How To Hunt Morning Rut Bedding Stands

[@andytommelleo9119]

Jeff, I have been following your recommendations for the past 2 years. Shot my biggest buck ever this weekend. Looking forward to your future video. Andy T., NW PA

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Andy I love to hear that...very excited for you!! Congrats!!

[@mikepriddy9985]

Been making improvements to property the past few years based on your videos. Each year I learn a bit more about the local deer herd. With a few extra cameras, this year I really narrowed down all bedding areas and travel routes they use all through daylight. I have deer every morning and evening in my plots for well over hour of legal shooting light. I’ve also completely abandoned a few stands based on what I learned about their movement. This spring I’ll be making biggest improvements yet and I can’t wait. I really appreciate the continued videos full of priceless advice.

[@timhatfield6367]

Saturday morning I was getting pics of a buck at a mock scrape from my cell cam at a stand I intended to spend my morning. This was while I was getting ready at 6:15am. So I had to settle for a stand about 75yrds away, which was on the downwind side of a thicket/bedding area. I got pics of two other target bucks 20 minutes apart hitting my scrape..while I was in my second choice stand in the area. Never seen them..and they never knew I was there,but it was totally awsome to get pics on my phone just past my line of sight a minute or less after it was taken. Had 3 does 4 fawns in front of me for 2 hours chomping on acorns and fawns chasing each other and playing. Awsome time of year! Thanks WHS and Exodus!

[@beachralph]

Excellent information Jeff got so much to learn and I got the right teacher to do it thank you Jeff for creating your KZbin channel it’s number 1 hands down 👍👍👍👍👍

[@bandanabanana3162]

I love the hunting experience and guidance of your shorter videos. I have ADHD so even more to the point the better I like it!

[@stevenarcuragi5807]

Thanks for the videos. I look forward to them each time. Very wise words. Looking forward to podcast. Took my first southeast Michigan Buck9 point. October 14th 6:48pm

[@airmorse]

GREAT VIDEO!!! Your example of Bedding and Food exactly describes where I hunt. The challenging part is ALWAYS proper access. The property I hunt has corn to the south and beans to the west with a steep ridge to the north and river cutting thru the property. It takes the perfect conditions to not spook the deer. So this year I'll walk the river downstream come out on the back side for the "End around". I would love to hear your thoughts on where I hunt and my strategy. I'll have to shoot you an email. Keep up the great videos!!!

[@shadowdawg04]

Love me some morning hunts! Appreciate the refresher here Jeff - good luck to everybody!

[@openope3156]

Great video as always saw some good movement this morning here in east central WI, the good days are here again

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

They sure are...really nice to hear 😊

[@capitalistwire]

That was one of the most helpful videos you’ve done in a long time. For me anyway - I’m only on my 3 season hunting deer. Thank you.

[@kensalazar5066]

Great review Jeff! Thank you!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much Ken!

[@robertflint4115]

Great info. Here along the Ohio river south of Steubenville saw the first buck chasing a doe today. Found the first few scrapes over the weekend. Hoping after the weather front moves through, the rut will be in full swing. Good luck all.

[@janitorialguy4436]

Great as always, look forward to the podcast

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much!

[@m.harr.n.e.tennesseevet]

On top of being a great time to harvest deer I really enjoy watching God's creation waking up and coming to life persay.

[@erousch3160]

Once again, spot on advice. Thanks Jeff for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@matthewtaylor4008]

I love ur help on my 37 I can’t figure out where to put stuff up. I got 3 fields all around me

[@sackingsjw55]

Another great video Jeff. Dylan helped me isolate a couple great buck bedding areas to target this year. Looking to hunt one of them in the next couple mornings when the weather drops off a bit. All the best, thanks for the content and shoot straight

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

That sounds great...good luck! I can't wait to hunt my bedding area stands!!

[@rogerrose4573]

Jeff, Hope to send you pictures Thursday am. Going in after the big 10. He's been checking that water hole every couple days. Huge cold front comes in tonight. Should be good to go Thursday am.

[@Brodes235]

I’ve gotten the biggest buck of my life so far during a morning hunt after hunting the same area several times during the evening so I’m a big supporter of hunting in the morning

[@m.harr.n.e.tennesseevet]

Where can I go to find Jeff and Dillon talk deer podcast. I haven't been able to find it

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

It still isn't out yet, but we have recorded 3 and they will be out within a week

[@m.harr.n.e.tennesseevet]

Oh ok can't wait to listen to it. I haven't been able to get in the woods much this year due to having throat and neck cancer courtesy of the burn pit fires Iraq But I definitely planning on being in my favorite morning stand November 5th opening day of muzzleloader season. Thanks Jeff for all the educational videos I learn something every time I watch one.

[@cannonballairsoft9944]

Your talks are always so fluid and organized... im curious what happened in take one lol. Thanks always for the info, always gets me pumped to go lurk on some critters, cheers sir!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ha, probably just flubbed up my words 😊 Hope you can get out soon and HUNT!! Thank YOU

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

Its that time of year. Man wev all been waitin. Gettin fired up

[@kevinflaherty7592]

Awfully warm here in north east pa.front coming through tommorow.cant wait

[@DavidGonzalez-ek3zh]

Always good content. TY

[@johnbrouillettejr4193]

Great information,you have definitely put your time in,question is the majority of your successes from tree stands verses still hunting,I.m guessing with the homework you put in 100% is from tree stands because of the information you gather from your land Thanks again for sharing your experience & knowledge John

[@darkskiesflyfishing]

I hunt public land big woods in northcentral PA. My stand is set between a doe bedding area/food source and the buck bedding area. Only problem is they are about 500 yards apart and thick cuts in between. And it’s steep country. I found a really good funnel with a scrape line, about 8-10 scrapes along an old logging road. My cameras are showing bucks between midnight and 3:30am working the scrapes on their way to bed. Should I try to move closer to the buck bedding area, closer to the doe area, or stay on those scrapes over the next week. I feel like it’s such big country that it’s hard to nail down an exact travel route because they’re using the area a little differently each time through the funnel.

[@darkskiesflyfishing]

Forgot to mention, awesome video as always!

[@superpoacher6711]

I'm in Connecticut & same situation. Big woods!!

[@jlshetler1]

Still haven't got into my stand!! Waiting for the right time and weather!!

[@RS-ms1bz]

Jeff, I have the ideal bedding stand. I have the last half of next week off into the weekend. Problem is temperatures are forecasted to be 10 degrees above normal. Should I concentrate on water holes in the morning? I don’t want to disturb the bedding stand until perfect weather which may come the week after. Am I correct in thinking that bucks will be heading back to bedding earlier than would be because of the warmer temps.? I know he’s there, just don’t want to screw it up. Maybe try to catch him at a water hole in the am?

[@BillVerbeten]

Had the realization I was hunting a staging/transition area on an AM hunt recently instead a true bedding area-only 3/4 of the end around needed. Also came to the conclusion that I needed to mow a small walking lane through a 1/4 mile of switchgrass, cut a wider access path through a 1/10th mile of woods, and possibly place reflective tape on the base of some trees to make the morning approach a lot easier in pitch black.

[@bradchupp1472]

Great info Jeff

[@stephenkendall6108]

Well I must be learning. I’ve hunted my travel corridor several times this year near a bedding area and all the movement. I backed out for 14 days and the big boys stayed active nocturnal but active. Interesting part is they are starting to show up by 30 minutes earlier every other day so and some new ones have shown up and are bedding down near my waterhole. They have drank the small small water hole I tried dry. We are getting a good rain today so it will refill pretty good. They started showing up at 1 am now they are arriving by 8:30 pm it’s been a steady change last two weeks. I’m sneaking in Thursday afternoon briefly for 2-3 hours but then Sunday I will take advantage of a morning sit. Hope to see one of the newcomers they are chasing on my land alreasy

[@user-zd8dw8gb2n]

Jeff what type of broadheads do you use, Thank you. Awesome Chanel great content!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I'm using the Slick Trick Assailants...love those hybrids!!

[@user-zd8dw8gb2n]

Hi Jeff I got sent a message in comment's To text you as a winner is somone running a scam on your page?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ho it's just a fake commenter...not a part of the page

[@user-zd8dw8gb2n]

I thought it was a scam thanks Jeff

[@bradchupp1472]

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[@ML-ks2lj]

Do you have videos on tactics for public land? Every thing in south east Michigan seems so random because of how many people push them around. You just don't know where they are bedding. I tend to scout the area on maps and then on foot and when I see it getting pretty thick with good sign I setup on it that evening.

[@jameslinzmeier368]

Just like in central Wis. and the land is FLAT. I have hunted 46 yrs now..... I found a spot on USGS mapping when I was in my late 20's. I cross checked it on google maps (or some site that had ictures) for the overhead looks. I looked for spots where there were brush lines separating grown forest. .Then I hunted it (this is for rifle) a couple of years. Found where the other hunters go and where they NEVER go. Have had my stand in the place they never go since. Almost always have my buck opening morning. I move the stand within a fifty yard square depending on the expected wind direction. Started hunting public land bercause private land was too easy..... Still think that. LOVE the public hunting, expecially trying to figure out where other hunters will be. Hope I said something that made sense and helps. . Bow hunting is about the same, but I don't go where I rifle hunt to bow hunt. EVER, except for one time late July, early August to clear the trail to may stand of debris.

[@ML-ks2lj]

@@jameslinzmeier368 I try to do the same except I bow hunt the whole season. Hard to find areas no o e has touched around here. I am sitting I a spot I thought no one has been to and brought my binos I found a tree stand by wasn't here in September lol

[@jameslinzmeier368]

@@ML-ks2lj I get it. I lived in Michigan for a while. My area is hunted hard also. Sometimes the other hunters miss an obvious area. Many times the "locals" nearby landowners swamp the public lands hoping to help their privete lands later in the year.

[@nikolasshay3294]

Quick question. We have 40 acres. 70% bottom land. 2-4 times a yr it will flood pretty bad. 1-2 ft over the whole property. Do you think deer will bed in that when it is dry? Or will they tend to avoid it even when it is dry because it floods relatively frequently? I'm having trouble locating the bedding on our property. I'm fairly certain they bed on the neighbors pine plantation and they feed on ours. I'm not too worried about it because we have a lot of daylight buck activity still. During season too.

[@stevegermain1222]

Great info

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Steve!

[@tonychristianson7866]

I hunt blinds because it gives more scent control. I placed a box blind I built by the pond. Leaving in the evening or entering in the morning would spook the deer so I plan on camping out if the evening doesn't produce.

[@melnick1989]

Best video Jeff

[@jamescurtis6802]

Jeff, I have a question and want to get your opinion. I live in East TN. The rut is in the very early stages of beginning for my area. We are looking at a couple of weeks of pretty warm weather. I love the first 2 weeks of November. My question is since it's going to be quit warm, do I go ahead and hunt ways or attempt to wait for colder tempatures? Thank you for the many years of wonderful content.

[@zachdouglas9416]

I have 1 cell camera and 1 regular trail camera. What property features should I be prioritizing for each camera? For example, cell camera on staging areas and regular on a field corner? Maryland probs Appreciate all the info and teaching you guys do.

[@Bassinwithjesse]

What about up against a bedding area leading to food in the evening? Top of a ridge that feeds out to a crop field

[@samhardel4004]

Should I be worried if I’m not seeing bucks back yet, granted I have checked my trail cams for a week or so

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Sam they should be coming around very soon!

[@bvsproductions9021]

Great info as usual jeff! What places will we be able to hear your podcast? Will that be filmed for KZbin as well?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you! It will be on the website likely early next week...

[@nicholasgahm9016]

Love the videos. Very helpful in preparing this time of year. Thank you!

[@joelh3303]

Hi Jeff. I was able to fill my archery tag with a nice buck over one of the water holes on Oct 15th. I don’t plan to hunt again now until the gun opener in Wisconsin. Do you think I can get away with topping off my water holes now given that I have ~4 weeks for the land to settle? Your advice has changed the game for me!

[@waltertalley2996]

I hunt the bigger bucks in the staging area because that’s where I’ve killed them because that is the place they will be especially in the afternoon prior to dusk. Now morning hunt the staging areas but really wind direction must be taken in account.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Also have to be very careful because does often bed in staging areas...

[@connorkropp6017]

When will the seed prices be lowered?

[@jordanhudson5075]

Hey jeff, I was wondering how much of your content is relatable to the Hardy Arkansas area, we own 350 acres and it’s went nocturnal fast

[@whitetailhabitatandhunting]

Thanks Jeff! In general, how many times should you hunt on a property per week?

[@lucaswade576]

Easter PA, here, specifically the Poconos. If I only have the option to hunt this evening and I have found promising sign and what I believe to be a staging area. What time do you think I should go in and are you hunting that staging area? Also, is a foggy wet and rainy day.

[@jameslinzmeier368]

The best deer hunts I have had are when the sun comes up and I see the BIG buck in his bed. Had thei happen three times. Then it is really hard to wait him out, wait until he decides to move. REALLY hard for me not to move too much on the public land I hunt with a CLIMBER stand. I usually have morning and evening stands. Only getting one week a year to hunt I thnki it makes a difference.

[@scottypuckett2440]

Always solid information!! Thanks ! I have a question. My Target buck came in the very end of low light evening conditions 5 yards under me waiting for better shot opportunity he looked up and saw me. He ran not far but kept chasing a doe. Do you think he will be back ?

[@bradchupp1472]

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[@lenkurzynske8735]

Jeff,can bucks,in a remote area,get used to kid noises,dogs barking? Or do they leave the area? Northern Forest County,WI

[@colemiller6914]

Hey jeff, if you ever get a moment I'd like to talk to you about some questions I have about my property. Thank you

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Cole! I just talk thru KZbin to help folks out as many as possible...and then they my clients. I have about 100 clients a year and between them and the videos, social media and whitetail work I end up running out of time 😊

[@m.harr.n.e.tennesseevet]

I love am hunting. I've had my best luck between 7 am and 9 am

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

It's a beautiful time! Mine comes all between around 8 and noon, the most...

[@kurtpearson2793]

Getting on a plane to Montana with a whitetail/mule tag and an elk tag. Hoping to find a food source in the high desert mountains- any advice for out west?

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[@steveloveland477]

So what if you have a small parcel, say 10 acres, and the best bedding is on a neighboring property?

[@superpoacher6711]

I try to decipher your videos to help in my big woods areas..i dont have Ag fields. My food source is acorns & deer are traveling quite a ways to hit green field which i dont have permission. So ive been hunting the edges of bedding & my beddding areas are surrounded with scrapes. All my stands seem to be am/pm stands because im between bedding & far off feeding & i hunt bucks coming back in the am & heading out pm?? Can you do a couple videos of hunting big woods???

[@FISHUNTREECOUNTRY]

Heck Yes

[@drewharman1690]

Jeff when you setup on back side of bedding and go in before light do you ever worry about running into a buck cruising? Or does it go back to playing the odds?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Drew! Definitely playing the odds but also knowing they should be somewhere around food in the morning, and not bedding.

[@drewharman1690]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 ok thanks and good luck in Canada

[@HILLBILLY_HARD]

I feel like you can “spook” a deer before light and it doesn’t make him move far away. Unless he smells you bad or something but if he just gets up and trots off he ain’t that scared. They hear lots of stuff moving around at night and move off without getting “spooked”

[@itsmitch85]

@@HILLBILLY_HARD I think there's some truth to this. I usually walk into woods 45 minutes before shooting light with green tinted light and often see deer eyes bedded down so I just keep walking calmly and quietly. Some deer do move but it's not negatively affected my hunts from what I can tell.

[@WaterandWoodsmen]

A deer uses it’s nose like we use are eyes go in slow hunt a cross wind

[@alvinbarrett741]

What if the weather dont show up and its hot during prime time ?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

There are always better days than others. I still hunt my best stands during the best days or mornings 😊

[@stefanosoderi4152]

Jeff I have a question, when the rut takes place each fall like clockwork due to fawns being born on time in the spring, what happens to fawns that have been bred in the 2nd rut? I’m in the northeast and the 2nd rut is hit or miss each yr? Thanks

[@stefanosoderi4152]

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[@bradchupp1472]

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[@sawyerclaar6128]

My brother owns 52 acres and I just don’t know where to go there are red oaks all over the property there are tons of young doe and bucks but bigger buck are there at 1 or 2 in the morning

[@boomerrowden1319]

Hey Jeff, quick question about your hunting app. How often are property lines and public land locations updated? I'm having issues with the one I am currently using.

[@BroScience710]

I hunt from the ground mostly, I go about an hour early to let the woods settle back down. Then I don't walk in until shooting hours. Since I've started doing that I've had way better experiences

[@nickarnold8417]

How can I Identify a food area that isn’t ag in decently thick woods?

[@HILLBILLY_HARD]

Jeff, question, my stand is near a bedding area on my property and I missed a big buck second week of bow season in October. Do you think I’ll ever see him again from that stand?

[@outdoorztime2923]

Another thing about those morning hunts... I'd rather track a blood trail in the morning any day over tracking at night.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

If weather is cool enough we almost always wait until after dark so we don't spook as many deer...

[@kmmichigan2782]

All my bucks were morning hunts an will almost always be

[@kylebailey8498]

Couple things I disagree with Jeff on and it’s only a couple one being mature bucks know the game and start laying down sign first I don’t see that in my area middle ga. Smaller bucks laying down most of the sign and running does first.and now second I don’t think five percent of hunters have a fifty percent success rate I watch and read alot of stuff and I’m not going for it!

[@briargoatkilla]

Yeah everything is regional. I'm in the mountains of NC and the early sign here is definitely made by the little guys. I dont pay too much attention until I start seeing big rubs and car hood size scrapes. That's not until november when it gets cold and stays cold.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

5% of lands hold the majority of mature bucks...only a small % of that get to experience 50% morning sits if they follow this advice. Very few build it...an even smaller % of that # get to experience 50% sits. It also is important to know the difference between mature buck sign and immature. Unfortunately in the south with a nondefined rut, there is no real build up to defined rutting activity like in the northern 2/3rds of the whitetail states...

[@BraydonCatesOutdoors]

First

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I believe so!

[@BraydonCatesOutdoors]

Great video as always, Thanks Jeff

[@kurtpearson2793]

Nice!

[@emorse912]

🤨 All his videos suggest "we" designed "our" own hunting areas... How about random public areas that we get randomly allowed to hunt by a lotto drawing. He thinks we can go hunt whatever and whenever on public. Smh.

[@brianmiller1580]

Nov. is here and so are the mid 70s temps for IL/IN....👎👎👎