I'm 53. Started hunting at about age 6 or seven. Thought I knew a lot. Moved to a place about 15 years ago where the public land is mostly swamps, river bottoms, long stretches of flat lake bed that's sometimes under water, sometimes dry. During deer season water covers thousands of acres that deer use all during the spring and summer. For 10 years I believed the deer migrated out of the wet areas because there's no food in these wet areas. I believed they stayed near food. I did ok, but not what I wanted. Then I discovered Dan's teachings, and he taught me the mature bucks - even older, more experienced does and their family groups - were indeed out there hundreds of yards in those flooded areas. The would walk through chest high water, even swim part of the way - to get to tiny islands and high spots where they could find SECURITY! So I trusted Dan. I now have waders, even two small boats, and those remote areas are my destinations. I started living by the mantra, "I'm headed where there are many hoof prints, but no boot prints." It's hard to overstate what Dan's teachings have meant to me. Honestly, in my part of the world there was just no other way to learn it. It's like a know a *secret* that no one else knows!

What a classic workshop the weather the friends the information. Awesome top tier class.

In northeast Texas and North Texas public a 130 to 140 buck is like up North 160 to 170 buck, no swamps, some river bottoms, those usually hold the bigger bucks, but many hunters walking through dry bottoms

Seems like the private grounds will produce more deer now. Finding also more pressure on public grounds and seeing fewer 🦌

Been watching most of your videos, can't wait till next season to try out some of your ideas! thanks for posting , I never really had anyone show me a new way of thinking when out in the woods !

I can’t do it the way Dan does it these days. I really enjoyed the straightforward information and great tactics

Good stuff indeed. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Dan 💪🦌

Story goes, the old man with the hip waders was John Eberhart lol.

Dan is the man..

Well presented Dan. You really have an eye for bedding and how deer travel. Gotta be all that deer blood flowing through them veins....lol.. Great Video.

Absolutely awesome. Thanks for doing this.

Gotta love city slickers lol

Thx for posting

Always insightful. 👍

Id love to get involved in a scouting workshop like this

Was out about 2 weeks ago looking for sheds and was finding super fresh rubs with bark on top of the snow. No clue if they are just getting annoyed with their antlers and are trying to knock them off or there is still some young does not bred yet. These last few years seems deer behavior is just getting weirder and weirder.

Dan, appreciate the info, been watching your hill country videos for years and putting it to use successfully in Tennessee for many trips now. Will be using these for my swamps in GA.. quick question- what brand of camp is that vest you are wearing.. I use predator gear and love open pattern camo, so was wondering which brand that is? Thanks.

First, thanks for changing hunting for me forever. Second, the years where acorns aren’t dropping, what’s your acorn alternative focus, besides just finding hot sign? I ask because last year I hunted new public land and my best encounters were hunting isolated oaks with very limited agriculture near by. Thanks again.

How can I get involved for 2021. I'm in south east Michigan, and willing to make a trip.

You need to put a couple markers in the group. Can I ask questions, start the conversations going. I got to believe that there's a ton more questions these people want to ask but don't. Just saying.

why is the music so loud?