Great information. Thanks for putting this together. I recently became a PA public land hunter. It’s a huge learning experience for me having hunted private land the first 26 years of my hunting career. Thanks
Awesome video. I will be hunting a 3 yr old clear cut this fall up in the U.P. nice tips. I’ve done some scouting and decided on a area close to a creek that there skirting the side of it. So fingers crossed. Thanks for the great tips
I hunt clearfield cuts in Pennsylvania big woods I break them down like a grid system once I find sign I mark it down and move on for better results if not I go back and break down that area to find the bedding I’m aggressive when it comes to this system sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t hunting the big woods is fun but frustrating all in one good luck to you this season thanks for a great video
Good to hear from someone in the woods. I’m in my seventh decade, 3rd generation hunting near Lake Superior south shore. I appreciate your thinking but look a bit deeper. What appears to be an identical jungle isn’t. You’re not getting to the point. Deer are creatures of edges when they’re moving normally. 90% of this is at night. Their escape routes take them relatively directly from any point in their territory to a place of cover. They use wind and sound as natural defense. Now, study your property for vegetation edges that coincide with a given wind direction. Find places along this path paralleling water. Find parallel topography. Scout your land for specific places that have those combinations in each wind direction. If you have an edge creek, however tiny, at the low point of an edge you need to mark the spot. Daylight deer are island creatures. Mature deer will virtually always spend daylight hours in an area surrounded by extremely dense, thorny cover and or areas surrounded by water and mud that is not accessible. Mark it down. Know your food sources. Don’t know how to put that any simple way. They transition from graze to browse during hunting season. Between, they feed heavily on mushrooms, nuts, berries, and fruits. Find and mark them. During transition in fall and spring, they more than double their defecation. One deer makes a lot of tracks. If you see concentrations of tracks it’s either used often or by many and virtually always doe and fawns. Watch for very lightly used trails and follow them carefully through dense areas. Horns don’t pass through 2” popples 10” apart. If you follow a trail and it repeatedly bypasses trees 20” apart, use your brain. The most important thing in all of this is marking it on a map. You will eventually, “see”, where they live and the routes that connect. With today’s technology you can make a starting point in an afternoon. But, you must put boots on the ground to understand flora and fauna. That’s critical day by day. I think most educated deer studiers will agree: the regularly use 10% of their territory. If you’re not hunting that, you’re wasting time and hoping for blind luck. Last word of 101, when you find potential mature island hides, avoid them at all cost, except during mid-winter. Have fun.
Couple nice bucks you got on pic. About the 8:20 and 9:08 clip of the tape. You get a shot at either of them? Looked like two different bucks? And you're right, you need to make sure they're not summer runs. I'd stay closer to the edges. Only time I see a big boy come out in a open clearing, is if he's on a hot doe. Lol. Good vid. Hope all is well😊
Never got a shot at the big guy- what a dandy he was last fall tho. Biggest bodied deer I’ve ever gotten on cam. I hunted that primary scrape last fall and saw some does and younger bucks but not the big boy
Watching all these deer hunting videos makes me really appreciate where I live. You guys are hunting agricultural land and sparse forests... I can't find advice for hunting heavy wooded mountains
I love your videos! Very educational! I hunt Northwest Minnesota in ag country and I’ve always wanted to hunt the chocolate antlered bucks in the big woods of Northeast Minnesota!
Logging road deer crossings are great for identifying an area where doe family groups live. Many times a logging road can be a funnel itself in areas that hold water or contain other movement restrictions such as topography, blow downs, high stem counts or rock.
Great videos - nice to have someone from Northern MN provide insight! We hunt near Tower, MN and have not seen a buck in a few years. We have more wolves on the camera than bucks. Are you still having success with the low census?
Always great to connect with another northern MN hunter! We are a little south and west of you guys. We are lucky enough that our herd has not been completely decimated. But it’s still way below what it was 5 and 10 years ago. Definitely tougher hunting. A real shame what has happened to deer hunting in Northeastern MN. Too many wolves. But it’s like we aren’t allowed to talk about wolves as the problem. Ridiculous.
Where I hunt in the Pike River area between virginia and tower the wolves outnumber the deer on our cameras 4 to 1. We used to see about a 50% success rate in our camp of 10-12 guys. The last few years we've been lucky to have 2 deer on the pole at the end of the season.
@ this is the sad new reality for deer hunters in NE MN. We don’t hunt all that far from you. This is our worst year ever for trail cam pics. The wolves have decimated the herd near us. Sad situation.
@@northernforestwhitetail I see the DNR is starting a trail cam project in the region to get a better overall picture of the wolf situation. Hopefully after seeing the photo evidence of what we've been dealing with over the last decade we'll finally see some movement on an actual management plan, but I'm not hopeful. Our state government is currently way, WAY, more aligned with the activists than the common man unfortunately.
@@alexwest4253 bummer. So are your woods and landscape just continuing to age then? That will lead to a long term decline in fertility of the woods for many plant and animal species
@@northernforestwhitetail Exactly. There are lots of dear up to about 60 miles north of Atlanta but once you get up in the blue ridge mountains the numbers go way down and it has really harmed the quail and turkey numbers as well. They do some prescribed burning in some areas. but not really enough.
I’ve always been leery about crowding a mature buck with my cameras. I still use cameras but I’m pretty cautious with where I put them. Sorry to hear that happened to you
@@rickmiller3368 get out there now. Before it gets closer to the season. He came around, scout your butt off. He came from somewhere. Scout scout scout
An be careful with sent coming from trail cams sent still comes from the inside ,we think they are sealed tight but sent still comes from them ,always spray ur cams down desent them ,pro tip
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Thank you for the hard work and dedication in your UA-cam will definitely gained a new fan man!1
@@rondumb6055 hey thanks I appreciate it!
Great information. Thanks for putting this together.
I recently became a PA public land hunter. It’s a huge learning experience for me having hunted private land the first 26 years of my hunting career. Thanks
Good job its rewarding!
Same here have hunted privately now public different ball game
Really agree with your last comment- keep moving until you find the deer. 🦌 sometimes it takes miles and miles.
@@4martell4 agreed- thanks for watching. Good luck this fall!
Awesome video. I will be hunting a 3 yr old clear cut this fall up in the U.P. nice tips. I’ve done some scouting and decided on a area close to a creek that there skirting the side of it. So fingers crossed. Thanks for the great tips
Find the bedding. Good luck!
@@whitetailwarriorsdeercamp88 you bet thanks for watching
Clear cuts are killer. Great video
Thanks! They are a great place to find deer in the big woods.
BIG WOODS hunting is really fun anyhow!
Dang right! Just need fewer wolves… maybe someday
@@northernforestwhitetail yeah 👍 you got a point BIGLY.
Edges of clearcuts are very good.
Yep- I agree. Good luck this fall
I hunt clearfield cuts in Pennsylvania big woods I break them down like a grid system once I find sign I mark it down and move on for better results if not I go back and break down that area to find the bedding I’m aggressive when it comes to this system sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t hunting the big woods is fun but frustrating all in one good luck to you this season thanks for a great video
Good to hear from someone in the woods. I’m in my seventh decade, 3rd generation hunting near Lake Superior south shore. I appreciate your thinking but look a bit deeper. What appears to be an identical jungle isn’t. You’re not getting to the point. Deer are creatures of edges when they’re moving normally. 90% of this is at night. Their escape routes take them relatively directly from any point in their territory to a place of cover. They use wind and sound as natural defense. Now, study your property for vegetation edges that coincide with a given wind direction. Find places along this path paralleling water. Find parallel topography. Scout your land for specific places that have those combinations in each wind direction. If you have an edge creek, however tiny, at the low point of an edge you need to mark the spot. Daylight deer are island creatures. Mature deer will virtually always spend daylight hours in an area surrounded by extremely dense, thorny cover and or areas surrounded by water and mud that is not accessible. Mark it down. Know your food sources. Don’t know how to put that any simple way. They transition from graze to browse during hunting season. Between, they feed heavily on mushrooms, nuts, berries, and fruits. Find and mark them. During transition in fall and spring, they more than double their defecation. One deer makes a lot of tracks. If you see concentrations of tracks it’s either used often or by many and virtually always doe and fawns. Watch for very lightly used trails and follow them carefully through dense areas. Horns don’t pass through 2” popples 10” apart. If you follow a trail and it repeatedly bypasses trees 20” apart, use your brain. The most important thing in all of this is marking it on a map. You will eventually, “see”, where they live and the routes that connect. With today’s technology you can make a starting point in an afternoon. But, you must put boots on the ground to understand flora and fauna. That’s critical day by day. I think most educated deer studiers will agree: the regularly use 10% of their territory. If you’re not hunting that, you’re wasting time and hoping for blind luck. Last word of 101, when you find potential mature island hides, avoid them at all cost, except during mid-winter. Have fun.
@@kurzhaarguy great points thanks for sharing
Great advice and nice footage thanks.
@@charlesleblanc6638 you bet- good luck this fall
Couple nice bucks you got on pic. About the 8:20 and 9:08 clip of the tape. You get a shot at either of them? Looked like two different bucks? And you're right, you need to make sure they're not summer runs. I'd stay closer to the edges. Only time I see a big boy come out in a open clearing, is if he's on a hot doe. Lol. Good vid. Hope all is well😊
Never got a shot at the big guy- what a dandy he was last fall tho. Biggest bodied deer I’ve ever gotten on cam. I hunted that primary scrape last fall and saw some does and younger bucks but not the big boy
@@northernforestwhitetail That's a bummer. Find his bedding. No doubt he has several. But he's got one closer than the others. Find it my friend.
Watching all these deer hunting videos makes me really appreciate where I live. You guys are hunting agricultural land and sparse forests... I can't find advice for hunting heavy wooded mountains
Thanks for watching
Love the new video
I love your videos! Very educational! I hunt Northwest Minnesota in ag country and I’ve always wanted to hunt the chocolate antlered bucks in the big woods of Northeast Minnesota!
They are absolutely the best
Awesome video man thank you for sharing.
@@waelharp4060 you bet glad you enjoyed it
Logging road deer crossings are great for identifying an area where doe family groups live.
Many times a logging road can be a funnel itself in areas that hold water or contain other movement restrictions such as topography, blow downs, high stem counts or rock.
@@brushcrawler8612 good point. That is a good way spot trails and tracks fast while covering a lot of ground.
@@northernforestwhitetail Older, overgrown roads are often used as scrape lines in my area. 🦌
I have found the fastest way to find a deer is to sit down and start reading a book. Deer will show up in no time at all.
@@freecitizen7372 that usually brings them!
What kind of books do they like the most?
@jakegriffiths590 how to cook venison 😂
That works but fastest for me is when I decide to move and stand up with my weapon still leaning against the tree
Or sit down and play with your phone. Works every time for me.
Water and swamps in big woods as well. Big deal. Lots of sunshine and pinch points. That’s big in Michigan.
beaver dams 💯 🦫
Great content...
Thanks for watching- good luck this fall
Great videos - nice to have someone from Northern MN provide insight! We hunt near Tower, MN and have not seen a buck in a few years. We have more wolves on the camera than bucks. Are you still having success with the low census?
Always great to connect with another northern MN hunter! We are a little south and west of you guys. We are lucky enough that our herd has not been completely decimated. But it’s still way below what it was 5 and 10 years ago. Definitely tougher hunting. A real shame what has happened to deer hunting in Northeastern MN. Too many wolves. But it’s like we aren’t allowed to talk about wolves as the problem. Ridiculous.
Where I hunt in the Pike River area between virginia and tower the wolves outnumber the deer on our cameras 4 to 1. We used to see about a 50% success rate in our camp of 10-12 guys. The last few years we've been lucky to have 2 deer on the pole at the end of the season.
@ this is the sad new reality for deer hunters in NE MN. We don’t hunt all that far from you. This is our worst year ever for trail cam pics. The wolves have decimated the herd near us. Sad situation.
@@northernforestwhitetail I see the DNR is starting a trail cam project in the region to get a better overall picture of the wolf situation. Hopefully after seeing the photo evidence of what we've been dealing with over the last decade we'll finally see some movement on an actual management plan, but I'm not hopeful. Our state government is currently way, WAY, more aligned with the activists than the common man unfortunately.
Clear cuts are great, but here in north Georgia they quit clear cutting 20-30 years ago. :(
@@alexwest4253 bummer. So are your woods and landscape just continuing to age then? That will lead to a long term decline in fertility of the woods for many plant and animal species
@@northernforestwhitetail Exactly. There are lots of dear up to about 60 miles north of Atlanta but once you get up in the blue ridge mountains the numbers go way down and it has really harmed the quail and turkey numbers as well. They do some prescribed burning in some areas. but not really enough.
Flashed the biggest buck I have ever seen in my area back in June, and he hasn't shown up on the camera since.
I’ve always been leery about crowding a mature buck with my cameras. I still use cameras but I’m pretty cautious with where I put them. Sorry to hear that happened to you
@@rickmiller3368 get out there now. Before it gets closer to the season. He came around, scout your butt off. He came from somewhere. Scout scout scout
Where I hunt there are more hunters than huntable bucks.
Step one go into the woods.
Ya it is super easy ..I open the gate from our deer farm and there they are...up to 300 inch..
An be careful with sent coming from trail cams sent still comes from the inside ,we think they are sealed tight but sent still comes from them ,always spray ur cams down desent them ,pro tip