As a mechanic I use the same sort of thing when someone brings me a car in peices...everything tells a story! And Dan's explanation of this is spot on! Never thought of it when it comes to deer so thanks again Dan! Just another tool from the LEGEND!
Im a young 21 year old hunter I scouted some great buck bedding and found a very nice shed this spring thanks to many tactics I’ve learned from this channel and your DVD’s ! The best buck bedding i scouted is along a small marshy opening along a creek through surrounded by hardwoods a “thermal hub” and by no means do I feel like I got it figured it out but I think I got a pretty good idea. There is almost no sight advantage to the bed because it’s so thick but due to the high pressure I understand why the bucks are in this type of spot. I had the “awe” effect. I believe to get a crack at the buck I’m going to have to stay back from the transition so evening thermals don’t pull my scent into the toilet bowl effect of the opening. I’ll have to back off and hunt em off of exit trails I know are his because of the tracks and rubs I seen from spring scouting. We’ll see if I can figure this coming fall! Good luck to everybody this coming deer season.
Dan, I never knew about you or your channel until the first public land challenge on The Hunting Public a few years back. So happy I learned about The Hunting Beast. Since then you've been my go-to for hunting education and my favorite hunting channel. Thank you for all you do to help fellow public land hunters. And, I saw the picture of your monster buck you just shot the other day in Wisconsin. CONGRATULATIONS. That slob is a beast and I can't wait to see the video just like everyone else. - Brent from Central Iowa
For future shows I like watching your process of scouting new areas. Starting with google maps and explaining why your targeting these areas. Then go along with you scouting and watch your process. 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
I’m beginning to think there are ZERO deer in this public I’m hunting. I’m doing everything right. I spend more time scouting that I do hunting. Maybe they will show up during rut. Love your videos! Keep ‘em coming!!
Flash flooding today in S Louisiana. Big mud slop. (When life gives you apples, you make apple juice.) Now I’m Going make me a few boot tracks now and photograph em. Lol
I Never Knew about the Difference between the Buck & Doe Hoofs Layout ...Almost ALWAYS, Something I didn't Know,but ALWAYS Interesting.....Big Buck Warrior!!! YOUR LAUGH WHEN YOU HIT YOUR MARK!!! DR Jekle Mr.Hyde 😅🤣😂
Another great video Dan 👏 I wouldn't mind a video on shot placements, the broad heads you're going to be using, or for that matter any new gear you plan on using for the up and coming season. Also really enjoy watching your older videos. I would like to know more on how you started hunting like a beast. And when you slow down on summer scouting.?
Dan have you hunted any areas with heavy laurel ridge tops if so could you do a video on that Thankyou and as always the content you put out for us hunters is always a learning experience
One thing my gramp taught me was when you come across a track kick next to it in downward angle and compare the dirt color to the track that also tells you how fresh it is. He also would grab deer shit and feel if it's warm which I do both of these lol
Great stuff Dan. Thanks for the tips on telling the difference between nice buck tracks and a big ole swamp doe. Happy Father's Day! I enjoy videos on spring scouting and reading sign as you're walking in on a hunt for future segments. Thanks!
I learned more about tracking deer in this small segment than I have in any video I’ve ever watched. I have learned so much just from the way you describe things which some people are more than horrible at LOL keep them coming
This is the most informative, clear cut and thorough channel on whitetail hunting I've seen yet. I watch every video you release and it had helped me a become a better hunter. I'm going to try saddle hunting this year and beast sticks will be my choice for climbing. Thank you for everything you do
So interesting! I've always used my method. Pointy toes. It's a buck. Rounded toes, it's a doe. Have had plenty of arguments with people over years over that. But I believe what I believe, because I've proven to myself over the years it's true. But the inside outside technique. It really never dawned on me. Damn. How could I not see that?!! I'm sure you've gone over little details like this, through a boatload of videos you've done. But for whatever reason, and there could be many, people didn't pick up on it. That's what I was saying, trying to relate to you, regarding buck bedding and doe bedding thing. You got a boatload of freaking knowledge there. I think you just need to, rehash your experiences. Break down these tidbits of information, that are not tidbits, because they offer so much knowledge, but have been kind of glassed over in the past because, people want to get to the kill shot or whatever. Hope you understand what I'm trying to say. For me personally, I played the inside outside, three times. Then wrote it down. Just saying. That's the type of s*** I'm talking about when I reach out to U. You know your stuff's totally addicting, right? Sometimes I got to stop watching, because all I want to do is, sleep, dream, s***, scout, prep and hunt. It consumes me. Lolol. It's easier to blame you than myself. Lol😮
Great video. Dan is getting more and more confident - not in hunting because he is already a/The Beast - but it conveying his thoughts on camera. good luck this fall
Good stuff Dan! How about a full breakdown of how you came to harvest your most challenging bucks? I’m sure there were tough decisions and lessons learned along the way. Be neat to hear your thought process.
Good video. An idea for a future talk is about whether deer, especially mature deer, recognize faces. Dogs recognize us. They will run up to their owner in a crowd. So it makes you think that mature deer can recognize our face from previous hunts. if so, how can their recognition impact our hunt?
I have been able to locate a lot of bedding the past couple months by watching your video. Thanks for passing on your knowledge. When I find the beds, I look for hair and confirm they are beds. I have found some down to the dirt and others with small vegetation in them. So I assume when they are down to the dirt they are active beds and the others with vegetation are not being used or not being used a frequently. I would like to see a video on how you know what time of year a buck is bedding in a particular bed and why? I’m assuming they change beds during the year based on food source, the rut and pressure so if I’m summer scouting and find a bed I think is being used will that help me come fall? How do I find fall beds in summer? Thanks again
One of the best channels out there. Always great info and illustrations. Even though I hunt a small private parcel, I'm able to translate much of what is said into helping me understand what our local herd is doing. Keep 'em coming Dan.
That was flipping great I've learned from some trackers up in the Adirondacks in New York state but you have details in that brief seminar that are incredible thank you so much I'm going to go out in the woods right now and test this stuff out wish me luck Dan
Super valuable information. Love the channel because you always learn something and are entertained at the same time. Also love the t-shirts. Keep the quality videos coming!!!
You said they look always smaller on the video Holly shit them track's are huge i was thinking the opposite my God i never seen a set of track's that big before in my life they look like cattle track's but I know there not . Some big heavy mature bucks there .
Great video brotha. It's the little things this video is full of that I love and teaches me so much. Especially this one cuz I've been doing a lot of looking and reading up about tracks lately
Even my cat hates Biden 🤣love it! Good stuff Dan. A lot of times I do just look at tracks and say oh that’s a good one and leave it at that, instead of trying to figure all those details out.
The tip about taking pictures of your own prints is a pretty clever idea and something I never would have thought of but I can imagine its a big help in identifying aged tracks much quicker. Great video
Police officer from Michigan here!! Thanks for the support and I’m a new subscriber...I swear my eyes are hurting from watching hours and hours of your videos...keep em coming!!
Been hunting for fifty years, my dad and grandpas worked the guide-camps around Jackson Whole,WY. I've picked up a lot of common knowledge that I have taken for granted, you add a lot of missing pieces to the big puzzle. We're never to old to learn. Thanks
Tracks will always be bigger and show the claws in mud or snow, especially old track in snow where the edges have melted a bit. But ya the 4 finger rule is what i use, especially on dry dirt, and if you get the claws on dry dirt it’s definitely a beast no doubt about it
I messed up the shot on the biggest deer I have seen in the woods two years ago big woods Wisconsin. Shot in elbow next morning tracked him in snow to his bed about 500 yards I was ver surprised at how small his track was, no different than many of the other deer tracks I ran into while tracking him which I did to his bed where he got up 30 yards away in thick aspen and walked away I couldn’t have shot him with a gun. Iam going to go throw up now again
I had a deer come into my deer processing business that had a club foot kinda strange it look like a big mallet he was a hause of a deer I bet he would have been fun to track
Do you typically look for tracks at creek beds, tributaries and other moist places to give you an idea of what section of woods to hunt or scout? I have a hard time developing an eye for tracks in hard woods. It seems they’re hard to see apart from a heavily used trail being beat down and no snow. Thanks
I truly enjoyed these videos, I’d like to see more of reading tracks and overlooked browse species. More the merrier so few videos on true outdoorsman skill sets. The hunting beast RUclips series and DVD’s will be looked back on as the gold standard for the pursuit of whitetail. Can’t convince me otherwise.
When u hit the thumbs up 👍 button before Dan even starts talking!
As soon as I open the video
Every time
Every time
Yep 😁
Same here
I am new to Hunting and learn so much from Dan! Thanks so much Sir!
Superb video Dan
More how to interpret tracks would be awesome
As a mechanic I use the same sort of thing when someone brings me a car in peices...everything tells a story! And Dan's explanation of this is spot on! Never thought of it when it comes to deer so thanks again Dan! Just another tool from the LEGEND!
Hands down Dan is the definitive authority on details. His lessons have saved me years of learning. Nothing but the utmost respect for him.
Well said
Agreed.
This video let’s me know that Dan is playing chess and I’m playing checkers
Im a young 21 year old hunter I scouted some great buck bedding and found a very nice shed this spring thanks to many tactics I’ve learned from this channel and your DVD’s ! The best buck bedding i scouted is along a small marshy opening along a creek through surrounded by hardwoods a “thermal hub” and by no means do I feel like I got it figured it out but I think I got a pretty good idea. There is almost no sight advantage to the bed because it’s so thick but due to the high pressure I understand why the bucks are in this type of spot. I had the “awe” effect. I believe to get a crack at the buck I’m going to have to stay back from the transition so evening thermals don’t pull my scent into the toilet bowl effect of the opening. I’ll have to back off and hunt em off of exit trails I know are his because of the tracks and rubs I seen from spring scouting. We’ll see if I can figure this coming fall! Good luck to everybody this coming deer season.
Great information Dan. Great stuff as always
Pure woodsmanship at its finest
Dan, I never knew about you or your channel until the first public land challenge on The Hunting Public a few years back. So happy I learned about The Hunting Beast. Since then you've been my go-to for hunting education and my favorite hunting channel. Thank you for all you do to help fellow public land hunters. And, I saw the picture of your monster buck you just shot the other day in Wisconsin. CONGRATULATIONS. That slob is a beast and I can't wait to see the video just like everyone else. - Brent from Central Iowa
For future shows I like watching your process of scouting new areas. Starting with google maps and explaining why your targeting these areas. Then go along with you scouting and watch your process. 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
I’m beginning to think there are ZERO deer in this public I’m hunting. I’m doing everything right. I spend more time scouting that I do hunting. Maybe they will show up during rut. Love your videos! Keep ‘em coming!!
Great show!
Flash flooding today in S Louisiana. Big mud slop.
(When life gives you apples, you make apple juice.)
Now I’m Going make me a few boot tracks now and photograph em. Lol
Would love to see how to interpret and find hill country bedding in thick ridges of laurel where there are more bedding areas than feeding areas
Love the videos!!
The workshop was awesome as well.
Jambalaya for the win👍
I Never Knew about the Difference between the Buck & Doe Hoofs Layout ...Almost ALWAYS, Something I didn't Know,but ALWAYS Interesting.....Big Buck Warrior!!! YOUR LAUGH WHEN YOU HIT YOUR MARK!!! DR Jekle Mr.Hyde 😅🤣😂
FYI all this pro police stuff is the reason why it buying Beast equipment over the other stuff. Great video as always sir.
Dan, awesome info like usual!!! thank you so much
He should've never teased you Dan! Great episode!
Another great video Dan 👏 I wouldn't mind a video on shot placements, the broad heads you're going to be using, or for that matter any new gear you plan on using for the up and coming season. Also really enjoy watching your older videos. I would like to know more on how you started hunting like a beast. And when you slow down on summer scouting.?
Dan have you hunted any areas with heavy laurel ridge tops if so could you do a video on that Thankyou and as always the content you put out for us hunters is always a learning experience
Nathan killen is really good source on laurel hills
One thing my gramp taught me was when you come across a track kick next to it in downward angle and compare the dirt color to the track that also tells you how fresh it is. He also would grab deer shit and feel if it's warm which I do both of these lol
Bucktacular!
Thanks Dan
Great stuff Dan. Thanks for the tips on telling the difference between nice buck tracks and a big ole swamp doe.
Happy Father's Day!
I enjoy videos on spring scouting and reading sign as you're walking in on a hunt for future segments. Thanks!
I learned more about tracking deer in this small segment than I have in any video I’ve ever watched. I have learned so much just from the way you describe things which some people are more than horrible at LOL keep them coming
Hey everybody when Dan talks Hunter's listen
killed my biggest buck using tips from dan
This is the most informative, clear cut and thorough channel on whitetail hunting I've seen yet. I watch every video you release and it had helped me a become a better hunter. I'm going to try saddle hunting this year and beast sticks will be my choice for climbing. Thank you for everything you do
This is a great video
So interesting! I've always used my method. Pointy toes. It's a buck. Rounded toes, it's a doe. Have had plenty of arguments with people over years over that. But I believe what I believe, because I've proven to myself over the years it's true. But the inside outside technique. It really never dawned on me. Damn. How could I not see that?!!
I'm sure you've gone over little details like this, through a boatload of videos you've done. But for whatever reason, and there could be many, people didn't pick up on it. That's what I was saying, trying to relate to you, regarding buck bedding and doe bedding thing. You got a boatload of freaking knowledge there. I think you just need to, rehash your experiences. Break down these tidbits of information, that are not tidbits, because they offer so much knowledge, but have been kind of glassed over in the past because, people want to get to the kill shot or whatever. Hope you understand what I'm trying to say. For me personally, I played the inside outside, three times. Then wrote it down. Just saying.
That's the type of s*** I'm talking about when I reach out to U.
You know your stuff's totally addicting, right? Sometimes I got to stop watching, because all I want to do is, sleep, dream, s***, scout, prep and hunt. It consumes me. Lolol. It's easier to blame you than myself. Lol😮
I want too go to Maine or the Adirondacks and track down a buck and shoot it. That's on my bucket list for sure! Great Video!
I've watched this one several times. That deer definitely reached back with its mouth, to pull that arrow out. Amazing.
As always Dan very good video full of information new to the channel joined last month but really enjoy your videos bud
When I moved from New England to deep Dixie I couldn't believe the size difference between the deer. It's like they were wool & run through a dryer 😢
Great video. Dan is getting more and more confident - not in hunting because he is already a/The Beast - but it conveying his thoughts on camera. good luck this fall
I’m never going to look at tracks the same way ever again. Thanks Dan your the best 👍🏼
Good stuff Dan! How about a full breakdown of how you came to harvest your most challenging bucks? I’m sure there were tough decisions and lessons learned along the way. Be neat to hear your thought process.
Had to SUB seen that blue shirt you had on ROTFLMFAO!!!!! My cat does too
Dan, I really appreciated the deep dive of information on just the 1 subject. I got so much from this video. Thank you
Love the shirt brother
Great video.
Good info
Very interesting and educational. Thanks Dan
Good video.
An idea for a future talk is about whether deer, especially mature deer, recognize faces. Dogs recognize us. They will run up to their owner in a crowd. So it makes you think that mature deer can recognize our face from previous hunts. if so, how can their recognition impact our hunt?
I have been able to locate a lot of bedding the past couple months by watching your video. Thanks for passing on your knowledge.
When I find the beds, I look for hair and confirm they are beds. I have found some down to the dirt and others with small vegetation in them. So I assume when they are down to the dirt they are active beds and the others with vegetation are not being used or not being used a frequently.
I would like to see a video on how you know what time of year a buck is bedding in a particular bed and why? I’m assuming they change beds during the year based on food source, the rut and pressure so if I’m summer scouting and find a bed I think is being used will that help me come fall? How do I find fall beds in summer? Thanks again
One of the best channels out there.
Always great info and illustrations.
Even though I hunt a small private parcel, I'm able to translate much of what is said into helping me understand what our local herd is doing.
Keep 'em coming Dan.
That was flipping great I've learned from some trackers up in the Adirondacks in New York state but you have details in that brief seminar that are incredible thank you so much I'm going to go out in the woods right now and test this stuff out wish me luck Dan
Super valuable information. Love the channel because you always learn something and are entertained at the same time. Also love the t-shirts. Keep the quality videos coming!!!
U have a smart cat
Your cat should know better than to hate people with dementia....j/k Really good video. Great info on tracks and tracking thanks!
You said they look always smaller on the video Holly shit them track's are huge i was thinking the opposite my God i never seen a set of track's that big before in my life they look like cattle track's but I know there not . Some big heavy mature bucks there .
couldn’t sleep this morning! decided to hunt with you 😀
Great video brotha. It's the little things this video is full of that I love and teaches me so much. Especially this one cuz I've been doing a lot of looking and reading up about tracks lately
Excellent information thanks Dan 👍
Even my cat hates Biden 🤣love it! Good stuff Dan. A lot of times I do just look at tracks and say oh that’s a good one and leave it at that, instead of trying to figure all those details out.
I love Dan's t-shirts
Love the shirt! Great video!
One of the best videos I've seen
Great information as always! Loving the @conservativetwins t shirt. Yeeeeeaaaahhhhh
The smaller the herd the bigger the deer
Had to buy myself one of your shirts today for father's day.. thanks again Dan
Dan your videos are so impactful with knowledge thank you sir!
Fantastic shirt my friend! You get it.
Try that in south Florida l😂
got me another one!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Tell your cat that he rocks!!
Tanks for the video
Lots of good tips, thanks Dan
Dan do you have any trips planned for this upcoming season?
Mn DIY WILDERNESS BEAR, and where ever the challenge is
My cat hates Biden too!
Come to maine ill let you hunt
The tip about taking pictures of your own prints is a pretty clever idea and something I never would have thought of but I can imagine its a big help in identifying aged tracks much quicker. Great video
Police officer from Michigan here!! Thanks for the support and I’m a new subscriber...I swear my eyes are hurting from watching hours and hours of your videos...keep em coming!!
I love deer hunters
Dan, your outro stank 🤣
Been hunting for fifty years, my dad and grandpas worked the guide-camps around Jackson Whole,WY. I've picked up a lot of common knowledge that I have taken for granted, you add a lot of missing pieces to the big puzzle. We're never to old to learn. Thanks
Very informative, thanks.
One question I have is how do you tell the difference between a big hog track and a big buck track?
Thanks Dan and Mario!
Great stuff.
Wonderful
Incredible content and detail here. Thanks Dan!
You second shot it fast, like a real sportsman!
Tracks will always be bigger and show the claws in mud or snow, especially old track in snow where the edges have melted a bit. But ya the 4 finger rule is what i use, especially on dry dirt, and if you get the claws on dry dirt it’s definitely a beast no doubt about it
Favorite sign is buck tracks no question
Was waiting on this video, thanks Dan!!!
No need to bugger an area with trail cameras, if you can rely on tracks & sign, like the old days. I still like checking trail camera pic's.
I messed up the shot on the biggest deer I have seen in the woods two years ago big woods Wisconsin. Shot in elbow next morning tracked him in snow to his bed about 500 yards I was ver surprised at how small his track was, no different than many of the other deer tracks I ran into while tracking him which I did to his bed where he got up 30 yards away in thick aspen and walked away I couldn’t have shot him with a gun. Iam going to go throw up now again
Sorry Dan, but sometimes your shirts are more impressive than your infinite knowledge!
Well done. Happy father's day. Where did you get the patriotic shirt from a few videos ago?
Curious about where to get the shirt from big woods navigation
@@mikejay8572 That was a viewer gift... Not sure where she got it...
Like to see how to hunt small farm wood lots mixed in rivers & creek oxbows! Thanks
This was a really good video helped me understand how to age tracks better thank you
Great info on tracks, Dan! 👍👍
I had a deer come into my deer processing business that had a club foot kinda strange it look like a big mallet he was a hause of a deer I bet he would have been fun to track
Do you typically look for tracks at creek beds, tributaries and other moist places to give you an idea of what section of woods to hunt or scout? I have a hard time developing an eye for tracks in hard woods. It seems they’re hard to see apart from a heavily used trail being beat down and no snow. Thanks
Muddy areas, field edges, scrapes, etc.
I wish we had snow in Northeast Texas like that in deer season!
I guess you can eat tracks, tracks in snow.
Thanks for wearing shirts that tell us where you stand. I'M with you!
Awesome info bro thanks.
I truly enjoyed these videos, I’d like to see more of reading tracks and overlooked browse species. More the merrier so few videos on true outdoorsman skill sets. The hunting beast RUclips series and DVD’s will be looked back on as the gold standard for the pursuit of whitetail. Can’t convince me otherwise.