Best Tip I Ever Got - You Have to Go to Extremes | Bowhunting Whitetails w/ Bill Winke
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- Way back in the mid-1980s I read an article in Bowhunter Magazine called "Stalk Your Stand". I didn't understand what the author was trying to get across. We didn't know much about deer back then, and it wasn't until the 90's when a friend of mine, Jim Hill, explained it in another way - you are the burglar breaking into a house, what extremes would you go to in order not to get caught. Now apply that to deer hunting. Successful deer hunting is all about going to the extremes. In this episode, I talk about some of those extremes that make the difference.
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You don’t forget the things that work. Stalk your stand is the best piece of advice any bow hunter could give. The secret to all my success was in that article. If I’m not 100 percent confident I’m going to kill my target deer, or if there is any doubt that he may know I was there, I’m staying home. Props to you for giving practical advice that works.
Great input Blake. Yes, for sure. It is risky to hunt a spot where the deer may know you were there and in some cases (possibly weekend hunters, public land or end of the season) it can make some sense, but normally waiting to fight another day is the best advice, as you pointed out. I appreciate the comment. Have a great day.
Some say “Stalk your stand”, which makes sense.
THEN, there are those that tout “Drive up to your stand, as this will run the deer off, only to return a short while later, and not relate it to a hunter in the blind”.
I have done BOTH with great success, and probably equal in my results.
When I was much younger, I LOVED sneaking to my stand!
Now, at 69 years young, my walking days are over, and I drive pretty close to my blinds.
This is what I love about deer hunting.
Even when things change, they can still be the same!
Thanks for another great video.
To quote the great contemporary comedian, Nate Bargatze: "Nobody knows."
I agree Lonnie. I had one spot that I hunted in farm country where the deer bedded in sight of my blind. I would drive in there midday and run them off and then come back later to hunt the spot. I also had my son come in after dark in his truck to run them off at dark. It worked like a charm. I did end up shooting a nice buck there on third evening (consecutive) hunting that spot. I think it worked because the farmer who owns that field was out there on his farm every day on his four wheeler and the deer got used to that kind of intrusion.
Bill, you're the James Bond of bow hunting. Great tradecraft.
I have killed multiple big bucks because of your advice a long time ago on walking ditches to the stand. I walked the cattle pasture ditch that ended up coming out almost to the base of the tree. It was only a few yards into the row crop field and made for an easy entry/exit strategy. All I had to do was watch wind directions. One year, I hunted it starting October 1. I hunted it 6 out of the first 9 days and shot a 160" buck on an early October cold front. They had no clue I was there. I nicknamed that spot Old Faithful. Thanks for this advice!
Thanks for the comment Mike. Great stands are the ones you can hunt repeatedly without burning them out. I don't believe I have one on this farm, unfortunately. If so, I haven't discovered it yet.
Do they taste better the bigger they are?
Good job on the video Bill. I remember a gentleman named G. Fred Asbell said in his traditional bowhunting seminars and writings, “hunt your way to your stand in the daylight. He also said “when you think you are going slow, slow down”! These ideas echo a bit of the “stalk your stand” philosophy. Thanks for your sharing, much appreciated!
Steve, thanks for the comment. You can get past them pretty well if you sneak in, especially if it is a little windy. Have a great day.
Great advice, I over time have gotten lazy on the effort. EHD wiped out major areas in ND. Once that happened over time the drive, effort, ect. became less and less with such few nice deer around. Your video is a good reminder to not give up and enjoy the process. Thanks
Wisconsin hunter that has been traveling to ND bowhunting for the past 5 years and this past season EHD really put a hurting anywhere near the Missouri river bottoms across ND. Truly sad to see because the herd was so healthy.
Tks! Great Tip Bill, similarly I remember telling my grandson, ALSO; ‘think of the deer having guns’
Great video as usual from a real world buck hunter , I completely relate to how important the entrance and exits are to kill mature whitetail bucks , I also use drains and washes to enter and exit , also just to add to what your saying I have had to wait for the combination of rain the day or night before the hunt along with the right wind including entering through the washes to approach the stand , that's the discipline one you have spent 3 to 5 years for me to find the buck I want to pursue, it normally takes me that long to find the right buck on public land I hunt , worked out for me recently to be blessed with my biggest bucks so far in 40 plus years of the hard way , he scored 192 , thanks for the great videos Bill , and again thanks for keeping it real
Such a good fella and a humble man. I've learned a lot from Bill since 2008 when MWW started.
Thanks for the comment and the support, Jason. I appreciate it.
You remain the man Bill.
One thing I still can't wrap my head around is all this caution - which makes incredible sense - only to whistle Does throughout the season. Adds sound, adds ground scent, adds intrusion, adds disturbance. Maybe a mature buck can't correlate a different dead deer smell and the associated disturbance with 'being hunted?'
Geez! Thanks for reminder on parking, although I learned my lesson this year already! Parked the truck in the field we hunted, but we thought out of sight, over a draw. After we got into the blind, we noticed we could actually see the top of the truck. We opted not to move it, and, sure enough, a couple deer came out to feed, caught a glimpse of the truck (it was pretty obvious) and then exited the field away from our position. It definitely goes to show, the "little things" matter! Great video again Bill! Thanks.
John, that is so true. The little things definitely matter. Thanks for the comment.
Good video Bill it was nice to see you mentioned Jim Hill. Years ago you wrote an article titled "Swinging for the fence" where you compared Jim's strategy with Myles Keller's approach. I just wanted to tell you it was probably the best article I have ever read and I've based my techniques around that article that you wrote decades ago. Thank you.
Hey Bill-
In watching this video I was reminded of a saying I created when I was a state trooper in Illinois. “Any habit is a bad habit.” My thinking was that even the best intentioned habit can become a safety issue because doing the same thing all the time can lull us into carelessness.
I think that same principle applies to deer hunting. If we always do the same things- including how we approach our deer stand- we can be lulled into being careless by making noise, being too visible, or leaving scent.
By trying something different occasionally it keeps us alert to what we are doing and the impact it might have on the deer.
Thought provoking video as usual!
Milo
That is a great point, Milo. Thanks. Also trying to think creatively often produces a much better outcome than always doing the obvious things. Have a great day.
Now Bill,You just hit the nail smack dab center of one of my comments to you several videos ago when you were using the electric stand up transporter
it’s surely quite but the tires were making noise
I was wondering about those gates opening.the chains making noise.or hinges creaking.Well this video has me making notes on everything I can improve on this fall.I will be starting with more trimming now rather than when the heat and bugs are out.Hopefully everyone that watched this one got a little something or maybe a Lot of Something, I made way too many mistakes this year with at least six opportunities at p/y bucks 😔good luck Bill this fall
Keep us reminded of those O so important things we just don’t notice 👍
I read a story about a guy who hunted on his own property. He loved it when the neighbor started his 4-wheeler to drive to his stand because it scared a lot of the deer onto his own property. I know you know more than I do about hunting whitetails, but I thought about that story when you drove the 4-wheeler right to your stand in the cornfield. I look forward to next year's hunting for both Jordan and you.
Definitely great advice, Bill. I have made every mistake a hunter can make trying to get to a stand. Some of my most memorable experiences have been during the trek to the stand. Still hunting towards your stand is much easier with wind 💨. Sometimes I’ll wait in the morning for the crows and squirrels to start moving around to cover my sound. I need to clean my ditches out and try that.
Ditches are the key, in my experience. And, like you, sneaking in is much better if you wait a bit until the woods starts to come to live. It also allows you to glass ahead as you sneak in. Good input. Thanks for the comment.
Great information Bill, I finally am starting to reap the rewards from days and days of all day hunts to learn quick. Killed probably a 4.5yr old buck after 4pm on an all day grind, and my first out of state buck on my small farm accessing through a giant ravine. Taking a long hard look at rigging up some ladder or climbing rope to scale the ravine and get in a stand. Some of the off-season projects include improving the movement near this ravine so I can take advantage of that.
That makes a lot of sense. Maybe my best stand ever was right above a steep bank on a stream in Kansas. I put on waders and waded right to the spot below that tree. Fortunately, there were enough exposed roots to climb. Only hunted it when the wind blew from the tree over the creek and into a wheat field on the other side. Worked like a charm. I wish this new farm had simple traps like that. This place is a challenge. Have a great day.
Excellent advise that makes perfect sense. After leaving a tree stand at mid-day, I still-hunted on the way back to the truck for a good distance. As it turned out I was able to take one of my largest whitetails. You never know when or how it may happen. "Stalking the truck" worked that day.
I love that. Maybe I will write an article for Bowhunter called "Stalk your Truck". Thanks for the comment.
I really enjoyed this video and discussion. And the ingress/egress is everything, I obsess about it. You may think that I am crazy Bill, but on our channel I reviewed a Greenworks electric mini bike. After that review was done, I used it solely for getting to and from my stand. The low stature of how you sit on it has you at the weeds level and it is whisper quiet. I killed a 140" 8 pt this year and am pretty confident I rode by him while he was bedded. He had no clue. The grasses/brush was taller than me on the bike. The ebikes and the stand on things that you and Jordan use are awesome...but the profile is so high it makes me wonder about that design. Anyhow, take care and keep them coming!
The old pics of young Bill are fantastic!!!
That does bring back some memories. It is interesting looking back now on some of those hunts and how we went about things without knowing what we know now. In some cases, we definitely succeeded in spite of ourselves. Have a great day.
Good comments. I thought of this a time or two during the last season as sometimes the approach seemed a little casual. Sometimes good preparations make your own luck.
Great stuff today, thank you. Your content gives me hope. I get to see all the things I keep doing wrong. This year was difficult, I saw two deer on the hoof all year. I was able to harvest one of them. But I do think my entrance into my stands has to be adjusted. I need to see a different extreme approach. Thank you.
Thanks for the comment. Yes, to be successful you often have to go to the extremes. Good luck.
Agreed bill…… best thing iv learn is to not burn that spot, wait till the time a wind is right and you’ll have significantly better success. Thanks for all your knowledge.
Excellent point. The first time in is almost always the best. No matter how carefully we hunt some deer seem to figure out we were there.
Bill, I absolutely love your content been following you since the early 90s. Such a purist when it comes to deer hunting
Great video bill. One of my favorites keep the good work up. A lot of really good information. Thanks again.
Thanks for the comment, Steve. I appreciate it.
I had an older gentleman tell me once, “Hunt to where you’re going, instead of going to where you’re hunting”. When I slowed down and thought about what he said, I started noticing things that I never noticed before and witnessing things I’d never seen before. Great tip Bill 👍
Thanks Alex. That is a good tip. I appreciate the comment.
I wish I knew 40 years ago that I know about deer today. How many wasted hours and days in hunting the wrong time of year in the wrong type of timber.... I remember a dozen close calls with mature bucks that should have been successful, but for simple mistakes. My early hunting mentors didn't have the knowledge and made simple mistakes that kept them from being successful, but its just what they did.... year after year. Research, listening to pros like yourself, and really analyzing the details of each hunt have made me a better hunter, but I've only really put it all together in the last few years. School of hard knocks I guess, but there is so much info available now if you know where to find it.
Excellent advice and pointers Bill! Wish I had some ditches on the property I hunt to access stands but will continue using your tips going forward to help with future successes in the stand. Thanks as always ! Brandon
Bill you should show your deer and tell the story on each one. Maybe show a clip. That would be really interesting. Good job
I had that same Browning bow in the early 90s!
I always carry my turkey mouth call with me and turkey talk my way in.
Bill, I’m mixing Milo and Soybeans on 4 acres this year for cover, bedding, and food. Then I’ll go in and broadcast wheat, oats, and clover. I’m excited to try this!
Is there a herbicide you can spray to keep the weeds out when mixing the Milo and soybeans?
@ there’s no glyphosate resistant Milo. I’m going to burn, then drill it in the ground if I can get a no till drill. If I can’t I’ll spray, then till, then broadcast. I’m not worried about weeds too much because it will just provide more cover and potentially more food for them. I know it looks ugly but I’m not worried about it.
You might be able to drill soybeans, wait a couple weeks for germination, drill your Milo through the beans, then spray right after you drill your Milo. That might be your best option
@Jay-hu1pc not really. Best to use a pre emergent like Brawl or Medal
I was scouting the other day, and found some deer beds in the snow. As I stood there, I looked back and realized that they would be able to watch me walk to my tree stand because most of the cover is gone now. I only hunted in the evenings during the late season. I think I should have hunted during the mornings and beat them at their own game.
As always great advice. Halfway through I was thinking heck he slept in the woods one season in a bivvy sac. Then that popped up lol. There are some spots I have where the wind swirls no matter what. And thats why the big old deer live there. Its up high and they can see and smell everything. The only way to get at them is go in when the wind is high and slide in a pop up with the ozonics running and hope they walk that way when they get up at sundown.
It always seems even when the wind is perfect and strong on those points that when it dies down at sundown it swirls and they bust out. Thats why even with ozonics and it covering your scent the pop up helps just enough more that they dont tip off. With the ozonics they dont smell you but they know something is off. They just stand there and stare for what seems like forever and ease off the other way
Very good insight David. You bring up a good point. We hunt blinds for two reasons, one of them being to offset the wind swirls in certain areas, but we have to keep the windows closed to do that. The Ozonics has proven to be effective at killing human scent if you leave window cracked or open. Good luck.
Thank you for passing on your knowledge. Can’t wait for the 2025 season
Great stuff Bill. Thank you. I have to admit….I need to improve that myself.
Thanks for the comment, Joe. Good luck.
Great points Bill. Totally agree. In fact, I find myself being so careful I often feel I'm not even in the game 😂
There is a balance for sure. But most times we err by not being careful enough. Thanks for the comment.
This was an AWESOME post! I owe it to you on something I picked up from you on my harvest of a nice buck. Went in midday to my Stump 4 had a great afternoon hunt, slept in the blind instead of getting out and bumping deer. Froze my butt off! Didn’t think 40 degrees would be that cold but trust me it is!! 1:30am a 64 year old man doing push-ups inside the blind to try to warm up! No educating deer, next day had 5 mature bucks within 25 yards on 9-23 and took one. Made for a long season tho. Any thoughts on what the Native Americans did smoking their clothes, etc?
Good deal. I am glad that worked. Yes, the coldest nights I have ever spent were in a blind. It is elevated the floor is the same temperature as the air outside, but if you are on the ground, it should warmer. A really warm sleeping bag is the key (and an insulating pad). I have never tried smoking my clothes, but I do know guys who swear by it. Have a great day.
My second year was a prime example of this. Knowing what I know now I would change so much. I walked in brushing up against a lot of brush and climbing up a stand visible from the bedding area. I couldn't figure out why they stopped coming my way. I had a perfect creek leading to the tree next to the one I hunted and I feel that would have been the money spot.
Jade, for sure. I would definitely use that creek and sneak into the other tree. I am sure that will help a lot. Good luck.
Good stuff! Thanks 🙏
Looking forward to seeing how your season goes next fall! Seems the herd is primed now.
It is noticeably better now than it was when we bought it. Every year now we should start to see more bucks getting into the mature age classes and that should make it more interesting to hunt. Have a great day.
Great tips Bill. Entry and exit are more important than the actual spot. I have a buck of a lifetime show up in Dec this yr. He has at least 19pts and a 24+ inch spread. He should be pushing a 200" deer this fall. I have got to figure out how to kill him this fall.
Bill, nice to see the excitement out of you with anticipation for possible best season on your new farm. Do you think the old adage of " it takes 3-5 years for things to change" on your farm? I have a buddy who shoots the biggest deer in the neighborhood often and his farm is on an island. He is adamant it takes 3+ years for the deer to change and get use to the way you setup the farm, the pressure you do or don't put on the farm. I'm 3 years in and starting to see that at my farm too, I think.
I do think it takes five years, from what I am seeing. That is for a couple of reasons, I think. One (and probably the main one) being the fact that it takes five years to grow a five year old buck. So, as the years go by you should have more older age class bucks there in addition to the fact that they learn to accept your activity as normal and the food sources you supply as their go-to spots. I think the deer that were there when you bought it have other ideas. It is amazing just how much these deer are creatures of habit. Have a great day.
I remember that article too. Our years are showing......
Man, that was a long time ago!
@@bill-winke seems like a life time somedays or others like it was last week.....
Great video....
Thanks Scott. Much appreciated.
I've heard deer 🦌blowing few hundred yards away, wind going towards sound of deer. I thought to myself , no way they smell me that far. But most likely that's why they were blowing and alerting other deer
Yes, I have heard them blowing 1/4 mile away downwind. And that was back when I was wearing Scent-Lok too. I stopped being a believer that day. Have a great day.
Sounds like that point would be a great spot to cut some trees for bedding and hunt back where you're wind don't swirl
We did cut the trees, but you are right, I need to move stand farther around the point on the other side so it doesn't swirl. Thanks for the comment.
A book i read by Roger Rothar years ago had a similar message in it.
I probably read that book too. I read all Roger's stuff. Then, ironically, he was my neighbor on the southern Iowa farm. He owned 700 acres bordering my farm on one side. Have a great day.
I agree, older animals are not any smarter they are more wary and much less tolerant of our intrusion through past experiences. Hunting here in the Northeast you have to take all of this to extremes.
Sometimes you can get away with hunting sloppy here in the Midwest, but if you want to be consistently killing the oldest bucks around, you really need to take it to extremes here too - and probably everywhere. Have a great day.
Dream Big brother 🙏
Bill, how about using a light going in in the dark? I think a lot of guys blow deer out they never knew were there using a headlamp going in. If i have to use a light, i cup it in my hand pointed at the ground(green or red), only opening my hand to let it shine a bit enough to see my trail going in. On private, i also keep my trail raked clean so it's dead quiet going in. I even stalk in in the dark using this method and have walked right into deer on the trail. They usually don't spook, sometimes I get within 20 feet of them before they shuffle off.
I don't use a light at all, but back when I did, I did what you say and kept it pointed straight down. Now, I just wait until gray light when I can first see the ground and then go in fast. It seems to spook a lot less deer than crunching in during the dark. Thanks for the comment.
i say this all the time about the burglar. So many people wanna slam the car door at the hunting spot or even before a drive. Gotta have respect for the deer. Most people wanna argue this because they "see deer". But big bucks are different than "deer"
Agreed. Very good points. Thanks for the comment.
Bill, referring to your last video, when you do TSI in late winter/early spring are you treating stumps after felling trees? Thanks!
Very good episode Bill,absolutely 100%.
Bill I hunted on the property line and black man who lived 75 yards from where I hunted worked on cars in yard. He would hammer getting the breaks off the car really loud and the deer would eat acorns in his yard not pay him any attention. As soon as I snuck up to the hill top to look at the deer and where I might wait on one they would blow and run off gone. They new he wasn't a threat but I was.
Yes, that is why sometimes you can get away with matching normal human activity in the area without triggering the deer to lay low, but it is harder to condition them when they live away from human residences - like our farm. The only people they see (or hear) in a normal day is us. They don't pay much attention in the summer but it sure seems like they tolerate late less traveling by us in the fall.
Hey Bill, love the show! Seems like the overall quality of bucks on the farm is steadily rising for you. Do you attribute this to habitat improvements or less pressure/less harvesting of younger bucks now that you own it?
John, I think it is mostly related to the things that have the most immediate impact - removing the cattle (they eat a lot of the same stuff deer eat) and planting food plots. Obviously, not shooting nice younger bucks also makes a big difference, but the habitat stuff we are doing now will have longer-term benefits. It all adds up and every piece of the formula matters, but some things just have a bigger effect quicker. Have a great day.
I learned a immeasurably important lesson while spring turkey hunting on private land 30 years ago on just how far sound can travel on a calm morning with a gentle breeze in my face
I was set up on a roost and ended up with no luck Toms flew down the wrong way while sitting there cursing my bad luck I began to hear ever so faintly but definitely heard people talking not yelling just talking and the sound of metal clanking this went on for an hour and I decided to go investigate
I figured If I could hear talking it meant the people had to be 200 yards or less from me
Nope I walked to the fence that was the property line and about 125 yards out in the neighbors field were two guys working on a tractor
I paced it off taking care to walk a straight line as I could back to where I was seated turkey hunting and it was 325 of my paces and Im 6'2"
So if I can here a normal volume human voice metel not banging on metsl just tools like wrenches making metal on metal noises just think how far a deer can hear with ears MUCH bigger than ours.
1:50 Didn't realize you've killed bucks with traditional archery, Bill!
Just that one. I think it was 1993, if I am not mistaken.
Hardest thing I had to accept was if bow hunting from a hang on treestand or ladder stand and you KNOW you're in the core bedding area of one or more big mature 5yr old or older bucks you have 2 MAYBE 3 sits and odds are he knows somethings up very very difficult to spend a 3-4 hour stand sit and not leave enough scent behind to tip off a resident mature buck
Its gets significantly more difficult if you do only hang and hunts as hanging a stand you immediately hunt out of leaves an enormous amout of scent behind to alert deer to your presence in thier core bedding area where they feel most safe
What I learned from great big buck hunters like you is you had better spend 2-3x more time scouting than hunting if you want to kill a mature buck every year or every other year
There is no other way
2:25. I didn’t know Woody Harrelson hunted.
Didn't know Tom Cruise liked hunting videos!
@ I hope you didn’t take offense to that. At that certain angle, I just saw Woody.
Good video bub, crunching gravel....don't tell everybody... Hahaha jk
They definitely react to it. I have watched them from the stand or blind when the day is still and how they pay attention to those sounds. Good luck.
Awesome video and great tips about taking things to the extreme. Bill, please get yourself some Stealth Strips to silence your stand and climbing sticks. Hard to hear a lesson about being quiet while watching you with all that stand and stick metal exposed.
I appreciate it, but I can't remember ever spooking a deer with stand or stick noise. Most of the time I hang my stands well in advance (when I can) but when I go in to hang a stand and then stay to hunt it I always use screw in steps because they are easier to carry. Thanks for the comment.
I made a crucial mistake this year. Although I did kill a really good 8 point, it was an older management type deer. The deer that I was hunting. However, I got really sloppy kind of made a desperate move and pushed. What could have been the biggest deer of my life straight onto? A neighbor's farm That gun hunts and I heard him shoot the bulk that I had hunted for 2 seasons. Extremely carefully had some close encounters. Actually missed the buck wants, but yeah, made a desperate move. Mid muzzle loader, this year me archery hunting. And the neighbor killed the deer, so 2 go 2 the extremes, and 2 not get sloppy is definitely A. Valuable lesson?
There is nothing worse been doing everything right day in and Day Out and getting lazy and sloppy. And it costing you so big, so I think that's probably one of if not the most important tip. That I've heard. Ah, any other hunter speak about this is why I love your show so much because you are so deliberate and careful in your approach. I've learned so much by reading your articles and watching your shows. I just can't thank you enough. I enjoy pure educational videos as much if not more than the hunts themselves. You're one of those guys. I feel like I could sit and listen to for hours. Just a wealth of knowledge.And i'm so grateful that i've found your channel
get piles of corn scented concentrate
What is the wind checker container you have attached to your bow? I want one!
I got that many years ago. They don't make them any more. I may make them myself to sell just because they are so cool.
@@bill-winke Thanks!
What happened with Amos and his season?
He never saw the buck he was hunting after mid November and ended up not shooting anything. We know the buck is still alive so Amos will be hunting him again next season.
in the late 1980 and early 1990 ds I would try to sound like a deer in compleat darkness no flashlight walking on my toes wind in my face some times they would let me walk by 20 feet away .I do not know how meany times I could smell the deer so close to me that I got scared knowing that it is a racked buck fallowing a doe . some times I use a stick adding a 3rd leg as I walk I force the stick into the ground between each step and walk right up to them. I still do that now .I pray every time that I go deer hunting that the deer that I sometimes jump on my way in let them run of weight 10 seconds and blow my nose one time as hard as I can . in the dark circle down wind and cross my scent trail , I figured this out in 1992ish let my pet rabbit bis on a small rug and each weak I leave my hunting boots in rabbit shit and yurin with tarcial gland hair on top of the rabbit shit , in the north east MAS NH if it is not posted you can hunt . I never leave any thing in the woods .my tree stand lone wolf self climber comes in and out every time . when someone sees a tree stand in the woods they walk over to see it and deer sign . spot ruined . my average tree stand hight is 39 feet I never get bust ed .7 times in the last 17 years it just does not happen when you are that high . I get 25 feet up a tree with my bow on my left side as I climb . I grab the bottom of my lone wolf treestand with my legs and readjust the angle and climb again so when I get to my desired hight it will be flat in the compleat darkness. I let the deer hunt me leaving a buck tarsial giant tied to a branch 7 feet off the ground all the time . I haven't let anything ever touch the ground except the bottom edge of my the stand wile I in stall the climbing aid .it takes me less then 4 minutes to be that hight . 228 deer bow hunts only I shot 5 in a field . most hunters will learn from this post but few will go to my RUclips page and look . I Never stop learning .
A hunter once told me, pretend the deer have guns and you’re the one being hunted as you make your way to the stand. It makes sense to me, but boy that’s hard as most times we are pressed for time to get in there.
Plus, if you don't think your odds are any good or you are burned out, or you aren't hunting a good buck that season, etc. and it is easy to get sloppy. That is when the buck shows up and busts you. It is hard to do, but you have to hunt every day as if you are sure the buck you are after is there. Good luck.
@@bill-winke exactly when they'll show up. every time :)
@@bill-winke so true.
Wish the genius that hunts where I do had that mentality he walks the whole way to his big huts flashlight whipping all around crashing thru the timber. Ever since he's been back there big buck daylight fell off a cliff and he parks as close as he can and it's a driveway the whole way
Look at it this way, now you know where not to hunt
@@jakesmith6337yeah my stands are on the opposite side of the property wich is the best area just sucks he scares em
Deer do use creeks and ditches
They mostly cross them. But regardless, they are still by far the best way in and out if you want to stay undetected.
Great advice. Like a thief!! I do pretty good. I thought , till I just watched this. I will be a ninja this season. Good stuff.
I believe in 2025 , team “DREAM BIG” will produce!! You’ve worked too hard not to!! Luke 9:62
Thanks Gouch. We will definitely be out there giving it our best effort. Have a great day.
No……I’m quite certain they are smarter than me.
those are really only private land problems; my public land problems are all the rabbit hunters with a dozen beagles that drive every living creature out of my little woods just about every morning. most of us wish all we had to worry about was how to sneak in. 🦌
Use "nose jammer" it's unbelievable. Western guides use vanilla extract so did the native ameticans. Scent free to a deer is balogna
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