EOTR staff member, Jeff Osburn, decides to try an off season stalk on a bedded buck. Watch this incredible footage and you'll be amazed at what happens during the stalk.
If every buck I encountered would walk up to me and let me check out his rack I wouldn't even hunt them. By far one of the coolest things I have ever witnessed with whitetail deer! Thanks for sharing.
the deer appear off his center of heath and balance. His eyes half open and lethargic motions. Even his run was not a true burst . Maybe injured, sick or old. Still truly amazing. I had a much smaller buck come up to us ain our garden that show no fear. This was obviously raised by some as a pet.
People think every hunter is a nut job with a thirst for the kill. We hunt when it's legal to do so. We hunt when the food is needed. Those who trophy hunt though are like those who drive those massive jacked up trucks and own expensive things to make them feel " Superior" I guess the word is? They are a whole class of nut job in there own. Most hunters have some respect for nature.
if your in alaska subsistence hunting, sure..because if you dont subsistence hunt you'll likely starve before your next shipment of food, can you say you hunt for that level of survival? cuz if not its basically pointless killing, theirs likely a butcher shop for unprepared meat if you want to cook it yourself. subsistence hunting is competely logical, if you hunt to survive then ofc theres nothing wrong with that, but if you live in a town and can go get prepared meat or go to a butcher shop and get uncooked meat and prepare it yourself, whats the point of killing it yourself again? other then as you say "Superiority" or to save a Buck, both bad reasons to hunt imo.
Outlaws that guy is just an idiot who thinks it's wrong to shoot a trophy animal an also enjoy their meat I guess, sounds like he is a little screwed up in the head if you ask me
In my case, I live surrounded by thick forests, and within a 30-40 mile radius of several towns, all of which don't have a butcher's shop that sells fresh, clean meat (which is baffling, given I live in rural Kentucky). Only supermarkets with packaged, processed meat- shit you'd be better off staying far away from. Sure, I don't HAVE to hunt to survive, but in doing so, I get to eat meat I know came from an animal that lived free and healthy, sans any sort of mistreatment, confinement, or contamination. Why wouldn't I choose to hunt? And besides, who do you think supplies those butchers with meat? A genie? If you're buying meat that came from an animal that someone else hunted or raised, the ONLY difference is how you obtained it: going to the store and buying it, or going out into the wild to find it. Something still died to feed your hungry self, and as long as people still need to eat to live, things will continue to die, regardless of whether or not YOU yourself kill them, be it flora or fauna. It's just reality.
There was nothing wrong with the deer you snuck up on him very quietly. The deer was curious just like any other animal would be. I’m sure this was before the hunts he wasn’t spooked by any gunshots or even cars passing by. That was pretty impressive!
I have many whitetail deer in my yard. A couple of the big bucks let me pet them and even brush their fur. Whitetail deer are very sweet and trusting. I've never had one be threatening to me in any way.
+Nick Thomas deer don't really be out in the bright they hangout in shaded areas then come out at sun down. then they roam at night ... deer in headlights lol
That deer was blind or had really really bad eye sight. When a deer looks at you it will move its head around to look at you from different views including the side or what we call peripheral. The only reason it looked straight at the guy was to try and pick him out with his ears but it was clearly windy.
I call shenanigans. For one, this looks like Texas... where they have giant fenced in properties where you pay to hunt and they feed them constantly for big antlers. Either that deer was partly tame or sick.
It obviously wasn't a ranch deer it was only like 140 class. It was a big deer for most places but those ranches where to pay to play hunting breed specifically for big deer whenever they can and feed and do food plots 4 large antler nutrition
I would show this video to Fish and game for your area and have them evaluate this animal.Their specialist would know immediately whats going on with him.
Gene Wensel was still hunting, I think it was, and got right up to a deer, and then made the choice of grabbing the base of the beam. Nothing bad happened, but the deer pulled his antler away, and Wensel said he had no idea how much power, and ease as there. On the one hand, you know his neck is huge, but they are also delicately proportioned animals, that don't always weight that much more than humans...
Its almost like its blind. Every time you made a noise it looked in our direction. It did run away when you moved when it was right by you. It just didn't seem like it could see you.
Might have been beginning stages of disease. I went cross country through brush in south Texas and walked right up to a jackrabbit sitting in the open. I was wearing sunglasses. Not sure if it made a difference.
It almost seems like he's blind? But ya what he said defiantly did not seem very aware of what was going on! That's so crazy and heart pounding adrenaline!!!
I never get the good stuff on camera. Had a black bear and cub walk right up to me while hunting last year. Walked straight into an Elk (within arms reach) coming around a blind corner in the Olympics.
I can tell he's in this state of mind because of one of 3 reasons. 1.) He smells female fearmonds. 2.) He dosn't detect predator DNA. 3.) The guys are going to talk.
You nailed it exactly he was sleep walking, look at his slumber walk as he approches the guy filming he nearly falls over from a mis step and his eyes were nearly closed, the only other thing might be is he ate some hog poison, still looks like sleep walking to me tho
guys the deer wasn't blind. if it was blind it wouldn't get up. and that is a young buck you can tell by the colour of its fur and the arch of its back
I've personally seen a sick deer act just like this. Infection from not shedding antlers was what I was told by a state biologist that did a post mortem. Or maybe infection kept antlers from shedding. Can't remember anymore. Deer acted just like this.
Looks like he has had a rough year!...Probably just old but not blind. He would have ran into that cactus when he ran off if he was blind. Pretty cool vid.
Deer, "🤔hey bro how's it going? What brings you out to the grass today?". Guy, ~smudges deer's antler~. Deer, "umm pretty rude but ok". Guy, ~smudges deer's antler again~. Deer, "GOOD DAY SIR!".
crazy!!! is it possible this buck was having some eye problems? I mean seemed as if he was looking through you, like he was having a hard time even seeing you?
the deer is nearly blind, if not completely. it's an old buck...his eyes didn't look right and he didn't scent like a normal whitetail (barely extended his tongue)
