2018 whitetail video

[Billy74]

I’ll jump on the bandwagon and post my 2018 Nov hunt.  Keep in mind I’m still new so if you see me making rookie mistakes feel free to point them out.  I’m here to learn! 

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[Billy74]

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[hard hunter]

Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed the video

[Colville]

Simple advice.

The move to sit ratio is way out of whack.  If you find good sign, tracks, poop, rubs.... sit it.  sit it. sit. sit.

Then sit some more and you'll score because they are using the area. Sound and movement kill, spend that time getting where the good ambush sites are and sit em. Bring a heat source, food, a blind if you need one but do not go back to the car mid morning.  I've shot as many deer from 10 to noon in November as before 10.  And I've shot but one after 2PM no matter how good the sign. That may be an anomaly but mid day isn't "dead" in November.

[Spuddieselwwu]

I won't get that 13 minutes back.  I was waiting for a buck to be shot...

[Billy74]

Thanks Colville.  That’s solid advice.  I wish I could say I wasn’t thinking that at the time.  The hardest thing as a new hunter is confidence in what your doing.  Without someone to tell you you’re doing it  right or wrong in the beginning it’s just guessing and the easiest thing to do when your not feeling productive is get up and move hoping the next thing you do will be right.  The best way I know to fix this is scout early and often, make a plan and stick to it.  And then decide what’s worth keeping and what should change. 



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[elkrack]

I won't get that 13 minutes back.  I was waiting for a buck to be shot...

I always fast forward to make sure there’s a kill in the YouTube videos

[Billy74]

I’m sorry you feel you waisted your time.   I just wanted to document my experience as a new hunter learning this skill late in life.  To be fair the description does state this was my 3rd time hunting and welcomed critiques. 
As a new hunter I like the videos that show the experience of hunting more than the kill shots (i do like those too but that’s not what I had nor wanted to show). Ultimately I wanted to show the journey starting from the beginning. 
Perhaps in the future don’t watch YT blindly without scrubbing forward to what you want to see,  that’s why YT is great.  You only have to watch what you want!


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[elkrack]

Colville’s advise is spot on btw

[Sneaky]

In the video you mentioned that you warmed up in the truck and were feeling much better. That to me indicates that you were not adequately outfitted for the conditions. I have killed whitetails spot and stalk, but the vast vast majorityof my success has been sitting silently and watching for hours at a time. There is only so much daylight that time of year and you have to spend it wisely to be successful! Most of us are guilty of leaving the woods after the morning hunt...that is the time where you need to be in the woods because the competition has all left! I have learned this lesson the hard way many times when hunting partners killed deer or elk while I was in camp getting something to eat or taking a nap... Is it time to invest in some better gear that will keep you warm long enough so that you are comfortable enough to stay out there? I wear sitka gear, but there are others as well. I carry my fanatic bibs to the location I wil be sitting then put them on. There are like a camo sleeping bag and I am as comfortable as I would be at home watching TV while I'm wearing them! I'm not saying you need this to be successful, but it is something to consider based on an honest appraisal of how long you can sit in one spot.


I see you are running trail cameras and that is really smart and helps give you confidence that the deer do exist! Keep using that tool to find areas that have high numbers of deer. The more does you can find the more bucks will inevitably be looking to breed those does. Scouting is the key to being successful at all types of hunting. Most of us only get a few weekends to hunt a year, make them count by looking for deer whenever you can from now until next season.

Another thing is, especially when you are new, your focus should be on trying to create and replicate success, not filming your experience. That is, if your goal is to be successful. If your goal is to go out and document the outdoors and you don't care if you kill anything then more power to you! I say this meaning absolutely no offense! Its just that you are making critical errors by focusing on the camera when you should be focusing on finding deer. You need your entire focus to be on the hunt. You have to hear a deer breaking a twig, see a deer twitch its ear, and not make any noise narrating your plans to the go pro alerting all the deer near the trail area that you found.

I am no expert on any of this, but I have been able to kill some deer after a PILE of failures. I hope this helps and the other solid advice people have posted on here helps!