Part 3 - Mapping Public Land Whitetails | Scouting Access Points

[@realwildoutdoors4198]

Between you guys and Steven Rinella, I’ve definitely been convinced that I NEED OnX maps for my public land hunts this fall.

[@maxflash2020]

“THERES A WHITETAIL ANIMAL!” Haha I lost it, y’all are so informative and flat out hilarious. Hunted public for the first time last year after discovering your channel, killed a doe early season and got on some real nice bucks just never was close enough to seal the deal. Excited to get back after it this year. Thanks for the content and humor

[@boomerrangerron]

Just exceptionally done! I have an OnXMap, and you've taught me more in the past three videos than I've been able to learn on my own! thank you.

[@darrinnelson241]

You have helped me shift from a 'Deer Hunter' to 'Hunting Deer'...I live in NJ but grew up in NH hunting as a kid into HS..back to hunting 3 yrs ago in NJ by sitting in stands and yes sometimes putting corn out...so sorry...now age 53 I have been working really hard implementing your techniques with scouting and they are starting to pay off...my hope is that I can help my youngest son learn these as well and together get a big buck this season...Stay tuned!..I will work on recording my experience and share it with you guys

[@flushot6513]

Need more people like you guys have respect for the outdoors leave better than you found it. Nice

[@TheQualityGlassmith]

Really enjoying these scouting progression vids! Thanks for all the time and effort you guys are putting into these. Im learning so much!. 👍

[@Shiloh3498]

I discovered Onx in November in my 36th archery season, now I can't imagine ever hunting without it!

[@soko1450]

My season is still over two months away and I can't stop watching everything about whitetail animals.

[@clydedaglide3385]

Same man

[@doncook3584]

Wow y’all continue to mirror my values (3:58 leave it better than you found it). Mid December found 3 gallon paint cans near the east parking lot of Hickory Ridge WMA Nebraska. Have taught my kids LIBTYFI. Leave it better than you found it. My gear always includes empty container for trash left by slobs.

[@HuntNreeLAndy-M]

Man, you guys are freaking awesome. Giving beyond good information!! Keep them coming!

[@tr1pl333]

I’ve definitely been needing a video series like this. Thanks for your work. I did go ahead and download ONX for my phone and responded to the survey to tell them The Hunting Public put me on it.

[@ChenagoOutdoors]

Going back through these videos to see if i missed anything. Its nice to see you guys picking up some of that trash. I've got a couple pieces around me I hunt people use like a garbage dump. Dec and forest Rangers don't do anything to prevent it. Not hard to leave with what you brought. Great video as usual hope there's more like this over this summer.

[@J155P]

"THERE'S A WHITETAIL ANIMAL!" LOL! Great video guys. You have an excellent channel!

[@jaredgandy7193]

How many people have now hunted this spot now ?? Seeing how y’all showed exactly where to go… can all show me where you’d hunt on Lauderdale WMA in Alabama please

[@matthewsims359]

This is the stuff that you dont get from the other hunting channels. This is real scouting and hunting, not going in to an are that is over populated with deer, dumping out a bag of corn and waiting on a deer to come eat. This is good stuff. Stay safe everybody

[@bmalone0688]

What do you recommend for someone from as far away as Texas? I should draw my first Iowa tag next year and boots on the ground scouting is not an option for me. I understand picking basic go to spots but like you guys proved in this video with the bridge, what the maps show aren't always the way it is. Thanks and keep up the good work.

[@clydedaglide3385]

Really small often over looked pieces of public, and do an observation set first day. That's how this southern missouri boy does it when up north. It's been very productive. Dont be afraid to get in tight on bedding. It is public after all.

[@JtotheG317]

You guys might want to ask a game warden about that last pull-off ( if u hunt it). Sometimes there will be a corner of private that looks like public access but is not (kinda like corner hopping in the west). It's probably fine but the way it looked on Onx made me think of that. Thanks again!!!

[@kylerentmeester]

the whitetail adrenaline boys loveee that river!

[@Clbbh88]

I've pry watched 1 segment 10 times trying to figure out what Zach was rambling about after he got out of the car right before he says "that's duck potato right there". Something about a telephone wire lol

[@sioux787]

What time of year do you guys start this ? How. Can you put sets up when you wont know what cover will look like?

[@Studio215official]

Question about onX. Is it a annual payment? And on the website it says the maps are for private land, but you guys are showing public lands, is that separate on the app?

[@cjtuccio]

When you guys are scouting like this, do you care about anything related to noise/spooking deer away? How close are you doing this scouting to the hunting season?

[@VicsYard]

Might just have to try the Onx this year. That would make finding a spot a lot quicker!

[@CryptoBridgeMan]

Great advice given here, perhaps too much lol. Somebodies spilling all the beans. Question though, how do y'all keep the chiggers and deer ticks and turkey mites from biting? I just got tore up with a ton of bug spray on.

[@TheHuntingPublic]

We like to use permethrin.

[@kccuffsman]

What do you guys use for tick repellent? You spend a lot of time in the woods. You gotta use something to not be ate up. Lol

[@CatmanOutdoors]

Looks a lot like our public land here in middle TN

[@arttrumbo9496]

Catman Outdoors whereabouts in tennessee do you hunt? I was thinking about hunting LBL this year.

[@jasonhaga5412]

Great break down in field from the previous ones.

[@thecaptainonline]

Nice job guys. Thank you. Google Earth allows you to change dates/time of year so you can see different water levels at different times of the year.

[@zacharyjones6882]

how do you do that ?

[@thecaptainonline]

In Google Earth, zoom into the area you want to review. Once you get the scale of miles at around 2 miles out (watch the scale in lower left hand corner), a Year box will appear. Mine displays 1998 & when I hover my mouse over it, a little pop-up comes up & says "Click to see historical imagery from 1998". Click that box with the year in it. At the top left corner of the map, another rectangular box appears and here, you can move a "slider" around to different dates. Earth will display imagery from the dates available based on what images have been captured for the area you are looking at. It will show you images from different years & month's of the year. Let me know if you have questions or if I am not explaining it clearly.

[@zacharyjones6882]

thanks

[@doncook3584]

Chris Bardy and the THP guys-Google Earth shows elevation so you can know if creek has steep bank. Zoom in and watch the elevation in lower right.

[@Pennebaker1]

Quick question for you guys since you’ve been hunting public ground for so long. Would you say the Muddy Outdoors sticks along with the lock on they make is easier to use and set up than a summit climber? Especially if I’m walking at least a mile in every time I hunt?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

J Man we like the stand and sticks. There are tons of good stand options out there but the Muddy sticks are pretty slick. However, we don’t think they are in stock anymore

[@matthewpile6347]

Great stuff once again. I’m really thinking about switching to the OnXhunt app. Do you know if there is a way to download my waypoints and etc. I have on my Garmin to OnX? If I could do this, I might leave my Garmin in my car.

[@Zeppelinfaktor]

I wouldn’t be surprised. You can upload KMZ files (those points and lines you create in Google Earth) to OnX. If there’s a way you can download the points from your GPS to your computer I’d think you’d be able to accomplish that!

[@ShaneSimpsonHunting]

I wonder if 'ol Billy Bob and family watched episode 2 and beat you guys to scouting the creek crossing. Lol

[@JohnRobinson_Oklahoma]

Shane Simpson did you recognize Billy Bob's Barefeet in the mud? Ha

[@ShaneSimpsonHunting]

Dead giveaway. lol

[@drycreekoutdoors9094]

Curious to how you guys get a kill out in areas where you can drive an atv or vehicle of any kind in to retriever the animal? Also what is you guys way when kayaking in and out?

[@andrewdean4959]

Packing the meat out of course, if your hunting two miles back in a piece of public good luck dragging a mature buck out by yourself you need to quarter the deer at the kill site and carry it out

[@dougwalton4831]

Your Ohio deer tour ? I've hunted same type maybe same place . my phone goes dead out here & my onX with it ??

[@mikefeaster8827]

Great information, guy's keep up the great work!!!

[@mommavibey6283]

What lens you have on your GoPro with the mic you have.

[@nicholashall94]

Hey guys when yall use your kayaks to access places, how do yall keep them from getting stolen while your hunting?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Bama - To be honest, we've never really worried about it - at least we've never taken any preventative measures to keep them from getting stolen other than dragging them up on shore a little ways and trying to hide them. We rarely encounter anyone else when we access public land with kayaks. If you have a tree (or something substantial) close by you could padlock the kayak to it. Or you could cover it with camo netting to make it less conspicuous. Camo Systems Netting would work great for this. Thanks for watching!

[@ssoutdoors4424]

Hey what stands do you guys like to use? Thanks!

[@josephwalsh4798]

What are you using for Bino harness

[@brianadams8049]

Y'all do video right. And the links are helpful. Which model Vortex optics are y'all using? I'm in need a new pair and I trust y'all are using the kind good for scouting folk.

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Brian Adams we use the viper and diamondbacks. Also have one of the Viper spotting scopes which would be very handy for elk scouting. They are awesome

[@xnikateenx]

Every time I run that app battery life is a problem. Even with backlight down WiFi off airplane mode and no other apps or windows open it just drains the battery to nothing

[@geterdun57]

Great video and great channel! Thanks for the great content!

[@_jurist]

Zack AKA Joe Dirt.... The mullet hunter....LOL

[@MommyOutdoors]

Here is me watching this whole series for the 4th time trying to pick apart my public land😅

[@bradbowbuzz9272]

Hey guys, followed you through out the years. So, I occasionally hunt the properties you highlighted on your last 3 videos. QUESTION, are you guys going to spend time hunting these parcels?? and history for you... I also hunt a lot of stuff east of there but these parcels highlighted in these 3 videos are by far the hardest pressured public in the state (especially vs East by Rathburn). These are a pretty short and straight shot to des moines so the traffic is insane year round. I've hunted "miles back" & still find it in top pressured public that exists. I recall you guys hunted the public that was more by Rathburn in the past. Which, being a couple hours from Des Moines & a big city obviously has far less pressure. It's where I find immensely less pressure. I wasn't sure if you were just using this as an example or if you're really going to log days out there? The public around Rathburn seems like a far better fit for the good guys who really want to make the drive to get far away from town, like you said. Are you guys still spending a lot of time over there too? Thanks and good luck this fall!

[@TheHuntingPublic]

For the purpose of this mapping series, we wanted to make sure we were scouting NEW areas that we hadn't hunted in the past. We've hunted the areas you mentioned but are always looking for new ground. These spots are definitely getting pressure but we won't rule out any area because it can all change so fast. We didn't think much of it when choosing this location other than we'd never been there before and wanted to check it out. We've also found numerous other areas that receive a similar amount of hunting pressure in Iowa. Seems to all change so much from year to year on nearly every piece that we scout and hunt. There's only so many tags allocated each year in Iowa unlike an OTC state where pressure is much higher. With a similar number of hunters in the woods every year, we find ourselves more successful by learning as many areas as possible, so we can adapt if they move into the spots we're hunting. In short, to answer your question we MIGHT hunt these areas depending on the situation. We found some good stuff there when scouting.

[@WesternNyBigfoot]

For some viewers you should show what topo lines mean and what to look for since you have a good following. Like saddles pinch points ect.

[@rkayser89]

How do you guys deal with poison ivy? Or are you lucky and just don't get it?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Rob Kayser some of us just don’t get it. The rest of us just deal with it and and try not to itch.

[@WesternNyBigfoot]

That track may have been a sasquatch track✔️

[@davidvanco5462]

Might be a dumb question. How is it that theres corn on public land or is it neighboring property?

[@TheEzwin286]

David Vanco there’s a lot of crop fields on public...here in Michigan it’s hard to find a piece of public without a crop field somewhere on it.

[@ShaneSimpsonHunting]

Ag on public is common in the midwest.

[@davidvanco5462]

Thanks for the reply. I'm applying for nonresident in Iowa for 2019, so I'll be patiently waiting and hopefully it will be a couple of years and not a decade lol.

[@MrDrMeow]

Love your videos guys

[@aaronhall765]

Superb video!

[@kybeau]

I bet someone watching this is like "oh crap, that's my spot... Or at least was my spot before 20k people just found out about it"

[@tomwoods8678]

I did hunt where they parked on the second piece of public property. Actually I parked right where they did. I have hunted that DeKalb piece pretty well. I always see people parked in spots all around it when I show up at 4am. If I see a truck parked where I want to hunt I just go down the road to the next spot I know, if the wind is right. If not I move to another location where it is. Fortunately I haven't had anyone walk across me down there just yet nor have I walked across anyone else. Sometimes I go up around Red Rock and walk back a mile or so and still have people cross me. I might rethink hunting DeKalb this year. I know it's pressured, 2 years ago I went in for an all day sit but unfortunately had to go to the restroom so I packed it up around 11am, went and found a restaurant down the road and did my business and decided to go back but the wind changed so after G-mapping the area real hard I settled on a spot and went there at 2:30 and was in a tree by 3:30. I didn't make a shot but what was funny is when I came out in the dark there were 5 other trucks by mine. Anyhoo good luck this season.

[@lyonshunter200]

Next time let a guy know you will be in my woods and I’ll come help ya! Haha

[@joelbeadle4654]

Too bad OnX is not available for Canada

[@vincentc2466]

any of you creek-crossers out there... well u got me beat

[@zacharyjones6882]

how can I get ahold of yall email ect?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

follow us on Facebook/Instagram and message us there

[@flightcancelledoutfitters4455]

Gonna be weird when a lot of you guys from Southern Iowa maybe even some of you out of state guys who buy an out of state tag and go hunt these spots because you think these guys do too.... gonna be a pretty high pressured hunt, meanwhile they're low key scheming to spend their time in undisclosed locations... pretty clever, gotta admit these boys are smarter than 99 percent of public land hunters. For example, Theres no way that people didn't start hunting that river bottom unit with all of the buck beds last year right after they started posting it on the channel... these days with social media there is no good nearly no public spot that no one knows about and very few big bucks that no one knows about, gotta continue to adapt to the competition.

[@TheHuntingPublic]

We actually don't see a huge difference in the spots we hunt. The buck nest got more attention after we showed it but only from the guys who were already hunting the area. It didn't really seem to attract new people to the spot. If people do as you say, we try to adapt to the competition as you say. Our hope is that people can learn from the process in these videos and apply it where they are hunting. We are showing these areas in detail which has it's disadvantages but we feel like the pros far outweigh the cons.

[@brettbeato4774]

Local Iowa residents getting some million dollar intel right there. Hope y’all aren’t trying to hunt these places after scouting?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Brett Beato We could hunt them yes. Hunting pressure changes all the time on these public grounds. One day it can hurt you and ruin your hunt. Next day it could help push a buck in your direction. We are likely overlooking some great spots. These vids only scratch the surface of what’s available here.

[@BlueWidow2010]

Zack, mic, mic Zack.

[@jacoba5131]

Long hair guy, do you work out?

[@J155P]

You're either joking or new to the channel. You can tell he's a super good guy and knows his stuff. Excellent hunter.

[@jacoba5131]

No man not joking, I just thought he was looking like he worked out in that grey shirt. Not questioning his goodness or hunting ability either lol. Just simply asking if he worked out.

[@J155P]

Understandable. Sorry for the misinterpretation then. "Yeah...he must work out." - Lloyed Christmas

[@jacoba5131]

Lol! Ok.

[@TheHuntingPublic]

I try to stay active and workout as much as I can. Thanks haha

[@chasejindra68]

Did any one else hear the turkey gobble at 9:33???

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Haha! Not until you mentioned it but sure sounds like one!