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lol none… I’ve never hunted or scouted in that terrain. Wish I had some helpful information. If I were to scout that habitat, I would start around creeks or rivers and go from there. That’s just my uninformed mindset with that type of habitat.

You're welcome. I appreciate the kind words. I hope scouting has gone well for you.

Yes, exactly. Especially for historical sign.

I've heard of people doing that with the duct tape. Did you use the stand in one location or move it around throughout the season?

@@RelentlessSportsman It was my mobile setup for public land hunting. On a side note, I too live in central WI and used to hunt north of Hwy 64 (Hayward area) while a teenager in the 90s. Those were some great years of hunting.

Wow we’re on 64 but we stay south for deer hunting. Mountain.

Carry bear spray.

I don't want to tell anyone what to do in this situation - not my area of expertise. I will say that I would only go places you feel comfortable and only use protection as you feel comfortable. Bear spray, side arm, knife, etc. During rifle season I wouldn't worry too much but I can understand why bow hunting is a different story. Did you hear about the bow hunter from Buffalo count, WI? The one who I believe shot a mountain lion for self defense. Crazy stuff happens.

Predators are often times more afraid of you than you are of them. Unless they are starving. You most likely will never encounter one. I’ve hunted the same area for 30 years with a known wolf pack and I’ve never seen one in the wild. Only on game cams.

@@RelentlessSportsman Ok. I may tend to think of worse case scenarios like being attack by giant black bear, or a pack of wolves who pattern you in the big woods and what to know what you should know what to do or understand the animals a bit more to stay safe

I am glad you asked this question as I am curious what other bow hunters do as well. I hunt the UP alone and have had wolves around me and also came up to one as I rounded a corner in dark. It backed away but my adrenaline rush was intense after I settled in stand. My buddy did have a bear pursue him so I’m thinking bear spray. Don’t really want a hand gun etc.

Appreciate the support!

You’re welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

Glad you enjoyed it!

You are very welcome. Glad they’ve been beneficial.

Thanks! I’m hoping for another chance next season.

@ Good luck next year, I also hunt big woods public lands that are pressured ,at 65 years old I’m still learning and believe rack bucks are a different breed to hunt , the first thing I look for is big rubs ,pay more attention to a big rub with a licking branch and scrape .Same goes with the height of the branch the buck I took this year was hitting a branch 6 1/2 feet above the ground.

Agreed. The taller the rub, the bigger/older the buck.

@@jamesyurky3048 How many times have you come across a rub with a scrape and licking branch all in one? I've seen this once in my 20+ years of hunting. I tried searching for others' opinions online, but did not come up with any meaningful "hits." The only other person I have heard mention it is an author from WI named Bob Mercier. He believes mature breeder bucks make these and bed near them to monitor does.

Haha….yep! Just looking for a chance to

Tell that to Dan Infalt. He hunts bedding almost exclusively

Are there big woods down there?

I’ve considered that. Something to keep looking into for sure.

The deer is huge. I can try the hang on at ground level, I'm definitely not against it. This buck is extremely aware of everything at ground level. Lots of pressure... I'm going to keep trying though.

Good question. I think there is a way to do it. Just haven’t closed the gap yet. I learn a little more each time I scout the area.

@RelentlessSportsman That makes sense.

There is a way to do it….hmmm ground or tree…which neither work for this spot. You think maybe helicopter or jet? Maybe you could put some more disgusting commercials in your videos. You do realize kids watch this stuff right???

You need to learn a fact about RUclips content creators. We have absolutely no control over what ads google uses in our videos - none whatsoever. The ads you see are completely different from another person watching my videos. I agree that google should not be showing many of the ads they do, just for that reasons - young children. If you have a complaint about the ads, take it up with google, not RUclips content creators. It is completely out of our control.

Why are they only on specific videos? Wow, you really are relentless! Let’s join forces and remove the ads! I’ll demonetize my videos if you do the same; that way the kids won’t have to see disgusting commercials.

Glad you like them! Thank you for watching.

@@RelentlessSportsman Where abouts are you hunting in WI ? I grew up in Berlin WI and went there hunting at a friends place this year, just no shooter bucks. Next year gonna hunt the White River Marsh public lands near Berlin WI and hopefully see a monster. I live in MI but after lots and lots of scouting still having hard time finding big rubs and signs of monsters.

Good luck! You’ll find decent sign in around Berlin. I live in central WI.

Thanks for pointing that out. Your are correct. I have the habit of using ‘swamp’ for both environments.

You're welcome. Please be careful with the mount as it works well if you're not too forceful. While paddling longer distances, I lift up the transducer. Sounds like a really fun trip! Thanks for supporting my channel.

Where are you located generally? Sorry if I've asked before and cannot remember. Are there decent arial maps for that area?

@@RelentlessSportsman no worries, no need to apologize! I'm in Douglas County less than ten miles from Lake Superior. I hunt public near me and some in Washburn County when I go down there to visit my boyfriend. I can get over to Bayfield and Sawyer Counties pretty easily too. Moved here from MN in 2023 and there's so much scouting and exploring I want to do. Barely scratched the surface so far even though I spend a ton of time in the woods. Right now there are issues with the deer herd up north, numbers are down from what they used to be. And wolf and predator numbers are high. I use Google and OnX for maps. Thanks!

Gotcha. Yes the numbers are not great anywhere in northern WI. I used to hunt a half mile south of the UP border back when there was a decent herd population. Some friends of mine still hunt there and they have had seasons where they see more wolves than deer. Sad

@@RelentlessSportsman I'm sad that I missed the old days when deer numbers were better up north. They were already falling when I learned to hunt in northern MN. But at least I learned to hunt difficult conditions and still get excited just seeing some does! I try to have realistic expectations and am happy with smaller bucks, but it sure would be fun to bag a mature one. Plus getting out in these big areas of public in the northwoods is really fun. I'm sure you're familiar with it if you learned to hunt near the UP. We need some wolf management for sure.

Where at? I hope it goes well for you.

@@RelentlessSportsman Northern Wisconsin. Snow is gone for now so it's a great time to be out.

Absolutely! Time to take advantage. Let me know how it goes up there.

Good luck out there! You've described my property exactly, by describing yours. After the rut, the bucks goes elsewhere. Where are you located? Late season scouting is great if the snow doesn't get too deep.

@RelentlessSportsman southwest Michigan. Got some real habitat improvement planned for this year. Won't do much for late season, but if I can get the bucks to stick around a couple days into rifle season it would be an improvement.

I'm also doing habitat improvements to my property! What do you plan on doing? I've been researching all kinds of ways to improve deer habitat - takes me into a whole new world of deer hunting that I've never explored before.

I select cut my hardwood about 5 years ago. Native grasses, raspberries and other weeds have filled in what was pretty barren ground. I've tried planting seedlings before, but the deer browsed them off. This year I'm buying mature conifers (5 -6') and planting throughout the timber. (40 - 60 trees). I found a wholesale farm for those. I'm also tilling parts of the timber to get the seed bank to help populate under brush, but since I don't want to wait for another t years, I'm planting switch grass as well. The south 3rd of my property has been growing thicker on its own with pines, oak saplings, autumn olive, etc. And you can already see that does are spending more time on my land rather than just passing through. I've got 3 clover foodplots that suffered through a dry summer, so tending to them will be key. I will hit them with potassium and let them grow, then kill the grasses and weeds with a selective herbicide that won't harm the clover in June.

Well done. Sounds like you have a good plan moving forward

haha yep! I'm sure it's quite different. I wouldn't know where to start in Florida.

@@RelentlessSportsman Nobody does lol that's why no hunting shows or how too vids are done here surprisingly a lotttt of hunting and the state is totally avoided by who's who hunting content creators you'll never see the Hunting Public guys in Florida for example. It's near impossible to pattern deer in Florida outside of the agriculture areas of very northern parts. Most difficult hunting in the Union hands down!

Oh really? You believe Florida is the hardest place to hunt? I've heard Michigan and Pensilvania are amongst the hardest. You may be right about Florida. I really don't know.

Sorry to hear your fishing videos are losing interest. Do you have an idea why that is? My fishing videos never really caught any attention. Idk if that's because of my video creating skills, topic or that fishing is a huge RUclips genre that is often overcrowded.

You're welcome! Let me know how it goes, please.

@@RelentlessSportsman Will do. Snows start in southern Missouri sometime in January usually. We don't get many snows nor heavy snows though they do happen. We get seasonally mixed rain/sleet/snow in this area on average. It's what is normal for here.

You live in a great state. I love it down there.

Correct. I no longer saddle hunt. However I'm glad you shared this info with me as I can pass it on to other who do saddle hunt. IWOM makes a full body suit that works really well for keeping people warm during stand hunts. It's a big sleeping bag with sleeves, basically.

Thanks for watching, Kevin.

@RelentlessSportsman merry Christmas

Thanks, Steve. I agree with getting more value from scouting that successful videos. Although, those are more entertaining. Thanks for supporting the channel. I appreciate you.

That would be a fun experience. To be honest, I think I would struggle in the south. Deer patterns are similar but also really different from what I can tell. It would also be new terrain to figure out.

Yes they do. That's where that little buck got bumped in the video. I'm thinking evening stand locations in those pines - assuming the bedding is out in the swamp where those trails lead to. I agree with the shot possibilities, needing multiple is important. Thank you for watching and supporting the channel, Mark.

It is definitely possible that it could be multiple bucks. My experience tells me otherwise. There are multiple areas I hunt where there is one dominant buck that does the majority of the rubbing. In those areas, the dominant buck has his rut loops. The smaller rubs are from subordinate bucks. Again, this is what I've learned from my experience, where I have scouted and hunted.

I appreciate that.

I'm in central WI - not in suburban areas. There is one other area that has even more rubs that are bigger - hard to believe, I know. I'll make a video about that spot shortly.

@@RelentlessSportsman cool! Looking forward to it.

@@katiecrowley3417 i have one spot in the area i hunt that is filled with rubs. had over 25 rubs in a straight line. i was blown away when i found it lol

@joshspatz2441 that's crazy! Pretty exciting to find something like that.

Thank you for supporting the channel. Depending on the public land, I have 4 methods. 1. Utility cart - same cart I use for hauling firewood across my yard, etc. This is used when public access/logging roads take me waaay back. 2. Otter sled - makes dragging 10x easier, even when there is no snow. It helps keep the feet and antlers from catching on things. I've also used an otter sled to bring deer across small rivers/creeks. They will float if you balance it properly. 3. ATV - my four wheeler will get used if the public allows for ATV access. Which most of the public around me does not. Northern WI usually allows for it so when I rarely go up there to hunt, I would use that. I've also pulled deer out with my 4 wheeler, with the deer in the otter sled. That's really the best combo. 4. Boat/canoe - crossing bigger rivers. There is one good location across a large river that a boat or good size canoe is necessary. Biggest thing I've learned is after I shoot a deer, I find it, mark it on OnX and then bring all my other gear back to my vehicle. Then I come back with the sled, cart or whatever. I definitely do not drag out the deer with my stand and bow or gun - too much weight for me. I hope this has been helpful.

@@RelentlessSportsman great advice! Thanks for the response. I actually never heard of an Otter Sled. Just looked it up. That may be something I try. Thanks again and good luck out there!

You're welcome. Yes, we use otter sleds a lot up north for ice fishing, hauling deer, hauling firewood and gear around in the snow. They're built stronger than many other sleds that look similar. My has lasted 8 years so far and it looks and feels brand new.

Great minds think alike! Thanks for watching.

No, I suppose not. Hunting up here takes a much different approach I would imagine.

@ well down hear they have food and water everywhere year round lol.

Exactly. So many differences. I wouldn't know where to start down there.

@ that makes two of us lol

Yes, you are correct. Thank you for the reminder. I currently do not use them. For any private land setups, I use the ladder steps that strap onto the tree instead.

Congrats with that. Well done. Each season is different. A buck may replace the one you shot right away or it could take a few seasons.

Sometimes it's multiple sometimes just 1, heavy cutting buck. Use trail cams to confirm and pattern him. I hunt NC military installations and can't use cams so I walk the look until I jump him unfortunately. I'll find my stand location and come back a week later when he returns. But after you find the loop then set up the cams to find out his pattern.

It’s impressive you ground hunt more of the time. That makes things much more challenging. Thank you for noticing my simple approach to creating content. I agree that the ver edited, produced and scripted content takes the ‘realness’ out of it. You mentioned all the pressure and people willing to go anywhere and everywhere in Kentucky. Luckily that hasn’t caught on here in WI yet. Some places, like SE Wisconsin that can happen. Less public land and more people. By me, most hunters won’t cross tiny creeks even.

Did you get the deer I only ground hunt and I love it. But I did buy me climber this year but haven’t used it yet like it get there before light and learn how to be still and at the ready brush yourself in well. are just big tree little Bucket all you need. I mostly hunt public land got couple nice ones. I think lot people worried to much about access why walk around leaving more sent and crossing more trail he could be coming from on that day. Walk in and don’t over think it.

You won’t regret it. Dry warm feet can't be beat. Depending on your climate and cold tolerance, you may want to consider heated socks or the toe warmers I discussed in this video. Pairing those with these boots will guarantee a comfortable sit. Good luck out there!

Have you used other apps and boots? Compared to others, they are not heavy. I walk a long ways in the snow, with a stand and other gear on my back with my Titans without a problem.

Thank you. Yes, I use an otter sled for smaller rivers. If it were to be a larger crossing, I’d probably use a canoe, but that hasn’t happened yet.

Thank you! I appreciate it. I try to think of each video from the perspective of someone else because I find it hard sometimes to really explain the area where I’m hunting.

I appreciate it, glad you enjoyed it. I noticed your ‘name’ on here has ministry in it. I’m curious to know more about that. Thanks

@@RelentlessSportsman Yes, of course! I had a website up for around 10 years where a person could search the scriptures for specifically the King James Version, the Tyndale Version (New Testament), and the Wycliffe Bible. It's constantly on my mind to get back to it. It was written in an older scripting technology. The fellow who had hosted it actually passed away, and I hadn't gotten back to putting it online again. Finding a host that supports the technology is what I have to find. For the handle "desiregoodministry", my oldest son decided to make a Google email for me. He decided on his own arbitrarily for that handle. I use it here on RUclips as you see. I don't have a 501(c)(3) or anything official. Like you, I am on my own with what I do. It is a hobby at the time. I love to write. However, I am older and want good health too, which includes hunting and gardening as well as knowing about health, which is why yours are some of the channels I follow. :) As far as profession of faith, I am a believer in Jesus Christ. As far as Desire Good. It can be pretty simple to understand. Desire is an action, which can be akin to hunting deer, for example. Through desire, a person can go to the end of himself to try to understand the hunt. A person can feel the longing to hunt, the sense of loss in it, the sense of regret, the sense of hope, the sense of query, the sense of mystery, the propelling notion that causes him to push, and push, and push until he finds what he hopes to finds - exploring, discovering, scouting, planning, etc. It is definitely a choice as well as a feeling to desire. Good is a result but not just any result. Jesus, himself said no one is good except God in heaven, so the good He spoke of was not one of a quality as in bet (good), better, best. Actually, the word "good" means "to gather", which means that only God, the Father, knows his own desire in how to gather how He wants to gather. If that be so, then "evil" means to "ungather". When looking through the scriptures of the Bible, the Father gathers and ungathers. He does good, and He does evil. He allows the rain to fall on the righteous and the unrighteous. But to be mindful of how a person literally moves in intent, in spirit, in will, and in choice - to realize that through the powerful choice of a person's will, the torque of it, a person moves supernaturally (behind the scenes of the physical in a way that the physical senses might not perceive). "In him we live and move and have our being" as the scriptures state. We may not see our will in action in the physical, but our will in action in the spiritual is the basis of desire. A person could be paralyzed physically and still move the spiritual world greatly by choice of will alone. That coupled with choosing the Father's plan of what He wants gathered is exactly the position He desires of us to be, to work, and to remain ... to long to choose to do His plan when and where ever he needs us. web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/desiregood.com

Thank you for the thorough explanation. Well done you, to demonstrate your commitment to the faith. I am also a follower if Jesus. You mentioned you focus on your health and gardening. I have another RUclips channel called 'Together We Harvest'. It focuses on self reliance, homesteading, gardening, growing food, etc. You may find some things interesting on there.

I bought an orange ghillie suit with 3D laser cut leaves all over it. The older Vietnam vet at the shooting range looked at me in disbelief. But! If it works, it works. I'll know eventually! :)

Yes! Such a limited spot for decent trees. That would really catch them off guard

Yes, they didn’t seem to end! Thanks for watching