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Love your content. I have a cabin on a small lake with 23 acres of woods near Hackensack, Mn. Where are you located??

To say wolves look for easy prey first is the assumption they’re not lazy animals though no wildlife is they’re built for stamina that’s what the outdoors does for you automatically everybody always forgets that or aren’t aware of it it’s a big part of what makes them what they are. There’s actually much that researchers don’t know about wolves. Like humans wildlife likely crave variety/require certain nutrients. Everybody knows when someone is sick including animals but that doesn’t mean it’ll attack just because it is there’s so many behavioural conditions between parties that will have many different outcomes. Animals like people are individuals no two are alike you aren’t to assume the worst or best with them you’re supposed to watch their behaviour looking for the change in cues. But as people don’t communicate with animals this is usually largely unrecognized.

Great video when I’m up at camp (Michigan’s U.P) I sit all day every rifle season. Deer density like you said is low. Hunting big woods is a whole different ball game. Thanks for sharing 👍

Yes sir I know I hunted the right spot. Didn’t start out great but got better. Plus setting up others is what made mine season cause they had success. Little late getting to this video. Happy belated holidays!!

I dropped about 8 or 9 big maple this weekend as my “base”. Year 3 owning my new 40. Trying to create bedding in my NW corner. Have two more areas that I’ll do the same in the coming weeks. March time frame I’ll do additional hinge cuts in these areas to lay on top of the base.

What kind of chew do you use?

647 Hunter for the last 10 years. The combination of our pre-rut gun season, losing the APR, 3 buck tags and unlimited deer CWD tags (bucks and antlerless) has not reduced the prevalence of CWD. It has only hurt the age class. I have no issues with the extra harvest. The lack of mature bucks compared to pre 2016 is staggering in my experience.

There's NO DEBATE. MONSANTO has paid millions and millions because their product CAUSES CANCER.

Habitat work is fun. Sure does benefit the deer (and a variety ) of other critters as well. I have another 1/2 acre spot I'm gonna tackle soon.

Good stuff! We need more of this content. Everyone focuses on food plots on most channels. Brouse and cover is king. My 2 cents

Great content going to try some small sections. Thanks

Years ago, I found a rut travel corridor in southeast Minnesota. Every year, I see Pope and Young whitetails from this stand during the last week in October and the first week in November. How do I find spots like this in the middle of the woods without using trail cameras?

Great topic and I agree. I got was all wrapped up in the "only hunt a stand once" crowd for a while and I have learned that I missed opportunities to kill my target bucks by not being there more often.

...When im in my tree i keep telling myself "the longer i sit without seeing a deer, means im that much closer to seeing one" and it helps when you sit dark to dark...

Deer at my stand: 90 percent between 9:45-1pm. Mornings 5 percent, evening 5 percent. In my area.

You are exactly right - most of us hunters dont own land and most of us hunters need to work (a lot) just to get by. About as “surgical” as my choice of when to hunt is able to be is: when is my wife willing to handle all of the kids activities solo for a couple days and when can I get off work for a couple days?

People that follow you really need to pay attention to your messages. Straight up good,honest info. Kudos.

I agree. Big woods, low deer density, and low hunter density public lands, especially during the rut - more time on stand will increase your odds of seeing the bucks traveling looking for does. In these areas I was always under the impression bucks travel more and greater distances in checking does than in high deer density areas. However, I used to pound my hunting areas too much in pressuring bedding and feeding areas scouting etc.. I now try to not disturb bedding areas and other areas and limit in-season scouting and have strategic access to strategically placed stands and maximize time on stand sometimes with other hunting members relieving each other.

Great big woods hunting wisdom 👍🏼 Thanks for sharing

Great info! You nailed it on the head…access is so often overlooked! If you have good access and don’t get busted in the stand, you’ll find success.

Don’t spend money you don’t have. Land is good debt. Luxuries aren’t.

Here’s how you know. You consistently put your target bucks in the dirt. I have a super busy life. I am extremely selective WHEN I hunt. I use cameras only to inventory.

Your knowledge is built on cameras, which not all of us can afford.

All a total hoax. Cwd has been around for thousands of years. Excuse to get rid of the deer population!!!

Dnrs also need to stop listening to farmers and insurance companies. Were we hunt they got the stupid early season stuff and it is hurting our deer hurds bad because people are greedy. As far as cwd its been around longer than me and you have been alive man. You can't stop it you can't slow it. It gods nature. People need to stop playing god and just hunt. People need to stop worrying so much.

I live in 646,still hunting deer. Have reported a very sick deer to the DNR, in April of 2024.

Just curious you mentioned if people were finding dead mature bucks: is it just affecting mature bucks, or is that all you’re concerned with?

I remember back in the early 2000s reading an article when it was first discovered in Wisconsin. Basically the article said that deer hunting was over and that the deer would be gone in a matter of years. That was 20 some years ago now and here we are still hunting. Another thing to think of is, how do we know how long this has been around? It's possible it's been here forever and we just in the last few years I have found out about it. I think the first documented case of this was in Colorado if I'm not mistaken in some elk herds. Mother nature has a way of working things out on her own.

I hunt in Northern Wisconsin and have for 47 years. Deer population in my area are down. Weather from wolves. Bear or CWD. All is good unless it takes hold hard and devastate the deer population. No body seems to care there are still illegal bait piles all over the woods and the DNR doesn’t have the manpower to control it. But if or when it does devastate the population the illegal baiters will be the first to blame the DNR for not doing enough!

Ani-logics makes a great protein feed supposed to help with cwd,,, always worth trying to improve deer health

I hear in some parts of southern Wisconsin that up to 40% of bucks have CWD. It seems like if it was a danger we would be hearing of some sickness. Seems like there is more evidence that some of our common processed foods are making us more sick and we continue to eat that every day. That said, I hunt northern MN and feel like I haven't really had to deal with this yet. I wouldn't at this point eat a deer I knew was infected. I am with you on the wolf thing. I know we like to whine about wolves and do believe wolves are keeping the northern MN deer herd numbers low because of their numbers and high killing efficiency during hard winters. There have been a correspondingly smaller numbers of hunters in northern MN as well. As a result I have noticed a higher number of older bigger bucks compared to the days of high hunter numbers. I have thought for years that a high wolf population may keep a herd healthier. It really takes attention to detail and good hunting skills to consistently harvest a deer in northern MN these days. Over the last 10 years or so, I have come to appreciate the unique hunting we have in northern MN. We hunt a low population deer herd in an area of harsh winters and high predator pressure. The herd has a percent of older and nice bucks that in many areas are not pressured by other hunters. We have the opportunity to pursue deer on a vast public land landscape unhindered by property boundaries or hunting pressure. Its still tough but a unique challenge that most hunters in the lower 48 states dont have.

Wolves don’t eat weak or sick deer first? Where did you get that? You just lost me,bye

I hunt a lot in that SE Minnesota and have taken a lot of deer from that area over the years. From CWD special hunts, full season gun hunts and archery season. IMO this has been a long time coming. I hate to say it in a negative way but it hasn’t been working. You can’t test a deer younger than I believe 2 years old or 1.5. It hasn’t shown a positive result in them because of the age structure. Deer can hold cwd for year and nobody would really know they have it because it takes time for it to slowly kill the deer. It’s mostly seen in the older age deer. That’s another reason why they allow you to shoot 3 bucks down there and when the cwd special season hunt comes around you can shoot as many antlered deer in the 3 day hunt as you want for $2.50. In Wisconsin they have been dealing with cwd for years and they have lived with it with minimal problems. I’m more concerned with EHD but that’s more of a Mother Nature issue. CWD is a disease that won’t be going away ever. I think it’s been around longer than we’ve know about it. But the DNR thought they could either fix it or have it managed. I would like to see them leave it alone for a couple years, and let the deer population come back. I still see a good amount of deer down there but it’s nothing like it use to be. EHD has a way bigger devastation rate than CWD ever will. And they do make a CWD kit so you can cut out the limnh knods and would be able to send them into the lab yourself. If they are going to abandon this whole project I’m not sure what would happen with the kits or the lab we used. If it would cost you money to send the stuff in or what.

I am a WI bow/muzzleloader hunter for the last 60 years. I hunt in the CWD hot zone in SW WI. Culling did not work here. I have shot 3 bucks that were healthy but were confirmed CWD positive. Deer numbers are still consistent, and I hunt with the same enthusiasm as before CWD. The difference being I always get my deer tested. I bone it out and freeze until I get the test results. If positive, I toss it. Many hunters don't care and eat it. I believe the experts and they say not to eat it. Eventually it will jump species I believe. Like everything it is only a matter of time. We were depressed about CWD as well, but the thrill of hunting and getting out in the woods outweigh the negativity of CWD. I still see plenty of deer.

Here in Michigan we have dealt with CWD and EHD. Most recently EHD affected the area I hunt in southern Michigan. Initially I was very concerned, however my kids were able to take two healthy bucks and I only found two dead deer on the properties that I hunt. I don't let the DNR findings deter me from getting out and enjoying my hunts.

Funny thing, I had 10 beauty bucks on cam day and night from Oct 15-30. 3 scrapes not 30yards apart. Come Nov 1st every one of them literally disappeared! Had a spike and a 4pt hang around. It was on public with a fair bit of pressure, but I still can’t figure out what happened. I was supper excited to super disappointed. This season I’m going to bow hunt last 2 weeks of Oct before rifle season. Any thots or ideas to what may of happened? Thanks 🤘🏻

Always save mine. They come in handy except for damn wolfs

run a camera most of the year, you'll be surprised at what you see ;)

I saw one giant buck (180+) here in Wisconsin on public land this season. He was one of over 30 different bucks that I saw during our state's archery season. Other than the big one, I saw only 2 bucks that were older than 1.5 years old - two eight-pointers probably around 100-115 inches. The rest, right around 30, were all small spikes, forks, and six-pointers. I don't use trail cameras and have been relying on finding large tracks and rubs to focus my efforts. I am hoping that by just becoming more familiar with my hunting grounds (around 65,000 acres combined) that I will eventually find where the big ones (140 inches and up) are living. Thank you for the thoughtful content.

Great video as always!! Missed the biggest buck of my life at 20 yards because I didn’t practice shooting my broadheads. Shot felt good and I shot right under him. Shot my broadheads at my target later that day and I was consistently shooting 8 inches low. Let this be a lesson to ALWAYS PRACTICE WITH YOUR BROADHEADS BEFORE YOU GO HUNTING!!!

Great advice! Thanks for the videos!

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Thank you for the hard work and dedication in your UA-cam will definitely gained a new fan man!1

I had a “good year” but didn’t meet my goals. I shot a good buck out of state on my first sit. Sat 29 times in MN, almost all on public. Ended up caving and shooting a 2.5 year old 8 point the last Friday of gun season. I’m thankful for the things I’ve learned and the venison in my freezer, but disappointed in my decision of lowering my standard too early in the season. Have lots of great bucks to chase next year, but a LOT of boot leather to burn between now and then.

Thanks for the video and the tips. I hunt a heavily pressured area near the middle of a square mile cedar swamp on 40 acres in ag country in WI. We started baiting in the last 7-8 years to get the deer to come to the interior while crops are still on because our sightings were deteriorating. Problem is going in there once a week to bait (myself) and my uncle baits and checks cameras 3-4 times a week because he’s retired and likes taking walks. We used to see 30-50 deer during gun season 10+ years ago before he retired and now we’re lucky to see 10 since he retired and we started baiting. I know deer avoid bait when the gun pressure is on , but I think the main problem is all the scent and trips to the cameras/bait prior to the gun season. Also he has built numerous ground blinds near his bait (1) and cameras (2). I know between the scent , ground blinds and bait is why the numbers have dwindled. Sounds like you’re a believer that blinds/shooting houses affect deer daytime or any movement as well. I think if elevated and in lightly pressured areas they can be somewhat effective even on 2+ yr old bucks.I’m to the point where I’m going to stop baiting and finally bought some cell cams. And I plan to keep hunting as far from his high pressured areas as I can. Has been somewhat effective during bow season for me , but the gun season has been horrendous for some time now,unless I get a hot doe nearby or I can grunt a cruising buck in on the fringes.Are tending/trailing grunts highly effective for you too when not overdone. I mostly blind grunt bc of the thick cover and to pull a buck off the neighbors.But I try not to overdue it or call to often or they might catch on and circle hard.Also I try to end my grunt seq. into the wind w movement of the call to try to steer the bucks upwind and not downwind depending where I think they will come from. The movement simulates a buck chasing. Also I have snapped some branches while calling when desparate and that helped me get my biggest buck back in 2020, a 133inch 9pt. He came in looking for a fight , hair standing an all. Sorry for the xtra long post but I wanted to layout the situation. Keep the videos coming boss.

Great vid thanks. I had a great relation ship with my neighbor untill my son shot 152” deer then he became an a hole. He has most of his place fenced off with a 7’ fence he said now he is gona fence off the rest that borders me wich i dont think is legal

Very good unbiased info. Good info.