The secret to hunting in the scrap wood deer stand is you need to make sure your surplus military rifle still has the bayonet with it to eliminate all of the mice hiding under the carpet.
I taught my daughter how to hunt in Central Maine pretty much the Fleet Farm deer stand method (no Fleet Farm here so an "orange safety bucket" from Home Depot) from age ten. I had to laugh when she called me after her first hunting trip in Michigan with her then fiancée and she told me all about the toasty warm deer blinds they had set up. The other funny part was they didn't believe her when she said she had no problem with shooting a .300 Win Mag she's 5 foot 6 and skinny, so she showed them she could. She chose to use a 30-30 on the trip though. I gave her a Model 94 in 30-30 for her 10th birthday so she was very comfortable with it, and very accurate with iron sights. I started teaching her to shoot somewhere around age 5 or there about, and she is a good shot. I miss shooting on weekends with her now that she lives 2,980 miles away. Great video man. Be safe out there, and take it easy. 😎
This dude has became my most watched RU-vid channel after I just came across him about a week ago. Binged watched maaannnnyy videos now, and this dude is hilarious!
The bucket works IF you follow the instructions to SIT STILL. So for me that means pulling my cap down over my eyes and tilting my head back against the tree. I usually open my mouth to allow for easy breathing so my chest doesn't have to move. In that position, I can sleep soundly without moving, thereby fooling the deer into thinking I am a discarded human that no one wanted and just left behind in the woods when a hunt was finished. They see me as harmless and become curious enough to check me out. Your will likely see your biggest deer this way. Try it for yourself!
Mad respect to the bucket. I have a portable hunting chair that I used a few weeks ago when I shot my biggest buck to date,115.” I simply used the woodline and brush as cover around me. Worked great! 15 yard shot, and watched him drop on the hillside infront of me.
A friend of mine absolutely hated the mindset that the harder you try, the worse off you will be. One season he did everything he could to increase his chances. Me? With some scent repellant, a mat and a ghillie suit. I would find a spot that seemed alright and lie there all day. Bagged the biggest buck of my life lying on the ground. My old man swears by the good ol bucket.
When he said that the best stand is not a stand at all I thought he was going to say it was my 2010 Nissan Sentra. I'm pretty sure that sumbitch had deer attractant, and possibly a deer magnet factory installed in its front end.
I need a new Gamma seal lid for my FF Bucket I keep my Bird Seed in as rodents have chewed through the old one after we left it out. I think I will pick up a new Deer stand while I am there too.
You know why the bucket produces the biggest bucks? There's no stomping around setting up a stand, or making a racket climbing up a tree. The first time you hunt somewhere is almost always the best, and the bucket lets you do that without being noisy or invasive.
My dad was in a tree stand a few years back, I was about a mile out on foot, I then smell rotten eggs, I text dad and ask did you fart, he responds "how did you know", well, yep, you guessed right,no deer that day
I missed because I’m a jackass, but opening day bow season in OK I was just sitting under a tree and a 10pt buck came up behind me less than 10yds. By the time I could quietly get notched and aim he’d already wondered about 50yds off through some dense wood. But so far, the ol’ under the tree seat gets my vote.
Pretty accurate. Biggest buck I've ever shot was I walked to the end of a logging road, set up a fold up lawn chair, and it came out right in front of me. I couldn't make it out ahead of time with the guys to scout and set up a blind. I was just said screw it I'll just go over here, sit for awhile, and think about where I want to tuck into later in the day. And there's a big deer. Fell 50ft from the road in some grass so I just grabbed the truck and was able back right up to it. I kinda felt like I cheated or something.
My big buck story is identical lol. I walked to the edge of a field. Sat on a little ice fishing chair for a hour and the buck came out 20 yards from me lol. I shot and he dropped. Was within eye site of my truck
My grandfather shot a buck literally the exact same way here in northern mi not sure if it was his biggest but a nice wide 8 point on a logging trail and also with a lawn chair 😂
Was just gonna comment that my late husband had fallen out of a tree stand one time (at least!) and was late meeting me for lunch, bc it took him 20 minutes to find his glasses . They were hung up on a branch in the tree, and he’d been looking on the ground! But got a jolt when I looked at the previous commentator’s name-his name was also JAMES BURTON!😳🦌
@@jamesburton1050 I think I just received a message from the Great Beyond- please read my msg posted directly below yours . He passed November 6, 2021. We live(d) in ‘da Yoop’ - Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.🌈☀️
“The harder you try the worse it goes” this is absolutely true. My buddy bought his fishing pole for $1 at a garage sale and still catches just as much fish as I do. Single bearing clunky reel old fishing line but still gets em. It’s very frustrating
😂😂 I’ve hunted versions of every one of those, plus just climbing a tree and sitting on the biggest limb. My grandpa and his buddies used to get left-over pallets they had and nail them into trees for tree-stands. Spent many hours sitting on a pallet up in a tree when I was a kid. But now I’m old, and whenever possible, prefer the good old tower blind, complete with my Buddy Heater, old office chair, hassock restroom, snacks, etc. Don’t worry, I can still see the deer through my eyelids😂. Great video!👍😁
My grandfather swore by his kitchen table. His cabin was between a river and cornfield. He'd wake up, put on the coffee, open the window, sit down, and wait for the deer to show up.
PERFECT!! I always use a bucket and then I got to the final stand. With a bucket, you can move, sit anywhere you want and you have a bucket to put stuff in. Mine even has a swivel top - YOU BETCHA!!
The stand your family member built back in 86 and has been cobbled back together over the years is the one you want . Don’t need a seat belt when your scared it’s going to give way at any moment. Also easy to keep steady when that big buck shows , my adrenaline has already been dumped when that one step 2/3 the way up the tree just free spun.
Deer and elk have a natural fear of bipedal sounds. The sound of walking with 2 legs. They have no idea what a bicycle sounds like. Huge herds of cows, elk, and deer have followed me around in my travels; and I smell like beer, cheap cigarettes, and beef jerky at all times.
No no. The padded lid is effort. We can't have that. Remember the size of the game is directly inverse to the level of effort. This is called the Huntratic Equation. This is more certain than gravity which is only a theory
The first deer hunt I ever went on when I was 15 I kinda just wandered out into the woods and sat down next to a big oak. no camo just coveralls, hoodie and a rem870 then after about 10 minutes I fell asleep woke up 6 hours later with a nice 8 point 20 yards in front of me. still one of the nicest deer I've ever shot.
💯 Facts, this is true, grandpa sat on the pail and every year he'd hammer one. He use to say to Grandma ' Get out the lard and onion's hun, cuz I'm gutten you a buck. Great man
No bs, I brought my buddy on his first deer hunt ever and we used buckets. He shot an 8 point 15 minutes after we sat down. Public land and late season to add.
I think why I don't get the biggest buck with my fleet farm bucket is that I have to drink the 12 pack that I carried in it before I flip it over to sit on it... 🤔
The truth is...he's right. Its not just in hunting, but fishing too. The more money you spend, the harder it is and you're always gunna see guys coming out of the woods with huge bucks that have spent very little. In fact, most experts don't even bring a gun or a fishing rod.
I arrowed an Illinois buck yesterday from my giant wood deer blind. It is about 44’x54’ built in 1909. The old barn is next to the apple trees where he was eating my apples when I shot him.
