Bow Hunting Axis Deer with The Element and Janis Putelis

[@JivTurky1986]

Hi, my name is David. I’m a quadriplegic in Southwest Kansas. I’ve gone pheasant hunting and rabbit hunting just a few times when I was young. I was injured while driving drunk in 2009. I had little interest in hunting when I was young but nowadays I’m fascinated with every aspect of it. I want to thank you for your channel. It’s about as close as I can get to experiencing the outdoors. Your podcast discussions are hilarious at times and always interesting. Thanks again!

[@AlwynUys]

Same here man, paraplegic for 10 years. Was a professional guide back in the day and still hunt a lot nowadays. Absolutely love it

[@wouldntyoulike2know883]

You’re still part of our community buddy. 2 legs or no legs the meat eater crew gets us all through.

[@yoholmes273]

Hi David. Keep on keeping on , brother. 💪

[@ADVENTURESOFBZ]

I've seen all things meateater and anything absolutely anything with Janis is quality!!! Great hunter, intelligent mind, funny as hell and just easy to listen to. Paired with the awesome element boys and it's a home run 🤘🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Perry969]

Congratulations Janis, I live in Victoria Australia, I have had three attempts at travelling to Queensland with the dream of getting my perfect chital, every time I have passed on deer that are just not quite right. Your chital has everything that I want, from head on it has that classic heart-shaped antlers, great brows, and great tops. I don’t care if it’s only 28 inches, or 34 inches, it’s that shape, great brows and that beautiful coat. Congratulations again, you’ve just inspired me even more to find that special one, salute.

[@smithcarter13]

I saw Janis and element boys had to click instantly. Liked it before you even started the video and it just goes to show how much time and effort they put into these episodes easily. One of the top 3 hunting channels on KZbin. Keep up the great work and the amazing stories!!

[@FunkyandFresh101]

Austin, Brice, and Colby with T O Outfitters are the best in the business for low fence/free range axis! Y’all are lucky to have gotten in with them. Great hunt and what a beautiful trophy in velvet! Congrats, Janis!

[@ManicAquatics]

I love this show so much I’ve been watching since season 1 and I’m proud to say this show got my 2 daughters into hunting and lady ok with hunting 😂✊🏻

[@warbirdflyerF4U]

Congratulations on a beautiful Axis Janis 😊 Great hunt thank you for sharing 😊

[@marcushopkins8119]

I just got back from an axis hunt with the same outfitters! Awesome experience, definitely a target rich environment, and a successful hunt for my whole party! I couldn’t recommend it more!!

[@arkieoutdoors7720]

What's the outfitters info

[@marcushopkins8119]

T O Outfitters, Menard, TX.

[@cadelelon]

I love seeing that approach to a ground blind. It's a much more refined version of what I typically set up ad hoc with camo netting, poles/sticks, and zip ties.

[@jonfillion3732]

congratulations on that beautiful buck. now I'm stuck waiting time October for Massachusetts archery session to open.

[@bensenyard7856]

The strange look my family gave me when i yelled out with a fist in the air when you hit that Buck Janis. I didn’t realise till afterwards I’d been holding my breath the whole time you were at full draw. Job well done.

[@TheQuartering]

The editing is getting next level on these.

[@mrsockeye]

That is a stud of an axis. The footage of those deer coming to water was incredible.

[@wanderingwinters]

Wow, congrats Janis! What a stud if an Axis deer! great episode and an incredible animal,

[@thomasglover755]

I've only seen axis a handful of times while deer/turkey hunting in the Texas hill country. Always just quick glimpses, never standing still, and never at a feeder. Can't imagine trying to bow hunt them spot and stalk. Need to try all day water sits. Congrats Janis!

[@outdoor_le5261]

Glad to see Janis explain how a lot of Texas hunting can be. Stud of axis to !!

[@coachgaryb]

Another great episode, of course anything with Janis is solid!!

[@hunt_trap_fish]

I love watching Jani. He's fantastic. And that Axis Buck is HUGE.

[@Phatzzzs]

So cool to see Janis being surprised

[@cuocsonglangnoigogang]

Your hunting skills and passion for conservation are impressive. Thanks for sharing this exciting adventure-it's inspiring to see your respect for wildlife and expertise in bow hunting!

[@tylerjonesoutdoors]

This was a blast! Still hoping to get an axis one of these days!

[@dimensionsofearth]

This is a top notch episode, those axis deer look like a really challenging hunt!

[@bradbutcher3984]

An ex friends uncle owned 20 acres on the nueces river north of Camp Wood TX. It was an unusual large flat fertile grass flood plain covered in large old pecan trees. When he ran out of meat he just would walk on his back porch and kill an axis. They never left his property. We were shooting pistols and the herd was 200 yards away acting like it was just another day.

[@gusswier3952]

For deer they sure look up alot. Most deer never look up. No predators from above. This is nuts. I love it!

[@tylergroen9746]

there are a lot of predators that attack from above. Think big cats and other big birds.

[@Animal_chin]

Their natural predators are tigers. Death from above for sure.

[@wyldfishing8935]

What an episode 🔥

[@josephking3799]

I appreciate the long, patient scenes. Jump cuts have ruined most tv / youtube shows.

[@davidscicluna4361]

What a beast and in velvet. Congrats....That's a trophy Janis......

[@david834]

Really nice buck. I've taken several low-fence Axis in western hill country...tough critters and extremely spooky. But, some of the best-tasting venison you'll ever eat. Unlike whitetails their diet is 90% or so grass.

[@andrewarbogast1]

I wish I knew someone that could take me out and teach me these skills. Love the videos!

[@thenewbohemian5779]

Ive been trying to teach myself for a little bit, as Im in the same boat. It's been a struggle, but rewarding. I have yet to do any large game yet, but am trying to work up to it. I started looking for squirrel and worked my way up. If your interested, I would highly encourage to just dive in and learn by trial and error.

[@yoholmes273]

I know what you mean Brother. Luckily with all the video and books we have there is no reason to not dive in yourself. Plus , search around. You can get into archery before even hunting which is a wonderful endeavor. Look online for archery meets or 3D shoot. These are great place to meet likeminded people within the community. Be proactice and get out there. As an avid outdoormans I always enjoy meeting new people and helping out where I can. I feel you may find quite a few folks just like me willing to help. Happy hunting 🏹

[@TylerandtheTribe]

SSTX finest! Way to go fellas!

[@rabbithomesteading3797]

Wow Janis! Congrats!

[@micahgrim2597]

What a great deer! Geesh Janis!

[@jeffreybelko3383]

Yup that’s some skill. Hunted axis in Maui for the last three years and was almost like fish in a barel. Used a .308. Could never get within 100 with a bow.

[@nathanh2523]

these deer got some awesome headgear

[@Michaeldpress14]

Hunting with the element boys is always fun !

[@Snethun]

No need to justify the fist pump. I was fist pumping right there with you when that thing tipped over. Great shot, beautiful deer, and cool hunt!

[@bt2419]

Spotted that Aggie chair. Gig ‘em fellas!

[@walruscurry]

Janni is a beauty him blushing was jokes. What a great shot, congrats!

[@MaximumShellz]

Sup guys nice hunt bruh💪🏽💪🏽💯

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Nice work buddy 🐊

[@AR_Kempe]

Love Janis content. Wish they had included his necropsy commentary.

[@AKILA808]

I need another season of das boat and another season of duck camp dinners please

[@weslewis2051]

Love the chair Janis was sitting in to kill his Axis! Gig Em Aggies!

[@kiemtorewend-kuuniidrisfai8179]

I wish i had a fishing pole to go fishing when i am not working. Living hard time right now and can't afford it. Bills bills bills. I discovered this channel 6 years ago on Netflix. It's funny because when i am into it i forget everything.

[@sethy_martin98]

Awesome hunt and Video!! I'm confused why Gianiss buck is in velvet and the buck KC was looking at has no velvet, were they filmed at the same time?

[@stevenpierce4039]

Awesome

[@seedsandfishhooks]

Man those bees around the 22nd minute mark. Sounded like drones coming for you all.

[@kovlovski7851]

fiu, nice shot!

[@drewandcharlie7583]

Man when that buck turned broadside i was like, no way. Those deer looked so spooky

[@markusmedina214]

Let’s go ❤

[@ByronGiant]

reminds me of my favourite Simon & Garfunkle song, Sound of Static.

[@ajroutdoors9806]

“Don’t move” Camera man: 🕺 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️‍➡️💃

[@BAN-bo4kz]

Nice Buck Bro

[@thermalpursuit5447]

Them East Texas boys know how to have a good time !

[@713tubeit]

33:15 Janis gets spooked😂 😂😂😂

[@steveM1341]

I'm not one for over the top boisterous victory celebrations, but that beautiful buck certainly warranted a couple of fist pumps Janis. Congrats on a great animal and a perfect quick kill as well.

[@EAZY-ME]

Even tho bow hunting is not something I am in to but I Shure do love watching it because I don't think I will be able to do a hunt ever. It's so sad and I want to enjoy earths bounty but I cannot. Ugh some people get to do so much and other so little. I'm on that far end of the spectrum. I cannot do anything hunting. Even if I really want to. I'm not disabled. But there's no community around here of hunters. And my fam and friends forget it. They are totally not going with me. So so sad. Maybe one day I'll go alone on a hunt. But alone for the first time. It is difficult for me I wish I had friends to hang out with and enjoy the earth's bounty. So so sad right now. Awesome video. But so dam sad. I can't do what I'm watching.

[@thenewbohemian5779]

No one in my family hunts, and none of my friends who do are near me. This show (and others) got me very interested in the sport during the pandemic. I finally got my hunter safety done last fall, and went out solo for small game a few times. I just picked up my first Turkey Tag. Im just trying to figure it out on my own, and there have been way more failures than successes. However, it's been a blast the whole way. I would encourage you to try if you're interested, or maybe start with fishing like I did. For me its an excuse to get in the outdoors, and enjoy this beautiful world.

[@EAZY-ME]

@@thenewbohemian5779 hey I think that's a good idea. In my fam and in my ear is it's taboo to hunt. Even fish. If you hunt or fish your the lowest of the low over here. The stigma sucks around it and sometimes game wardens treat us like we are the low of the low I had one time I did go small game hunting met up with a game warden and it was just a terrible experience. It's so taboo eating what you hunt and kill over here. So strange. And it is really dangerous around the border so alone in the desert or bushes and mountains is not a good place to be sometimes. If you catch my drift. A dude with a gun out in the desert is a dude with a gun doing bad things over here in these places. That's the whole problem. It's unsafe to hunt or even fish alone out here. I hope that brings in a bit of perspective but particularly where I am from near the border so so much wildlife but so so much crime. Wild West type crimes. So so sad dude. A group of people ruin it for everyone.

[@thenewbohemian5779]

@@EAZY-ME Sorry to hear that man. IF you don't mind me asking, where are you located? I currently live just north of the San Luis valley in Colorado.

[@sirjames186]

Jani shot a big one, and coming in right behind it was an old warrior. gray bridge on his nose and looks like hard antlers

[@Isaacmantx]

Axis can be a hard animal to hunt, especially with a bow.

[@brian2591]

What was that click noise before Janis shot? A release setting? Seems like an issue.

[@Llewellyn889]

❤

[@YAJM_]

I played football with Tyler! Small world

[@SeasonalObsession]

Vital V? Does Janis watch the Ranch Fairy?

[@jacobabresch5523]

“Don’t move” moves

[@RenegadeBeef]

Are you guys hunting high fence?

[@tylerdetwiler8836]

Donkey walks up 😂😂

[@axishunter1227]

Is this in Sonora Tx?

[@philbolanos5473]

“Bowhunting makes you pump your fist.” If that ain’t the truth…

[@SAS-R2]

Axis or Chital deer are naturally evolved to avoid Predator like tigers and leopard in their natural habitat so their awareness to surrounding is just insane. Even the tiger will find it hard hunt those deer

[@MadgeCrystal-j7g]

Corwin Greens

[@gaetanocapasso7247]

At 39' I thought.. Janis really looks like Janis Sr.!! Waidmannsheil

[@kruuger]

just a question... why is it that i see so many hunters whispering when thy try to be quiet... whispering is high pitch and lower tone of voice would not carry that far... just speak quietly and dont rise the pitch to a whisper...

[@metmehbad]

The element? No thank you.

[@axishunter1227]

If so I have a story to tell!

[@shanetomlinson561]

when you say "working our tails off" do you mean sitting down in a blind on private property for 7.5 hrs. until a buck "works its way into our range?"

[@marcosortega7741]

Meateater goes high fence?

[@Luckieoutdoors]

Axis are low fence in most of central/west texas. But they did probably pay 3.5k plus each to hunt

[@devingrimes8851]

Yani said its low fence

[@ASmit-fr2vo]

definitely not as interesting as "no fence"

[@marcosortega7741]

@@devingrimes8851 lol.

[@david834]

There are a LOT of low fence (i.e. free range) Axis in Hill County, especially along the rivers (Nueces, Frio, Sabinal, Llano, Medina, Guadalupe, etc), and their range is expanding.

[@Hanibul_Lecktor]

I am a meat eater too

[@jarvisrutherford289]

Algorithm defeated

[@lewismooney3941]

Oh I didn’t know these two were in the video. I’ll come back later then. Hope jani did good. :32 seconds is enough of them.

[@sam8976]

Im not sure where I stand on ranch hunts like this. I'm all for doing what you want with your land, and your animals, but it weirds me out that there is such a culture of collecting strange creatures from around the world in Texas, wnd letting people hunt them. Not sure where I stand on conservation when it comes to invasives either. This just seems to be super comercialized hunting. More power to ya, but I dont think I'd go on this hunt. Before you reply, be respectful.

[@jessicah7247]

Scimitar oryx were reintroduced into the wild because of Texas ranchers breeding animals. Money towards those animals makes it easier to continue breeding while not putting pressure on native ranges.

[@bowdude33]

Janis developed a southern accent somehow

[@shanetomlinson561]

we have different deffinitions of "work".

[@benjaminlewiscpt]

What a boring video lol way too many obstructed loooooooong shots of deer vaguely moving around. Great job though jani

[@adriandavis7384]

Im not interested in unrealistic hunting. It is something new, but alienating most of the audience again. This was nice with knowledge hunting. Not ranches and exotics.

[@Luckieoutdoors]

Alright folks before you come sprinting to Texas, these are not affordable hunts. You will be lucky to shoot an axis buck for under $3500. 98% of these hunts also happen over a deer feeder or you gun it down from a truck

[@david834]

Hunting in general is not cheap in Texas, especially if you grew up in an area like I did where it was free. But, I've taken multiple Axis deer in Texas, and not one from a feeder and only one from a truck (and that one when driving up to retrieve the one I'd just shot). Hunting from feeders is not the only way to get one.

[@Luckieoutdoors]

@@david834 definitely weren’t free. either you payed for a lease, own a ranch, or have a super nice rich friend. I’m saying if you go pay for a hunt, you will sit in front a feeder or drive around in a truck. Hunted high and low fences all over Texas and have yet to see one that doesn’t hunt over feeders or trucks. Spot and stalk isn’t allowed at a lot of places

[@david834]

@@Luckieoutdoors Sitting in front of a feeder has not been by experience for Axis, and I did pay for low fence access. I've also hunted for whitetails other than sitting in front of a feeder too. You can rattle near their bedding areas...you can hunt their food sources, especially in ETX in oak flats. Don't think I've ever hunted spot and stalk - not enough topography. I've still hunted, which someone might say is the same thing, but for me that's walking very slowly through areas where deer travel (beds to food, etc).

[@aarongilbertson3074]

I don’t think you’ve looked very hard there are a ton of affordable hunts that are not over feeder

[@Luckieoutdoors]

@@aarongilbertson3074 show me a link to one of them. Because if there was any actual affordably private hunting in Texas, I wouldn’t be on public. Don’t send me hog hunts or the dollar general meat hunts

[@left-handedstan4506]

* hog panel

[@jameshawkins5707]

Damn that animal has a similar rack to the logo.. it’s probably as close as it gets

[@andremarais2706]

Missing Steve. He does not w@nc.

[@jamesgarner7016]

He doesn’t have to whisper…axis deer don’t run wild in Texas.

[@TC8796]

Damn anyone see the balls on that goat tho?!

[@LelandHart]

I’ll stick around for Janis, but the Element guys are not my favorite. Their camera work, lack of good editing, and just “average hunting show” vibe loses me.

[@duggers75]

These Element guys send too many bad shots for my taste

[@D_Boone]

So many of their videos end with bad shots and track jobs.

[@derrickhebert9701]

Yeah I like Janis, but do not like those element guys. Guys like that making bad shots (in numerous videos) give hunters bad names.

[@joshuawallace9771]

You must not bow hunt much, or you got spoiled on shooting 10 yard shots. And he shot a limb.

[@cisnerosmike]

Yall guys coming from out of state driving up the price of hunting these Axis...SMH Nice to see you stuggle and pursuit these guys though.

[@user-uj4dd1te5g]

Hunting in Texas just feels like rich country-clubs without the polo shirts. Just border-to-border fenced and private ranches. What a god-forsaken place.

[@Michaeldpress14]

There’s 4 national forests and tons of state land in Texas 👍🏻

[@user-uj4dd1te5g]

@@Michaeldpress14 Awww. That is just adorable.

[@Michaeldpress14]

@@user-uj4dd1te5g oh look a condescending reply on the internet . How original

[@user-uj4dd1te5g]

@@Michaeldpress14 I'm really proud of you for knowing that "condescending" meant I was talking down to you.

[@Michaeldpress14]

@@user-uj4dd1te5g what a miserable human being . Sorry you are so dissatisfied with your own life you feel the need to act like this on KZbin comments . Maybe it’ll get better for you 😭

[@johnyhawgleg]

Janis I really don’t believe anyone wants to be tracking, because of a poor placed shot. I believe all of us want to be better and do better. I also strive for better shots and placement of them. I have come to the realization that if I don’t like the shot or sure of the shot, I’m not going to take it.

[@wswillett]

"That is Incredible, he is huge!" Yeah, because they are fenced in and you feed them like pets......Come on Janis, do better

[@josegarcia-ie8wf]

This is not a high fence ranch they are hunting. There are plenty of free-range Axis deer as well as other non native exotics in West Texas. You guys should really do some research and not always talk down on Texas hunting. Just because you plant a huge bean or grass field and hunt white-tailed deer off of it doesn't make it much different than using a feeder. Your fields are your feeders. It's basically the same damn thing.

[@benteakell295]

High fence hunting is gay

[@D_Boone]

Why?

[@david834]

It wasn't high fence. A lotta low fence Axis in Texas

[@rabooey]

Oh look, another Texas fence hunt. What trash.

[@Swollenfishy]

Ditto what a waste of everyone’s time and insult to their intelligence

[@D_Boone]

Literally who cares. Hating on other people was never cool.

[@Sorrrrrryishotyou]

A dear I’ve never heard of. Wow