Dont Get To Hunt Much? - Here Are The Solutions And The Reality 

@@doncampbell1961 agree 100

@@XxGamer you nailed it. Just need to be realistic with the expectations

My hunting and scouting a year combine 12 ish days a year. I do one trip a year back home to Michigan to see my friends and family… and hunt. But my success rate last few years is 100x what it used to be. I have been blessed with getting multiple deer a year last few years when my success used to be a deer a year if I was lucky. Some years two some none. And now I’m getting 2-6 deer a year. And the years I have gotten 2, it’s because I have passed tons others. Since I have gone mobile and worked on my woodsmanship, my success rate has gone through the rough. I missed opportunities each of the last two years at 130plus size bucks. So definitely getting better and I put some work in when I’m up there hunting. And it pays off.

@@michigangrownoutdoors7254 yep maximize the learning definitely helps tremendously

@@SamkoTradBow when Michigan banned baiting I really dove in to learn what I can about deer. I’m always trying to learn something new about the behavior of deer and I try to look at what I see in the woods to try and break down what I have learned to try and make a “guess” at what I’m looking at. My success has gone up 10 fold and I’m starting to not only get on bucks, but I’m passing and seeing more deer than ever. And I’m not stuck or limited to just one or two trees.

@@michigangrownoutdoors7254 love hearing that

yep everything in life is a choice. love hearing that you made the best one for you too.

@@ryanr6656 great area and great career choice!

@@derekrush3116 perfect. Life is good!

@@jordanbowles40 yep there is always a way

@him-boboutdoors3645 forgot I even made that podcast! Now I'm gonna have to go back and listen to it just to gear what I said back then . That was 5 or 6 or 7 years ago I think!

I listened to it at least 3 years ago, and still think about it when I start to feel sorry for myself for even a minute. That and Cameron Hanes mantra "nobody cares work harder" These lessons go so much further than the tree stand.

@him-boboutdoors3645 agree 100. And we all need that slap in azz once in a while as a motivator

@@blueboy1183 thats how it's done. Find that balance and hunt as much as the balance allows

@@jacobwilliams5271 and it's a good career where you help teach kids! And you get to hunt. It's perfect

@@ABAVP23 yep and they appreciate the honesty and you trying hard to spend time together in the off-season

Thank you

@@ChavsADV excellent points and well said.

@@mr.skeptical3071 love it love it love it! And yet people will never understand what it takes to get there and make all that happen. Very well done

@@RobertEatonOutdoors thank you

perfect

@georgehardin8452 that's what it takes right there. Dedicated and the want to do it

@@highpressurehunting agree 100

@flintriverexpeditions6634 love all of this comment. I remeber a dnr officer walking in on me once while I was scouting at night in a new area. He really struggled to believe I was scouting... but I was!

@@SparkleDonkey love it! That's what hunting is all about

I agree...wonderful information. I'm retired. Been archery hunting for 40 years. Do you offer guided public land hunts? 🤔

@@GotChrist60 Sometimes life gets in the way and we push things we love like hunting off. next thing you know seasons over. Hearing Jason talk gives me that little preseason kick in the pants!

@@dannyspiker1549 thank you

@GotChrist60 I do not offer and guiding. I'm struggling to get hunt time myself😂

@dannyspiker1549 glad it gave you the burst of motivation

@ed5042 yep we do what ever we can when ever we can

@rindholt thanks. Glad you enjoyed it

@@freddyvargas7678 thanks

@@gordonneverdies agree

@@DixieBowhunter-m5g glad you enjoyed it

@T-Mak-s7x know the area well. And yep traffic has been out of control for many years

@@paulbernitt4280 well said

@@jefferyrobbins3468 thanks. Glad you enjoyed it

@hpsbowsandblades4319 love every point you made in this comment! I believe I know who you are and both James and al love you and who you are. Keep up the great work

@@SamkoTradBowthanks man. I hope we can see each other at a campfire one day

@@hpsbowsandblades4319 me too

@@brianh1161 I do believe balance is good

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it

@arodriguez2707 yep it's tough with all that going on. But enjoy those 10 days and know thst the future might offer more hunting time

@SamkoTradBow 100% if God helps me, I'll finish my 3rd BA next summer, and I'll move to central florida, which is way closer to the good wma's. Also, I'm pushing to take 2-3 weeks out of state just after the relocation/between jobs. I'm already warming up my girl to the idea 😂

@@arodriguez2707 perfect!

@@raymondkoehler9299 thanks

very true

@@likeadog7752 rhanks

@@Jits.kid420 agree on all of this. Including the persimmons...seeing the same

@@toddr5732 agree 100

@@Zachrys youtube. 30 plus videos a week on 3 channels

Yep I was gonna say I dont know how u have time for another job! Ha thanks

@bobamerican755 I'm not a boomer. And if you can't do it then dont. I've also never paid 400k for a house and never would. But we all have our priorities.

@mathews2088 I did not give up health benefits. But buying a self employed insurance package at the time even back them cost me 900 per month. But icome went from 120k a year to 48k a year for the first 2 years. Then I peaked at 310k for a 3 year stretch before I started downsizing to get even more time. Point being, leaving an engineer job to start my own business was a very smart decision in the long run

@@SamkoTradBowit’s about choices I always say!!! Live simply, prioritize time spent at home and in woods. Drag the kids on scouting trips, involve the family in outdoor activities to duel task. Work extra during winter and summer to pay and offset time with family and woods during spring and fall. Money helps but I have less then I ever have now at 50yrs old yet I’m happier then I’ve ever been as I’ve made my life simpler. I have to cheap lock ons and sticks on public land that are 10min from work so I tend not to go in mornin* but after work I can slip in and hunt for 25-30min. I work to live but don’t live to work. Good women, kids raised right and you’ll have people in your life that will understand what hunting means to you and what it does for you. The woods are a mental reset for me so without it I’m not the best me!!! My girlfriend of 10yrs and her kids don’t hunt at all but all have been out to set cams and bait the bear baits and for day trips to north country to call some moose in just to see some of what I enjoy. They have no interest in the hunting itself but they luv me and know what it means to me so they come and see me in my church. They also understand that might mean we have to drive an older car or look for sales for new cloths but to have the best me that’s worth it to them. Live simple, include your loved ones, make a point to spend time during off seasons and make job fit your life don’t make your life fit your job!!!

@@mathews2088 content creation. I went from making 6 videos a week to making 30 videos a week.

@@waynrahrens3014 glad ypu enjoyed it