Don't gotta have the farm or anything on it, just buy the land for hunting during the season take a rv or camping gear. Go out for couple weeks grab a deer or 2 then leave and wait for next season
Learned the hard way that this doesn’t fly in Pa. My friend was hunting next to a creek, the deer had its front two feet in the water. The deer bent down to drink and my buddy fired. The game commission nailed him. Said, that because the front feet of the deer were in the water that the shot was illegal. Said , the deer was considered to be swimming or wading in the water. BS charge! The guy tried to fight it but no luck, it ended up sticking. The WCO said, he could write us all up for aiding him in the commission of a crime cause we were part of his hunting party. Long after the hearing we found out that the magistrates are not familiar with game laws at all and basically just go by what the WCO tells them. Chances are, if he’d taken it to a higher court he’d have won. He was happy though just paying the fine and getting to keep his license 🪪
That is insane. Licensing in general for hunting is crazy since most of the land is private management, and the few public spots I know of just are gravel parking lots with a game trail. Wardens just like to harass people in my experience with minor violations to get more money out of the few hunters that still go out every year.
Trey hunting elk in the Rocky Mountains! These guys who bait and build water holes and sit in a tiny house, is the whole reason most hunting clothes come in size XL!!
@DrivenHunter so you were bringing heavy equipment into public land and digging watering holes/ponds wherever you wanted? The Wisconsin dnr wouldn't have allowed it. Hell even on private land you need dnr permission and permit.
Myself and a buddy purchased two plastic kid pools once and buried it in the ground just like this. The game warden seen this after walking our property, flipped both of them over and left instructions for us to call him. We were told that since this wasn't a natural water source, it was considered baiting and was illegal. I live in Georgia and during this time, baiting was illegal. Baiting has now became legal in Georgia, so I don't know if the kid pool idea is still illegal. I'd suggest checking your state laws before implementing this idea. I would also suggest if it's legal, there's might be cheaper alternatives ( Plastic kids pool)
Here in Michigan there’s so many different bodies of water , rivers and lakes and brooks and streams , there’s a water source every 100 ft in the woods . I have hunted public land my whole life and have been very successful over the last 45 years. Do your homework, look at topographical maps and study the lay of the land , find the food sources( farm fields , or natural resources like wild apple trees , oaks and acorns , brassicas and persimmons etc ) water sources , bedding areas , learn the movement of the deer and find the “bottlenecks /funnels” and “curtains” and ridges that they follow . Go the extra distance where most other people aren’t willing to go . Tread lightly , walk slow , keep the wind in front of you , stop look and listen , you’ll be surprised by how much more game you’ll encounter.
Dude, just because a creek runs thru or there's another pond on the property doesn't mean a water hole won't work. If you put it near an open food source, that deer will use it out of convenience.
@@roostercogburn5005 “ Dude ” … is there ANYWHERE in my comment that says a waterhole doesn’t work ?? No ! I merely stated that finding natural resources and putting your “ hunting “ skills into practice would greatly improve your success rate.
@@roostercogburn5005 “Bruh”… lets look at the title of this post again: “ the easiest way to get a big buck within bow range this fall “ And what I implied is how about putting your “ hunting “ skills to work and actually HUNT the buck instead of just “shooting ducks in a pond”
What’s the fun in planting and baiting to hunt. Literally takes the definition out of the word. Stalking and scouting and going out into the wild is what hunting is all about.
@@DrivenHunterit works much better especially if you want meat or a trophy. But I’m saying for a true hunting experience it’s not the same but yes your method certainly is more effective
Depends where you are. Many ppl who hunt whitetail sit in trees and wait. They are in thick forested areas where you will be heard long before you see them. I agree, it looks veryyy boring haha
Im baffled by all the negative commebts in here. Yes, many of you are so superior and so amazing that you barely need a weapon to kill giants. But, the rest of us mere mortals still cling to creative methods like food and water sources. I hunted a 195" buck in illinois for 3 years. Came close many times. I finally put him to sleep over a water hole I installed. My takeaway is this: if you want to kill big bucks you need to be creative, disciplined, and be able to adapt. Great video guy. Dont listen to the jealous haters who haven't killed shit and hate on anyone who does. Every guy im here would die to hunt that same blind and they all know it.
I learned the water hole thing years ago from Roger Raglin. I also learned how to make a mock scrape and become more of an agrresive hunter over being a passive hunter. Food sources, water, scrapes, rubs and attractent all those are major things that add up.
Just one question are guys hunting for food or just the pleasure of the kill to feel big shooting an inoffensive animal in which way makes you guys a buch of assholes just doesn't make you shit just because the poor animal can't shoot back at. Simply
@bradyargabright4721 yeah its been really tough sledding this year. I have yet to find the one that really called my name this year. That's how it goes sometimes though.
@@Gstar5150 Um…kinda serious. The water here is clean and clear. This video it looks like a mud puddle. I don’t think any animal in New England would drink out of this. I drink stream water all the time when I’m hunting, I never get sick. 🤷♀️
I used a huge koi pond for a water hole. Its out in the sun and turns stagnate and green. I think its better to put the under tree cover so the shade is better.
I got my biggest buck sitting over the only water source in the area and it was a creek . Everyone said i was dumb to sit there but i came out after 3 hunts with huge 12 point
Its my first year i bought rain barrels and doing the same thing about the same way and i had great results especially in bow and beginning of gun season when it was still hot here in N.C
Why would you say something like that? If you, or any other haters had any idea how hard this shit was you'd feel stupid saying that. Do you have any idea the work and resources that go into improving habitat on a farm? This guy worked his ass off to buy this farm and the jealous butthole in the crowd accuses him of hunting a fenced farm. Unreal.
Hunting mule deer in Nevada is a bit different they don’t need as much water as you think cuz they get water out of the sagebrush. Cant hunt water holes for deer in the west lol. Elk is a whole different story you can definitely sit a water hole for elk
I used to hunt many natural water sources when I was a kid and prefer natural vs "placed". Wish I had the money to buy some big acres, but I don't. Sad it is getting pretty hard to find public land that isn't crowded with sometimes irresponsible people.
That's very true...IF..a new water source is needed in a dry environment . If water is in abundance and deer have multiple places to drink from , then it's not a water source needed, it's food and safety and a place with low human pressure
Some states don't allow shooting at an animal while in a stream, crossing it, or drinking from it. Any animal has to drink water at least, once per Day!
My property has a constant spring running down into 40 acres of swamp below me, then into a tributary lined with honeysuckle. Water don't help me, I have a big mineral lick and I'm planting kumquats!
So what about public land when it has been raining for like all year lol southeast Michigan in the house and i have not seen a deer at water any where this year. Was really banking on my late season hunts around watering holes with snow on the ground but its raining right now with 0 snow
It depends where and how close the water sources are together. If there is an over abundance of watering spots the deer are not gonna be as consistent at each water source.
@@DrivenHunterthat’s what I was thinking because I like the idea but where we hunt there’s already creeks and swamps all over the place so I’m not quite sure that would work
Yeah we all have endloaders in our garages here in West Virginia. Oh wait, nobody even has garages let alone private land, food plots, shows on the Outdoor network or teeth !!!!!!
The responses here are shocking. If you’re going to be a dick, why follow? It’s a great idea. We’re all hunting brothers. I shake my head at the negativity.
This isn’t hunting… this is trapping. And if you have to spend this much effort for deer, either you’re a really bad hunter, or you’re starting to miss the grocery store. This is one step away from farming. And I find this pathetic. Hunt the real way.
This is a great idea. I would probably need to put up one or two solar powered electric fence wires to keep raccoons out. I think raccoons would turn a nice little pond into a muddy mess.
Cant feed them, but you can water them. I doubt that I could do that. Especially THIS year.... we're going thru a drought right now. Interesting idea, though.
