Create The Perfect RUT Treestand Setup NOW

The perfect big buck rut hunting stand location has to have the right habitat ingredients of food, then doe bedding and then buck bedding. However, the perfect buck hunting stand location also has to have the hunting ingredients of rut attraction, great hunter access and outstanding morning hunting opportunity. Here is an example of an outstanding potential mature buck rut hunting hotspot, and the hunting and habitat ingredients that came together to create the opportunity...

[@bradbrockhaus633]

Yeah nothing like relaxing with a coffee and watching Jeff sharing his wisdom

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks Brad...enjoy the morning... beautiful one here ☺️ About to get my coffee too

[@bradbrockhaus633]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Enjoy yours as well!!

[@huntwarbukz4117]

Me to every Sunday I sit and watch a new vid with coffe 👍👍

[@kurtpearson8597]

The consistent production of video material is much appreciated. Gets my gears going.

[@steveaveryrafteraranch5408]

Spent the morning putting in switch grass and clearing diversity pockets. Would love to have you come down and fine tune my property next year. Great information!

[@travisethridge4062]

I'm just going to start parachuting into my stand....

[@woodzman991]

We call those set ups helicopter spots. I’m with you.

[@normyoder2622]

WHS to the next level, Thanks again ,for a no frills, no awful music at intro, straight to the point ,easy to understand vidio,

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank YOU norm, I really appreciate your comments...means a lot to me!

[@robertboston9778]

Love the "No Climax" intro music. Working mans channel. Thank you Jeff.

[@dmouse522]

Have seen this 100? times but this was your best example to date.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Great to hear D ☺️

[@xtremehunter8597]

Another great learning experience, thanks Jeff, keep up the great work, it's appreciated by many of us. Can't wait to put this lesson to use. You are a natural teacher and after 20 plus years in the education system, i qualify to make that statement. It's a lot harder to teach adults but you seem to be able to deliver time and time again.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

You are so welcome and wow...that really means a lot to me! As you can tell I love this stuff. But, it is all for not if I can't explain it correctly, so I can especially appreciate your comment! Thank YOU

[@xtremehunter8597]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Your passion for the subject comes through loud and clear. You're able to articulate your knowledge of the subject and that inspires the rest of us to try harder. I wish there were more people, on KZbin, able to deliver as well as you. Thanks always

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you so much! I will try to keep it all coming as best as possible ☺️ I feel I have some really good ones coming out in the next week and I hope they ring true for everyone!

[@jaegerbear]

Wow! I think I’ve watched the vast majority of your videos on KZbin and I have a good sense of a lot of your tactics and how things are put together. This video with adding the diagrams and explaining all the different layering apply to a real map just took everything to the next level. The vast majority of Deerhunters are playing checkers. Jeff Shows us how to play chess. I really appreciate what you bring to this channel.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Really appreciate your comments Jaeger...thank you so much!! I will try to keep up the more in-depth details as much as possible...thank YOU!

[@alejandrotrevino3116]

WHS UNIVERSITY Love it! I was taught get back deep where no one's at very true but you talk why deer do this why about every aspect of deer movement and deer hunting in the movement that i never really understood fully thanks for the info

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Alejandro!! Really hoping this all makes sense to everyone. Something I see nearly every day so I try hard to convey what I see accurately. Really appreciate it!

[@allenfoster9910]

These videos have helped me understand how to keep deer from knowing that I'm hunting them even though I don't own the property or manipulate the cover. Access is huge....I see deer consistently now. Also, public land hunting can be tough to access without bumping deer but with a little thought and being quiet and hunting the area's that are high quality rut locations are starting to come clear in my mind now. Thanks for your videos!

[@Grizzlife]

The aerial views are definetly welcome. Birds eye view of some different properties like your doing helps us understand more through topography changes and situations. Enjoyed Jeff!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Definately can understand that...I think really important too! Every parcel is so unique...along with the landowners themselves. I will try to keep showing as many as possible...

[@redman4bills]

The best information out is coming from Jeff. Always interesting and useful information. Deer habitat at it's best

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Randy...really means a lot to me and I will try to keep it coming ☺️ I think I have some good ones coming out over the next week...hope you like them!

[@WHITETAILKINGS]

This is a good one! Sunday church before church! Thanks Jeff! -Adam Fox, PA fan ;)

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Adam and you are very welcome! Nice to know that is you, I will try to remember that ☺️ Enjoy the morning 👍

[@WHITETAILKINGS]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thanks Jeff. 125 baseball campers today. Now that is back breaking work! 🤣.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

@@WHITETAILKINGS ha, I bet! That's awesome that you can do that 👍

[@randlerichardson5826]

That’s a great setup brother he will get a wall hanger there I’m sure of it. Keep your videos coming brother GOD BLESS you and your family Amen 🙏

[@MA-gb2bm]

Hey Jeff Another great informative video. You've answered my question i asked yesterday regarding farming ag fields. i'm taking the 25 acres of hay fields and turning them into whitetail habitat. Thank you again for your time and effort putting out your videos. mike

[@dswish1730]

That was awesome Jeff.Again makes it so easy to understand. You make it simple.Cant wait for the coming year to hear everyone's success. Including mine..

[@mike_strong]

This was probably the best and most helpful video I’ve watched of yours and all your videos are great. I have been trying to figure out how to set up our land and this made it all click. Thank you!!

[@kyletainter]

Jeff, just seeing this video now for some reason. This is pretty much my exact same setup on my best stand. I've killed many bucks from that tree and my 2 biggest bow bucks ever. If my target buck is still alive for this year I'm confident this will be the stand I will get him out of. Good chance he would be my new biggest ever..fingers crossed!

[@courtofficermcilvaine7928]

Wow! Wow! Wow! Great way to showcase your concepts.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Cris!! Really trying to step it up this year ☺️ Thank YOU!

[@huntermatty33]

Great content once again. I really like that there is more aerial views as well as showing more on the tablet. Able to really get a better feel for the layout. Thank you for continuing to provide this info.

[@michaellewis7117]

Thanks again, Hoping to buy in NY soon and have you come out. Looking forward to meeting you and setting up my retirement home.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

That sounds great Michael 👍 Good luck on the land and retirement home search ☺️

[@RickLarsonPermacultureDesigner]

I've been following along enough to anticipate what you will say. Ha. I'll have to haul in 100 loads of fill to build one of those steep hills on my flat land. :-)

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ha, that's a good thing I think Rick? And that's a lot of dirt 😁

[@RickLarsonPermacultureDesigner]

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[@rfb7117]

Jeff....great info. I think we will enter the small woods from the house and go through the south side of the small woods to get to the western edge for morning hunts. I will clean it out a little better this year. Thanks for the help.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Bob that sounds perfect...that will pay off greatly for you guys!!

[@huntwarbukz4117]

Awsome info Jeff The approach is similar with the new 50cre peice we added to our farm this year I approach downwind from a rivine from rd up to a stand on edge 👍🏹🏹....🦌

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

That's awesome...it works well doesn't it!? Thank you!

[@williamlasure6301]

Wow!! U are taking channel to the next level. Enjoy watching all your videos. Thx!!!

[@garyjones5093]

Jeff. Is the road you speak of, a 4-wheeler (farm road), or an actual road with car traffic. As far as access. Also, you teach very well, and these diagrams and overhead views help tremendously!! Can’t speak for everyone, but during the discussion, sometimes because we can’t actually visualize the property, we can get lost. I found myself re-playing the videos over and over to comprehend. With the diagrams, that has been completed eliminated! Awesome job. I always look forward to a new video. Thanks again for all the knowledge. One last question. If you have a 4 acre food plot (200 yards from bordering property), would you worry about creating less food by doing this setup? In other words planting 1.5 acres of food, and the rest in switchgrass, and browse. I’m afraid of loosing some of the deer? I’m sure you’re going to say, I’d actually gain deer because of the cover?

[@chrismacomber9727]

Every Sunday I get up and go through old videos of yours and it dont take long and a new one poos up lol...thatnks for all the help im applying it slightly different but I tjink it will work..

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ha, that's a good thing Chris 👍 Enjoy the day... beautiful start to the day around here!

[@chrismacomber9727]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 lol yes it is you have a good day to brother

[@marklehman1119]

Love all the concepts that you talk about. Most of the time you discuss access from the back where you don’t disturb deer, but what do you do if you are in big woods that you can’t access from a back side and also disturb deer if you are trying to come in from the sides?

[@markmeyer2757]

Fantastic info Jeff, The Sunday Chronicles!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ha, thanks Mark!

[@steveschuberg2550]

Another Great video that will really help myself and other !!!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks Steve...that is great to hear!

[@sandych33ks1]

I have never had any luck if you will , by hunting in the morning. All big bucks i have shot over the years have been in evening hunts. I have no Ag fields anywhere near me. I just have endless mountains and endless forest.

[@miikesternberg6947]

Love your videos. Not a lot of hardwoods in my area (N. Idaho). I noticed some conifers hinge cut on this one. Might mention that sometime. Keep it up.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Mike! Wouldn't have been any conifers hinged on this one that I remember? I don't hinge cut conifers...they die unfortunately. But I love cutting out pockets and trails thru the lower bows of conifers...red cedar, spruce, etc.

[@bradbishop1893]

Awesome info Jeff, been working on set ups already but more to go. This is very good info that I want to incorporate into my area. Thank you Sir.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Great to hear Brad...really hope that it helps you out a LOT! You are very welcome...

[@bradbishop1893]

Whitetail Habitat Solutions I will be sure to report my results

[@kurtisgirdwood6262]

Yes! Great video. This is a great explanation. Please do the same for an afternoon stand plan!

[@brianlenneman5032]

Great video Jeff!! Way to showcase it perfect!!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Brian! Trying to up the game a bit this year ☺️

[@brianlenneman5032]

Whitetail Habitat Solutions great day to be in the woods today!! Almost 50 her in MN!!

[@brianlenneman5032]

But still a lot of snow...

[@danplanck2896]

Thanks for the vid Jeff!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Sure thing Dan ☺️ Hope that you like today's too!

[@brandonyoung7760]

I have 63 acres that's pretty much locked in by AG fields. It has one access on the east side where there is not ag fields but it's a RR crossing, road and sawmill. I'm having a difficult time figuring out what I need to do to improve this land. Wish you did work in Kentucky. Do you know anyone around the Hopkins County area you'd recommend? Great video as usual

[@mikemellon80]

like always, great content.

[@randlerichardson5826]

It would be great to own a place like that. Nobody can come in on you while you’re in a stand or ground blind man that would be great 👍

[@jessecarpenter7472]

Nice video’s Jeff! Keep them coming. I have a 30 ft wide river that makes about a 5 acre peninsula on my property and I was wondering if I can get deer to cross that on daily movements? Thanks.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Jesse, thank you! It is really tough to say. But I have seen deer do that in a lot of locations. Depends on the depth, current and reason for them to do so...

[@virgilholmes6688]

Jeff, would you hunt in the morning and where would you hunt if the wind was blowing from the woods to the switchgrass in your diagram? Would you just wait to hunt the evening movement?

[@ScottStJohn-uo4uk]

Great video as usual. Do you ever put the doe bedding habitat on the ag side of the food plot and leave the adjacent woods on the other side for the buck bedding when there isn't enough room to stack them the way you describe? I only have a narrower woods with not enough room for multiple layers.

[@dualthreatoutdoors]

Jeff, for those 40% stands in the pre rut and rut, if you get the perfect wind, hunt a stand, see deer, but not the target buck, but then have perfect wind and good weather the next day, will you take a swing at hunting that stand two days in a row under those circumstances?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Really good question 👍 I might...but I typically have 6-8 morning stands on even a small parcel...so it would have to be a pretty big buck only around that stand, or I would definitely just flip to another fresh stand with a similar setup. Tuesday's video goes over the landowners parcels, and I illustrate towards the end the 7-8 locations he will have, just like this one. I love hunting fresh stands ☺️

[@dualthreatoutdoors]

Whitetail Habitat Solutions totally understand! I killed my public land PA buck my first time sitting in that area on the evening of October 26th, pre rut working a scrape, so I know exactly what you mean! My thought in asking, was if you struck out on a 40% sit one day, the odds could be in your favor to hit on that same stand the next day if conditions are the same.

[@airsoftmonkeyj7890]

What do you think is the number one thing should I do during the off season

[@outdoorfamilytraditions9352]

Another awesome video Jeff! It never fails, always great helpful info. 👍🏻 so if I have a 60 acre parcel of thicket and hardwoods surrounded by all ag fields would you recommend hunting the inside of my property around bedding areas and in the hardwood funnels rather than the ag field edges? (Thumb of MI) Thanks. Aaron

[@freemrt]

When using a hanging vine for a mock scrape, do you use it more than 1 year or replace vine each year if setting up at same location?

[@dangoble697]

Can we talk more about post post rut? thanks Dan

[@suzmell1]

Wow very cool hey Jeff just a thought do you think by not refeeling the waterholes & back filling them with dirt the bears won’t be around as much I’m trying to stick to the script but at this point don’t know I think them being in the area is destroying the set up definitely spooking whatever bucks may be in the area sorry know this is off topic

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Paul...thanks! I'm wondering about keeping them coveted until sometime in October? Fill them and then the pattern isn't established all Summer. Or shoot some bears 😁 If legal of course

[@randlerichardson5826]

Send me some of the snow ❄️ brother I’m wanting to hunt some coyotes on my lease soon. Set up and do some calling

[@robbergeron3223]

How do you determine if a stand location is a morning hunt vs evening hunt stand? Thanks for the vids, I'm learning a lot.👍

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Rob...great question! A morning stand is away from food and one that you typically couldn't get into during the afternoon because you would spook deer out of bedding areas. An evening stand is one that is close to the bottom of the funnel of afternoon food source movements. I hunt mostly deer traveling to food in the evening, but you have to be careful that you don't hunt so close to the food source that you ruin the movement. So generally...closer to bedding in the morning and we'll away from major food sources...closer to those food sources in the evening, without spooking those food sources.

[@ChilcoteForestryServices]

Where would your evening sit be on this setup? would you use the same stand locations ?

[@seanc77339]

southern or northern MN? I am in northern mn and am need of a good fall food plot blend that will grow in the very acidic soil. Any ideas jeff?? Thanks

[@Brandon-uo1rv]

What defines the trail that the buck is going to use? Is that a trail that you have created? In addition were the stands that you marked in this example morning only locations?

[@blakecrowell604]

What if the wind is blowing your sent into the bedding and food, what do you do?

[@suzmell1]

The bear season is same time rile opens up mid November really have a problem shooting what I don’t eat frustrating

[@jakesnake4107]

Would this work with a small parcel Jeff? Like 6 acres of woods mixed with 9 acres of over grown pastures with seedlings and brush/thickets everywhere, so 15acres all together... my lands set up weirdly with a steep hillside and it's hard to enter without getting busted, unless you're hunting the main path right at the entrance

[@michaelduncan2759]

Good sir, do you ever hunt Mule Deer? If so, could I send you some land pictures for habitat advice? I would like to make my properties deer friendly if possible. Thank you for your videos.

[@royguidry1311]

Can you do a property that had no Ag around?

[@myronlaidler8034]

Jeff just wondering if the property shown is one you designed or the owner did himself by reading your books or having seen it on your videos? Looks to be a KILLER set up!!!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Tex...one that I designed and he has worked really hard on. I've been to this one and another one of his a couple of times...he is an example of that top 10% that complete all of the recommended work quickly, and then hunts it the way it should be hunted. He has been rewarded greatly by seeing a huge explosion of mature bucks and filling his tags ☺️

[@myronlaidler8034]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Like to see a follow up on his success there ,Know it's gonna happen!!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

@@myronlaidler8034 it is such a fun process! He is so dialed in he had a pic and video of his now buck before and after he shot it...with the arrow stuck in the ground with the angle of the arrow pointing back towards where he was sitting in the stand ☺️ With mock scrape and waterhole...

[@myronlaidler8034]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Wow, that is SOOO cool!!!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

@@myronlaidler8034 man...it really was!

[@lukecrumrine7517]

So a stage 3 setup focus?

[@kybucks5086]

Like you should us a different property. Feel like I know your property inside and out from seeing it so much.

[@qtip01240]

If he would bump deer coming in the afternoon why won't he bump same deer leaving after his morning hunt? Same deer in same place?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Not really at all. The advantage to already being in the stand is huge, because you aren't getting into a spot where deer are necessarily bedding right in front of you. If deer are near you can keep sitting and wait for them to move on. After you sit there all morning, a good hunter will know what is around him and where. At some point around mid day deer move very little...especially rutting bucks, before heading to food at night. With the luxury of already knowing if the coast is clear because you have been sitting there for so long...you can easily get out of the morning stand. However, when you go to the same stand in the evening, you have zero clue if deer are around or not. It isn't worth the risk. So huge advantage knowing I the morning that you are entering while deer are we'll away from the position compared to the afternoon when those deer could be alright at the stand location. With the luxury of knowing where deer are...you can then easily get out late morning to early afternoon when the movement really slows down. That's why quiet, high quality treestands are key...you can't afford to make 1 noise with deer bedded likely within 100 yards. Most hunters access morning stands in the afternoon and when you blow deer away 1 time it ruins the location for a week or more. Then, many hunters use noisy gear, climbing stands, cheap stands, wood stands that creak...and it is just as bad as walking into deer. By using quiet stands, accessing from the backside of cover and having the luxury of knowing where deer are at when you want to exit...the system becomes Incredibly easy to manage. That's how I have shot roughly 75% of my bucks going back to the late 80s... That's why a lot of today's land managers fail when they design a parcel, and why I teach this stuff to folks. Most don't have the hunting know-how, success, experience, track record, so they can't really design hunting parcels. This is a good example of that. This landowner can likely hit this stand 2-3 times next year and each time he has the potential of his target buck in that is using the location, at a rate of 40-50%. He can also hit that target buck by flipping around and out into an evening stand for another high value sit in the same day. It becomes easy pickings but if that high level hunting experience is not infused into the plan, then the design fails. Kind of like if someone hasn't proven they can do it themselves on all DIY public and private land hunts, for a decades...then how can they teach someone else? They can't. That's why this stuff works so well...it has been proven time and time again. I hope that helps!

[@randlerichardson5826]

Hello brother

[@markmeyer2757]

Jeff . Can you frost seed switchgrass?

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You sure can Mark ☺️ check this out... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqKoc2qloamqfNU Also if you type in "frost seed switchgrass" on a KZbin search my videos will come up at the top 👍 Or just about any other whitetail habitat and hunting search...