Deer Camp 2017 | Public Land Deer Hunting

Michigan Gone Wild continues the Deer Camp series in 2017 as we highlight Deer hunting on Public land in northern Michigan. For the fourth year now, the MGW team has brought their story of Deer Hunting to viewers. This is our 2017 Deer Camp that we have every year for the Michigan Firearm Deer Season.
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[@CKJEntertainmentServ]

I have watched SEVERAL videos and other programs showcasing hunting and what not, and this series, which plan on following, i was MOST impressed with. You guys, and lady were VERY genuine, and real, you didnt bullshit anyone, hunted STATE LAND rather then a ranch, and i can appreciate that. I dont know much about hunting state land as the 2017 was my first year hunting state land, so to see quality on state land is re-assuring! Thank you for making a great video, and i look forward to watching more!!

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Dj Kurlee Thank you for the great feedback and the kind words. Good luck to you this year!

[@finnallen5981]

Best and most realistic hunting video on youtube. Great work guys!

[@sarahepper2100]

I never give up start to finish for me i love every minute of it look forward to it every year

[@turningleaf100]

Hey Guys, first off..I wanted to say how sorry I was for the loss of your family members....always hits a family very hard especially at times and places where tradition is thick. Another great video...I literally saw it post and waited a day so I could sit down and enjoy it on the big screen after work. Films like this are rare and I need to get in the zone to completely enjoy them. Congratulations on another great year...mishaps and successes....it’s all a part of it....the misses and lost recoveries are part of it. Just the way it is. It was truly some great footage with the drones....just amazing. Seeing your Dad be successful and for his perseverance is truly inspiring. What makes the your stuff so real...is that you all make it that way.....good food, good friends, nasty weather....great bucks to trophies that don’t sport big racks...its all public land and it’s your way....and your heritage you’re carving out. Great job and hats off to Michigan Gone Wild for another great video....Thanks so much for bringing us along with you all...and for all the time it takes in editing such a production!

[@MichiganGoneWild]

turningleaf100 Thank you very much! Your kind words are greatly appreciated!

[@troydekarske6379]

Just wanted to say awesome video!!! And thank you for relighting a fire about Michigan State land hunting. For a wile I've been skeptical about state land. And with even having family that live in the Upper Peninsula, I've thought it was to far reached to achieve an experience like this. In the lower peninsula we don't find alot of Hunter sportsmanship and conduct as you guys showed in this video. It leads to many not even wanting to head outdoors. So thank you for showing and teaching that an experience of a lifetime can be achieved right in our back doors!!!

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Troy Dekarske Thank you, it means a lot and we appreciate the kind words.

[@redflag5512]

State land has been great for me for the past 14 year now. I have gone to private 2 years in a row just never killed anything. Every year I get a deer on state land you just have to go early like around end of September and look around and find a place deep in the woods where people don't like walking

[@johnguth4534]

I like the way you keep the hunting real. Looks like the real hunting community.

[@kennywilmes5345]

Oh boy yes another Deer Camp video from you guys! Even though we don’t do things exactly the same here in Iowa and Nebraska the hunt is still centered around spending times with family and friends and not necessarily the harvest of the animal. Helping each other is how we like to do it too!

[@matthunter5020]

I really hope ya guys continue making the deer camp videos I watch them all every month or so. Truly capture what it's all about. The best deer camp videos period.

[@TheBlindbowman]

this is one of the best video I have seen . I have hunted 46 years .. and the big rakes and meat has been great .. some times its about the points some times its not . some times its about the clean shot . I past at 21 point half frozen to the bone and standing in a swap up to my knees and up he pop 25 away and ran straight away from me . no real sure shot . I just could not make a bad shot a deer that beautiful . I have two record deer in my life and a lot of food for my family and friends .. great video guys .. this is what deer hunting is about ...Stay Safe Stay Free

[@devingreen2282]

I love these videos all the great work I can’t wait till the next!!!

[@joshglaubitz6793]

well done! i will be sharing this on my NY facebook group for you. It speaks for us public land deer camp guys! Thank you!

[@MichiganGoneWild]

J Glaub Thank you!

[@necedahlions7626]

Great film that tells EXACTLY what deer hunting is all about. I particularly like the part about your dad taking his buck because it brought back fond memories of my Dad who shot his last buck while sitting in the vehicle because he too was a in a wheelchair. Keep up filming and telling what deer hunting is all about. Well done1

[@samh4384]

I miss this series.

[@MichiganGoneWild]

It's coming back! Stay Wild!

[@samh4384]

@@MichiganGoneWild awesome!!! I live close to the pidg so it's nice to see monsters come from state land.

[@michaelhicks8237]

Been hunting for 40 years and I love the hunting in Michigan. Would love to be there

[@snipergear7885]

Beautiful little drop buck you guys passed. Great job, true hunters!

[@mikeanderson1833]

Great video guys! Love it.

[@jodyseely8299]

Man this video got me pumped for our up coming deer season!

[@teaguewagner6513]

What a great thing you have produced. Love it and all hunters should see this.

[@GRUMPYOLDMAN-yx8lo]

I subscribed as soon as you took the kid into the woods with you.

[@greyhunter9287]

Enjoyed this. Great Vid.

[@convex7456]

I could smell that hunt fresh venison man through the screen i swear. Your guys sense of family and hunt culture is a1

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Fresh Heart and Liver!

[@jondrayna6978]

Heart? Of course! Liver? No thanks!

[@NManitou]

Nice job editing and the narration and of course the deer!

[@jase22]

Love it guys great stuff, big buck or small, what ever you want to take take it, food on the table is the best, never have to justify anything, keep on keeping on guys.👍

[@peterchalk1192]

Very good. Good luck to all of you.

[@kentuuri8272]

Great job guys as alway look forward to your video yearly. 👍🏻🦌

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Thanks Ken!

[@marcinmichigan2772]

well done, I enjoyed your efforts. I am a UP federal land hunter, and was successful with a 5pt in 2018, first deer since 2011.

[@michaelhicks8237]

Awsome deer camp. Please keep it up. Love the channel

[@skeetermalcolm1655]

Great video, looking forward to seeing more.

[@jeremyjames249]

Good job representing us guys from Michigan! Good luck in 2018, I’ll be at my own 30ac in Clare County! Can’t wait for another video from you guys

[@samp3087]

Fantastic video again guys! I have so much I want to comment on! The drone footage is awesome, beautiful B-Roll. I was thinking of you guys when I sat down in a box blind Nov 15 2017, I usually hunt a treestand similar to yours but that morning the heater and dry blind were just too appealing. I am stoked for deer season now!

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Thanks Sam, we are always working to improve our content. We appreciate you taking the time to watch the video!

[@bobbygreen2291]

Just the thought that someone would thumbs down this great video, is more than my feelings can bare, it also lets us as Americans and hunters know that there are some people in this country, that do not deserve to live here, this video and its contents, is what being an American is all about. I have to say this or I could not sleep tonight, if you don’t like this video then you should move to a country far , far away from here and never return because if you make our Americans mad at you, and some how expose your identity, I would say that you would not be safe, no matter where you went , I don’t think you could hide from these guys.

[@richiecaelwarts7873]

Great video can't wait for eighteens to come out nice deer!!

[@vincentcoulombe4879]

That was areal fantastic video. Hunt in a group in northern Ontario canada and ill tell you you are very lucky to have what you have. Cheers and thanks for that. Very entertaining and educational video. Cheers and god bless

[@granthoffman151]

Gosh darn it it's great to see good morals and smart hunting being implemented into firearm hunters!

[@jasonnichols18]

Fantastic!!!

[@AhhBeejams]

Awesome vid, cant wait to get out this year down here in NW Ohio! Also, gotta love some Gordon Lightfoot at 37:45

[@mag-nm7tw]

Nice video guys!!! Let me guess Pigeon River area? I had to miss the entire 2018 deer season due to a back surgery I had (11/15 no less). 1st firearm season I missed since 1987. Its videos like this that keep me from going nuts.

[@jbocj7]

Great show, now I am really wanting it to be oct 1st in NELP.

[@kadexdaily2822]

I’m so excited for the 2018 hunt! I love hunting and I’d love to go hunting there! I live in michigan and I’m about 3 hours from there, we’re thinking about making a deer camp there in the next few years

[@12ernie]

Great video!

[@justinteichman6534]

to all you guys this is a great video. REAL MICHIGAN hunting right here, this is what its all about. just 1 question how high are u guys in these damn trees lol. looks like u guys are 50ft in the air. god bless u all and good luck on the 2018 season, looking forward for more whitetail videos

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Some of us are 50 feet

[@philfranklin4395]

this is true mi. hunting keep up the good work

[@coreyjoewest9292]

This is awesome I moved here from Illinois last dec. And I bow hunt the same public land I think its five miles from the house I film myself with my phone I've had a dream of hunting big bucks on camera since I was a child and now that I've seen this video I am even more pumped about hunting that public land you guys are amazing and if your looking for another pair of hands to help or hold a camera during rifle I would be more than happy to give my time to help I live to hunt hunt to live

[@dominicblond9934]

Awesome vid

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Thank you Dominic!

[@ericbecker256]

25:50. As that buck walked in all I’m thinking is he’s going to be a beauty if you let him go....and then he let him go. Makes me so happy to see others wanting to see bucks grow to their “full potential”.

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Eric Becker I love it as well. But I would never force my beliefs upon anyone else. I would rather encourage than enforce the passing of younger bucks. However, if someone is happy with a buck, I’m not going to judge them, as long as they accomplished what they set out intended to do.

[@paulcoenen7918]

Unfortunately you guys being young and the Deer and Deer Hunting Magazine article about shooting every deer twice being at least 20 years ago, you guys have probably never got to read it. The article talks about that very shot and with a lot of neck shots. The Deer is shocked and goes down like a rock only to get up minutes later and runs away. This is very very common indeed and it sucks when it happens to you. It's great that you guys got this on film to help others learn with you. After seeing my Dad lose a dandy to a neck shot and myself to the same high back shot you have on film we both now take a second more careful shot as soon as we can. No need to panic shoot. Or just keep that scope on them for a few long minutes and just look for any sign of movement like breathing. I wish I had a link to that article. Great job on the filming , hope to see more.

[@sarb6p55]

Nice going guy"s especially in Vanderbilt , I hunted that area next to a hunt Club and wasn"t successful in 2016 but I want to say Nice and congratulations

[@MichiganGoneWild]

James H Thank you!

[@MichiganGoneWild]

James H Thank you!

[@bobbygreen2291]

Guys I was getting old when I finally learned that a thirty caliber was actually on the small end for big whitetail bucks , I found a gun that they don’t run away from after being shot ,,338 win mag

[@paulcoenen7918]

Nice shot Dad !

[@toddsmalley3369]

Great video

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Thanks Todd!

[@sarahepper2100]

My name is Kevin epper I live in marquette Michigan sorry about your grandpa and your uncle man good luck this year 2019

[@johnspader3388]

I enjoyed your hunting video I just got some land of my own to hunt

[@sarahepper2100]

Good for him in glad he got one

[@paytonauer]

whens deer camp 2018 come out? looking forward to the new content

[@andrewdomonic6603]

One of your camera mics is panned hard right, almost mono.

[@raybarr6283]

What area of Michigan do you hunt? I hunt A little north and sometimes south of M68 around the Pigeon River area.

[@chrisknapp1768]

Alvin, what rifle were you using when your scope failed? I always like watching your videos when I need to see some Michigan public land hunting! Keep up the good work.

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Chris Knapp I was using a Marlin 7mm 08. It’s a gun I got for my grandfather 9 years ago. He passed away that year and I really wanted to take a deer with it.

[@chrisknapp1768]

@@MichiganGoneWild that's great! I use my grandpa's old recurve sometimes to hunt so I completely understand. I have a rifle in 7mm-08 as well and I really like it. Good luck to you this coming Fall!

[@dylanvandermeulen1425]

Is there one for 2019 and 2020?

[@bobbygreen2291]

I know it’s been a long time but what exactly happened to the gun he missed the buck with ?

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Scope was junk. It went in the garbage.

[@bobbygreen2291]

Gone Wild I have experienced the same but not while hunting , I have a 338 Winchester mag that I proof test scopes with and buddy let me tell you ,,deer disappear in to the dirt when I pull the trigger on that thing and never ever run but to save all the meat you must shoot the 185 Barnes or hornady copper bullets , they are so accurate it is hard to believe. I also have a 338 federal and it is a wonderful rifle , it shoots that 185 at 2900 FPS and I get 3100 out of the win mag

[@natesmedley3711]

Love when half the video doesn’t have audio :)

[@donaldsharpless1746]

What caliber and bullet combo did you use on the buck you knocked down but got up and walked away. I'm curious. Had this happen to me last year and found out what really happened. Maybe I could shed some light on what happened.

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Donald Sharpless He’s was using a 325 wsm with 220 Gr Winchester’s.

[@donaldsharpless1746]

Holy Shit! Wow, had to be bad shot placement. Prime example of hunters who think bigger caliber and bullets will anchor them where they stand. That deer should have died just from the shock. I have shot a couple deer with my 270 wsm and 7mm wsm and both deer acted like they weren't hit and I found a scant blood trail and they both ran away never to be found. I was using Win Ballistic Silvertips and found that hits on bone (shoulder area) at magnum speeds, make these bullets explode on contact with little penetration. Great and accurate bullet but you better pick your shots. Went to Nosler Accubonds and no more deer walk away. Cup and Core bullets, ie (Sierra bullets) are great as long as you shoot them at slower velocities like below 3,000 fps. My Nosler load book shows a 200 grain bullet right at 3,000 fps for most max loads so you are pushing the boundary from what I've read from other blogs. I bet he doesn't shoot that much at the range. Just my 2 cents.....Entirely too much gun for deer. Now if he uses it for much larger game, more power to him. Shooting form might be compromised when you know you're going to take some serious recoil. Good luck next time.

[@alexpearce1656]

Those silver tip bullets are trash. I use nosler accubond in my 30-06 drops them dead in 15 yards or less. If you are looking for accuacy the accubond are really good at that too.

[@donaldsharpless1746]

Where did you shoot them. IMO if you shoot them in the lungs (behind the shoulder), in the neck or head, they will anchor any deer pretty quickly. I have read where others including myself have seen them explode quickly without penetration on more muscular areas or bone such as shoulders. If I had an area where I would have all the time in the world to wait for that posing for the camera shot, I would not hesitate to use them again. They are very accurate out of both my 270 wsm and 7 MM wsm. Plus they are made to perform ideally on shots at yardages at 400 yds. At these yardages the bullet slows down enough to keep the bullets from exploding so violently without penetration. Most of my shots are anywhere from 50-200 yds and can be quick decision shots where you don't have that lung shot and have to take out a shoulder. At magnum speeds above 3,000 fps, the BST's are not strong enough. In all seriousness, I don't need either gun at these yardages. Entirely to much overkill. I am actually considering selling both and getting a 270 or a 280. Either will kill anything I will hunt in North America. I have listened to hunters since I was a kid complain about certain calibers that they would never use to hunt with because they have lost deer at one time or another only to find as I have gotten older that is mostly the use of a proper bullet for the application.

[@jhuntley575]

I missed one of the biggest deer of my life 2 years ago from bumping my scope. Shot 3 times as well. Was shooting 6 feet off Lol it happens don't sweat it. It's all fun looking back on the memories

[@mikemikovsky3112]

how many buck tags do you get when u hunt in Michigan

[@MichiganGoneWild]

You can buy a combo which allows you to harvest two bucks.

[@outdoorsforever1027]

Nice work. Thoroughly enjoyed this and will be watching all the rest of yours. Real American Blue Collar guys hunting in real situations not guided to managed situations to animals managed and almost control bred for the record book. Hit the subscribe button before halfway thru.

[@alexandredaoust7696]

Thats why I always bring a back up gun. Equipment fails so you need prepared. Even a 12 gauge with slugs is better than a gun built with no irons and a wonky scope!

[@billmitchell7731]

I thought I saw Koegels on that grill😁

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Bill Mitchell The best!

[@billmitchell7731]

Michigan Gone Wild 👊👊👊

[@chadpeterson5723]

Yes once again you guys show how things by me was not to long ago makes me sad to think all the deer camps are almost gone by me. Hope with a little trust i can get people to north central Wisconsin for some old bucks. Ive killed a 9.5 year old on video dressed out at 220lbs and some 5 plus and good 3 to 4s all on lands just like your area. Ups and downs of deer camps good to see them all your brother missed chance at closing the deal ive had happen sucks but learned my lesson as will others always take tue 2nd if they get up. I did same thing so i feel that one. I always worry about wounding any animal where im hunting because of the wolves and other animals getting them from my bad luck if it would happen again. I will not even shoot doe if they have fawns for one reason fawns have 0 chances in my area without mom. I hope if stars do aline i can be part of a deer camp like yours. I also use my ph3 qaudcoptor for scouting its nice to use it for mri in the area i choose from walking and topo sat. Veiws plus i been hunting area for 30 plus years and still learning what i love about it. Hard work with a feeling some never feel when hunting on public land deer vs smaller farm private lands. Dont think im taking away anyone hunt is special just for me i like a added chanlleges of big woods deer. Like i always say anyone has a spot open i always do. My old channel has some of my deer if wanted to check. I also was lucky with a 17 year old plus bear. Not sure how many get taken at that age. Love the sport hope to revive it by ke again.kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6Wad2uhqJikfJY

[@partridgepimp3363]

I think that buck was jumpy because there was a bigger one in there bullying him around

[@Living-The-Dream]

🦌👍🦌

[@RKLIFE17]

Looks like you guys are at least 40 ft off the ground.

[@lancebrickles8395]

I want you to know that there necks are swelled bc they’re in rut yours was in rut full swing rut the anther ones wasn’t they was still in pre rut give ya some pointers 🤙

[@Jessemiller11]

Any sign of those two this year?

[@MichiganGoneWild]

No, unfortunately not. I've had cameras out all summer but they haven't turned up.

[@mrstumpyduke]

Good show I would love to bring that Buck home.I am a meat hunter.

[@partridgepimp3363]

Good job passing that small drop tine. I was waiting for him to drop. It sucks when you do it then hear about it getting shot. It’s happened to me a couple times. But if you want to shoot bigger deer, you gotta let them marginal ones go.

[@wadeh.7861]

What land was this?

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Wade Howard Public

[@wadeh.7861]

@@MichiganGoneWild fair enough. I was curious about the area. Looking for more places to coyote hunt.

[@johnbehr5785]

Where are you guys? I miss your videos

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Took a break from filming. Had a lot going on the last year or so. Looking forward to getting back to filming. Stay Wild!

[@johnbehr5785]

Your videos Rock, I've been busy bear hunting in the UP telling my group about your videos. Good luck getting out hunting!! Stuck Wild!!!!

[@HillTrekkerSarge]

Kudos to the public land hunters out there. No high fence. No semi tame farm raised deer. No feeders spraying out corn and deer chow twice a day. Just real hunting. You gotta work for your deer. Involves woodmanship and savvy. The high fence hunts, canned hunts? Lame, lame, lame....

[@dickring52]

Take the bottom stock off and there is a screw on the bottom of your receiver. if you check it . it will be lose. bad design of the 742.

[@brandonterrell1838]

I went back and watched. The dear the brother shot for sure didn’t get up and walk away. It’s on the ground right where it rolled. Why lie?

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Deer*

[@bootyhuntersxc]

I can’t ever hear alvin

[@donaldfuller5041]

Sucks having your scope mess up like that and have to use a buddies gun. Makes you feel like less of a man. Can you hire tracking dogs?

[@donaldfuller5041]

All them old big rack deer are good for is a mount. The meet is no good on them. I'd rather have a 4 pointer 120 lb deer.

[@m4nap4rt20]

5.5 year old bucks that are run down, not participating in the rut? You might want some help aging deer. Bucks are in peak physical shape at 5.5. Decline begins at 7.5. It's hunting pressure that makes people thing 5.5 is old. It isn't.

[@MichiganGoneWild]

A lot of that depends on nutrition and where they live. Not all deer are corn fed and protected from the elements. The deer we hunt survive off acorns and woody browse. This makes them susceptible to harsh winters. Their bodies deteriorate quicker and ultimately these deer never reach full potential. Most of these bucks wont exceed 120", no matter how old they get. This is also attributed to nutrition and the region they live in.

[@m4nap4rt20]

​@@MichiganGoneWild I appreciate the reply - but that's not entirely correct. I should have clarified - all bucks, regardless of nutrition, peak around 5.5 years. These animals have evolved to survive these hard winters. They've evolved to rut more efficiently, run themselves down less. Terribly severe winters still take their toll - yes, but it's a mistake to think northern WI/MI is that inhospitable. I've hunted northern Sask, WAY up north, and seen bucks that survive winters far, far, far worse with no supplemental browse. I've never hunted a "corn fed" whitetail. I live and hunt in Northern WI, just south of the UP, and often hunt Superior National Forest and parts of the UP. There is no ag up here. Anywhere. But I too thought bucks never exceeded 120'. Now that I've hunted this area exclusively for 10 years, I can assure you, it's not nutrition. Most of the areas i hunt hold no acorns. No white or red oaks in many of these forest. But, after speaking with this region's biologist a number of times, I've learned that most antler issues are genetic, or related to winter severity. But make no mistake - even deer with no ag access can have decent nutrition in the big woods. Peak antler size is traceable back to the the pregnant mother's diet and the severity of that winter white the fetus was growing. Much of that science is still developing and there are currently studies underway to better understand those relationships, though some have already been published. But don't think that deer without access to ag can't grow big racks, that's flat out untrue. The quality of the browse in my part of the state is quite poor, due to the poor soil quality. This doesn't mean deer have smaller racks - it means there are fewer deer per square mile as the carrying capacity of the land is lower. Anyway, I suggest you give your area's biologist a call - I was fortunate to learn a lot over the last 5-6 seasons because I made that call. Here's the link to the biologists in your state: www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79136_79608_83455-378731--,00.html

[@nickolascrego5716]

Never be ashamed of the deer you shoot, you can't eat the horns.

[@JamesKlukas-lu7xd]

Taking a snap shot is a recipe for anguish and grief. Call your shot ; if you can't call it don't make the shot.. Calm cool and collected is a recipe for success

[@bigbengamer]

I don't care about trophy hunting. I'm not trying to decorate my wall. I'm trying to fill my freezer.

[@brandonterrell1838]

The deer close to the end was laying under the tree he shot it at lol.

[@SCNative_76]

I learned one thing from this. Yankees can't shoot for shit. Thus the reason the NRA was formed.

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Jack Martin Well yankees can obviously shoot better than you southern confederates.

[@SCNative_76]

@@MichiganGoneWild LOL...not even close. Look at the hit kill ratios from the war and you will see much different. Also you do know the NRA was formed to teach Yankees how to to shoot because of their poor marksmanship in the war. Looks like not much has changed. TIME’s Richard Lacayo explained in a 1990 feature about the group, “The N.R.A. was founded in 1871 by a group of former Union Army officers dismayed that so many Northern soldiers, often poorly trained, had been scarcely capable of using their weapons.

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Jack Martin Are you seriously claiming they kept statistics on how many shots were fired and made contact? I feel like I’m arguing with an idiot. And that’s something I try not to do. I’ll say this, if you’re going to come up on someone’s page and start disrespecting them, just remember, we don’t have to show the misses. We choose to, unlike many channels. Also, don’t expect people not to retaliate to your stupid comments.

[@SCNative_76]

@@MichiganGoneWild You truly are a simple Simon. If you would do a little research instead if making ignorant brush stroke statements about something you clearly know nothing about you'd realize how ignorant you sound. They absolutely kept track of ammunition during the war and how much was consumed. They kept very meticulous records. Matter of fact many times if soldiers lost rounds or had them unaccounted for they were issued a statement if charges and it was payroll deducted...SMH.

[@jhuntley575]

The north pardoned the South