HOW TO STILL HUNT-Part 1 (Hunting Tactics #3 'Doing the 5 Step')

[@StroMedia]

Good use of the graphic to explain hunting into a cross wind.

[@SirMillz]

This is the video I needed to see. Very intuitive and to the point. I now know I've been going way too fast. 5 steps is much slower than I've been walking, but this totally makes sense. Your zig zag movement patern at a 90 degree angle to the wind is great. That's especially what I need hear. I see you're not camoed to the nines, wearing blue jeans and stuff. It's probably more about movement speed and being slow

[@Uncl3]

Thank you for the #UMMazing video. The 5 Step is a simple strategy! Yesterday, I sat for three hours in sub-freezing temperature, and I almost froze! I could’ve been doing the 5 Step to help stay warm…moving! Your comment about sitting for hours or doing the 5 Step really resonated with me…thanks again! Happy Christmas 2023! 🧡🎯🦌🎄

[@gmz1997]

Nice video. I would also add that deer and other wild animals know the pace and sounds a human makes while walking. Be sure to not only walk quietly but to not set a sound rhythm of a human. Be the squirrel, be the fox or another deer.

[@simoneanthony9868]

Thank you so much for this video. Im a beginner and this is a great comprehensive video.

[@jimpeterson3806]

I do this every now and then during the heart of the rut. Nothing more exciting than having a buck chasing a doe and having a close encounter on the ground. Thanks for the advice!

[@SeedstoDreamsDeer]

For sure...I love it! Thanks for watching.

[@dustincaso6781]

I do this during rifle season with great success. I’m trying this for archery for the first time next year

[@7Roeth]

This is maybe the funnest way to hunt. I'm new to it, I've spooked a few deer but I was about 45 yards away and just didn't see the deer. I'm finding rubs and discovering more about travel patterns of deer. It's a real good time. It feels like I'm getting closer ..😃

[@davidlee9299]

Going in in an hour or2 from now watching and refreshing the brain. Totally new area... I haven't seen a deer while hunting the last 4 yrs. Hopefully that will change today. Thanks for these lessons!!!

[@MichaelTomanoWildFree]

Great stuff. The Crosswind info was excellent.

[@simoneanthony9868]

As a beginner hunter, This video in particular really put into perspective the foundational knowledge I needed to understand how to traverse through the woods. Most videos i watched could not express the intricacies of still hunting through the woods, i would watch them and not understand the goal until I found this specific video. I come back to it often because it is the only one that explains hunting for the absolute begginer. Your teaching style and your ability to simply is what we need in the hunting community please comeback and make more videos.

[@JunkyardGardener]

Walk Toe to heel. Can be a workout but slipping through the woods slow and steady. One of the best ways to learn how to be stealthy is squirrel hunting! "The right way" slip along slowly stop, observe pick another spot ahead and slowly work your way to it.

[@JunkyardGardener]

I love Slip/still hunting through big woods with my open sight 3030. Also a great way to observe/scout key areas for a later sit! You'll get busted A LOT until you learn when to and what to do. Learn from every encounter!

[@dangerousfarmer]

Great video and excellent presentation style. Glad I found this 👍🏽

[@jackyhallmark3094]

I like still hunting IF I have lots of acres to hunt. I dont want to be in the same area every day.

[@MudMonsterRacing4]

Whay binoculars do you use? Wanna get a set that doesnt break the bank that straps on my chest.

[@Zero-ob4ib]

I'm not sure which ones he has, but I can recommend Vortex. The Crossfire HD's are excellent for the price, especially when they go on sale. Plus, they generally come with the harness.

[@MrPainter42]

Great video I always start moving too fast. I’m going to try the 5 step and glassing this year.

[@patrickwilson619]

Good video but your wearing blue... that's the one color deer can see the best.

[@SeedstoDreamsDeer]

@patrickwilson619, I used to hunt all the time in jeans and a camo top bc I didn't have decent hunting clothes and I routinely got within shootable distance of deer. I tend to hunt thick vegetation areas which is, no doubt, a huge factor in this matter.

[@dustinhogue6057]

I can sit nearly 6 hours in a blind or stand without seeing deer at times. If I have patience to do that I have patience to still hunt way I see it

[@Dutch.1722]

No rhtym to steps. Slow intermittent and very non cadence pace with the wind to your face.

[@SeedstoDreamsDeer]

That will work, too. Thanks for watching!

[@Dutch.1722]

@@SeedstoDreamsDeer I have walked up on deer like this 3 times in 31 years of squirrel hunting but never from trying to hunt deer on the ground with a bow or xbow. Would love to someday. Thanks for your video.

[@SeedstoDreamsDeer]

@@Dutch.1722 yeah, there is nothing like it. Each hunting season I usually have half a dozen encounters with deer at 5 yards or less while still hunting. Some have been bruiser bucks mostly on PA public. Unfortunately, I usually only risk videorecording when it is something I don't want to take a shot at...but it creates awesome memories. Take care!

[@Dutch.1722]

@@SeedstoDreamsDeer So your technique, in a nut shell, be very quiet, move slowly 5 steps, and scan the area in front and to the side with binoculars. My question to you is how do you walk with the wind? Is it always to your face as you approach? I ask this as I am a sentloc believer. Made a huge pile of deer with this suit since 2005 and it sill works. But to hunt public in the Shawnee Forest its not practical to wear the suit for a mile walk and its cumbersome to put it in a pack with saddle and steps. So this year I don't want to use it when hunting in the bottoms. Thanks again. Amazing you can get within 5 yards of deer 12 times in the season.

[@SeedstoDreamsDeer]

@@Dutch.1722 usually half a dozen per hunting season but many more times throughout the year scouting. Yes, that's a pretty good sum of my method for beginners. After you use the five step for a while you start learning when and where to move and how much based on experience so at this point I am not really thinking number of steps. My senses of seeing and hearing are always on full alert. As I got better at still hunting I learned to not be a slave to the rules (# of steps, direction travelling, etc.) because terrain isn't linear and there are lots of variables in each context...but starting with these 4 methods will help you build towards success until you can be more adaptive in your approach. As far as wind, I talk about it at 10:27 in the video and utilize a crosswind as much as possible. I explain my reasoning in the video. I am always chucking milkweed especially in areas with crazy winds and thermals. Looks like you are in IL?

[@adamt7902]

I noticed you're not in full camo or a ghillie suit. Can you really get into range with blue jeans and baseball cap?

[@po-dunkprospecting1101]

Yes Absolutely doable, silence and body oder play a bigger role than camo.

[@Hawkins-Howe]

You gotta watch one of the videos that show how deer see the world. No matter what color you wear, they pretty much always see you as a dark green blob lol. I’d be careful wearing blue though, I hear they see that as very vibrant.

[@SeedstoDreamsDeer]

@adamt7902 , I used to hunt all the time in jeans and a camo top bc I didn't have decent hunting clothes and I routinely got within shootable distance of deer. I tend to hunt thick vegetation areas which is, no doubt, a huge factor in this matter.