Learning from success. What did 2020 teach us?

[@matthewwichtner2935]

Thanks Dan, you're the man! Trying to get my son to understand just how much knowledge you can pass on to almost every single deer hunters that are gung ho! Hope he gets it. I know I do. Thanks man👍

[@jamesdodson9417]

Thanks for your hard work and wisdom

[@danlangedrywall7721]

learning a lot. you think ya know some things. but ya reall don’t thx Dan. really enjoy your videos. just shot the biggest 8 pt of my life last week. in my michigan public land in hamilton . mi. you’re the best

[@cvongall66]

Was wondering if you ever put a cell cam right inside the bedding area to get an inventory of the bucks around. I'm thinking of purchasing a couple of the cuddyback cams that link together in order to figure out the comings and goings and coordinating that with wind direction to come up with a plan. Your thoughts.

[@thehuntingbeast]

I love cell cams... But every time I put them over a bed deer get really spooky... Even up high, nothing seems to get past a buck in his bedding area... I like to put them on the exit trail About where I would hunt... Lot less negative reaction that way

[@cvongall66]

@@thehuntingbeast thanks for the insight. Makes alot sense. I noticed that they notice and I almost never see them again on the same trail. Definitely going to use them to pattern the other hunters using the same dnr as me. Maybe I can use their scent to my advantage of they consistently do the same thing all the time. Don't want to screw up their hunt but one guy doesn't need 390 acres for himself.

[@bews13ful]

Dan Infalt was at the capital riot!

[@stevepalmateer]

Best piece of advice Mr. Infalt ever gave me was to get out in January/February and track deer around all day in the snow. Certainly not where they'll be October 1st, but I still learn more about the land and about the deer and how they behave by doing that, than any camera I've ever paid for.

[@HaveBowWillTravel]

Nice hat!!

[@hiTCAM00]

Great shirt too

[@timothyknutsen5212]

Dan, those tracks on the snow covered hill, great footage! Mchutte🤭😉😃🤣😂😯DOE! Seriously all kidding aside, thanks for the video. I've watched this a few times now and I'm still gleaning good information. Cant wait to try out some of these techniques.

[@louisfini1977]

DAN YOU HAVE GIVEN ME MORE DEER BEDDING, BEHAVIOR, AND SI MUCH MORE. THANK FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE...DEER SLAYER!!!!! HUNTING BEAST!!!!

[@jamesdodson9417]

Oh yeah one more question, what are your thoughts on the whole moon calendars and wizardry for deer , I’m really curious about your thoughts and opinions on this subject. Thanks again,

[@jamesdodson9417]

Mr Beast , What time of day do you get into these stands if you don’t mind me asking ? Love the videos man rock on .

[@mikebaker1044]

Cool shirt

[@mrd4865]

I was able to get out and scout a few times this past week in the light snow we had. Found a bunch of the biggest rubs I've ever found, middle of my chest - middle of the rub! Big tracks still using the area too. Now we are getting hammered with snow. 2' today, more on the way. I will drive around and look for tracks, but I leave them alone when we get real deep snow. Should yard them up if it stays like this. Sheds should be pretty concentrated.

[@mrd4865]

Ended up with a little under 3' and it's still snowing. Feel bad for the deer when it gets like this. We don't usually get this much snow, so it's out of the ordinary for them. Supposed to get 10" more this weekend.

[@paulwakefield1015]

Awesome video Dan!

[@shimmeringleaves8181]

Great explanation of "why & where" with visuals. Your videos are worth a thousand words...Thanks and know it is appreciated!

[@mikemitchell9157]

I have untill Saturday

[@jwayno2550]

Deer with antlers will continue to breed until they shed their antlers whether there are receptive does or not

[@MatthewCavalieri]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with the public. I put this info to the test this year and saw bucks I never thought existed. I saw more big bucks this season than I have since I started hunting. DVDs helped too.

[@thebigbuckslayerr579]

Thanks dan your the man!

[@waynerrice]

Thanks for the ideas. Question: I hunt a refuge in MD. They only allow hiking established trails or on the roads during non hunt times. No going off trail or road into the woods. How can I scout with these limitations. Maybe I'd be better going farther to public i can scout...

[@thehuntingbeast]

Great question... Sounds like you need to do more in season scouting and map scouting on that property, but at this time of year its probably a good time to go learn different "new" areas where you can scout.

[@redwolfmedia1276]

Awesome 👌. Thanks for all the content that's really helping grasp what the deer are doing!

[@specag31]

Get a drone. Aerial shots would be great this time of year.

[@jimpeterson3806]

Scout scout scout hunt. I've been logging some miles on pieces of public here in central Michigan. It's about my only source of exercise this time of year and very fun as well. Very similar habitat with the dogwood thickets. Trying to hug the bedding areas a little closer than I have in years past. Thanks for the pointers...they sure have helped!

[@michaelfryeii8466]

Nice way of breaking down Dave's propertie and where the bucks bed and how you guys hunt them . The funny thing is you can do the same on public. I love hunting both and figuring them out . Always love the videos it motivates me to get out and scout. Hope see you in the marsh

[@adamhortsch7661]

After all of Dan’s videos I feel like I could walk on to Dave’s farm and find a spot!

[@mrd4865]

It definitely helps to have someone like Dan making videos! I don't know anyone near me that takes it as seriously as I do. I guess I'm kind of a lone wolf anyway, but sometimes I'll be wading through waist deep freezing water and I think..."What am I doing?" Then I think..."Well Dan would do it and he's a little older than me, so I'll suck it up and not be a sissy." lol

[@billweihl2859]

Very informative info Dan, I did this exact thing right after the first of the year here in Michigan and I found numerous active buck beds but no shed yet but it may of been a little early yet so I'm going to head back again here soon and see what I find. Already picked out a few trees to sit in but I don't leave them in there cause I usually hang and hunt but I did learn a different path to get there so we will see. It's a great time of year to do your homework in the woods and quite a few people don't cause of the weather but come spring and the snows gone and so are the tracks. Stay safe and healthy this winter and get ready for those long beards soon.

[@racerdaveracerdave]

Why do the big bucks bed on that "bedding ridge" in blue? What makes it hold them?

[@thehuntingbeast]

Its Leeward, and gives a scent advantage from above and below

[@racerdaveracerdave]

@@thehuntingbeast That's pretty cool because it's not a real big rise elevation wise

[@troybatterton8053]

Dan what are your feelings towards this heavy arrow trend? 500+gr arrows

[@thehuntingbeast]

I like fast and light with a fixed blade broad head... Accurate to greater distances, and gets to the deer faster. Its a trend... When heavy alum arrows were the trend, people went wild for the new at the time light carbon arrows... And for good reason.

[@ronalexander4390]

Awesome stuff Dan!I I didn’t realize your stand was with in 50 yards of bedding!.. that is close!👍

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

I didn't get out as much as I wanted this past late season, gonna capitalize on this snow for scouting!!! Time to put the detective hat and thinking hat!! Thanks fir taking us along Dan, you make me feel normal 😀

[@mattdoxtater2073]

Great video Dan. Do you bump does when trying to get close to the buck bedding to hunt? How do you hunt if and when it happens? Thanks

[@thehuntingbeast]

Sometimes... Most of the areas I hunt are pretty low density so it dont happen as often to me as others, but it still happen fairly regular. I try not to, but if it happens I dont worry about it. Sometimes it screws up your hunt, but often the buck still comes out.

[@jeremymueller2848]

It's great to see you wearing an "have bow will travel" hat!!!! I watch all his videos also 👍

[@MichiganGreatOutdoors]

This is legit one of the best videos you have done in a while, it hits home so good because of how good you explain the past hunts, which I watched and the map diagrams too. How big would you say the main buck bedding area is on that small ridge? It looks relatively small?

[@thehuntingbeast]

That little ridge is about 15 yards long, and there is some spotty satellite bedding in about a 20 foot circle above that. And the lower area has spots on the tree islands and points around the grass, about 1/4 acre. The 1st spot, where I killed my buck is about a 75 foot line along the transition with scattered beds.

[@philgorski1418]

What kind of cellular camera was that?

[@thehuntingbeast]

Sparten

[@jerryscray1789]

Yes

[@mb748]

Beds looked like they got good sunlight too.

[@dswish1730]

Go get those sheds Dan.They are dropping here in Pa. Found #19 yesterday. Started getting pictures of shed buck on the 27th of December .

[@Njjb122]

the season is still open by me and there herded up but the big bucks i get random trail cam pics but there always solo around 12 -1am the rest of the herd small bucks and does show up in shooting light the big bucks dont show up every day like the rest

[@austinma62]

What state do you hunt?

[@Njjb122]

@@austinma62 nj

[@williamhower3636]

Excellent video! I wish we got more snow than we do here in MD. I'd love to follow tracks to beds. Your videos are really inspiring to me and starting now here, I'm really going to try and find beds like you do. I own your Mt Buck DVD. I need to get the others.

[@christophermiller9125]

I like that shirt I bet a bunch of little kids in Ethiopia will be wearing the rest of them soon🤣🤣 you know along with all the 2020 Green Bay Packer NFC champion gear!! Hahahaha!

[@christophermiller9125]

All in good fun, more importantly a excellent video so true about this time of year woods giving up their secrets and making you a better hunter for seasons to come getting out doing just what he was saying .Thanks Dan

[@brianfeller6142]

I hope you are just a bowhunter because you won’t be laughing if Biden and the dems get their gun legislation passed. Bye bye second amendment but hey as long as orange man bad is gone right. Idiot

[@mb748]

We'd love to take a walk with ya Dan👍🤣

[@thebigbuckslayerr579]

Do you think they smelled your scent from when you put that camera there and they left ?

[@thehuntingbeast]

No, they were on the camera everyday after I put it out. They abruptly left all at once.

[@jamesbrace3212]

You ever see any bigfoot tracks?

[@mrd4865]

Bigfoot finds Dans tracks, then relocates.

[@thehuntingbeast]

Bigfoot saw Dan, but no one believes him...

[@mariafrancesca3642]

Maybe I’m just lucky but I hunt the same spot every year and I mean the same tree I do not scout one day and I am successful no record books but I fill the freezer. And I only shoot bucks because one deer is enough for me and I always get one except 2 seasons out of 17

[@thehuntingbeast]

Sounds like a great tree Maria... I know a few great spots like that. But there is always something inside me seeking bigger and better, and I have a heart thats never satisfied with "good enough"... If your happy with your results, thats all that matters, Thanks for the message.

[@saypuppy]

The explanation with the visuals is educational, always easier to put it into perspective this way. You move the camera so fast though that I have to look away for fear of barfing on my phone. 😝

[@oldschoolhoosier]

Dan, you are one committed die hard scouter and deer hunter. What percentage of hunters do you think would be investing time in analyzing and assessing deer habits this time of the year??....lol... Great Video Dan.

[@kennygibson1164]

I 💘 Willow tickets, just saying.

[@gsquared2394]

Have you guys done any timber stand improvement or chainsaw work to thicken things up, or is it just a good place for deer to bed assuming you have food?

[@thehuntingbeast]

Other than food plots, nothing.

[@jeremygilreath224]

This has really got me thinking about this old cut over next to my property it isn't mine but got me courouse lol

[@haroldcallahan4887]

We just got the Golden-Ticket - That's right - a jacklighting permit - but its sooooo dam cold out there

[@Dan77845]

Here down south. Some deer can be camera shy. Remove the camera and see if they come back.

[@fouty9598]

Seeing the same thing here in Ohio with the bucks chasing fawns?!

[@joehorton01]

Dan i saw this last video too. Not trying to be a douche but isnt it spelled satellite bedding? Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

[@bobbygreen2291]

Thanks for sharing Dan, this really nails down your perspective of the whole season and strategy for success

[@travissmith-wz5nc]

Mario anywhere

[@mattnelson3710]

I'm thinking you guys are Lost....

[@robertdeis132]

Do bucks bed in the exact same spot near a rub or will they bed an arms reach of a previous bed?

[@thehuntingbeast]

I believe they pick spots with several factors in mind, scent, vision, sound of approach, etc... They will bed in the exact spot over and over, BUT, they have other spots really close by for different winds, or for thermal changes. Like on ridges where its common to see deer get up and move when t he dropping thermals starts to rise later in the morning when things heat up.

[@brentdeal109]

LOVE THE SHIRT

[@caseyhepler2806]

Time to hunt coyotes !

[@JamesonThe1]

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