great story behind the Rome legend, Dan! heard ya tell this one many times on all the podcasts and such but it's still one of my favorites! would like to hear the story behind the 400 lb slob sometime 👍👍
More videos like these!!! You have such an interesting personal history with your wall of mounts, I think its important to share their stories. Thanks HB staff!
Dan, thanks for all the knowledge you share with us. You truly know your $#!+ about hunting. Been learning from you for about a year now. Great story telling also.
I hunted public upstate NY property and it was like going to a rock concert. Guys with flashlights directing traffic in the parking area- guys crawling all over the woods - Opening day shots sounding off all over - I can't believe the first day of the Iraq war had more shots
Hey buddy. Another great story/lesson of how it’s done.. So,, more to my story of how I became a bow hunter for the first time this year.. Last morning of rifle season 2016, my first hunt in over 15 years.. Not a clue about the land I’m hunting or what might be out there. I chose to take the furthest spot around the corn and not a stand to be found. Thought it was polite to take the long walk when looking at a map at camp when we were deciding who goes where.., took a little tripod chair and sat behind a downed tree as the sun broke over the far ridge.. Seen two young bucks not legal to take down hill and they ran off around a south ridge.. I told myself, if nothing else moves in 30min I’m walking further down so I can see where they came from.. 30min later and about 20steps threw crunchy, frosty leaves, BIG antlers pushed threw the brush strait Down and to the east of me.. (BIG)., Much longer, but exciting story to tell how I got him but chased his ass down a steep ridge to the creek where he made it half way across, but me and two more guys had to drag him up the 10’ far bank a hour after they finally got where I was.. He’s a 20 1/4” spread 9point.. Maybe not world class deer, but damn sure somthin special for a guy just trying to stay out the way and get back in the hunt., maybe learn somthin to teach his step sons.. LUCKY GUY? Absolutely fair to say.. A few special souls in the great beyond making sure I found the guidance and path me and a couple deserving young step sons needed? Maybe!! Just maybe a small miracle!! He’s pretty big tho!😉 Changed my whole life, and started our new passion together from one amazing deer.. We’ve enjoyed every weekend in the woods together since. Seen many deer, and will celebrate a doe..
Way to go Dan! After watching your vid's through the summer cause I'm a newer subscriber I'll be approaching my hunting area with a whole different perspective, thanks man for your insight!! I think your title should be "Professor Hunting Beast" or just "Professor Beast"! Take care and be safe!
Nice buck. Let me rephrase. That's an awesome buck. Well earned. Wonder how many guys were still chasing him long after you got him. That buck has a few offspring and they are up and comers by now I'm sure. Apples don't fall too far from the tree. Go get em
Not here to say 1 or 2 because I know you don't give a crap about that kind of stuff. Your videos have helped me a ton and helped me kill my velvet buck this year!
Awesome Buck! That'd been cool to see on vid but oh well filming can be a hassle! I bet everyone around was greened up with envy! Well They can look at it this way atleast the guy's hunt'n that night probably helped ya! I had a similar situation,Where I got an opportunity at about a 160's Buck about 150 yds. away from the most popular hunting spot in that piece of Public! There was only one Maple tree in the center of this open area and he was bedded about 50 ft. from it and 100 ft. from the edge everyone entered at with the wind at his back! I just happened to go in to scout/Hunt through the opposite fencerow that had a point that came off towards the middle of this open area. As i came up on this Oak Flat Point on the front edge found a couple blown out Saplings about 7-8 inch in diameter! He shredded them so i knew I was onto something. Guess where I'm gonna hang&hunt around Halloween! Thanks for affirming my style of Hunting Dan! I was kinda losing confidence because everyone said I should do it different but Lo & Behold I was hunting like a Beast and didn't know it! Now I just need to polish it up and start killing some big bucks!
Your story confirms that I could not hint public...if there were that many people in the woods...I wouldnt hunt there. Competition if for sporting events not hunting. Nice deer. Definitely a shooter. A lot of people gonna be mad about you walkin past then killing the big bruiser.
You mentioned the rubs from the buck crossing the road. I found a rub line where I assume a buck is crossing the road what do you think the chances are a buck will cross the road in day light ??? I think it's very slim just want to confirm that .
Dan I’m watchin this video in 2021 a few weeks after you killed your giant and I love your stories! You make us better hunters! And props on you putting it down as quick as possible after the spine, that’s good stuff, and you’re a good man.
Nice deer i remember that buck i tried to hunt him to but the guys where everywhere i new you would kill him great job .i always wondered if you got him
Just like I did in the video Dave.... I move right up to the bedding area and kill them where they do move in daylight. I shot that buck 75 yards from his bed at closing time. 100 yards would of been to far away. You gotta get up close.
The Hunting Beast you feeling alittle under the weather? does your phone number end with a six ? If so would you allow me to text you some pictures of the little bucks i've gotten over the years nothing like yours but pretty good for around here.
@@thehuntingbeast if you bump a few smaller bucks bedding close to the big buck your after do you not hunt that spot? If you do, does he stay bedded until way after legal shooting time?......or does he slip out the back door close to quitting time and you can't pull off a shot cuz he is just out of bow range?......thanks in advance.
The public land the buck was killed and seen on was in Rome WI and there were a lot of people in the town of Rome after this buck for a 2 year period. I magazine writer who did a story about the buck named it the Rome legend.
Sure looked like a booner... But yes, it grossed 165 and netted barely over 160. I have a couple "gross" booners, but have yet to kill a net one, and really never will, cause they are really only a booner if you put them in the books, and none of mine in the future will ever be entered in the books. Just not why I hunt.
Such a great 10 point.....great story.....man I'd give about anything to spend some time with Dan in the woods!.....so much knowledge!
great story behind the Rome legend, Dan! heard ya tell this one many times on all the podcasts and such but it's still one of my favorites! would like to hear the story behind the 400 lb slob sometime 👍👍
Me too
Your story telling put me right in the woods with you!
That’s a buck of a lifetime Dan and I’ve never even seen one close to that big.
What I great deer! Can’t wait to see you and John Eberhart at the same basecamp in the public land challenge! Lol
More videos like these!!! You have such an interesting personal history with your wall of mounts, I think its important to share their stories. Thanks HB staff!
When Dan speaks, people listen.👍👍👍
Definitely my mentor when it comes to deer hunting..I like your shirt too!
Never gets old! great buck and story Dan
Dan, thanks for all the knowledge you share with us. You truly know your $#!+ about hunting. Been learning from you for about a year now. Great story telling also.
I hunted public upstate NY property and it was like going to a rock concert. Guys with flashlights directing traffic in the parking area- guys crawling all over the woods - Opening day shots sounding off all over - I can't believe the first day of the Iraq war had more shots
Hey buddy.
Another great story/lesson of how it’s done..
So,, more to my story of how I became a bow hunter for the first time this year..
Last morning of rifle season 2016, my first hunt in over 15 years..
Not a clue about the land I’m hunting or what might be out there. I chose to take the furthest spot around the corn and not a stand to be found. Thought it was polite to take the long walk when looking at a map at camp when we were deciding who goes where.., took a little tripod chair and sat behind a downed tree as the sun broke over the far ridge..
Seen two young bucks not legal to take down hill and they ran off around a south ridge..
I told myself, if nothing else moves in 30min I’m walking further down so I can see where they came from..
30min later and about 20steps threw crunchy, frosty leaves,
BIG antlers pushed threw the brush strait Down and to the east of me.. (BIG).,
Much longer, but exciting story to tell how I got him but chased his ass down a steep ridge to the creek where he made it half way across, but me and two more guys had to drag him up the 10’ far bank a hour after they finally got where I was..
He’s a 20 1/4” spread 9point..
Maybe not world class deer, but damn sure somthin special for a guy just trying to stay out the way and get back in the hunt., maybe learn somthin to teach his step sons..
LUCKY GUY? Absolutely fair to say..
A few special souls in the great beyond making sure I found the guidance and path me and a couple deserving young step sons needed? Maybe!!
Just maybe a small miracle!!
He’s pretty big tho!😉
Changed my whole life, and started our new passion together from one amazing deer..
We’ve enjoyed every weekend in the woods together since. Seen many deer, and will celebrate a doe..
Awesome story Robert!
Way to go Dan! After watching your vid's through the summer cause I'm a newer subscriber I'll be approaching my hunting area with a whole different perspective, thanks man for your insight!! I think your title should be "Professor Hunting Beast" or just "Professor Beast"! Take care and be safe!
Dan the man! Your boy looked half dead when you walked up on him lol
I'm a new comer to your channel.. I am truly amazed at your knowledge and instinct for killing giant whitetail bucks.
That was an awesome story! Great reminder about getting in close to their beds too!
When Dan says you gotta do what you gotta do,
Nice buck. Let me rephrase. That's an awesome buck. Well earned. Wonder how many guys were still chasing him long after you got him.
That buck has a few offspring and they are up and comers by now I'm sure. Apples don't fall too far from the tree. Go get em
Not here to say 1 or 2 because I know you don't give a crap about that kind of stuff. Your videos have helped me a ton and helped me kill my velvet buck this year!
Awesome Buck! That'd been cool to see on vid but oh well filming can be a hassle! I bet everyone around was greened up with envy! Well They can look at it this way atleast the guy's hunt'n that night probably helped ya! I had a similar situation,Where I got an opportunity at about a 160's Buck about 150 yds. away from the most popular hunting spot in that piece of Public! There was only one Maple tree in the center of this open area and he was bedded about 50 ft. from it and 100 ft. from the edge everyone entered at with the wind at his back! I just happened to go in to scout/Hunt through the opposite fencerow that had a point that came off towards the middle of this open area. As i came up on this Oak Flat Point on the front edge found a couple blown out Saplings about 7-8 inch in diameter! He shredded them so i knew I was onto something. Guess where I'm gonna hang&hunt around Halloween! Thanks for affirming my style of Hunting Dan! I was kinda losing confidence because everyone said I should do it different but Lo & Behold I was hunting like a Beast and didn't know it! Now I just need to polish it up and start killing some big bucks!
Nice buck Dan. Good luck in the public land challenge . I'm sure ya'll will do good this year again.
That was awesome Dan thanks for sharing!
I still read the book every once in a while
Dan you Sir, are a bad ass!!🏹
Thanks for sharing Dan!! Your videos are great.
You have very good story delivery.
Your story confirms that I could not hint public...if there were that many people in the woods...I wouldnt hunt there.
Competition if for sporting events not hunting.
Nice deer. Definitely a shooter. A lot of people gonna be mad about you walkin past then killing the big bruiser.
Good pics in my whitetail tactics book
Keep the deer hunting stories enjoy them!
Man what a buck. Public land hard hunting, thats the real deal.
Wow! Nice buck for sure.
I want a T-shirt like that!
Me too
THANKS FOR SHARING! you rock dan.
Was that Rome Pond? I live in Fort Atkinson and used to hunt that a few years ago...that and Jefferson Marsh
RIP Dave!
Awesome buck congrats
Awesome story!
how did you get that thing all the way to the truck without any of the arrows falling out?
Where do you get these t shirts??
Hell of a deer Dan
Thanks for getting me hooked on milk weed Dan!!
Wiseguy5150 I do a line of milkweed every morning
Mathews Q2??
Lol i love the arrows sticking out everywhere 😂
people like you give hunting a bad name!!
You mentioned the rubs from the buck crossing the road. I found a rub line where I assume a buck is crossing the road what do you think the chances are a buck will cross the road in day light ??? I think it's very slim just want to confirm that .
Depends on the road, and the amount of use. But for the most part, I agree, most of the time they dont cross roads in daylight.
Dan I’m watchin this video in 2021 a few weeks after you killed your giant and I love your stories! You make us better hunters! And props on you putting it down as quick as possible after the spine, that’s good stuff, and you’re a good man.
Wow crazy but I'm 99.9% sure we live and hunt that same area!!!!!!
No way you’re the real maycee and bow hunt?!?! hope the knee is healing up!
Do you just drag them by hand out of the woods? I challenge myself to hunt the further tougher areas and sometimes I wonder how would I get it out.
In a sled works well... But occasionally you get one so heavy, like last years buck that you have to get help or pack it out.
Great buck
Nice deer i remember that buck i tried to hunt him to but the guys where everywhere i new you would kill him great job .i always wondered if you got him
The blue jean hunter
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing the hunt and happy Labor Day weekend
Wow amazing story and deer!!!
As barbaric as it sounds to fill a deer with arrows, it’s actually way more humane. Whatever kills them quickest.
Shoulda named him “the pin cushion buck”,
Great Buck Dan...did y'all ever weigh him ?? Big body !!
A little over 200
Man that is so cool.
Let your hair grow back
Legendary 🏹
You got the mullet going on then
Rome by the Jefferson marsh? There are things that went into that never came out!!
Wow!
Is it legal to spot light in Wisconsin. Is that woodsman ship? Guess trail cams are spotlighting.
Legal, ethical, and family friendly.
Legendary
holy shit this guy is a story teller. hahahaha
Nice one Dan and we want the Randy Rhoads hair back 🤘
Straight beast
The problem is that other hunters encroach in any area that where there's a big buck turns them nocturnal how do you deal with that ??
Just like I did in the video Dave.... I move right up to the bedding area and kill them where they do move in daylight. I shot that buck 75 yards from his bed at closing time. 100 yards would of been to far away. You gotta get up close.
The Hunting Beast you feeling alittle under the weather? does your phone number end with a six ? If so would you allow me to text you some pictures of the little bucks i've gotten over the years nothing like yours but pretty good for around here.
@@yogibear6271 Sleep is for weak minded people who need that sort of thing... My number don't end in 6.... lol.
The Hunting Beast ok man thanks
@@thehuntingbeast if you bump a few smaller bucks bedding close to the big buck your after do you not hunt that spot? If you do, does he stay bedded until way after legal shooting time?......or does he slip out the back door close to quitting time and you can't pull off a shot cuz he is just out of bow range?......thanks in advance.
These older pictures you look like Tommy Skeoch from Tesla
What state congrats.
Wisconsin
Kool story
What was his score? 155-160?
about 165 gross
Love this video. What year did you shoot this buck?
about 5 years ago, give or take a year.
Dude
What
😂😂😂😂😂
Fuckin bad ass !
Hahaha dang!
Is that Rome Wisconsin?
yes
The Hunting Beast Well I’m gonna have to go there and find that spot. Which side of 13? I drive through there all the time.
@@_jurist find your own spot dude
@@_jurist 🤣
Badass
Anyone know the weight of this deer?
a little over 200...
Pin Cushion!!!
I can’t figure out how 19 people gave this video a thumbs down???????????????????
Where do you get your shirts
I buy some, and some are sent to me by viewers.
Why was the buck name the Rome Legend?
The public land the buck was killed and seen on was in Rome WI and there were a lot of people in the town of Rome after this buck for a 2 year period. I magazine writer who did a story about the buck named it the Rome legend.
@@thehuntingbeast Its buck to be proud of! How much did it weight?
@@tommyguillory6274 we weighed it at picketts in Rome. if I remember correctly it was just over 200 dressed.
Correct... Good memory.
Isn't this a reupload.
I heard you shoot yet has 2 arrows sticking out of the deer
1st shot spined him. I shot him several times quickly to finish him.
Does this dude have a normal shirt lol 😂
No...
Freaking hilarious!!!
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Good buck. I heard you shoot.
You always have cool shirts you dirty dog
Dan you need grow the hair out again
Booner down? That's about 160" buck. Have you ever even killed a Boone and Crockett buck?
Sure looked like a booner... But yes, it grossed 165 and netted barely over 160. I have a couple "gross" booners, but have yet to kill a net one, and really never will, cause they are really only a booner if you put them in the books, and none of mine in the future will ever be entered in the books. Just not why I hunt.