September Deer Hunting Rules

[@jesselapinski5641]

I got a 10 point that has been floating around the area for years now finally got him coming through the property he looks like he’s feeling comfortable, other bucks coming through as well feeling really good about this season. No mistakes.

[@johnknorr1140]

Here in Pennsylvania archery season not far away can’t wait

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Amen John...so dang soon 😊👍

[@therealDYL93]

The best hunting advice I got was to get in the stand no matter what. Ive slocked some monsters on hot september evenings. Ive nailed some on windy days. Yes chances go down on days like that but you never know until youre there.

[@jerryshowens3049]

Thanks Jeff for another very informative video.

[@danorris5235]

Always great to have a refresher before the opener. It reminds me not to freak out and make poor decisions that'll influence the rest of the season.

[@donaldberg3068]

Thanks again jeff Unlike some people i really appreciate all u do for us whitetail hunters ! I owe u for a major amoutn of cganges that i have made to makes us better conservationist!

[@theaudacity496]

i see lots of deer moving before and after various weather systems including wind direction changes but ive also had mature bucks on my cameras that only pass at night move in the day during heavy rain/snow storms.

[@matthewthomas7648]

Jeff you have the best information regarding deer and how to hunt them. I use HuntWise all the time!! Our season opens October 1st here in Louisiana

[@BasedDad]

Great advice.

[@SnakeBitBob1982]

Where I hunt this time of year there is no way to sit and not sweat...and stink up the area

[@Unknown1-111]

Talk about being fully drenched in sweat opening day

[@whitehondarider22]

As i said twice now frozen water bottles but somone doesnt like that comment and keeps deleting it

[@mikeacri8524]

That's why you wait for that 95° day to turn into 80° dress appropriately and take your time. Enjoy seeing more deer in a time you didn't hunt before

[@Unknown1-111]

@@mikeacri8524 it was 80 degrees opening day here in nc .

[@Unknown1-111]

@@mikeacri8524 short sleeves and all .

[@marcusgrace8621]

Thanks Jeff for your info

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

You are welcome Marcus 👍😊 Thank YOU for watching!!

[@shadyroids]

I have 40 acres in wisconsin that seem to be a travel through area. I only have consistent buck pictures in the morning 630-9am not very many deer during afternoon/evening. Cant wait for opener

[@jesse4530]

I have spooked deer on one location and the exact same deer came back same time the next day sooo many times. Maybe a mature buck might be weiry but i doubt he will wait 3 weeks to return. Its just that mature bucks are more nomadic.

[@transamguy9073]

Great vid love all the tips. Opening day in oh is the end of sept. If the weather is decent my boy and i will head out

[@exotictones1054]

Good stuff guys.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much!

[@buckfifty-two-thousand8640]

My 20 acres in sw Michigan is off limits right now…

[@markwesthoff1757]

It's a cam ad? How bright to name it Hunting Rules.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

😂

[@janitorialguy4436]

Thanks Jeff

[@whitehondarider22]

Hunting season doesn’t start till this weekend in wisconsin and the poachers have already been at it they got 2 bucks this weekend from the road, guys keep tabs around your properties!

[@jasonlower620]

I’m hunting 30 acres and the only thing I have seen on the trail camera is the same two does and a fawn and caught one spike on camera once….

[@matthewthomas7648]

I would love to hear you discuss a video about hunting deer in Louisiana.

[@drewharman1690]

Not used to seeing a video posted this late in the day

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ha, me either Drew! I'm on my honeymoon 😁

[@drewharman1690]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751congrats buddy saw on Facebook you and Jen got married

[@dswish1730]

Honeymoon🤔Ya got a keeper this time.Hope she shares your best stands with ya😂Congratulations to you and Jen.

[@udflyer98]

Watching the effect of driving a tractor into my stand location yesterday to fill up the waterhole. Had deer on camera about 2 hours later. Didn't see some of the bigger bucks show up that I've been seeing daily. Ohio opener is still 3 weeks away. Should be enough time to be forgiven for my intrusion.

[@frankspataro9714]

Wish we could hunt sep it's so much easier pattern and strike lol we don't start till the 5th of Oct and by then they are switching around mixing it up pretty good still usaully connect but sep cool front they are still around showing up on camera early in the evenings

[@blackmambaram7034]

I'm very annoyed right now, spent all day prepping my food plot, spread seed and now my cameras are going crazy with a doe eating my fresh seeds. Not what I expected after being in there the last 2 days all day. I left a ton of scent but apparently it didn't keep them away. Now to figure the best method to keep them out until I'm ready for them to come in.

[@MikeJones-vb1me]

Wish you had posted this about 14 days ago 😆🤦‍♂

[@Froggies505]

See mature bucks. This dude is funny I’ve seen 4 in 17 years

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Definitely need to change where and how you hunt 👍😉 It really isn't that hard if you work a little hard at it!

[@Froggies505]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 yeah I wish. Got big into public land hunting the past few years. And majority of bucks have been on public not our family land. Hike back 1-2 miles and find the sign, but if I do see them they are across the property line and only make it to public at night. It’s tough out here in mn when every piece of public land gets slaughtered by the idiots gun hunting who drive everything.

[@Cloud4hundred20]

Ive had some pretty crazy hunts I always put myself in a crazy position and crazy things happen. I have seen some mega giants here in Ohio on public land and private land. Ohio to me is home of the giants.. I’m after two different bucks this year one super close to my house huge 13 pointer with extras. And a huge typical 14 pointer both are huge bucks… I absolutely can not wait. I’m going crazy..

[@jackrapier6748]

Quick Question. I live in northern Arkansas. Power company just came through my property and cleared easement leaving exposed dirt. Is there any seed I could just toss out right now to get some sort of food plot?

[@joshkimball8084]

What would you do in this situation..I sit in a apple orchard on public typically when I hunt it in after noon but when I do sometimes I get stuck in my stand by the deer coming in just before dark and stay past dark what should I be doing different ..?

[@ClintonSmith-op5gb]

Get in between their entrance points and the orchard. 70-80 yards

[@joshkimball8084]

Just happens to be there entrance point that I think is where there coming and going out is on the private land that butts up to the public land I hunt with not much space between propertys ... That's why I sit in apples ..what would possibly be next option??

[@ClintonSmith-op5gb]

@@joshkimball8084 maybe possibly hunt that edge if you cant get it there. Set up some camera's and see if you can learn their patterns. Idk really. Id have to see all the options. Being in the orchard with the deer aint optimal in my opinion. It would be like sitting in a food plot

[@ClintonSmith-op5gb]

@@joshkimball8084 or just wait for rifle season

[@joshkimball8084]

@@ClintonSmith-op5gb well thank you for all the info you have gave me so far I'll put more cams around the area

[@devouring2772]

I wont see bucks for at least a few more weeks

[@gerardsavage239]

Hey Jeff, when bucks get spooked, do they typically blow like the does do? Or does he leave silently and "take a mental note".

[@BG-bx4ey]

Bucks blow... it is quite the haunting noise.

[@whitehondarider22]

Depends ive had plenty of mature bucks put there head down and dip out with out making a sound not even a branch break they just gone, little bucks might bob there head and blow at you

[@connorkropp6017]

🦌😁

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks Connor 😊 Sorry this is so late...I'm on my honeymoon 😁

[@Buelford]

Someone help me settle a myth... Does throwing out corn spook mature bucks in areas where there is virtually no farm land

[@whitehondarider22]

It definitely makes hunting mature bucks harder that hunting then naturally, people have this idea that bait piles is like shooting fish in a barrel and that could be true if you want to shoot yearlings but those mature bucks know all about bait piles and no matter how you hunt them they will bust you

[@Buelford]

@@whitehondarider22 I have a nice 6x6 that's come through my spot 2 times and both times, he's completely ignored the corn. I've heard so many different people argue about this, but I think we're just going to stop baiting in that area and see what happens. Thanks for your input I appreciate it.

[@whitehondarider22]

Okay so ive done alot of bait hunting and theres alot of self taught lessons when it comes to baiting when people say they got a big buck on there land i always try to sway them away from baiting because there is definitely a science to it for mature bucks, 1 thing is it draws in alot of attention from does and yearlings and i have been busted a sickening amount of times over a bait pile by a mature does with her fawn and they will sit over that pile and blow at you untill you get up and chase them away, a mature buck will almost always J hook around and into the bait and he is scent checking hard, his J hook is going to be in the thick cover around the bait before he goes in once again I have been busted a sickening amount of times and majority of the times my wind is right but the J hook ends up going over my walk in trail and when they pick up your boot scent he will be gone before you know it, he will not blow he will put his head down and dip out

[@whitehondarider22]

The deer will always bed next to the pile aswell so once again i have busted numerous deer trying to sneek into my stand around the pile, the best set up for bait is rifle season and having that bait 300 yards away and hunting down wind of the thick cover thats down wind and not going i to your stand until 10am and hunting all day, trust me i love putting apples out and feeding my deer so when season comes there is such an itch to hunt over or around a pile but non of the bucks on my wall came from a bait pile, but from hunting cover

[@whitehondarider22]

Majority of people throw the bait on a trail and you cant do that you need to find the correct place to use that bait so you have the cover and wind always in your favor

[@ClintonSmith-op5gb]

Working my first managed prop this year. 40 acres. Super excited but nervous also

[@BustedLimbOutdoors]

Don’t be nervous! Any mistake you make you can use as a learning tool for the future.

[@troybrake5686]

Been using your knowledge and it's payed dividends jeff! My first yr doing plots is coming together good other than the sparce rains, thank god for heavy dews! Lol! My brassicas are blowing up so i put a camera on them today and I'm anxious to see what i have for bucks this yr cause it changes every yr! Wish me luck! Good video as always boy's!🎉🎉

[@rockarolla4756]

Great info as always Jeff, season doesn’t start for me until Oct 1st. VT

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot and man, I bet you can't wait!

[@Nomo17373]

Unfortunately, I’m in the same boat, October 1st😢

[@rockarolla4756]

@@Nomo17373 hanging stands and trimming branches next week.

[@Nomo17373]

@@rockarolla4756 Hurricane will be doing the trimming for me😂

[@Fulksarchery]

Congratulations Jeff

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much!

[@TimParker-d3h]

Season starts where I am in PA on Sept. 21. Can’t wait!

[@thannerz]

Jeff, my guy! The guy!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

We appreciate you Nathaniel!

[@lizardfreak321]

I’ve been trying something new this year. Where I live you can bait. So I’ve been going down there about once a week, walking around a lot, spitting on the ground, hell I’ve even peed a few times down there. But everytime I do, I throw a 1/4 bag of corn around. Now, I’ll simply go down there, and within 5-10 minutes of leaving the deer come in thinking there’s food. Goal this year: go down, spread my scent, feed them, leave, walk the long way around to my blind (so they think I left) and wait. It might only work once, but testing new things is just half the fun!

[@jesse4530]

Make a special noise that carries. It's the dinner bell. Works pretty good for doe families, provided you go there durring their natural feeding cycle.

[@lizardfreak321]

@@jesse4530 I’ll try that! I feel this isn’t only gonna be a early season trick to get 1-3 does, but at least I can fill the fridge then trophy hunt 🙏🏼🔥

[@jesse4530]

@lizardfreak321 feed in the same spot, put out a camera, and you'll know exactly who is coming and you'll know what time. Once they are patterned, only a really strong windy day would change that pattern.

[@Cloud4hundred20]

@@lizardfreak321that’s my plan also been feeding them for month and a half. I’m sure by now they smell me and know there is fresh food and treats for them.

[@lizardfreak321]

@@jesse4530 just got a buck off the spot 🙏🏼

[@mick304]

For those of us with Oct 1st starts, how much of a "summer" pattern would you say those deer are in? Having hunted IA/IL for many years I have never harvested a nice buck until at least Oct 25th. I have seen some big bucks before that, but never had a shot opportunity. My general rule these days is stick to public land prior to around October 25th. I certainly have the opportunity to take some does like that, but I try not to disturb any of my private land before pre-rut in N IL/IA.

[@shanebenson1988]

Hunting on the ground, doe came in behind me, spooked and blew, and ran away How long should I wait to go back out there? Hunting on the edge of a 1/8 acre food plot Private land 7 acres

[@moedog5087]

Awesome video as always!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Christopher!!

[@Lpass2020]

The fall weather has moved into Long Island about 5 weeks early this year. Taking your advice from a past video, I installed a mock scrape 3 weeks ago at the intersection of 3 really busy trails that all connect beds to 2 different food sources. It is getting hit almost daily by 5 bucks ( 3 shooters!!!) and more does than I can count. Before finding your channel, I would have been in there way too early. Thanks for everything you do to help all of us stay out of our own way!!!!!!

[@brandonburdette7895]

Sep 15 here in south Carolina season starts for me and I have some really great bucks on camera this year one buck definitely will score 130 or better

[@Cloud4hundred20]

Yeah I got a big ole buck on my camera crazy 13 pointer with tons of extra stuff including a third brow tine crazy huge buck. Big chest hanging low. All the other deer are still orange in color and he is dark brown fur already..

[@tylerwallner3315]

Jeff, any tips on keeping water holes open in late season? We struggle in rifle season here in the far north of Minnesota!

[@whitehondarider22]

I have one close enough to our camp site that has power and i run 200’ of extension cord and a stock tank heater

[@whitehondarider22]

Opps i forgot that we ran underground power half way back into our 120acre and it wasnt straight it was curving around the swamps, we also had to have the dnr come out becuase of some Special bird that nest when we wanted to do it so we had to wait for a certain time period then the dnr came back out we looked things over and gave us the okay, i think it was roughly $10,000 all said and done, in the ten years we parked the camper there for 1 season and we havnt since, but we do have an outhouse there and have a heater in it just incase, so yeah 10,000$ and you can keep your waterhole open all winter and take warm shits in the morning

[@whitehondarider22]

Other then buying an old flat screen tv taking the screen out and mounting it over the stock tank and using it as a huge maginfying glass, did that in an iceshack one year for the window and it started a fore inside the shack