Washington D.C. Whitetails | Deer Country 

As a MD resident, I know the feeling. Thanks for showing the full hunt and not shying away from the "less than ideal" aspects.

Part of the game. Always good to show the real side of the hunt. Ready for more episodes!

It's anti hunting landowners like that that have contributed greatly to deer overpopulation in urban landscapes.

As an urban bowhunter, deer running off the property is a challenge for sure. Especially when your deer expires in the neighborhood somewhere. I switched to a large Simmons Treeshark broadhead and keep my shots under 15 yards. Haven’t had one go more than 40 yards using those big ole’ wide broadheads.

I know that I shouldn’t concentrate on how out of touch with reality some of these people are…. But, dang… Mark, excellent job explaining yourself.

You handled those swamp creatures well sir; polite even when they weren’t. Great integrity on your part showing the story of not recovering the deer. It does happen and it is always a punch in the gut. Bonus points for going outside your comfort zone, most never do.

Shout out to the film crew 🙌

Been hunting DC for 12 years now. It’s an amazing area to hunt private and public. Great programs exist to get connected and learn!

"And the last thing I want to do is have to pay to clean ANOTHER pool." I'd love to hear that story!!

Man this is so relatable, seeing Mark knocking on doors to get permission. The knock, step back a few feet, look around awkwardly as you wait for the owner to come to the door...

Work moved me to DC for 2 years and this captured the urban hunting issues we dealt with. That said, it's some of the best hunting I've ever had. Bagged a number of deer and never hurt for meat.

You guys and Seek One would be a cool urban whitetail bow hunting Collab!

Going to really enjoy this series. Good luck Mark

Thank you Mark for putting this series together. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos.

I'm not going to lie! This episode brought back some old frustrations of hunting a nuisance deer hunt in NB Canada. The local rangers recorded 800+ car collisions in one year. Yet the landowners are still hesitant to allow a harvest. My wife just recently had a deer collision...lucky she wasn't hurt

Thank you for showing the reality of urban deer hunting. From knocking on doors, to failed recoveries. For those of us who have done it, this is a real video. From mowing to joggers. But you didn't encounter my favorite - being in my stand when a prayer group was going on the next property 75 yards away. At first I thought they would push deer my way, then I reconsidered thinking about a deer running into the middle of the group with my arrow in it. I snuck out and they didn't know I was there.

Videos like this make me appreciate living out west even more.

Glad to finally see this infamous hunt! Was really hoping for some grainy long-range footage of you dealing with the police, though. Looking forward to the rest of the series!

Loved the fixed wide shots back at mark in the tree with the deer! Haven’t seen that angle before!

I hope there is a whole episode where you hunt with Hal Blood. That man is an absolute legend! I live in Texas now, but my heart still beats for the mountains and skidder roads of western Maine and northern New Hampshire.

I love that line "Why am I leaving deer, to find deer?". In the last 4 years, I've harvested 3 does and an 8-point buck, all in the woods behind my house, which is situated in a 200-home subdivision. Granted, we're surrounded by even more woods, so definitely not 'urban' (similar to the homes in this video). Every year I also head into the National Forest looking for a massive buck, but usually only after I've already harvested meat for the freezer from the backyard. :) Had to ask permission from my neighbor to collect the buck last year (adjacent land), but it was no problem.

Great episode. I’ve been looking forward to this series coming out

Looking forward to this series.

I really cant imagine having all that gear to go climb up a tree 20 yards from the house

I'm here to learn how to hunt in suburban NJ and this whole video is extremely relevant and useful to my situation. Thank you!

Was lucky enough to hunt a little 3 acre patch of woods in town next to a grain elevator that I managed. This piece of property had an old railroad grade and creek running through it, deer highways in that area. I watched their movements from my office on a daily basis for months leading up to deer season. Hunted it for two years and harvested 9 in total.

Been looking forward to this series great stuff mark.

Kudos to you for sticking to it I would have been too intimidated to even go into an area like that (probably cause I live around snobby people like that) but even though things didn’t go to plan at least you still got out there and did it. Wish u better luck next time. Keep it up

Love to see this realistic view of hunting.

This is an excellent episode. Very eye opening.

Some of these people complain about the over population but then don’t understand how conservation works. Tough to deal with people like that I tell ya. Dude you did a great job and have an enormous amount of patience lol god bless.

Cool video. As a DC-based wildlife photographer I actually recognize one of the deer in here. And have seen the NPS crew hunting them within DC proper before too -- all the NPS venison gets donated to local food banks. Win-win!

Wow, that door knocking looked tedious. Great to see such a different perspective on hunting! We could do with guys like you in London, to deal with the foxes!

Great episode! Really got me stoked on hunting and ready for the season. Where I am the woods are still dominated by chiggers, ticks, and poison Ivy and I ain't about that life no matter how big the buck.

Been waiting for this one!

Hunted New Jersey years ago in the city limits, weird feeling watching people jog down the bike trails your hunting near.

Great show, looks like difficult hunting for very different reasons. Particularly the difficulty of making sure that you avoid confrontation. Really enjoyed the show and feel sorry for you not recovering the deer.

Great episode. I am extremely interested in the idea of suburban hunting. It's going to become a reality in many metropolitan areas with large deer populations.

That would be my biggest fear about urban hunting. Property owners not letting you recover the animal, and not recovering it themselves.

I did a study on the deer population in Oxford, Ohio back in college. Using GIS and other data I was able to determine that the deer were severely over populated given their available habitat. It was pretty evident as well since there were deer being hit by cars all the time, we had one get stuck at the track, and one busted through a window into one of the buildings on campus lol

Reminds me of the very old vid where Rinella was "hunting" in San Fransisco. Very fun, and definitely looking forward to more of this type of "urban hunting"

Great production and story! I’ve not seen anything like this, in an urban setting.

First episode of yours I’ve seen and was pleasantly surprised. *going door to door* Hello, do you have time to talk about our leisure and sustenance, deer hunting?

If your in Washington DC, you should be hunting the 2 legged politicians. Great video.

Thanks for saying it’s not as easy as it seems! I’ve been urban deer hunting Atlanta for awhile now and it’s a funny dance compared to normal hunting woods.

There used to be a Show on history channel Chasin Tail that was all urban deer hunting this reminded me of it

Great episode!

I’m just sitting here waiting on the hunt with Hal in the Bigwoods. Tracking has really peaked my interest lately, I’m going up this November for my first crack at it, can’t wait.

Never easy walking up to a strangers home and asking them to hunt there but you gotta up your game. Be more friendly and confident and don’t be afraid to smile lol.

I about died laughing when he said " we are using this topography" like their is some strategy involved and the deer aren't gonna come right out In the yard 😂🤣

I think for most of the people who are watching this, The episode was a true reflection of what we go through as deer hunters every day. I’m just not sure if an urban landowner watched this show that they would be influenced to provide more permission to bow hunters in the area. Unless you spine shoot the deer or use poison pods, recoveries crossing multiple property lines are going to happen. Nobody’s going get thrilled to get a call at 9 o’clock at night from somebody wanting to track a wounded deer across their yard. These deer populations in the urban areas need to be managed but it’s not an easy fix.

I've had people hiking a trail walk right past me in the stand only to have the deer I was after come through an hour later. Sometimes hiding from bipeds is just as - or more important than - hiding from quadrupeds.

I put a trail camera out near the Kennedy Center a while back after seeing a giant buck. A few weeks later I got him on the camera!!

Great content per usual, the meat eater team is the best in the business!

These are the best places to hunt. I hunted an area like this in the middle of Knoxville. It would be a slow day to see less than 20-30 deer. Never before in my life had I been so spoiled and choosy with what I wanted to shoot.

This was how my dad introduced me and my brothers to archery hunting. You should check out Fairfax County, VA’s parks management program for the show. My dad and I have hunted the parks for a few years, and it has been a huge success.

Excellent episode. The show proves that when there is no room for error, you cannot use retractables broadheads.

The last hunt I did up there, I was waiting for a deer the come out of the woods and a buck came out of my parents back yard and followed my steps from the back door of the house

Biggest buck I ever got with a bow, I was hunting an empty lot at the end of a cul de sac, came straight out of a neighbors vegetable garden. Not urban, but a definite residential area.

“The last thing I wanna do is have to pay to clean another pool.” 🤣 I wanna hear that story

I own a lawncare/landscaping company. If you told me Mark Kenyon was next door trying to bowhunt and we were ruining it, I would pack up and tip toe out of there on the spot.

Makes you feel like crap when that happens. Sorry about that, Mark. No fun to relive defeat a year later. Also...that Taylor guy seems a really bad ass killer. What a super cool series. Can't wait for the next episode.

As someone involved in UK forestry I can say that deer get used to the noise and movement in the area you are working very quickly if there is no real threat to them directly. I have had Muntjac deer 6ft in front of my tractor skidding logs out of a wood, a male pursuing a female and they could not have cared less that the machine was chasing them down the extraction route. That's the other point, animals like people will take the path of least resistance and use any cleared pathway. I would imagine that urban areas would be no different and would expect deer to become acclimatised to human activity within the area very quickly. They should be relatively easy pickings, the difficulty lies in the fact that they could run on to land that you do not have permission to hunt on. In the UK if shot animal crosses on to a property you do not have permission to hunt on, you have to contact that land owner and ask permission to collect the carcass or if permission is not allowed tell them that the carcass is at 'x' and let them collect it themselves. Your laws may differ.

PROBLEM DEER, WE HAVE THE SAME THING HERE IN PRINCETON, N.J. GREAT VIDEO.

I moved from Idaho to West Virginia. There's a herd of deer that graze in my neighbors yard every evening, and I see them everywhere I go along the roads, but I have yet to see any sign of a deer when I go out in the wild.

There's a bazillion deer in the DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia area. Once you learn the area there would be a lot of good areas to hunt.

"I don't support hunting" "Honey, who was that?" "Just some weirdo, are you in the mood for steaks? I am"

From the landmarks insane in some shots, it looked like you were in Potomac. Once that landowner refused to allow you to search for your deer you should have reached out to the MD Natural Resources Police. They would have helped you out.

I hunted this way and can confirm that I saw a big buck walk right by a man using a push mower and then he was SUPER cautious when he came into the woods looking up in trees and all!

Good show

Where I live in pa I deal with these sorts of issues all the time I am in the suburbs. To be honest tho it is a bit discouraging with all the noise and what not but there are some huge buck in my area so it’s rewarding when it pays off!

Great video.

Haven't seen steven for along time,would love to see him shooting some wild animals again.

I took part in this a lot in the Midwest. Pretty accurate representation. I took out a ton of deer and was lucky enough to get a nice sized piece in a major drainage. Lots of dark side to it too. People mess with your stuff. Accurate you have to keep your stands with you. Had to hang cameras 20' up or not at all. -Do your very best to not let people ever know you are there. -Expect confrontation and be ready to hold your tongue or be a very patient advocate. -wait til dark to remove deer -use a cover for the deer - BE A GHOST -Take ONLY very high percentage shots. -ONLY fixed blades. It is another variable. -Hug the shoulder tight and for heart. You are only taking 20-25 yard perfect angle shots.. period! -you want that deer dead within 30-50 yards MAX if at all possible. It can get bad in a hurry going further. -noise and disturbance is not as bad as you think. The deer pattern people. Killed numerous while people were playing in park and mowing. Sometimes it just doesn't matter.. - early am when everyone is still asleep many times is the best. -shoot all legal deer that come in bow range. That IS your goal. Being a hypocrite if you don't. Sure, if a stud walks out hold off but not be the norm. - use flashlight sparingly. Glad you mentioned this. Another reason why you need that perfect shot. - I would set up in less than THE perfect spot cause it would give more distance for animals to travel before going over a border. Missed opportunities but I didnt shoot deer with higher chance to go where I couldn't. Develop that relationship with the landowner over and over.

MeatEater and SEEK ONE need to meat up. Them boys in Georgia are tearing it up!

I've hunted along side Manassas battlefield and Reston area (I recognized the Reston glass van that was in one of your screens) for a few years. Lots of nice deer. Had to knock on a lot of doors too. I don't know if I would had phrased it as " I am here to help you".

I live in that area. I've seen wounded deer with arrows sticking out of them on more than one occasion. But in this case, it looks like you got a good shot.

Whaaaat. That dying cat sound called her in!!!??? 😂😂😂😜. Atta boy Mr Mark💪💪🤘🤘🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Was that a nock on silverback? Looked like it was hard to pull through the shot with the steep angle and not much bend at the waist. I'm sure that's tricky with the saddle.

Welcome to suburban hunting haha. Something you said that really stood out was when you mentioned how that one step over normal human areas will spook them. That is very true. One door knocking technique that works well for me is after getting permission on one property go around to every property touching that piece of land. If they are not home leave a hand written note with your contact information. Say you want to introduce yourself since you’ll be hunting x property and might need to retrieve a deer later in the season. This opens up the chance to ask permission on their land or learn what properties ahead of time will not let you access since that will chance when/where you take a shot or even where you sit on the property you have permission on.

I can’t help but wonder, if you had let down sooner and kept your bow arm fresh, might’ve put a better shot on the deer. From the distant camera shot, you could completely see a breakdown of good form. Especially from a saddle it’s imperative to maintain your T-Form and bend at the waist. Your front arm was dropped so far down, I immediately thought I bet he misses low. I’m not an expert, and I loved the video, I think it was very cool & would love to do this myself someday. Better luck on the next one!!

Mark, what brand of backpacks do you use?

Cool to see all the White Tails there. I hear DC is dealing with overpopulation of Brown Nosers too

This was like the secret level you can unlock in gaming

Can anyone tell me what bow case he was using. I like the square design

I used to hunt in a similar situation in New Jersey. It is not as easy as it seems. As soon as you do to much walking throught the huntable scrub land, the deer change their patterns and sleep in people's yards

That whole experience looked frustrating but thanks for sharing. I guess if I lived there I would do the same thing. Also, I don't understand passing a chip shot buck and taking a shaky doe shot. Speaking of the shot, where was it, not showing it?

How yall hunt down there I looked online but couldn't find much

What’s with the giant back pack? You’re 100 yards from your truck.

Would love to get into urban hunting. I work in northern VA and would love to help with thr population

I did door to door sales in that area to help pay for college. The people of that area can be pretty hard to work with. They’re pretty “call the police” happy even if you have permits

What bow are you using?

Anyone know what harness and climbing set up they are using?

what happened to Rinella who no longer appeared on the show?

Mark that had to be so cool learning from hal blood

Nice

Rock Creek Park is chock full of deer... This park runs from downtown to Montgomery Co (Silver Spring/Bethesda area). That's the major MD path for deer and then The GW parkway on the VA side of Potomac river is similar, with bigger woods around the CIA (Langley) facility. Then through southeast DC you have similar paths. My question is how did he get the rights to hunt?

Are you hunting in the city of DC? It looks like more of PG County or Montgomery County.

Here's my two cents pieces. Number one, Hunting isn't perfect all the time. Number two: Due diligence in an area of difficult terrain (i.e. private land, short target area, etc) Bravo!

Deer hunting in the swamp.