Traditional Bow Hunting Florida Deer - SHOULDER HIT!

[@ecmo2007]

I thought I was going to watch just a hunting video. What a great addition to add a walk in the woods with some history and lessons about the wildlife. I also really appreciate that you mentioned the connection between being a naturalist & hunter and vise versa. Thank you for that. Great video Clay.

[@drewsroo]

We compound shooters are going heavy, high foc and fixed heads and the shoulder and the quartering to shot (on whitetails) has become an option after years of being taught to never take it. Thanks mostly to the stickbow guys who never went away from the heavy setup out of necessity.

[@michaelpozzini6426]

You should give traditional a try if you haven't already. You might not go back to the compound

[@drewsroo]

@@michaelpozzini6426 oh its in the works.

[@hungryyeti2548]

Yep

[@clayhayeshunter]

Good to hear. I've always said that a good arrow setup like that would be an absolute hammer from a compound.

[@drewsroo]

@@clayhayeshunter check out the Ranch Fairy here on KZbin. He's taken the Ashby Foundation research and popularized it and introduced it to the masses who have been hoodwinked all these years by the mania for speed and mechanical broadheads. We ARE shooting hammers like we all used to 30 years ago but forgot about. 550, 600, even 700 grain setups with 20% or more foc and the results are ridiculous. Pass throughs on bone, deer react like they haven't even been shot and tip over in sight. It's kind of a revolution going on. Companies being built around the concept like Sirius Archery and others. Again, all the stick bow guys are chuckling at us that we've finally got smart. 200 spine arrows weren't even on anyone's radar a few years ago now everyone is shooting 300 and lower spine. And guess what? Our bows shoot and tune better, are much quieter.

[@diy-hyrum9842]

Man! I miss seeing your hunting videos! Don't get me wrong, all your videos are gold! It seems like in the last year or 2 you've done more vlog style videos. These pure hunting videos are refreshing and would love to see more. Keep it up Clay!

[@clayhayeshunter]

More to come

[@Skelstoolbox]

Dude! This is what a hunting channel should be.. It's like you've combined bowhunting videos with the youtuber "winter trekker", he's a biologist and knows more than anyone I've ever listened to on ecology.. He doesn't hunt but his videos are super informative like your are now.. I was blown away how far you've come.. The dead vegetation in clumps thing, the florida pitch collecting system.. Wow man.. And I'm the guy who kinda gave you a hard time about expecting muscox as soon as you crossed the border into BC.. I'm here on Vancouver Island right now and though we have a bit of snow, palm trees can also just barely hang on here, when planted...

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank ya

[@Ducky27645]

I moved to Milton FL two years ago and have been hunting Blackwater. This year I’ll be focusing on either my longbow or recurve. Your cozy little spot in that tree is better than any place I’ve found in Blackwater so far! Lol

[@hunt_trap_fish]

I've had more luck trapping beaver in Nov on castor mounds than in the spring. In the spring, they seem to just make another one, right next to the first one. In the fall, they get real mad about a castor mound in their territory. Thanks for sharing about why they build the pond -- security, from predators getting into their hut to getting them when they're out cutting -- water gives the beaver a much greater chance of survival. Loved that part of this video.

[@arvoitus4649]

Thank you Clay! As a Florida native and someone who has spent some time in the woods, I was amazed that I learned 4 things in this 1 video that I never knew. Your sharing the knowledge is greatly appreciated.

[@KeithTaylorPhoto]

Being from North Florida myself (Madison) I enjoyed this video very much. Just now getting into traditional archery after having never. Ow hunted before. Never have had much interest in compound bows. It’s going to be a good while before I’d try to bow hunt with a long or recurve bow, as I just got my first one and am wanting to get into them for the calming and meditative effect of shooting. I live in Atlanta now, so I can’t shoot guns regularly like I once could (without going to a range), but I can shoot a bow. I appreciate your informative videos. Thanks for sharing tour knowledge.

[@clayhayeshunter]

No problem Keith

[@reecedobson4740]

Thank you for the plant identification, and medicinal use lessons , love learning about the Florida woods.

[@puristconstruction4788]

Great video Clay, really enjoyed all the extra knowledge on the biology of the area. Thank you

[@didjhopkins4135]

I love the extra plant info you’re throwing in there mate. I’m a bit of a medicinal plant nerd…goes hand in hand with being out in the bush. Cheers Clay 🤙🏼

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank ya

[@osceolaassassin3188]

I dig the woodsmanship & the Florida history. Mixes well with flinging arrows at deer. @11:38 I will stick with my Therma-Cell.

[@bonesstones6584]

Nice shot Clay. A man I used to flint knap with made a beautiful bow from an old witch hazel tree. He made the bow totally old school, no modern tools whatsoever.

[@japples6852]

The clay pots are “Herty pots”. Charles Herty was a chemist at the University of GA who came up with a way to harvest the turpentine without killing the tree. Read his story, it’s really good. I am very proud of the 5 or 6 unblemished pots I’ve recovered during deer and turkey hunts in Central FL. Also a really cool fact about the pieces of blue glass you find around them sometimes. I’ll save that story for when I come build my bow😉

[@clayhayeshunter]

Very cool!

[@MrKrew1091]

Nice. I also climbed the tree I spent many hours in as a kid, showing my kids. You can still see the marks where I'd stick my knife in after peeling my apple. I was right beside a apple tree and I would shoot the apples down with my homemade slingshot. Man I miss those days.

[@TheWobSmith]

thanks for your content Clay. I've been having a hard time focusing on hunting this year and just not making it happen. Long story. But, thanks to you and some other great channels on youtube I have been able to hunt vicariously! Hope you and your fam have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks for watching Robert

[@rubynafrakanova8643]

Wou, very very comfortable,, hunter spot... 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@TheBowhunterinNB]

See you on the next adventure, my sons and I watched this video when warming up at the truck out in the woods of New Brunswick Canada. Thank you

[@clayhayeshunter]

bet there's no skeeters up there this time of year!

[@SarahBEtv]

Thank you for all the extra info on plants and animals!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@clayhayeshunter]

You are so welcome!

[@brian280453]

Another brilliant video, full of wisdom and information. Thank you young fella.

[@clayhayeshunter]

My pleasure

[@cecilroche3363]

Cool to know me and my kids watched you win (you was a choice to win) but to know you grew up an hour away from us.... my kids think that's the coolest thing.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks Cecil

[@cecilroche3363]

@@clayhayeshunter anytime bud. We enjoy watching you videos. As a traditional and compound archery I enjoy your material keep up the good work.

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

That'll work 👍 I've had to punch through a shoulder a few times. Enjoyed the the walk and talk as well. Keeper coming

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank ya

[@keystonetradhunters6337]

Great work Clay love the videos and how you add in so much information into them.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank ya

[@fulcrum789]

Was able to take my boy out, we did not get anything but, my nephew in the other stand was able to harvest one. Then he got another the next night. Here in Middle GA. This one was great to watch.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Heck yeah, stick with it.

[@ctandsonsoutdoors7180]

Awesome job! Need to go get you a Blackwater buck!!!

[@allthingsarcheryandshootin9380]

Great video Clay keep them coming brother

[@mattswildpointofview5057]

That was a great hunt Clay! Thanks for sharing that

[@clayhayeshunter]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@williamstewart8449]

Love your videos. Can't wait until I stick a deer with my self bow and bamboo arrows. Just need one that's near sighted.

[@clayhayeshunter]

You'll never forget it when it happens. stick with it

[@robshipley7543]

Gotta love them 2 blades and wood arrows great video as always

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks Rob

[@davidlee4576]

Magnificent camera placement to catch that shot! Per usual, nice shooting!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank ya

[@jimjohnny8926]

Another panhandle boy here. You should re visit that river hunt when the waters up. Find those ridges with a canoe. My favorite method

[@clayhayeshunter]

I'll check it out!

[@r1sabotage]

Hey Clay, you think you can make a video explaining wind one day, A lot of people talk about it but not in detail on how to hunt the wind. I understand if the wind blows towards the animal it scares them but without knowing the area how do you know which is a good wind.

[@clayhayeshunter]

That's a good question. I'll think on it.

[@Droptineful]

Great shot! Congrats!👍🏻🇺🇸

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks

[@colehudson6062]

Since the beaver are so territorial, you can trap them quick by making a castor mound set using a beaver caught from a different pond.

[@marilynsimpson4640]

Thanks for the education very interesting

[@stephenfann3347]

Great video a very nice swamp deer Reminds me of hunting creek bottoms in eastern NC as a kid

[@cjdowney4444]

Hey Clay, another great video! Where in Georgia are you gonna be? If your anywhere near the eastern side of the Okefenokee, let me know. I live there, and I' sure you could find yourself a hog in no time!

[@kraabol.mp4]

Making it look easy clay, congrats👏

[@pcolasoldier31]

Watching this video makes me miss Pensacola. Enjoy your contact

[@jonpatterson7211]

Thanks for the insight into local nature. You're a fortunate man. Good shot, by the way.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks Jon

[@trevorandrews1349]

Good little pond creek doe. Have you thought about holding a little pow wow style meet up to spread knowledge and maybe show some tips on stuff? Kinda like a workshop?

[@clayhayeshunter]

I've been thinking about doing something like that. I'll post something to social media if we do.

[@trevorandrews1349]

@@clayhayeshunter count me in!

[@corymattson6350]

Congratulations Clay good follow through!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Much appreciated!

[@inbornmedia9067]

Good eats is right! Great film, great film.

[@clayhayeshunter]

thanks

[@jamesdanford3978]

Family is from that area. Wewahitchka, hear Panama City. Most of my father's uncles and his father worked. In 5rhje turpentine industry. Fond memories of the panhandle.

[@clayhayeshunter]

That was a tough gig!

[@boonsfrc]

And vanilla ice cream for that Beaver gland lol🎉😅

[@backtobasics1051]

Nicely done. great shot

[@stevew2347]

Great hunt Clay. Gotta love them Meatheads.

[@clayhayeshunter]

You got that right!

[@tradbow25]

Nice. Enjoy your videos and always learn something. Looking forward to your Idaho whitetail hunt!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks

[@TheCarnivoreConnection]

Clay do you have any carnivorous pitcher plants on the property?

[@johnd0e25]

You even caught the shot on video, great job!

[@clayhayeshunter]

I thought that was pretty cool

[@dmouse522]

Ever seen Woodies "Hoovering" up acorns? We've seen it twice in our yard. They can sure clean them up.

[@clayhayeshunter]

I have. I love seeing them

[@lancebeiler7740]

Beaver butt juice perfume. 😂😂😂 Love your videos Clay!

[@rustywallace4596]

Backstraps. Congrats keep the videos coming.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks Rusty

[@michaelmorais6206]

Very informative.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Glad you liked it

[@longbowbrown]

Great job Clay. Pat Hylton

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks Pat

[@ShadowfistsPurga]

10:55 Wychhazel Hamamelis virginiana 11:31 Callicarpa americana (edible fruits while other species of callicarpa are said to be toxic)

[@clayhayeshunter]

Perfect!

[@bentpolski]

Great Video as usual Clay! Great Shot too. Nice Tacoma. I have a 2006 4 wheel drive Access Cab Big 4.0 V-6. She's 15 years old and not even 100 grand on the odometer yet.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Nice!

[@timothyandersen4331]

What First Lite pants are you wearing in this video and the last? Hopefully those dudes sponsor you soon. I would absolutely love a Steve Reniella or Clay Newcomb and clay Hayes hunting video. My son would flip! ... so would I.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Those are the Obsidians

[@jamescooper2618]

I think your choice of broadhead made the difference between a lost deer and taking home the venison. The three and four-blade guys are so worried about getting a good blood trail when they should be concerned with getting deep penetration. I really doubt a 3 blade or a 2 blade with "bleeder" blades would have made that kill. Maybe, but I have my doubts. An expandable head would have left a wounded deer for coyote bait. I truly believe in a heavy 2-blade broadhead.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Me too. I'll never use an expandable from a stick bow or even a compound if I shot one.

[@JohnsonsOutdoorAdventures]

Great shot! Good job on getting that shot placement in. I bet that meat is going to be AMAZING

[@clayhayeshunter]

Yep, we're running low on freezer space so we canned everything but the backstraps

[@justinjdavis79]

Nice job!! Thank you for all the wonderful information!!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Glad ya liked it!

[@peterparsons7141]

Funny, The question I had was whether or not Florida still had beavers or if the imported rodents(nutria), had displaced them. Well done vids.. beaver ponds in the North are massive swamps, MASSIVE. Great for ducks, moose, bear, deer. Large Beaver meadows are treacherous places to cross or get turned around in. Can be hundreds of acres of nasty. Like your Everglades.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks much. Beaver and nutria inhabit different types of wetlands in my experience. Nutria are more of a marsh animals, beavers tend to stick to the forest streams.

[@peterparsons7141]

@@clayhayeshunter you would be surprised, different areas beaver will inhabit. In the ottawa River valley, we get a few beaver that inhabit the large rivers. These are big slow moving rivers. I’ve seen beavers the size of golden retriever’s. They are scarce, and not the norm. Since (relatively nobody ) traps anymore beavers are a nuisance animal. Thanks for responding, I was genuinely interested in the relationship between invasive Nutria and native Beaver.

[@waynepatton689]

Great job! Late winter hunt sounds fun. Looking forward to watching!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Heading out in just a few days

[@waynepatton689]

@@clayhayeshunter that’s awesome. I’m headed for a late season traditional flintlock hunt here in PA around the New Year holiday. Can’t wait!

[@OdeeOz]

*Best way to hunt, in my experienced opinion, is Traditional.* 🙂👍👍👏&🙏 *for a Very Merry Christmas.*

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks Odee

[@jasonjohn4532]

Love your videos Clay! Keep em coming!

[@codyrose1511]

Great job! Sure would be cool to hunt back east. Here in Utah a shoulder shot with a crossbow is no good for anything here lol. Would be awesome to get a whitetail like that though. She was a healthy girl.

[@buckarue100]

What kind of seat ia hanging off your'tre belt?

[@ant1sokolow]

Very nice video about ethical (to my standard..) hunt in a very cool place. The view of the deer when shot show clearly that the animal heard the shot before being hit. Very interesting: Perhaps 10-15 yards more afar it would have been a miss or a wound +/- loss, not on the hunter fault or bow lack of power, but due to more time for the deer to move. Modern bows are faster, but way nosier..

[@justinbressler7773]

Great shot, enjoy the rest of your hunting season

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank ya

[@buckeye_bowhunter]

Nice deer.

[@baraksinz]

Clay, you said you are flying to ID. How do you transport your bow when you fly?

[@clayhayeshunter]

I put them in a PVC tube.

[@jeffreyarnold2626]

it always cracks me up knowing what weird, gross stuff people make perfumes from. I love it when Clay the biologist comes out.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Yeah, I like the smell of it. kind of musky sweetish...

[@terrybowling5973]

Clay you get a chance watch a video (more of a movie) called Primal Dreams it was put together by Mitton brothers and Gene and Barry Wenzel there is a scene with a beaver eating a fish (it appears to be a dead carp) pretty cool and a wonderful video.

[@anibalperez2802]

Excelente maestro 🏹🦌👍🏽

[@user-qw7kh4ll3d]

Beaver butt juice 😂😂😂 Great description 👌

[@Bearsfan871]

What quiver do you have on your bow

[@clayhayeshunter]

It’s from creekwalkertrading.com

[@claymcguire2420]

Are you still doing classes? And are planning anything for bushcraft?

[@clayhayeshunter]

Taking a break on the bow classes for the time being. I'll let folks know on the other classes

[@bwfreel]

I have felt, for a long time, that for most game, except for the very largest, the quartering to shot is absolutely the deadliest shot. But then again I've used heavy arrows with 2 blade single bevels. If you think about it, it requires the least amount of penetration to get to that heart lung area that results in a quick and sometimes extremely quick kill. It's not a shot for less than sturdy broadheads on light arrows but I know a hunter using recurve, heavy arrows etc. put one right through the shoulder of a Bull Moose! Quartering to and a very quick kill! you have to observe the animal before you shoot though, if they are bobbing their head up and down, its better to wait until you are sure their head will be out of the way!

[@wiklundpatrick84]

Witch hazel is a member of the viburnum family. Wonder if it would be good for arrow making?

[@clayhayeshunter]

Probably would make some good shoot shafts

[@CMMC-zb1gw]

Yes!

[@tnoutdoors3820]

I've been catching up on the alone episodes, I already know the outcome but still rooting for you the whole time

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks much

[@charliefoster5862]

Gotta love the Grizzly broadheads. That's all I use, Grizzly and Cutthroat.

[@clayhayeshunter]

these are tuffhead broadheads

[@robertcarte95]

Good stuff!! Cedar arrows or fir?

[@clayhayeshunter]

these are doug fir. surewoodshafts.com/

[@robertcarte95]

@@clayhayeshunter thanks. This year after 40 years tradbow I have become addicted to selfbows. Building,shooting and blowing up.lol killed 3 deer and a pig this season with stone points but I think the wood arrows and trusty 2 blade grizz will be my go to. Enjoy your hunts. Holler when your in ga sometime. I'll show you around mighty fine wma s . Near Paridise

[@jamesbarnes7689]

Great video, Florida beavers probably don't have to make feedbeds by their houses with no freeze up.

[@clayhayeshunter]

They'll stash some limbs but nothing like the northern beavers.

[@michaelgonzalez8863]

Nice !

[@georgewashington1621]

Great video! Would you mind sharing the weight of the arrow and the poundage of this bow?

[@clayhayeshunter]

around 640grains on the arrow, 55lbs at 29" on the bow.

[@rickhahn8812]

What happen to the Dodge. Tell me you didn't retire it?

[@clayhayeshunter]

It's up in Idaho. I got the Tacoma to leave in FL

[@coreypaxton3546]

I've also heard vanilla extract used to or is made out of beaver butt or is added for flavor

[@Alexander-hx2bi]

1:56 that's probably the most southern accent I've ever heard :D (if that wasn't on purpose)

[@clayhayeshunter]

it happens...

[@josegodoy9160]

Buena caza , podrías pasar el vídeo de cómo haces la empuñadura del arco desmontable que usas

[@SingleDadHomesteading]

You are right those FL deer are small i felt bad the first couple i killed but they ate amazing

[@clayhayeshunter]

Yep, I just got back from hunting an island where the mature bucks were weighing less than a hundred lbs on the hoof!

[@bennypapino3670]

It's always nice when all you have to do is climb a tree and not have to worry about hanging a stand or fooling with a saddle

[@Smack723]

Are you going to come back to idaho?

[@clayhayeshunter]

I'll be there tomorrow! Just coming back for a hunt but the whole fam will be back in march.

[@Smack723]

We should go rabbit hunting before it ends

[@spurs221]

Beaver castoreum is still used in scents and artificial food flavourings. Grade A castors are worth more than the pelt these days.

[@drewsroo]

One of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal fur market...😑

[@chadcook1862]

Don't say the only shot you had. Rather, explain you were confident in your gears ability to perform.

[@StickHippieOutdoors]

Great video, I had a similar shot this year that didn’t turn out as good, I hit shoulder and didn’t get as good of penetration and lost my first deer in my 31 years of bowhunting, congratulations on your harvest

[@clayhayeshunter]

it's a tough shot

[@EDHBowman]

Solid

[@matthewmc9198]

beaver castor is added in vanilla extract !

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

Hunt safe Bro wear a safety harness please! Do it for your wife and kids! Thanks for sharing the hunt!

[@conradsmith6037]

Harness salesman…

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

@@conradsmith6037 yea

[@dillardwinters4882]

I am glad you didn't need spot!