Critical Pre Rut Hunting Tips 

Just had 2 different 8ptrs show up on cam yesterday morning. 8 and 11am. Jeff is the man! Love the channel. Watch everyday!

Who else is watching this hunting cuz your not seeing anything????? Also you have some really good tips man thanks for sharing!!!!!!

It works great and is easy to operate

Great videos. I really appreciate them. I'm not a Trophy Hunter and I actually taught myself how to hunt pretty much. Except information like from these videos. I killed my first buck Last year. He wasn't a monster but its this year I know where a few big buck bedding areas are and a lot of the information I learned from your videos will help me to maybe Harvest one of them if I'm lucky. I don't hunt private I hunt public. I enjoy things being harder and killing a big buck on public land is hard LOL. Take care and God bless

I have shot most of my wall hangers around the 17th of October. Just outside of a large bedding area. 95% of them in the morning,after a cold front moves in. Just took a nice 9 Friday morning after a storm front moved thru. My wife says I’m getting old,I don’t hunt as hard as I use too, I said no, I hunt smarter. Good luck everyone!!!

Hey it's that time of year where I forget about Jeff's channel, try and cram in all the info the week prior, hunt a 50%+ Friday, Sat, Sunday, and shoot that spiker. Then tell myself "next year, we're going to listen to Jeff"

I’m so stoked about this Thursday’s cold front here in SE MN. I haven’t touched my stands since late August, three great bucks are close by residents. I have a whole list of chores to keep my busy and out of the woods til this front hits. Been shooting at 60 yards all summer from a chair, I’m about as ready as I can be thanks to you.

I have put 3 mock scrapes up as you have directed/ taught Sir. I am Completely Amazed with the results. I watched 5 does under my stand a couple nights ago. One of the fawns was on its hind legs smelling the vine and then danced around, shook it's head and went back for another smell/ repeat. So fun to watch. TY and God Bless.

Shot a nice 10 point on Sunday night in Central Wisconsin. I believe finding ur videos this spring and planting plots this fall was a key factor in my success. Thank you guys! Good luck with Venti!

Sunday was a 23% shot a nice 2-1/2 year old 20 minutes in with the help of a vine scrape. Just in time for surgery to end the season. Great content!

most important thing I learned was access, time in the stand, when to sit and hunt like you are hunting a predator. I have limited my time in the woods before the season and at the start of the season and have seen a huge increase in deer movement and comfortability on our property. Have sat 4 days here in ohio, and have seen over 50 deer and 12 different bucks.

Going tomorrow for a big buck; thanks to your videos I have some senior guys in camera. Thanks for all your knowledge and sharing the experience is priceless!! One day I’ll have you on my land to set me up

Saw a big buck chasing a doe this morning in Aroostook County Maine....sure does get my blood pumping.

On this October 17th, after a tornado, I saw a 4 point buck just cruising. It was 20 minutes before sunset, he was 89M away through brush. I used a range finder as a sighting scope. I was hunting with a shotgun and slugs. Unfortunately I wasn't confident in an ethical kill, so I just let it go. The wind was blowing in the perfect direction. This was my first hunt alone.

Good luck this season Jeff! Anticipating my first sit as activity picks up!

Awesome advice! Thank you!

Passed one Sunday I probably shouldn't have,they were moving good though..... Trail cams sometimes ruin ya lol have a god day bub!

Thanks as always Jeff

I live in northeast pa have this monster 12 point that has been on my land for 4 years now and he knows when and how to be a ghost really love to get a great chance to get him in range

Thanks Jeff 👍

Huge shout out to you Jeff in my opinion your system is far superior to all others. Two years in a row my son has kill one of our target bucks during the Kentucky early muzzleloader season we purchased the farm three years ago. Hopefully we'll get you down here to fine tune the property one of these days. But thanks for the best advice around!

actions pickin up here in SW PA

Sit on a water hole or a known scrape route?

Two bucks on my hit list on 2 different properties showed up yesterday during shooting hours. Things are heating up 😁

Great content as always jeff.. Thursday an the days coming are gonna be awesome! On Sunday i did have a decent 8 and small doe stay hip to hip can you say Pre rut time lfgggg!!!

When you say east wind, does that mean from the east or towards the east?

Just came out of the stand and glad to see this video waiting. I'm in NE TN, and we had a cold front blow through over the weekend but the wind wasn't working for me until this morning. Yesterday I had midday activity...1st was 4 doe crossing my backyard, and on my way back this morning I checked my trail cams and found my 8 pointer with a doe at 12:30 yesterday afternoon. Only pics in 2 weeks...do you have any recommendations?

80% of my mature bucks(4.5-7 yr olds, and 150-175 class) have been shot from now till nov 1(most on afternoon after a cold from and sunny out, or a full day before a cold front and sunny, wind is key though), and at the late afternoon , yes during rut the morning is best, but pre rut is money for me. As the does are just thinking of kicking off the fawns and the bucks are just arriving from afar and they are trying to figure out which does are about ready. Grunting is money this time of year as well, but don't over due it.

I have 5 weeks vacation left, so I am taking Oct 25th through the 29th off and the first week of gun. I'll also take off the good days in between. I've only been out two sits on my 40 acres in St. Clair County MI. This Friday we will have that nice temperature drop. I think I will take that day off too 😁 Good luck everyone!

Hey Jeff, I've been watching a bunch of your food plots and switchgrass planting videos. Good stuff. Just curious, have you ever tried broadcasting switchgrass into a Buckwheat stand and then crush the buckwheat down and spray as in your ultimate no till foodplots? I haven't seen that mentioned in any of your videos and was just curious if that would work.

I have been watching your video's all fall love them. Going to start implementing what I can this year and do a lot more next year. Question is would you consider doing a video on what to look for when you are looking to buy a parcel of land for white tail hunting. Right know I get to hunt in laws land but not allowed to do a lot of improvements. After watching your videos I think its time to look for land. Thoughts?

Thx for all these vids haven't watched the full thing but in Ohio my brother seen a buck chasing a doe yesterday so I'm guessing it's pre rut or getting close

Lol my deer hunting isn't done until I fill my 2 buck tags and my 3 does tags. If I want I can go buy some state tags too. I don't have that much room in my freezer.

Great videos! Actually just shot my first bow buck and couldn’t be anymore pumped. I followed a cold front just like you mention in all your videos. I’m already thinking about next year and looking to add cover and daytime browse. Do you recommend tubing young trees/shrubs or just leave them for deer to browse and have some grow up if they don’t get eaten?

Sir I was wondering if u ever hunt in Central Missouri? Would love some advice about hunting in the Ozarks, when does the pre run start and run thru. Also what would be considered to much rain to hunt in the rain. When is it good to hunt in the rain. Thanks for ur time sir . Love ur videos

So if I have a 50 acre wooded lot with aggressive fields all around it... would you not go in the woods until the fields are cut?

Thanks Jeff! I was wondering what you do when the combines are out, there taking are fields out late, how long should I wait, or what should I do?

Love your videos With this cold front coming to NY would you throw a morning sit at your top spot this weekend ? Or is it still too early in October?

Great videos brother! Been trying to get a hold of you via email and phone, would like to get more information on your parcel builder class.

I was squirrel hunting last weekend on some public land on a piece I didn't plan on deer hunting and 2 bucks came through and completely caught me off guard. They just walked through feeding and one actually bedded down at 60 yards and had me pinned down for 2 hours. I already have my other spots scouted for deer so I was squirrel hunting this other area. So the next day I go back with my crossbow thinking I'm gonna kill that big 8 point. No deer show up. I say screw it and go back the 3rd day to squirrel hunt cause they were everywhere. I go back to squirrel hunt and guess who shows up the 3rd day... the bucks. I'm going back this weekend with a muzzleloader. Luckily both days they did not know I was there except they probably smelled me after I was gone.

I'm already seeing non core bucks this week that I've never seen coming in at night in Southern Ohio. Plus the smaller bucks are playing around!

Temperatures dropped over 30 degrees Sunday and Monday and Tuesday I saw absolutely NO DEER!!! 🤦🏻‍♂️ It's me though, I'm so special the laws of physics don't apply to me 😂😂😂

Been seeing a nice 3 year old every seat but was looking to see when other bucks move in I know of 2 bucks in the area that are bigger and older

Jeff, What are thoughts on a 100% day this Thursday the 21st in Mid-Michigan that is solid rain all morning stopping at 2pm. HuntCast says whole day is awesome but your video says stay mornings in pre-rut. Worth sitting in the rain Thursday morning???

Another good and informative video. Love this channel since finding it a few months ago. PLEASE need help. I have a stand that I put up this spring and it sits 24 yards off a old fence line that the deer use for travel between feeding and bedding. It was perfect and I have dozens of trail cam pic of a mature buck traveling this route. (I was already looking up the taxidermists number) The problem: The tree behind my stand split and half of it came down and destroyed my stand (I wanted to cry) I live in SE Ohio and our temps just started dropping. Typically full rut hits the week of Veterans day. I went out and bought another stand today. DO you think its to late to put the new stand up? ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? Thank you.

Hey man do u have any good suggestions for ebike attachments for hunting? like what front mounts do u use for ur bow and would they work on a rear rack? I don't want to mount it to my handle bars because it messes with my steering. I drive through some pretty thick brush with mine and I feel like my bow would take too many hits. Even with the front rack acting like a trucks brush guard low hanging sticks would smack it. I put a way better headlight on mine that's connected to my battery and I can control it from the handle bar buttons. Definitely needed it for driving 5miles through town at 5 am with all my gear loaded down. The headlights that come with them r too weak and not safe for driving on the roads. Lol never been stopped by the cops even with my bow attached to the back. I drove by Michigan state boys with it and everything and they have all either not noticed me or they just wave. Of course they might know better than to mess with tribal members on tribal hunting land. They do that then it becomes a federal Matter and I don't think they want that kind of backlash. Lol I would just tell them to call the tribal cops and let them deal with it. They don't have any right to mess with me on the rez anyway. I also have a rear giant flat rack attachment that u can carry a climber stand on. I can pack like 100 to 120 lbs of gear across the bike with my attachments. What's nice is I have a step thru version so I can just hop off the seat and take complete control of the bike while I have a leg on either side of it. That way the bike won't tip to one side when u come to a complete stop. Lol I only got the step thru because I'm short and I would rack myself on that middle bar if I had to jump off the bike quick. Just an added bonus that I can carry more gear comfortably because of it and it's a way sturdier frame.

Would you recommend - A mock scrape/Branch over a corn pile - in states that allow baiting?

So HuntWise gives me 5 stars all day the next two day. But your saying I should wait until the evening of that first cold weather? I was planning on a morning hunt since I can hunt near bedding.

Heavy ag, 60acre parcel with 2.5acre of food plots on it. Everything is picked nearby but my plots are untouched and I’ve hunted once, any ideas?

Hey Cris! I have a question for you if you don't mind answering for me please. I've been hunting a good bit the past couple days and Monday morning when I got done hunting I went scouting for Deer or just fresh rubs and scrapes, well I went into this clear-cut behind my house and I saw a big Doe and two little ones at the treeline. So I made the decision Yesterday to put a ground blind up in the clear-cut, Yesterday evening I hunted it after I put it up and had 4 Doe's come in. This morning I hunted it again and saw 2 Doe's, so my question for you is do I need to stay out of that area and spot for right now until the rut gets here? I've got a good feeling it will be a good spot for a buck to chase the Doe's but I wanted your opinion on it.

Ive found buck and doe bedding on my land but still arent seeing active bucks in person. Im following my wind direction good and going in early and leaving late. Do i just need to keep doing what im doing or should i move in closer to their beds? Ive also found a rub line.

Blew some deer out last night climbing down. Wondering if I should go back to the same spot next Monday?

I only have pictires of shooter bucks in the middle of the night, except 1 shooter who comes by about 1 hour after last light. There os a cold front moving through this weekend. Is it worth hunting for that 1 potential buck or do I need to accept that I don't have any core bucks and am only going to see those deer during the rut lock down?

The way my land is setup I have to cross a field to get to my stands in the woods. I have a large. Creek running through my woods but have no way to access the deer bedding areas. Any ideas?

I’ve got a question that I don’t think has been answered or asked. If your on your stand and you have to use the bathroom (go number 2). Where do you go? Do you go by the stand? Do you walk in the woods away from your stand? Do you go down your access path? What do you do?

I’m in South Carolina. When do you think would be the best rut.

Hey Jeff, would this week be too early to start using estrus?

How about southern Ontario Canada would it be around the same as upstate New York

I have core bucks but because were in big woods they tend to leave for acorns or thick woods for a day or two at a time. Is this normal behavior when ag and food plots dont exist?

When dose the rut start in Tennessee

Here in eastern ky, I am hunting all hills with ridges and hollers. Do you thing that if the deer get pressured they will stay at the bottom of the hollers or do you think they will continue bedding up on the points?

I live in So IL, I was hunting on the 19 and saw a young 6 pt tag a doe. Does this mean the prerut has started in my area?

Can anybody give me advice on how to switch my deer from nocturnal too morning and evenings? Lol

What is the earliest date you would hunt an all day stand in SW Wisconsin?

If there are multiple rubs with in a short distance of each other is that sign of a buck's core area?

I'm new to hunting this is my 2nd year. How long before sunrise should you get out in my stand? I never know that.

Thanks again for the quality pre rut tips Jeff. Always appreciate your content, it’s the best there is out there. Greetings and well wishes from Nova Scotia. Good luck out there this season everybody!

What kind of bow release is that at .25?

Ready to put the smack down on em. Great information!

Another great vid! Appreciate the reminder not burn out stands to just get out. Sometimes I just go squirrel hunt on those days in and area I don’t deer hunt just to get some hunting in.

Field or woods preference?

When does the pre rut start in Georgia? Is it earlier than where you guys hunt in the north?

Me!!!!

Wonder if he eats deer?

Tip #6 - DO NOT spook the big 10-point you have targeted on the way out of your stand..........perfect wind......first time in this stand.....and I'm such an idiot. Puts me out of the game for a week or two.

I remember when Jeff would actually reply to peoples comments. He has gotten to big now 🥲

1st

If u wanna kill a genius 😉u better be thinking like one

@2:58 this tid bit of information, 100% fiction. Any guesses as to what I'm referring too? Lol I'm being friendly when I say this haha.....you call yourself a deer expert, and share false information like this? It is biologically false...