Worst Deer Hunting Advice Ever
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- This very bad deer hunting advice had likely saved the lives of more deer than PETA. Sometimes tried snd true advice is just bad, and the advice discussed in this video is the perfect fit for the category of worst deer hunting advice. Here is why this is such bad advice, and what to do about it...
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Hi Jeff, I wanted to take the time to write to thank for changing a lot of the things I do year over. I am 63 and since adopting some of the things you espouse, particularly hunting smarter vs harder. I manage about 235 acres in NJ in a very heavily hunted area. I went 8 years without harvesting a buck passing on lots of younger bucks holding out for an older deer. I have had 4 good years in a row harvesting 4 deer in the 130's. Much of that credit goes to you and your great videos.
Thanks again!
Hey Jeff. As a hunter Im “late to the game”. Started at 30.
Dad died same year. He’d been disabled for many years. I picked up the old mans rifle and decided now was as good a time as any. A LOT of mistakes that first year, but got a buck the second year out on public land… with my dads gun! I just wanted to thank you for all the advice you put online, it truly helped me achieve my goal! Dad would have been proud. I like to think he was looking out for me.
To everyone else:
1. Don’t take for granted the opportunities you have to spend time with people you love.
2. Good luck this season.
Wise words
My dad took me out taught me gun safety and how to hunt. That was it we have only hunted together a few times. He never got into it.
thank you for all you do!! great advice
Thank you Nelson I really appreciate it! I will try to keep them coming...
Outstanding advice. Less IS more! Missed a good 140 on stands 1st sit. Was going to hunt today but know tomorrow and Wed will be better. TY
Started watching your videos this year and by far the best deer hunting and land management advice out there. As for you can’t kill them from the couch. Sense I have went to college 2 hrs from the private I hunt I have killed the largest deer ever killed on that property and my first bow buck. Definitely something to sitting less and waiting for high percentage days to be in the woods.
Awesome videos thank you so much for all your info it has helped me so much I watch every public land video u have I really appreciate your down to earth tactics I'm sure u turn so many sponsors down I would like to thank u for this ❤️ so many gadgets out there that after a while if we don't have guys like u to u start to wonder would this help me or not .If u need ideas for video more videos on finding deer in hardwoods with hills !
I pushmow / mulch leaves for a walking trail to our shooting houses 4_5 days before rifle season. better to make a lot of noise once than sound like sasquatch every time you go in
i have hunted just about everyday of archery season for the last 30 years, i have a stand set up for every wind direction. when i was a kid and got my drivers license i started quitting my crappy jobs every oct 1st, then i would get another crappy job in jan when season ended.
🛑🛑 Limited Sits?
I remember my dad coming in and kicking the couch and say….
“You can’t shoot a Big Buck laying on the Couch, watching cartoons on the Idiot Box” !!😂👍💯
I could have told him “I was Limiting My Sits”!!😂
That wouldn’t have worked too well back then, but I understand the concept you’re expressing.👍
Really appreciate your analysis on all of your videos. Using the data and rethinking ideas, searching for fallacies in old-school wisdom and anecdotal evidence- all of that together can quickly provide a raw beginner like myself some real success. I’m still a raw beginner- but with meat in the freezer and a rack on the wall.
Amen to that...love to hear it!!
I used to not be a weekend hunter until I started working my life away. Not I get to bow hunt once a month
I feel so blessed to live in our times where we can watch the most advanced people in their field, such as this man, and take master classes from the best in the world.
Some of this is for bigger farms and property, small properties are different then these bigger farms, it's all fields around my woods and a ditch
I'm really surprised you don't have a lot more subscribers than you do. This is probably the best advice you will get anywhere. I don't even have my own property or even hunt private and I watch your videos. It would be awesome if you did a short whole video about public land late post rut buck beds / Food / travel situations. Thanks for all the knowledgeable videos
Good morning Jeff!! Great video as always!! I always learn so much from your videos, I’m 15 and have a couple different places to hunt and love applying you tactics!!👍
Another great video Jeff I appreciate your time and energy. I have learned from you and so many others and of course by my own life experiences since we've got a beautiful farm now in southern illinois. I totally agree I have killed more nice mature bucks off of the couch then I have in the stand! Thanks man keep up the good work.
Jeff, great advice.
I had a knucklehead the other day say to me "why aren't you in the woods " ? I said the weather isn't good. He said what's the weather have to do with it. Ugg!
Thanks Jeff and Dillon.
Have a great rest of your day.
I'm come to think of how often to sit in a stand like "hit points" in a video game. Every stand has a certain number of hit points before it's burned out. You sit there once when conditions are right, it's 1 point off the tally. Sit there on a day with bad conditions, it might be 3-4 points off the tally. Make noise getting in or out, 2 more hit points gone.
Some stands though, are intentionally one-and-done; there's no way to get out without educating deer or once you make a track and recovery all the deer relocate, etc. They have 1 Hit point, so use it wisely...like those stands that touch the bucks' bedding areas...the ones on the hot late-season food source...
“Don’t burn out your land”
I only have access to a military post for hunting and there is no part of the woods that isn’t >500yds from a trail..
All the land is burnt out. I’ve seen several deer, but all right at, or right after shooting light ends
I have a big shooter showing up steadily I'm trying to figure out how to close the deal on him. Hopefully the next few days
Can you direct me to the "shoot more does" video? we're actually in it for the meat
Great video Jeff! I particularly liked when you mentioned the usage of ATV’s for deer hunting and spooking everything in the woods! Never understood those guys! Excellent all round info! Keep ‘em comin!
Sometimes I drive near where I hunt to spook deer back so they don't see me walk in, they aren't as scared of a vehicle as they're of seeing you walk in, I've seen them come back out by doing it that way
Jeff, you always have great information and very knowledgeable
My main goal is to put food on the table. However, more knowledge is always beneficial. That's why I appreciate your videos and the things you teach.
Love the hunting breakdown videos lately. Makes a lot of sense. Trying to be disciplined in my actions this year and make my choices upon the weather. Took last Thursday and part of Friday off last week to hunt the weather . Wedding this weekend , but next weekend is looking good as of now. Thanks again. Oh and I wish I could send u my food plot pics from this year, inspired by your program. Had good rain but awesome success.
Always great to listen to Jeff. If I ever know 1/4 of what he knows about hunting deer, I will consider myself lucky!
Jeff, you nailed it, been following this the past 10 years, works like a charm every year
“Buck spots”. Any good info on those?
Excellent information Jeff still trying to get my head around the weather and set ups but thanks it will work out in long term again Jeff and team thank you 🙏👍👍👍👍
Hit a monster the other day could not find him even watched him fall had the dog and everything first set of the year…
SOOO TRUE! We've watched a 6 pointer grow into a 10 over 5 years and because he chose areas to live that a stand couldn't be set up in, he has not been shot. Through the summer he would stand on one end of a 2 acre food plot while I was on the other. However, when he got pressured during season and got shot at during gun season he no longer exists! Some bucks are not so forgiving as he was, they will be gone before you even know they were there. Plan, plan, and plan some more, and do not hunt a stand with a mediocre wind during the rut thinking he won't care, because it may be the last time you ever see him. "They don't get big by being stupid!" So true it is.
Thank you again for all your knowledge and insight Jeff, it is truly priceless info every time you put out another video. Keep up the good work and good luck.
Love all these videos. Great great stuff. Appreciate it man
Thanks for all the info you constantly put out!!
Excellent advice. I hunt the wind and infrequently on my best spots. I did learn from your advice to be a little more careful with morning and afternoon stands. Thats good stuff and I consistently kill decent bucks in my area but the really big ones have eluded me and I think I now know why. Thanks
Great video Jeff. Keep up the good work🍁
Absolutely excellent advice. Thank you!
I've applied allot of what you discuss for my stalking and it almost constantly allows me to get within 30-50 feet of them. Keep up the good work sir
I've been watching you for a while now. Some things get repeated........but I always hear something new and fresh to apply to my hunts. I have to work on finding some new spots. Lost one due to a devorce other I found a stand 20 yards from mine with all kinds of trees and branches cut out. Always great information Jeff. Now to figure out where to go tomorrow morning.
I love the moma doe and fawn exchange at the 2:00 mark. The fawn is all bouncing around and happy checking out momma, and BAM....momma just not feeling it. Classic! Thanks for always sharing Jeff
Man, I don't know about this. Maybe some national forest land in Georgia would be good to have some advice on. Also in my area of Georgia private land, they are all hunting. One place I hunted in the post was in a great funnel. The guy next door, literally 100 yards away shoots deer from his back porch while we are in the stand and we shoot deer he doesn't see, coming from the same direction. When you have hunters covering almost every 20 acres on public land, how does a stand not get burned out? Where im at, time in the woods kill deer.
Could have started hunting since 9/15 at my house in SC. But... I've aggravated the family because I've said NO. Not until at least mid to late Oct And then when the weather is right. Have only does on camera until this week when a couple young bucks started coming in. This evening a bigger body buck came in. Now they understand the patience and discipline.
My dad is 71 years old and he has always wanted a nice 8 point to mount on the mantel and because of your videos that finally happened he got his dream buck I can't thank you enough for what u have done .. I also have been killing bigger deer my last one was in the 130s and that's big for me I'm in ohio and there ar bigger deer. Finally I'm starting to get closer to my goals after hunting my entire life and watching your shows I am now way more successful
You can absolutely kill them from the couch. By staying on the couch until the conditions are absolutely right.
You have to be disciplined on when you go. Just like your best chance is often the first sit. Same concept.
I've learned so much from your videos. For the last few years I hunt the weather and when the wind is right for my stands in have been blessed Thanks brother some time less is better keep up the good work
My dad heard a buck grunting a couple
Days ago when he was out at the building messing around. They about to start popping here in the mountains of VA! I can usually grunt up bucks from now until the end of November depending on what day it is!
I have watched you're channel for years and I started using your ideas about 3 years ago and ever since I started using them my success has climbed so much ...
🦌🦌What type of switchgrass do I need for North Arkansas?
Hi Brandon, our Southern blend...the link is in the description of this video 😊
What’s your biggest buck
Love the stuff man! Ready for some good action here in northern VA
Jeff, my October is filled with obligations and family outings. It’s killing me having to stay out of the stand while cold front after cold front blows through. But, I know what the neighbors are doing, not hunting smart and driving atvs to their stands etc, while my property is totally pressure free for an entire month. As long as the weather looks good, my first chance to sit is Halloween weekend and then the following ten days I have the availability to get out there. I believe sitting on the couch…or camping etc, might just prove to be a huge advantage for me.
Don’t fall for that text you got.It’s a scam
Man I’m in the same boat. Only thing helping my sanity is knowing my neighbors are pushing deer and stocking up our ground.
Due to a stagnant weather pattern here in New Jersey I have held off my hunting efforts, but a cold front is approaching in 4 or 5 days and you can bet I will be in the stand then. Great video as always.
I've gone out 2 times so far. I don't use cams because I hunt on public land but I've found a good spot that has lots of acorns and tracks. it's been rather warm the past couple weeks but that cold front is coming in here as well so I plan on hunting most of next week. Hoping to see a nice buck as the local DNR has told me there's a couple nice ones in the area I hunt. Plus very little pressure vs the other closest public land
Unless you have a massive piece of private land to hunt , you have to really be careful about overhunting. Public land that is huge definitely has an advantage when it comes to hunting everyday at a different area. you may....may have a bigger , older buck on private but quanity goes to public. I feel for the guys that only have small private to hunt. takes disipline to sit on the couch, lol. good content.
I hunt 3-4 evenings a day, just because I love being in the woods. but I save some spots for when the weather is great
This is great content! A lot can be learned here! Pointing hunters to your videos!
There's a big difference between a hunter and a sportsman. I have more respect for hunter, as long as they don't go out and slay everything that wiggles. Can't eat those antlers. Eventually the hunter gets a nice set of bone on the wall, but always has what they paid for .... Meat in the freezer.
Hunting public land is difficult to go by this because when your on the couch someone else is stinking up the woods but great video as usual 👍
depends where you go. One of the public lands around me is much bigger but gets hit hard with hunters every year. So I decided to go to this smaller area and so far I've yet to see even another hunters truck parked out there even when just scouting. DNR told me there's some nice bucks out there too
What type of ebike bow mount do you have that doesn’t rattle your bow sight??
Hey Jeff love the knowledge you give in your vids, very straightforward and to the point. I'm still fairly new to deer hunting and had a question to ask that I'M sure you can answer.
I'm from East Tx and I personally don't hear you mention Tx much so I don't know how relitive my questions can be again still new lol. I watch a lot of your small parcel vids and try and learn and take your advice and tips on habitat improvements.
My family owns a little over 10 acre lot, on the back side is a creek that splits another 10 acres that had been vacant till about a few months ago, but now they have cleared it. Next to our property our next door neighbor owns close to 40 acres that backs into a very big forestry property that I know a lot of our deer come from. The whole area or neighborhood you can say is somewhat a spread out older suburban area I guess and like I mentioned before there's a creek that runs down and through all our properties.
I have a cpl question, its been at least 3 years now since we've owned the property nothing major has been done on it just some trails, but since were in season now if we were to do some clearing for trails and micro food plots should we wait after season or just do it anyways and just sacrifice this year. I'm really the only hunter and had no time to prep for this year but have a lot of free time now so i had been wanting to get out there and do some work while i have time.
Secondly i was told after talking to a buddy of mines since we have so many hogs that it's pointless to even do food plots even micro because they would just destroy them before they even become useful for the deer, and just stick to corn feeders. I wanted to know what you thought about that?
Thanks in advance, sorry for the long read..
What is the name of the handlebar bow holder you show in the video clips? Thx
Ok I have a question.
Looking at %’s on huntwise some days are low but the hunt cast factors are four thumbs up one neutral and one negative now how do I decide to go in and not blow out a stand because I’ve seen a 99% day and two thumbs up two neutral and two down that seems one way I need to have my backside in a stand anywhere I want the other says ehh maybe sit this out.
Any help with the two different aspects?
Thanks So much Jeff for giving us small hunters tips I have learned so much from u ☺️
Great video!! takes discipline to not hunt and sit home with family while waiting for the great day's to make your sits for mature bucks. Once again great video and well said Jeff.
some of us want to become all we can Be!
Thank you Jeff for Helping us get there! 🫡
Thank YOU Carlo, we really appreciate you!
Hello Jeff, I really enjoy the videos and topics you discuss about deer hunting and setting up our stands. I noticed on this video you were in a tree stand, how high do you normally sit...15-20 ft or higher? My stand is about 15 ft and I feel it may not be high enough. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks for all you do with your content.
I appreciate your videos and have learned alot over the time I've been watching them. I've seen more bigger bucks, 3 to 5 year olds, this year than ever. Just can't seem to find a day time, or evening when we can meet in person to discuss flying carbon.
I’m seeing some good activity lately. Stoked
You should be ashamed of yourself
Got a cold front coming through now in PA.heavy rain and high winds all day until late this evening.the temperature drop won't be large but the amount of rain will be high and the wind high as well.ive listened to your utube postings religiously.i checked the huntcast that you perfected and it shows tomorrow morning to be a great time to hunt.your opinion would be greatly appreciated jeff on this question.
Thanks Jeff!
😂
Hi Jeff, I was wondering when a corn food plot would change from screening to food in Stockbridge Michigan? Thanks for all you do!!!
We put food plots in, made great bedding, and patterned a couple bucks. I waited for a perfect wind and finally got a sit, see absolutely nothing. Get down check camera and someone's been going directly in and out of the bedding since opening day with a crossbow. We don't have much land so that kinda spoils a good buck for me this year.
Love your videos and I'm thankful for you and your help. I have a question; I want to make my own food plot on a 15 acre land my dad owns, but the ground is so dry. Is it possible to do a food plot or just call it a loss?
It's definitely possible but you need to bring your water in. A tank hooked to an ATV works great
Another Great Video Jeff.
Every single year I get more and more pumped since I have been watching this channel.
Past 2 seasons even working crazy hours on the 200+ million dollar bridge job. Volunteering 500+ hours of baseball 6months in the year.
Kinda crazy being most the time
"weekend warrior hunter"
When I go in the woods in the Rut,and even in rifle season with my kiddos,and or a buddy from the bridge job that he has 20+ years on me,buy wanted to learn to hunt.
It's crazy what I've taught them what I've learned from this channel.
I send links nonstop to my buddy to have you Jeff give better explanations on where,when,&why.🤣
Thanks again Jeff.
Goodluck & God Bless.
Awesome videos! Unfortunately my best friend who I share hunting property with doesn't care about shooting big bucks. But that's all I want. So it makes it extra difficult. Definitely gonna start checking out public land
Spot on great topic
Thanks a lot!
While I agree with your points in general, I don't interpret the "can't kill them from the couch" statement to mean get out there and burn things out. You still gotta be smart, but I know plenty of "hunters" that will whine about not filling their tag (buck or doe) because they just don't have the fire to get off their backside and put in the effort. Keep the videos coming.
“I haven’t seen a deer in years” usually translates to either falling asleep in the stand or they go one morning per year.
I got the fire and I just don't know what to do.
@@beekeeper8474 stick with it, you'll learn - and this channel is a good way to speed up the learning
@@beekeeper8474 I just started hunting this year for the first time in 25 years, got 3 deer already and the freezer is full. Always ask no matter how dumb you think the question is, and if you’re on public land go an extra mile in to avoid the crowd.
I had a doe and fawn come up to me yesterday. She was 30y when I saw her. She stomped her front feet all the way to the bottom of my stand. Then she saw me. 20’ high. Blew and ran. I wouldn’t have killed her anyway. But it was great to watch how protective she was.
Good content. Doe and fawn movement is much different in our forests as wolves are continuously moving them around. Almost impossible to pattern deer for more than a couple days.
Agree. Noticed you using a fat tire bike at outset of video. Have been looking at electric fat tire bikes for same purpose recently. Any comment /advice on using them, pros and cons , which style make works best type of thing. Thanks.
Hi Jeff, I bought your seed and the deer are loving the peas and pulling the radishes out of the ground! My question is, if I spread the Fall Power Greens into standing buckwheat next year, will the peas get enough seed-to-soil contact when I crush the buckwheat over with a cultipacker? Thanks!
Only sat once this year vs 10x (2 years ago)
, couldn't last year). Ditched the ground blind (don't keep me mobile and to obvious, sat in tall grass and shadows still instead) and in 1 sit this year saw more dear in 1 hour than 20+ sits year previous
It's true. My success has trippled since listening to you
Calling for snow and cold weather Monday and Tuesday here in northern Michigan is it to early for morning rut activity Ik u talk of last 7 to 10 of October a week ahead but wondering to take off days or wait the week
My goodness these scam comments I report everyone but gzz every hunting video on UA-cam. I hope ppl aren't falling for this stuff
I don't own land, so food plots are out the question. I leave in the northeast and so the average Joe up for the most part hunt in government land. Its illegal in MA, CO and ME to hang up treestand in public land. So you have carry around with a climbers on your back. A lot of these public land have open trails for hikers and for this reason these deer become nocturnal. So around these parts, you can tried to applied those techniques but is very doubtful that it would work. I would say that deer hunting on public land is 90 percent luck. Now hunting on private land is another matter. Your chances are much greater in harvesting a deer. Going with an outfitter is a great idea but, who can afford it. I know I can't, I can't even afford a new bow much less an outfitter. Bow hunting is becoming a sport for the rich. That's all I have to say about that.
Starting to see some daylight buck movement here. Can't wait for the rut
Definitely got within 40 yards of a group of doe hunting from the ground. The wind was fairly high, so I wasn't in a stand. I was focusing on the wind and their travel corridor.
Basically did everything Jeff said to do, and the deer cruised right past me without even knowing I was there. Unfortunately they were on the side of the travel corridor with too much brush and distance to make an ethical shot.
Next time! Jeff's hunting strategies work. Pretty awesome.
Could you possibly make a video for the guys that have to hunt in clubs and can’t really use these options when someone is constantly in the woods? I have been trying to use a lot of your strategies here in sc but im constricted to an area with people constantly in the stands you are trying to let sit. Not having my own land is hard to deal with but having to hunt somewhere with other people is even harder.
That is exactly my situation here in CT. Too many guys walking around (and they even use empty stands). Thanks for putting the request out there.
Have 1 stand under 30 white oaks next to cover that I only sit on a SW to S wind. I hunted a ground blind 10 times there and seen 12 different bucks last season. But I only hunted 2 morning and the rest from 9-2pm. Only winded by one because he basically stuck his head in the blind.
Thank you for all your advice and wisdom in whitetail hunting. Do you ever work in Tennessee? Do your methods and deer observations translate to TN deer hunting?
Jeff thanks for all your advise over the years have a 254 acre parcel in Charlevoix County would love for to get your eyes on consistent 2:5-3.5 yr olds harvested since APRs. Do you do any consults
please give me a rate to drive to my Step Father's house in Missouri to convince him to stop hunting 60 days a season! I exclusively hunt in Wisconsin 400 miles away from the Missouri property i live near because he spooks every nice buck off our farm with hunting, atv use, layinig down sent, shooting does multiple days in a row etc etc. ITS FRUSTRATING. But my Wi property is getting better all the time thanks to WHS
Glad you think killing does is easy, I have had a bow for 16 years and have yet to take an animal with either my old 06 PSE Fire Flite 33 or newish Prime Black 3. Been out 4 times in different areas each time this fall and have only had a chance on the first evening hunt in the pouring rain 🌧 while sneaking through a creek. Pulled back on two at 25, but my peep was twisted sideways so I couldn’t shoot. 😢 Missed 3 does back in 2020, high and low all from the ground. Hopefully 🙏 I can get this rolling since I bought two additional archery 🏹 tags 🏷 in West Virginia and my PA license with an archery 🏹 stamp.
Jeff should I be concerned that my target bucks haven’t showed up yet also do you ever have stands you can hunt both morning or evening?
I for one am not "able to shoot a doe almost any hunt" with a bow but my land and skills at sitting still arent great🤣 I'm starting to notice ground blinds really help conceal when I shift around trying to get comfortable from a back injury that doesn't like sitting.
I can say I agree with the killing more and seeing more by staying home. Last year I sat 12times saw 8 2.5yr old or older bucks and killed 2. A 2.5 and one that was 6.5 at minimum(trail camera history). I’m on the same trend this year. 4 sits 3 bucks 2.5-4.5 yrs old and a couple smaller. This is all on public land in central Ny. Thanks for the great advice the last few years
Hey everyone here's a trick I've used for years that's always worked.When I start seeing bucks chasing hot does I know it's time to lay down a scent trail as best I can by keeping the the scent trail as undisturbed as possible from human scent.I buy a small fishing pole and will cast a scented wick of your favorite estrous or buck lure and reel in to my good shooting areas..I have only seen small bucks early chasing but it's been to warm here in KY.Behid our Property was 600 acres free range.Nowv that someone just purchased the property and have been logging it.When I log into my camera from inside the house I would have 10-15 bucks and 20 doe or smaller deer in my are daily,the logging has really screwed up the pattern.I have a big 10 coming into a scrape around 8pm every night.I had a massive 14-15:pointer coming in but he hasn't been seen in weeks.I only hunt strange and inconsistent times.Sometimes I'll do morning some evening,and some mid day.Never more that twice a week.I had 6 does and a small buck under my stand, they were so calm and had no idea I was there.Trying to wait for a decent buck but My patience is my best strategy.
I have tried to convince my family to not hunt every weekend in the same plots, yet they fail to understand we are burning out stands. I have used your advice a developed 1 place that I hunt at most 4 times a year. Camera shows deer, but haven’t had success yet, but feel it’s close.
I totally agree with being patterned like you’re saying you’re very wise man sure like an old buck yourself lol I have a 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 year-old 11 point on my property and every I own a trucking company every time I leave for the week I get pictures of them he hears my truck leave and he’ll walk around during daylight I come home I don’t get no pictures of him, This coming week I’m not going home with the truck I’m parking it at a friends house across town and having my wife pick me up I’ll keep you posted
Any update? I hope you got him!
I'm hoping on of these years I could have Jeff or one of his crew survey my 40 acres. I have hard woods in the middle pines surrounding the outline of property. With areas of open in between hard woods an property line
Use the internet. It's free
Northcentral Wisconsin movement erratic, a little more now then a few weeks ago. Surprisingly slow tho