OPERATION OHIO - SUCCESS AFTER SHOOTING A GIANT IN THE ANTLER

[@stevepalmateer]

Glad to know even the pros make dicey shots sometimes and the only resolution is to keep at it and go hunt a different buck in a different area. Persistence pays. Thanks Joe.

[@adamdrouin2295]

It speaks to the character of the hunting beast crew that they show their failures and mishaps as well as their successful hunts. Unlike a lot of other hunters who would never take a shot to their perceived image Well done guys! Thanks for everything you do!

[@martymiller6565]

Authenticity!! I love it man. Just another learning experience.

[@joec1212]

This guy is great! He has either logged his time afield, or has extreme levels of discernment. In any event I thoroughly enjoyed this video!!!

[@bradcrook7122]

Nice shot Joe, he went down quick. I’m in the same boat, I just have a super hard time with that frontal or quartering shot. I can’t get myself to donut just yet, but it worked beautifully there. 👍🏼

[@drewcollins77]

Nice work bro! Funniest part ...”it was just a hot mess”. Lol! BTW. I used to love single pin but that’s one of the cons. I’ve gone back to 5 pin. Really liking it.

[@michaelpatrick6840]

Congrats on a nice buck Joe! I’m also one of the guys who use an adjustable sight and I love it. I usually like to shoot a few arrows when returning from a morning hunt or before heading out in the afternoon and my last shots would usually be at 40 yards and I would never remember to move my pin back to 20 yards until I shot over a deer once. It cured me. Luckily it wasn’t a monster buck.

[@ericabboud9103]

Get those dang climbing sticks back in stock! Waited for”second week of November” only to be told you were out of stock again...because you were on backorder. Great design Dan, no figure out production volumes for all our sake! Great vid Joe!

[@jackjetpilot]

Great humility sir. We can all learn from this one.

[@sikbroadheads802]

Awesome job Joe. I am glad to see the SIK F4 did its job.

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

Nice job Joe! Congratulations on beautiful buck🏹🦌👍

[@justinthompson4776]

hey joe ... nice video congrats on the buck ... hey fyi to those quartering to shots ... yes you'll have a bunch of hunters questioning your desicions to take those shots but look into heavy arrows and higher f.o.c. ... yes those shots can be tricky on whitetails cause your target zone is somewhat compact there ... but guys out west are destroying elk with that shot ... but again the key is having a heavy arrow with enough weight loaded forward to bust up that heavy bone there in the brisket area in case you dont thread the needle on that shot ... check out grizzlystik arrows and their stuff(system) and ethics archery products are awesome too ... again congrats "hunt like a beast!!!"

[@mikefromoh2925]

Definitely differences in terrain in Ohio depending on where you go. Big woods steep hills, then you have the strip mined stuff which is more rolling and broken up. Then a lot of flat woodlots with no edge in central and north/west Ohio. One thing we don’t have is many swamps or wetlands like you guys in WI... unfortunately we drained them all!

[@genemarciniak3261]

Congratulation Joe. A great video and a dandy of a buck. Thank you for sharing.

[@roberthikade9759]

Great job Joe keep up the good content love your hunting style and you shut up and listen, top notch!

[@stevepalmateer]

I made the same mistake last week Joe on a 3yo buck quartering hard to me. Happened so quickly and I was hoping these new single bevel broadheads would twist itself into the boiler. While inspecting the (clean) arrow a deer grunted at me and sure enough, I look up with my headlamp and there's my buck looking at me at 15 yards like I'm a rival, grunting his head off at me.

[@capt.l7964]

Congratulations! When you said you had a pig coming in I was waiting for a hog 😆 As a Florida hunter it’s usually what shows up when deer hunting

[@justinlabar6763]

What part of Florida I'm in zone c, obviously I got a mix of both as well lol

[@michaelmcelhinney691]

Being a ground hunter, that frontal shot happens alot and is probably the most lethal because that arrow smokes alot. I think it gets trickier and tighter trying to catch something the higher up you are, but if you're comfortable doing it then go for it.

[@bedwards733]

Great job Joe , always loved your videos , keep em coming

[@tonysmith5785]

Well done Joe, congrats. The Wired to Hunt podcast featured Jessie Coots from upstate New York. He also use to be a prominent poster on the Hunting Beast forums.

[@joerentmeester7142]

No kidding? What was his username?

[@tonysmith5785]

@@joerentmeester7142 My mistake Joe. He was active 10-12 years ago on AT. My friend Andy May is the one that introduced Jessie to the Wired to Hunt audience and that's where I became familiar with him. BTW...the dude is hilarious if you follow his FB page and incredibly talented.

[@bobbygreen2291]

Congratulations joe on a great buck and a great ducking buck with a bonus piece of antler.

[@stomp4423]

Beautiful looking deer Joe! Congrats!

[@joshuaguidry4034]

Good deer man keep up the good work you are one of my favorite KZbin hunters

[@adammccarthy9608]

Hunted the same exact thing in Iowa this weekend with the 3 ridges and a knob. Saw 6 bucks on an all day sit. One shooter I couldn’t quite get a shot at. Love hunting hill country.

[@coreyfrasnelly7364]

I live in SE Ohio ....love our big bucks 👍🏻.....glad you made the trip buddy Monroe County

[@mikefeaster8827]

Congratulations Joe!!! Sweet video!!

[@IntrepidArcher]

Congratulations on a beautiful deer. Hopefully newer hunters will understand that a quartering-to shot is very low percentage compared to broadside or quartering away. It’s always better to let them walk than it is to wound and lose them!

[@jackrapier6748]

This is the fourth hunting beast video where I have seen someone take a poor shot lately. There’s always some excuse. I love how he downplays the one getting stabbed in the back like its no big deal. He will live sure but I bet if it was an arrow in your back you might think harder on it

[@TheBuckPsych]

Awesome as usual Joe

[@billmcconnell1737]

Congrats on your hunt here in Ohio. We have some bruisers just not behind ever tree like people think. If your confident you can make the shot take it.

[@SUBURBANBOWHUNTER]

Awesome buck! Congratulations

[@TradTech]

Good work Joe.

[@robertfulton2224]

Congratulations Joe awesome Buck!!!

[@timothyknutsen5212]

"Hey Joe! Where you going with bow in your hand" LOL 😄 Nice buck Joe. Kudos to your friend Chris for the invite. What bow are you shooting? I don't know too many if any bowhunters who can say they shaved an antler on a live buck!

[@100american5]

Great video Joe. Great hunt !!!

[@aaronhall765]

Congratulations Joe. I've only taken two quarting to shots. Both deadly. I think about the exit....

[@markb.1259]

Nice buck! Checklists, Checklists, Checklists... help you remember all the things you want to take with you! :-)

[@stevedenoyer5956]

Nice buck Joe, way to adapt to the area you’re in. Like you said listen to the locals

[@lukekalil4566]

Hey Joe, I totally would have taken that shot too! I actually killed a doe like that this year. If you aim for the right spot u can hit the vitals and just miss the gut at the exit hole...

[@BullmanOutdoors]

I totally agree with that shot . Aim for the heart you have room on each side. I wish I would have taken a near straight away at about 15 yrds at an old hog ... could have drilled that heart or a lung with a low exit ... but I didnt ... Nice job !

[@craig5649]

Just because you can kill a deer at that angle doesn't mean you should try. It's a rather small window and doesn't leave any margin for error. I know you're a good shot from seeing you on THP but you know and I know not everyone can drive tacks and someone will wound a deer that's taking your advice. What broadhead did you use and how much penetration did you get?

[@joerentmeester7142]

I agree. Definitely not everyone should take those shots. This was a G5 Striker, but I'm toying with the idea of switching to flat bevel.

[@craig5649]

@@joerentmeester7142 How far did the arrow penetrate?

[@bobbys6777]

Great job Joe you have become one of my favorite hunters to watch.!

[@Blackpanther_risen]

Thanks for sharing the truth about ur hunts....unlike some of those other guys in the industry who lies....even when it's on video.

[@bobbygolden8322]

Great Video Congratulations! What Lone wolf treestand are you using for your mobile setup? Thanks...

[@joerentmeester7142]

Lone wolf assault 2

[@joneshuntingadventures7971]

Nice hunt, Joe. Good shot too.

[@danwhiting4399]

Those hills look like Wayne National Forest. I love it there. Nice buck. Do you have a video of how the arrow holder works? I can’t tell from seeing the ones that you showed.

[@joerentmeester7142]

Thanks man! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHTZaKdvgtSpqsk

[@anthonyharris345]

That's awesome joe you were right in my neck of the woods I live close to Chris congrats on a nice ohio buck

[@SuperSlappy25]

Is Chris an outfitter?

[@anthonyharris345]

@@SuperSlappy25 no not that I'm aware of he's just a real good local guy that has a lot of knowledge about the state land around us and enjoys helping people connect on deer

[@redman4bills]

Where is he hunting in Ohio?

[@dylanchap1]

Joe, can specify exactly where you aim for your hard quartering to shots?

[@joerentmeester7142]

Sure, I'll put up some photos with some explanations on the hunting Beast fourm page discussing this.

[@stevepalmateer]

Can you link to the HB page here please?

[@yergsadventures5198]

Thanks for Sharing Joe👍

[@fishingfordham8083]

Congratulations Joe!!

[@ronmacdougall9612]

Congrats on the harvest

[@russclewley6945]

Nice buck Joe

[@thereelaccountant9246]

really cool. and really cool advise. everywhere is different. here in virginia it's similar to where you can't run and gun the way yal do where you will spook everything, kind of like your friend there said.

[@Intimidator82]

Nice deer Joe! I'd sit all day through snow and sleet here in Ontario Canada if I knew that one was going to show up. How high up on average do you hang your stands, 20-30 feet?

[@joerentmeester7142]

Probably 15 to 20. Sometimes higher if needed

[@johnny_fins]

Joe-love your stuff man. I almost feel like I’m playing hockey again with the boys when I hear some of the terminology. Question for you. I hunt a piece in Illinois at my buddy’s farm where 3 ridges come together in a bottom. 2 that run parallel to each other north facing and south facing and one that kind of runs perpendicular to them (east facing). There’s a ditch that runs in the saddle of all these ridges. I’m having a hard time finding a good wind because the bucks come from all directions. Do your thermals in the afternoon tend to flow down into the ditch? As in the deepest point

[@joerentmeester7142]

Mine were sucking down into the main "ditch" or draw that all the deer wanted to go into until the thermals started to pull up in the morning. Then at night they were sucking back down again at night and I could hear deer blowing down below. So depending upon time if year and if your hunting any deer or perhaps a Target buck, I would try to hit that in the mornings when the thermals are pulling up. Some spots you just can't hunt at certain times. Or depending upon how the bottoms lay out, try some sits down low and see if there is a little sweet spot where you can make your wind work down low

[@Beasel]

Go in at 8AM and hunt till 2-3P. Stay high

[@joerentmeester7142]

Josh knows his hill country stuff. His advice is worth its weight in gold

[@Hopeknives13]

Congrats Joe.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 you are a killer

[@peterpepich2693]

I always tell my friends wait for the broadside shot, no regrets

[@revolution2009E-7]

100% agree

[@Gumshara]

AWESOME video Thanks for sharing later cool stuff job well done joe ✌OUT

[@wesmac68]

Congrats on the Ohio buck

[@saypuppy]

Joe.. so where did the arrow actually enter and was it stopped by the back leg? Not criticizing at all. I've taken a hand full of deer facing me and it folds em up fast. Sometimes they run away with their briskets on the ground. Congrats.

[@joerentmeester7142]

I'll try and put some photos up on the hunting Beast forum discussion thread about this hunt and arrow placement. But it went in and hit, lungs, liver, diaphragm and I'm sure more, but those were the things I noticed. I think another important part if you're going to take shots like this is you can't be doing it an expandable or a big cut, you need good penetration.

[@charlienunya7530]

Great job

[@deathbyqtip33]

Please do next years public land challenge in ohio

[@bobalotb6760]

Watch The Ranch Fairy if you wanna learn to shoot something that'll pass through giant cape buffalo from 45lb bows..

[@ronmacdougall9612]

How do you like that single pin

[@bobbygreen2291]

Joe one of my favorite places to hunt deer here in NC is only three acres

[@whisperingoutdoors]

Hey there, at least wait till they turn broadside....I find a lot of deadheads around here....just saying ....yeah , you make a lot of messed-up shots.....idk stay in your own state with those shots! Please!

[@MrShysterme]

Thank goodness you didn't seriously wound him. With a too high yardage pin, you will actually shoot close to point of aim at extremely close yardage due to the arc of the arrow and the arrow not rising much at short range. Try it yourself. Stand at 5 yards. Shoot your 20, 30, 40, and 50 yard pins dead on. They will all hit within inches of each other. Heck, you don't even need to shoot, just hold on the target and see how closely all your pins cluster around the kill. The maximum overshoot for any pin is right around half of it's yardage (give or take due to parallax and air resistance). I write this to help other archers because as they get closer, you don't hold lower and lower. I use a moveable pin and usually have it set at 25 yards. At 5 yards? I hold dead nuts on because it is so close. I would only compensate by holding a bit low at 12 to 17 yards (and not much and usually not at all because my bow shoots 300 fps). Everyone should do a walk back shoot with various pins and actually see the ballistics, it isn't totally intuitive.

[@MrShysterme]

Airguns &rcs I know this seems like common sense to you but you are wrong. What you stated doesn’t address my point. Try what I said and shoot your 60 yard and other pins at very close yardage. You will see that at say 5 yards, all your pins hit very close to one another and that if close enough you will actually hit low. This is important to understand. I could do some math later to further underline this. My brother last year only had a 30 yard pin (a guy from his work dorked up his bow by setting the peep way too high). A deer walked out at 5 yards and he held low and promptly shot under it. An arrow shot at a 30 yard target with your 30 yard pin will be at its max vertical height a little past 15 yards. At point blank range, the arrow will strike below the target (pins are above arrow imagine a target right at end of bow). At some close yardage the 30 yard pin will be dead on as the arrow rises. Once you see this, it is incredibly obvious and I’m sorry you are having an issue seeing it and choose instead to assert I’m wrong using Incorrect reasoning. Technical rifle shooters routinely discuss what I am going over here. PS I taught projectile motion at the college level and can derive the equations from first principles quite easily.

[@MrShysterme]

@Airguns &rcs Not that it matters (but since you threw in that you've been doing this for 17 years).....I've been bowhunting 30 years and an archer for 38 years and a STEM professional for 20 years and was a science professor for 5 years. Right is right and wrong is wrong, and I'm not into fallacious arguments from authority. You are wrong about projectile motion as guided by an elevated sight. It is an arc because you angle the arrow upward, giving it a positive velocity upward in reference to the ground. Eventually, gravity strips that velocity to zero and that is when the arrow is at the top of its arc. I understand what you are getting at but you are thinking of this incorrectly. Read more and try my experiment and you will see. A very positive trait in life is being open to being wrong and learning from others, start that now.

[@MrShysterme]

@Airguns &rcs It doesn't matter if you use one or many pins in this regard. Each pin creates its own specific arc based upon the angle of elevation it sets. And we are not both correct, you are just not understanding my point and you think I am saying something I am not. Your retorts do not address my points. It seems you are hung up on the truism that an arrow dropped and an arrow shot perfectly horizontal will hit the ground at the same time. Also, I've heard some people say "a bullet starts dropping the moment it leaves the barrel", which is false because the barrel is nearly always angled upward, similar to you throwing a lobbed baseball. All of your pins will shoot low at point blank range. All of your pins will have a maximum vertical distance at somewhat past half the distance they are sighted in at. All of your pins will be dead on at some yardage less than the yardage it is sighted in at. It takes more complicated math to figure each of those at. For instance, it might be the case that your 20 yard pin is dead on at 5 yards and also 20 yards. If you would do some focused experimentation, then you would see that.

[@MrShysterme]

@Airguns &rcs If you shoot at a target that is shoulder height (same height as arrow) and placed at 10 yards, then there is an arc. The arrow is pointed slightly upward. The arrow rest being level regarding the bow and string doesn't matter. You are creating the arc by the sight causing you to elevate the front of the arrow above the rear of the arrow. I am going to stop now because I see that I am not going to accomplish anything.

[@MrShysterme]

@Airguns &rcs I don't still teach, but when I did I could realize when I was just beating my head against a wall. Read this: www.range365.com/why-you-miss-at-close-range/

[@festes81]

Glad you had a good hunt here in Ohio. So far the only deer I've managed to kill was with my motorcycle and even self-filmed (also my inspiration for getting into hunting). What was the name of that podcast mentioned at the end?

[@joerentmeester7142]

player.fm/series/wired-to-hunt-podcast/ep-307-becoming-a-freestyle-deer-hunter-with-jesse-coots

[@festes81]

@@joerentmeester7142 Thanks!

[@timetohunt1]

Hey Joe can you provide a link to Christopher's you tube page. Can't seem to find him? Thanks

[@joerentmeester7142]

m.kzbin.info/door/MHsWZ9VbokGYRWX2Jp48Fg?itct=CBwQ6p4EIhMI5ZfiobXj5QIVmU3tCh3x7AcT&csn=tPzJXY-7GYGMigT267jgDg&wlfg=true he doesn't have a lot going on on his KZbin page, but his Facebook page is what I was referring to, definitely check that out.

[@Shiloh3498]

Way to go Joe!

[@chrislindsey3523]

much better buck than he looked in the video

[@darrylsmijan9123]

That’s bow hunting at it’s realest

[@buckeye2108]

I understand it’s a self filmed hunt, but I’ve noticed a few times, you’ve taken either quartering shots or moving shots? Why not wait for a broadside shot?? Or just wait for that right shot

[@joerentmeester7142]

I never stop them anymore. I've tried to stop too many that bolted. Check out Aaron's quartering forward kill video that he just put up on the THP page. Same exact thing. He explains it better than I did in the video.

[@robertfiztgerald7353]

BEEKER !!! YOUR STILL ALIVE !!!! just kidding joe you the man!!! but you do remind me of beeker

[@markhall1169]

Need to come to Indiana public ground I'm waiting on that text from dan saying were on our way lol. I'm sure hes showed u the pics I've sent him u need to come down bro I can put u on some good 1s

[@mikeroller1298]

What broadhead is that? Thinking of switching to fixed as my expandable head wouldn’t make it through that shot.

[@joerentmeester7142]

I use the G5 striker and the one you saw in the video is the Sik broadhead. I've been playing with them more and I like the idea of the better penetration you get with them

[@sikbroadheads802]

sikbroadheads.com/ use promo code "SIK20" if you want to try them out.

[@timwozniak7574]

Nice work..congratulations. but that buck you shot the antler on was nerves my freind. Your 40 should have been dead on at 10 yds..

[@1TZSL0]

Honesty. Real life mess ups happen while hunting.

[@richienell]

Nice buck but wow your bow is loud.

[@joerentmeester7142]

The speaker of the camera was right tight up against the bow

[@richienell]

@@joerentmeester7142 Gotcha. What weight arrow are you propelling?

[@joerentmeester7142]

Maxima 250 at 29 inches

[@joshuaguidry4034]

Joe what sight are you using I prefer one pin

[@joerentmeester7142]

HHA Optimizer with a super small pin. Cant remember the size.

[@Czmmorgan]

Where was you aiming to hit the deer in the antlers?

[@joerentmeester7142]

Head over to the Huntingbeast fourm for a better explanation

[@matthewdickson8669]

What part of Ohio? I live in NE Ohio

[@mthurman9613]

So that's what the phrase horn hunter means.. lol

[@kurtshinn9498]

Beautiful Deer 🦌

[@justinsigmon1878]

What was the name of his podcast I couldn't find it.

[@packmastergundogs]

castbox.fm/vb/192501365.

[@joerentmeester7142]

player.fm/series/wired-to-hunt-podcast/ep-307-becoming-a-freestyle-deer-hunter-with-jesse-coots

[@MichiganGoneWild]

Nothing wrong with a quartering to shot. Good Buck Joe!

[@surffishermanandcrossbowki9457]

Why no entrance or exit holes?

[@dustball3000]

What was the podcast he said to listen to?

[@joewaters9192]

I had to rewatch the video but that deer was not quartering at all. That was a straight on shot and not a good one to take....but that's just my opinion. I shot a big ten points whole left antler off when I was fifteen. I was looking at his horns instead of aiming!! It happens.

[@trailboy68]

Did he kill both those buck's in Ohio? Great deer, nice job on getting it done!

[@joerentmeester7142]

No, I only killed the deer in the video in Ohio. My other two were Michigan and Wisconsin

[@brandonbodi7578]

What poundage you shoot?? And how far was that shot?

[@joerentmeester7142]

65 pounds, 18ish yards

[@nomercyhogdogs6386]

Were is the video of the buck on that table

[@joerentmeester7142]

No video of it, was buck that I chased for many years and found dead

[@nomercyhogdogs6386]

@@joerentmeester7142 what did it score

[@joerentmeester7142]

Never had it scored, would love to know though. Check out my Instagram, I have a few photos of it.

[@underdogoutdoors]

Bowhunting reality, Ohio is a great state to hunt and has some giants. I'd never take a quartering to shot, usually end up in heart break, and not the buck's heart, mine.

[@windstretch]

What the link to that podcast you talking about

[@joerentmeester5421]

player.fm/series/wired-to-hunt-podcast/ep-307-becoming-a-freestyle-deer-hunter-with-jesse-coots

[@DavidGonzalez-ek3zh]

Can't believe you took that kind of angle shot. We all get burned when they make you. Just have to regroup and get better at hunting or positioning. Smh

[@Matt-de7eg]

David Gonzalez I’ve killed many with that same shot. You need to know what you’re doing. Joe knows what he’s doing. He might be young but he’s killed more quality bucks than many many watching these videos. He does it on public land too. Syh somewhere else bc you must not understand the anatomy of a deer if you think that shot isn’t an ethical one. I bet he got two lungs and the heart and the buck didn’t go 50 yards. How’s that not ethical? ....smh at your comment DG

[@DavidGonzalez-ek3zh]

@@Matt-de7eg thx for your reply Matt. I understand a deer anatomy. Have hunted 35 yrs with bow with quality bucks including several pope and young. If you are 10yrds or closer, that shot can work. Otherwise you are into one or two lungs and liver. Not the heart which sits behind front leg and low in the thorax area. Good luck in all your big game pursuits.

[@Matt-de7eg]

Well the shot worked really well. I agree it needs to be close to make the shot happen. It would appear to have been close enough. The deer died quick. Good luck this year

[@TheHYENA87]

David Gonzalez Hello David, just wanted to add something, Joe talks in the video about a friend that hunts in cattails on the ground, and takes frontal shots, I do this a lot, because on the ground in thick stuff it tends to lead to a lot of frontal situations. I have been hunting as long you have, I do frontal shots quite often, probably 20 yards and under, 55 pound bow, COC 560 grain arrow overall... so it’s not a matter of “if your ten yards and under it can work” there is much more going on - if your statement was correct then a lot of my bucks weren’t killed...if I was to look back at all my tracking jobs the frontal shots have been the shortest tracking jobs, If you have a heavy enough arrow your going length wise through the animal.... come on, ethical is what expires the animal best, and it doesn’t get any better then what happened to Joe in this video. Not everyone in the world hunts the same way, you coulda just said congratulations, great shot, that’s what I was gonna do, until I saw your comment..... SMH.

[@DavidGonzalez-ek3zh]

@@TheHYENA87 Thx for your suggestions on frontal esp from on the ground. Have an awesome rest of your season.

[@79TEOG]

Whats the story of the buck on your desk

[@joerentmeester7142]

Deer I chased and never got but found dead

[@Dss-bm3rz]

Hate to criticize bc I bowhunt myself and know how difficult it is, but I think your drawing to soon and committing yourself to difficult shots. Either way, great video. Great deer

[@joshcohen3802]

What sight are you using?

[@joerentmeester7142]

HHA

[@michaelschlund2909]

How many deer you wound taking that shot? Not for me

[@joerentmeester7142]

Zero. Unless an antler counts. Definitely not for everyone, I respect anyone that feels it's not for them, because sometimes it just isn't.

[@michaelschlund2909]

Well that is good to hear. Hopefully you can keep your lucky streak.

[@dhjr43]

To All the negative people " please share your videos on KZbin so we can admire how great you are!" I'm guessing you are to scared to share.! Lol

[@charliebelle6693]

I don't video but been hunting since 1976. IMO, with a bow that's not an ethical shot.

[@minkmink410]

Crazy

[@matthewlape532]

Reason I don’t shoot moveable single pins, then that doesn’t happen