MeatEater's How to Kill a Buck: Early October

[@caseyeiseler]

Don't forget acorns in the timber close to buck bedding, such a great food source early on! I've had a lot of success moving in tight to those areas in the first 3 days with N winds! Light rain and N winds are my favorite!

[@walterhough9513]

Tight to bedding area makes sense to me relative to being more aggressive if you are on public land. For small to mid sized private it makes more sense to me to hunt roads etc. early season until pre to during rut so that you don't change their patterns before a higher percentage chance time of season. You guys are awesome! love to watch

[@jasonmk44]

aside from the small detail with the west wind illustration i thought it was an extremely helpful podcast. honestly agreed with you guys as far as being on the east edge of that lowland. great video and i enjoyed it.

[@pholton3300]

The 1st and 2nd are going to be mid 80s, cold front hitting Michigan Thursday high is low 60s. Thursday is going to be my first sit.

[@jay_pozz4222]

After following the series and putting in to practice what you guys having been talking about it has gotten me the closest iv ever gotten to getting a deer. Knowing what to look for on a map is a game changer for me thanks guys for all the help👍

[@spencerneuharth8497]

Glad it's working!

[@jay_pozz4222]

Got my first sambar deer was a nice old doe 🤙

[@hunterjackson802]

Public land, ridges and ravines, hardwood, small swamps

[@facujilguero]

Please, we need Spanish subtitles in the Meat Eater videos. I am a fan of Argentina and there are many hunters from here who love his videos

[@joshmunden4301]

Check your closed caption and really you can get a app on your phone to do that for you

[@HFLPodcast]

Great info guys!

[@mattbehnke5065]

I would suggest secluded water in the big woods on warm days.

[@TheRyGuyRy]

Great video. Question... How could a guy go about setting up a climbing stand in that corner without getting busted? From what direction would you approach?

[@spencerneuharth8497]

However you can get there without making much noise or spreading your scent. Most likely, you'd be following those field edges and being conscious of not letting your scent get blown into the bedding area.

[@Masonjar94]

I’m watching this and hen going hunting. I hope this is good info.

[@figlermaert]

What kind of spots near the twin cities are good for bow hunting? South or north of the cities?

[@RetroRutt]

Need more of these. Thanks guys

[@aidanvanhoff6603]

Please make a blacktail video

[@kyleholder7465]

I have a publicty private place to hunt I have added grain and minerals too try an hope to increase the deer population. Younger people are a problem. What options do I have by you????

[@SH-lb1nu]

Aren't these videos slightly misleading as Michigan isn't Montana, Montana isn't Tennessee, and hell the whole US isn't close to Northern British Columbia.

[@kalebm5287]

Idk if misleading is the term, I doubt they are trying to play it off that whitetails act the same regardless of location. I mean I'd imagine most of their whitetail audience is midwesterners, making this video useful for the majority of their viewers. You could argue it's not inclusive to the totality of whitetail hunters, though I think the general message of the video is fairly universal. It's early, and the bucks probly aren't coming to you, you need to find them and be a little more strategic about where/when you hunt than you would in the rut

[@spencerneuharth8497]

That's why you'll see us break down properties from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma to Wisconsin to South Dakota to Kentucky, with a mix of private and public.

[@marktembreull9530]

Nice vid. Like that you guys had Tony on, he's got a great podcast as well

[@rollout2926]

Wish you guys would give information on the hardest deer hunting in all of the United States. And that's California public land deer hunting. I never see anyone come and try to prove their skills as a hunter in California. Probably not possible. It's some hard hunting.

[@davidvinyard4710]

Amen. Finding a mature buck on public land and having a shot at him out here is damn near impossible.

[@rollout2926]

You guys hunting already? Which zones I'm at d7. We got them blacktails and ca mules. Both equally hard. Last week was opener and in 3 days I only saw one group of bucks that gave me the slip while I was drinking some water from a plastic bottle. The sound spoked them off, couldn't get a shot. Too fast

[@gillateengilly5139]

@@rollout2926 thats why u dont kill deer. tighten up

[@rollout2926]

@@gillateengilly5139 you have figured it out haven't you

[@yrekabill]

Killed bucks in B6 opening day the last 3 years. I know the terrain and the their habits though. Be ready for some hard steep hiking and know how to pack 'em out. Love to see newbies come in and tell me there are no deer as they ride around on their 4 wheelers.

[@craigkoehler4363]

Drive fast, at night, anywhere in Michigan, don't swerve or slow down. You'll get one eventually.

[@gunslingersymphony5015]

0:22 1. Hunt private land 2. Record it 3. Profit

[@THOR252RACER]

I bait the scrapes before daylight and then hunt the scrape, works great here in lower Michigan

[@travisbicklejr]

Thanks, guys!

[@backcountrysurvivalists]

Love these videos! Keep it up guys!

[@armedsheep6232]

would this advice be true also for moose?

[@jayro4113]

Tbh, first year deer hunting, with a bow of course. I just set up a cam on a fence post at the back of our farm. I'm already getting really anxious to see what is captured 😅 The problem is. We have a pond at the back of the fields by our bush and fence lines, there are bedding sites & scrapes about 20yds from it's location but no tree cover or anything. It's pretty much just all soybean from crop rotation by that pond. Our bush, on our side of the fence line is too dense and I see no deer runs. at all. But the joining bush on the other side (the North side, I can see plenty of trails because it has more grass). It's also planted into soybean. I'm pretty confident my trail cam is in a good location& will pick something up, I can see lots of cropping off of the top of the soybeans. But I don't know how to hunt this with it being so open, and most of our winds being a North West wind. How do I not get winded, even if I set up a blind or something? I'm kind of at a loss, because they're coming from North to south and along the fence line to hit up the pond... But I don't have much of anywhere to set up & am limiting myself to a max of a 50yd shot with my bow, and even then, a deer can move a lot in that flight time. Anyone with more experience, or has come across this have any helpful tips or pointers?

[@ashtanga2000]

Don't shoot over 25 yards at a deer. You don't have trees to get into? Watch the Hunting Beast channel with Dan Infalt. He talks about wind a lot and shows diagrams.

[@jayro4113]

@@ashtanga2000 I've not much really interest in shooting beyond 30 to be honest. all the trees are North of where they're coming from to get to, like there's the odd one along the fence line, but with the wind coming up from the south, unless I catch them along the fence line somehow, I don't see how I won't get winded 😕 Thanks, I'll give em a watch 👍

[@ashtanga2000]

jayro4113 use milkweed to see where your wind goes. If the wind is south (going north) and you are east or west of them and they come out in front of you they may not get your scent if they are off wind at an angle. Think of a 4 sided box. South wind going from bottom to top and deer top to bottom. If you are on either side of the box and the deer come down the middle, they may not smell you. That’s the just off wind. If that’s your only farm, you gotta try it. Also, the wind might be slightly sw or se so take that into account.

[@ML-ks2lj]

Opening day oct 1 but all the squirrel and rabbit hunters And what not come in with dogs and the deer get upset 15 days before we get to hunt em.

[@piterex7]

Watching you and listening you guys is like watching Monty Python,s life of Brian (comedy)what you need to do take the camera no gadgets computers and staff move ass just you your bow

[@scottf3553]

expert ?

[@chris.f2616]

🦌🔫

[@scottglew9641]

Paralyze through analysis blah blah blah