These scouting videos are 100x’s better than watching some guy self film in a known big buck area...this is a major part of hunting that I really enjoy!! I can’t think of anybody out there who puts so much scouting info out there...I hope you realize how much a lot of us appreciate these videos!!!
So I spent most of the weekend watching your videos and decided to go see if I had learned anything. I pulled up on-x and studied a map of the park across from my house. (Its 444acres and has some walking trails through it.) I marked a spot i decided looked like it would be a good buck bedding area. I went out and walked exactly to my waypoint location. No joke, about 20 feet from my waypoint were two massive bucks bedded down. I spooked them out but I didn't care i was blown away by the things I learned just from watching and listening to your videos of success and failure. I now have big buck fever worse than ever before and its all thanks to you!
I cant sit still for more then 2 or 3 hours even when I'm hunting but I can watch or listen to 2 hour long podcasts or videos of Dan's and be intrigued the whole time learning.
I normally follow rub lines to beding. Than I will go from thier . Here in Michigan. Kent County. Its hard to find buck with any age on them . But its like any other spot most bigger bucks use the same area year after.
This is perfect example of spring scouting Dan teaches in the workshops. Look at maps prior to coming in, start following the transition lines, and follow the sign. When I saw the last map in the video it made total sense why we setup are kill spots where we did, Super D saw this way before me!!! Dan has a awesome Birdseye view when he is scouting!!
I've learned so much from his podcasts and videos on bedding that I bought that it's crazy how I used to hunt compared to now. I always knew there was a better way and some of the stuff I figured out but there's so much more to it than you realize when you 1st start figuring it out
@@R.S.G879 i think they're awesome. I don't have the super insulated ones. I think muck boots are way overpriced. I hunt and work in Arkansas so I don't need a lot of insulation
One of the most valuable videos ive ever watched. This video taught me more than ive learned in the last 10 years hunting. Thank you so much. Now i know how to put the pieces together now and i didnt before i could only identify pieces of the puzzle but not put the picture together.
After watching this video I'm more excited to go scout this spring than get in the woods and actually hunt! I've been doing things wrong for a long time now! Thank you very much!!!
Perfect this is really can’t wait watch all your videos from Canada I am hunting across from my house is exactly like the area your scouting right now 🇨🇦👏👏👏
Dan it would be legendary if you would come to some southwest Louisiana public land like Clear Creek WMA and do some scouting an make heads and tails from what you learn..it has to be the most difficult areas to hunt ive ever seen. Alot of mix of pines w hardwood bottoms. Thick, and deer can be beddinv anywhere. Its crazy..
Great video Dan. I learn so much watching these videos. So many little things to pick up on. Thanks a million. Perfect timing as I’m heading out Monday to scout
Very educational information Dan and Rick so I might as well grab my boots and Turkey mouth calls and hit the woods again and find the beds these big bucks are using. The property I'm hunting for years now is just full of does and I've been noticing that by the cameras info is that most of the giant bucks you will see maybe once or twice during the prerut and then they move on unless there's numerous does in heat then they stick around for no more than one week and that's when I try to be in the main doe bedding areas to cover cruising bucks, not very often will the giant bucks I call them will camp out for the whole season just during that magical time of year. Iv went completely mobile this past year and I love the feeling of just seeing different views of the farm and the feeling of being able to push the limits on those perfect days and sneak in within eye sight of the bedding. Thanks for sharing all of this knowledge with us and I'm hopeful it will pay off again this year. As always be safe and stay healthy my friend.
Absolutely great video, probably your best yet. Great info to people wanting to try something different, and believe me it works. Thanks for the time and work you put in to making these great videos.
Great informational video - much appreciated! This past season and off season I have seen/located over 10 popup ground blinds, hang on and ladder stands left on public land. Not the topic of this video, but something I was happy to hear Dan briefly discuss - IT'S ILLEGAL! And while I'm on my little schtick, pick up all your damn garbage and cans left in the woods!
Just this week i went scouting on public and saw a nice new climber chained to a tree a month after it should have been legally removed. I sent pics and location/map out to all the hunters i know, hope nothing happens to the poor guys stand :)
Next scouting trip I'm bringing a bag to pick up trash left in the woods. Wish I had one on my last trip. I’ve never understood people that litter in the woods, shameful.
Way to crush it Dan... top tier video. So many little details, I love to soak it all in and watch it multiple times! Awesome. All about analyzing and knowing the right question to ask yourself! Keep crushing it!
This is the kind of video that makes a deer hunter think about his area, and how it relates to the scouting terrain Dan is presenting here. If you pay attention, and use your brain, you can learn from this video and then apply it to your hunting area. Good video.
Dan ur new videos is very helpful..... they really help me to connect the dots on things I was unsure about . I think back about hunts in the past that I couldn’t close the deal on , simply because I was just to far from the beds. It really sucks to be pinned down in a tree watching ur target buck after shooting light. Of course u don’t want to get down and blow him out. Thanks bud !!!!!
Much appreciated really have dove into bow hunting hard the last four years. Spend all my free time these days scouting recently moved from Green Bay to north western wisconsin so have a lot of work ahead scouting the land around me.
Dan and Rick I have been flowing your videos. Thanks for taking us to school Dan you are very informative. I am up in Northwest WI and also have to get in past the other guys to find the mature sign. Go BeastGear quality products!!
Great video Dan and Rick, excellent insight...You make it look easy, then most of the time when you mention “another hunter would be too far out”, or in the wrong spot I’m thinking, “Hey, he’s talking about me”! 😂😂
Hey Dan huge fan of yours.! I hunt here in Michigan on Public Land... you hit everything spot on. Not only do I walk miles upon miles I find myself hunting the other hunter out there.! Rubs are a huge key to success. I’m constantly paying attention to fresh sign, never over looking those overlooked areas.! Another amazing video. Thanks for sharing.!
BIG rub hunter here. Some of my findings. Bucks will choose (prefer) to rub a certain species of tree and stick to those making the wide scale patterning job much easier. Tip. Look for unique scars from burrs or antler knobs in the actual rub that can be matched up with other rubs to pinpoint a certain buck. Bucks who prefer rubbing hardwoods tend to carry white antlers. Those who prefer softwoods will carry dark antlers. If you find bushes destroyed but no big rubs, your looking for a buck with beams too close to together to wrap his antlers around the base of a rubbing tree. The side of the tree rubbed gives you a better idea of where he’s coming from and going to. That one’s pretty obvious. In big woods, old rubs close to new rubs on the same species of tree that are located in the same area indicates a same travel route used throughout the years by the same buck. Clusters of rubs indicate core or staging areas, lone or individual rubs indicate travel routes. My absolute #1 ways to locate and pattern older bucks.
I give you a lot of credit for setting up in a tree with a trunk that you could put a hand around it.i never would've considered using but that's why you kill mature bucks and I don't.very useful info.thank you!
The thing I appreciate the most is how Dan thoroughly analyzes every piece of sign left behind by the deer AND other hunters. This is what sets apart the wannabes from the Legends! Very informative and great content!!
I've been finding chest to neck hi rubs on big trees coming right outta thick cover but its always best if that giant scrape or two is right by the rubs if I see its being used I immediately setup if the winds right great episode Dan and Rick!
I hunt rubs no matter where I find them. If I find a good rub, that looks like it was made by a mature buck, I hunt over it. I hunt the cabbage palm swamps of Florida. Not many transition areas here. Mostly same habitat for miles. Love the video, always learning from my Northern deer hunting friends. Thanks for puting this out there. Love the channel.........
Excellent video, picked up some good tips. Would like to see a follow up video on your pre season set up with trail cam pics and how you prepare for the hunt. Then a final video during season with your target buck down!... but man...lol.. the tree you want to set up on for me its alittle to small in diameter, i think i would be sketched out climbing into it...lol...good job i appreciate what you guys are doing..
I know I'm late to the game. But I started hunting about 6-7 years ago. Within the last year I have been really keying in on my craft and knowledge to hunt mature whitetails. I watch you, Jeff Sturgis, and THP. I know your busy but I am stuck right now on a situation. I have private land I hunt in Northeast NC, it is a pine thicket that slopes down to a creek bottom, on one side is a fenced cow pasture (not on the property) and a pond and ag field on the other side (not on the property). We are stuck in the middle but highly have seen deer use the creek bottom as a funnel. I have notice multiple great rubs along the transition of pine thicket to a hardwood creek bottom. The rub line stretches out to 120 yards and ends with a large 4ft x4ft mock scrape. (All fresh rubs are facing on direction on a tree) towards to the back of the cow pasture (which no one ever hunts, at all) You can tell the trail he uses, and all rubs are waist high or higher, but can not figure out where he is bedding or what wind he is coming in on? I have a feeling the way the trail is going he is bedding behind the cow pasture, the cow pasture slopes downward to a creek and on the other side it goes up hill to a small Ag field, in the bottom where it meets I think he is bedding in there or slightly uphill, it is filled with briars and river cane (very thick), but it's not on the property and I can't get close enough to see his bed. I really think he is back there with all the signs but can not pin point the wind direction he is on, it's about 100 yards away from where I was planning to hunt. Any help would be greatly appreciated, so I would have to catch him on the way to the bedding or coming from the bedding. Thank you for all of your content, I pay way more attention to detail now after the detail videos you provide.
A few key things I try to figure out when I look at rubs is age class, timing and if it was made in day light or night time. One thing I like to do when I’m driving around a piece of public is keep a eye out for rubs especially near transitions that cut through the road
Just got back from scouting some very thick public. Having a very hard time figuring out these mountain bucks in this new area. Tons of rubs and scrapes. Several trail camera pictures of good deal but can’t seem to put it together
I've learned the side the tree is rubbed on is important and usually correlates with his directional movement and wind. Thereby dictating my stand location and how he'll enter the area during certain times of day.
Since watching you Dan I’ve paid particular attention to the height of rubs and have since seen more mature bucks on the hoof. The transitions of the area that I hunt, that they’re bedding in has since become more obvious that the way they move and bed is very wind and access dominant. Also, the time of the year seems to be early season with occasional times they hit the rubs during the rut.
Reminds me of an outdoor TV show Terry Bradshaw was in where the guide found sheep scat and squeezed them, smelled them then popped (a milk dud) in his mouth and commenced chewing then offered Bradshaw one to see what he thought...was hysterical
I like to follow the trail rubs into the core areas and then you will usually find a lot of rubs and his bed, I've noticed that their core areas can move 100 yards or so in one direction or another from year to year, I rely on this information a lot
You show us a lot , and I practice them at my shed spots too thanks, but to some of you viewers if you have a local surbran woods that holds deer that you can't and there is no hunting in city limits you would be surprised how many deer it holds i really learned at lot how to judge bucks by there age and body size and rack size you become real familiar with them over the years and you get some really nice sheds to boot, unless you have your own private, but I really got schooled on how big a 150inch + buck rack really is I been finding sheds that score from from 47 - 60 inches mass out some of these bucks are in the mid 140s but getting bigger each year and some are old getting smaller too losing there tines length and some tines but keeping there mass I was just thinking wow to shoot a high 140s = 150s that buck would have to live at least 4- 6 if I am right ? And on certain public farm lands thats would be like hitting the lottery here in MI. Maybe northern big hard woods ? Just the things you show us it really falls in place bedding. rubs , big tracks hiding places browse things I learn for you even made me a better shed hunter too at all my shed spots .
So just a thought, but since you’re scouting places you plan to hunt, I’d love to see or hear follow up in future videos. Wouldn’t have to be much, but mentioning “hey were hunting here today….killed a buck….we scouted it out in this previous video.” Something like that would help put the pieces together and give a real life idea of how successful certain tactics are or what sign has legit uses. Thanks!
You need a nice drone to bring on these scouting walks. I heard someone say there might even be a point over there, fly the drone up then you know, it is a great tool. Runways stand out big time from above
Hey Dan, I recently found a small public piece of land, not a lot of hunters go to it it’s pretty hard to find and its surrounded by private land its all farm fields majority all corn. I was looking for transition lines and i found a spot where the corn meets up with the timber. Between the corn and the woods theres very very tall grass then a small creek right next to the woods. I found 4-6 beds in that grass right between the corn and the woods I followed the trails into the woods and found of a somewhat open area thats just packed with trails and tracks everywhere and a lot of trees that are easy to climb with a climber stand. I followed the trails even deeper and right behind the wooded area about 60yrds where all the trails and tracks are there is a very very thick area i don’t even know how the deer go through that stuff. Should i hunt in that area its still pretty early into the season so I’m not seeing any rubs yet.
Dan doesn’t get excited over buck sign often but when he does you know it’s holding a beast of a buck someone from the group put a cell camera back there so we can see some huge buck pics next fall
I'm hunting a 40 acre property that is majority agg fields, with a small strip of woods that runs along the side. The woods have atleast 50 fresh rubs only 1 scrape was found. I hunted It 5 or 6 times this season hunting gaps between rain storms and mostly morning hunts due to work schedule. I have yet to see a deer this season. First day I spooked something big in the soybean field in the morning so I now access it from the road staying hidden from the fields. Still nothing
Enjoy the content and insight of your videos Dan. But could I request a hill country/hardwoods video like this? There are no swamps or cattails in east Tennessee. Although I can apply lots of information, it's such far different scenarios.
Great video Dan! I find a lot of variation in rub sign here between different public pieces in lower Michigan. I am fairly intermediate when it comes to public land but I try to figure it out the best I can with help from mentors like you! Dan my question for you is: if you put good boot time on a property and you do not find the rub sign you are looking for what does that say to you? Are you looking elsewhere on that specific property even if you believe that was the only suitable area for mature bucks to hold? Or would you just move onto the next property and invest time there assuming the low rub property is just inferior? I find it hard here on Michigan public to find deer sign that would indicate a deer is 3-4 or over. I had one buck on cam that was what I would age at 3-4. He was a monster for me, but everything else was clearly 2 and under this year. Do I need to adjust expectations of rub sign and age class, or is it simply a matter of hitting many properties and scouting the prominent transitions to make sure the quality of deer you want is in there? I feel like this year I got really married to a couple of properties, when in reality since I hunt from a stool I should just be making deep dives on more properties throughout the season. Thanks again for the video, I appreciate all your stuff! Hope you and Rick had a blast scoutin! -Mike
Thanks for this information Dan. Question though do deer still bed in these areas with heavy rains or do they tuck up farther under better tree canopy?
Thats a good question... I have killed plenty of bucks out of bedding like shown on rainy days, but there certainly can be spots they prefer in the rain, like under heavy pine...
These scouting videos are 100x’s better than watching some guy self film in a known big buck area...this is a major part of hunting that I really enjoy!! I can’t think of anybody out there who puts so much scouting info out there...I hope you realize how much a lot of us appreciate these videos!!!
This is absolutely true! I’m constantly learning, thanks to Dan, Mario, Rick, Josh, and the rest of the Beast crue! Thanks guys!🤘🏽🍻👊🏽🇺🇸🤘🏽🦌
So I spent most of the weekend watching your videos and decided to go see if I had learned anything. I pulled up on-x and studied a map of the park across from my house. (Its 444acres and has some walking trails through it.) I marked a spot i decided looked like it would be a good buck bedding area. I went out and walked exactly to my waypoint location. No joke, about 20 feet from my waypoint were two massive bucks bedded down. I spooked them out but I didn't care i was blown away by the things I learned just from watching and listening to your videos of success and failure. I now have big buck fever worse than ever before and its all thanks to you!
Did you have a good season
I pay way more attention to the hunting beast then I ever did in school!! 🤷♂️🦌
I cant sit still for more then 2 or 3 hours even when I'm hunting but I can watch or listen to 2 hour long podcasts or videos of Dan's and be intrigued the whole time learning.
I normally follow rub lines to beding. Than I will go from thier . Here in Michigan. Kent County. Its hard to find buck with any age on them . But its like any other spot most bigger bucks use the same area year after.
You know it right!!!
Easily
Best Beast vid in a while....plenty of kill vids but few with real info. Again, Dan keeping it simple....scout, scout , scout....
Yup this is my biggest challenge. I can shoot the balls off a gnat. But it’s useless cuz my scouting skills suck so I’m finding out
A lifetime of knowledge shared in a few minutes . Thank You!
Dan thanks for making videos like this ! These are so much better than someone sitting inside telling you what to look for and how to set up !
This is perfect example of spring scouting Dan teaches in the workshops. Look at maps prior to coming in, start following the transition lines, and follow the sign. When I saw the last map in the video it made total sense why we setup are kill spots where we did, Super D saw this way before me!!! Dan has a awesome Birdseye view when he is scouting!!
I've learned so much from his podcasts and videos on bedding that I bought that it's crazy how I used to hunt compared to now. I always knew there was a better way and some of the stuff I figured out but there's so much more to it than you realize when you 1st start figuring it out
@@R.S.G879 i think they're awesome. I don't have the super insulated ones. I think muck boots are way overpriced. I hunt and work in Arkansas so I don't need a lot of insulation
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Muck on clearance less than $90 can't be beat.
Rick is Dan’s ultimate hype guy...which was dope because Dan is super HYPED! ! Thanks for the awesome content guys really enjoyed this one!
One of the most valuable videos ive ever watched. This video taught me more than ive learned in the last 10 years hunting. Thank you so much. Now i know how to put the pieces together now and i didnt before i could only identify pieces of the puzzle but not put the picture together.
After watching this video I'm more excited to go scout this spring than get in the woods and actually hunt! I've been doing things wrong for a long time now! Thank you very much!!!
Scouting videos are the absolute key!
I could watch your videos all day. Very rich in information, plus like me, you’re a fan of 45!
Perfect this is really can’t wait watch all your videos from Canada I am hunting across from my house is exactly like the area your scouting right now 🇨🇦👏👏👏
Great video, Dan & Rick!
Wow great video and great explaination. Learned alot. Great example. Thanks alot for you guys time and effort. It is appreciated by us just learning.
The passion you display is phenomenal. Thank you for graciously sharing your hunting craft.
Absolutely love this series of videos. Dan youre the best! Learn so much from watching your channel
Dan it would be legendary if you would come to some southwest Louisiana public land like Clear Creek WMA and do some scouting an make heads and tails from what you learn..it has to be the most difficult areas to hunt ive ever seen. Alot of mix of pines w hardwood bottoms. Thick, and deer can be beddinv anywhere. Its crazy..
Great video Dan. I learn so much watching these videos. So many little things to pick up on. Thanks a million. Perfect timing as I’m heading out Monday to scout
Thanks for making these scouting vids, I learn a lot!
Very educational information Dan and Rick so I might as well grab my boots and Turkey mouth calls and hit the woods again and find the beds these big bucks are using. The property I'm hunting for years now is just full of does and I've been noticing that by the cameras info is that most of the giant bucks you will see maybe once or twice during the prerut and then they move on unless there's numerous does in heat then they stick around for no more than one week and that's when I try to be in the main doe bedding areas to cover cruising bucks, not very often will the giant bucks I call them will camp out for the whole season just during that magical time of year. Iv went completely mobile this past year and I love the feeling of just seeing different views of the farm and the feeling of being able to push the limits on those perfect days and sneak in within eye sight of the bedding. Thanks for sharing all of this knowledge with us and I'm hopeful it will pay off again this year. As always be safe and stay healthy my friend.
Absolutely great video, probably your best yet. Great info to people wanting to try something different, and believe me it works. Thanks for the time and work you put in to making these great videos.
The attention to detail is what sets him apart, definitely the best thing to have when it comes to scouting deer.
Great informational video - much appreciated! This past season and off season I have seen/located over 10 popup ground blinds, hang on and ladder stands left on public land. Not the topic of this video, but something I was happy to hear Dan briefly discuss - IT'S ILLEGAL! And while I'm on my little schtick, pick up all your damn garbage and cans left in the woods!
Just this week i went scouting on public and saw a nice new climber chained to a tree a month after it should have been legally removed. I sent pics and location/map out to all the hunters i know, hope nothing happens to the poor guys stand :)
Next scouting trip I'm bringing a bag to pick up trash left in the woods. Wish I had one on my last trip. I’ve never understood people that litter in the woods, shameful.
Way to crush it Dan... top tier video. So many little details, I love to soak it all in and watch it multiple times! Awesome. All about analyzing and knowing the right question to ask yourself! Keep crushing it!
This is the kind of video that makes a deer hunter think about his area, and how it relates to the scouting terrain Dan is presenting here. If you pay attention, and use your brain, you can learn from this video and then apply it to your hunting area. Good video.
This video cleared up a lot of questions and things that have been confusing me. Thank you for all the information.
Dan ur new videos is very helpful..... they really help me to connect the dots on things I was unsure about . I think back about hunts in the past that I couldn’t close the deal on , simply because I was just to far from the beds. It really sucks to be pinned down in a tree watching ur target buck after shooting light. Of course u don’t want to get down and blow him out. Thanks bud !!!!!
Yet another excellent video! In fact one of the best I've seen covering rubs in particular. Thanks sir!
Very informative! Thanks for the great information!
Much appreciated really have dove into bow hunting hard the last four years. Spend all my free time these days scouting recently moved from Green Bay to north western wisconsin so have a lot of work ahead scouting the land around me.
Dan and Rick I have been flowing your videos. Thanks for taking us to school Dan you are very informative. I am up in Northwest WI and also have to get in past the other guys to find the mature sign. Go BeastGear quality products!!
Nothing fires me up more than watching the Beast get excited about buck bedding. I can’t friggen wait until next season to watch you fellas dive in.
“ These beds didn’t just get worn out themselves”......what an awesome find guys! I cannot wait to see who gets an arrow in him!!
Great video Dan and Rick, excellent insight...You make it look easy, then most of the time when you mention “another hunter would be too far out”, or in the wrong spot I’m thinking, “Hey, he’s talking about me”! 😂😂
Hey Dan huge fan of yours.! I hunt here in Michigan on Public Land... you hit everything spot on. Not only do I walk miles upon miles I find myself hunting the other hunter out there.! Rubs are a huge key to success. I’m constantly paying attention to fresh sign, never over looking those overlooked areas.! Another amazing video. Thanks for sharing.!
Fantastic scouting video! Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for all the great info!! Appreciate what you do
BIG rub hunter here. Some of my findings. Bucks will choose (prefer) to rub a certain species of tree and stick to those making the wide scale patterning job much easier. Tip. Look for unique scars from burrs or antler knobs in the actual rub that can be matched up with other rubs to pinpoint a certain buck. Bucks who prefer rubbing hardwoods tend to carry white antlers. Those who prefer softwoods will carry dark antlers. If you find bushes destroyed but no big rubs, your looking for a buck with beams too close to together to wrap his antlers around the base of a rubbing tree. The side of the tree rubbed gives you a better idea of where he’s coming from and going to. That one’s pretty obvious. In big woods, old rubs close to new rubs on the same species of tree that are located in the same area indicates a same travel route used throughout the years by the same buck. Clusters of rubs indicate core or staging areas, lone or individual rubs indicate travel routes. My absolute #1 ways to locate and pattern older bucks.
Great vid again, guys. Cannot wait to see how you do there this season. Please keepem coming.
Great video, lot of good info. I like to look for the high rubs too, especially when they have gouge marks on trees/branches behind them. Beast Mode!!
Thanks for all the information you share! Great entertainment too!(star fish)😅
Thanks Dan. Great video.
Great info Beast, thanks for the knowledge!
Good video. I Like the ground setup options.
Good vid again Dan,love the area
Great information. Thanks for the video
Another outstanding video by The Beast!
I give you a lot of credit for setting up in a tree with a trunk that you could put a hand around it.i never would've considered using but that's why you kill mature bucks and I don't.very useful info.thank you!
hahahahahaha "well lip a coin and which ever one looks best ill hunt" hahahahaha imma remember that one
What a great video Dan!!!
The thing I appreciate the most is how Dan thoroughly analyzes every piece of sign left behind by the deer AND other hunters. This is what sets apart the wannabes from the Legends! Very informative and great content!!
Really awesome video. I learned alot
I've been finding chest to neck hi rubs on big trees coming right outta thick cover but its always best if that giant scrape or two is right by the rubs if I see its being used I immediately setup if the winds right great episode Dan and Rick!
Can’t wait to see footage of y’all hunting this area this fall!
I hunt rubs no matter where I find them. If I find a good rub, that looks like it was made by a mature buck, I hunt over it. I hunt the cabbage palm swamps of Florida. Not many transition areas here. Mostly same habitat for miles. Love the video, always learning from my Northern deer hunting friends. Thanks for puting this out there. Love the channel.........
U pile them up that way?
Excellent video, picked up some good tips. Would like to see a follow up video on your pre season set up with trail cam pics and how you prepare for the hunt. Then a final video during season with your target buck down!... but man...lol.. the tree you want to set up on for me its alittle to small in diameter, i think i would be sketched out climbing into it...lol...good job i appreciate what you guys are doing..
Love videos like this 👌
Hahahaha you got me when you bit that "starfish"
I know I'm late to the game. But I started hunting about 6-7 years ago. Within the last year I have been really keying in on my craft and knowledge to hunt mature whitetails. I watch you, Jeff Sturgis, and THP. I know your busy but I am stuck right now on a situation. I have private land I hunt in Northeast NC, it is a pine thicket that slopes down to a creek bottom, on one side is a fenced cow pasture (not on the property) and a pond and ag field on the other side (not on the property). We are stuck in the middle but highly have seen deer use the creek bottom as a funnel. I have notice multiple great rubs along the transition of pine thicket to a hardwood creek bottom. The rub line stretches out to 120 yards and ends with a large 4ft x4ft mock scrape. (All fresh rubs are facing on direction on a tree) towards to the back of the cow pasture (which no one ever hunts, at all) You can tell the trail he uses, and all rubs are waist high or higher, but can not figure out where he is bedding or what wind he is coming in on? I have a feeling the way the trail is going he is bedding behind the cow pasture, the cow pasture slopes downward to a creek and on the other side it goes up hill to a small Ag field, in the bottom where it meets I think he is bedding in there or slightly uphill, it is filled with briars and river cane (very thick), but it's not on the property and I can't get close enough to see his bed. I really think he is back there with all the signs but can not pin point the wind direction he is on, it's about 100 yards away from where I was planning to hunt. Any help would be greatly appreciated, so I would have to catch him on the way to the bedding or coming from the bedding. Thank you for all of your content, I pay way more attention to detail now after the detail videos you provide.
Set up a trail cam or two...
Nothing more exciting than finding pounded beds with high rubs leading out of them.
I hope you do a lot more videos like these
Can't wait to watch this hunt and see the plan come full circle
new subscriber here, good stuff thanks for sharing
A few key things I try to figure out when I look at rubs is age class, timing and if it was made in day light or night time. One thing I like to do when I’m driving around a piece of public is keep a eye out for rubs especially near transitions that cut through the road
Just got back from scouting some very thick public. Having a very hard time figuring out these mountain bucks in this new area. Tons of rubs and scrapes. Several trail camera pictures of good deal but can’t seem to put it together
Mountain bucks are really difficult to hunt to say the least. I have been hunt them for over 15 years. I have learned alot from off season scouting .
I've learned the side the tree is rubbed on is important and usually correlates with his directional movement and wind. Thereby dictating my stand location and how he'll enter the area during certain times of day.
Since watching you Dan I’ve paid particular attention to the height of rubs and have since seen more mature bucks on the hoof. The transitions of the area that I hunt, that they’re bedding in has since become more obvious that the way they move and bed is very wind and access dominant. Also, the time of the year seems to be early season with occasional times they hit the rubs during the rut.
Reminds me of an outdoor TV show Terry Bradshaw was in where the guide found sheep scat and squeezed them, smelled them then popped (a milk dud) in his mouth and commenced chewing then offered Bradshaw one to see what he thought...was hysterical
No not me, he's talking about that handsome hunk rick...
I like to follow the trail rubs into the core areas and then you will usually find a lot of rubs and his bed, I've noticed that their core areas can move 100 yards or so in one direction or another from year to year, I rely on this information a lot
In regards to the 2 stand set up, unfortunately you see alot of that sort of thing in missouri sadly.
Also great content! Learning a lot!
Rick getting his a$$ kicked by the swamp was priceless
You show us a lot , and I practice them at my shed spots too
thanks, but to some of you viewers if you have a local surbran woods that holds deer that you can't and there is no hunting in city limits you would be surprised how many deer it holds i really learned at lot how to judge bucks by there age and body size and rack size you become real familiar with them over the years and you get some really nice sheds to boot, unless you have your own private, but I really got schooled on how big a 150inch + buck rack really is I been finding sheds that score from
from 47 - 60 inches mass out some of these bucks are in the mid 140s but getting bigger each year and some are old getting smaller too losing there tines length and some tines but keeping there mass I was just thinking wow to shoot a high 140s = 150s that buck would have to live at least 4- 6 if I am right ? And on certain public farm lands thats would be like hitting the lottery here in MI. Maybe northern big hard woods ? Just the things you show us it really falls in place bedding. rubs , big tracks hiding places browse things I learn for you even made me a better shed hunter too at all my shed spots .
Beast mode!!👍
Beast mode!!!
So just a thought, but since you’re scouting places you plan to hunt, I’d love to see or hear follow up in future videos. Wouldn’t have to be much, but mentioning “hey were hunting here today….killed a buck….we scouted it out in this previous video.”
Something like that would help put the pieces together and give a real life idea of how successful certain tactics are or what sign has legit uses. Thanks!
You need a nice drone to bring on these scouting walks. I heard someone say there might even be a point over there, fly the drone up then you know, it is a great tool. Runways stand out big time from above
How do you get your stand in that little tree. Great video. Looks like where I hunt in New Hampshire. My spot also is loaded with rubs.
Another thing I learned about rubs. It’s a magnet for other hunters.
Love it
Great video fellas. Are you going to put a cell cam in there?
Great video Dan nice to see you guys in action
Hey Dan, I recently found a small public piece of land, not a lot of hunters go to it it’s pretty hard to find and its surrounded by private land its all farm fields majority all corn. I was looking for transition lines and i found a spot where the corn meets up with the timber. Between the corn and the woods theres very very tall grass then a small creek right next to the woods. I found 4-6 beds in that grass right between the corn and the woods I followed the trails into the woods and found of a somewhat open area thats just packed with trails and tracks everywhere and a lot of trees that are easy to climb with a climber stand. I followed the trails even deeper and right behind the wooded area about 60yrds where all the trails and tracks are there is a very very thick area i don’t even know how the deer go through that stuff. Should i hunt in that area its still pretty early into the season so I’m not seeing any rubs yet.
One question I have is I’m still having a hard time determining which bed bucks is during different season, would enjoy a separate video on that
Looks like you mite found another one for the wall. Getter done Dan .
That looks like the holy grail of bedding areas and you picked it apart like a surgeon with a scalpel. Well done. Thanks for the education Dan.
Dan doesn’t get excited over buck sign often but when he does you know it’s holding a beast of a buck someone from the group put a cell camera back there so we can see some huge buck pics next fall
I'm hunting a 40 acre property that is majority agg fields, with a small strip of woods that runs along the side. The woods have atleast 50 fresh rubs only 1 scrape was found. I hunted It 5 or 6 times this season hunting gaps between rain storms and mostly morning hunts due to work schedule. I have yet to see a deer this season. First day I spooked something big in the soybean field in the morning so I now access it from the road staying hidden from the fields. Still nothing
Enjoy the content and insight of your videos Dan. But could I request a hill country/hardwoods video like this? There are no swamps or cattails in east Tennessee. Although I can apply lots of information, it's such far different scenarios.
I was planning on doing some hill country scouting this weekend... So, I will try to put a video together
@@thehuntingbeast thank you Dan very much appreciated
Great video Dan! I find a lot of variation in rub sign here between different public pieces in lower Michigan. I am fairly intermediate when it comes to public land but I try to figure it out the best I can with help from mentors like you! Dan my question for you is: if you put good boot time on a property and you do not find the rub sign you are looking for what does that say to you? Are you looking elsewhere on that specific property even if you believe that was the only suitable area for mature bucks to hold? Or would you just move onto the next property and invest time there assuming the low rub property is just inferior? I find it hard here on Michigan public to find deer sign that would indicate a deer is 3-4 or over. I had one buck on cam that was what I would age at 3-4. He was a monster for me, but everything else was clearly 2 and under this year. Do I need to adjust expectations of rub sign and age class, or is it simply a matter of hitting many properties and scouting the prominent transitions to make sure the quality of deer you want is in there? I feel like this year I got really married to a couple of properties, when in reality since I hunt from a stool I should just be making deep dives on more properties throughout the season. Thanks again for the video, I appreciate all your stuff! Hope you and Rick had a blast scoutin! -Mike
There has to be some big rubs on a property. Big bucks rub trees. No rubs, no bucks... But they dont always have to be in the bedding areas.
Thanks for the response Dan! You the man!
U looking happy with rick,rub city.
Thanks for this information Dan. Question though do deer still bed in these areas with heavy rains or do they tuck up farther under better tree canopy?
Thats a good question... I have killed plenty of bucks out of bedding like shown on rainy days, but there certainly can be spots they prefer in the rain, like under heavy pine...
@@thehuntingbeast thanks for the reply. You have taught me a lot about hunting.
I have found that rubs are directional. I look at big rubs and get down and will see more rubs on the same side of the trees.
Wow, that shit was super exciting!! Nice work Rick and Dan!!! Kill-em!!!👍🏼👊🏼
You have to really cook those star fish down.
If you ever had hook worm then munching mud might hve been the culprit lol. Relatable for me though i do the stuff with no camera.
Very good thx Dan. What is your climbing system for
That small tree?… also tree stand?
Thx Da
Beast stand and sticks... They will go on any tree big enough to hold you off the ground
@@thehuntingbeast Thx Dan
When will they be in stock? Hunting Beast store says "Sold Out"
Your the man thanks for knowledge means the world trying to kill like you!!
What map are u using on the aerial photos in this video it is amazing how it shows the transition so well
hillmap.com
@@thehuntingbeast thanks Bubba