Tips for Hunting Small Properties 

Hey Sean I finally got a good shot at a buck with my new V3X I got from Palo Outdoors . 33 yard shot and only went 40 yards. I was about to give up and asked the Lord to send a buck my way and ten minutes later success. You bet there was a follow up prayer. God Bless. Al from DeWitt

Awesome video and tips. Thanks.

I appreciate the honesty and videos like this

I feel this struggle, I'm hunting a 30 yard wide tree line between two fields with a ditch running the middle of the tree line. Unfortunately, the wind always seems to be blowing from the south and I have to enter from the south as I do not have permission to enter the other fields around me. There are massive scrapes and bedding areas in my tree line. Hopefully the higher power above will help me get my first deer.

Very helpful information and tips! Thank you Sean!

Sean we been missing your tips good thing u back thanks 😊

I've been hunting a very similar small property set up this year. Everyone always says that you can't hunt unless the wind is right. I'm sure there is some wisdom in that, but I've learned that just like in your video the deer don't always bed in the same areas, and you don't necessarily know which angle they will be coming from. I ended up hunting my spot even though the wind wasn't right the other week because I had the day off and could hunt. For some reason a bunch of deer came from the direction I didn't think they would come from. And then a couple deer ended up coming from the direction I expected, but they never winded me. I'm not sure if the wind was carrying my scent over them or maybe I just did a really good job with scent control. I would have missed out if I decided not to hunt that spot. I enjoyed this video, thanks for sharing!

Even on a small plot of land, IOWA is deer Heaven on earth! Yes, self-filming complicates hunts and I've left the camera in the car, and am relying solely on my TACTACAM in hopes of keeping my movements to a minimum this year. Good tip about hunting this only once per week and when the wind is right brother!

Very helpful Sean... Thanks for the help, God Bless

Your sacrifices are appreciated. Have you thought about saddle hunting? I started using a Tether Phantom last year and man what a difference it made. Much easier to find a tree and stay obscured.

Small properties can be very productive. I hunt on 1 acre and harvested 3 deer this year and 2 last year. Behind my property is twelve acres of old overgrown farmed land, a ridge, cliff, and swamp across the road. On my property. I created a small food plot using a mixture of sunflowers seeds and a "deer" seed mixture from TSC. (I accidently discovered deer love young sunflowers. It is like crack for deer. Just buy a 50-pound bag from Walmart and plant in early August. I'm in NY and sunflowers will last until the snow falls.) Between my property and the 12 acres, it has thermal cover, safety, transitional area, water, and food. There is a deer trail and thick brush that funnels the deer to the corner of my property. Unfortunately, the property doesn't hold bucks, but they do come through on occasion when they look for does. The 12 acres behind me is not hunted so deer from the surrounding areas go there during gun season for safety. I don't burn out my corner (by hunting it every day) and the resident deer are used to human smells. I monitor the deer trails and food plots with Blink cameras. I run a wi-fi extender and also piggy-back the Blink cameras.

Great info Sean!

Thanks for the help man also been praying for your channel to go back to normal 👊

I love when those small properties work out! I hope you get a crack at that big one you have on video

So many good tips. Thanks!

Thanks Sean for your videos their very helpful but to your situation with the small tree I’ve got the same problem at least I use to my wife got a leafy gilly suit now deer walk right by me not noticing me at all

Thanks for the info. We just found two brand new scrapes and a licking branch on my girlfriend's parents property today (looks like it's an immature buck though). But it was very close to a stand her father already has up. Road construction is throwing off movement though 🙄. Thanks again for the info, God bless brother 🙏 Sean from BardsFM

Great explanation brother. I ended up with a 7 pt and a doe this year on my small 30 acre property. So blessed to get them. Appreciate all your videos man.

As someone who’s parents just bought a house on 7 acres, this is at a perfect time. We move in Thursday! It’s about 50/50 woods and field/ yard. Surrounded by cattle farms and woods.

Thank you Sean. I hunt small lands (10-20 acres) surrounded by houses and liked your food tip. I will ask the owners and see what they say. And please remember, every deer you miss out on because of videoing, 10 others get taken by those of us watching due to what you showed us. 🙏

Great video. I hunt a property that is 1.5 Acre's. It joins a large property that nobody hunts on. It is a mile from city limits. There are a few houses so I have to be careful about where I shoot. I've never killed any big deer there but I usually take a deer every year. I've killed many trophy bucks over the years at other places and Its a thrill. I love to eat deer so I'm happy with anything at this place. I love having somewhere that's my own.

Thanks for sharing, Sean! Thanks also for sharing that you were frustrated on that hunt because it's good to know that other hunters get frustrated as well and that it's not all peaches and roses out there. Looking forward to you harvesting a nice buck. 👍🏼

I haven't filmed a hunt yet. No sure what I need to get started. I mainly hunt ground blinds.

Maybe you can set up a different cam situation so you can grab your bow with a camera on it & easily start filming. String activated gopro or something. Idk

It's surprising sometimes things deer will not notice and then one day a doe will see you move your hand just a little and peace out. I had a really rough year with does spotting what I thought were safe movements.

Do they have a bow cam that you can just pick up your bow slowly and start getting ready for shot and hit record 🤔. Love your channel following you since 10,000 subs when you lived in PA, my favorite video was your scouting video and locating bedding and travel and tree stand location.

I just started hunting a small plot of woods/about 7 acres, Brush very thick, but many deer signs, scrapes etc. , Not many big trees I can use for a stand, I have been trying to clear me out a silent trail I can use going in and out, I know there are some good bucks in there, I have seen them going in and out, not any luck so far,...anything else I`m missing.

Hey my friend... that happens so frequently and those girls.. there pretty smart.. lol. Dennis in sask

I was hunting in a walkin hunting ting erea the does went back and forth it drove me crazy then the last few mi uses of legal shooting light bucks walked out to far to shoot with my crossbow one was like a 180 class mule deer they walked out in the field walked away it was the the last day of archery here season

I get to hunt about 1 or 2 times a week. Will me going to the same stand bother the deer. I go on Wednesday and Saturdays.

Invest in a saddle and you can hunt almost any tree you want.

What is the fastest way to call a doe up I like bucks but I prefer does more than anything

I haven't yet hunted but I do have one important question: what do you do if you successfully shot the deer but it runs off and dies in one of the neighbors' properties?

I think the predator hunting video will be an interesting variation from what you normally do, Sean. Perhaps a big challenge as well being at night. In regards to that property, why not hang out at or near the barn in a blind if they travel through there? Just a thought.

You ever had a hoyt bow

I bet that trying to get video footage can interfere with your hunting and keep u from being the best hunter you could be if you weren't trying to be a good videography person ... hunt first , video second and narrate the hunt after the hunt or kill / recovery 😆 !!!