This year was my 3rd year hunting at age 42 and I've already realized from the first year that there is no such thing as a bad hunt. Getting to be in nature and stalking the animals is just as great as tagging something. Getting to hear elk and coyotes in the morning, and seeing the stars at night. It's just as amazing.
You are more than welcome to come to the U.S. Especially if you have a hard work ethic.Most Americans don't pull their weight & are way too lazy. It's been like that forever. I think we should just trade all the lazy ones or all the folks trying to come in for a better life cause to they will pull in their weight.
@@Jake-fq2bw thank you so much Jesus Christ bless you my brother. My dream is to visit the United States one day. but the word of God says that for God nothing is impossible. you are very welcome in amazon
@@edwardglubin4354 For Him or Her to Repent from the evil ways because Jesus Christ is coming back. He will not take fornication or prostitution. Jesus Christ will lead simple and humble people
Looks like a tremendous hunt! I was lucky enough to do some self tent hunts in Wyoming and Colorado although not for whitetails. Whitetail hunts here in my home state of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and yeah they are a lot more wary and difficult to get in range with traditional equipment. Love your distinction between hunting and killing, most don’t get it or even try to understand that sentiment. Merry Christmas to you and your family and friends!
I truly am learning from you Clay, thanks for taking time out of your life to put the work in to not only do what you do but film it as well, I've never had a mentor growing up so trial and error has been my teacher most of my life, having brothers like you allow me to pinpoint specific flaws and correct them without fatigue on myself or arrows.
Great timing on this video. Just got back from walking the dogs at -7°. Could enjoy watching this all day with coffee and the fire going. Tnx's for another great vid.
I really enjoy your videos because it’s all about hunting, not getting. Nice to watch videos that focus on things other than big antlers and success defined by the kill.
Just to see someone hunt with a stick bow makes my heart soar like an eagle. Seeing how archery is going today make me sad. You enjoy this because it’s the way it should be!!!
Another great video adventure! Nothing more fun than tradbow hunting for deer in the snow. Last year we had early snows, I came very close to pulling back on a bruiser 8, twice. Loved the experience, saw deer and turkey all day. This year, I was blessed to take that bruiser 8 with my #40 VPA longbow at 16 yards.He is just shy of a 150ish. I'm having a shoulder mount for my Grandsons to see. Something very special and fun about hunting in snow. Always thumbs up from the 641...
Then every single hunting trip like this is a success. Can't go wrong with that. So stunning out there. Thank you for letting us live vicariously through you.
Wow am I glad I found this channel! great content all around. My favorite things about late season hunting/camping, no bugs, no snakes, less people and you don't have to worry about refrigeration much.
Great hunt Clay. Reminds me of the late season elk hunts in Washington State back in the 90's. With two wall tents, one for cooking one for sleeping. Those early morning wake ups with a chill in the air. The only heat was from lantern and cook stove. We had deer tags as well chasing black tails, not always filling a tag. Enjoying the times with good friends, I miss those hunts. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
The Dakotas winter (South Dakota) will also redefine comfort with winds, some snow years, quick temperature changes, slick patches of Ice/snow packed down etc.
Totally made my Christmas Eve to see a new video from you! Happy hunting. Got a 4 day doe season next Wednesday to end the year out here in West Virginia with my 8yr old son!
Epic cinematography and narration! I really enjoyed the hunt. Can't wait to see the upcoming hog hunts. Wishing you & your family a very Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year!
Love your videos. I hunt in Missouri , out of stands. Would love to stalk. I learn a lot from your videos! Thank you so much for sharing! Good on ya and best of luck
Merry Christmas Eve Clay, and thank yall for a fine video and the efforts put into it! My wife and I are vacationing in DC and plan to show our respects at Arlington Cemetery today at just over single digit temperature. Shouldn’t be crowded.
Couple things to take away here. Clay is in damned good shape to walk through that snow up and down mountains. And you’re a damned good hunter to stalk that close to one of the most amped up animals on the continent. Great video! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
Great Video, Thanks for sharing. We have set up wall tent camps for generations and hunted similar country. I couldn't imagine a life with out it. Our late season whitetail hunt is my favorite hunt of the year. Merry Christmas to you and you family.
The Quality of these hunts you do are beyond that of the Outdoor Channel. These you do Clay, they have overdubs they forget to put into 90% of the Hunting and fishing on there except the guy from South Dakota who did one show Benny Spiers who did a show in the South Dakota and into North Dakota when possible. He Even Hunted with a Coworker of mine during Migratory Bird season who is now head of School Lunch and Breakfast program in the Pierre district of Pierre (pirre) South Dakota but the show got canceled. If I ever did a show of my hunting on TH-cam it would be fully in the Go Pro Style using a slightly older Go Pro for the hunting stuff, going as an in person look from my height of 5 foot 2 inch and how small I am.
Every hunt is a successful hunt if you love it I’ve never left the woods feeling disappointed I’m just grateful I have the opportunity to deer hunt in this country many countries no longer allow hunting which I would never comply with those laws it’s my right as a natural man to hunt
I'm not sure where you were , it looked like Idaho, I've done most of my deer hunting in Southern Oregon for black tail and north east Oregon for mule deer, I really enjoyed the later hunts for mule deer and elk, it makes them taste better if you get one.
All due respect to you and your guests. But I bet there would be a great video series on on how you keep in shape and what you eat so that these hunts are taxing.
Where I live we don't have any Osage trees but we do have a lot of mulberry trees. I was wondering if you could do a video on building a bow out of a mulberry tree
How do you keep your odor down after cooking, being around a fire, coffee order and such and returning for an afternoon hunt. Or in your case hunting for several days. I can’t wrap my head around how it’s possible with limited resources while camping.
Clay Hayes summited The Matterhorn by accident while on vacation in Europe. He was out for a morning jog and thought it looked like a fun hill to run up.
You know what would be Kool, if you came up with some sort of contest where the winner gets to come out and do a bow making seminar and shadow you on a hunt.
I was born and raised in Idaho but not where there were any white tailed deer. Watching your dedicated hunting there makes me long for the greatness of the Idaho outdoors. I left Idaho in 1974 but it never left me. I love watching your videos Clay.
I have been bow hunting for many years and have never spotted one I think it is like sending some one out snipe hunting. The only place I have found them is in stores.😜
Nice video. Thanks for sharing. Definitely an awesome experience/adventure I’m sure. If you don’t mind sharing, what brand is the snow camo hoodie/jacket you’re wearing in parts of the video? It looks very warm. I’m assuming it’s very quiet as well since you’re wearing it well archery hunting? Thanks again for sharing your hunts with us.
Hey Clay, saw your camp up there @ 58 this year. It was a tough year. Thanks for not tellin the world where this place is. You gonna be back next year?
Clay, I apologize if you've answered this question one too many times by now...but what do you do, if anything, to weatherproof the fletching on your arrows? Thanks...really enjoy watching your videos!
Hi Clay great vids and content much appreciated here in the uk, can you answer a question that’s been playing on my mind, we’ve recently had temps down to minus 10c or so and I was wondering does this impact upon the performance of the bow or increase a chance of a breakage when temps drop? Many thanks for great content.
I'm glad you made this video. It really captured the spirit of what I enjoy most about winter hunting. I live and hunt in the rockies of Alberta and hunted 7 or 8 days this November in 2 feet of snow and -10 to -30C temperatures. Like you, I never took one shot at a whitetail but had many satisfying opportunities where I stalked within 20 yards before getting busted, usually by a savvy doe. I know exactly the look she gave you when she locked on, lol! Now that the general big game season is over I'm still out hunting upland birds and snowshoe hair, and you could have no better day than wandering around in the mountains in winter by yourself with a bow. Keep up the great content!
Fitness in Hunting is not stressed enough. Old Boy from GA gassed on the hills sees the limits a man places on his ability by not training for the season.
@Clay Hayes thank you. I watched the cowboy candy video the other day. Looks good. Going to try it soon. Great channel. Really enjoyed your black powder elk hunt! Be blessed!
This is it Clay! Here in Greece, bow hunting is not permitted... and even less it' s not permitted hunting on snow covered areas. We - the traditional archers - envy you! Merry Christmas and God bless you and your family! Keep doing what you' re doing!
This year was my 3rd year hunting at age 42 and I've already realized from the first year that there is no such thing as a bad hunt. Getting to be in nature and stalking the animals is just as great as tagging something. Getting to hear elk and coyotes in the morning, and seeing the stars at night. It's just as amazing.
The time and effort you put into these hunts are amazing. An yet you don't seem to ever get discouraged. My deepest respect
dear friend who climbs the mountain Hugs from Brazil Amazonas Jesus Christ bless you
You are more than welcome to come to the U.S. Especially if you have a hard work ethic.Most Americans don't pull their weight & are way too lazy. It's been like that forever. I think we should just trade all the lazy ones or all the folks trying to come in for a better life cause to they will pull in their weight.
@@Jake-fq2bw thank you so much Jesus Christ bless you my brother. My dream is to visit the United States one day. but the word of God says that for God nothing is impossible. you are very welcome in amazon
@@scoon2117 Jesus Christ bless you
@@scoon2117why would you say that?
@@edwardglubin4354 For Him or Her to Repent from the evil ways because Jesus Christ is coming back. He will not take fornication or prostitution. Jesus Christ will lead simple and humble people
Looks like a tremendous hunt! I was lucky enough to do some self tent hunts in Wyoming and Colorado although not for whitetails. Whitetail hunts here in my home state of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and yeah they are a lot more wary and difficult to get in range with traditional equipment. Love your distinction between hunting and killing, most don’t get it or even try to understand that sentiment. Merry Christmas to you and your family and friends!
To you as well
I truly am learning from you Clay, thanks for taking time out of your life to put the work in to not only do what you do but film it as well, I've never had a mentor growing up so trial and error has been my teacher most of my life, having brothers like you allow me to pinpoint specific flaws and correct them without fatigue on myself or arrows.
Great timing on this video. Just got back from walking the dogs at -7°. Could enjoy watching this all day with coffee and the fire going. Tnx's for another great vid.
Thanks Ken, stay warm
I really enjoy your videos because it’s all about hunting, not getting. Nice to watch videos that focus on things other than big antlers and success defined by the kill.
Thanks Rick
Just to see someone hunt with a stick bow makes my heart soar like an eagle. Seeing how archery is going today make me sad. You enjoy this because it’s the way it should be!!!
Another great video adventure! Nothing more fun than tradbow hunting for deer in the snow. Last year we had early snows, I came very close to pulling back on a bruiser 8, twice. Loved the experience, saw deer and turkey all day. This year, I was blessed to take that bruiser 8 with my #40 VPA longbow at 16 yards.He is just shy of a 150ish. I'm having a shoulder mount for my Grandsons to see. Something very special and fun about hunting in snow. Always thumbs up from the 641...
Then every single hunting trip like this is a success. Can't go wrong with that.
So stunning out there. Thank you for letting us live vicariously through you.
Wow am I glad I found this channel! great content all around. My favorite things about late season hunting/camping, no bugs, no snakes, less people and you don't have to worry about refrigeration much.
🏹 Hunting not killing - Love it!
Thanks for sharing.
Camping in a wall tent with wood stove and a beautiful recurve bow. Can’t bet better than that.I miss my recurve bow hunting times
Thank You Clay, for this honstley hunting with the bow. It is so precious for me to get a real view on these things.
More spot and stalk bowhunts. This is the most interesting content to me. Nice work.
I’ve been wanting a trad bow for years. Being able to harvest an animal with a traditional bow is the benchmark of a true hunter. Awesome video.
My man's out here pishing at birds while hunting white-tails...from the ground...with a selfbow. Legend.
😜
Great hunt Clay. Reminds me of the late season elk hunts in Washington State back in the 90's. With two wall tents, one for cooking one for sleeping. Those early morning wake ups with a chill in the air. The only heat was from lantern and cook stove. We had deer tags as well chasing black tails, not always filling a tag. Enjoying the times with good friends, I miss those hunts. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
The Dakotas winter (South Dakota) will also redefine comfort with winds, some snow years, quick temperature changes, slick patches of Ice/snow packed down etc.
I love that sound! The sound of wind and nothing!
You sir are a great hunter. Thanks for the AWESOME video. 👌
Nice stalk, pretty darn hard to get that close, thanks for the ride!
"KEEP ON KEEPIN ON"
These are the best hunts by far and you do it the best. I love the wall tent hunting setup!!!!! Memories made to last a lifetime. Excellent job Clay.
Thanks Steve
Looked like a fun hunt. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Totally made my Christmas Eve to see a new video from you! Happy hunting. Got a 4 day doe season next Wednesday to end the year out here in West Virginia with my 8yr old son!
That tent is brilliant. Any roman general would feel right at home in that.
Nice!!! Every moment out, hunting in this life, is special. Merry Christmas . Good luck in the New year. Cheers from Canada.
Great photography!
Nice big canvas tent!
Looks like a great experience.
Epic cinematography and narration! I really enjoyed the hunt. Can't wait to see the upcoming hog hunts. Wishing you & your family a very Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year!
To you as well!
Great video. I thoroughly enjoyed watching. Thanks you for taking the time to make it.
Started hunting with traditional archery equipment at a very young age , here in the deep Maine woods.........keep up the great videos
Another mainer , here
Love your videos. I hunt in Missouri , out of stands. Would love to stalk. I learn a lot from your videos! Thank you so much for sharing! Good on ya and best of luck
Awesome video! You are a great example of what a hunter should be!
Merry Christmas Eve Clay, and thank yall for a fine video and the efforts put into it! My wife and I are vacationing in DC and plan to show our respects at Arlington Cemetery today at just over single digit temperature. Shouldn’t be crowded.
I bet you’ll have it mostly to yourselves.
Love the story telling along with the video Clay. Great channel, keep up the great content.
Watching y’all make breakfast made my mouth water 🥴
I love that you got a drone now. It makes the coolest wilderness shots for what you do! Nice purchase
Couple things to take away here. Clay is in damned good shape to walk through that snow up and down mountains. And you’re a damned good hunter to stalk that close to one of the most amped up animals on the continent.
Great video! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
Thanks Wayne, it’ll keep you in shape !
Great Video, Thanks for sharing. We have set up wall tent camps for generations and hunted similar country. I couldn't imagine a life with out it. Our late season whitetail hunt is my favorite hunt of the year. Merry Christmas to you and you family.
The Quality of these hunts you do are beyond that of the Outdoor Channel. These you do Clay, they have overdubs they forget to put into 90% of the Hunting and fishing on there except the guy from South Dakota who did one show Benny Spiers who did a show in the South Dakota and into North Dakota when possible. He Even Hunted with a Coworker of mine during Migratory Bird season who is now head of School Lunch and Breakfast program in the Pierre district of Pierre (pirre) South Dakota but the show got canceled. If I ever did a show of my hunting on TH-cam it would be fully in the Go Pro Style using a slightly older Go Pro for the hunting stuff, going as an in person look from my height of 5 foot 2 inch and how small I am.
Another great video Clay! You are living the life I can only dream of! Merry (late) Christmas to you and yours and happy new year!
Every hunt is a successful hunt if you love it I’ve never left the woods feeling disappointed I’m just grateful I have the opportunity to deer hunt in this country many countries no longer allow hunting which I would never comply with those laws it’s my right as a natural man to hunt
Great stalk and hunt. Hit two of her senses, hearing then sight, it happens.
You face reality better than anyone else I have seen.
I am from Syria and my dream is to live such a life in the wilderness
Hope your family had a great Christmas.
This was a great video, clay...cheers
New Clay video is a great Christmas present, stay warm, Merry Christmas man and a happy new year full of amazing content!
I'm not sure where you were , it looked like Idaho, I've done most of my deer hunting in Southern Oregon for black tail and north east Oregon for mule deer, I really enjoyed the later hunts for mule deer and elk, it makes them taste better if you get one.
A great hunt despite not having the outcome you hoped. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Nate
Its always worth it, just being out there.
Those hillsides looks brutal 7:30, that like leg day every day.
I have the same attitude to fishing. Thanks for the vid
Great videography on this one!
Some beautiful shots in there, it felt very cinematographic at times.
Merry Christmas to you and your family Clay!
Very good quality of footage and editing. And beautiful sport hunt.
All due respect to you and your guests. But I bet there would be a great video series on on how you keep in shape and what you eat so that these hunts are taxing.
Love the video! That tent is something else. Well Merry Christmas and Happy New Years my bearded brother lol
Where I live we don't have any Osage trees but we do have a lot of mulberry trees. I was wondering if you could do a video on building a bow out of a mulberry tree
How do you keep your odor down after cooking, being around a fire, coffee order and such and returning for an afternoon hunt. Or in your case hunting for several days. I can’t wrap my head around how it’s possible with limited resources while camping.
Play the winds they can’t smell you if your downwind even if you just took a bath in bacon grease and sweat
Clay Hayes summited The Matterhorn by accident while on vacation in Europe. He was out for a morning jog and thought it looked like a fun hill to run up.
😜
Great video man. Surprised we didnt run into each other this year up there. I hunted that unit a bit this late fall/winter. Maybe next year.
Great footage capturing the flavor of the hunt! Tough hunt, but beautiful and rewarding at the same time. Thanks for sharing!
You know what would be Kool, if you came up with some sort of contest where the winner gets to come out and do a bow making seminar and shadow you on a hunt.
Super ariscos son saludos de Argentina muy bueno
Thanks for sharing. God bless
I was born and raised in Idaho but not where there were any white tailed deer. Watching your dedicated hunting there makes me long for the greatness of the Idaho outdoors. I left Idaho in 1974 but it never left me. I love watching your videos Clay.
Thanks Vance
I have been bow hunting for many years and have never spotted one I think it is like sending some one out snipe hunting.
The only place I have found them is in stores.😜
Great video brother!!
Awesome hunt my brother it’s all about the time spent with family and friends
Hey Clay, that's not the first time (video) in this woods; i'am recognize some spots..
No shot but dang that’s one hell of a sandwich 😂🤘🏽
Nice video. Thanks for sharing. Definitely an awesome experience/adventure I’m sure. If you don’t mind sharing, what brand is the snow camo hoodie/jacket you’re wearing in parts of the video? It looks very warm. I’m assuming it’s very quiet as well since you’re wearing it well archery hunting? Thanks again for sharing your hunts with us.
I think it’s from Natural Gear
Really enjoyed the hunt Clay!
Hey Clay, saw your camp up there @ 58 this year. It was a tough year. Thanks for not tellin the world where this place is. You gonna be back next year?
Just received a copy of your book and wow what a read !
Many thanks
Clay you always produce a quality video. Merry Christmas and many blessings to you and your family.
Thanks much
Clay, I apologize if you've answered this question one too many times by now...but what do you do, if anything, to weatherproof the fletching on your arrows? Thanks...really enjoy watching your videos!
The videography is awesome
Hi Clay great vids and content much appreciated here in the uk, can you answer a question that’s been playing on my mind, we’ve recently had temps down to minus 10c or so and I was wondering does this impact upon the performance of the bow or increase a chance of a breakage when temps drop? Many thanks for great content.
🇬🇧 👍
I'm glad you made this video. It really captured the spirit of what I enjoy most about winter hunting. I live and hunt in the rockies of Alberta and hunted 7 or 8 days this November in 2 feet of snow and -10 to -30C temperatures. Like you, I never took one shot at a whitetail but had many satisfying opportunities where I stalked within 20 yards before getting busted, usually by a savvy doe. I know exactly the look she gave you when she locked on, lol! Now that the general big game season is over I'm still out hunting upland birds and snowshoe hair, and you could have no better day than wandering around in the mountains in winter by yourself with a bow. Keep up the great content!
Thanks Kevin
Fitness in Hunting is not stressed enough. Old Boy from GA gassed on the hills sees the limits a man places on his ability by not training for the season.
good job, it doesn't always work out never give up
Good work. Subbed 👍🏻🏹
Thanks for the sub!
So cool
Vou fazer o meu primeiro arco de. ipê , aproveitando a curvatura do galho só do braço o contra vento
This will be my 2nd winter in a wall tent in North Idaho panhandle.
This was a great video. What are the boots you are wearing
Claye where do you get your arrows with hunting points from?
Is that Vance Henry hunting with you? He lives in Thomson Ga, spoke with him once out bow hunting club. Small world if it is him.
It is
Small world indeed
Do people find tracks in the snow and follow them near there like we do in the northeast or do you just stalk and still hunt?
Wow nice see you 👍👍👍
Would snow shoes be too noisy to use? My god that bacon egg and cheese looked good.
Na próxima vai dar certo bom vídeo like shou top
you got a video/recipe for the peach habanero sauce? both that and the cowboy candy looked good.
Liz has a how to video for the candied jalapeños on her channel. Haven’t done the hot sauce yet.
@Clay Hayes thank you. I watched the cowboy candy video the other day. Looks good. Going to try it soon.
Great channel. Really enjoyed your black powder elk hunt! Be blessed!
Good video
That looks like a lot of fun Clay, what state are you in there ?
This is it Clay! Here in Greece, bow hunting is not permitted... and even less it' s not permitted hunting on snow covered areas. We - the traditional archers - envy you! Merry Christmas and God bless you and your family! Keep doing what you' re doing!
Thank you
I wanna see clay and Steve Rinella do a hunt.
That looks to awesome. The grind of the country alone looks like an incredible experience.
Hi Clay! I’m curious.. do you ever hunt with dog/s?