I can’t wait to watch a future episode where Dan eviscerates one of my hunting spots! 😂
@callenscreations5747 ай бұрын
Love the shirt. Next we see Dan running Ultra Marathons like Cam Haynes. Bucks are going to be doomed next season.
@mikeoc2179 күн бұрын
E Fel
@jessebaker50077 ай бұрын
Lost my hunting spot that I've used for over 30 years forcing me to hunt public land. These tips are going to hopefully put me where I can find them
@jgadventures41612 ай бұрын
Don't get discouraged ive only hunted public in my life and pressure made me upset when I was younger but now I love seeing the parking lot full because I know where the game will get pushed good luck sir just learn where everyone is hunting and go where they are not and success will find you......don't overlook hunting the parking spot I got a 140 inch 10 last year and could see my truck the whole time
@jax92247 ай бұрын
Them birds will make your adrenaline spike for a few seconds lol. I hate it and love it every time it happens. So many game birds will hold tight until you almost step on them and I always say them f ers do it on purpose so they can cackle as they fly off lolol
@AvonLegend7 ай бұрын
If there’s one thing iv picked up on in the last few years. The older they are the more concentrated there home and travel routes are. Seems like it should be easier. But with that age they become masters at moving through these areas undetected. As well as quite the detective themselves at figuring out hunters tendencies and pressure. Great video Dan!
@KirkHnePA71007 ай бұрын
Thanks Dan. Having only a few seasons of hunting under my belt and being in my mid fifties all your info and insight is incredibly helpful. Also the white board illustrations give a greater understanding.
@archeryhuntermike67017 ай бұрын
I just received my beast gear shirt today, thank you for the autograph Dan it sure put a smile on my face
@jamiewillett95877 ай бұрын
Great tips Dan! Thanks for sharing... Scouting is my favorite part of the hunt.
@curtismerriman99567 ай бұрын
I learned a lot from you Dan and It took me awhile to understand how to hunt these old bucks here in the mountains of NW Alabama public big woods. Everyone thinks bucks bed random here and they just don’t from what I see. Everything your saying is true down here. Although the entire state would disagree but my trophy wall is growing every season to prove it.
@anthonyboniface72957 ай бұрын
Love all the tips, it’s helped me up my game a ton. The main observation I’ve made hunting in NewEngland in the more highly populated areas, even where there is a decently large piece of woods. Many of the biggest bucks will have a bedding area tucked into a house, it eliminates an entire side of danger in their mind. This makes them super tough to get to in some cases. But, I have noticed they have maybe 1 or 2 other bedding areas in the woods that will be overlooked, say right next to access or right inbetween some walking trails where human traffic is going on all day, allowing them safety from most hunters and coyotes(as long as there is good cover).
@markabney7 ай бұрын
I love the scouting videos definitely helps me make sense on how to scout ,investigate beds and on how to set up… in 4 years I have learned more about mature buck behavior due to you… Thanks Dan!! Being a good woodsman is a lost art
@patflynn32927 ай бұрын
its all about SECURITY Bucks bed were they feel safe Dan you know your shi#
@brentbroughton79897 ай бұрын
Great vid Dan, thanks for taking us along. I’ve been finding those little caves in some pretty thick places, have the rubs in the beds. Still trying to figure out where to set up on them, but getting there.
@Elonzo-k2y7 ай бұрын
I coined the parking lot bucks decades ago.Some right next to roads.Deer are similar to goats.My goats always knew if i was home.I learned wind and thermals bird hunting with my dog in the 70s, how damp wet days it was hardest for the dog to smell.I learned if the bird was there all night, more scent there was away from the bird.So I never go out to early, longer your there the more scent there is traveling away from you.
@joshmcdonald45267 ай бұрын
Trying to find beds in the mountains of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia is a pain in the rear. Of course I have very little experience at it😂
@bryanroberts7 ай бұрын
Love these episodes Dan! Hopefully there's more to come!
@brokenarrow64917 ай бұрын
Thanks for taking us along with you. Always enjoy a walk through the woods or swamp.
@Crayz9192 ай бұрын
He in the flat lands of central north Carolina bucks bedding randomly is very much the case most of the time yet there are hermit recluse mature bucks that only venture out if pushed or during the rut ...
@stevendrake4777 ай бұрын
I decided to scout a popular hunting area in northern Illinois. It was my first time there. Before I even left the parking lot I saw a ground blind and a tree stand. This was mid February by the way.. I kept scouting, literally every single ridge top, and bottom had some sort of hunter sign. Usually a tree stand. It didn't matter how deep or thick on the property it was. I couldn't believe it. Basically if there weren't thorns, there was a tree stand. I've never seen anything like it.
@thehuntingbeast7 ай бұрын
You have to read the hunter sign and ask yourself if you were a smart old buck on that ground where would YOU hide...
@stevendrake4777 ай бұрын
@@thehuntingbeast it definitely wouldn't be where 95% of any of those stands were. That's for sure. I think I found a few areas alot of hunters were overlooking, that had great buck sign without a stand close. So that added a lot of confidence. Thanks for these videos! They've shown me so much.
@fermanmiller5337 ай бұрын
I've seen a lot of study's where people say you can't hunt bed but if you look at the beds in the study some are in clusters and the rest look like night bed areas
@matthewwichtner29357 ай бұрын
That's true, I paid more attention to my spring scouting. A boatload of two maybe 3-year-olds. But only a seen a view, that had rubs higher then what I consider the youngens would do. I think scouting in general, tells you so much. But I definitely ran across areas, that showed me, areas that held bigger deer. No no about it.
@chrismacomber97277 ай бұрын
You should do.a video specifically on what thick is to thick ...here in NC it's SEEMS like it's either wide open or so thick you can't walk through it. And I have made many trips in cussing the hole way to the tree lol
@anthonysimone72327 ай бұрын
Your videos have been amazing. Thank you
@wiscokid98907 ай бұрын
Been doing a ton of scouting so far this year. Nothing around showing good sign. Where there is decent sign it's super close to private.
@ronmacdougall96127 ай бұрын
Our mature bucks bed down in several spots.A lot depends on wind direction and moisture for the day morning and evening.
@thehuntingbeast7 ай бұрын
Exactly, but which ones they use on a given day can be at least somewhat predictable...
@DeltaFlaugeOutdoors6 ай бұрын
Very informative video as always.
@johnnycardenas35087 ай бұрын
Killer info in this video
@jenniferkotajarvi21456 ай бұрын
I thought "ancient artifacts" to finish your sentence but you went with "Pepsi can from the late 80s" ... that hurt😂
@josephtreadlightly56867 ай бұрын
Human intrusion 101. I don't even use sticks cuz it's too much intrusion. This reminds me of 2 yrs ago when I parked my bike & locked it to a 🌳 in the summer to checkout a spot. I was 10 yards from a huge CRP field when a solo deer got up. I figured he was young & a couple of months later I realized it was a buck that was 2. His mother ruled the woods & had triplets 2 yrs in a row. I got a pic of her from January with 4 of her female offspring. They r all alive due to hunan intrusion. Mostly human intrusion that aren't hunters but people with dogs. It's becoming a big problem in MN or should I say Eastern California. 😮
@kurtthorpe76597 ай бұрын
Woodsmanship is losing its use. Cellcam and foodplot is whats the game. People hide behind pride and dont want to learn. Im always looking for more.
@justintanner70207 ай бұрын
HUNTIN BEAST!!!🦌🦌🦌
@lambiam7 ай бұрын
Would cutting off limbs a bit higher by where you’d sit in a tree be noticed by deer?
@thehuntingbeast7 ай бұрын
it might... If you have to do it, I would do it now and then stay out till hunting time.
@ET-sp6qm7 ай бұрын
When the rut is going on he most certainly only cares about doe and where they are located
@tonythorson16417 ай бұрын
Dan so I noticed on that second tree that it had a bunch of little twigs going up the tree, my goal for next season is to be more quiet getting into set ups, however most of the trees I was trying to get into had trash going most of the way up, any tips for staying quiet and staying concealed behind the tree from the bedding in those types of scenarios?
@thehuntingbeast7 ай бұрын
Clippers if its legal where your at... Saws or breaking mskes to much noise. Otherwise go slow and avoid
@Eastky23wildlife5 ай бұрын
Them being so big of an animal. Why are they so scared for?
@joehorton017 ай бұрын
Dan get a new camera? The footage is lookin crisp
@Huntoutdoors17 ай бұрын
Actually around this very broken ag land with smaller woodlots ,small thickets and Creekline/bottom land with a higher human population yes our bucks are often caused to bed randomly . Seasonal changes causing open landscape and open woods ,AG growth then sudden harvest and the ever Constant human activity moves them way way more here than say the huge wooded areas , heavy cover and swamp lands of the south and farther north states north .Big ag country in the central midwest is always in flux . Those with lots of stable cover do get the advantage of more stable bedding for the bucks and doe.We are talking the miles of what seems open farm fields with random creeklines and small woods .Not the same as big country with heavy woods and cover . too many landowners per sq mile and far too little public land unfortunately in most farm, country .The exceptions are totally or mostly unbothered or un hunted parcels of some size .
@outdoorsman93847 ай бұрын
Anything special your doing for insect control, do you put anything on your skin?
@thehuntingbeast7 ай бұрын
deep woods off...
@wish2fish377 ай бұрын
Not everyone is a “big buck” hunter.There still are plenty of “Deer” hunters out there so don’t be so judgmental,but I understand what you are pointing out what not to do for more success on older deer or smarter deer in general.
@PennsylvaniaSasquatch7 ай бұрын
Yeah, I've decided to focus on and target does this fall hunting season because I'm more into the meat than the antlers. I watch all of Dan's videos, though, because the same principles can be applied to hunting does, minus the rub and scrape sign. Although buck scrapes tend to be in areas does frequent.
@thehuntingbeast7 ай бұрын
Your missing the point... Im quite sure you would not pass a 6 year old 12 point buck in your quest to kill a fork horn? and Im quite sure you would like to see more fork horns, or more deer in general. Correct? Then learning how to hunt properly and not spook the deer into avoiding you is a good thing... I mean seriously, do you people want to shoot less deer and have less opertunitie or chance at a big buck? Me? Im willing to kill smaller deer than I want occasionally, but you don't see me setting up to avoid killing deer and to spook them all away...
@wish2fish377 ай бұрын
I stated what you just said in your response. Didn’t miss point at all. Your videos are eye opening at times. There are just hunters out there looking to enjoy the woods and hope to see a deer and I think those are the ones building big blinds and cutting highways thru woods. See it all the time here in Pa.
@PennsylvaniaSasquatch7 ай бұрын
@@wish2fish37Yeah, and I think hunting mobile is the key. EXACT tree stand placement seems to be really critical. It is definitely an art. I hunt in PA, too, and it's a common practice to set up a permanent lock on or ladder stand to "claim" a spot. But, by packing in one's treestand and climbing steps in and out will put a, hunter ahead of all the other hunters. The only issue is weight ( and bulk, too). My stand weighs 11 pounds and my sticks about 8.5 pounds. Altogether, that's about 20 lbs plus my backpack which weighs probably at least 10 lbs. I'm 52 and I wonder how long I'm going to be able to do the mobile set - up game.
@josephtreadlightly56867 ай бұрын
Lost his wooden platform so they improvised with a stool. Unbelievable how much effort they go through to ruin an area.😢
@jamesschroeder9697 ай бұрын
Woodsmanship and skills? That about dead Dan. Skill now is placing a gazillion cell cams and baiting. If baiting isn't allowed then plant a food plot. The hunting is being taken out of the hunt. We are a dying breed you and I. I hunted in Jefferson county when it was shotgun. Even going back when it was shotgun buck or doe 5 day season too
@adamwallace39817 ай бұрын
Well said. Nobody scouts anymore I'm not saying trail cams are bad just a lazy way of hunting
@thehuntingbeast7 ай бұрын
Yep, its changed a lot over the years. I think good woodsmanship will still kill more old bucks but lazy and unskilled is rewarded more and more as tech increases.
@j.shooley76367 ай бұрын
All the public land by me has 3 plus cells cams hanging on it now, hunting sure don’t feel a whole like hunting anymore
@jamesschroeder9697 ай бұрын
@@j.shooley7636 nope. They all want it easy. Crossbow= easy. Food plots and tower blinds=easy. Bait piles= easy. They all want to take mature bucks by easy. Including cell cams. I believe there are 5 states that have now passed laws restricting use of trail cams in public lands from Aug. 31 thru Jan 31. Guys put cams on public land and then claim that area as "theirs". Hunters vs Hunters who you think will win that one? Anti hunters for sure
@bobberdown78747 ай бұрын
I don't run any cams anymore, I find it makes me a better hunter. Keeps me focused on the next move.
@matthewwichtner29357 ай бұрын
Dan I love pretty much everything you put out. But how about putting out something for us older gentleman/woman. Which don't look now, put your approaching. Lol. I know where the big boys are, and I can still get there. But it would kill me to bring them ouy. I've had to adjust. Had to. Just life. Freaking boatload of us that are extremely passionate with our hunting. And we're still out there, do our thing. Like I said, we've made adjustments. But, how about throwing us a bone, on how we might be able to be, a tad more successful?! Just a thought brother! We're still going to do our thing, and adjust as necessary. But damn man, we just can't drag them out, like we used to. 😞😅
@thehuntingbeast7 ай бұрын
I do all the time if you pay attention... One video that pops in mind from last spring is the one called 100 yards from.the parking lot...
@matthewwichtner29357 ай бұрын
@@thehuntingbeast yeah I seen that. It actually happens more than people think.
@hondas2ooo7 ай бұрын
If the guy who built that ground blind is in here, pls confirm if Dan is right. Show us your spike!!! Lol
@plram30547 ай бұрын
What app are you using Dan?
@thehuntingbeast7 ай бұрын
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@stevenmueller97527 ай бұрын
Love the content, but ,Dan your camera work makes me sick to my stomach.😅
@mikeoc2174 ай бұрын
I moved from the mountains of New England to the flat land of south Louisiana. I look at my topo maps & if I can find a 6' elevation change within 6,763 miles I'd be lucky but Nope!!! It amazing they'll use a 3' elevation change just like a ridgeline up north. The only problem is all the deer are made are like they're wool & they've been run through a dryer compared to their northern cousins.... 🥹🦌👍🏻💯🇺🇸