The ULTIMATE Mobile Hunting Setup

On state gamelands I like to be as mobile as possible. I've tried some other methods but this method, for me as a crossbow hunter, is the best for public ground.
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[@silverback802]

Hi Rich, what is the name of that Head that you ordered off of Amazon. I would like to order one. Thanks, Joe.

[@georgekeith7969]

I got the death grip lite. Worked well on the Caldwell field pod.

[@Deathbybunjie]

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[@silverback802]

@@georgekeith7969 thank you, I have the Caldwell field pod.

[@silverback802]

@@Deathbybunjie, thank you. Just what I'm looking for

[@grege8716]

Thanks Rich! Always Appreciate the content! 🏹🦌

[@WayneHuhtala]

With a new shoulder, at seventy years old, I had to give up my bow. I looked up some crossbow videos and found you. What a pleasure! Not only all the great advice and tips, but the humor. That jump on the side by side kills me. Thanks for the videos! Wayne from Wyoming

[@Deathbybunjie]

Lol, that's great, thanks and good luck out there

[@S.Womack346]

Ya know what’s really going to suck? Is the day you stop making videos. You are by far my favorite person. Your new job will take a lot of your time. But congratulations. I’m happy for you!

[@Deathbybunjie]

Well, thank you for this, I am a little bit nervous about how much time I'm going to have but I will do my best, both at making videos and at my new job.

[@bradsbackyard5412]

I use to hunt from a climber. Several years ago I bought an ASAT leafy suit. It's amazing how close I've had deer that never knew I was in the world. I've had them 4-5 yards away many times. For hunting from the ground, in hardwoods, I think the ASAT leafy suit is perhaps the most underrated camo out there. They don't look at you, they look through you. I had 5 racked bucks within bow range one morning last year, while sitting between 2 White Oak trees. No cover in front, none behind me. None of them ever knew I was there.

[@Deathbybunjie]

I do like ASAT designs, will have to check that out!

[@ASimao71]

+1 here! Amazing stuff provided one is downwind! 👍

[@dfstikbow7014]

Great video Rich as always! I've exclusively hunted on the ground for years. You want ultimate comfort and packability, look into a low down seat from fanatic outdoors. You do need a tree to set it up on but I've never made a full sit without dozing off in comfort! Keep up the great vids, they make winter fly by! Dave.

[@mevrammcoyoteV8f150]

17 degrees tomorrow night in Missouri.....no more Premethrin..thanks

[@Deathbybunjie]

There we go, that time of year!

[@larasea741]

Rich, thank you for your dedication to crossbow hunting. I have been following for years. I have climbed trees my entire hunting life. Saddle hunter for the last 3 years and just done with climbing trees. At age 70, I'm going to ground hunting. I have converted my Field pod, ordered a Burris Oracle x, and just ordered the Waldrop Pacseat. Check it out. Thanks again.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Great to hear, good luck!

[@joshblainer2652]

I'm addicted to packing my lone wolf stand and sticks in at this point and it has given me tons of opportunities but my wife isn't a huge fan of it. That being said I'm constantly looking for better ways to ground hunt with her on public lands. There are some really good ideas in here. Thanks for sharing

[@carlwydrzynski3578]

You inspired me. I broke out the tripod and strapped my crossbow in. Thru some camo on it. Can't wait to try it.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Cool, good luck!

[@ofishimas]

You may want to blacklight the boot soles . ( and everything else ). Many paints and dyes have uv brighteners that make things glow in lower light conditions . When younger , painted my bow , Went to hunt elk in New Mexico and was essentially holding a glow stick that spooked a herd of elk off my ambush point . Live and learn !

[@Deathbybunjie]

A good thought 💯

[@m.rogers9490]

I MAKE LONG SHAG CARPET BOOT PADS AND SPRAY THEM DOWN WITH EITHER BUCK OR DOE IN HEAT SCENT , AND ITS QUIET WHEN WALKING ON LEAVES . YOU CAN SEW VELCRO STRAPS TO THE CARPET TO STAY ON YOUR BOOTS LIKE A BELT ON THE TOE AND AROUND THE HEEL .

[@ieatcaribou7852]

You’ve given us a lot of really good things to think about. Even the bottom of the boot idea showed attention to detail. Looking forward to your hunting season update.

[@robertspringer4019]

I'm 73 and started hunting light. It makes it easy to move around if needed. I have taken several folding chairs and cut the lower leg's down to about 1-2 inches. Then put them in black trash bags and drop them off where I think I might want to hunt there later (also) great for pop up blinds. If I do get a deer, I can walk out with out carrying anything and get my quad. It has made hunting easier for this old Fart.. I enjoy your channel keep up the good work.

[@muherd79]

This might be the best video you have ever done, good info

[@JGsgarage_unboxings]

Finally getting a chance to go out today and i took vacation for the whole week of rut. Wish me luck!!

[@Deathbybunjie]

Good luck!!

[@nathancrowe6522]

We use the folding camp chairs with the shoulder strap carry bag talk about comfort can also use twistie thing to attatch to back pack if needed can hunt hours and hours out of those type chairs on game land and get way back in there where taking a climber would be miserable with all that weight

[@paulkovalcik5042]

Good video Rich. When I ground hunt I have a folding seat that is made for a canoe. I attach it to my back pack with a biner.

[@odin7682]

I take the vertical foregrip off one of my rifles and throw it on my stryker for hunting season. I find the vertical orientation of my left hand is much more stable than a traditional grip. I use downed trees (preferably clumps of downed cedars) to hide in and can set that vertical foregrip on on a horizontal/slightly diagonal downed tree and set myself up looking down the optic and i stay like that until dark.

[@Deathbybunjie]

That's pretty cool!

[@odin7682]

@@Deathbybunjie thanks, it works for what I'm doing. I've been employing some more aggressive tactics lately - Following sign and pushing further into an area after a particular buck I've been watching and patterning (or at least trying to lol) for 3 years. Light and quiet Just me and the crossbow.

[@robertstockton2036]

Thanks Rich and so good to see you again. Your chat about tripods was fabulous and I have placed an order for a Bog Death grip tripod. I have been using a shooting stick but it gets a bit tedious on a long hunt to do that. Thanks for helping out this 70 year old hunter. The Rut is on in Wisconsin!

[@Deathbybunjie]

Good luck out there!

[@tomrichard4382]

Good Imfo Rich, i enjoy your YT channel. I too sit on the ground most of the time. Sometimes i will make a blind using Mono 20lb fishing line between a bush, tree or post and brush it in with local limbs by hanging them or leaning them on the fishing line. Easy and light.

[@KingKongbabe]

Thanks- I will check out the Bog today.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Remember this is just the head, the whole tripod itself is pretty heavy to be carrying in and out of the woods in my opinion but the head on this lighter tripod seems to work well

[@davidforrest399]

Rich, thanks for another great video, sharing your knowledge and experience has helped me hugely as a new hunter. got it done yesterday and filled my tag at 5 yards with my saddle hunting setup.

[@MikeyWoomer]

I haven't hunted from the ground once yet this year. I haven't even had a chance to get the crossbow out. I've taken the vertical bow out a few times up a tree. But I always enjoyed sitting on the ground somewhere with my crossbow a few times in a season. Really wish we could hunt Sundays

[@LizardKing513]

Rich, I’m digging that turkey vest with kickers. I currently use a folding turkey seat and have a bad habit of falling asleep in it, LOL! Great info for hunting on the ground. I would recommend not wearing your ghillie into the woods. Put it on just before you get ready to sit down. 👌

[@Deathbybunjie]

I have never worn it in and out of the woods, that has to be nearly impossible LOL

[@moosejcthunter5686]

I kayak in and use a saddle. Mobile to the max. However, I do LOVE just hunting from the ground. Of the 8 years I've been xbow hunting, I've only shot two deer out of a tree. The other 3 have been off the ground. We'll see what season 8 brings me. Rutcation starts tomorrow. The big boys are really starting to move...great video. Happy hunting all!

[@Deathbybunjie]

That's great, good luck!

[@brob-zy8zi]

I honestly love hunting from the ground. I set up in an old blow down and killed a doe earlier this season and yesterday set up behind a blowdown against a huge rock face and called in a decent 8pt that I passed on. It's been an exciting few weeks in the woods. My main spot where the best bucks are is going to require my climber but man is it a pain to carry in on my back. I would much rather hunt on the ground.

[@Koopwins]

Never thought about my boot soles. Thats a good idea

[@chrisruzsa2798]

I love ground hunting.

[@kurtfirestone2761]

Steady Eddie monopod by Excalibur is the best thing for a crossbow especially on the ground

[@boomerrangerron]

Some great tips as usual Rich! I have used both the Cauldwell rest, and also I've added the "Death Grip" to an old BOG POD and I agree that these are critically important for steady shooting. I have two tree stands and one elevator stand, but this year all three of my deer were taken from the ground at only 15 yards! Next time we'll try some still hunting with a crossbow!

[@donspurrell860]

Great video Rich. I was thinking about trying my turkey vest this Wednesday when I plan on going out ground hunting here in Ontario

[@billgalante1181]

😅great video Rich, I always enjoy them.

[@acillaton]

Great video Rich. I have a same bubble level on my Swat just like you do and I did make it a little better to see that bubble because that black back ground of the scope mount didn't help any. I had a bunch of white vinyl arrow wraps and I use that to stick a pieces of it on the bottom and the back of that level, trimmed it nicely and boom. That bubble is much better to see. I though I'd share that idea.

[@Jimmy2toes4u]

ASAT leafy suite, 3 legged little stool (more important for me because I am naturally curious and if I’m sitting down on the ground I move around way too much to look around and over vegetation so a stool allows me to see and stay still more). I have a tree stand and I’ll use it but then I get trapped into thinking I need to be in it when I so desperately know that actually the deer are over there somewhere!!! Hardest part for me is to just be patient and sit still. Tree stand helps with that but for those early mornings when I want to move…. Stool and a fir tree are my best friend.

[@weekender38]

Good info, except for bad mouthing my ghillie suit lol. I carry mine in my pack and put it on when I am ready to set down. Multiple times I have had deer walk by less than 10' and never know I was there.

[@bradbo3]

Ive used my turkey vest/seat many times when stalk deer hunting. Mine has huge pockets and water bottle pockets...also has a large rear hidden pocket that can hold and extra coat etc. Normally I only stalk hunt when its bitterly cold....moving keeps you warm.

[@rayphillips4514]

Great video Rich! I'm a long time turkey hunter and have used turkey vests but thats the first I have seen with fold out legs. I too am a 2XL guy and afraid those legs would sink down in the SE Georgia soil and I would be stuck in the muck! Lol

[@Deathbybunjie]

There's a bar going between those legs, I bet that sits on the sand and doesn't sink in, I've used it in mud for what it's worth.

[@nathanmorkovsky2855]

Great info thank you for sharing!!

[@anrenes3459]

The Main reason I’m up a tree is all the ticks are on the field edge. Haha I cannot deal with ticks at all. It ruins my hunt if I see more than one crawling on me.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Permethrin!

[@chadreid1068]

Great video man I got some new ideas thank you

[@josephcormier5974]

Thank you sir for a very informative video six stars

[@georgekeith7969]

Another great video Rich. I’m liking that turkey vest. I recently picked up the Ameristep outhouse. Very portable and easy to set up. And the logo is in gray now. Lol. And yeah, the X1 does not fit on the Caldwell sled I found out. Thanks for some great info and ideas.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Thanks to you too!

[@georgekeith7969]

@@Deathbybunjie anytime. Would definitely like to see some x1 videos too.

[@donnabonning5587]

as always great info!

[@rodneyhanbaum697]

Very nice!

[@quantumfx2677]

I never hunted from a tree, always on the ground, back in 1996 I created what I called the trick master game call extender, simply placing your game call 50ft up to 100ft away from you or with a decoy so the sound is coming from the decoy why? Because deer don't climb trees! Sold many of these trick masters from jays sporting goods just for one season and never took it any farther as its too easy to copy and get around a patent. Loved doing demos and watching people's face walking through the store when the sound of the deer came from the decoy!

[@dualthreatoutdoors]

This is the main reason right here why I keep considering a crossbow

[@Deathbybunjie]

I think we even talked about that, you and me, like a year ago or two. I haven't forgotten that, I think through scouting it opens up a lot of doors.

[@Deathbybunjie]

We ought to get together in the off season and you can shoot the SWAT X1 and see what you think

[@dualthreatoutdoors]

@@Deathbybunjie it absolutely does. I haven’t ran into a situation yet where I don’t have climbable trees, but I’m sure I will at some point lol. For reference, about how much does the killer instinct swat xp weigh?

[@dualthreatoutdoors]

@@Deathbybunjie I would love to. I won’t get rid of my compound, but having a second option isn’t a bad idea

[@Deathbybunjie]

@@dualthreatoutdoors it's not exactly light...exact weight coming up in the next video

[@seregill13]

looks like you have a clover food plot in your backyard

[@user-dq8hy6ft1w]

Thanks Rich ,.as always informative .

[@philiplang1361]

Ground hunting is no easy feat. Filming at the same time, i can only tip my hat.

[@randym4077]

Thanks for sharing the setup, it gave me some things to think about. Where did you get that vest, though? I've only seen one like it, and it was fairly pricey.

[@Deathbybunjie]

I bought it years and years ago for turkey hunting but I stopped using it because I like hunting out of a blind and turkeys don't mind the blind. It says Cabela's on it so I must have gotten it from them. But honestly I can't remember.

[@aaronmeeks1155]

I love hunting from the ground but I'm getting into saddle hunting so I can at least get off the ground 8 to 10 feet so I can see further

[@johnpainter8377]

I have a fear of heights so I only hunt from the ground. I am thinking about trying a ground blind in the future but for right now I will stay on the ground

[@Deathbybunjie]

I'm not a big fan of heights myself

[@mariusbuciuman307]

Did you announce the name for the crossbow yet and i missed it or still to come? The backpack seat is very good tip

[@Deathbybunjie]

Still to come, believe it or not it was in this video and I edited it out because I haven't released the name yet but it will be in the next video haha

[@harleyhunter68]

mr. bunjie. do you have a video on putting your bog/caldwell shooting tripod together? thanks. enjoying your videos for years now.

[@Akljbadboy]

I was searching through the comments to see if anybody has asked this yet!

[@Deathbybunjie]

Haven't done a video on it but it's not too hard, just replace the stock screw with another one from a hardware store that's a little bit longer, I mentioned that in this video and there are links to the death grip head itself in some of these comments, I pinned it to the top, I hope that helps!

[@frederickbierweiler8020]

Richhave never seen your videos on a gilly suit. I baught one 3 years ago and you wont believe it till you field stalk deet in the suit, no shit, suit was 30 odd dollars

[@JPOP161]

I really enjoyed this video. Gave up hunting from a tree for the most part. I’m interested in the vest you use. Can you provide the make/model? Sorry if I missed it.

[@Deathbybunjie]

It says Cabelas on it so I must have bought it from them but I really don't remember any more details, they must have it somewhere on their website

[@JPOP161]

@@Deathbybunjie thank you. That’s a start. Alpz outdoors has one that looks close but I’d prefer to go with the one you’ve already proven to work.

[@JPOP161]

Looks like it might be their Tactical Tat’r Pro Kickstand vest.

[@Deathbybunjie]

@@JPOP161 that sounds familiar!

[@srj263]

I love ground hunting but find my BOG deathgrip to be pretty heavy to carry with.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Mine is way too heavy also but when I put that head on this aluminum tripod it's much lighter

[@srj263]

@@Deathbybunjie the carbon fiber version was just a little bit steep in price for me, but probably would’ve lightened it up a bit.

[@Deathbybunjie]

@@srj263 same here

[@georgekershner6626]

I watched you because of you using Excalibur and you sold out.

[@Deathbybunjie]

You posted this on another video also LOL

[@johndd8186]

Those deer don't stand a chance!

[@chriswood3390]

Sit in a turkey chair. Only cary a fanny pack with knife rope compas. And candy.

[@dennishollingsworth8193]

Hi Rich, how about your target I know after you shoot them and knock all the pain off you have nothing aim at. I took a piece a pool noodle Cut quarter inch pieces off and glue them to the blank side of your target.

[@hunternedib1119]

I love hunting from a blind, I'm pushing 60 and shouldn't be in trees.

[@stevenhicks815]

Where is your big pod stand for deathgrip head?

[@Deathbybunjie]

In the trophy room, it still has its own head, it is still all original, and ready to be used on the balcony

[@stevenhicks815]

@@Deathbybunjie oh you just bought another head and put in that tripod??

[@Deathbybunjie]

@@stevenhicks815 yep

[@user-sv8cl3lu7n]

Made my tripod from a construction light tripod works pretty good no clamp though. Took the handle from a shovel cut in in half use the handle to support my crossbow. Lol great video rich. I thow hay in the bottom of my blind you think they will smell it. Just started using hay🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌

[@Deathbybunjie]

Probably smell it, probably give you hay fever haha but otherwise I don't think it'll bother the deer

[@2cthetruth]

So limited on the ground...especially in thick stuff where the bigguns are.

[@Deathbybunjie]

That is true, there's no perfect setup 100% for all situations but good scouting (I hope) can help me locate a good spot for more mature deer crossing in an open area over time.

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