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I've been using creative access to get into public land honey holes for at least 5 years and I can honestly say that the number of people who are doing the same thing is increasing. Every time I come across someone on public land who has hip waders or a boat, the conversation come back to the hunting public channel. Last year I went to speed scout a river spot of mine in MN. I got there and immediately 4 hunters in a duck boat pull up and head into the land I was going into. I quickly jumped to plan B and went to another river spot that I had scouted in the summer.It was kind of late so I didn't have time to get a stand up. Long story short, I shot my first buck from the ground in that spot. The ability to adapt is key. Thanks Hunting Public. Keep it up!

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Can't wait. This year is my first deer season!

I've watched every single video you guys have put out since season 1 of Midwest whitetail. Used to fast forward through that to public land segments. The ad didn't bother me at all. Make a living guys. Do what is necessary. I hate too see you get hammered for one damn add. You can't please everyone. If you try that it usually fails. I feel like you get undo pressure for zero ads. Not totally fair. I won't stop watching. I'd rather see a few ads than see you guys go under and disappear.

MONETIZE GENTS! That simple. You will never win the market that you are truly after by trying to please everyone, and that is completely OK. Keep up the great work, plenty of us support your efforts and are more importantly, thankful for the help as we hunt conservation/public land.

This is really good, practical, usable info. Thanks guys! I hunt public land 100% of the time in a state where THP will admit is pretty darn challenging, Mississippi. For almost FIVE years I banged my head against the walls in frustration unable to find consistent success (mature bucks). Then I slowly came to appreciate a couple of the very same principles discussed in this video. First, you MUST go where other hunters either can't or won't go to be successful over the long haul. Yes, you can kill a monster beside the parking lot once a decade, but to be successful year in, year out you've got to be where other hunters aren't. And the single BEST feature I've found for disinguishing those places is WATER! Cross a creek, wade through 1/2 mile of swamp, take a small boat out to that island or to the "other side," paddle a kayak a mile down the river. Sometimes it's as simple as wearing knee boots to cross a shallow channel. One other thing I've learned: Hunt in the THICK stuff! The REALLY thick stuff. Don't get obsessed with finding "perfect" places that provide 360 degrees open shooting. In those thick places will be travel corridors where deer feel safe getting to and from. Set up in there, even if the only shot is a 6" lane when the deer is walking southeast. The more clautrophobic and restricted you feel, the more comfortable that buck feels. Sorry for the long comment! Good luck! Remember, there are deer on that public land. Go find em!

Really excited for more public lands advice. As a new hunter, these tips really help. Thanks THP!

Thank you guys for showing Public Land and travel hunts as something attainable to all of us. I know personally that your videos got me to travel 3 times last fall and I'll be doing that every year now, and expanding it to mule deer and elk. In my archery club I would bet thanks to your crew, the number of hunters planning out of state public land hunts has tripled over the last 2 years, so the message is definitely being heard. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge, and the process throughout the year. For sponsors, good for you. You all work so hard to provide content, congratulations on finding a sponsor that meshes with your lifestyle without controlling the gear you use. THP shows "Hunting is FUN!"

Shout out to all the public land hunters who set up ground blinds and tree stands in the dark on opening morning right next to the ag fields. I appreciate you guys running the deer back to my spots.

You guys are helping a lot of people with your advice. Thanks for the tips and good luck with your hunts this season!

Great video you guys, I love listening to your tips and advice for hunting, whether it be turkey hunting or deer hunting, I’ve had a few influencers in my life that’s helped me become a better Hunter before, but you guys have played a big part in me getting a deer last season and a turkey this season. Keep up the great work guys.

I think you guys will be the turning point to get more young folks back into hunting and being confident to harvest a deer. Keep up the great work.

Public land hunter here in SE Oklahoma... I’ve been guilty of all 5 you’ve mentioned and decided to change things up (after watching and learning from you guys) this past hunting season... seen more deer than I have ever seen and had a close encounter with a very mature buck (that got chased off by a big coyote lol). Keep up all the tips and the encouragement as there were times in being so predictable that I used to be lucky to see 5 deer in a season and it would be very frustrating. But being flexible and enjoying the hunt in constantly learning and actually seeing results (by being flexible and different when everyone hunts in my area of the state), it all has really opened my eyes and I am enjoying the outdoors even more. Hoping to get my first archery deer this upcoming season! Keep it up THP!

Great tips for the new hunters. I would say get in shape, move slow and glass. A 3k rifle doesn’t do you any good if you don’t see the wild 😜 life.

Thanks for the great tips guys. I'm leaving the comfort of my private farm to take on a new challenge of hunting public this year. You guys have been a great source for tactics and inspiration to take this leap. Thanks for what you do!!!

Good stuff fellas! I really enjoy recapping things you've talked about in the past. Can't wait for this season!

I use to get grief from my son for hiking back in public land but as he grew up he realized why i did it less pressure we saw much more game and consistent seeing game was a bonus for our effort. Takecare and keep safe.

I have seen numerous ads for Simply Safe - if I were to buy it, it would be due to how well it was explained in this video. Even the rationale was something that could be related to - excellent job. My biggest public land complaint is when I think I have figured out the spot that everyone else will overlook - only to find that someone else is as smart as I think I am. Thanks for your insight. Now, if you guys could only figure out the Target Tour... :)

Hey folks listen to what these guys have to say. I've used there advice for 2 years and I have gotten 3 nice bucks and some doe,s for my freezer. There knowledge is invaluable. Also go to there website and support them by buying some thp merchandise. Ill support THP all i can.thanx for another great instructional video.

Driving 13.5 hours to go scout some public land in Missouri this weekend. Y’all videos really help. Thank you!

Positivity - great one to end on guys. Looking forward to a great deer tour and hopeful what I've learned from you guys over the past couple seasons will once again pay off this fall! Good luck THP crew!

👍 First tip is a good one ! - I hunted a public area once, before watching this. I couldn't wait and brimming with excitement, got in well before daylight and quietly settled in. Soon the woods would be waking up and all the gifts nature has to offer would slowly reveal themselves. It was my favorite time, as dew lifted and the sounds of life emerge. Or so I thought. An hour AFTER the sun came up, the first of endless hunters started making their way past my tree, in search of their elusive quarry. They stomped in circles until noon (they were 'still' hunting I guess), then most stomped back to their respective trucks and beer coolers. A few seemed to hunt in pairs, so they could enjoy loud conversation, while stalking. The entertainment for me was seeing the look of defeat on their faces, as they did laps around my stand, reasoning that no deer resided in that part of the county. One hunter (and I use that term with hesitation) even marched by at 15 yards, pausing to take a leak, then opted to fling an arrow "at" an unsuspecting beer can he found nearby, to hone his shooting skills. Two others, I got to know well, even though they never saw me. They spread out within sight of each other, (one under me) and stayed in close communication via radios. They kept each other abreast of all movement they spotted during the days hunt, as well as discussed work, spirts and their distain for their small kids and big wives. No bothering with whispering, since deer can't hear. My favorite had to be the "prepared" hunter, who walked in wearing slacks, casual loafers and a brand new camo t-shirt and hat. He grasped a new hang-on tree stand (no ladder or steps) and a camping stool. He carried a bow from the mid 60's and his quiver kept falling off, spilling his three arrows, one with a field point. On his belt was a variety of deer calls, knives, hatchet, compass, depth finder, safety glasses and several accessories he didn't need. He also sported an orange/black camo school backpack, complete with tupperware containers to secure the rotisserie chicken, potato salad, steamed veggies and what appeared to be Baked Alaska for dessert. After dining on a log, his departure was marked by the jingling of his minivan keys with every step. Of all these mighty outdoorsmen, only one knew I was there the entire time and that's only because of his decision to select a nearby spot upwind, remove Charmin from fanny pack and squat under a tree. At this point I whistled, revealing my covert ambush spot and thwarting his intended blissful deposit. Sadly, I too saw no deer (or squirrels, or birds) that morning, and decided to relocate for the afternoon sit. No buck that afternoon either, although I saw does and other wildlife, which was a treat. Yeah, it was lonely that afternoon in comparison and lacked the aforementioned entertainment, but man!, was it nice.

Great tips guys! I know that I fall into that category of finding one spot and hitting it hard all season. Definitely something I'll have to work on this season. Appreciate the info!

The Hunting Public matters.

One of the best KZfaq channels out there! Y’all inspire confidence every time

Y'all are such instinctive common sense hunters. And great production guys. I've learned so much and applied it toward my own success. Great work men!

Love you guys I definitely experienced everything you described last year going in confident this year!!

Thank you guys for everything u guys do time away from your family to make content for us you guys got me on my first public land buck last year from watching you and then i shot my first Turkey this year from watching you guys thank you for shareing what you guys know

Thanks for the content. Enjoy some 'time off' between seasons. Rest up and have fun enjoy your fams! It's almost deer tour time!!

I love hunting several public area's near me. Especially this one that's 1,000 acres because there are the easy routes that just about everyone else takes then the hard to get to thick places that I get into. It's given me chances and experiences those others can't have!!

two years of getting skunked in SE michigan public land. solid advice. For me, the biggest learning curve is seeing all these big ol booner bucks on youtube, and lots of smaller deer on my hunts. Some places just dont produce booners. must have let 2 dozen walk last year because of this mindset of always wanting something bigger

Watching your videos have helped me a bunch on hunting public ground. I still rewatch videos just to keep improving

Let’s goooo. Thanks THP for the amazing content. I am 17 trying to hunt public land by myself. This helps

I hunt public land in South Georgia and I have done everything you just talked about. I love public land hunting and have tried to learned from it. The one thing you said that has helped me the most is to be adaptive.

Great video for review and encouragement as we prepare fir 2020 deer season. Thanks

That second rut in December been working for me in the last few years pretty good , especially on public fewer hunters and a lot bucks on the move still it's worth it to save a few vacation days for that late hunt you will be surprised . Just don't get discourage thinking all the big bucks get shot on the gun opener because that's not always case yeah some do but you will be surprised the ones that don't I used to think that years back but I was I so wrong back then .

haven't bow hunted in like 10/12 years , been watching your show's , I learned a lot thanks' guy's now I need to dust off my gear and get out there, sure will be nice to get out the bow:), gun hunting is a lot of fun , I like the long shot , sneak and shoot . keep up the great work , and video's God Bless You all

Fantastic advice for public land hunters!! You guys have definitely got it figured out!!

Great video guys. I catch myself finding that favorite tree and spending way too much time in it.

I get bored and i like to still hunt. I like seeing new country and i do find what i would consider a lot of good deer sign. I do hunt these spots for hours without moving but i always think to myself i walk around to much. Do any of you ever feel like i do?

Excellent advice. 62 y/o guy here and I'm still learning. It's what makes it fun to put meat in the freezer. Also, your vocal tone is great. AND,....you two dont speak with a constant INFLECTIVE at the end of each sentence. Other people drive me away. Bores right through a person. Everyone else...BE DECLARATIVE!!!!dammit. Thanks and good hunting.

Good to see you guys ,, and finally got to see mindy in the daylight,,not dragging deer ,,, not cooking for six staved hunters , facing the camera and not editing at some little table , this is like the third time that mindy was actually facing the camera and talking to us , a real treat and then ,,the camera goes blurry,,what the heck was that , y’all cameras don’t never go blurry on deers , or turkeys , anyway I think now if I ever ran in to her at a grocery store or somewhere, I think that I could safely say ,,,hello mindy.ohhh and Greg I am old enough to be her grandpa so this is not what you might think,ha ha ha

To be honest, i would rather have ads, than bs hunting videos like most of youtube hunters

I am so glad I found this video. I was scouting places to go squirrel hunting on public land later this year, but then I noticed a few things. One, although the satellite maps show mostly mature timber (pacifically, green tree, reservoirs, used to attract water fowl), there were quite a few clearing’s, and other transitional spaces, not visible from the air. There are also quite a few crops being grown on the edges of this public land, so I’m going to do quite a bit of research and go back several times.

I like this video... helps me to understand what ive gotta do for my first hunt ever!

This morning when I went to my taxidermy business I found out my neighbor 2 units down had been burglarized overnight and I called simple safe and it is on the way I will not have to worry now thank you guys

Ok public land friends....I'm going to share a GREAT tip with you: If you're hunting areas with heavy pressure and you find it difficult to get a long way from "the crowd," then make sure you are the EARLY BIRD. Since you pretty much know where "the crowd" hunts, get there one full hour before them, and find a different access to the general area. Get settled as quickly and quietly as possible. Then, when "the crowd" starts to arrive you will be in position for any deer that they spook on the way in. It's worked for me dozens of times over the years, and It will work for you, too! Come in from a slightly different angle, get into position, and when the other hunters start making their way to their spots you WILL see deer that they bump! Good luck!

I love seeing yalls tips or pointers and keep it up

Great educational and informative video. Looking forward to seeing some hunting. Stay safe Cubby

Good job on the commercial and great info.

Love the channel guys. This is my first season and I’m having a hard time for sure. I needed the encouragement. I have 3 Massachusetts tags and so far I’ve made nothing but mistakes. I killed a buck, but after walking up on him, he got up and I found him a mile later eaten by coyotes the next day. Though to swallow.

Great content guys! 👊🏻👍🏻 Seems like common sense but is often overlooked👍🏻

Thanks for the tips!!! Great advice that people overlook!

Some great information included in this video. To be honest, I hunt a lot of public. I have yet to harvest my first deer, but have seen a few. The big thing here is introducing yourself to the people you see. As many have stated, we are all outdoorsman and don't want to hurt each other. Most people I have encountered are very friendly. I have had a few even give me their number, and we text and talk about what we see, if we shot something to help each other. Stay safe out there guys and girls.

From the panhandle of West Virginia hunted public land in Nebraska took two trophy mule deer and one whitetail it can be done if you put in time they hav been some of the most memorable hunts of my life

Thanks for the help love public land hunting

I enjoy your videos because you look like you have fun. Way too many people are wound too tight for hunting. I quit bow hunting about 10 years ago because of a series of eye operation. It screwed up my depth perception and I never used sights. This year I am somewhat better and am going to hit the woods with the bow again. I was bow hunting out of state in the swamps in Maryland where there was a narrow entrance into a huge sorgum field surrounded by oak swamp. There was a DNR building right where you went in. I found where a big bodied buck was bedding in a small woodlot right behind that building. I tried and tried to get him. He stayed right up against that building. One time I did get a glimpse of him and usually found fresh dirt on the leaves where he ran off. I even tried going in and sitting an hour before light. I never did get him and I tried for 3 years. You are right, deer know where the crowds walk.

Sounds like you made this video from last year's deer tour in Michigan, laughing.......... I think the best thing out of this informative video is that all of these things make us better hunters all around. We've all been there did that so many times that if you're still doing it then it's your own fault. I think that by you guys being so willing to share your experiences and not just the harvesting that the THP crew is on the top of everyone's favorite hunting videos. As always be safe and stay healthy my friend.

Excellent content! Thank you and good luck!

My second season and already applied most of these tips! Great video

Y'all family! I love Thp you guys are pure motivation to get to the white tail woods!. I wish everyone respect this season... for the people that don't have it......don't block peoples parking spots y'all not the only ones in them woods.. because if you do disrespect like that.. some hunters might decide to stop hunting game but instead hunt you.

Love your videos guys! Are y’all hitting Kentucky this year?

I love when deer season becomes closer and closer!!!

This is first year public land hunting. I've had so much fun. Missed doe season because of school. But I've seen tons of doe now. I drove 3.5 hrs to try a new area for a few days.

Great video ! Thanks guys !

Having hunted my home county of Fulton county Illinois for many years on public land with bow and success I can say this is sound advise.

Only been hunting twice killed a nice 6 pointer when I was 12 or 13 my first time out definitely doesn’t happen all the time but now this is my first actual season bow hunting can’t wait.

Very true about talking to other hunters.... Last year I had several guys pull up to the spot I had scouted the day before, all with the same general idea to hunt field edges like I was gonna do. We ended up talking for a while in the parking lot, splitting ways and we all saw a bunch of deer that evening, and I made some new friends.

Where i hunt I have been noticing a lot of the other hunters are hunting those hard to get to places and really gettin back up in there. There isn't a ton of public land to hunt and there are a ton of hunters so the deer are pretty pressured from oct 1 all the way to the end of the year. Late last season I stumbled across some nice bucks in places where you wouldn't think to look . A lot of those placers were relatively close to the parking area and or adjacent to the main access trails other hunters were using to get further back onto the properties. The similarities i noticed were thick cover, elevation with view of the downwind entrances and all were very difficult to setup on. So I guess my point is, some times the most overlooked places are right under our noses and not the spots that are furthest from the truck.

Idk about y’all but this fired me up for deer season already....... Wooo as Rgtfm says 😂

I don't mind the ad and support having one since we know how YT is with hunting/firearms content. That was the best one of the Simpli Safe ads I have seen in a while. Good job. Thanks for sharing those Top 5 Mistakes, I have been hunting for decades on the same acreage around our house that mostly isn't ours but we have permission on without any luck in downing more than a couple spikes that I thought were does and a couple does. We do tend to go to familiar spots, but I also will take walks to places even through thick brush and up or down elevation. I know another mistake is poor woodsmanship, at least for me I don't spend enough time in the woods prior to season aside from turkey season in the spring. I hope that I can get my first deer with a bow this year, I bought an additional archery tag last season and didn't get one deer regardless of weapon. I plan on trying public land in archery season which starts in WV on Sept 29th, usually there are not many people out until rifle season/orange vest and drive ATVs all over season. Most that do archery do so on their own property and hunt over a bait site or at least it would seem that way with the amount of corn people buy at Walmart, Cabela's, Co Op, etc.... There is a piece of public at the southern part of the northern panhandle that I checked out last season and it is super steep almost makes me want a meat hauling backpack like they have for hunting out west. There is also some public land north of me close to where my youngest brother now lives and it is pretty diverse looking, should start scouting that out in a month or two. It looked good the one trip we made up there a month ago, need to dive in more although driving up there with compact cars suck on those gravelly rutted dirt roads. One other thing would be for me to get the courage to ask for permission to hunt someone's property and do right by them. I am too shy for that. Thanks for sharing as always guys.

Great job guys!!

Great video. Thanks guys.

You guys have so much good useful information I hunt alot on walkin hunting ereas and state land

Awesome job guys

Great videos! Trying to get my wife more involved with my hunting!

Love your videos!!!! Keep them up :)

Fun video guys! Well thought out!

I’m in Mississippi and I am going to try some public for the first time this year. My only concern is running into a Dillion roof or some guy who is already mad at black people because of race relations in our country. We got a lot of hate filled people down here who feel threatened or pissed off at black people these days.

Great tips !! Thanks

Great video as always!

These are some great tips. I am in Georgia and run a real estate team there is a 16,000 acre piece of public ground not far from my office that gets heavy heavy pressure in only 2 or 3 spots on the weekend but on a Wednesday or Thursday its a ghost town. Our local game warden is super helpful too. He's pointed out several access points that don't look like they are access points that no one ever hunts

Thanks for the tips fellas

Excellent tutorial. I've subscribed

I dont always like thp videos before i watch them.. Oh wait. Yea i do.. And they never disappoint!!!

Thanks for the info guys

On point number 2, I always keep a small piece of burlap and a $5 stool from Walmart in/attached to my backpack. Ya never know when a better opportunity presents itself!

Greg and Myndi there is nothing like having a watch dog for when you are at home . The few times I’ve hunted public we did run into people and ended up not getting much hunting done to much BSing but all was good enjoy Mother Nature 👍

I love your family Greg! Makes me so warm and happy that you guys are happy and are exploring with each other all the time🖤

4:56 is still my favorite THP moment!

One of your last points reminds me of my first time ever hunting public land. It was last year and me and my cousin showed up on a friday and there were 6 other trucks at the camp site. Felt discouraged but decided we would talk to them and found out they were all 1 group and were leaving the next morning and told us about what they had been seeing and where at. It really helped out our weekend.

Great tips as always. Stay safe everybody

I meet my buddy scouting public land and talked and now we hung together and are good friends just because I wasn't afraid to talk to him. Also got a doe with my bow just by hunting transitions and hunting when I could with limited time.

I hunt public and private. During drought years, or late spring freezes, that can have major effect on availible browse and acorn crop, big woods public land can be almost void of deer. Last year's hotspot can be a ghost town this year. One of my best spots was destroyed by a prolonged flood that kept lake water levels up in the trees for over a month. The flood killed 5 giant oak trees there about 10 years ago and that area has never been the same. Diversity of cover and food, and don't fall in love with one area to hunt. Good advice.

This past season I had a PLAN for opening day. Public land corn field with a shallow river next to it, the field had a drainage running in the middle of it that the deer where using as a highway to get to an easy crossing point on the river .My plan for the first day was to set up in a perfect tree opposite of the corn field and see when comes across, I had went WAY out of my way and made use of my waders to avoid leaving a scent trail anywhere near the corn field and got set up in my stand an hour before daylight. The sun hit the horizon and I heard something coming through the corn field !!! I was pumped up to say the least ... that was until another bow hunter stepped out and into the river after using the well worn deer trail to access that point ( sigh ) . after a few minutes of watching him and thinking WHY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! did YOU do this !!! it is after sun rise and you are just now coming into the woods!!!!! WHY !!! a pair of boots and a cross bow make its way out of the corn field and make it to where his father is waiting for him. At that moment there was not ONE angry bone in my body to see a man with his 5 year old son out deer hunting :P they never knew I was there until they past under my tree and saw my climbing stick. Opening day and that encounter made my whole season !

I wish i had public land like this where i live. We have a couple around me, but you can walk from one side to the other in 10 minutes

Samuel Johnson its my first year too. Just had opening day in wisconsin Saturday the 12th. Not much luck due to squirrel hunters on same piece of land.

Just received my hunter's ed certificate today here in CA and I am looking for some major advice and guidance about this sport. Thank you for your content!

In referance to the last part. I agree that getting to know and talking to other Hunters in the area is a great way to get some info on the area. But Like fishermen (not wanting to share info on their favorite fishing spot) some hunters are a bit reclusive about giving out to much info on their favorite areas to hunt or just false info on hunting tactics (sad but true sometimes) So always have your bulls**t radar on and do some research weeks in advance on areas you wish to hunt, talk to your local fish & game office to get info on deer in that area you wish to hunt in. Thanks fellas for putting this video out there, and good luck on your next hunting adventure.