789

2 жыл бұрын

I used to get to my stand before light now I get there around 8am seems in my area that’s when they move so have breakfast still hunt to your stand slowly!!!! Works for me

@glassover6420

2 жыл бұрын

Horizontal lines shades etc.yes

@richardmarble4707

2 жыл бұрын

If you are looking for an animal, you are going to miss them. You look for movement or something out of place. I was a kid and standing there looking at the same tree my dad was pointing out a squirrel in. I couldn't see it. He asked what I was looking for. I said "A squirrel DUHHH!!" He was like that is why you are not seeing it. Look for a flick of the tail, an ear, a tree branch wiggling, a leaf moving the wrong direction based on the wind. I started doing that and the whole woods became full of animals. With deer. Know where the deer hide. Hunt the edges of those areas. Stay out of sight, downwind, and BE QUIET when entering and exiting. I still remember setting in my tree stand on public land and multiple hunters walking past a small wooded area not far from the parking area on private land. After the hunters went into the woods and got up in their trees this huge buck crawled out of that little wooded area and went over and grazed next to their trucks. About 11 am that deer walked back and laid down in that same wooded area when the guys started down out of their stands about 150 yards inside that woods. Heard them complaining that there were no deer in that area that day.

I have hunted almost 25 years and still have not got a deer. I just go out there start calling. Come here deer as loud as i can. Not sure what is wrong i bring weed whiskey snacks to share with them. Even a couple egg mcmuffins when i get there at noon. I think they are just holding out. 😄

@danfrazier2839

2 жыл бұрын

Just keep trying dude, your almost there.

@randomwhiteguy8608

2 жыл бұрын

Your forgetting Doritos deer love the crunching sound of chips and the noise the bag makes when you put your hand in it

@proudtennessean6152

Жыл бұрын

You got the wrong whiskey. Try Jefferson reserve. They like that. Some of the younger bucks like basil Hayden but the older fellas know better than the sweet whiskey.

Excellent info! That's what I've learned and avoided for years. I've always used cover scents like doe urine and spray or drop on the ground and around my stand. I've had deer that literally come and sit under my stand because of the scents I put down.

see alot of hunters saying about 10 o'clock if your on public land "going to check my trail cam or grab some lunch" stay in your stand or blind for an 90 min. more if you have to go let them bump deer to you as they leave.

I live in Missouii too and that is very interesting...what you said

Try hunting from 9 am to 5. Fatigue and exhaustion can wear you out. Do the opposite of what everyone else is doing. Stop outsmarting your self.

I've been hunting the same public land spot for roughly 12 with success and usually get a deer before gun season. I'm always in my stand 90 minutes before day light, and if hunting the afternoon, I'm back in a minimum of three hours before dark. I just popped 6 point last nigh with about 10 minutes of shooting light left. Went back to get my stand out of the land today, and as I pulled up, to guys were coming out around 10:30. They said they saw my truck yesterday and did not come into the woods. That is very courteous of them, but I told them that I view it as it's public land and as long as they're not hunting on top of me, they have as much right to be there as I do. But there are some who set up a blind right on the main trail only about 60 yards from the road, then get pissy when someone crosses their path.

@InformedOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

Well that was nice of them! You don’t see that very often.

@jameslinzmeier368

2 жыл бұрын

@@InformedOutdoors I see it ALL the time in Wisconsin on public lands. Everyone I have met in the last ten years has been curteous about encroaching on other hunters. Every one.

@AH-mw8vi

2 жыл бұрын

That definitely depends on the area. I’ve got some horror stories from certain areas of the state, generally most rural. The area I hunt now has a ton more deer, mature bucks are easier to come by and guys are generally way cool. Go figure! Let those a holes have that ground is what I’m thinking. I already filled my bow tag this year on a 4 year old. If I could only get it done with the gun! Good luck!

@justinpennington7682

6 ай бұрын

You are not getting in your stand a hour and half before daylight

@K1600_Rider

6 ай бұрын

@@justinpennington7682 , yes, I normally do, because it is public land and I want to be in my spot before anyone else hunts that area.

Great vid and great info. Thank you Sir.

@InformedOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Not having a issue seeing deer. Just seen a 6 and a nice size 8 in a day in half. Hunting the on the ground as well. Still always looking for advice! Love your channel!!

@InformedOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great tips good luck hunting

Im here in southern MO and this is my first year also mainly hunting public land... Start tough

If you live in New Hampshire, not seeing deer is common. We have very few deer, big deer, but very few. Our Fish and Game Dept. is not managing the herd well.

@jonemerson5216

3 жыл бұрын

I'm hunting in Vermont and it's pretty shitty over here to . I've seen nothing but does and one spike horn

Oh a 100% you’re right, I love when dudes say there’s no deer out here when they go to there stand a half hour after daybreak and stay for a hour or two all while hunting a 100 yards off the track

@0404chrisjz

3 жыл бұрын

And then think I’m the crazy one who sits from dark to dark

@WWOofficial

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t necessarily agree with getting in way before daylight and or getting out way after dark, I have done both however it just depends on how the deer move through your property when you do it, this past hunting season I always got into my stand 5 minutes before shooting light because the deer on my property were moving through an hour and a half to a half hour before daylight, and it just so happens I didn’t spook one deer this year, and I saw over 300 deer I would estimate, got a nice 10 point out of it aswell👍

I always just go out before season and track where they are moving set up my blind in the area

I'm on scent, being down wind, and being in early and being quite going in but not pressure being a bad thing. Pressure keeps deer moving. And some areas are in fact less populated than others. No rub lines, and scrapes and no tracks indicate not as much deer. Here in my state we can bait. No tracks until I bait. But as you said...... Get in early with no noise. I got in wayyy early to a blind, and only ONE spike showed up to go at the mineral block. Maybe where I set up my blind wasn't a good spot. I camoed it up like crazy and the spike busted my gun barrel out the window.

@InformedOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

There are areas where only immature deer will travel in broad daylight. If you do all the things right but are set up in the wrong place it won’t matter. All the pieces have to be in line.

This is my first year deer hunting. And I thought I was messing up completely by not understanding all the walk slow control your sent but I was wrong. It was our neighbors who have a hunting lease that pushed all the deer away from us. Now I'm doing this low budget as it's my first year and this stuff is expensive. So when I'm in my woods I just sit on hill sides against trees and so far that has been working out. I see deer from time to time and only shot once. But the actually thrill of sneaking up on a deer had me hooked.

Sit still and watch for movement especially in your peripheral. Learned that squirrel hunting in the river swamp where the ninja squirrels live. Longer you can stay still the better the odds of seeing one

I am reminded of Paul Harrell's 5 things about hunting deer (he says he only knows five things about that.) Rule #1, go where the deer are.

It could just be there are not a lot of deer in the area we are hunting. Can we 'improve our odds'? Yes. Can we also overcomplicate and overthink things? Yes. Scout, scout, and scout some more. You have to be in an area with deer. It's not magic.

Thanks for helping

@InformedOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

I I take my time walking to spot I look for good sign of deer movement in area look around find good spot that give me good shooting lines to left right or straight ahead u never know which way deer will come find good cover I got my buck using this idea I always had I saw die move right by me did not know I was there .about 25 30 mins I see 4 point buck come down ridge on right side trying interact with doe. In heat .she slowly teas him put him in good shot spot I got him .also wind plays a role to

Subbed and liked from Maine. 👍

The reason I'm not seeing deer here on public land in lower Michigan is because the DNR has allowed them to be killed off by issuing too many deer tags.

@InformedOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

How bad is CWD in the area?

@amandakissling4697

Жыл бұрын

I agree! I am in Allegan county and have seen very few deer on public land that’s 36,000 acres! So sad!

I got one! So excited it's my first deer! Young button buck, but man it was exciting! I also see alot of deer, but they're always doe or button bucks lol. And honestly I found this guy bc he moved his head. I seriously thought he was a snow mound (his ears were snow white)

@InformedOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats!

@aarfdood

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on your first deer!

@paulanderson4985

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Remember all you can from your successes... wind direction, area, time of year, etc. Their diet changes rapidly as seasons change. Worth looking around to develop a good picture of why you were successful at that spot. Good job, and happy eating.

You have to get serious and sleep at your stand. Where i hunt, the deer bed on ridges looking down at the quarter mile open ground i have to cross. Plus the wind usually carries my scent straight up to them. I dont care how early you go in during dark, if they scent you, you arent seeing big bucks. Gotta get above them and stay above them, till you see the One. Hard-core mode.

Exactly I never look for just deer. I look for any little thing that moves.

In the "off season" I "dry hunt". That is hunting without a bow or gun. I do this all through the off season. I know my woods. I know my quarry. I know where the deer are going to be and approximately what times they will be there. So when season opens rarely am I skunked. I fill all my tags and the freezer. In other words... you should know what the hell your doin before season opens. Success year after year after year is not accidental or luck.

For what its worth, one season I wasn’t seeing anything, 16 day season and I was just demoralized that I saw nothing. Long story short, last day of the season with 20-30 minutes of daylight left, an eight point buck came through the tag alder swamp into plain sight. You just never know.

Plant Persimmon, Chestnut and White Swamp Oak trees.

I find it funny these young experts giving advice growing up in a time the population is higher than ever I remember hunting when population wasn’t a fourth what it is now

@benhagood9591

2 жыл бұрын

Ok? I mean he js trying to give advice to us younger ones

I hunt public land, I always show up for twilight, past two days I’ve seen 30+ deer and had two of them within ten feet clueless I was there, be silent, always try to get set up where the wind in your face, movement is what they notice the most visually. I’ve stood almost face to face with a deer and it still questions weather I’m there or not since I don’t move and it can’t smell me. Being quiet with patience and scouting your spots ahead of time leads to best results, I downed my first buck this year setting up over watching the same spot I saw a doe come out of the field the day prior. Be patient and be quiet 👌🏽

@InformedOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

Good tips!

In Pa. Very few deer on public land. Woods are old and wide open.

I have hunted public land. Watching some of the hunters, I wonder how they manage to even load their gun 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Missouri hunter here as well

Moving at might and midday right now

There are other of hunters per acre up here in Maine as well. Thank you for the tips.

Pressure pressure pressure, hunt the edge of your property only when the winds right

I'm a Michigan hunter. Seems like everyone in Michigan is a hunter too. You really have to know the least populated places to hunt in, and it seems to be mostly in the extreme North or the extreme South in this state. Mid-Michigan state land I have washed my hands of. I have had too many bad hunts because locals show up the middle of opening morning and flop down on a bucket not 50 yards from my blind. Meanwhile I have spent months putting in the time to research to prepare in order to be sure I am in a place where hunting pressure seems the lowest. It's gotten to the point that my brother and I are looking for private land to buy to get away from other people who don't put in the time, but also don't care who's hunt they spoil.

It like getting a woman happens when you are not looking for it

“Here in Missouri.” Just got yourself a subscriber.

@mooredeuces2266

3 жыл бұрын

Also from Missouri🤘

@dtb5350

3 жыл бұрын

Also from Missouri too👍

I'm stuck in pressure right now. It's gun season and people today let more then 2 shots off. Tough 2 days so far.

I just saw a nice pair of Roe deer 20 yards from me in the woods where I walk.

Great tips. I think when the rut is on, those night movers come out during daylight looking for their girls.

The key is not to hunt when the conditions aren’t right mainly the wind is the key factor and don’t over hunt your spots I agree with your advice

@dsmith3134

2 жыл бұрын

Smell is the one sense they absolutely trust.

@eddienc7380

Жыл бұрын

Will the deer ever come back to an area if you over hunt it?

All very true

I just started hunting this year, and every time I've seen a deer it's right as I get tired of looking and get comfortable. The deer I ended up shooting I had actually just leaned back, took my gloves and mask off, and pulled out my phone when a little buck walked in!

@electronpusher604

Жыл бұрын

I'm new to hunting, but that's always how it works fishing. The one deer I ever shot, same thing happened too. If you really want to see a big buck, go take a pee.

Once I learned to relax and NOT anticipate seeing any deer while stand/still hunting is when I started seeing them more times than not. Great tips on this vid. One a friend taught me years ago was not eating meat 3 days before the hunt.

@InformedOutdoors

3 жыл бұрын

What’s the basis for not eating meat 3 days before?

@jeremyv4636

3 жыл бұрын

@@InformedOutdoors Same friend hunted land near Poarch Creek reservation in south Alabama-said a fella from the tribe told 'em it would allow some time for the meat or "carnivore cologne" to dissipate from your pores to help with scent. I hadn't ever researched it to see if there's any significance to it honestly, though.

@InformedOutdoors

3 жыл бұрын

That is pretty interesting. I've heard different variations of this, like not eating "greasy" foods or anything with a strong smell.

@crouchingtiger7552

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyv4636 make sense...

@paulanderson4985

2 жыл бұрын

Makes sure you appreciate your quarry when in a self inflicted meat famine... I reduce meat and keep seasonings to a minimum (no garlic/ hot stuff). Probably healthier anyway to increase vegetables for a while. Just don't lean quickly when farting lol. Won't see deer if you look like you're perched in a tree wobbling left and right.

few weeks ago I was walking into my stand and I will admit it was after daylight I was in full camouflage I walked right up on a buck I rake my path to my stand but the first 100 yards or so is hard clay but when we met I froze immediately he hadn't actually seen me move I saw him first but he proceeded to walk around and eat once he did look at me and stomp his foot but once again full camouflage and being completely still he got close enough to me I could hear him sniffing the air but what I'm getting at is I stood there until he calmly walked off out of site my reasoning behind this was I try to cut down on any kind of spooking them as possible even if I'm unable to make a shot it let's them remain comfortable as possible on my land I also keep human activity to a minimum even in the off season

@InformedOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

That stomp was him trying to get you to move. He thought something was there, but wasn't sure if it was a bad thing or not.

Great Video

@InformedOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

The number 1 reason is my neighbor put up a huge Gound blind on a major corador!!!😮😢🎉😂 the first week off the season

This winter I saw 30+ deer down in a creek bottom with some friends after driving them for a while

Unless you are putting down feed or saltlicks which is not hunting in my opinion,and should be illegal, stand hunting is a waste of time. If you have someone take you out to a stand on their property where they see deer everyday in the off season that is not hunting.It’s buying a deer. The last part of this video is exactly right. Hump to where other hunters are not. Keep your eyes on the skyline. Walk in concealment ie. thick trees, creek beds. Look far away to close. Get to where other hunters won’t go. Excellent video and I am not bagging on it, I just detest hunters who just pay for a guide who tells that at 8am your deer will be at this location!

After eating some of my deer wrapped in bacon and peppercini, marinated in cranberry apple cider, then your favorite BBQ sauce, you will be looking for deer everywhere!

I had a guy driving a 4 wheeler kick a 9 point out to me.. it was great

DNR here just needs to allow night hunting with thermal or night vision lol ( for does at least). The deer are very overpopulated, but they always know when season is open and start coming out only at night. A lot of farm hunting groups do drives opening day here. Not feasible on my land, its only 18 acres.

One of the best spots I found for hunting as a child raise to hunt only public land was this close to the entrance or as close to camp sites as possible deer figure out where people go and sleep where they don't go everyone gets away from their camp to hunt everyone gets as far away from the entrance of the hunting area as possible so the deer I need the entrance they hang out close to camp sites they love parking lots where people don't hunt

@InformedOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

People would be surprised how close deer will bed to those parking areas and highways. Very often overlooked.

I was out with the family one time just strolling down the trail when all of the sudden about 8 deer came busting out of the brush and ran across a field just in front of us. While everyone else was busy watching the cute deer "frolicking", I was watching the tree line just behind them. This was lion country and didn't want to get jumped by the one that had set them off.

Because you or someone before you spooked them. I just missed a doe and will be interesting to see if she ever comes back.

Hi I am new to deer hunting and I no this is probably a stupid question but why am I not seeing deer at my spot I have only hunted last year. I was able to bag one last season in this spot and it has never been hunted before me. Even after I took my deer there last year I left my cell cams up and had dozens coming to feed right up until the heavy snow hit then my batteries in my cam died so this year I thought I would get a early start on the spot I used last year and took a feeder out and some Salk licks and replaced my battery’s in my my cell cam but I haven’t gotten 1 on cam at that spot as of yet April 17 2022. Any help would be great thanks.

@InformedOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

Are you getting any pictures at all?

@kylefrench8944

2 жыл бұрын

@@InformedOutdoors no none at all of deer just rabbits setting the cam off

#1 That was the FIRST thing my Dad told me. And trust me, after you do it enough, you don't even have to think about it.

I got one in the highly pressured state lands i hunt today...6 pointer...raining out so the fairweather hunters stayed home...just me and my buddy....all i saw was a tail from 60-70 yards away through all this thick shit...froze in my tracks and brought up my scope followed the tail to the head and me and the buck were staring at each other...i cant believe he didnt take off on first sight but i think bc it was raining and i wasnt moving he couldn't see what i was...that was the final mistake of his life freezing "like a deer in headlights"

@gunkshunter2519

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats, cool story!

@rickt9569

3 жыл бұрын

@@gunkshunter2519 thanks man....makes up for the TWO i missed bow hunting this year... And TWO i hit with my work van....kinda lol

This year I encountered a 4th reason, wolves where eating good.

My biggest mistake. I’ve gone out 2 times this season and found this water hole full of fresh tracks and deer trails. Fresh tracks at 7am. I haven’t gotten out there before day light. Don’t know why I didn’t think about that.

@dr.vonslifeinvesting6485

6 ай бұрын

I e just been hunting for two years but I seem to have the most luck seeing deer at sun up. Although just last weekend I sat on a hill at 6:22 and 8 minutes later 3 doe just came out of nowhere within 30-50 yards. A lot of people say be in your spot way early but I’ve had numerous times when I get settled right before sun up and 10-30 minutes later deer are moving around in front of me.

Or...they're just not there. In the 20 years on my property, with only 1-2 years being an exception...deer disappear by the 2nd week of November (last week of Oct, this year). Whether I've shot deer or not. Other areas nearby (I'm talking close neighbors) still see deer the whole season, and those adjacent properties are hunted, more-so than mine. Even back when we could bait/feed...they still just left my property.

I've been going to the same spot for 4 days now, deer all over the place, took a couple of missed recurve bow shots in that time. I went this morning and nothing . My question is, do they pick up that this area is a danger zone and stay away, or just a bad day of not seeing anything?

@InformedOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes it’s just a bad day but I do think you’ve educated them. Might take a few weeks before they settle back down. I would find another spot in the meantime.

Q: why am I not seeing deer A: *they are behind you, they can see you*

I laughed when he said most people don't go beyond 200 yards and that you have to go further than that. Lol out west we go miles and miles to get away

It’s all fun and in thease times be happy we can still own a rifle and go hunting

It is all about scent control. I I start only washing with scent control soap two weeks before the season starts. I hang all my hunting clothes and boots over a wood smoke fire than store them in a large plastic tote. I store the tote in a shed not in the house. I put my hunting clothes on in the shed including my boots. I also use scent control spray when I am in my stand. I very rarely saw any dear before I did these things. Now I see deer.

@robertayoder2063

2 жыл бұрын

Rookie that helps but its the wind

@yourmomma2995

2 жыл бұрын

a lot of newbies do all that, it doesn't help. only the wind in your favor helps.

@gaborkorthy8355

2 жыл бұрын

No argument wind direction is huge. I only hunt one place a tree stand on my property. In the last ten years since I became fanatic about scent control! I have shot 9 deer. In the prior five years before I practiced scent control I only shot 1 . Of the nine deer I shot some times the wind was in my favor some times it wasn't. I t seems to be working for my "newbie" tactics or not I'm going to keep doing it. Since I mange to fill my tags .

@robertayoder2063

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaborkorthy8355 it can help so do so but play the wind also