How Do BUCKS AVOID HUNTING PRESSURE? - Deer Research With  

Full version is on the podcast with much more info. Love it! Can always use more scientific information to make us better hunters!

They should put a gps collar on Zach and track his tortuosity.

Thrilled to hear this talk. I am a biologist working to restore bobwhite habitat in South Carolina. The response of deer to habitats managed for wild quail is positive and unmistakable. Screening cover created by diverse herbaceous plant community offers (literally) tons of high quality forage during the growing season and bedding cover year around. That herbaceous plant community depends on sunlight and fire, as you guys pointed out.

“Most people can’t stalk a buck...” Zach just stares off and tries not to smile!

My father told me when I was 7-8……hunt fields and open woods to kill does and young bucks. If you want to kill a mature buck hunt where you hunt rabbits. I’ve killed an untold number of mature bucks in my 60+ years of hunting. Thanks Dad for your wise advise.

I loved the MSU deer lab RU-vid videos on deer bedding. Very informative especially for Southern hunters. Their videos don't have many views though. Not sure why

Researcher- “Hunters will not stalk up on a deer... not gonna happen.” Zach- Stares into space with a sly grin...

Love the content and proud of MSU to share the info with us! Keep ‘‘em coming

I’ve been hunting over 30 years. I’ve developed some very successful habits. First is I act like a buck when other hunters are in an area. I get the hell away from them and go up and deep. Also I scan a ridge and a valley and many times if I have a ladder or a climber or natural blind I will run to my spot in hopes of attracting noise for curious deer to come see what I am. In many cases they come running thinking I’m another deer . They’re very social creatures and to their detriment I capitalize on that. I’ve studied deer body language regarding their social skills. It’s hard to sneak up an a bedded buck because he’s not asleep he’s alert always. But I’ve gotten close by moving super slow and quiet. I usually don’t walk/stalk unless the leaves are wet and quiet. When they’re noisy I’ll try to come in as quiet as possible but I would start a run to a ladder in hopes of attracting curious deer. It worked for me many times. I also pay attention to noises and activities of other animals, birds and even bugs because they will alert you to large creatures moving in the woods. Also I’ve noticed something that I would love for wildlife biologists to study and that is the fact that when I’m hunting when the mosquitos are still active it never fails that when I’m straining to listen and pinpoint a noise of a possible deer I always always get a mosquito buzz my freaking ear hole. I think our body puts off a certain hormone or something that attracts mosquitos when we try to increase our sense of hearing. Call me nuts but it’s just one observation I have. I’ve taken many notes from conditions and observations of my hunts for years and think when I’m dead and gone my grandchildren will have some very interesting material to read….especially if they hunt. The thing that really pisses me off as a hunter is baiting deer with corn. They made it legal in north Ga and now everyone does it. It’s really hard as a hunter that hunts many private properties to get deer to leave the neighboring feeders. I just refuse to hunt over bait and it just cheapens the idea of actually hunting when you’re shooting fish in a barrel.

Zack’s bobbin this head like it’s “music to his ears”.

I love this and i love how you never stop learning when it comes to deer hunting

This is awesome guys! I clicked as fast as I could. Love this kind of content

Loved it! Can’t wait to hear about nocturnal deer research

I spend à lot of time scouting every year. Lately it's been all public land. Through that I've seen an enormous laking in land management . Î'm at the point now where I wonder if it would work to do a "adopt à public area" senario much like the "adopt à highway" programs out there.

Steve: "most hunters cant stalk a buck". 8:50 THP: Hold our beers

Great video, The MSU deer lab has been doing great work for years.

Not a hunter. yet live with them in my area,such an informative watch Thanks guys. Happy teachings

Just pausing this to comment about his comment saying "most people can't stalk a deer" Zach "hold my water jug"

Thanks for the great video! In all my years of hunting I've found that you sit tight against the thick and swampy stuff and you'll be successful...maybe not on your time though! That buck only needs a 3 foot dry patch to bed on.

This was very informative. Kinda chuckled at dude telling Zach to sit on stand and wait.

Cool. An entire group talking about bucks and not one said "HORNS". Bravo!

Winter time they go for green green green. At keast in my area if there is pines they eat sll the kow hanging needles. All the wild roses, chewed up. All of it.

I told my son when he was young and just started hunting the deer like to go where the people don't go especially once the pressure's on Sometimes it can be a little patch of wood that everybody drives past to go hunting

Keep these coming. Watched both twice already and have learned so much.. Cant wait for this fall.

I can show you places in NW Pennsylvania on public land (SGL) Where deer are pawing through the December snow 50 feet behind a parking lot on the edge of the road to get at low level grass & greens below the normal weed growth

Not many people can do what these guess do hats off to y’all

Awesome video with some great information! Thank you THP!

Really enjoyed this episode! Very enlightening! Just listened to the podcast 🤯

I didn't know they had those types of classes

Man I love these kinds of videos

Great show guys ,,good to see y’all off season , hope all is well

They travel& breed at night. I've found fresh tracks on 20 degree soil I couldn't break walk 30 yards from a farm house. Another is they find thick fence lines to hide those Massive Racks. One day I was pre scouting & I watched what I thought was a tangle of thicket on the other side get up & walk away. Some of our Bucks up in the Midwest have Monster Bucks 200-250 with hind quarters not far from Mulies.

Love the content. Thanks for all the knowledge, definitely gunna put it to use this coming season

Call it brawls...its a easy access food source. Brawls is not just woody tip type food. Its any low available easy access food...

I was small game hunting and was confronted by deer hunters and made to feel very afraid by them for hunting in their area

All ways good to learn something new..

High hunting pressure was 1 hunter/75 acres? Lower Michigan normal hunting pressure is at least 2-3x that just based on broken parcel private land.

When I see mature bucks they live hide and bed where it is unreal thicker than thick surrounds the spot they choose to lay . I have to consider if I could even get it out should I bag one . Steep, rocky and far from paths, roads and help no wonder they are trophy bucks.

Great video guys. Love the knowledge.

Could someone please tell me how these guys managed to collar that many mature bucks. I’m assuming they would have to dart them at night on feed piles using lights but it still seems like a tall task

This video was super informative. Great stuff

waiting to see you guys come to Virginia a lot of diversity here. I'd love to see how yall would take it on here. maybe one day in the future ill run in to yall

Love ❤️ the 🦌🦌🦌knowledge 🥰

The thick cover fields with multiple plant assortments are the better cover? I wonder if native Prarie grasses fit that niche?

Interesting information to digest, thanks for sharing! I often wondered where the bucks went to that survived opening weekend. Now I'll concentrate in different areas only heavier cover. Thank you gentlemen. Love what you're doing ❤️

Damn Zach I thought this was suppose to be 13+ hahahaha just giving you some chunky doo doo on those Daisy Dukes!

Love this type of content! Definitely gives new insight!

Am i the only person having this problem? when my phone is landscape, bronson is quiet and steve sounds fine. But when i turn it portrait their volumes switch.

12:10 Meat and potatoes starts here

What about Northern California? Need some help please

958 Hoeger Streets

"And the cigarette smoke" like a deer can tell thats smoke from tobacco not a fire 🤣

Hey guys I enjoy your channel, but unfortunately I am hearing impaired l can only hear out of my left ear and I use headphones so I don’t bother others. When your guest speak they are coming in one on the left and one on the right. When this happens I have to remove my headphones and reverse them to hear your guest then I miss what they have to say. I know I’m only one viewer but anything you could do to maybe make the sound mono instead of stereo. I would appreciate anything. Thank you.

Great video! Sub earned.

Regardless if it’s public I hunt the swamps, 1.big bucks always go there bc it’s so thick and hard to get into 2.most hunters are to lazy to backpack 2 hours into the swamp every morning at 3:30am lol

I always find most big bucks hide just outside towns within 20 yrd to 500 yards and usually hide in plain sight

Great video

Great video learned a lot

I love this video right here

the older fella sounds like johnny cash

To Zach's point - I just can't bring myself to cut a food plot into my land and hunt over it. I can cut trees to release an oak or increase the amount of sunlight hitting the forest floor in order to increase browse, but to insert a field is to become a farmer. Then to worry about weeds and rain and fertilizer - not interested.

just watched excellent

Great content two thumbs up

Great video guys very interesting 👍.

Need more of this info

I’ve seen many farmers in trucks, combines and UTVs drive in and around my area and deer don’t pay really any attention. Meaning they don’t feel a threat. Seems like a person ie: hunter walking and they are on alert

This is gonna be good 👍

where?....my front yard...🏡🦌

This is not congruent to hunting public land high pressure areas especially close to easy access areas. You have to take in residential areas next to public hunting... they get use to human habit.

Im wondering about a gun range thats open daily does deer get used to that and would stay close or would they spook and go far

I use other hunters all the time

High pressure is one hunter per 75 acres Me on my 6 ac parcel ☹️

8:50 That's the only way I've ever killed bucks believe it or not.

These are great, thanks.

I really appreciate how you guys go the extra mile to educate the viewers on each video instead of just showing quick kills with little info like most other channels

I'd love to see more content like this from you guys . Hunting videos are cool but I'd rather learn

“Most hunters can’t stalk a buck” as he’s sitting across from a true deer stalking legend in the making

Thanks for all the great information and for educating us on these in depth deer hunting studies! I find these topics super interesting and valuable and I appreciate you guys putting out great content year round! Keep up the great work boys, by far the best channel on the tube!

That was funny when he said most people can't stalk up on a buck to those 2 guys haha.

“Most hunters can’t stalk up a buck” *awkward pause* 👀

It’s amazing how big bucks live in my area in northwest pa. I think the swamp and thicket has a big part in helping them survive. Just so much hunting pressure tree stands everywhere but they still make it

Thank you for making this type of content. There is always plenty to be learned. I strive to learn something every time I get to hunt and if possible every trip into the field or forest.

Deer Dr.’s Demarais & Strickland were awesome guests to have on! They shared some valuable deer movement Intell thanks to Arron and Zach’s Q’s. Along with nocturnal buck movements, we’d be really interested in hearing about telemetry studies on buck movements during the rut, weather fronts, extreme wind, and average distance traveled between bedding and feeding areas, if studies exist. Thanks THP for making us students of our passion. And Zach, your quad and calf muscles explain your monkey abilities climbing up and down hills with ease!💪🏼🦌👍

I hunt northern WI which entails national forest public land. The feds didn't like to cut mature stands of forest. In 2019 we had straight line winds that took out thousands of acres in Oconto and Langlade county. Now that they have had to cut to clean up the destruction zone deer numbers are finally increasing and the amount of forage the deer have has increased substantially. Thanks for the info and love these kind of videos.

Suggestion: bring pruning shears into every hunt. Snip branches off early season at 3 to 5 ft height. The fresh growth is way more appealing to deer.

Way better than Bone Collecter or anything on the Outdoor channel, THP!

Interviewer: "Most hunters aren't going to stalk a buck." Zach: Hold my beer

Bill and Ted’s Interview with “Deer Socrates.” 😂😂😂

Interesting, they have two deer researchers on the show and Aaron manages to do most of the talking.....

Deer watch hunters, hunters don't look around. Most areas have pre-season hunting for up to a month. I Feel the increased traffic on roads and the general increase in noise cause the deer to start to head for cover.

This is fantastic! We hunt a ton of very remote public land in northern MN and are fortunate that the pressure is low- so the deer are not super skittish.

mineral blocks will change deer movements.

Been waiting to watch this since i listened to this podcast! I'm watching and listening again! And btw this should be re-uploaded as the full podcast.

great information wonder if it applies across the board where I hunt in Massachusetts its 10 hunters or more per 100 acres. 1 hunter per 75 acres is not high pressure. I would love to see a study in a different scenario

Fantastic boys!!! More and more content like this please!! The more we know the better!!🙏🤘🤘🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Excellent info guys thanks big time!!

"Most hunters can't stalk up a buck." - Talking to Zach, who stalked a ton of bucks.

“Most hunters can’t stalk up on a buck, they’re just not gonna do it.” Zack: 😏

pennsylvania game commission did a similiar gps study with deer and hunters, they found hunting pressure made the bucks go up to the mountain ridges, cuz most hunters arent gonna travel too far nor hunt arduously in steep terrain

I'm curious how this would apply to blacktail deer?