Nathan Nelson's SNOW TRACKING KILL in MINNESOTA // Big Woods Deer Camp (S.2//E.2)
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Nathan Nelson gets his first ever Buck Tracking Kill and does it in Minnesota! Join along and Nathan and Josh Walsh finish out the MN hunt together!
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What an awesome hunt! Its actually really refreshing to see somebody on youtube shoot a spike buck! Too many food plot 10 pointers on TV have given todays hunters a warped perspective on what its all about. I love the big woods tracking. Keep it up! Cant wait for part 3.
Thanks man!!! It’s a little tough on my ego haha….but a tracking hunt is a totally different ball game!! It’s really tested me over the years to see what this is really about for me. It can’t be about looking cool for ppl because I been getting my teeth kicked in for quite a few years 😂😂😂
All bucks are trophy's! No matter how big, or small. It's the experience that you have is what matters. Nice job!
Amen to that!! This was truly an incredible experience!!!!!
Welcome to the club! I'm a New England hunter and spend as much time as I can tracking bucks in Northern Vermont, Northern NH, and Northern Maine. The 2 best pieces of advice I can give are don't give up and don't stop tracking. Nothing beats experience. If you fill your tag early in the season, keep tracking bucks. I've learned the most tracking deer after my season was over and had some really cool experiences even though I was unarmed and couldn't shoot. I track deer all winter (or as long as there is snow). If you only track deer during your deer season, and stop tracking deer once your tag is filled, you're missing some great opportunities to learn and improve. Stay with it man! Congrats on your first of many.
Love this tip!!!!!!! I haven’t done any tracking out of season but have made quite a few attempts with my bow! Super good input, might have to give that a few tries!!!
If he gets you excited, he's a trophy in my eyes. Congratulations on your first tracking buck! It's definitely an addiction. God bless you, brother!
Thanks man!!! Nice to finally break the ice!!!
Awesome Buck! And congratulations. The antlers are a secondary factor. It is the amount of work you put in to earn it. And the memories that are a bigger measure. Some of my best are also spikes-5 point range just because of the memories around them.
Thanks it was one of the best hunts of my life, got me really fired up!!! Heart pounding out of my chest!!
When it’s quiet and the snow is crunchy, every once in a while hit the grunt tube , gives them something to think about and you may get a shot, we have the same country in Maine and NH .
Was going to say the same
Very good tip! I haven’t done much calling in the past, might be worth trying into the future!
Congratulations on your first buck by tracking and it's a trophy no matter the size . The first one is the hardest one it gets easier now. I have been watching your videos through the years not getting one but you never gave up. You have what it takes to be a tracker welcome to the tracker world. It will give you a lifetime of enjoyment.there all good days tracking.
Thanks!!!!!! Yessss….now that I have crossed that barrier we are full steam ahead!! Thanks for following along with all my non kills these past couple years!! 😂😂😂
Great job and congratulations on your success 😊 It's not about the antlers it's about the time in the woods and the accomplishment 👍
Yesss!! It is always a good time!!!
Nothing harder or more rewarding than killing a mature buck tracking! Gotta start somewhere. 👍🏻👍🏻
Yuuup! After this many years, I just need to put my pride to the side and start getting some kills!
Nate, that's awesome. Congrats! All the hard work and learning paid off.
I love your "commercials".
😂😂😂😂😂 finally getting a comment on the commercials 😂😂😂😂 that’s one of my favorite parts of the whole film 😂😂😂😂
Awesome!!! Congrats Dude!! Thanks for having us along
Thanks man!!! Hope to have many many more tracking hunts to bring you into the future!!!
@@swostillwateroutdoors come on up to Nw Ontario. I’ll put you on the track of some big narly ol bucks.
I had a body that hunted Ontario last year! He had a tough hunt trying to find a good track!! I guess they had a bad winter kill or something and the locals were saying the deer numbers were low! It is for sure a bucket list place for me to go!!!
Congratulations on that good looking monstah spike ! 🦌 I’ve seen this scenario many times . A big mature buck will allow a younger buck to help him work the hot doe . It’s quite impressive as he stays back a bit for safety and will loop on her to corral her but if you get in this situation again hang tight, great chance that bruiser is close by
Interesting thought!! I wonder if that is what happened?! The poop and the track way too big to be the spike!!
I’ve seen that scenario as well. Here in Northern Maine the bucks will also travel through a lot of the same areas moving from doe pocket to doe pocket, regardless of size or age. If I can’t find a big track from the road I’ll take a small buck track because they’ll typically almost always cross a big buck track from travelling through the same places
Interesting thought! Makes me wonder, because I know there was a big track I was on and the buck dropped some huge scat...it was quite bizarre to me in the moment when the small buck stepped out!@@shanelizotte6318
Nice 11 pointer. Good meat for the freezer.
Thanks!! Yup he def ate good haha!!
I don't care if it was a spike!! That was an awesome hunt and video.. tell your friend to get a scope on his gun😂... God is good! Congratulations!!
Thanks man!!!!!! A scope would have been really nice in that scenario with wide open long shot!!!
And amen to that!!! Yes he is!!!!
I'm so proud for you my friend!!!
Thanks very much!!! Means a lot!!!
Awesome way to hunt. I prefer the stalk aswell.
Yess!! It is about the only way I like to hunt now 😂😂
Congratulations brother!
Thanks so much!!!!!!!
Congratulations on the tracking 👏 success!! I can't wait to finally get my first buck, tracking.
Thanks so much!!! Hope it works out for you this season!! Biggest thing that I’ve changed in my approach to all of this is to stop trying to force it and just let it happen. It’s a pretty exciting moment when it finally comes together!
For a Maine resident, that's an eleven-pointer.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Congrats! That was an exciting way to hunt.
Yes it was so much fun!!!!! Can’t wait for more of it this year!!!!
Congrats on your 1st. Good luck in the future. Fun footage, good job.
Thanks so much!!!!! Can’t wait for tracking to start up again here soon!!!
Rubin finally got his Buck! 🎉
Who is Rubin? Congrats hahah!!!
Never met a bad deer great job!
Very true!! And he has been quite tasty too haha!!!
Great job brother congratulations
Thanks so much!!!!!!!
Beautiful job!
Thanks!!! It was a super exciting hunt!!!!
Massive spike lol !!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 slight embellishment hahaha!!!
"Massive spike buck"...... I nearly fell outta my chair laughing. Is that something like a life changing $5 winning lottery ticket?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 sounds about right!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
When you lever, keep your head down on the gun. No need to eject from ready position
Good tip!!! I need to hone those skills more!
How the heck do you get a cheek weld with that tall riser!
Never heard of that term till just now! Always learning something!! I was intending to keep the iron sights open just in case the snow gets in my glass. But the picatinny made it so I can’t see the iron sight!
I thought the same thing. Just run a peep or the rifled sights on the 7600
One tip w tracking is more times the shot happens super fast so target acquisition is huge,here in the North East most run a peep.I personally run a 2.5-10x40 on my 7600 carbine because i have a hard time seeing the bone. So u want your set up to be as soon as you pull up you see crystal clear thru whatever your sights are without adjusting your head all over to see the site,should fit like a glove.But all that aside ,hell of a job on your track! Congratulations. I been tracking a few years now and got my biggest buck to date last season tracking,7 pt 160lbs. Once you finally put all the pieces together tracking its so rewarding. Good luck on your next track!
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In order to run a peep or iron sights with a Monte Carlo stock, you need to take the punishment! Monte carlo for scopes, shotgun stock for peep/iron sights
Chin weld!
Let’s goooo!!
Yeaaaaa buddy!!!!!!
That's hunting. I still at , at 74. Congrats
Thanks!!!!! Yes it is, it’s always a great feeling when you can pull it off…but a ground hunt is really special tracking them down!!
Hell of a job, and a lot of respect for those that do track like that.. but personally i couldn't handle packing it out that kinda distance.
Bought my first new quad last year just for that and plowing.
It is not easy!!! I can’t imagine for guys dragging deer couple miles out in the mountains of Maine! That is tough on another level!!!
Awesome hunt!! Way to go!
Thanks!!!! Now I just gotta start killing big deer like you guys :)
Great video buddy,now that the skunk is out of the boat you can start killing some,awesome hunt👊
Yessss!!!! I am relieved to have that monkey off my back!!!! Hahahha
Couple hours of stalking and tracking closing in on a buck like that would get me excited too!
It was such an adrenaline rush!!!! Amazing when you have years of nothing working to suddenly everything goes perfect…it was really special!
When you cutting tracks catching up, dont worry much about going slow and being quiet. Kicking them up isnt the end of the world. I run tracks when they are transitioning between destinations. Picked that up from jeff doyle.
Jeff Doyle is the MAN!!!! Insane the deer that guy kills EVERY YEAR!!!!
Great video!! Nice job!!
Thanks Zach!!!!!! Appreciate you being such a loyal follower!!!
One of my favorite channels! Keep em coming!
BBD!!!
BIG BUCK DOWN!!!
SBD!!!!
SMALL BUCK DOWN!!!! 😂😂😂
Saw rifle go foot up foot down crackle all around.. hard shot I assume
Not sure I understand what you are saying?
Congrats! You worked for that one!
I'd love to know more about your tactics on this track: at what point on the track did you start the death creep? What was the indicator?
How did you set-up on them for the second encounter? Guessed where they were heading and tried to cut them off?
Did you find confirmation that it was the buck you were tracking?
Also did you get your buck weighed?
Thanks!!! I started the death creep when I found the steamy hot buck poop! It was really fresh, so I knew he was close at that point! It’s a gamble because sometimes the deer is up moving and if you go into the death creep too soon you never catch him!
I just went to the area they headed, I am still not sure what happened to the big buck because the track and poop were far bigger than the spike! Either way…I finally got it done hahaha
😆 This video is worth watching just for the sponsor advertisements. I think you missed your calling, Nathan!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 well I am a youth pastor for my profession so you could say I get paid to be weird!!! 😂😂😂😂
Awesome video! What is your take on the wolf impact to the deer heard in northern Minnesota? I hear a lot about low deer numbers up there but it looks like you guys are getting on them!
Deer numbers are definitely really low in northern Minnesota! You still find tracks, but it is very hard to find a big track. Age structure is just all out of whack. I think that the wolves are a part of that factor, they have put a big dent in the deer herd. Worst area I have seen for wolves is in the UP of Michigan!!
No snow on tree lumbs... USE SCOPE CHAMP..
I know a lot of guys do that, I just done have two rifles to do that :) I also am a little Leary to use a scope that is magnified and could limit my ability see the full picture of a buck if I jump it!
Badass buck man what is your rifle and red dot? Trying to get me a doe tracking this year with my 450.
Thanks man!!!! I use a 7600 30-06 and use a cvlife red dot!
Dang bud u made more noise right on them scrapping the tree and taking ur gun up and down
Yeah the noise really killed me…it is one of the difficulties of tracking and filming at the same time…inevitably it cost me a few opportunities!
You need to slow down your walking with all that crunching. Need a Buck grunt call or doe call the can . Walk a way’s couple of calls . You walk steadily and they know not an animal but danger . Few steps stop look around , few steps call and look around. Good video.
Thanks for the tips!! I have had several people mention to bring a grunt call out, I haven’t messed with that much because I try not to alert the deer I am coming but also I know some guys have great success with grunt calls!!!
@@swostillwateroutdoors but the way you walk through the woods your alerting them faster . You need to take few steps look around then walk a little ways and once in a while grunt or bleat a doe call ( the can ) that way they will think it another deer and they might come back to you , that’s why walk , stop , look .
I've gotten wicked close on deer on the crunchiest of days. I just act like a deer and walk at their pace, which is faster than you'd think. My thinking is the only thing that tries to sneak around and be quiet is a predator.
With that said, if you are cruising thru the woods and constantly looking down at every track, your missing deer more than you know. Soon as you realize you're not paying attention, look around. I find the act of stopping gets the deer on edge.
Yess! My mentor Todd Havel says on crunchy days you want to move as fast as you can and try to catch them off guard! also by the time they hear you coming you can close the distance a little faster! But in this hunt it worked because the deer was on his feet and I let them come to me!@@buck19
Maybe a little more looking ahead, little less looking at tracks
Def a skill that I am needing to develop further! Will help open more opportunities for me to see the buck first!
Sounds like calling would have really helped, do you call on the track?
Calling would have worked really well in this scenario!! I have not done much calling before because I’ve been worried I’d tip the deer off and lose the element of surprise….but then I watch your guys videos and you pull it off of all the time with calling!!!!!
what kind of gun and caliber was the pump one ?
This is a Remington 7600 30-06!! I got this gun in the last few years, but it’s the first time I took it out for tracking!!
This is pretty nice videography, but I was startled by the overhead shot at 4:00… It’s illegal to use drones to pursue deer, and I think you’d have a tough time explaining to a CO that the camera is only for looking at you and not your surroundings. Maybe you actually staged that separately while not carrying a gun, which would be fine, but otherwise that’s probably a shot to avoid. The “invisible stick” cameras are pretty slick though.
Thanks!!! Yeah that was just a quick staged view for the purpose of cinematic storytelling, the drone was not used at all for the purpose of hunting :)
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Thanks!!!!!!!!
I assume all the driving around and following tracks are on permission given land to hunt right?
This is public land! In northern MN/WI/MI there is insane amounts of public land! Sometimes I find a track that is close to private, but never follow those if they end up going into the private. There is just so much woods up here that you can sometimes go 3-4 miles at a time without private anywhere!
How about following up on the first deer that you are shooting at... 🙄
I only fired one shot and walked right up to the deer moments after shooting him?
As a good friend of mine used to say "pour the balls to him...he can't dodge em' all' 🤣
HAhahahahahahah!!!!!! That is a good one!!!
Yeah .. not a good way to hunt ... shooting at a deer without a scope
I was using a red dot, drilled him right in the heart :)
@@swostillwateroutdoorsI think he was talking about the gentleman taking hail Mary shots with the open sighted Winchester 94 lever gun in 30/30
And yet people hunted open sights for years. You need to learn some history.
Tell you whut, I missed out on several deer at 20yds because I have a 3x9. I've hunted with red dots a bunch and I know i would've doubled my shot chances with a 1x4 or 1.5x considering most deer encounters are under a couple seconds.
If I got a buck at 150 yards open sights...I am gonna fling hahahah!! No way not taking advantage of the opportunity :) hahah!!@@lxsolocam