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Congrats on your deer sir, I gave up a prime day yesterday because my daughter wanted to try hunting with me.. we ended up spot and stalking a doe and shot it at 40 yards, now she is hooked!.. I would give up the opportunity at a wall hanger everytime to get a young person into the sport. I will remember this day for the rest of my life 😊
Awesome stuff, my dad got me into by taking me on an 90 degree September evening because it was a Friday after school and he shot an 8 pointer while we were both drenched in sweat. Been hooked since
That's awesome... Good job young lady !!!
So will she. Good job
I shot an 8 point this morning. Your videos definitely helped me a ton. First deer so many thanks!
The first one is the hardest,at least it was for me. Congratulations, don't stay up all nite looking at him! Lol
How many times you cut the rack off and remove the hair so you can bring it in the house 😂,I wrap duct tape to the skull plate, I'm obsessed tho!!!
Lucky you man, I went out my first time today to public land and just walked around for 6 hrs. Lol
Had the most stellar hunt on the 30th! Bad wind, I took the loooong way around. I was still hunting with my Bow. Kneeling down, A huge buck came in 10 feet behind me, scary close. I flinched, he just turned back around and walked away. There was doe chasing, little spikes grunting they ran so close I could have touched them!! ❤ ended up getting my first successful Bow kill @ 15 yards. A young feller, filled me with Joy!!! Thank you Team WHS! Thank you Jesus! I have improved my skill tremendously from this channel 🎉
This is so awsome!!! I've had some of the craziest encounters with the biggest bucks of my life just putting myself in the thick stuff with them. Take everything as a learning lesson cause you'll get schooled alot😂
went on your APP for the first time yesterday.I was mortified to see you now have to pay to see the weekend. When everyone hunts. Nice marketing move. Good ol America.
Jeff, been watching your videos since 2021 and since then it has been amazing how many deer and deer hunting "myths" I have busted after hearing the old timers in my town repeat them for years. I have learned so much about habitat, strategy and deer behavior through your videos and extensive follow-up research and now I love sharing all this good information every chance I get. Thanks for making me a better hunter!
It's been INCREDIBLY HOT here on Long Island for the past two weeks. All of our spots have been quiet. Temps went from 80 to 60 and rain yesterday!!! Had about a 5 hour break in the rain and good wind. Going on your advice from your videos my son and I decided to hit our afternoon stand and of course 40 minutes before dark the rain came back 2 hours earlier than forecast😡. We got soaked but at least the rain kept us quiet on the way out. Going to be 50 and clear here on Thursday!!! Hopefully all the hours spent watching your videos pays off. 🤘
Congratulations on harvesting Bo! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with all of us!
So we'll know a brand new video cause stubble will be gone lol Good job on Bo.. great shot 👍
Thanks a lot I appreciate it! Yes stubble will be gone, ha
i shot the biggest buck of my life at 10:50 on the edge of a field over looking a tiny strip of thicket between the field and woods. This thicket was only 50 yards wide and 100 yards long. ive shot more bucks out of that one spot than any other. Unfortunately the farm sold and they put a huge house 100 yards away with the edge of garage being roughly 30 yards from my tree.
Thanks for all this knowledge and common sense hunting Jeff! You have taught me patience and hunting smarter.
I totally agree with everything you say and have learned alot from your knowledge. Unfortunately some of us on small parcels (50 acres) only have one way in & out. Down a field edge for example. Taking “the long way” would mean tromping thru the woods like an elephant at dawn & dusk anyway. So the entry & exit thing only applies to select parcels. Even a bigger chunk of woods that’s surrounded by other private properties only has one way in & out. If we could we would. 🤷♂️
Very interesting. There is 3 yr study that showed mature bucks move the most from 10am-2pm during rut. In PA at least.
Our rut comes in 5:00am next Thursday i can't wait
Good luck! 😁
This channel always gets me pumped up ready for November lol. Best hunting channel ever by far
Couldn’t agree more. Finally harvested a nice buck on our family property this year. Nov 3 he was following the does. 181.4 9 pt field dressed very blessed this season
Congrats Jeff on your deer. Love this video excellent info Jeff learning so much from your videos thank you
Thanks Jeff, always appreciate you
I've hunted three times the last week and all the buck movement I saw was between 8-10 am and again right before dusk. I hunt a hardwood stand that borders an old clear cut
Good morning my friend I just wanna say thank you very much thank you thank you thank you do you do not have idea how much great you are doing to my life to my hunting and my friends around me. Thanks to you and your experience. I can support myself I can make myself feel better over my failures in my success, and at the same time being able to help and support my Hunter brothers, they are part of my team this past weekend. We had horrible weather here in Oklahoma. I went hunting on Saturday trying to get my first target buck. I got wet pretty bad and I still went to work and being tired im a back up driver at Walmart DC and being tired I make a little mistake it may cost me my job but no one got hurt and that’s good lol I pull the wrong trailer off the door and the dock plate was in and had a great light so I was good I just didn’t check the dock plate lol, but I took off yesterday to go back and hunt trying to catch this buck he was on a leaking branch 40 yards away from me. He smell the gun oil of my Muzzleloading and took off and I did not see him all day long, I saw a bunch of pretty nice eight pointer spikes and does walking around but no the target buck I want I was out all day on this cold crazy wind and I did never got a shot of him. I came home. I was so depressed inside then this morning. I went to my uncle shop, get some fresh donuts and coffee and start watching this video and I feel better now I just got too excited for this days to come lol
Congrats on getting Bo. Finally got out for the first time this year and saw a yearling doe with a pretty small fawn. Gave her a pass/ Still don't have a lot of activity on the cameras. Not sure if it is because of the corn and beans still being in the fields. Just trying to be cautious and wait for late season when they come into my food plots. Thanks for the video.
Today was a hunting day 20ish° temp drop 75 yesterday and a high of 43 for today.Also a light rain day saw a couple doe found some fresh scrapes wind was good but didn't see a buck. So it turned out to be a good day to watch nature. Yesterday was opening day of muzzleloader in new hampshire.
Congrats Jeff on bo!
Great buck Jeff!! Cant wait to get out next week! Will you be posting your hunt video?
Always great information. Funny though, some of my biggest bow bucks have been coming through right at high noon or thereabouts. I hunt in small hardwood woodlots and farm country and larger public land tracts. Now during gun season, I agree with you.... I never see mid day bucks during gun season unless I'm fortunate enough to hunt unpressured private woodlots.
Talking about county lines, I live about 3 miles from county line and it's zone 1 ( 1 buck, 4 does) I'm zone 4 (¹ buck zero does) lol, I'm glad thought because our deer numbers have suffered in past yrs from EHD
Congrats on Bo!!! What an awesome accomplishment👍
Thanks a lot Kurt... really appreciate it!
Congrats on bow Jeff! Getting out Tuesday with this big weather front! Got some nice 3 1/2 year olds that might be tempting but wanting to get them to 4 1/2 even if I don’t shoot this year!
I always take long weekends Thursday- Sun every week in Nov, easier on vacation time and the mental aspect as you state. I think you are more focused and also not burned out, the times I’ve missed out on big bucks is that 10-11 am after I’ve hunted to many days and less focused.
Great knowledge from you,I'm tagged out already in the Adirondacks but I still go out everyday sit in my stand and record how many bucks I pass up most people I know can't believe the deer i see but i'm out in my stands and they are sitting in a bar just talking about it too.
Im torn between hunting a tiny creek in the woods behind a bedding area or hunting a feild just above the bedding area , the problem with the feild is its 575 yards long by 60 yards wide . So anytime i see a deer im out of bow shooting range by a ways . And always have to try and stalk . And no spot for a stand . The woods , i know they move through thier just dont know when , im thinking that creek is best bet due to probably never being hunted in that particular spot , and its got alot of cover . The debating man i love it . Hope to see a squatch while im out lol awsome videos man youve taught us alot!!
And Thank you for your videos! I'm in Ft.Wayne Indiana area
just wanted to say thank you for sharing your knowledge every vidio i have watched i have learned something i can use i have become a smarter hunter thank you
Great video Jeff...working on getting your team to my side of the mountain in WV in the upcomming future. A 50 acre, SE facing, Swèet Gum infested Ski slope 😂. I look forward to a pro's evaluation. God Bless Duke
Congrats on Bo! I think some people take the 9 day rut vacation to get away from family! Haha
Thank you and I fully agree 👍
Thanks for another great video Jeff. Congrats again on your deer. Public land web class in the works????
Hi Mark, thank you!! Maybe 😊 It is on the list!
N. Maine...1st snow tonight and tomorrow w 2-4 inches. Can't hunt on Sunday...argh. East wind tomorrow with a dedicated east wind stand. 270 Winchester overlooking food at 250 yards. Yup, gonna be a good day!
Great info! All outfitters take guys to and from stands with machines and clients see or take deer. Highways are loaded with dead young bucks and soon older bigger bucks. I’ve seen more deer after being dropped off. If I had to walk way out and around the edge of the property I would be soaked in sweat and need a change of clothes. Deer get use to most things. It’s all a chance. But you can swing things to your advantage.
ruts going to be a week early in alberta this year it snowed for 7 days its the first sunny day since they always rut a week after the first snow peak rut will be around nov 7 to nov 11
Rain all weekend here in Arkansas. Taking off tomorrow and Tuesday for the cold front - oh, it's going to be G R E A T! :)
I think the title is October lol. None of the less great time of the year!😂
Haha...I should quit getting these ready from a treestand 😁
Problem with public land especially in high pressure states like PA....is other hunters...you may be able to play the weather and deer patterns...but another hunter can blow a hunting area up real quick and you may not even know its happening.
Can't cry over spilled milk. That's part of what makes public land public. You've probably ruined someone else's without even knowing it as well.
I missed hunting at buddies. The stand I would’ve sat at he shot a non typical swamp buck out of it early am. I’m hoping to get out next weekend.
Thanks for the info.
You are very welcome!
Got a lot of deer during the month of November between 10 am and Noontime.
Just seen a couple bucks cruising mid day 1:30 in front of my house just a little funnel. Seen the spike first and bigger 8 point come running over to chase him off. Pa
Seen a hammer 8 pointer dogging a doe all over a feild last night and seen a scrub and a 2.5 yr old decent buck that had a doe pinned down in a fence row between houses im in SW Pa during a ride around scouting trip last night
Jeff, congrats on shooting Bo! Beautiful buck. Any advice for hunting a shared piece of private? We’ve got a bunch of people who come dont care about shooting big bucks and they dispersed all over the farm, and the 90 acre piece gets pretty buggered up in the middle of the rut (MN gun season)
Sure wish I’d get a little luck this year. Strictly public SE WI this year and haven’t seen a darn thing, plenty of fresh sign but nothing. That’s how she goes though
Love it all
Thanks a lot!
Question, when referring to hunt food in the evening bedding of a morning. Is that a policy that you always adhere to or is it situational? Reason im asking is where im located its been raining since around 3pm and suppose to continue through 5/6 am. Was wondering if that would still apply or if you would hunt food in that instance considering the weather will most likely minimize movement?
I have the 10 day rutcation coming up. I won’t hunt everyday… just till I get the buck lol
Do you have tips for November rifle season in upstate ny? Opening days tomorrow and i havnt seen any deer on my cameras in about week
Are you guys bow hunting the week/ days before gun opener? Or letting the property rest
Looking for advice. I was out hunting over my watering hole yesterday, and deer are hitting it great. The only problem is I noticed it is running low, so in a pickle. Do I drive in with my equipment and fill it or leave it ? I appreciate some advice. Thank you
My question is what broadhead do you recommend for a sniper 385 or any crossbow
Hey Sir, I live in Florida and it is typically always hot as hell. Do I only hunt when it gets cold then?
I love these videos! Question for anyone. I can hunt my parents 120acre farm, which used to be awesome, but since a giant dairy operation came in next door a while ago and all the corn is now silage and gone by october I have almost no cover. (Maybe 25 acres of woods and some swamp, then all bare field). Food plots have done nothing since deer just don't feel safe once leaves are gone in my narrow strip of woods. Next year I want to kill a bunch of swamp twice and plant good native habitat next fall. I'm thinking dogwood, river birch, and tamarack but would love it if anybody has more suggestiongs of the plants that grow best with "wet feet" and would be liked by whitetails.
It's a godsend that my employer lets me put in for PTO just a few days in advance.
Can you recommend what seed I should use on a deer travel path that parallels my land borders. I know you’ve talked about it but just can’t recall.
Yesterday saw good buck at 1030 am only deer I saw
Hey Jeff, I hunt on a permission piece of property and it’s 10 acres right outside a big city. Technically I am the only person who hunts in the area, due to city limits. It had a creek running through it and tons of acorns, as well as good cover. I had a mature bucks on it up until last week of October. The only deer I have spooked hunting was a doe while walking in, but that was awhile back ago. I have good access to both of my hunting spots. I’m just wondering where these bucks went, the property looked so great, now it’s bad. There is other woods in the surrounding area and a school with a lot of woods as well. I just think they left the area to go look for other things they need. If I could get your advice, that would be great! Thank you, congrats on Bo.
So you were seeing bucks but then they vanished? They knew they were being hunted and they could've patterned you. As you said it's only 10 acres gotta be very careful how you hunt 10 acres gotta have alot of discipline. Maybe only hunt it in the evening and with a good wind. Maybe your spooking them walking in in the morning?
Future episode idea- UP special-- maximizing deer hunting in the north woods.
In 2004 daylight savings time ended on Sunday, October 31. Seeing no bucks from 11-1:30 would translate to 12-2:30 before daylight savings time ends. Good luck everyone!
Missed a chance and target buck #2. Grunted and he came in from behind me cameras showed he literally circled to get behind me. I was high enough up and the wind was in my favor he came so close to my tree I couldn’t get a shot but could have dropped my crossbow and hit him on the head. He started to walk out in front and was gonna be a nice 15 yard shot suddenly perked up looking to the left and exited stage right calmly but quickly I heard the brush shake got excited thought it may be target buck #1…it was a bear! Took the shot at 26 yards great shot I thought. Buried to the fletchings right behind the shoulder and bear took off. Left and came back next day found half the bolt with the fletchings covered in blood found several blood spots never found the broadhead end of the bolt. Crawled through the thicket it went into and out the back side. Never found it searched for hours. Tried to hunt for deer since then not seeing much think I blew the area out and need to let it rest. I use mid day to sneak in the deer are elsewhere at that time
I have been seeing a lone fawn on my food plot over the last day that usually has a doe with it. I’m guessing mom is off with dad having some quality time lol
Made the tough decision not to hunt my best morning stand this weekend due to rainy and warm weather (I’m in school so I can’t hunt weekday mornings) hopefully that will make it even better for next weekend with good cold dry weather. Congrats on getting Bo by the way.
Sounds like a great pop lan Hunter! And thank you 😊
Does an old mature doe keep mature bucks away? Should I put the mature doe into my freezer, to help my success with mature bucks using my food plot and bedding?
Illinois shotgun season is definitely off by one week.
that's where I dislike massachusetts, no Sunday hunts. so little hard doing a long weekend
Thats my favorite thing to do is take every friday in nov off and the last day in oct that way i can hunt 3-4 days a wk. i got sick of tryin to pick the perfect wk to hunt
Amen...great tactic!
So Ik 18 I just started hunting I have a huge field in my yard nobody has ever hunted deer are always there today I went out I scared them away walking will they be back tm??
Do you use deer cast or hunt wise
Has anyone noticed that right before the does Start going into heat that deer are almost lethargic they don't move much and just seem irritated.
They know what's coming!
I walk into the woods where I hunt and I wait I’ve shot big bucks over the years without even scouting
What are you supposed to do if you only have one stand?
So far the only bucks I'm seeing in person are trying to cross the road while I'm on my commute. It doesn't help that all of my days off this season have been rainy.
Do you ever offer a guided hunt as a prize for subscribing to your site? Do you ever offer a subscriber an analysis of their hunting ground?
Hi Rick...I do not, way too hard to coordinate. Party because my schedule is booked almost a year in advance and we have to turn clients away. But we do offer a hunt for charity. We raise 10k a year thru that hunt...100 tickets times $100. It's more of a gimmick thing when you are starving for work, clients, subscribers, etc.can actually hurt the channel because you attract a lot of folks that will never come back. KZhead wonders why folks don't engage with your channel and they assume your content sucks. I've watched a few channels or brands hurt themselves doing those things and it set them back years...
These are attractive rewards and services. Do you think these initiatives are effective in attracting more subscribers? Do you plan to add more similar rewards or services in the future?
Can’t wait for the action to heat up. Doe out in the fields the last few nights aren’t being harassed or chased by any bucks & even had a 6 point a few night ago keep eating beans as a pair of doe walked away from him here in southeast Michigan
I really thought the deer here in sw michigan would be moveing yesterday dureing daylight. I'm not seeing any rut activity yet.
Hi Kyle a lot of folks in MI have! Especially rubs and scrapes and daylight activity. You have to have decent bucks close and unpressured land tho...
What app is that ?
Bo is down.Did ya see him in your sleep?Did ya put a tape on him yet?👍👍😄
I haven’t seen 26 bucks over my lifetime let alone in one sit 😂
I hope you do this year!
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Happy Hunting Connor!
Can't have success is one person in the property gets to make all the decisions and is on property every weekend. Bottom line is have a behavioral contract even with friends. I even bought all the books and shared with the group but since they think he knows best they ignored it. Wasted my money and my time.
I’m over here just trying to get a deer and you’re talking about seeing 26 bucks wtf
For all of you worrying about neighbors...DON'T!!!! My mom was hunting her best stand (on her 150acres) come to find out neighbors have 2 stands right on the fence and have 9 guys hunting their 30acres this past Saturday, as she was. She shot an 11ptr right before dark. They left to go back to Ohio that night. For all ypu fence hunters YOU SUCK AND GET THE SHORT END OF THE STICK EVERY TIME!!! Wish I could share a pic of her buck
Move a mile on state land..... run into 50 more hunters. These tips may be good tips, but mostly for people hunting large tracks of private farm land. The average hunter doesn't have the privilege to hunt these types of conditions or scenario.
Don't shoot sitting down!
"This channel, again, is not for you..." So beat it you FIBs