8 pointer hunt. Attitude is everything.

Join Dan while he is on the hunt for a big 10 point, an 8 point shows up. This is a hunt where he goes in blind to a new area. More content from The Hunting Beast - Extreme Whitetail Tactics - www.thehuntingbeast.com

[@jakemitchell1671]

This man is so inspiring. His methods and convictions resonate with me. Long story, told quickly as possible: Two years ago I'd had the worst season of my life. I'd missed TWO good bucks and made mistakes only a beginner would make. Late Dec was hunting a big one I got on camera. Had a chance at him Christmas Eve morn. Screwed it up ROYALLY. Made every mistake in the book. My buddies were killing everything. I was SKUNKED so far. Dec 29 was the last day before the dog hunters would come in and destroy this piece of public property. It was today or never. So I went right into his bedroom. Took an hour to stalk in through shoulder-high sage grass, so thick I had to crawl part of the way and sit on the ground. Five min before end of shooting light he pops into the thicket. He froze instantly. I hit him from 11 yards shooting from my knees. He ran 60 yards and fell in shallow water. When I found him the season's frustrations burst out in emotion, and I sat down beside him in the cold Dec water and cried for ten minutes! A full moon shone large above, stars as far as the eye can see..the silence of the river bottoms...I sat there beside the biggest deer of my life, my hand on his warm body, thanking him, thanking God, thanking my family for allowing me the time and freedom to do this without complaining. Took me and a buddy 3+ hours to get him out. PRICELESS experience, and I'm ever so grateful! Thanks Dan for keeping me inspired!

[@thehuntingbeast]

Great hunt Jake, congrats on the buck

[@clintdickens3825]

Just found your channel Dan, love the way you teach us hunters, now I'll have to find the time to watch all your old videos.

[@poet4013]

A true down to earth dude, this guy goes into animalistic hunt mode and can put himself onto them. Devoted to the sport like only a handful are. A big part: putting time in to every aspect of deer hunting

[@scottfesko6626]

You are a rare breed, most videos I've watched in past years were probably done on expensive leases or game farms, I've appreciated a guy who teaches instead of entertaining. At 62 I still have a lot to learn but my success has come from lots of hours and trying different spots until I connect, but I'm still nowhere near the hunter that you are Dan. Thanks for keeping it real

[@archeryhuntermike6701]

I just wanted to say thank you so much for this video I watched this last night before my morning hunt today and I was lacking shooting confidence for this season since I have to wear glasses now but I listened to what u said and I went out this morning and got the biggest buck I’ve ever taken he ended up coming in about 5 yards near my stand and made clean contact on him I’m so blessed from the lord above for blessing me with one of his animals

[@dannystarliper1915]

Dan that was a wonderful video. Every hunter misses from time to time. If they say they don’t they are liars. Keep em coming

[@naphtali1237]

Love this guy.... Just found him and man, he is very smart, says what needs to be said and that's it. True teacher

[@billduckett9341]

Thanks Dan! I watched this video a few weeks ago and decided to place a stand in a way too small of a hemlock tree in a really nice spot that I had passed on earlier due to lack of good stand trees. I have also been watching the THP team and decided to buy a ghillie suit to offset my low and rather open stand site. I'm not a newby. I'm 64 and have many many bucks under my belt. Those two little tweaks added to my bowhunting toolbox helped me take a 195 lb 8-point on the first sit in that low-rider stand with my recurve last week. Thanks to you and the THP team for teaching an old dog a few techniques! You guys are to be taken seriously by all hunters of all experience levels.

[@thehuntingbeast]

Congrats on the buck Bill

[@travisberger70]

The ups and downs..good video man!

[@arthurdirindinjr1792]

Superb video I am a lifetime subscriber now after only one video And that coming from a bow hunter with 25 years experience and over 40 bow killed deer. This hunt is what defines 90% of my bow hunting I can usually put myself within bow range of a decent buck can more often than not successfully draw and shoot but have such believably bad buck fever on big bucks at least 50% of the time I flub the shot thankfully only ever hit and failed to recover one buck The rest and there have been many were all clean misses I feel I can learn much from you Mr Infault especially now I plan on hunting public land more often

[@andyw237]

Thanks for making this video about having a positive attitude while hunting. this is a lesson my dad has been trying to teach me for DECADES now, and it only started to take within the last couple of years. i used to get angry and upset if i see no deer during a hunt, now i am just thankful to be out in the woods and enjoying nature. we all make mistakes but having a good attitude to overcome the situation is whats matters.

[@charlesparker2369]

Didn't quite catch that Dan did you say dead ass tree or ash tree lmao. Absolutely the best hunting content on the net. Thanks for sharing brother.

[@jimmooney3803]

Thank you Dan for helping me get back to my roots and believing in the sign that I have been finding and hunting over it finally paid off last night harvested a monster that came out of the salt marsh

[@ronmacdougall9612]

Great video Dan

[@darrenapple2200]

Dan thanks for sharing these videos and the valuable information that you've learned over the years!!!

[@kennygibson1164]

Great tips right on point brother

[@craigwagner327]

Hey Dan, one thing that works good for me in those situations of bare trees is to use a climber stand and sit in it backwards to where your facing the tree and the tree will block you well. Maybe not a 5" diameter one,lol but it works pretty good on 12" diameter tree or bigger cause you can stand sideways and hide behind tree

[@darrelllogan1274]

Loved it. And your immediate attitude is that of a wise and very seasoned hunter. EXCELLENT, once again.

[@bowhntr83]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! This channel and the hunting public are my favorites to watch and learn from.

[@ronmacdougall9612]

I turned 63 this year and am going to go all out.I’m going back to a spot I hunted many years ago.Got myself a saddle set up and sticks.I’m going to try and get in there during bow season before it gets hunted with rifles.I’m goi g to go up and set up a camera and see what happens.

[@dawheele1]

good video, I moved my stand four times before I got on a nice 8 pointer. I shot a nice doe that evening and a real nice buck the next morning. I learned by shooting the doe, the buck pinned to her will keep coming around looking for her. I agree, keeping every hunt just as exciting as opening day because you never know what's going to happen. if you get down your chance will come as pass you by because you were not ready. Answered prayer is the best for me, I'm the praying type of man and I am feeling very blessed.

[@coreygillum12]

Best video to be inspired when I didn't see a kill shot. " Know your doin something right". Thank you. Just I what I needed. Excellent 👍.

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

Hey Dan I just watched this one and with the early bow season and really blew it on a buck of a lifetime. You’re so right, I’m getting better that’s what I should look at I’ve never seen a mature buck in October while hunting or at least during legal I’ve seen several now the past two seasons and one was seriously my lifetime buck! All pounded public land too. I would really like to thank you for all you and the beast team do! Great positive motivating informative material! I hope you guys have a merry Christmas and I can’t wait to get back in the tree for late season!👍

[@jaredwilson6722]

Been watching alot of deer from my stand cause it's a tight area and don't want to bump them setting up closer. After watching this I'm getting aggressive this evening! Thanks for the confidence boost! Great vid!

[@shelbyswarey4741]

Great advice. I love the saying, Hunt With Confidence.

[@MrJackchap]

Thanks for keeping it real Dan,great video

[@timbailey4069]

Thanks for the reminder. I needed to hear it. Missed shot last year on biggest deer of my career. My fault all on me but i had the opportunity because of me as well. Thanks again!!

[@timbailey4069]

Update with having opportunity. I shot nice one 4yr old main frame ten. So three yrs in a row with opportunities at large deer must be doing something right.

[@harryguest5301]

Thank you for the lessons on scouting and self belief. Keep it going brotha

[@jrbob37]

Dan you rock 👊brotherman, I was feeling alone doing your, now our tactics n attitude my whole life... I’m 49 now and son 18 Teaching him same... Great stuff, Thanks 🙏

[@dr.lukasgriess5276]

Also loved the video. It's good to see that even the best of hunters aren't perfect. I scouted my target buck for weeks and finally went into a stand I was waiting to use and shot him. Hit him a little back, probably liver, tracked him over a mile and haven't found him. I felt exactly the same way, did everything right, made what I thought was a good shot, waited several hours to track him and it still didn't work out. Just goes to show how truly difficult it is to kill a mature whitetail buck with a bow.

[@kawi4ev]

Fantastic video. Killed my biggest buck this year by hunting a spot with nothing but small trees. The lone wolf got me set up where I needed to be. Keep the vids coming. Your tactics have helped me tremendously

[@mohunter68]

Very true words Dan. I completely agree 100%

[@ronmacdougall9612]

Hey hey Dan

[@bcpfarmandtrucking6560]

I stumbled across a couple of your videos. 👍👍

[@robertjagow8761]

Awesome buddy.. another perfect video for a novice.. Yet to let one fly on my first bow season. Let’s just say my nerves of making a bad shot are pretty strong.. Honestly haven’t been in range yet, but thought about it once or twice...

[@j.r.1223]

After finding Dan, I dont watch other hunting channels. If I do it's gotta be a good instructor type.

[@j.r.w6623]

One of my favorite videos you have made dan great video and message dude

[@mauricetimmons2462]

As a hunter that hunts only public in Alabama you have to have confidence or you wouldn't ever be a successful hunter I think that's the first most important factor

[@beaverwithachainsaw]

Seems I remember seeing that camo for sale in FurFishGame. Awesome hunt Dan!

[@MrTrapper1111]

I’m the same way I would have just laughed🤣 “stupid stupid stupid” haha

[@surffishermanandcrossbowki9457]

Thanks man I needed this....I was pretty down I finally got a shot a good shot at a mature buck at first light and clipped a branch, with no leaves, that I did not see. But I told myself at least I missed completely and didn't wound him.

[@surffishermanandcrossbowki9457]

**update*** I kept at it! Switched to the other side of the tree...stayed until the very last second of last light....and he showed up! I didn't lower my bow too early! I took the shot and thought I missed bc he just hoped a few yards from the noise and stood there looking around. Then after 10 seconds he stiffened up and fell right over dead! Small 6 pt but the best moment of my hunting life of 30+ years!

[@capwhite6083]

Great hunting show. Really enjoy wAtching real world hunting where guys can miss instead of always killing B&C deer. Thanks

[@TheHYENA87]

That’s the way she goes boys! Dan is the man!

[@MaloneNYDeerhunter1]

Enjoyed the video Dan !

[@briangregory9609]

Great job and attitude

[@vincentflauto7650]

ill do whatever it takes!!and since ive started The Beast Style of hunting, i actually know what im doing now!!

[@Shiloh3498]

Inspiring.

[@lucasmustang66]

I missed a big buck last Sunday Halloween weekend an couldn’t make it to my stand i believed i could take a shot from the ground and pull off the correct wind and when the shot came to take everything seemed perfect except for the small buck that spooked the large buck when i drew back that i didn’t see sneak in . My shot from sitting on the ground went from a good 20 ft shot to 34-40 yard shot and i missed clean. The opportunity though still cool t watch a giant from 20 ft

[@Pwrcritter]

Seen my biggest bucks on first time stand locations. Big believer in that!

[@superpoacher6711]

lmao, you climbed a piece of firewood!!😂😂

[@stanp6383]

Spots like that a saddle would almost be perfect. Im hoping to get one for next season

[@wy34football]

Lmao “it was fresh, and it smelled like tarsal gland.”

[@peterpepich2693]

Dan , I'm no pro but you need to get the attitude of purchasing a RANGE FINDER.

[@deanzhot12]

I have been in the same situation with small trees: I would get very close to tree hugging it.... Then there is no separation between hunter and tree, looking like a glob of brush, more tree-like.... WORKS.!

[@jimtart4271]

great hunt Dan! you busted him..thats all that matters. guess what? he's still in the area. can still get another shot..

[@wakeupanddie7850]

great vids keep em coming!!

[@Killemquietly]

Don’t stop running Bucky, you bested the serial killer and lived to tell the story...

[@pcdubya]

This is too cool because it shows real world hunting, misses and all, and the anticipation. Not the bullsh-t on TV at some paid ranch. Looks similar to the swamps here in SC though we use a rifle in thick stuff like that. Don't know if you see this but curious what kind of camera you're using.

[@b-d3vil16]

I see so many people talk themselves out of the woods before they even get there, too cold, winds not right ,I don’t know where to set up…

[@wesleyrozier2427]

can you make a video on how to find a bedding area

[@BONEHEADoutdoors]

That’s some really good footage considering how silhouetted you were up in that tree.

[@wrubhunts]

confidence is everything, believing in yourself is everything..... wearing a new weird ass t-shirt in each video is everything. ;)

[@bobbygreen2291]

There is only the miss shot between you Dan and that beautiful buck, and this is something that every deer hunter has or will do somewhere along the way, the difference in you Dan and me is , I’ve never seen a buck alive in the 130s and I have harvested over 400 with a bow ,, I am just an uneducated hunter from NC who has never seen alive a big mature buck. And to make things sound even worse on my part , I’ve never crawled in to a stand , with a target deer in my mind, just deer. So I guess it’s true when people say that there is two different animals , mature bucks , and just deer.

[@billerbit]

400 with a bow? So 20 bucks a year for 20 years? Uh huh.

[@bobbygreen2291]

Bill McC no cut that in half , I have hunted with a bow and never even owned a cross bow , for 44 years, I killed my first buck in his bed at 15 years old , a 45 pounds recurve, Ben Pearson , those green cedar bear arrows with a bear broad head and insert, worked very well , and I really don’t mind telling you that I was being conservative on that count of deer , it’s probably closer to 500,, but now i have checked deer in , Montana, Colorado, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, so I got to hunt much more than normal people, probably four or more days a week all my life.

[@bobbygreen2291]

Bill McC ,,oh and I should tell you this , I am so old that my first bow cost 27 dollars brand new , and my first Chevrolet truck was 1549.00 ,,, that’s 15 hundred,, not thousand,, brand new at a dealership My first shotgun cost 29 dollars

[@michaeldemny612]

What about a pop up ground blind right on the trail

[@michaeldemny612]

By the apple tree I mean

[@doncook3584]

How do you know trees from Google Earth? Fall leaf color? What is red brush I hear you and the young guy talk about? Native only to Wisconsin

[@dustindelagarza5661]

Thanks Dan I needed this . I missed a big 10 pointer at 46 yards on public and I have been bummed all week. He never saw or scented me , do you think he will still be in the same bed I hunted him in ?

[@thehuntingbeast]

He might be... The ten Im hunting has been bedding in the same 1 acre bedding area since the season opened despite the pressure we are putting on it.

[@dustindelagarza5661]

The Hunting Beast - Extreme Whitetail Tactics this place has roads that have been closed off for about 2 years and it's back there a ways it's a finger that jets out in a 9 yr old clear cut with a drainage running in the middle. I've watched your shows and pod cast and learned so much from them that I finally saw deer and nice older deer at that. Thank you soo much for doing what you do .

[@juanpinedo1683]

Hey i seen a big buck feeding on a hill on public land the only way to get in quite is game trails i want to get him but im not sure where to sitt up theres a fire break that they use any advice

[@montemaguire4596]

I believe That when We put oor Faith in JESUS that anything can happen as long as we Believe .even down to getting a Big Buck or for its happen time and time again

[@robclinejr4085]

I'm happy I saw this video tonight I somehow got busted by a deer I'm looking back at it and I think my wind got pushed in the wrong direction due to a small hill out in front of me I'm not positive that's what happened i was kind of pissed when it happened but now i see that i have to go with the shit happens attitude and just learn from it

[@Clake52]

If we don't learn something from our mistakes the whole experience is wasted.

[@eddiefirst9410]

Dan we will take that miss all day long over a bad hit! No sense in getting upset, after all he will probably come back through fairly soon. That would probably be my attitude.

[@79TEOG]

Does your camera zoom

[@coreypetroskey4222]

Should you walk down deer trails if thats the easiest path and dont want to spook the deer bedding?

[@thehuntingbeast]

In most cases the only way to move quiet in thick terrain is to walk on game trails. Probably don't matter much cause there probably going to smell you anyway when they come thru after you leave. With that said, I do have a few rare spots that I can come in from a certain direction and be reasonably sure the target deer won't cross my pass cause of an obstacle. When I can I do... But most of the time I do have to walk on game trails.

[@aricschannel1]

Is that camo called skyline?

[@thehuntingbeast]

THLETE

[@williamharris5126]

no free pass for that deer you Tried Him

[@claymac7895]

I strongly disagree with Dan’s support of Donald Trump but I envy his attitude and ability to stay calm and happy in tough situations.

[@ericbenefiel6075]

Who cares

[@jimgallagher4939]

do u think u will see him again

[@thehuntingbeast]

Most likely. Yes.

[@79TEOG]

Not 145” maybe 130”

[@jamesbrace3212]

What kind of tree stand do you use???

[@thehuntingbeast]

Its the Beast stand... Should be available next year.

[@loganfrye7835]

BUY A RANGEFINDER WTH!!

[@yellowdak00]

Still being sold just in case anyone is interested enigmacamo.com/

[@davidzellers3537]

Please don’t smack gum while videoing. Other than that great video.