BUCK BEDDING AREAS - Winter Scouting Tips

[@MrJasinski101]

Wish i could watch these guys for hours everyday- the knowledge they have about deer hunting and public land is out of this world! Hands down most knowledge about hunting on the internet! Just look at their success on public land. Wish you guys would post a Video everyday of the year!!

[@johnny_fins]

1 min 34 second in..and I just gotta say that the tone in Aaron’s voice about this mouse trap is as excited as I’ve ever heard it. Love it

[@dublelung1]

Use wire coat hanger to run through the can. Use 1 can (Mich Ultra my preference) put anti freeze in bottom of bucket if you aren't going to be there awhile, it drowns them quickly and keeps them from stinking. Ted's got the best bait nailed.

[@jonathanholden6556]

Did some scouting today found a nice buck bedding area with rubs everywhere in a secluded spot that I previously didn’t know about scouting a transition line like you guys recommended. Appreciate the advice keeping the trail cams a few hundred yards away. Can’t wait to get in there next season!!

[@coonanfox01]

wedge a sunflower seed in the hole in the trigger and WHAMO. They cant lick it off like peanut butter. Works like a charm. Caught 12 in my camper so far this winter

[@ExodusOutdoorGear]

Good stuff- looks like some slammers worked through that parcel this fall! Look forward to the mouse trap videos! 😂

[@WildBoutHuntin]

Going to be getting out to scout this weekend on some public land in PA. Looking at new areas. Great video.

[@TheHuntingPublic]

good luck!

[@Iowas-e4l]

Tried the tip with the chip on the trap and it worked great. Thanks for the tip

[@joefrugoli4970]

Dude love your decor. Shoulder mounts , turkey fans. My house looked just like that till SHE came along.

[@johngutormson8349]

Put water in the bucket so they don’t possibly jump out. They can jump pretty high.

[@zachg6456]

John Gutormson beat me to it

[@MudMonsterRacing4]

I run cell cameras near my ladder stand so I never have to go in and check it. Good video guys.

[@AyoPro]

I see those sunglasses and i know I’m in for some knowledge. Great video boys.

[@justinb4401]

I can’t handle those glasses Aaron😂

[@tomasljubicic1005]

"Stupid glasses are fogging up"

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

Man I can’t wait to hear Aaron’s owl hoot!

[@donaldmcquilling1431]

like I said before; BEST VIDEOS OUT THERE; KEEP THEM COMING!!!

[@trugritoutdoors]

Great job! Enjoyed it and learned some new information. Can’t wait for turkey season. I have young gobblers sounding off at my place in Indiana already.

[@bobbyriddle6341]

Great scouting video guys. Great buck area looks like too. Looking forward to the Turkey tour too. Great footage. Good luck hunting.

[@FearlessCanineHD]

Talks about mouse trapping like it’s deer hunting. “Set the trap in this funnel”. 🤣🤣

[@jonstephen8654]

Man, Shooting and scouting big bucks and trapping Boone And Crockett mice. You guys live the life.

[@Earthman24111]

Nice, i felt like i was in the woods with you--an interesting scenario told like a story.

[@aprustic_creations]

Always love the vids boys. I set those mouse traps up at camp before season. Notched out both sides of spackle bucket and used an old arrow through two red cups taped in middle and rested in knotches - Jiff peanut butter and it’s party time!. 😅 God bless and thanks for great content!

[@TomSutts1969]

Awesome video, tootsie rolls are hands down the best mouse bait!!! Cheers 👍😎🇨🇦

[@bearridgemedia8364]

I just had the exact same thing happen the other day while scouting in the snow. Blood in the footprints. My best guess is that it was actually from his pedicle where he recently shed.

[@brkpeters]

Oh boy I can’t wait to see how you guys do this fall. I’m pumped!

[@jmbknvc3573]

That buck with the extra main beam from the trail cam pic looks a lot like one of the bucks from an earlier video. Where Zack was bow hunting the the creek/ river and had a couple good bucks chasing. Won't be the same deer, would it? Looking forward to watching you guys give that spot a try this fall.

[@TheHuntingPublic]

JMBknvc nope this is a different area

[@MrOmcif]

Not a scouting related question, but when selecting a tree to hunt at 16:50 you mention a couple different scenarios and setups. Can you elaborate on the type of setup that you all would prefer in those locations? A saddle, lock-on or does it not matter. Would one work better in a particular tree over another? Or is it just a preference and ease of access situation? Thanks and great video that provides some awesome details on your post season scouting strategy.

[@TheHuntingPublic]

MrOmcif good idea. You could have got a saddle or stand in most of those trees. However there was one where I’d rather have a stand so we could sit and shoot to a scrape

[@Dennisgoyette]

Jesus Christ, I've learned more from you guys in a couple years of watching your films than anything else. Love this content! Going to try some of these tactics! I'm on a small 70 acre parcel that's part private and part public (I have permission) and trying to learn more about their activities (especially where the bucks go in winter in my area). I hope y'all can make it to New England for 2019 deer tour (Preferably NH or ME..maybe MA).

[@loboel264mag7]

Thank you Aaron and Ted enjoyed the video

[@mclainmk]

Learn something from ever video. Thanks for all the effort. I'm also looking forward to seeing the results from the Mouse Trap.

[@isaactyson4618]

That recurve on the wall is dying to get in the woods!

[@drawntowhitetails2903]

Don't leave us hanging! Did you catch the mouse in the bucket? Also, what are your thoughts on the Exodus trail cameras? Seemed to have good clarity on the videos in this post.

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Drawn To Whitetails we like them. Used them last fall with several other brands and felt they performed best

[@MATTHEWfromStLouis]

Great tips! Thanks so much for posting. I enjoyed it! Keep them coming.

[@shaundsmit]

Nice work including tons of distance information in your video!!! Thank you for listening to feedback! True leadership in the industry, keep up the good work. I'm going to buy some gear as a Thanks! I want to order a THP hunting hat like Ted's, big ticket item Ted!

[@bryanroberts]

Love these kind of vids!

[@davidpryor6837]

Love Ted' s mousetrap! Bet it works better than the standard old snap trap.

[@scottharrington2400]

Great advice and information. Can't wait to watch the turkey tour vids. Suggestion, 1 pop can in the center with a thin wire and water in the bottom of the bucket. Good Luck! Are you going to measure the longest mouse? LOL

[@Bob_Diesel]

With a wind coming out of the bedding, do you expect deer to walk with a tail wind out of their bed?

[@trealeoutdoors3205]

Fired up for the turkey tour!!

[@paulcrave3112]

Good video. Thanks for keeping us engaged.

[@carsonreynolds7721]

Awesome video! Very helpful and entertaining👍👍

[@LimbShady]

Need a closer look at your wall hangers!

[@TheEzwin286]

Is Aaron going to use the ol alphamax again this coming season?

[@joshkoch5147]

You need to sit across the room with your bow with a rubber snubber end on it for the mice. It's great practise in the off season. You'll get sick of fixing holes in the drywall so you will become a better archer. Lol

[@markizard6806]

what do y'all think of rub trees that have obviously been rubbed for several years? I've got a tree on private that I've hunted for about 20 years that every year has rubs on it. There is not a lot of deer activity in this area, but yet its always rubbed. Ive found trees like this on public as well, but I'm curious as to your thoughts on it.

[@johndenver5029]

That buck with the bleeding foot had a run in with that mouse trap

[@irwinkennon805]

Mice, scouting big bleeding bucks and trail cam strategy : this vid is like no other.

[@deanbyler5977]

Well?? Any mice in the bucket? You can't leave us hangin' !!?!!

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

We did that in a barn once had to put antifreeze in the water! It works, nice trap line, nice shades too! 🤓 was that a dead elm? Go get some morels in the spring!

[@BirchSteadOutdoors]

Great video as always guys!

[@michaelbruns3870]

Beautiful Widgeon mount!

[@danbyington4574]

An old arrow shaft works great.

[@hilljackoutdoors2808]

Good trap except you need to use wire, only 1 can with peanut butter, and put water in the bottom of the bucket. We caught over a dozen on our barn with a couple of those bucket traps.

[@dalehillegass1188]

Awesome video, it's great to see how you guys operate. Thanks for sharing

[@bowers673]

I've found a lot of times deer cut there feet/ankles on the snow/ice

[@ShaneSimpsonHunting]

Have you guys considered using the Amazon rechargeable batteries? We've been using them with good results and saves a lot of cash.

[@KDOGGER11]

Be cautious of using rechargeables, the voltage is lower than your typical AA batteries. This results in the camera turning on and then thinking it's dead well before the battery is close to drained.

[@normanrobinson5238]

Just curious, will you all be scouting the creek bottom area that Greg hunter and saw all those deer in the snow?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

potentially!

[@1972davidt]

I'm a day or so late watching this video. I try to watch them when they drop. Anyhow, during the off-season, would you put a camera on a rubline trail in open hardwoods, or on a trail leaving a bedding area with scattered rubs concentrated in a small thicket?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

5T_Outdoors close to bedding. We wouldn’t pay as much attention to rub lines in open timber.

[@1972davidt]

@@TheHuntingPublic Thanks guys!

[@dr.stevenwadeau.d.3382]

After thinking about it I still think the blood is from a shed antler. If he shed that right side and walking with his head up the blood would most likely fall in line with his right front leg. Sounds decent on paper at least. I know you guys thought of that!

[@redridergeneral2394]

Crash course! Come on Ted less go

[@zaccheuspauley4066]

loved the vid guys 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 will you do turkey hunting vids

[@vanny6766]

Love your videos. Have a question, I have really cut back on using cameras because I believe some mature bucks will often skirt them once they get that first pic, have you experienced this as well?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Not really sure. It can definitely alert some of them at times but we usually put them far away from where we're hunting so it's not an issue.

[@vanny6766]

Just was curious if you’ve noticed that. I know I have, during summer patterns they don’t seem to care but once fall sets in if I get a pic of them in their core area they seem to avoid the camera after that. I’ve seen them do it from the stand a couple times and the year I killed my biggest the day after I took the camera down is the day he walked in my shooting lane lol. So anymore I use cameras for inventory mainly and hunt sign

[@TheHuntingPublic]

@@vanny6766 yea we still hunt sign primarily. We believe cameras can help a ton when learning about how/when deer use an area. We'll leave them in a bedding area for 6 months at a time without touching them. The deer eventually relax and accept it being there and when we check after season, there is tons of intel to be gained about the spot.

[@Davebaker364]

You need to put water in the bucket to kill the mice! Because if you release them outside they just come right back in! Been there done that!!

[@tuckersage6610]

deer scouting and mouse trapping is all well and good but it's time for the turkey tour 🦃

[@ryanelliott5919]

Did you catch anything in the trap?

[@ddbronco1873]

Did you get any white belly brown backs???

[@beaverwithachainsaw]

You'd be liable to catch me up in the 5 gallon bucket, with that Miller Lite can. Assuming my melon would fit! btw, The best mouse bait I've used is a sliver of raw bacon tied to the trigger. Even mice love bacon.

[@wayneloveless5259]

Great information! Really Like your videos!

[@laurelogle9088]

What happened to the mice?

[@Heavy_Arrow312]

Good info. Love these videos!

[@bcpfarmandtrucking6560]

Well did u get the moose?

[@zachtaylor4732]

Aaron, “You wanna butter knife?” Ted, “nah” Typical Ted haha

[@_jurist]

You are in his bedroom.....!!! The only thing I would have done different and I know this from experience is that I would have walked completely around it. Since the place you think is good at first sight is usually just your hope... And I would have found a tree for each major wind direction on each side of that bedding. Since that deer will have a favorite way into that safety area. You could use a trail camera on time lapse mode for a few weeks to see movement off in the distance especially since you have snow. If you hunt that place more than once you will figure it out and get a chance at a deer I have no doubt. Can you trim branches less than 1"?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Jurist nope can’t trim here

[@_jurist]

@@TheHuntingPublic Sounds like a ice storm may have to come through and break off a few branches :-)

[@39jimmyjam]

Seeing how Ted laid the mouse trap, something is definitely dying! Probably gonna wake up to a booner mouse in the bucket

[@johnavery8891]

Hi this is John Avery again I do live in Newport New Hampshire just to let you know I do own a 40 acres in Acworth NH that borders some Town own Property maybe someday you folks might like to hunt it for deer 🦌 and Turkeys I just had it logged off a year and half ago 😊

[@mztd912]

I swear with Ted's luck, he'd catch a mouse with antlers.

[@adamcarter7095]

Calling now; next season Aaron punches his Iowa tag on that big 10 in the trail camera videos. That is, unless Ted slips in there while Aaron is in another state.

[@ksoutdoorsports]

Lots of good info!

[@natechilton2554]

Love the video and info but ya'll need a carpet cleaner for that living room!

[@epistemologicaldespair68]

What are those glasses 😂😂

[@JeffNoud]

So how many cameras do you guys get stolen each year?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Jeff Noud usually a couple

[@russbatzer6970]

hahahahaha that's the industrial mouse trap boys!

[@erikbjornson6496]

Try flour as bait they cant resist flour

[@mossyhornhunter7022]

Use a old arrow instead of the shoelace

[@kyledonaldson1819]

Great video!!

[@cdp50359]

Great info

[@jasonard7227]

i love watching yalls vids but then i get mad cause i cant scout or hunt deer like yall have. here in north florida our deer look like dogs upside the deer yall have

[@nataliedeyton6829]

Guys we all watch tooooo muchhhh KZbin cause every one of us have now made that mouse trap 🤣

[@RodneyArrow]

Great info. Thanks, Guys!!

[@davetoms63]

did you get the mouse? no video, it didnt happen :)

[@dougdunlap6638]

what about the mice?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Doug Dunlap stay tuned!

[@ridgeraisedoutdoors]

Get tips guys. When we get the time we’re going to post a video very similar. Just gotta find the time 😂

[@raymondmartin8852]

I would guess that the blood spots in the snow indicate a buck that has recently shed, that's been my experience in the past

[@jleighn1210]

Bingo

[@TheHuntingPublic]

We thought that at first but it’s on the back of every right foot print

[@waynemaster2752]

Awesome vid

[@jeremysbeesandadventures8129]

I use hot glue gun and glue piece of dog food on mouse trap trigger. Then add a little peanut butter to it. I got tired of them suckers stealing my bait off of trap. Haven't had a piece of bait stolen again lol

[@andrewneece8287]

we didnt see what happened to the mouse at the end

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Andrew Neece stay tuned!

[@philipthayer2737]

Put 4" of water in the bucket

[@joshstromatt1222]

"Both of 'em." "Gooderns."

[@garyjensen2910]

dudes, use lithium batts in your game cams. will last your entire season and then some!

[@Gumshara]

Awesome video later thanks ✌OUT

[@jasonlief351]

Well, that there was a good'ern!