HOW TO HUNT BIG WOODS BUCKS! - Mapping Whitetails

[@lukerville]

You guys somehow make summer scouting look cool...meanwhile I am walking through the timber swatting a stick at spiderwebs looking like I’m casting a spell against Voldemort. Great content!

[@pewpewkachew4735]

underrated comment here hahaha I can relate to this so well

[@lisamolenaar5888]

You really realize how beautiful they are.🌻LM

[@bombzdeep4475]

Dude SAME 🤣🤣🤣 squirrels looking at me thinking “what a dumbass, ain’t no deer here pal”

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

Going in a small creek walking it down to the end of the public line looking for buck crossings love it!

[@AlexRossitch]

What’s the set up and wind strategy here? Tried this last night set up at the top of a ridge next to a ditch funnel looking down at the creek… no luck. Partially I think because wind flipped about half way through

[@johnhayes2299]

I was so stoked to watch this video but I have to say boys that doesn't look like big timber to me. I hunt in the Missouri Ozarks. Its miles and miles of open hardwoods. Big timber....I mean to big for so climbers. I mostly use terrain features such as saddles, draws, military creast of ridges to determine deer travel. I loved the segment about the wind and crosswinds. You guys still remain the most educational hunting show out there in my opinion. Keep'em coming guys!

[@hillbillysportsman5818]

Yea , don’t look like big woods to me either. I hunt the mountains of southwest Virginia.

[@jimmyperez5881]

Definitely not like our big woods of Pennsylvania but good info guys 👍👍

[@davidday1494]

I think when they say big woods they are referring to a large segment of woods that has no other type of terrain to break it up. I'm looking at a large tract of public right now with that same lay out. The nearest crop field is more than a mile...

[@gheft762]

Good info I agree but not really big timber, at least not for where I hunt in the ozarks where mature timber stretches for miles

[@likeabossbww]

@@gheft762 like finding a needle in a haystack to find a good clearing on public in the ozarks. At least one that doesn't have 100 other people on it.

[@samp3087]

Pre liked! Excited to hear your ideas. I'm a big woods guy. Northern Michigan Big Woods, few deer, no big ones, lots of Hope and hollow enthusiasm!

[@blessedhighlyfavoured557]

I wanna thank u all for all the info you guys share!!! I have devoured hours of your content. My scouting has improved tremendously and I've learned so much about bedding areas. I feel really good about this upcoming season! Thanks and keep it coming!!!👍👍👍

[@michaelbruns3870]

LOVE these videos! Getting pumped for season to open

[@bobswan3535]

Thanks to you guys I'm finding more bedding areas and I ever had before📌🍻 psych for the season

[@TheWVgoodguy22]

Thanks for sharing these great tips and tricks on mapping out whitetails. This one reminds me of where I hunt around our house in the Northern Panhandle of West "By God" Virginia. Still looking for the right places to put some stands and arrow my first deer even though I have had my bow since 2006.

[@jcarman1978]

This was the best video to help me get to that next level. Upstate SC public land is rolling hills and terrain just like this. Thanks guys!

[@codysmith9975]

Best channel there is love yall. Michigan hunter here... only ever shot does... such a pressured state of hunting but still learning every year. ill get mine soon i hope!

[@tylerbraschler7072]

Love it. Would like to see your take on mapping agriculture/small tree grove plots. I’m in South Dakota. The deer spend 80% of their time in the corn, which usually doesn’t get cut until during or right after the rut. They sometimes bed in my groves but I usually find them bedded in the corn, once in a while they will hit beans in daylight, but it’s mostly after dark. Very flat ground as well.

[@unclemoe5733]

Aaron and crew, this was a very clear, concise, well explained vedio. It will serve me well on the farm i hunt. Can't say thanks enough. Love all your vedios.

[@crossbowjoe7500]

Will we see any videos on how you guys approach hunting saddles, draws and pinch points? Interested to see what you guys have to say about how the wind effects stand positioning for saddles

[@crossbowjoe7500]

That a yes? 😂

[@kingpingpongpow]

I had this video saved so I could go and rewatch it before I go scout a spot just like this near my house. I’m so excited to get out in the woods! You guys are so awesome

[@lastbreathtv4332]

Thanks for the video, love the explanation you guys give on the concept of a thermal funnel. Such an overlooked advantage that they have!

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

Jake looked like a squatch there for a second! Love these episodes!!!!

[@danielzaborowski9845]

This video is solid gold. You guys make me want to ditch all of my other sources for deer hunting strategy. This video helps a lot!!!

[@rhanson3244]

Great video for helping me hunt the thick big timber in Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It’s not easy at all.

[@tboonejr]

The one i'm been waiting on.

[@michaeloverstreet1500]

Great advice. I appreciate y’all doing these kinds of videos.

[@katiecrowley3417]

Very helpful, thanks for the video. I'm hunting a similar area with ridges and drainages this year, though there are red oaks and hardwoods up on the ridges, and conifers down along the steep drainages. Now I know how to tackle that landscape a little better!

[@AlecAllphin]

Love watching your guys videos. As a public hunter your videos have always helped me out with scouting and finding new areas that are overlooked by most hunters!! Thanks for all the great content over the years!

[@brendenwesterfeldt95]

Well that had great detail in it!

[@dougcounts3383]

THP kicks ass! I love watching and applying what I see. You guys be careful and keep up the good work.

[@Huntfishalaska3006]

Thank you this may have cleared up an issue I was having hunting a certain ridge spot.

[@brandonnapier2117]

You guys are pretty good at scouting. I have a nice piece of property that I just can't seem to get figured out. It has hardwoods, ridges, willow thickets and lots of tall grass for bedding cover. I'm moved cameras and stands trying to figure these deer out but, just can't quite pin it down. Kudos to you guys!

[@robadams6298]

One of the most helpful vids I've seen. Thanks guys

[@Isaiahb876]

Love the videos! Could y’all do a vid about how to hunt deer in the south. You know, real thick wooded areas. That would be my favorite video of this series. (bc I hunt in the south)

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Isaiah Bolton check out our scouting workshop videos from last February

[@scottb6098]

Great job boys....really enjoyed. .

[@603Christain]

Would love it if you guys came to New England and hunted its probably 90 percent woods here in NH lots of big timber over the counter tags let me know when your headed this way keep up the good videos and look forward to fall!

[@yourmomgoesT0C0LLEGE]

Naaman Traffie NH probably top 3 toughest places to hunt and score a mature buck

[@603Christain]

@@yourmomgoesT0C0LLEGE Yes it is for sure but makes it that much more rewarding when ya do.

[@patrickluft7298]

Greg Stevens lol is Connecticut 1 or 2?

[@KylePinkHam365]

Vermont has to be up there.

[@daneplaisted2076]

Fantastic help on something that is hard to understand for new guys, i get it now. Thanks guys

[@chief1193]

Thermals are dropping on a cool morning, they rise as the morning heats up. You get on the leeward side of the mountain just over the top you can be scent free from the deer, but you have to time it right

[@rondell130]

Great video fellas. I'm getting pumped for September to roll around.

[@kevindice1092]

Nicely done. Did anybody else notice the chanterelle mushroom standing in the one deer bed?

[@MrShysterme]

Dense forest without agriculture around is a different game. Maybe there are a few grass fields within a mile. Then add in high hunter pressure.

[@swalker9482]

Yep. That's what I hunt in Tennessee. Mountain ranges. Acorns for food. As many hunters as acorns in the trees.

[@331slash]

Incredible, loved this

[@austinmiteen652]

Thanks for making this video Im working on setting myself up better this season for a big buck.

[@Gabucks1]

Looks like the timber I hunt in South Georgia..nice!

[@garretsuttle219]

Watched this one twice looking at my area maps, anyone hunting West Virginia needs to study this one.

[@thereelaccountant9246]

I can imagine WV would be rough hunting. BIg country but damn some steep ridges!.

[@irwinkennon805]

Informative vid that can be applied to most hill country. A well groomed Jake looks a helluva lot better.

[@cajunoutdoorsman5570]

Can u guys do a vid on hunting flat terrain. I hunt in the Deep South and there’s almost no change in elevation. I also hunt big woods but most of the stuff y’all covered in this vid was dealing with elevation change. Thx keep up the good work!

[@joshglaubitz6793]

Quetion for the podcast..hill country bedding and terrain like this are what I deal with...I cant seem to. BUy that top 1/3 for bedding concept ...this video also confirms for me that the bedding is much lower on the hill/mountain

[@fortrax300]

I want to see y’all bring this strategy to kisatche national forest in Louisiana

[@rtolbful]

look into Pennyrile State Forest in Western Ky. Holler at me if it's something yall are interested in doing.

[@bromma1979]

This is going to help me out a ton! Thanks boys!

[@gunnartaylor1459]

Great video guys, gonna help me out a lot this fall!

[@WilliamsonProductio1]

Please come to southern Delaware or eastern shore Maryland and hunt would like to see your take on hunting flat land here

[@cdp50359]

Another awesome video. Now y'all go get some permethrin before y'all get lime disease from those ticks

[@cdp50359]

@@icet6668 they do now. That video was from last year

[@maxharvest2028]

We don't have ticks in michigan we are lucky

[@jimh7015]

@@maxharvest2028 what are you talking about lol we have TONS of ticks in Michigan

[@trevorbyrd1519]

Dig through the ditches, and burn through the ridges, I slam my arrow in and dragggggggg!

[@samshepherd9252]

Reverse engindeer!!! Amazing videos! Great series!

[@Patrick-wu6kt]

I hunt public ground very similar to that but the ditch lies east to west and we have a predominant wind out of the west. Where would you expect the deer to bed in that situation? Along the small draws coming up out of the ditch?

[@lisamolenaar5888]

How are the habitat for Eagles preservation.🌻

[@nataliedeyton6829]

Hunting season starts in a week or so in the low country of SC. We need a hunting video get in the move fellas🤣

[@Makete100]

Are you going do a teaching on ground that has no oaks, just maples, some black cherrys, beech and poplar? We live just outside the oak range and I don't think there are any in Canada.

[@RichardtheCelticWolf]

Can you guys do a side by side breakdown of your archery set ups and go into who shoots what in terms of rests, sights, arrows, broad heads, releases etc and do a little compare and contrast as to why you each choose similar or different gear? Not so interested in brands and whatnot but who shoots drop aways vs whiskers, who shoots fixed blades vs mechanicals, 1 pin vs 3 pin vs 5 pin etc I'd like to hear the pros and cons to each in on place with a compare and contrast sort of setting.

[@TheHuntingPublic]

That's a good idea.

[@RichardtheCelticWolf]

you could even throw Jake's Wal-Mart bow in the mix 😝

[@kevinjamieson7899]

Would like to see u guy breakdown the Adirondacks. Nothing but beechnuts roll after roll all being and looking the same. Need a place to do a video , I got a camp surrounded by 100,000 plus acres u can stay at !!! Lol good video 👍

[@dustinavery5099]

@thehuntingpublic I know this is wind specific bedding, but what time of day would you suggest hunting a setup like this? Mornings?

[@patcarder238]

Great video guys love it.

[@markb.1259]

Awesome video! Thanks THP!!! What model Vortex binocs (Mag & Diameter) would you recommend for the type hunting areas y'all hunt in middle America (Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, etc...)

[@harrystanley9921]

Great information guys👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

Hey guys really love everything you do! Is there any way I could listen or find out what song is used on the intro? Please it’s awesome thanks guys

[@mattd8411]

You guys could make a living just traveling in the summer and showing guys where to hunt if people had questions. I been hunting east tn for 15 yrs and just now finding good government land but still don't know quite how to set up on it.

[@michaelbryan8541]

I have been using these techniques in northern MI and having great success with finding buck bedding areas. I feel like I am not spending enough time in these ares scouting though. How long are you guys scouting? How much do you pick an area apart? I scouted a 120 acres ridge with a buddy in about 2hrs, but we got in, found our sign and trees and left. I feel like we did pretty good but we left out a lot of areas. Maybe its just that we were able to eliminate a lot of it due to focusing on specific spots but I feel like we rushed through it.

[@tylergarren5626]

I love these videos!

[@matthewsbardsley9305]

Would you hunt/ scout, moose the same way you would deer. 🤔?

[@JoshSmith-md8cd]

Can you guys please make a video on your bows

[@c_turfgrass7773]

Crazy deer intelligence 😉

[@chuckiewestmoreland3353]

Jake done cut off all his warmth didn’t recognize him.

[@andyw237]

You guys seem to enjoy scouting season as much as i do. Buck turds are the thing i look for the most, it is the most reliable evidence of deer travel. also i think its cool you guys look for old buck rubs from the previous season, i do this as well and compare them to new rubs i find when they become active again. so far i found a TON of deer sign where i plan on hunting this season, opening day cant come soon enough!

[@rickhuff5197]

Is there a compass feature on screen for onX

[@JM75814]

Lol ooooo I’m getting the itch. I love summer but it should be named almost deer season... love ted.... oooooh ok tough guy... can we make shirts named ted-isms

[@virginianative847]

Ridges and ditches he’s spittin

[@diggumvt04]

You prefer those stand spots for morning or evening hunts?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

diggumvt04 either but the last one would probably work best in evening

[@davidhowie584]

I just got OnX...scouting today I marked some waypoints...Came home too find they where not where I saved them....1/2 or so away..3 hours of scouted shot,,,time is limited truck driver...WHAT I"M I DOING WRONG?

[@stevecarlson9819]

"there's fields way out that way where they're heading to feed at night" To me that's not big woods hunting. Try the vast sections of woods in places like northeast MN, northern WI and other areas with no ag fields. It's harder hunting but still fun and rewarding.

[@jthorpe454]

I was just thinking the same. I hunt northern Cass County in MN and there is zero ag. Tough hunting but we’ve managed to get a few big bucks through the years. However, there is not rhyme or reason to our tactics. Wish I could learn more from you guys on this.

[@katiecrowley3417]

Yes, same in most areas around here. Little to no ag fields, especially when I'm up in Cook County MN.

[@Twitchisatrick]

Some public Kentucky don't have ag fields and it's been rough for me. I usually hunt Indiana where I'm from

[@MountainMassOutDoors]

Ya here in the Adirondacks of NY no corn feilds or farm fields just straight woods

[@stephaniewells4126]

How bout that Jim Ryser? Love his jams

[@The_Pottenger_Way]

What do you consider big woods?

[@ShaneSimpsonHunting]

You mentioned that on a cool, windless morning that the thermals would be rising. Wouldn't the opposite be true?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

You would think so but.....we seem to have better luck hunting low on mornings like this because the scent tends to hang. Especially as sun just starts to come up and warm the ridges around you. Wind isn’t blowing hard enough swirl and kick back up the ridges. It behaves in very strange ways in different scenarios but hunting low on calm, cold mornings has worked for us

[@ShaneSimpsonHunting]

@@TheHuntingPublic I was more thinking predawn.

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Shane Simpson seem to get a similar effect predawn as well but only when super calm and cold

[@justinteichman6534]

use milkweed n find out for ur spot

[@WesternNyBigfoot]

Jake? From state farm?

[@Grizzlife]

Good stuff!😁😁

[@mrcollier1641]

Kill a buck in that stand the the first two weeks challenge

[@jakehembree3859]

Thanks!

[@_jurist]

Now with the video overlays, of the topography, which I know took some time just to make. That was excellent. Otherwise you just got some guy standing there pointing in the woods, which doesn’t mean anything.

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Jurist Thanks Jurist! Hope your doing well! That’s actually an overlay from OnX. We didn’t do a ton of work on it - pretty much just took a screen shot from their website but it does certainly help explain things

[@_jurist]

The Hunting Public well then you must’ve used Keynote, to create the animation between still shots. Correct?

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

Oh yeah

[@racker7855]

Who’s this Jake guy? He has a clean face now. I only know him with the beard!! Ha

[@im2kraz]

So I want to know when your gonna let a viewer hunt with you? And I’d like to put my name in the drawing!

[@alersjjoutdoors6526]

Good video

[@codac493]

Any plans on oklahoma someday?

[@steveporteroutdoorsohio4739]

Our public in Ohio is big like that but no ridges or ditches

[@stvidz_597]

Swamp?

[@cameronhunter1176]

Nice vid can I have a shout out my name is Cameron Balfantz and I'm 11 yrs old and I liked, subscribed and turned on post notifications me and my dad love watching yall

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Cameron Hunter11 thanks!

[@cameronhunter1176]

@@TheHuntingPublic can i

[@Gumshara]

Awsome video later thanks ✌OUT later

[@Tbowie13]

Uhhh, JAKE man bro…just my two cents but you should stay clean shaved. I want to clarify, I’m not left footed, but you look much better without a beard. Some folks need a beard to hide their face and it helps em, others have a much better face without a beard…you are in the second group. I honestly didn’t recognize you at first. So thats what I got out of this video…hahaha. Jokin…this was very helpful, I’m in NC where everything seems to look like what you showed on the map!

[@MrJWishart]

"big turds" doesn't mean big buck, it is clumped up pellets and has to do with what they have been eating. Any deer tracker will tell you that

[@whitewiskerz2577]

I just don’t understand all this . Im trying just dont get it

[@24blunt]

you know i keep trying 2 watch other hunting shows, but they just don't come close 2 you guys. no kind of IMPORTANT INFO just its a monster buck we've been looking for and what do you know here he comes