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I have had several people mentioning this to me, I bring it along but I am always nervous to use it because I don’t what to announce my presence and lose the element of surprise. But lots of guys have been telling me I need to try some calling!

@@swostillwateroutdoors it's really hard to close the last hundred yards or whatever in thick cover, as we all know of course. You may not need to. Get out the call. I've blown hunts knowing the buck i was tracking was very close and choosing to press on only to hear him crash away in the thick stuff, and then the whole cycle has to begin again. Now i get out the call in such scenarios. Just a few good shortish honks and lay off and wait, don't do it again. If he's close and gonna come that will do the trick. I usually sit. When they come in, and quite often they do, they have typically not pinpointed you, they are looking around for the other buck. They know they are close but they are not looking right at you. They know you're around but they think you're another deer, so that's good too. Here's my tale of this year's hunt in case you are interested, cheers, i enjoy your segments! - theatavist.substack.com/p/the-hunt-my-2024-big-woods-buck

Thanks!!! I def enjoy this type of hunting!!!

I def mean no disrespect to the deer! If you can’t tell, I am a very excitable person Hahahhaha!!

The tricky part with tracking is you don’t know how far ahead the buck is, if you never catch up to him you never have a chance to kill him! Once getting close, your method is the best way to go!!

Yours must be a newer model!! I wish I had that!

Thanks!!! It really is a tough way to hunt, lots of things have to come together!!

You know it!!! ;)

Here is the direct link! www.swostillwateroutdoors.com/store/p3/diyboxblindplans.html#/

I designed a filming rig :)

Great grouse hunting in northern MN!!

there are areas in northern wi where we have less chance of pushing deer into another hunter big traces of nat forest too

muzzeloader season way less traffic in woods

Fortunately so far that has not happened to me! In my experience, these bucks know exactly where the humans are at, and they tend to avoid those spots in daylight!

Agreed!! There’s so much woods out there!!

Yeah I have a filming rig I designed for filming 3rd person view!

360 camera with a filming rig I designed!

I designed a filming rig for my 360 camera!

Dude I have so many shoulder of could ofs that haunt me at night trying to sleep 😂😂😂😂

Thanks so much!!! It was a great memory!!!

Heck yeah!!! Is this Todd’s buddy Jason?!

@swostillwateroutdoors no, I was talking to you, Nathan, I mis stated your name. I was just talking with a guy Jason from Missouri before I replied. Sorry. No, this is Jigglestick (Dave) 👍🏼

No worries!!! Oh cool!!

Honestly, it was just bizarre… the Bears were moving like crazy last year in December!

Thanks for watching!! It is def a good skill to develop leading on the target!!

How far in front do you shoot where the bird is going? Give some tips of aimpoint at what yardage.

Yeah, you definitely have to have some big chunks of public to be able to make this work!!

One thing I will say is that the microphone makes it sound louder than it is in person, the other part is that deer here things walking in the woods all the time and often wait to see what it is before they run!

Love this comment!!!!

I agree!! It is not easy killing the bucks this way...but I do have some kills on the channel tracking if you are ever interested in watching more!

Thanks man!!!!!!!!! Hope you are having a good season!!

Heck yeah man...this weather this fall has been depressing for a tracker!!!

It is a 30-06!!

Yeah, this is from last year!!

Yup!! He is using the lay of the land to his advantage for sure!!!

I did! The whole day and then the next day too!

In this situation the 30 min rule did not apply because I bumped him the last hour of daylight, so I needed to keep moving on him.

@swostillwateroutdoors I got it now

Hahah, the talking is edited condensed into the hunt, I talk at certain points to keep you all up to speed on what is happeneing but when I am going miles on end without talking!

@@swostillwateroutdoors fair

That is a great question, I have never tried to do that??

Any reason for the shaking of your head?! haha

Still using it! Just sighted it tonight and it is shooting within an inch of bullseye at 100 yards!!

@@swostillwateroutdoors nice! i found used sig romeo msr with caps. If that does not work, i order this one.

Hope you enjoy the rangefinder if you get it!

@ I did pull the trigger on that one. I’m going to use it this week.

@ also I am blown away with how tiny it is and easy to use. I have so much room in my chest rig for other goodies.

Yes super small!! Great little range Finder!!

Must have been a typo! Meant AM!

It was a really confusing spot, because some of it looked like a brush hog and the other looked like rubs?!?! you might be correct!

Correct! This was from 2023!

Amen hahaha!!!!!

No doubt! It is stupid tough to pull off! I will say, there is a certain level of skill a guy needs to have to be a great tracker, I am getting there but the best trackers always seem to have some age to them! Some skills do not come easy!

Appreciate that!!!! I am sure desperate for snow right now….pretty rough watching season dwindle away with now snow I. The forecast!!

Heck yeah!!! Nice to get some MN guys following along!!! You live in an amazing state for big woods chunks of land!!!

@ Absolutely man!! Glad to be here!! Your stand build with those telephone poles was epic and inspiring!!

@@craigrock8444 Heck yeah thanks dude!!!!

You are right on the edge of some moose in that country too!!! The wolves have put a serious hurting on the deer herd in northern MN…WI is better off yet but in a few years we may be the same condition!!!

​@swostillwateroutdoors I live in northern wisconsin and the deer herd here is awful, wolves everywhere. My hunting cabin in northern minnesota just doesn't produce the bucks it used to either , walking out in the dark morning hearing the howls is scary

Wolves are nomads. They pass through periodically. The deer come back when they move on. I've seen it hundreds of times.

@@ltcavret7574 We have seen 3 wolf kills within a mile of my house in the Remer area in the last month. Rare to see twin fawns anymore and lots of solo does by Fall - even after the extremely mild winter last year.

That area is def hit hard by the wolves!!

Also is it already snowing in North North minnesota?

Bahahahhaha!!! Funny thing is my dad grew up on the iron range of MN so the accent runs deep 😂😂😂😂

Unfortunately no…and the forecast does not look promising 😭😭

Iron ranger here!

Nice!!! Haha!! My dad grew up in little old marble Mn!

Heck yeah dude...it is almost here!!!! Praying we get some snow!!!!!

Um ok 🥴🤡🥴

I had a buddy tell me that one of the things he notices is that I never bump deer on these tracking hunts…goes to show that there are so few deer that I am very seldom walking up on any deer! Go anywhere else even back in Wisconsin and you are bound to bump into deer often!

Thanks!!! We are def blessed to live the lifestyle that we live!!

This is from last year :)