Dang that came out very nice

5:07 in the video looked like a deer ran right behind you while you were racking the trail...

Since when did rob gronkowski get into deer hunting😂

What about cedars. Areas with alot of cedar. Can I dead fall the cedars to make a pocket then seed or plant something for brows?

Love the deer habitat videos, check out my deer hunting channel too. We hunt primarily out of Ohio.

Great video! I have 30 acres of timber, that is flat at the bottom and rises up to a ridge top about 900 ft elevation change. I bulldozed a 1/4 acre foodplot at the bottom. I have been thinking about hinge cuts close to the top of the ridge to promote more cover and bedding. How much area should I devote to the hinge cuts and should I do several “pockets” of hinge cuts? Thanks for any info!

The rut is just starting as the season ends in lower Alabama.

Great video

Do piles of logs and/or brush deter deer, specifically mature bucks? Like if I have the option to remove, is that better, or does it not matter?

Always with great information

Can I ask advice or use it for a video idea? I have a small parcel in western NY. Maybe 12 acres is huntable. One 5 acer section is 15-18 year old neglected feild. It has turned into thick 10+ foot gray dogwood. Its so thick that the deer don't use it to bed anymore and the ground is completely shaded out dirt. Years ago it was a bed haven and produced a lot of sheds. I dont want to just clear it all because it would take years for them to use it again and cost a ton to hire it out. I'd rather come up with some other plan using some sweat equity and hand tools. One thought was to make pockets by cutting the dogwood down to the dirt, and surround those pockets with strips of knee high trimmed dogwood to provide regen browse, then keep the pockets surrounded by the full grown brush for screening. What would you do in my situation. Thanks.

Did you burn that bedding area?

Nice simple video, thanks 👌🏽How well did it work? Do you got any update vids of bucks actively using this bed?

Great video.

FYI, believe Exodus went out of business, so might want to remove cell cam from recommendations

Thanks for the video. We're currently working on a similar area on our property. How big is the area in this video?

Great stuff👍🏼 do you choose Southern facing slopes and/or plateaus on higher elevations or are you all on flat wooded areas? Thanks & happy healthy New Year 🎉🎉

I never jump deer close to me by myself…all the time when my kids are with me and we are being loud. I believe they don’t perceive us as a threat and hope we’ll walk by without noticing them. Also makes me wonder how many times I’ve walked passed a deer by myself and didn’t even know it bc they didn’t move.

Awesome example what 2 years can do!

You underneath the top?

I appreciate you. I would love to see what you would do if you were on a lease instead of your private land. Like if hinge cutting and dozer work were out of the question. Like for me it would be lime plots, maximize forage, cut trails since small shrubs and non-market trees can be cut, and water holes/ mock scrapes.

Oh yeah, even just a few crisp apples in the pack great treat, and good scent attractant to toss out there.

Hehehe, first year I was trying to teach myself to bowhunt... broke as heck, had some old sweats I spraypainted vertical wavy tan and olive lines, worked awesome, but had to always bury myself under the loose grass after running there to stay warm enough to not shake should they get close enough.... was never quite, but also thought at the time was only allowed buck, thought does were different permit, was wrong, coulda got about four does if I would have explored closer.... what a wonderful memory. Yes, stay warm.... now understand even a flannel jacket is plenty good enough for many situations.

Wonderful land management, is such a wonder how dead spots can be so rejuvenated. Thank you for wonderful lessons. lots of folks don't know much about such management, but also don't think of wildlife opportunities and preservation. Which is why hunters are such valuable teachers and stewards.

And thank you as well for such wonderful work. Especially for those amongst us that either have had nobody to teach and taught ourselves, or have no opportunity to hunt, yet want to know how.... everyone should understand and know how... And just the pure beauty of the nature in the shots.... that alone is a treat, especially for folks stuck in the prairies... hehe. Happy New Years to you all, and God Bless. Always a wonderful suprise when we see ya!

Great video. Keep them coming.

Excellent video!

Great buck! Great story! Great Memories!!! ❤👍💪🦌

Happy New Year, Jake. Love this. It is very helpful to see the property improvements and have you do a walk through of them!

Thanks for the great info! I’m currently working on clearing some trails in a bedding area I made last winter here in the mountains of Virginia. It has a few areas that are too thick to get through so I’m adding a few trails. I’m also cleaning up the trails the deer are naturally using. Keep up the good work!😊

Excellent video. Happy New Year!

That's really cool. Thank you all for showing us what you are doing.

It's a sad time come January. Ready for September already

This realy helped a lot with tracking and stuff

Deer been doing what they do for eons of years without our help.

I would like to see some cam footage of this being used

seeing this video gives me hope that the 10 point i tracked and couldnt find will appear on my cams again. he had a wound already when i shot him, we think from an arrow or fight. thanks for putting out the info on spikes, im not a big fan of shooting them either. i wonder if our twin spikes last year were our twin 8's this year?

Why do you consider over-head cover important when hinge cutting?

I just want ask does making deer beds really work?

I really enjoyed this video,, This young dude has spot-On knowledge about these deer patterns..During the late season hunts- The bucks are gonna be where they are finding a good food source,” closer to where they gonna choose to bed, Due to hunting pressure they gonna lay low…

Great Video!! very informative and not too long!! Excellent work

I have 80 acres dominated by quaking aspen. About 1/3 is 30-35 years old, 1/3 I had cut in 2009 and 1/3 I had cut in 2019. Between aspen regen and heavy hazelnut, I have ample cover. With each logging I had the logger put in a road system. I now have about 2 miles total of woods roads which I brush hog / maintain annually in early August generally to about 8-10' wide. They are planted with a perennial loggers mix (grasses, vetch, some clover). There is a perimeter road generally 20-50 yards from boundaries and a lot of intersecting roads but only a few are used for stand access. Does, fawns and young bucks use the woods roads extensively year round. 2.5 and 3.5 year old bucks do so as well late Oct to mid Nov. In the 5 year old aspen cut, using the logging roads is by far the easiest way for deer to travel. I'm considering adding some deer trails but only of minimal width cleared with chain saw but not mowed. I also want to add bedding cuts in all age class of aspens. I have a 1/2 acre pond and 4 food plots totaling 3 acres. I've been very careful accessing/exiting box blinds that are located on the plots. I want to make the deer trails to get back to treestand hunting travel corridors instead of only box blind hunting food plots. Trying to get an occasional 4.5 year old to hang around a bit more, I'm considering not mowing 2/3 of my existing woods roads and letting it to taller grass. Do you think mature bucks avoid mowed woods roads (especially 8' wide)? I'd think they do. Do you feel it's possible to have too many trails interconnecting with woods roads to the extent the property feels too manicured instead of natural for mature bucks?

What would you suggest to give the best “first” year growth? I have a small area to hunt which has produced some nice bucks but it’s definitely to open. Fairly damp soil, except in mid summer months.

Do you have a email address?

You suggested using a red light if needed during access and egress. I've also heard that green light is a good option and that deer don't see green light. Is that true in your experience? Thanks.

This is one of the best tutorials I've seen in over 50 years of hunting. Spending time in the woods is the best way to learn and practice these tactics. Yesterday, I was surrounded by 15 deer for over an hour while hunting a target buck. They were between 20 and 40 yards away and while a couple of the does scented me, they never ID'd me as a threat. Slow, deliberate movements, minimal eye contact, just sitting quietly, you will see and hear so much. For scent control, I store my hunting clothes and boots in an old corn bag with a couple of cups of corn and oats. During the rut, I dab a small amount of doe estrus on my boot soles. I also, rake my path to my stands to minimize noise from leaves or stepping on small branches. Happy Hunting!

Well Done! I have cut trails on my property as well, the deer have made good use of them. I have also cut some trails that intersect perpendicular to the main trails which creates intersections for good stand locations.

West Texas?

Okay. Okay.. Deer listen BUT they watch for QUICK movement. Flickers of light and fast movement. As long as you ONLY MOVE when they have their heads down eating move but very slowly and you can past them and they won’t move or give a shit about you. Friends Calle BS until I sent them the video. 😂😂

You guys are funny. I read so much about how hard deer are to find. lol. I walk up on and then walk past deer on the ground while carrying a bucket and gun all the time. Would you believe you can walk within 15/ so yards of deer and just walk past them while they do their thing? Be careful I have the video around here somewhere. I was just telling my wife I need to start making them for you guys to see.