Love this conversation. You guys have the best content hands down. I have been hunting for 43 years and have learned so much since I started following you guys. I have had my best season by far this year. I have been playing checkers for years and am now playing chess. Can’t thank you enough! Bill from TN.
Being an older hunter myself and being successful on a regular basis with the bow when I was younger I believe 90% is because I had the time to hunt and it was my passion. Woodsman ship is a part of it reading signs and knowing food sources but time in the tree was the key.
I stopped deer hunting years ago but still love hearing of it. I try to learn what I did wrong or could have done differently. There is a ton of information available now. I jokingly tell people I hunted the dumb bucks but it's true. I grossly underestimated how in tune with their home range deer are and that only grows sharper with age. A muture whitetail is one fine game animal and I congratulate all hunters that have taken them. We are so fortunate to have such an animal so widespread. Hunt safe and respectfully.
It's always good to hear someone around my age like Daniel talk about how we learned to deer hunt in clubs back in the 70's and 80's. There was always a couple of guys that took down monsters year after year. They were also the one's that spent the most time dedicated to becoming better woodsmen.
I sent in a couple of the bucks I killed to yall on website and nearly sameish knowledge I grew up with mid 2000’s to now but a lot of calling and honestly paying no mind to scent. Finding good areas from what my dad and uncle showed when I was a kid and mixing both techniques have helped a whole lot
I’m on a deer lease in a hunting club with 20 generators running all opening week of gun season. I have 3 stand locations that I’ve been hunting archery season leading up to gun season with some success then nothing afterwards due to my scent all through my area. I’m going to start hunting areas on trails between those stands now.
People always historically fall into the trap of expecting technology to do the work. Trail cams, cell cams, etc., serve no purpose if you aren't using them to actually increase your own understanding of deer behavior. Cameras don't put you any closer to killing the deer you get a picture of on it. You still have to become a hunter. I really like the part where Dan talks about tactics taking 1, 2, 3 seasons to work before you actually kill something. it takes focus and mental power to retain those lessons in working memory and carry them from season to season. retaining mental notes about what deer did when: you spook them, bump them, what the weather conditions were when you saw him/them, what were they doing when you saw them (eating/browsing, moving on alert from A to B, etc).....parsing and processing this data is essential to becoming a better hunter way more than having 100 trail cameras in a 200 yd radius.
The message at the end is what I term the “video game era of success “. When you play a video game you’re guaranteed some level of success every time you play. Even in other sports like golf you’re going to get to hit the ball multiple times, even fishing you’ll have the opportunity to cast your rod multiple times. When you go deer hunting you can hunt all season without ever getting to draw or shoot your bow or fire your gun. For today’s generation, even some aged adults this has absolutely no appeal. They won’t stick with it or put in the time or effort to have success. My advice is learn to love the journey. Scouting, learning, weapons and practice, blood trailing, and enjoying time in nature, like sitting in the stand well before first light and watching the sun rise and the woods come to life. Last piece of advice, yes you have to master and get all the basics down pat but it’s always the little things that make the difference for success, that principle applies to almost anything in life. Learn and practice using those finer points. I’ve been an avid Bow hunter since 1975, have learned a ton and am still learning. Faith and patience are 2 of the greatest weapons to have in your arsenal. Happy Hunting!
I agree, God’s info. Sometimes I take my archery target with me on hunts and shoot a bit before I go out to my stand. I helps to self satisfy and calm the nerves a bit. It also helps keep in tune with your bow in a different setting than your backyard.
I been hunting power lines here in the treacherous mountains of Harlan Ky! I’ve seen two good bucks this yr but I let the first eight point walk because he was above me and all I could see was his back. He was at 27 yards. Never seen him again. Then I saw a hammer of a buck eating grasses on a strip job but he was 80 yards away and all I hunt with is my bow. Idk why I’m not seeing any does and very few deer. This is a zone 4 and not a ton of deer here but I’m getting discouraged now so bad… any advice.
Cause they’re not F’n around with ozonics and chapsnap and instability and life log. They’re not wondering which Sitka outfit to put on. Woodsmanship and patience.
They didn't give a crap about scent control. In fact my friends dad would ride his old ATV which reeked of gas and park it under his tree stand. He would smoke I. His stand and drink coffee from thermos all day. He peed right off the stand. He got a big buck every damn year. 6:37
Just like I taught my kids. Put boots on the ground, and learn to hunt first. After that, then you can begin to cross reference what you learned with maps and other technology. I learned to hunt without topo maps or trail cams. I found out with boots on the ground and miles and miles of hiking. Not knowing where the deer "should be" but knowing where the deer actually are. Only then did I look at topo maps and satellite images to figure out why they are there. Now, I can break down large areas of public land with maps, easily locating high percentage areas. In the end, there is no replacement for boots on the ground.
Old school hunters are better because of number of hunters, hunting pressure, tag availability etc etc.. Hunting is completely different now with out of state expenses, lotteries for tags, competitiveness etc. It can still be done, but gotta have access which we all know is way harder now
HE'S ONLY 43!!!! He looks older than many guys I know in their 60s who work in the mines!! 😮 He's talking like an oldtimer, I'm sitting here almost 10 yrs older waiting for this vast knowledge and only hearing what everyone else is saying. What are the guys interviewing him like 18-19????
Because 1 we ain't looking at our cell phone when he walks by. 2 when we get out there we ain't making excuses to go home we making excuses to go to the woods and 3 if our wife says we can't hunt we grow a pair and get a new wife 😂
Nothing new I've heard it all after 60 years.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 It's just like a 12 year old starting to race a dirt bike I've been there done that been there WON that.
Love this conversation. You guys have the best content hands down. I have been hunting for 43 years and have learned so much since I started following you guys. I have had my best season by far this year. I have been playing checkers for years and am now playing chess.
Can’t thank you enough!
Bill from TN.
Woodsmanship! Plain and simple, but it’s a lost art!
woods? i just go to my elevated deer blind with heat and wait for them to jump out of the woods
Being an older hunter myself and being successful on a regular basis with the bow when I was younger I believe 90% is because I had the time to hunt and it was my passion. Woodsman ship is a part of it reading signs and knowing food sources but time in the tree was the key.
If you don’t follow him on TH-cam you should! The knowledge he’s willing to share out of pure kindness is unmatched…
@chase-uc1uh what’s the channel name?
@@Captn_Corplease share
@@Captn_Corthe cedar ridge chronicles
He’s a wealth of knowledge. And watching him put a shoulder mount together is almost therapeutic. Thoroughly enjoy his channel
If you don't follow him you don't hunt.
I stopped deer hunting years ago but still love hearing of it. I try to learn what I did wrong or could have done differently. There is a ton of information available now. I jokingly tell people I hunted the dumb bucks but it's true. I grossly underestimated how in tune with their home range deer are and that only grows sharper with age. A muture whitetail is one fine game animal and I congratulate all hunters that have taken them. We are so fortunate to have such an animal so widespread. Hunt safe and respectfully.
EXCELLENT COMMENTARY
It's always good to hear someone around my age like Daniel talk about how we learned to deer hunt in clubs back in the 70's and 80's. There was always a couple of guys that took down monsters year after year. They were also the one's that spent the most time dedicated to becoming better woodsmen.
I sent in a couple of the bucks I killed to yall on website and nearly sameish knowledge I grew up with mid 2000’s to now but a lot of calling and honestly paying no mind to scent. Finding good areas from what my dad and uncle showed when I was a kid and mixing both techniques have helped a whole lot
I’m on a deer lease in a hunting club with 20 generators running all opening week of gun season. I have 3 stand locations that I’ve been hunting archery season leading up to gun season with some success then nothing afterwards due to my scent all through my area. I’m going to start hunting areas on trails between those stands now.
He's a Fantastic Guest..Good Stuff!
People always historically fall into the trap of expecting technology to do the work. Trail cams, cell cams, etc., serve no purpose if you aren't using them to actually increase your own understanding of deer behavior. Cameras don't put you any closer to killing the deer you get a picture of on it. You still have to become a hunter. I really like the part where Dan talks about tactics taking 1, 2, 3 seasons to work before you actually kill something. it takes focus and mental power to retain those lessons in working memory and carry them from season to season. retaining mental notes about what deer did when: you spook them, bump them, what the weather conditions were when you saw him/them, what were they doing when you saw them (eating/browsing, moving on alert from A to B, etc).....parsing and processing this data is essential to becoming a better hunter way more than having 100 trail cameras in a 200 yd radius.
The message at the end is what I term the “video game era of success “. When you play a video game you’re guaranteed some level of success every time you play. Even in other sports like golf you’re going to get to hit the ball multiple times, even fishing you’ll have the opportunity to cast your rod multiple times. When you go deer hunting you can hunt all season without ever getting to draw or shoot your bow or fire your gun. For today’s generation, even some aged adults this has absolutely no appeal. They won’t stick with it or put in the time or effort to have success. My advice is learn to love the journey. Scouting, learning, weapons and practice, blood trailing, and enjoying time in nature, like sitting in the stand well before first light and watching the sun rise and the woods come to life. Last piece of advice, yes you have to master and get all the basics down pat but it’s always the little things that make the difference for success, that principle applies to almost anything in life. Learn and practice using those finer points.
I’ve been an avid Bow hunter since 1975, have learned a ton and am still learning. Faith and patience are 2 of the greatest weapons to have in your arsenal. Happy Hunting!
Excellent comment!
I agree, God’s info. Sometimes I take my archery target with me on hunts and shoot a bit before I go out to my stand. I helps to self satisfy and calm the nerves a bit. It also helps keep in tune with your bow in a different setting than your backyard.
*Good info
WORDS OF A TRUE HUNTER INDEED GOOD COMMENTARY
This is how I was taught to hunt by my uncle Terry when I was ten till I hunted on my own.
When is this full episode airing?
I been hunting power lines here in the treacherous mountains of Harlan Ky! I’ve seen two good bucks this yr but I let the first eight point walk because he was above me and all I could see was his back. He was at 27 yards. Never seen him again. Then I saw a hammer of a buck eating grasses on a strip job but he was 80 yards away and all I hunt with is my bow. Idk why I’m not seeing any does and very few deer. This is a zone 4 and not a ton of deer here but I’m getting discouraged now so bad… any advice.
I killed my first wall hanger last season out of my dad's tree lounge on public land. Proud to have success the old fashioned way.
Congrats!
Cause they’re not F’n around with ozonics and chapsnap and instability and life log. They’re not wondering which Sitka outfit to put on. Woodsmanship and patience.
Ozonics are the only word I understood in that
@@nick9602just a boomer going off
Knowledge is power! ❤️🦌🥩
They didn't give a crap about scent control. In fact my friends dad would ride his old ATV which reeked of gas and park it under his tree stand. He would smoke I. His stand and drink coffee from thermos all day. He peed right off the stand. He got a big buck every damn year. 6:37
Just like I taught my kids. Put boots on the ground, and learn to hunt first. After that, then you can begin to cross reference what you learned with maps and other technology.
I learned to hunt without topo maps or trail cams. I found out with boots on the ground and miles and miles of hiking. Not knowing where the deer "should be" but knowing where the deer actually are. Only then did I look at topo maps and satellite images to figure out why they are there. Now, I can break down large areas of public land with maps, easily locating high percentage areas.
In the end, there is no replacement for boots on the ground.
Old school hunters are better because of number of hunters, hunting pressure, tag availability etc etc..
Hunting is completely different now with out of state expenses, lotteries for tags, competitiveness etc. It can still be done, but gotta have access which we all know is way harder now
Hell yeah! Lets goo
They dont buy all the gimmick gear and scents, they just go sit down where the deer are.
Ahhhh, if I could hunt every day all season. How long until retirement? 😢
Daniel is a he'll of a hunter...
HE'S ONLY 43!!!! He looks older than many guys I know in their 60s who work in the mines!! 😮 He's talking like an oldtimer, I'm sitting here almost 10 yrs older waiting for this vast knowledge and only hearing what everyone else is saying. What are the guys interviewing him like 18-19????
Public or private?
The secret to hunting is....keeping it a secret.
Two hunnit billi to da you krane..."we may have to shut things down now "
74 yrs old . Still hunt a tree lounge.
Cause old guys can sit still all day😂
Until you gotta peee.
Twice an hr.
I don't know a single older hunter that's the least bit capable... at all...
Because 1 we ain't looking at our cell phone when he walks by. 2 when we get out there we ain't making excuses to go home we making excuses to go to the woods and 3 if our wife says we can't hunt we grow a pair and get a new wife 😂
At this point in my hunting career I'm not sure deer even exist.
😂 we can relate, it’s been a tough year in Alabama!
The new hunters don't know what hunting is they think setting in a heated blind is hunting half of them don't know a horned bush from a mop handle
Nothing new I've heard it all after 60 years.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 It's just like a 12 year old starting to race a dirt bike I've been there done that been there WON that.
Uh they had places to hunt that werent leased to out of staters and all about the money
Maybe it's because they own all the damn land. Payed for by a collared shirt and a firm hand shake.
"Tagged out in October! Didn't even have a chance to sit my 4th property." - every boomer in Michigan
Its the same stuff over and over by different people every year.
Why do the people with the most experience kill bigger deer hmmm
Because they make the kill shot when the big buck comes in and not hit him in the ASS.
Boring.