5 Ways To Find Big Bucks

Here are 5 ways to find more bucks to hunt this Fall, and the first way is to hunt more like a predator. The great concept about consistently seeing more bucks is that it is very easy to set yourself apart from all other hunters in the woods. Why? Because very few hunters have what it takes to see the best bucks in the neighborhood, every single year. Very few hunters follow all 5 of these hunting strategies. Here are 5 time tested ways to consistently see more bucks this Fall...

[@LetYourLightSoShine999]

Wisdom is the key to everything. If your key doesn't fit... Find the one that does. Love your content

[@codyr8333]

Great wisdom, I started watching your videos about a year ago, and made changes for this past season. And boy did it pay off killed two good bucks I in the high 140s. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing your knowledge about deer hunting.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Man Cody you are very welcome! That is so awesome to hear about your success...so happy to hear about your bucks...CONGRATS!

[@jimpeterson3806]

I've learned so much since finding your videos last year. My whole approach to hunting whitetails has changed dramatically. Can't thank you enough!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

That's awesome to hear Jim...bet you can't wait for next season like me ☺️ You are so welcome...

[@ronbonofiglio7654]

Content keeps coming and keeps getting better ! Love the way you're doing it and especially showing it.

[@joekeenan7373]

I harvested the best buck of my life this year, using some of your tips, and tricks. He’s a main frame 10 pointer, with a 2 1/2” kicker coming off the back of his left brow tine. He gross scored 146 5/8, and weighed 233 lbs. That might as well be a Booner in Cherokee County, SC. Thanks, and I love your videos.

[@jotallica898]

Hey from Spartanburg county! Still waiting for my big buck to come in! Cheers

[@stevestarkey6183]

good info as usual mr.sturgis.love your channel.keep em coming.think I watched every video twice now.lol

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ha, thank you so much Steve...I ALWAYS appreciate your comments and support...and that's a lot of watch time 😁

[@rileym2678]

I have truly learned so so much from your videos: I truly appreciate them.

[@jrberke77]

You just answered a lot of questions I had thank you so much for these videos

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Awesome to hear...you are very welcome!!

[@dougbarber3400]

Your channel has become a sort of addiction. Always great information. Thank you so mush for passing on your knowledge.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I would guess there are a few things worse to be a addicted too 😁 Thanks Doug...I really appreciate you allowing me to share my addiction with you, so that you can be addicted too ☺️ Got to love whitetails!

[@sethzimmerman6346]

Thank you sir for all your wisdom. Using your knowledge, this year I've seen more deer, deer in daylight and tagged out and shot my biggest buck to date. I love watching your videos. Thank you and God bless.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Man, that is so great to hear Seth...congrats!! Really happy for you and I would guess the best is yet to come for you ☺️ You are very welcome!

[@jakesnake4107]

Great knowledge! Hunted over a food plot last year and left the woods through the whole deer season with only seeing 2 bucks in daylight! Put my cameras on the outside parts of my property 7 or 8 within daylight.. smh lol the proofs in the pudding, thanks Jeff

[@normyoder2622]

Thanks Jeff I'm very encouraged , I'll have to step it up a notch, in southern Ohio where I hunt ,roads are up on top and 90 0/0 of the time as soon as you step off road it's steep down . My legs aren't what they used to be but I have time. You encourage Me .2020 archery I'm getting him I've learned so much from you thanks

[@benhodge8128]

Your videos literally put me on a big buck yesterday. First time on public and I used your tips for hunting basically some fresh tree rubs. I missed the buck but you have a new subscriber.

[@shawnmyers9571]

I feel like watching ur videos helped me put my 2nd biggest buck on tha wall this year, Thanks for ur videos Jeff

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I love to hear that Shawn...really happy for you!! CONGRATS!! You are very welcome and I will try to keep them coming...it helps knowing that they help!

[@nelsonchandler1015]

awesome information thank you !! just started some select timber harvest on our family farm in north georgia hoping to create some good fall and winter food , cover and hardwood regeneration

[@WHITETAILKINGS]

Excellent tips. You have a gift of explaining things Jeff!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much... I try my best and just want to help! Really means a lot to me when it hits home...

[@WHITETAILKINGS]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I started watching you a little over a year ago. I really payed attention to your weather strategy and killed my best PA archery buck by really honing in on exact right time to get in close where I needed. Just recently bought my 50 acre dream parcel and all the habitat improvements I have done, I have done following your videos. Keep em coming!! -Adam Fox

[@jjhoran1273]

Great info sir 👍. Always learn something EVERYTIME I watch these videos. Thanks again. Btw I like the vest! Is there merch coming soon? I haven’t asked in a while but I would be proud and more then happy to purchase and rep your logo👍.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi JJ...thank you so much! Yes coming soon ☺️ Should be ordering this week!!

[@randlerichardson5826]

I’m looking forward to this year on my lease. I’m goin to put your advice to work for me this year. I’m waiting on the weather to improve. We probably got 5-6 inches of rain here last week and the 1st of this week 70 degree days then Thursday the bottom fell out of the temps and we got snow ❄️ crazy messed up weather here in Tn. If you don’t like the weather here in Tn wait 5 minutes it will change lolllllllllll when it dries up I’m goin to turn my plot get it ready to plant thank you brother for taking time out of your busy days to share your information with us. Not many people do this.

[@RayMalaski]

Hunt like a predator, love it .. my new motto for 2020!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks Ray...very good motto!

[@RayMalaski]

onelove haha! #goals

[@MrShysterme]

If you get into high elevation areas, then "bucks bedding high" across the landscape doesn't hold on a larger scale because once you get above 4,000 feet the winters are brutal and there just isn't as much food or water. You'll see way lower deer density than a valley, but the deer you do see at high elevations are more likely to be mature and unpressured because people don't want to hunt up there.

[@dswish1730]

Again..I can relate to all you say.Found 4 sheds on Tuesday .But saw 3 last night still holding. We got 4 inches of snow yesterday. By tomorrow their should be tracks everywhere .1 of the shrds I found is from a 4 year old that I never saw.Thought he was dead.I found both sides last year laying together.The one I found this year was 200 yards from where I found the set last year.He was a 7 last year. Found his 4 side Tuesday. Very heavy.Lots of mass.I have some good funnels in mind for this fall.Thanks again for all you do.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Man that's a lot of activity and fun D!! Thanks too ☺️ Have s great day! I am off to a client parcel...been in the road for 9 days and get to go home tonight

[@MichaelWilliams-to3cj]

Writing all this down. What great content👍 sept 28 is not that far away. I can’t wait

[@myronlaidler8034]

Stealthy ingress and egress all super advice, found a Buck hot spot on property i used to hunt a few years ago,now i can only intercept them at a pinch point that i now hunt on adjacent property. Thanks for all this good info Jeff!!

[@inthewoods3237]

One of the main things I have to change next year is my access routes to stands as I only hunt on my own 50 acres, may have to change a couple Stand locations also!

[@anthonyhealy8648]

I would definitely agree with the distance getting back further is go but in my 2019 season had a chance at a 160 class buck that I messed up and I was only at the most 250 to 300 yard from my truck on public land. So I would say hunt where the people are not so it could go either way far back or near parking. But as always love the video and can always learn something new from them.

[@seanbarrett657]

I agree! The thing is a lot of people dont hunt that close to the road.

[@huntfish2906]

Thanks for another informative video Jeff. One question I have is can cover be too thick and how do you know if it is?

[@jerrybaggallay58]

Great info as always. Hoping you get a cancellation so I can get you out to our 160 acres in Michigan. In March, April or May. It's kind of a unique property with alot of challenges as there is public land to my west and to my east is ag land. Lots of doe, think we may have a doe factory as we seen only a couple small buck this season and only two last season.

[@rfb7117]

Great suggestions!!! As you know, our greatest CHALLENGE is to get to our stands WITHOUT spooking the deer. We continue to work on that. Thanks for all the good ideas.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Bob...thank you and I appreciate all of the hard work you are accomplishing...great things to come!

[@MrShysterme]

In higher pressure states, I find that on smaller public land parcels, you have to pattern a buck and try to take him out quickly before everyone else spooks him out. Later in the season, I move to larger parcels of public land where I can get away from others. Not to say I won't pattern and go after a big buck on a larger parcel early, but you have to hunt smaller public with a sense of urgency if you are to hunt them at all. You can't control others and in my state almost everyone hunts and most are the type to walk through bedding areas in mid-day, etc.

[@randlerichardson5826]

Great video brother be safe out there and GOD BLESS you and your family and crew brother Amen 🙏

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

God bless Randle ☺️

[@austingibson4939]

I have a new 72 acre parcel that has great potential! Only issue is the only access is from the north west point. We're trying to figure out how to set it up considering the majority of fall/winter Louisiana winds come from the north/north west. It's going to make scent control very tough.

[@markkillebrew8476]

Hey amazing information! I am from MI and now living Florida area because of the Military. Do you think some of these tips will work in the south on public land? I have trouble down here because it’s a very flat area . I can never seem to find them

[@majorshong4951]

Hey Jeff, if you were surrounded by ag and your food plot was on the east of your property... would you walk around the west side of the property when leaving a stand with a East wind? Just thinking if the deer are going to the ag after the food plot they are going to be in the east of my land and blowing my scent into the bedding wouldn’t be as bad with them out in the ag fields

[@bryanreynolds7460]

I have a long clover field going straight through the property with power lines down through the center . I notice the deer crossing back in forth but I think they changing there crossing times daily ..

[@jamesd9439]

I cut Jeff's buck corridors through my thickets this winter in the snow. In my case it was so thick I had to do it in the winter so I could see where I was going and hook up with existing trails.

[@conflict7269]

Ive noticed bucks browse more during the day and they hit the big main feeding area at night after the does had already been there before sundown

[@Minnesotalife]

Next deer season will be tricky for me, I have a baby on the way & I will have to plane around that.

[@trentonbryan1642]

Loving the content. Want information on hay fields and how to hunt them location is deep east texas with lots of pine trees with a small piece of 40 acres with no cows or livestock

[@matthewberry9842]

I’m new to hunting what is a bedding area.

[@hunterswildlifejimmyw3314]

I seen alot of big bucks last year. My trail cam picked up at least 10 in one area. Is it possible that those bucks will use that same area this year around that time? Peak rut in Tylertown, MS. So the rut can happen pretty much anytime down here. Usually from January 10th thru the end of the season. The weather has been quite warm for this time of year. We usually have 30's down here.

[@jeffcoleman6618]

I can say this about scent elminator! Since I've started using purewhitetail products, I've need had Soo much action, and several times, using purewhitetail dirt scent elminator, I've literally had deer walk right up too me

[@Illinois-Wildlife-Encounters]

#aDekeDitty3 love your vids. Here is a snippet of a buck hiding in a bean field. so cool

[@Auditing.northern.N.Y.]

I hunt a 230 acre farm. Last year my landlord got a spike off the 4 acre food plot. About 1/4 mile away I got an 8 and a 9 on outskirt of sugar bush where they come in and out of thick swamp.

[@stacyswiss307]

So for the last two years I’ve had no problem getting a buck problem is I see tons and tons of small bucks: spikes forks some small 6-8 but no truly mature bucks. Any advice?

[@jameshadden834]

I'd like to see a video about how to hunt mature whitetail bucks in southern "Piney woods" Alabama where there is little mast and a crap load of feeders and green fields.

[@randlerichardson5826]

Yep most of us don’t have a private place with hundreds of acres to ourselves like most do. Places where we can pile hundreds of pounds of corn and minerals up. Most of us just have small parcels of land that we hunt which I’m thankful to have don’t get me wrong.

[@davesi56]

What if you have only 20 acres and next door is 100 acres (buck haven) that nobody can hunt on or even walk on? I eventually get venison at the end of the season but just watch the mature bucks 100 yards away during the rut.

[@fredsalay720]

Unfortunately a lot of my spots in PA don't have access from other area's to beat the wind. Posted property is coming up all over the place. Good information though.

[@stevefrench3564]

Here in Michigan most people i know have only saw 2 or 3 mature bucks in there life...

[@shaneshonda]

I live in a area where all the access is from the top of 300ft+ hills and valleys.how could i sneak down to their beds without jumping them out?I see alot of my biggest bucks as they run off.

[@mikemehevicjr8831]

I was doing this for the last few years in vernon county and after learning why they were bedded there and watching some whitetail habitat solutions and hunting public, I had the best season of my life so far and I didnt even kill a monster this year lol the reason for it being the best season so far was how many mature bucks I had in bow range this year. I just kept screwing up the opportunities lol but I learned more in the last year than I have in my whole life. Thanks Jeff you're the man!!!

[@HILLBILLY_HARD]

What happens if the bucks bed 10 yards from your driveway and when you open the back door you spook them out of their beds? How do you get around that?!

[@BB-xq6rj]

Sneak out a window 🤣

[@randlerichardson5826]

I’ve got to maintenance stands this year

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Oh for sure ..we want you safe for years to come my friend 👍

[@marshalllaw6541]

I just picked op 600 acres last year and I have cameras out all year. I’m not seeing many does and I’ve got tuns of young bucks but the only time I’m seeing mature bucks is nighttime or during the rut. I have lots of edge and diversity. The property does have agg on it. This year was soybean in the summer and winter rye in the fall and winter. This season will be corn. I have about 25 acres for all deer all the time and in that 25 acres I put up cellular cameras so I can see the pics without going in for sd cards. I guess my question would be why am I not seeing mature bucks on my property

[@kurtpearson8597]

Marshall LAW sounds like you are one bed layer away from mature bucks. Food-Does and fawns first, then young bucks then mature bucks. You could try to add a layer (or two!) of bedding closer to the food. Young bucks shift closer and mature bucks fill in that 25 acres. Don’t forget to add side cover to separate bed areas. Good luck! And maybe look into Jeff’s books!!

[@marshalllaw6541]

I have the only cover for miles and the 25 acres I have gave up for bedding is so thick I’m not sure what I can do as far as cover improvements. There is lots of woody brows and briar thicket after prior thicket. It’s about 600 yards from field edge to the property line and it’s thick the entire way throughout except on small 1.5 acre clearing about 20 yards off the field edge that I think would be excellent for a good plot. I wish there was a way to share the Ariel photos with you

[@kurtpearson8597]

Pics would be great! The only thing I could think of would be to plant some switch grass?? To section off part? Sounds like that plot is a good candidate for light greens (3rd feeding) of winter rhy?

[@marshalllaw6541]

Kurt Pearson there is 400 acres of winter rye there now for agricultural purposes. Soybeans early season and then rye. I was thinking of going with rye on years the farmers do corn and barraska blend on the year the farmers do beans and rye?

[@Lucas-jy7cv]

Theres alot of black bear around where I I hunt. But theres good buck too. Have you ever seen bear run the deer out?

[@randlerichardson5826]

Little over 7 months till bow season here. Thunder chicken season is right around the corner here I’m looking forward to it. I’m getting my 9 year old nephew a shot at a turkey this year LORD willing Amen 🙏. He got his first deer this year during the first juvenile season with my 7mm-08. He says the rifle is his now lollllllll that’s fine I gave it to him.

[@fitzy1840]

What is your opinion on the Hoyt rx4

[@carsonschulz6498]

Big Daddy he only shoots Mathews

[@fitzy1840]

Carson Schulz and he can still look at them and say what he thinks I only shoot bow but Ik abt guns

[@carsonschulz6498]

Fair enough. Mathews sponsors (so he probably can’t respond) and ships him their bows prior to them being released so I don’t know if he’s ever even picked up a carbon Hoyt. The best bet is how you shoot it. From the boards I’ve seen ppl saying they like the RX3 just as much as the 4 so not spending the money but I’ve never shot one. Shooting a Chill X 31” @ 65lbs - newer bows might be more advanced but I don’t think I could go shorter than 33” ATA again. Maybe try a Traverse to see if it blows me away then pick up a nearly new one off AT classifieds. Good luck with whichever bow you go with. It’s hard getting him to respond to questions on here, unless you’re immediately watching a new video it seems.

[@andrewholmes4381]

Jeff, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I have gotten pictures of tons of bucks on my camera but have seen one deer ALL YEAR. How is that?

[@Bubakarrr]

Could be a lot of things. Assuming the pictures are daytime ones, it could be you are accessing the property with the wrong wind, going too close to bedding or are too noisy or visible on your way there. It could also be that they take the same path as you and defect you’ve been there or you’re too visible in your stand. Hard to say. Try different things

[@seandunston2871]

Jeff- You need to sell merch my friend. Hoodies,vest,tshirts,decals,etc...

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

We are ordering some more this week Sean! Will definitely get a collection. Bad thing is Diane has to sell and ship it all ☺️ Hope she can keep up! Thanks for the interest in it all too...means a lot ☺️

[@georgecowboydearing6526]

I'm late in life trying to learn to hunt mostly on my own, didnt have dad or grandfather to teach me unfortunately, I am disabled and have 10 kiddos, 5 that are my blood that I raise and 5 step children, that's 6 boys and 4 girls, unfortunately I'm late at teaching them to hunt as well, I still have a couple at home so I'm trying now.. I am in Northern California mountains, trying to see if I can apply your information to my woods, learning as I go.. I did get a bear, my very first animal ever, now with deer coming up this week my son and I will go out and try, my wife and another son will try in a different area when it starts there in a few weeks, we tried last year with no luck but, I really need to make this happen this year, not sure how many more years this body will let me hunt but I will push it until I can no longer walk and find a way then but for now, I dream of trekking through the woods with my son and getting a buck together to share in a great moment and have that amazing memory, i see so many videos and just can't stop thinking how great it'll be when we finally succeed like so many others and have that story to tell and the food to bring to our table... I keep researching non stop and watch all your videos here, watch many others as well, I just dont want to teach my kids wrong or bad habits and have them respect this tradition and the history and hold on to it for the future and hopefully take their sons and tell them how I taught them and did it with them when I still was able to.... Lord willing.... Thank you for sharing the information with us less fortunate but willing to learn men out there....

[@stanp6383]

Scouted over 4 miles yesterday looking for some mature buck sign. I found it...a quarter mile from where I parked my truck. Lol. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Nice ☺️ Sounds like a good walk too!

[@farnorthhomested844]

from my experiance, deer wont go up high where there is no food source or cover. there is no way a deer is moving a mile for a food source. where im from there is something called coy dogs. i dont think they move too much under such conditions.

[@jasonphillips73]

I have the opposite problem...have had it for years. 90% of the animals I see in my spots are bucks...and I hunt public land. My friends laugh at me because I can never fill my doe tags.

[@randlerichardson5826]

Hello brother how’s your evening going I pray great Amen 🙏

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you Randle! Hope yours was great? Was traveling back from being in the road for 9 days...great to be home!

[@SkiLLz0O93]

This guy is the John Danaher of Hunting 😂

[@Randy-1967]

There is basically no way to be quiet in the woods I hunt , my roughly 4 acres behind the house, brush and trees everywhere, dry dead vegetation , twigs and branches all over the ground .

[@robertayoder2063]

Clean a path before season or rake it thats a way!

[@cooterbrown1703]

What is wrong with that buck at 1:15 like he can't walk right?

[@markmeyer2757]

Do you sell your Hats?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I sure do...within about 3 weeks will be back in stock ☺️

[@lukedog7028]

You have to hunt places where there are lots of mature bucks. It is simple as that. If there aren’t many in the area you have almost no chance. Doesn’t matter how you slip in or out. Are you getting lots of big ones on camera? Are the neighbors consistently killing them? Do you see giant bucks when you are going in and out of your stands? If no don’t expect much.

[@RobertWilliams82-22]

Am I the only one who feels like you are talking in code? I’m very new to hunting so half the stuff he talks about I’m can’t relate because one, our environment is totally different and two, I’ve never heard his terminology nor have I seen what a bedding area looks like nor a trail.

[@robertayoder2063]

Seems u dont no anything about whitetail hunting its not code its whitetail hunting

[@RobertWilliams82-22]

@@robertayoder2063 you obviously did not read my comment and I’m pretty sure you have no idea as well…. Our environments are different meaning I live in south Louisiana so when he starts talking about saddles and ridges, we don’t have that here, it’s flat… also it’s either pine forest (not cedars) and swamps/ marsh’s…. Also there was a sentence in there that said “IM VERY NEW TO HUNTING”… so your dumb smart ass response was un-called for… but please, explain to me what he was saying if your so smart and just “it’s whitetail hunting”

[@robertayoder2063]

@@RobertWilliams82-22 meaning terms he saying or talking is not different language and if the terrain is different im sure he has or as plenty of hunters who hunt swamps have knowledge u have to learn hunting lingo i guess. Not being smart ass really at all

[@RobertWilliams82-22]

@@robertayoder2063 the “lingo” isn’t my problem… the concepts

[@jnorth5689]

Private land, private land,private land.