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[@joey9426]

Found this app a year later and holy crap it’s the absolute best app out there for hunting. Thanks for introducing me to this app.

[@BowhunterChroniclesPodcast]

This is super a super interesting concept for the deer woods. The amount of data they have compiled is imense and putting it together with weather data and rut history is an amazing way to prioritize time spent in the woods.

[@richarddean3154]

You make an excellent point when detailing how on a day wherein average deer movement is predicted, the hunter can choose that day to be more mobile and get to know the area better, while still taking advantage of what movement does occur. Smart. Congratulations again on the fine buck you two got together - great teamwork.

[@BeauLeyse]

Great app! I have been using it in the south east for the last few months and I have found it to be quite accurate! Between personal sighting and cell camera movement, I have been able to follow the pattern from core to transition movement... even have pretty consistent data over the last few weeks of a larger deer that lives off my property, however when full range is shown he is on my property. Lead to two separate encounters.

[@swd37sd]

I sent this video to my sons and 3 of my friends that hunt. What a phenomenal app.

[@MarkDohring]

Very interesting and awesome job explaining it. Thank u for getting us a discount code, signed up last night and was enjoying reviewing the data and looking forward to comparing it to my woods time .

[@rustinpeace7466]

This is very interesting to me as a CS major who also enjoys hunting. The patterns are there in big data and tools like this can help us break them down. Reasonable price as well if you can avoid a couple lousy sits and focus on something else. Thanks DIY.

[@williamjthompsonjr]

Agreed, help working class hunters optimize their time afield. Not use suggestion but the kind of truth data Garrett is talking about.

[@SwampNStomp]

Great overview of the app. We’ve been using it down here in Florida. Bill has done a great job with these models. I have found the predictions to be quite accurate. Good stuff! -Danny/Mark

[@OkayestHunter]

Super well reviewed! Love the visuals and the explanations coming from a serious deer Hunter like yourself!

[@stacytripp7885]

Another excellent video…thanks for all you do!

[@mkdoonan7158]

Super interesting stuff. I love the idea of no bias in the data. Seems like the right way to do this type of work. Checking it out for sure!

[@davidfleer5307]

I’ve been using Bills predictions for 3 weeks now along with some other apps, I compare them with my sightings on the days I was able to hunt , what I’ve found interesting is how some will change over the days and also during the day. I hunt when work allows me to good or bad predictions and I hunt all private land. What challenges I’ve found you can’t predict what the farmers will do or the neighbors during the day that changes a animals movement 👍✌🏻🇺🇸

[@HigherElevations]

This is great! I love compiling data from my trailcams to predict movement. Looks like this tool could be very helpful in that regard. Going to have to check it out.

[@bowhuntingfiend7098]

Good stuff as always man. I've had great results using this app both in person and from trail camera data.

[@jeffm.1656]

Well spoken and explained. Thanks as always. Look forward to hearing more personal comparison experiences.

[@scottbrammer8275]

Thanks so much for the breakdown. Very good. I'm going to try it.

[@jeremyhackman273]

Great job breaking this down.

[@walterlee762]

Excellent video bud. I’ve been playing with the application here in Florida and Georgia and it’s been pretty spot on.

[@CastandExploreNY]

Just listen to the podcast. Thanks for reviewing.

[@richarddean3154]

Additionally, is Bill going to have a way to allow hunters to add their observations to the data set - of course through a filter that would keep this information separate from the GPS data? Over time, it could represent a helpful addition.

[@spartanforgeai]

Sir, we are adding a suite of off season features. A hunter's journal will be among them.

[@lethalinsight491]

So cool. On the same day I saw your video, I happened to listen to The Truth podcast! I❤️science

[@williamjthompsonjr]

Good stuff right!?!??!

[@sarafayelawton652]

Heck of an interesting video. Thanks much Garrett for bringing it to us! Merry Christmas!

[@brendenwesterfeldt95]

I tried a different app for this season, and I wasn't impressed. This seems very intriguing, so I'll definitely be switching!

[@spartanforgeai]

Brenden, thanks a bunch for giving us a try. Please let us know how you like it!

[@jonathanb9429]

Awesome videos 👍.

[@chuckwhite8365]

As an IT nerd, I find this to be very Interesting stuff. What AI/ML engine is the app using?

[@spartanforgeai]

Chuck, we are using TensorFlow. We hope you enjoy the app! Let us know how you like it and good luck for the rest of your season.

[@peterrizzuto1820]

What's the cost? Is it a 1 time purchase or yearly subscription?

[@williamjthompsonjr]

One year subscription.

[@jakereeves8481]

I don't see where it shows activity levels like your video showed. Mine just shows the pattern and range movement.

[@DIYSportsman]

The verbiage has changed to be a little more descriptive, but you could think of "core" as being "low", "transition" as being "average" and full range as being "high".

[@jakereeves8481]

@@DIYSportsman thank you for the clarification!

[@neotoxo54]

As. subscription based program I have 2 questions...is/will there be a mobile app & will it be Apple compatible? Presently it appears to be only web-based.

[@mkdoonan7158]

I think I heard in the podcast that they will release app next year. Web now.

[@DIYSportsman]

Yea that's correct. It's in the works but not ready yet.

[@f2foutdoors]

I have harvested over 30 deer in my life. Almost everyone of them was between Nov 6 - 14. Awesome video brotha and thank you.

[@gagebrock17]

Is this for mule deer too?

[@spartanforgeai]

Sir, we are building Mule Deer and Elk models now.

[@barrybennett7629]

Did you get a score on big buck u killed

[@DIYSportsman]

Yes. Shoot me a message on social and I can let you know. Always been sort of up in the air about posting scores online because I don't want new hunters to think it's something to put an overimportance on.

[@cameronlacey1065]

Does this work in Canada?

[@asdfkhieee]

Where is he getting the map with the dots for the deer movement, the website has nothing like that.

[@DIYSportsman]

Those are images to illustrate the type of information collected in a GPS deer study. Each time the collar pings, it displays as a dot on the map. And then the biologists can look at the data to analyze whatever they're looking for in that particular study area.

[@asdfkhieee]

@@DIYSportsman well wouldnt that information be something you wanted to add to your app, it kinda seems like the most important information I could have since it tells you exactly how the deer are moving.

[@DIYSportsman]

@@asdfkhieee I'll answer this one in two parts. The dots like I showed on the screen would only be relevant for the collared deer in the study areas where the data came from. But if I understand the question correctly, you're asking more about the app's ability to predict how deer might move throughout any given piece of terrain elsewhere. That's the thing referred to as the "where" prediction that's part of the future vision. As you can imagine, there's a lot more to compute there because it has to factor in topography, vegetation, water, proximity to roads, buildings, fields, etc for any given property throughout the country, not just weather info. That "where" portion would be best utilized as a scouting tool. It would tell you where deer are likely to move based on their average tendencies. But on a local level, things like hunting pressure still matter. So if it said a spot should contain bedding, or have a travel cooridor etc, but some guy had a ladder stand and trail cam that he was walking to three times a week, they probably wouldn't use it anymore. So it'd be best used as an off season tool to investigate new spots rather than go in blindly and hope the app is right. Hopefully that helps explain a bit what that technology would be capable of. But circling back to the question at the beginning that's a feature that would come down the road after the testing showed it was reliable enough to release.

[@2cthetruth]

For the most part it’s another Gimmick.This may work some remote areas, but most it won’t. If you hunt private, you can’t rely on an app as there are too many variables. Same with public. You don’t know if someone has been in the area before your hunt. You don’t know if a predator is in the area keeping deer out, re routing daily movements. You don’t know if your own intrusion re routs deer. You don’t know if food sources change. You just dont know. Scout, pick a tree, and hunt. Don’t fall for the gimmicks!

[@brewser4838]

"All models are wrong but some are useful", unfortunately the same can't be said for online comments. Whether you are a hunter, a poker player, a NFL coach or an online marketer you use models and algorithms like this to get an edge. You want to know when/where something is more likely to happen than not. It is not a guarantee that you will get a deer, make your flush, convert the first down or make a sale but over time you will come out ahead. Many of us can only take a few days a season to go hunting so having some insight based on scientific data to help inform which days we are more likely to cash in makes plenty of sense to me.

[@mkdoonan7158]

@@brewser4838 Well Said.

[@robertdeis132]

I wouldn't completely trust this as a good source of intell. I believe a good source of intell is strong knowledge of a specific place or animal that's showing consistency which mostly is obtained from a boots on the ground type approach.

[@DIYSportsman]

I agree that many of the technology based tools (predictions, trail cams, etc) are best used as compliments to a boots-on-the-ground knowledge, rather than a replacement for it.

[@stevefrench3564]

Gimmick...

[@tedbelser5884]

​@@Chriskelly19067 Hi, I represent Spartan Forge. Please contact us at [e-mail] and we'll issue you a refund. We released 2 weeks ago, so you should still be within the 2-week trial window. Note: we do not charge until the trial ends. While a lot of the information is available from free public sources, it's not all available in one location as a coherent, easy to consume, common operating picture. The machine learning prediction is the core feature and that's not available anywhere else. We wanted to be sure to supplement the prediction with other data you might use while e-scouting. We hope you are having a great deer season. Thanks for trying the product and we'll use your feedback to make it better.

[@monsterhog1118]

No thanks!

[@mikeodonnell7350]

I use to enjoy watching this young man hunt and do all the leg work scouting but unfortunately it seems that it has turned into commercialism ... you can’t beat Jeff Sturgis 35 years of experience and he never pushes anything it’s all in the delivery ... missing seeing DIY scouting hunting

[@grizzledmillennial4765]

Jeff is pushing an app as well.

[@mikeodonnell7350]

@@mwitty111 lol

[@mikeodonnell7350]

@@grizzledmillennial4765 agree

[@grizzledmillennial4765]

@@mikeodonnell7350 I'm a fan of Jeff but his appearance on the hunting public channel was a bit lackluster in my opinion. I was really hopeful of seeing the combination of hunting styles. For as much as he throughs little playful jabs at suburban archery and hunting from a saddle, all he did was set up a blind and sit for a few days.

[@mkdoonan7158]

Garrett has been reviewing products for years. Doesn't seem any different year. This is just another product, I think it's great his brand is growing.