Not seeing deer is discouraging. There could be a million reasons why you're not seeing deer while hunting, but don't let that ruin your season. In this video we go over three of the most common reasons why you're not seeing deer.
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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!
Thats a no shitter I go to work a 145am and I'm like no you don't have time for this
HaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!!!!!!! No lie there NR!!!!
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.
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
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...
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...🤣
@@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.
@@edarnold1426 good luck shooting a buck after u shoot the hot doe
@@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.
Amen
Reasons not seeing deer. 1. Watching this instead of woods.
Lol ain’t that right
Lol facts
Yep because all my deer are still nocturnal... rut hasn't hit hard where my stands at yet..
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55 years of hunting, You'll have good days and not so good days, never a bad day hunting.
DareMeBroVlogs I rate that a rough day.. hope you are ok...
@@daremebrovlogs449 couldve been worse bc it couldve killed you...truly tho that sucks wtf happened???
@@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.
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..
@@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
Trees grow vertically, I look for shapes in the woods that go horizontally. I think that it helps me see more deer.
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!
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.
@@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!
I like to call them wood ninjas
@@WizardsDoMagic That’s a good name for them! 😂
On MOnday, I saw four deer jump a fence 30 yards away, and I didn't hear a sound.
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.
YEP
Epic!
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.
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)
@@carolemcconnell4651 fair play Carole. Fair play.
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.
@@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.
@@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
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
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
Would you mind sharing those tips? any pov can be helpful
@@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!
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.
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!
Great informative content on here! Always enjoy it! Keep the vids coming!
Thanks for watching!
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.
Deer look up alot. They look everywhere
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
Moving to much in your stand, leaving those after Thanksgiving farts the whole time. That's why I didnt see any deer today anyways
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.
Where in ny are you hunting?
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.
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
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 !
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.
So....walk through woods between midnight and 4 am? Should I use a spotlight?
@@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.
I was thinking about putting a scarecrow out there then I am not there. So, the would get use to people.
@@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
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.
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).
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.
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.
Thank you for the info
Reason 4: Another pennsylvania hunter sees all the orange from you and your setup and walks right through it anyway
Yeah that’ll make your heart sink every time.
Yup fucking dicks
Are you WV guy lol
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.
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!
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!
Yep, I do that. Still haven't seen any deer. I walk very slow and quiet.
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.
Yeah , I finally figured that out too. I went out 1 time this season 1 hour , 7 point , done.
34yr old, new to hunting. I've been lucky this season. Not every setting but we gonna eat.
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.
Great vid and great info. Thank you Sir.
Thanks for watching!
I live in Missouii too and that is very interesting...what you said
Very good and accurate information, thanks.
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!!
Thanks for watching!
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
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
@@calvinlayport3127 if this ain't a absolutely perfect reply I don't know what is keep on keeping on brotha
Does weed work
Im here in southern MO and this is my first year also mainly hunting public land... Start tough
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.
Well that was nice of them! You don’t see that very often.
@@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.
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!
You are not getting in your stand a hour and half before daylight
@@justinpennington7682 , yes, I normally do, because it is public land and I want to be in my spot before anyone else hunts that area.
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.
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.
Great tips good luck hunting
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
And then think I’m the crazy one who sits from dark to dark
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'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.
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.
I always just go out before season and track where they are moving set up my blind in the area
There are other of hunters per acre up here in Maine as well. Thank you for the tips.
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.
Thanks for helping
Thanks for watching and commenting!
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.
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
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.
What’s the basis for not eating meat 3 days before?
@@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.
That is pretty interesting. I've heard different variations of this, like not eating "greasy" foods or anything with a strong smell.
@@jeremyv4636 make sense...
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.
Subbed and liked from Maine. 👍
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,,,
In Pa. Very few deer on public land. Woods are old and wide open.
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 .
A willy even)))
Definitely
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
Horizontal lines shades etc.yes
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 just saw a nice pair of Roe deer 20 yards from me in the woods where I walk.
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!
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.
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. 😄
Just keep trying dude, your almost there.
Your forgetting Doritos deer love the crunching sound of chips and the noise the bag makes when you put your hand in it
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.
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)
Congrats!
Congrats on your first deer!
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.
Pressure pressure pressure, hunt the edge of your property only when the winds right
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.
I'm hunting in Vermont and it's pretty shitty over here to . I've seen nothing but does and one spike horn
Missouri hunter here as well
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
Exactly I never look for just deer. I look for any little thing that moves.
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.
This winter I saw 30+ deer down in a creek bottom with some friends after driving them for a while
Moving at might and midday right now
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.
How bad is CWD in the area?
I agree! I am in Allegan county and have seen very few deer on public land that’s 36,000 acres! So sad!
The number 1 reason is my neighbor put up a huge Gound blind on a major corador!!!😮😢🎉😂 the first week off the season
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.
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.
Great Video
Thanks for watching!
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.
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.
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.
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
Smell is the one sense they absolutely trust.
Will the deer ever come back to an area if you over hunt it?
All very true
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 👌🏽
Good tips!
Great tips. I think when the rut is on, those night movers come out during daylight looking for their girls.
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.
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.
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
Ok? I mean he js trying to give advice to us younger ones
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
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.
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Also from Missouri🤘
Also from Missouri too👍
I have hunted public land. Watching some of the hunters, I wonder how they manage to even load their gun 🤦♂️🤦♂️
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.
Gun season really made them hunker down this year! My 2 trail cams were picking up several doe throughout the day and at least 8 different bucks. With a monster 11 point. I have only seen the pair of 4 point bucks on the trail cam since gun season and none in person.
Give it some time and hopefully the pressure drops off and they come back.
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.
It like getting a woman happens when you are not looking for it
Because you or someone before you spooked them. I just missed a doe and will be interesting to see if she ever comes back.
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
People would be surprised how close deer will bed to those parking areas and highways. Very often overlooked.
dude you answered so many things!! but what about getting in your stand at like noon and sitting till after dark?? is that to late??
That’s perfectly fine!
for the last 3 weeks i've been moving around in the same area...everytime i come creeping in, i see deer where im at but they always scent me and run off...then ill sit there for 8 hours and nothing comes back around...i need to get there BEFORE they show up but never know when that is
Do you know where they go after?
not sure...they all seem run in diffrent directions...how ever i did find an area where theres ALOT of deer tracks heading pretty much in a straight line going either direction...so they much pass thru there to get to where they are going
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
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.
Are you getting any pictures at all?
@@InformedOutdoors no none at all of deer just rabbits setting the cam off
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?
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.
I had a guy driving a 4 wheeler kick a 9 point out to me.. it was great
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.
Its hard to find videos from hunters in Maine or close by is there a difference between how deer move act smell up here in maine compared to down south etc might be a stupid question lol
The deer will act the same but what changes is their required winter habitat. Where I live we don’t get too harsh winters, but up north thermal cover is going to be extremely important. I’ll do some digging but there should be some resources dedicated to the extreme north deer hunting.
@@InformedOutdoors thank you i live on the coast Belfast MAINE so we definitely don't get as much snow an not as cold as like up North 😁👍
What part of Missouri do u live in cuz I live and hunt in missouri and I love it
Mid Missouri
Nice I'm about a hour and a half south of st.louise in the sticks and love hunting here in missouri been to iowa and Tennessee to so its worth the hype to come to missouri for all u outtastate guys lol
Hey opening day seen buck to small so I let him walk hoping for a big buck never did everything went cold just didn't see anything but about 200 yards to my left there other hunters also to the right of me about 400 hundreds yards my land set in the middle of that
Hey can you make a video on how you can grow a woods on flat land and make it into a good habitat cause we have a 4 acre field and it right in between 2 large good woods and they cross into our yard
Check out. Whitetail Habitat Solutions has a lot of good videos about this
It will take 20 years or longer to “grow” good woods in your field... since it sounds like your 4 acres is good transition habitat just hunt the edges and points of the woods meeting your field...if any of the woods are actually on your property you can hinge cut some trees to change their movements to a spot that might be better for your land and to create some bedding habitat right next to your field... planting a food plot of some sort is your best bet
We have trees but it’s not a woods I wanna grow up trees
@@cjsawinski read^^^
Handy Sun definitely check out whitetail habitat solutions, Jeff Sturgis has a ton of great info.. often just letting a field grow will yield some great thick underbrush, the thorny prickery type, deer love that kind of cover.. mow a couple trails where you and the deer have easy access and bingo...
I'm somewhat discouraged! This year I had to seek out a place on public land near me. I found a spot and set a camera up to see what was going on. I have been seeing deer and went ahead and put up a stand. I was set to go hunting this morning when yesterday evening my camera started blowing up with an older gentleman looking to hunt walking all around in the area of my camera. Apparently, he never saw it but set up near it. Unfortunately, I'm sure he saw my stand. Needless to say I felt like he ruined my hunt. I ended up noy going due to an emergency but I'm curious what to do about people coming in and out of the place I'm hunting. I'm afaid I might have to go deeper. Any other recommendations?
It’s public land, there is nothing you can do about others in the area you intended to hunt. Yes, you may have to go deeper, but you’re guaranteed nothing on public land.
Man oh man. Thanks for the response but let me tell you. I stayed with it and two weeks later killed a very nice 10 point where I had been scouting and set up! It was the same 10 point I had on camera and he was trailing a doe during rut. had him 30 yards broadside! I was beside myself. I am determined to go deeper and see what else I can turn up.
Light breaking up between the trees works great at distance.
Yes it does!
Q: why am I not seeing deer A: *they are behind you, they can see you*