Been watching all of your videos and Thursday I shot my target buck got the first time in 5 years. I cought him on the way to bed in the morning on a cold front day. He is a very nice deer for Arkansas. Thanks for all the videos.
The first buck is down! Year one of our food plots has produced an early harvest! (For us) Yesterday morning, 250 yards from the plot in the second layer of cover. 👍 My cousin tagged out on a nice cold front buck-!
About ten years ago is when I started to notice when the pre rut started on our property. It is the best time to be hunting on our little piece. October 19- November 1. Man it's awesome and some years its okay. When our does come in to estrus this year im hoping for nice cool mornings. With NNW, WNW or N winds. I do love a good East wind too. Anything other than the ordinary West or southwest winds. Fingers crossed for a good year!
Your tips have drastically improved our families land in a years time, and I couldn't be more grateful. I haven't paid a cent, yet. It was too late for me to purchase your brassica this year as I already had a mix, I built from your suggestions. I plan on giving back when I can, because of the knowledge and understanding you have given me for free. I have the results very well documented, everything on our farm has improved. Next year's plan is to change the ground with your video series for years to come.
Jeff and Dylan I learn so much from watching your videos. It has taught me to be a smarter better hunter.. not everyone has woods they can move deep into like myself.. I have tons of woods around me (bedding) and less than 1 acre of woods of actual woods.. but what I do have is over 100 acres of beans with a treeline that runs the middle. So most of my hunting is evening until the rut which I have treestand along the edge of that bean field.. thanks for the tips and great videos you guys put out. I don't hunt inches but I do have about 4-6 130 to 160 class and then a big 200 plus deer I missed on Halloween morning last year (missed judging the yardage by 10) he was pushing a doe into thick cover at 8:20 am I'm located in northern Ohio about 8-10 miles from the lake in lorain County
Got does and even a fawn on my new cell cam within three days of setting up my mock scrape and licking branch, and have been following along chores and have seen a consistent schedule of them revisiting the branch the last couple of months - - today got my first buck on camera checking out the licking branch! Thanks for all the vids!
I really appreciate all the work you put into your videos. You explain information so it's easy to understand and implement into my hunting practices. Again, thank you for all you and your crews do to bring us useful information. I know what you do is NOT easy. Thanks
Moving horizontal kind of explains why the trails that seem dead early in the season , suddenly begin to show use . I set up in areas where I've done well in the past . Never really paid much attention. Figured it's just the " lull " when I don't see any . This year I looked up my tag history on states web site . Majority of my tags have been filled from 10 / 28 to Thanksgiving.
I have a few stands along a Railroad track and once the rut starts they are everywhere along the tracks scent checking. Can't wait for the end of October.
Don’t worry about some sour person who criticizes you for what you EARN. You are worth what the market will bare. Thanks for the ton of free advice. It’s helped us up our game.
I've been following Jeff for about 3 years now and it baffles me that th8s channel doesn't have more subscribers! The information this man has and is willing to shear for free is A-1!
Your passion for the sport and more importantly for the animals is refreshing. I wish all hunters were like you and not just one weekend a year warriors that will take 13 shots to drop a frickin doe.
Pre rut seems to just start here in in Southern Michigan. Found Scrapes and bucks are starting moving horizontally checking cut Ag fields. Got an 8 point yesterday morning checking a cleared Ag field. I smelled him before seeing him. His neck was also swollen.
Another great video .found your channel last year and it changed my way of hunting. Hunting mostly public lands your videos helped me find deer this season ,early. Keep it up ,my pocket thanks you less money on store bought lures .
Seeing little sign yet but the public land lull has been strong this year, lots of pressure. But super jacked up for the rut and for the new pod cast! Thanks guy's n good luck!
Can't wait to bring it to you! 😊 The cool thing is that I have roughly 55 clients scheduled eith deposit out of 74 for the 2023 season from Dec. to next Sept. Kind of just going with what the market will bear and I'm likely still a little low at this point. Hardbtonout sborice on helping to take someone's land to a level far above what they could do on their own In a lifetime.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I have heard you on so many other peoples podcast, looking forward to hearing your show. Please put out teaser for when the first episode is going to drop
Been watching your videos for while I've been in school on the coldest days it's going to be 36 to night tomorrow 27 going to be hunting in the even been hunting public land mostly but we do have a lease love your tips for hunting rely helped me in past 2 years keep it up good luck in the dear woods
You're absolutely correct Jeff, I'm going out and looking for the sign also I've been following your advice about weather fronts and big temperature drops, which by the way here in PA we have a good cold front coming through tonight into tomorrow morning and Wednesday as well.cant wait!!
Man I put many many layers in when I hunt. Causing me to throw my shot off at times from my iron sights. I would love to see your gear you wear here in Minnesota to keep warm in the stand but yet have the flexibility to shoot properly.
Had a tremendous buck on camera several times,now I haven't seen him in any photos.The 600 acres behind me were not being hunted and sold to a neighbor who has been logging some of the property. The Coyotes hunt all night long around here.Maybe the Coyotes have gotten him nobody on our Rd has harvested him because he's totally unique.I had 6 does eating nuts under my stand for about 30 minutes yesterday I'm not high up just camo that matches my surrounding and completely scent free.I have never been busted yet.No ground scrapes or rubbing yet.I live in SW KY.Always a North wind blowing in my face when I enter my stand.
My target buck disappeared a week ago. I accidentally spooked him Oct 2, he ran 300 yards and wouldn't come any closer. He came back the next day and few days after that (had to work). He hasn't been back since. I hunt in Manitoba. I'm really frustrated
Find out where he likes to go when that happens there’s some where he feels safe if you can find that you can keep it in your back pocket of ideas if it happens again
Just be patient and don't spook him out of his bedding area or he will be gone till next year. When the rut gets into full swing, be there when he makes a mistake.
@@claybaitsoutdoorchannel00 after I spooked him he ran 300 yards to my other stand ironically. Proceeded to feed there for an hour and a half while I sat in my blind hoping he'd come back. I have a cell camera at both stands so I literally got 50 pictures of him standing perfectly broadside in front of my tree stand. He showed up a few times after the fact the next week. Again I was at work. I haven't seen him since, I don't think I spooked him bad enough to kill the season I'm just frustrated is all because I haven't seen any bucks in the area since then. I know this is the dreaded October lull, which is an absolute myth I'm just overthinking things and weirded out. I still have does coming everyday constantly, I actually had six in one picture. Where are the bucks? I'm afraid to even go to my spot now LOL
Jeff, this season my waterholes could be my saving grace, especially during the rut. The drought has just continued and even the rye in my plots have been stunted to the point of just hanging on. Does and fawns have been hitting the water holes consistently for the last few months, so hoping any cruising bucks will be hitting them as well in the coming few weeks.
Thanks again Jeff for all the info. Heading up to hunt public land along Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin. 50th year hunting there, can't wait! Waiting for your public land web class, even after 50 years knowledge is still the key not luck. Always stand by the saying "luck" when preparation meets opportunity!
I live in Illinois but that north woods hunting and the people I have met there over 50 years makes it worth the 8 hour drive. Spike buck or ten point they are all a trophy up there🦌👍.
Meant to comment yesterday. In northern New York the rut has started a tiny bit early, we’re in muzzleloading season, 10/16 in the morning a small buck chased a doe into the brush 10 yards under my stand. That evening an 8pt deer pushed about 5 doe in front of me. I have a small property and the unwritten rule of the neighborhood is nothing under 8pt. He wasn’t a prize but he was meat in the freezer. Hoping for the prize (I’ve seen him on my cameras) to show up in rifle season next week!
Love your videos, new to hunting went out last year got lucky and got a beautiful 8, and now this year on my own, so trying to learn alot as I know I'm very green!
Great job Jeff. I am hooked on your video's. Not much happening yet in Southwest WI(Blue Mounds) Scrapes not active yet, a few rubs. Small four pt eating acorns last night. Crops are getting cut so deer are moving to the uncut fields. Could be I have a bear in the area again, and when he is there, the deer vacate! Coyotes are chasing deer. I have a trail cam pick of that action. Oct 27- Nov 3 is always my GO Time! Let the rut begin! Good Luck to you this year.......
I am going to open a can o' worms here. In Southern Indiana we harvested a trophy buck late this afternoon with a large swollen neck over cut corn. I passed up three shots on him last year due to no clean shot. This year his antlers have decreased, but my 10 year old grandson was at my side so I took him as a memory builder. He is the third buck I have taken with a Raven crossbow over 75 yards away in an open field. We sight this bow in at 100 yards and have taken seven deer with it. Some hunters may scoof at these shoots but the arrow penetrated over six inches as I had to remove the arrow and Rage broad head from the heart. Nonetheless, great family memories.
It must be because I hunt mountain deer but mornings are always the best including the early season. All evening pics seems to be after dark right now but not in mornings. Big mountains hunt different though.
I thought my bucks took off. They didn’t! Just moved their activity a few hours earlier I missed them by 30 minutes! But they are still there which is good considering how many times I’ve hunted them lately I’m backing off now for 14 days ( after one more attempt Tuesday morning) but have a plan now. Thankfully I moved a camera which gave me the data. I’m just outside a big bedding area I believe. The morning temps have been 25-35 degrees and they are pushing each other around as of last week. Boy I gotta get in quiet and early, I made a travel corridor but also made it hard to access by accident hahaha.
Excellent information Jeff next year to turn my property into deer habitat and going to use all your excellent information you provided. Looking to listen to your new pod cast
I need your advice; I have a 50 acre private parcel to hunt in southern Michigan, the 50 is made up of about half corn (cut now) surrounded by woods. I have two ground blinds and one tree stand setup. I do not have any way to access the blinds or stand without spooking deer since I have to walk the edge of the cut corn to get to them. That's why I typically hunt in the PM, the deer are already bedded so I try and get there very quietly. Even then the deer know I'm there. What do you suggest? I have taken two nice bucks in the last two years but not during bow season. The rut hasn't started here yet but it's close
Jeff can you explain why the rut occurs later further south? When I hunted bucks in Virginia up near Blacksburg I killed big bucks running does from 4-11 November.
Thanks for this video, Jeff. I have retired to Texas but always return each year for a Wisconsin bow hunt. I'm leaving for Sauk County in about a week and am really looking forward to it. Your videos are a must watch for me, so thanks again for your many posts. 👍👍👍
Thanks for all you do Jeff, have been learning and focusing on hunting from a strategic approach. Have enjoyed all of your books as well. Looking forward to the day I can have you come out to my MN property in the future. Will definitely be listening to the podcast. Thanks Jeff.
The most frustrating thing on the Eastern Shore is the weather. It was cold last week, but looking at the next 10 day forecast the weather is not going to be great. It seems like that’s always the case here.
North Central IL been seeing a lot more bucks moving horizontally, and more coming back around. Not many during daylight this past week, but would say 30/70 Pre-Rut should be coming in next week, don’t you think? Learn more and more from every video Jeff, I appreciate all the help
Been seeing sparring for about the last week on cell cams, and this morning my son saw 6 bucks in a three hour sit...it seems to be upon us here in SE Michigan.
Been watching for 4 years and I can tell you I've learned so much! Wouldn't get my information anywhere else Minnesota public land hunter so you've saved me, love the mock scrape btw really does work😊
Not seeing much yet Jeff,one property i hunt very few scrapes where they are at annually most years another property little to none but does in the beans every evening.I know it WILL happen! Good content this vid!!
Question- at the :29 mark in the video there’s a shot of you walking through grass with a big seed head to your right side and taller cover to your left hand side. What is the grass to your right hand side and left hand side? Thank you for your help. Great video.
I live in a neighbor hood, with a 10 acre wood plot behind my house. See doe activity all year long in and around my yard. I know when the rut is kicking in when buck movement / sightings become rather common in my yard. LOL
Me and my father have been watching you for the past couple years...We live in Michigan..I kinda wish there were ways for non land owners to apply to restoring parts of public lands..I know once you do that tho its about where to get the money to do that and how...I guess I said all that to say this and its a shame, I dont see the money coming back into the public woods as fast as its getting cut out the public woods....I dont the we need baiting in michigan but we need to more resources for later parts of the year...
Hey Jeff. I’m a long time subscriber. Love all of your content. I know you used to have an affiliation with Sitka. I have a mix of both First Lite and Sitka clothing. I’m just wondering what First Lite jacket you would consider to be in line with the Sitka Fanatic warmth-wise. I have the Fanatic, but I prefer First Lite’s Spectre pattern. Thanks
it's funny cause I was in my property today and thinking the prerut should be starting and we get to a row of pines and bam 6 scrapes right in a row about 75 yards apart
Just had a good cold front move through. And I only have the ability to bowhunt. I won't be able to hunt from the 19th through the 6th because of work, so it's likely I'll miss a good portion of the rut here in Oklahoma. Any advice on how to make sure I bag a doe and a buck after Nov 6?
I'm just ready to give up on hunting. I buy a license every year and never see shit. The deer are there cause I see them on camera. I bait with corn but they only visit at night. I never goes in the woods so there's no pressure on 30 acre tract 9 yr old cut down. Please help me been watching your videos for years. Thanks for the content it's great and informative
Question for you. I heard a grunt tonight like ive never heard. It was a roar almost...for 2sec ish then a little quick roar like right after...? Pretty sure it came from a 2.5 yr old buck Does this make any sense to you. Thnx in advance
Jeff, Great Hunting info as usual. I use this every time. I have a question for you about public lands Hunting. In one of the areas that I go that has decent Deer 🦌 Activity in the past, has changed over the years due to a Riffle range near by. I have been very keen about selectively Hunting around that area due to deer obviously changing their patterns. So, in short I normally don't Hunt near the Range for obvious reasons. I have other Hunting spots that I can go since it's public lands. But I would like to hear your thoughts on this topic. Thanks for all that you do. Great job from you and Dylan 🦌👍PS: My Hunting is getting better every time too...
Thank you Jeff! I look forward to your videos! Heading to SW WI Grant Co on 10/21 for a week! Question for you, in some videos I see you have a handheld release which looks to have nice grippy between finger grip. What brand is that? Thank you again! Good luck this season
So I have a question I hunt PA and we’re getting cold weather Tuesday to Friday, but then they are saying it will heat up to like high sixties low seventies. What will this warmer weather do to the bucks in my area do after the cold front moves through?
i shot one of my target bucks oct. 15th. he was with another shooter earlier in september but he disappeared and i haven’t seen him in about a month. any chance of him coming back now that the other dominant buck is gone?
What would you do if you have a monster buck forming a pattern and showing itself at daylight hours but the wind is bad and blowing right at where he comes out but the temperature is perfect cause it just dropped significantly. How would you hunt or would you wait?
Check the comments, somebody using your logo and telling people they won something..don't anyone fall for it, IT'S A SCAM!. If anyone sees it, report the comment. Same thing has been happening on a lot of metal detecting channels as well. Great info, thanks for posting!
Hey Jimmy,I live in Northeast Pa.Ya want to hit the pre rut.Which is now.Mornings are best.But I have my best success on the 25th to Nov.4th.The 9th is when I see breeding.Till about the 15 th.Good luck.We just had rain.So I’m thinking the buck will be freshening their scrapes this morning.Till about 10🤷🏻
Been watching all of your videos and Thursday I shot my target buck got the first time in 5 years. I cought him on the way to bed in the morning on a cold front day. He is a very nice deer for Arkansas. Thanks for all the videos.
Gosh everytime I want to ask a question, Jeff already answers it by end of Video!!
Thanks again!
The first buck is down! Year one of our food plots has produced an early harvest! (For us) Yesterday morning, 250 yards from the plot in the second layer of cover. 👍 My cousin tagged out on a nice cold front buck-!
Man that is outstanding Kurt...CONGRATS!!
Congrats
About ten years ago is when I started to notice when the pre rut started on our property. It is the best time to be hunting on our little piece. October 19- November 1. Man it's awesome and some years its okay. When our does come in to estrus this year im hoping for nice cool mornings. With NNW, WNW or N winds. I do love a good East wind too. Anything other than the ordinary West or southwest winds. Fingers crossed for a good year!
Your tips have drastically improved our families land in a years time, and I couldn't be more grateful. I haven't paid a cent, yet. It was too late for me to purchase your brassica this year as I already had a mix, I built from your suggestions. I plan on giving back when I can, because of the knowledge and understanding you have given me for free. I have the results very well documented, everything on our farm has improved. Next year's plan is to change the ground with your video series for years to come.
What you win
@@bluehourhunting1984 lol I'm assuming it is not real.
Jeff and Dylan I learn so much from watching your videos. It has taught me to be a smarter better hunter.. not everyone has woods they can move deep into like myself.. I have tons of woods around me (bedding) and less than 1 acre of woods of actual woods.. but what I do have is over 100 acres of beans with a treeline that runs the middle. So most of my hunting is evening until the rut which I have treestand along the edge of that bean field.. thanks for the tips and great videos you guys put out. I don't hunt inches but I do have about 4-6 130 to 160 class and then a big 200 plus deer I missed on Halloween morning last year (missed judging the yardage by 10) he was pushing a doe into thick cover at 8:20 am
I'm located in northern Ohio about 8-10 miles from the lake in lorain County
Got does and even a fawn on my new cell cam within three days of setting up my mock scrape and licking branch, and have been following along chores and have seen a consistent schedule of them revisiting the branch the last couple of months - - today got my first buck on camera checking out the licking branch! Thanks for all the vids!
That is awesome to hear Ashton...so much fun isn't it?! You are very welcome 😊
I really appreciate all the work you put into your videos. You explain information so it's easy to understand and implement into my hunting practices. Again, thank you for all you and your crews do to bring us useful information. I know what you do is NOT easy. Thanks
I will listen to anything you have to say Jeff. I love listening to you. Great advice.
Moving horizontal kind of explains why the trails that seem dead early in the season , suddenly begin to show use .
I set up in areas where I've done well in the past . Never really paid much attention. Figured it's just the " lull " when I don't see any .
This year I looked up my tag history on states web site . Majority of my tags have been filled from 10 / 28 to Thanksgiving.
I have a few stands along a Railroad track and once the rut starts they are everywhere along the tracks scent checking. Can't wait for the end of October.
Don’t worry about some sour person who criticizes you for what you EARN. You are worth what the market will bare. Thanks for the ton of free advice. It’s helped us up our game.
I've been following Jeff for about 3 years now and it baffles me that th8s channel doesn't have more subscribers! The information this man has and is willing to shear for free is A-1!
Remember Jeff
If 10% of your audience is not saying you are over priced… you are underpriced. Thanks for all you do for the hunting community.
Your passion for the sport and more importantly for the animals is refreshing. I wish all hunters were like you and not just one weekend a year warriors that will take 13 shots to drop a frickin doe.
Pre rut seems to just start here in in Southern Michigan. Found Scrapes and bucks are starting moving horizontally checking cut Ag fields. Got an 8 point yesterday morning checking a cleared Ag field. I smelled him before seeing him. His neck was also swollen.
Another great video .found your channel last year and it changed my way of hunting. Hunting mostly public lands your videos helped me find deer this season ,early.
Keep it up ,my pocket thanks you less money on store bought lures .
Seeing little sign yet but the public land lull has been strong this year, lots of pressure. But super jacked up for the rut and for the new pod cast! Thanks guy's n good luck!
Can’t wait for the podcast! Anyone that says your price for a land design is not real smart and do not understand the value.
Can't wait to bring it to you! 😊 The cool thing is that I have roughly 55 clients scheduled eith deposit out of 74 for the 2023 season from Dec. to next Sept. Kind of just going with what the market will bear and I'm likely still a little low at this point. Hardbtonout sborice on helping to take someone's land to a level far above what they could do on their own In a lifetime.
Oh wow looking forward to the podcast
We have a lot of fun with it! Coming soon 😊
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I have heard you on so many other peoples podcast, looking forward to hearing your show. Please put out teaser for when the first episode is going to drop
Jeff is the text me message affiliated with WHS?
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 is the text me message affiliated with WHS or a scam?
Look forward to the Web cast and thanks a lot for all the information
Been watching your videos for while I've been in school on the coldest days it's going to be 36 to night tomorrow 27 going to be hunting in the even been hunting public land mostly but we do have a lease love your tips for hunting rely helped me in past 2 years keep it up good luck in the dear woods
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You're absolutely correct Jeff, I'm going out and looking for the sign also I've been following your advice about weather fronts and big temperature drops, which by the way here in PA we have a good cold front coming through tonight into tomorrow morning and Wednesday as well.cant wait!!
Starting to see rut happening in NW Illinois.
Thanks for another great video.
Does aren't ready yet...but activity will start to pick up over the next couple of weeks as long as good temps 👍
Great Video. I wish everyone a Great and Safe Hunting Season.
Good luck yourself!!
‘Preciate the tips. First year I’m back bow hunting - and now with my son. Can’t put a price on that. Best
Definitely been seeing some swollen necks and increased scrape and rub activity in Southeast Iowa the past few days!
Thank you Jeff love the Chanel I alway follow your advice and it has helped me a ton
You are very welcome...I really hope you have a great season!
Man I put many many layers in when I hunt. Causing me to throw my shot off at times from my iron sights. I would love to see your gear you wear here in Minnesota to keep warm in the stand but yet have the flexibility to shoot properly.
Had a tremendous buck on camera several times,now I haven't seen him in any photos.The 600 acres behind me were not being hunted and sold to a neighbor who has been logging some of the property. The Coyotes hunt all night long around here.Maybe the Coyotes have gotten him nobody on our Rd has harvested him because he's totally unique.I had 6 does eating nuts under my stand for about 30 minutes yesterday I'm not high up just camo that matches my surrounding and completely scent free.I have never been busted yet.No ground scrapes or rubbing yet.I live in SW KY.Always a North wind blowing in my face when I enter my stand.
My target buck disappeared a week ago. I accidentally spooked him Oct 2, he ran 300 yards and wouldn't come any closer. He came back the next day and few days after that (had to work). He hasn't been back since. I hunt in Manitoba. I'm really frustrated
Dang, don't give up on em just yet!
Find out where he likes to go when that happens there’s some where he feels safe if you can find that you can keep it in your back pocket of ideas if it happens again
And hate to hear it it happens to the best of em you either have to find them again or be patient
Just be patient and don't spook him out of his bedding area or he will be gone till next year. When the rut gets into full swing, be there when he makes a mistake.
@@claybaitsoutdoorchannel00 after I spooked him he ran 300 yards to my other stand ironically. Proceeded to feed there for an hour and a half while I sat in my blind hoping he'd come back. I have a cell camera at both stands so I literally got 50 pictures of him standing perfectly broadside in front of my tree stand. He showed up a few times after the fact the next week. Again I was at work. I haven't seen him since, I don't think I spooked him bad enough to kill the season I'm just frustrated is all because I haven't seen any bucks in the area since then. I know this is the dreaded October lull, which is an absolute myth I'm just overthinking things and weirded out. I still have does coming everyday constantly, I actually had six in one picture. Where are the bucks? I'm afraid to even go to my spot now LOL
Jeff, this season my waterholes could be my saving grace, especially during the rut. The drought has just continued and even the rye in my plots have been stunted to the point of just hanging on. Does and fawns have been hitting the water holes consistently for the last few months, so hoping any cruising bucks will be hitting them as well in the coming few weeks.
Terrible time for a warm up in Michigan later this week
Thanks again Jeff for all the info. Heading up to hunt public land along Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin.
50th year hunting there, can't wait! Waiting for your public land web class, even after 50 years knowledge is still the key not luck.
Always stand by the saying "luck" when preparation meets opportunity!
I live near lake Superior, love it up here!
I live in Illinois but that north woods hunting and the people I have met there over 50 years makes it worth the 8 hour drive. Spike buck or ten point they are all a trophy up there🦌👍.
Meant to comment yesterday. In northern New York the rut has started a tiny bit early, we’re in muzzleloading season, 10/16 in the morning a small buck chased a doe into the brush 10 yards under my stand. That evening an 8pt deer pushed about 5 doe in front of me. I have a small property and the unwritten rule of the neighborhood is nothing under 8pt. He wasn’t a prize but he was meat in the freezer. Hoping for the prize (I’ve seen him on my cameras) to show up in rifle season next week!
Love your videos, new to hunting went out last year got lucky and got a beautiful 8, and now this year on my own, so trying to learn alot as I know I'm very green!
Great job Jeff. I am hooked on your video's. Not much happening yet in Southwest WI(Blue Mounds) Scrapes not active yet, a few rubs. Small four pt eating acorns last night. Crops are getting cut so deer are moving to the uncut fields. Could be I have a bear in the area again, and when he is there, the deer vacate! Coyotes are chasing deer. I have a trail cam pick of that action. Oct 27- Nov 3 is always my GO Time! Let the rut begin!
Good Luck to you this year.......
Chasing already starting last few days just north of you Jeff.
They are definitely playing around right now...but not far away from moving consistently during the morning hours, for sure! Got to love it 😊
I am going to open a can o' worms here. In Southern Indiana we harvested a trophy buck late this afternoon with a large swollen neck over cut corn. I passed up three shots on him last year due to no clean shot. This year his antlers have decreased, but my 10 year old grandson was at my side so I took him as a memory builder. He is the third buck I have taken with a Raven crossbow over 75 yards away in an open field. We sight this bow in at 100 yards and have taken seven deer with it. Some hunters may scoof at these shoots but the arrow penetrated over six inches as I had to remove the arrow and Rage broad head from the heart. Nonetheless, great family memories.
Love the video. Can’t wait to hunt the rut this year! Tuesday morning it’s gonna freeze here in KY! Thanks Jeff
It must be because I hunt mountain deer but mornings are always the best including the early season. All evening pics seems to be after dark right now but not in mornings. Big mountains hunt different though.
I thought my bucks took off. They didn’t! Just moved their activity a few hours earlier I missed them by 30 minutes! But they are still there which is good considering how many times I’ve hunted them lately I’m backing off now for 14 days ( after one more attempt Tuesday morning) but have a plan now. Thankfully I moved a camera which gave me the data. I’m just outside a big bedding area I believe.
The morning temps have been 25-35 degrees and they are pushing each other around as of last week.
Boy I gotta get in quiet and early, I made a travel corridor but also made it hard to access by accident hahaha.
Excellent information Jeff next year to turn my property into deer habitat and going to use all your excellent information you provided. Looking to listen to your new pod cast
I need your advice; I have a 50 acre private parcel to hunt in southern Michigan, the 50 is made up of about half corn (cut now) surrounded by woods. I have two ground blinds and one tree stand setup. I do not have any way to access the blinds or stand without spooking deer since I have to walk the edge of the cut corn to get to them. That's why I typically hunt in the PM, the deer are already bedded so I try and get there very quietly. Even then the deer know I'm there. What do you suggest? I have taken two nice bucks in the last two years but not during bow season. The rut hasn't started here yet but it's close
What I notice is that I'll see more fawns alone in the woods. This tells me that mama doe is getting chased around and gets separated from them.
That is a sure sign of peak rut...about 10 days after the pre rut begins 👍
Jeff can you explain why the rut occurs later further south? When I hunted bucks in Virginia up near Blacksburg I killed big bucks running does from 4-11 November.
Thanks for this video, Jeff. I have retired to Texas but always return each year for a Wisconsin bow hunt. I'm leaving for Sauk County in about a week and am really looking forward to it. Your videos are a must watch for me, so thanks again for your many posts. 👍👍👍
Great information! Really appreciate your time and advice!
Thanks for all you do Jeff, have been learning and focusing on hunting from a strategic approach. Have enjoyed all of your books as well. Looking forward to the day I can have you come out to my MN property in the future. Will definitely be listening to the podcast. Thanks Jeff.
Awesome Video!!! Thanks for all the great info. Always helps
Podcast- awesome guys I can't wait
Fantastic videos Jeff, been watching for years, I definitely have improved property and my hunting strategies thanks to you 👍👍👍
The most frustrating thing on the Eastern Shore is the weather. It was cold last week, but looking at the next 10 day forecast the weather is not going to be great. It seems like that’s always the case here.
North Central IL been seeing a lot more bucks moving horizontally, and more coming back around. Not many during daylight this past week, but would say 30/70 Pre-Rut should be coming in next week, don’t you think? Learn more and more from every video Jeff, I appreciate all the help
I live in ny the pre rut is just starting lets go!!!!
Your awesome man best of luck to you hunting
Been seeing sparring for about the last week on cell cams, and this morning my son saw 6 bucks in a three hour sit...it seems to be upon us here in SE Michigan.
Went hunting yesterday and saw new rubs 😁
You’re my favorite person here on TH-cam !
I’m looking forward to the podcast! Those are some cool looking bucks, the one has a flat top 😆
Been watching for 4 years and I can tell you I've learned so much! Wouldn't get my information anywhere else Minnesota public land hunter so you've saved me, love the mock scrape btw really does work😊
I took a 8pt last Saturday in Georgia he stinks . Scapes everywhere . I hunt OTG and DRT . Had big body 200lbs . Good luck everyone 👍
I enjoy listening to your videos. I’m in north central Wisconsin. Where are you located?
Not seeing much yet Jeff,one property i hunt very few scrapes where they are at annually most years another property little to none but does in the beans every evening.I know it WILL happen! Good content this vid!!
Another great video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Man if Jeff don’t get you fired up I don’t know what will… getting closer boys!!!!!
Question- at the :29 mark in the video there’s a shot of you walking through grass with a big seed head to your right side and taller cover to your left hand side. What is the grass to your right hand side and left hand side? Thank you for your help. Great video.
I live in a neighbor hood, with a 10 acre wood plot behind my house. See doe activity all year long in and around my yard. I know when the rut is kicking in when buck movement / sightings become rather common in my yard. LOL
Full swing in South Carolina now
Bucks are changing does going slap Crazy
Me and my father have been watching you for the past couple years...We live in Michigan..I kinda wish there were ways for non land owners to apply to restoring parts of public lands..I know once you do that tho its about where to get the money to do that and how...I guess I said all that to say this and its a shame, I dont see the money coming back into the public woods as fast as its getting cut out the public woods....I dont the we need baiting in michigan but we need to more resources for later parts of the year...
Can't wait for the podcast! Where can I tune in?
Hey Jeff. I’m a long time subscriber. Love all of your content. I know you used to have an affiliation with Sitka. I have a mix of both First Lite and Sitka clothing. I’m just wondering what First Lite jacket you would consider to be in line with the Sitka Fanatic warmth-wise. I have the Fanatic, but I prefer First Lite’s Spectre pattern. Thanks
it's funny cause I was in my property today and thinking the prerut should be starting and we get to a row of pines and bam 6 scrapes right in a row about 75 yards apart
Hunting the corn field is good in early morning or early afternoon
Just had a good cold front move through. And I only have the ability to bowhunt. I won't be able to hunt from the 19th through the 6th because of work, so it's likely I'll miss a good portion of the rut here in Oklahoma. Any advice on how to make sure I bag a doe and a buck after Nov 6?
I'm just ready to give up on hunting. I buy a license every year and never see shit. The deer are there cause I see them on camera. I bait with corn but they only visit at night. I never goes in the woods so there's no pressure on 30 acre tract 9 yr old cut down. Please help me been watching your videos for years. Thanks for the content it's great and informative
here in Wisconsin, they are starting to gather there does together.
Thanks again Jeff 👍🏻
Running creeks here in sc
I suggest you guys call your new podcast
“The bottom line”
Hats, T-shirts etc…
Question for you. I heard a grunt tonight like ive never heard. It was a roar almost...for 2sec ish then a little quick roar like right after...? Pretty sure it came from a 2.5 yr old buck
Does this make any sense to you. Thnx in advance
Great stuff as always jeff.
Jeff, Great Hunting info as usual. I use this every time. I have a question for you about public lands Hunting. In one of the areas that I go that has decent Deer 🦌 Activity in the past, has changed over the years due to a Riffle range near by. I have been very keen about selectively Hunting around that area due to deer obviously changing their patterns. So, in short I normally don't Hunt near the Range for obvious reasons. I have other Hunting spots that I can go since it's public lands. But I would like to hear your thoughts on this topic. Thanks for all that you do. Great job from you and Dylan 🦌👍PS: My Hunting is getting better every time too...
Thank you Jeff! I look forward to your videos! Heading to SW WI Grant Co on 10/21 for a week! Question for you, in some videos I see you have a handheld release which looks to have nice grippy between finger grip. What brand is that? Thank you again! Good luck this season
So I have a question I hunt PA and we’re getting cold weather Tuesday to Friday, but then they are saying it will heat up to like high sixties low seventies. What will this warmer weather do to the bucks in my area do after the cold front moves through?
Fantastic!!
Thanks Carlo!
i shot one of my target bucks oct. 15th. he was with another shooter earlier in september but he disappeared and i haven’t seen him in about a month. any chance of him coming back now that the other dominant buck is gone?
What would you do if you have a monster buck forming a pattern and showing itself at daylight hours but the wind is bad and blowing right at where he comes out but the temperature is perfect cause it just dropped significantly. How would you hunt or would you wait?
Wait. Good conditions with a bad wind are not good conditions. Having him smell you is a great way to shut him down immediately.
Check the comments, somebody using your logo and telling people they won something..don't anyone fall for it, IT'S A SCAM!. If anyone sees it, report the comment. Same thing has been happening on a lot of metal detecting channels as well. Great info, thanks for posting!
What E-bike do you use for hunting?
I hunt the deers trails is that good or bad
If you were a "typical" hunting industry guy, your white board and dry erase markers would be sponsored by now. Great stuff, as usual.
Will podcast be here or on spotify podbean or android or apple ?
What state you in that it has started?
So what is it on that buck's leg at 5:20? Is that a disease of some sort, or a wound?
Saw 3 fresh rubs and 1 scrape in middle Georgia. Anyone else?
Would you like to come to East Texas to hunt?
Hi Jeff, how long will the rut last in any given area ? Am in State College PA
Thanks for your knowledge base 🙏
Hey Jimmy,I live in Northeast Pa.Ya want to hit the pre rut.Which is now.Mornings are best.But I have my best success on the 25th to Nov.4th.The 9th is when I see breeding.Till about the 15 th.Good luck.We just had rain.So I’m thinking the buck will be freshening their scrapes this morning.Till about 10🤷🏻
Great. Thanks.