Advanced Whitetail Rut Hunting and Habitat Strategies
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2018
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Hunting the annual whitetail rut can be highly successful with effective scouting, stand setup and mature buck hunting practices. Once the setup of the whitetail rut has been completed, it is time to forecast the best days to hunt during the rut and then hit the woods! The bucks will be ready - will you?
These videos have become my new Netflix lately. It's fun to listen to an expert talk and compare that to things I've "learned" over the years from hunters.
Didn't grow up in a hunting family. I'm a city dweller, so I'm so appreciative of the knowledge you're sharing with the community.
Yea yea we can go tomorrow to do a a couple hours before the
What time do you get in your stand for evening hunt
Jeff, I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I usually hear 1-2 nuggets of new info in these longer posts. Thank You!
I have some very hot info. I want to show but i will need creat. I have inventions. For hunting and fishing. I have 1 u s patten. I can help
@@rayenglish9925 I want to know
Thanks again for sharing your information Jeff. Really do appreciate the videos.
That is awesome to hear Tanner and I greatly appreciate it! It's a fun process and feedback like yours is why I do it...for sure. Hope that it helps!
Just watched the whole thing. Great stuff as usual. Good luck on getting the big one!
Thanks Andrew...that's awesome...really cool that you took the time to do that and I appreciate the comments from you! Good luck to you too!
My husband and I recently purchased a quarter section of hunting property in southern MO. We have a lot to learn and a lot of work to do to our property to make it 'truly great' whitetail habitat. Surely do appreciate your videos! This will be our second season and we don't see a lot of deer, but enough to keep 'the faith'' - I passed on a small 8 a couple of days ago and I hope he survives the neighbors and gun season!
Oh man Jeff an hour and 17 mins... I feel like it's Christmas 💪. Thanks!!!!
Ha, hi Grant! Well I hope it was worth it for you!
Great video so far! Haven’t had the time to watch all of it yet, but definitely will!
That's great to hear...I hope that you like it a lot! Appreciate it...
It's that time of the year...I am actually pretty pumped to hit the woods tomorrow!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions, Aren’t we all pumped! One video I would really like you to make is how to find bedding areas and cruising areas, so we can figure out where to put stands.
@@backcountrysurvivalists that would be a good one! I hope that you at least like this article I wrote:
www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/blog/where-does-a-buck-bed-top-10-spots
For topics like that if you do a Google search, may articles are mostly near the top for most whitetail topics. I think I have over 600 whitetail articles on my site...
Whitetail Habitat Solutions, Thanks I’ll check em out!
Just started watching this and I know it's going to be full of great useful information as all off your videos are. As this being my first year back into hunting after about 10 years. I have learned alot watching your videos. Just bought 32 acers in prime farm area in central Ohio and I have figured out what I want to do to my property from your videos from switch grass to food plots and water holes. I already have some major scrapes not sure I need to make a mock if I take advantage of the ones already in use. Switched sd cards this morning and I have a big 10 point I've never seen chasing a non receptive doe so they are on the move where I'm at thats for sure. Anyways appreciate all your advice always look forward to seeing new videos.
Tyler that sounds great with the 10 and getting your own land... outstanding!! And thanks a lot for the feedback, I hope you like the video!
Awesome! Thanks for the video
Thank you, you are very welcome!!
LOVE YOUR DEER HUNTING VIDEOS
Hey brother just got a chance to watch this one GOD BLESS.
Thank you Randle hopefully not too long for you!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions I’ll watch I’m bits got people texting and calling me right now thank you brother for sharin with us GOD BLESS. Talk to you later.
always enjoy watching the videos, you should do a video of a specific hunt, from finding signs to prepping location, and actual hunt with a fan.
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Good luck Jeff!! I have a stand I set up close to a week ago and have not used or been back to since... ready for the right wind and temp forecast early this week..!! May we both harvest our big bucks this week!! God bless brother, happy hunting!!
Thank you very much Rick and that sounds perfect! Both waiting for the right weather and us both getting a big buck 😉 good luck to you too!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions thank you sir!! I expect to see some pics!!😉
@@rickparshall thank you very much...hopefully video!
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What a great video and educational in depth look into your life and how you really do it! Your making us all a better deer/landowner person. Please keep us informed on your hunts!
Boy that really means a lot to me! Thank you very much and I really do hope that it helps a lot of folks. Thank you and good luck to you too...the rut is sure screaming down the pipe, enjoy!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I haven't seen any rut activity yet here in north western pa yet. Usually about Halloween is when it really kicks in. Keep up the good work I'm taking your tactics to my woods!
@@MrMikehunt34 that sounds perfect...not too far away! Hoping to go back and hunt in the Aleghaney Forest this gun season...been too long!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I'll be bear hunting just outside Warren the first day and that Monday of bear season, there are some brutes in the Allegheny national forest when it comes to bear and deer!
@@MrMikehunt34 I actually hunted 17 gun seasons, been a few seasons but the hunting was really getting good the last several years I was there!
Thank you for your video
Thank you for watching Juan!
Great detailed info.
Thank you very much Kent! Always have a lot of fun at these and I hope the info helps a lot...
Love watching. the videos, have learned a lot. Do you have any tips for accessing and hunting a 50 acre parcel that is long and narrow? Thank You!
I have the same situation. I have 40 acres that is 670' wide by 1/2 mile deep. I can only access at the northern border that is 670'
I think that I could listen to u talk deer 24 hours straight
Well at least there are one of you out there Shawn, lol. I really do appreciate that...that means a lot to me but really I hope that the info greatly helps!
I have about 8 acres of private land i get to hunt with about an acre of food plot. What wpuld you recommend using in the foodplot and how should i split it up
I remember when I was younger and I shot a 6 point and I only waited an hour before tracking and pushed him off property and I went through everything to look didn’t find him and ruined the spot for the rest of archery.
Finally got to go...seen a six pt. On sun. And a spike this A.m. they were definitely out crusing, snooping around! I have yet to see a doe! Go figure. What's your thoughts on hunting a stand two days in a row? Or more?
That's great to hear! So far I've hunted 5 sits...4 stands. My wife has hunted 13 sits, 6 stand locations. I may sit a stand tomorrow that I hunted a week ago Sunday, but I have a strong track record of shooting about 75% of my bucks the first sit in a stand. In fact if I look back at roughly my top 50 bucks around 45 bucks we're shot from different stands. I really skip around. Thursday morning will be a first sit stand...the same on Friday.
I actually don't remember the last time I sat the same stand 2 days in a row. I am always searching for the best/freshest stand...
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 yah, I'll make up my mind in the a.m. 🤔
Great video as always very informational. Any chance you could do a area over head. Behind my house? It's at 530 basket rd.webster N.Y 14580. For stand placement. I have hunting Permission from my neighbors on both sides and behind me. This was my first year hunting I did harvest a 8 pointer but never seen a mature buck while hunting but did catch one on tree cam.I have two stands up back first right side of my property on the edge of our house maybe 100 yards from houses.The second is my left neighbors 200 yards in from houses. The thing that stinks you can hear everything from traffic to dogs barking.. I only spotted does and yearling bucks there. I'm thinking I have to go further back it is thick back there but opens alittle.and was thinking of making a path this spring so I can get back there quick and Quietly.Any help would be very awesome and much appreciated. Thank you.
Have you ever done a video on reading topo maps for deer travel? That's something I've never understood. All the lines confuse me.
I have not...and that is a GREAT idea!! I could show in the field shots of the same area...
I will do that very soon, thanks for the suggestion!
I've seen other hunting shows talking about it but never explained. My hunting area has hills, drainage and crop fields. As smart as you are you could explain it to where everyone understands. Like how we should use topo maps for setting up stands. Thanks for all the great videos.
Discuss buck bedding based off topo and in field scouting with hunting tactics for each one. Thanks!
@@chrisgoodwin5857 I hope this helps...My Top 10 Buck Bedding Hotspot article I wrote a few years ago. Lots of info, and ranked #1 on Google. Easy to find.
www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/blog/where-does-a-buck-bed-top-10-spots
I also I hope that you like my most recent video on topography and treestand strategies: ua-cam.com/video/n9341PhoxcA/v-deo.html
Is it the new moon that triggers the rut? Are we starting the new moon this week?
The moon has nothing to do with the rut...it's the same time every year but it is just about happening in a lot of locations... hope the info helps!
Jeff come hunt with me let’s goooo
Hey Jeff how high so you usually hang your stands
Alli great question...right around 20'.
Great my husband says we are right at 19 just below top of 20' climbing sticks but from your videos looks like your really high
@@allihanvy8023 we have 20' ladders too...some are a little under that and some just a tad higher. They do look like they are higher in some of the videos though!
Do you value low temps or a high barometric pressure more when planning a sit?
That's a great question and I think bp is largely misunderstood. I did a lot of research over my own buck kills and a few others. Trail cam pics, etc. What I believe is that the barometric pressure alone does very little...similar to the moon. However, the conditions that sometimes accompany a bp change, are the true influencers. For example although it doesn't happen often, a rise in barometric pressure without wind or temp change does very little if anything at all. However, major temp changes, wind changes and changes in extreme weather influence movements greatly.
Think of it like if the temp drops 20 degrees, winds die a bit and extreme weather conditions of rain, sleet, snow and thunder stops for several hours...then the hunting will be outstanding regardless of the bp. Same with the moon. Not to say there couldn't be a slight improvement with bp rising...but it is not one of the major influencers and alone, really isn't most likely a noticeable influencer of deer movement.
Hope that makes sense ..but the bp from what I have experienced, isn't a factor by itself, to plan a hunt around, in any way.
Yeah, usually the in the days where I have seen a high rise in barometric pressure, there is usually also a drop in wind speed or temperature as well, so that does make sense. There is a new app out called "Deer Cast", I'm sure you have heard of it. They almost solely rate hunting days off of barometric pressure alone, so I've recently been debating how accurate the apps ratings are.
@@dualthreatoutdoors I fully agree and yes I've heard, I consider it a major flaw. BP and moon by themselves are not movement influencers....or enough to plan a hunt around.
Think about what factors actually influence if a deer misses feedings or not...heavy wind, extreme weather, extreme temp changes. BP and the moon are just more feelings in the air....not physical influences.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 that makes sense for sure. All I know is that these next 10 days are the prime time to be in the woods. I have seen some young bucks begin to cruse more frequently, but I don't thinks doe's have came into estrus yet (atleast where I hunt in North Central Pennsylvania).
@@dualthreatoutdoors amen to that! I passed up a cruising 4 year old at around 11am this morning...saw 6 bucks cruising on Monday. They are REALLY beginning to move...but I haven't seen one of the larger ones on this video yet. Good luck!
How do I go to one of those presentations?
Hi Dan I would love to see you at one. I do not do very many. I do try to sneak in 1-2 per year at my local archery shop, Lacrosse Archery, in Larosse WI. Of I put one on this year it will be on my Facebook and Instagram pages...hope you can make it if not too far!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions if I see the post early enough I’m that crazy to come over from Boston
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Thank you!
Do you do any shed hunting, scouting at all in your sanctuary areas after you purchase the property? I completely understand the logic, but seems odd to have a chunk of your land you have never seen.
Justin,ha...I have zero portions of the land I have never seen. I'm on the lands all the time. I just leave them alone from about 3-4 weeks before the season until the end if the season. That's it. Rally a great parcel shouldn't have too many mature bucks in it after the season anyways...so really no harm no foul, because they typically aren't there. Again though...I only stay out during the season, except for blood tracing, deer retrieval, etc.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thanks for clearing that up. If you jump a mature buck during post season scouting, do you risk over pressuring the deer, and losing it to a neighboring property? Or will it return to that core bedding area?
@@bucknuts8824 that's a great question! Although every time I am in those areas I feel nervous...I really don't think it matters in any way. I feel it takes deer about 3-4 weeks of forgiveness. Meaning, once that period has passed they don't seem to care. the problem with that during hunting season is that time is never appropritete or realistic to have pass.the buck get shit in a neighbors, the buck relocates and likes his new daylight home better, or he just plain passes a time he was going to use your land mostly, and never comes back once pushed out. That's where the 3-4 weeks of cooling off is really important before the season begins...but 8 months of cooling off...or 4 months, or even 2 months is not needed.