I like Dan more and more as time goes on. He’s genuine and honest and just a good man. He’s a breath of fresh air.

Adapting to the evolution of hunting instead of whining. Good video with good points

Can’t agree more. All of this technology takes the fun and adventure out of it

You can always rely on Dan to opening a new way of thinking on hunting public land.

And the crazy thing about cell cams is that they are a very small piece of the puzzle. I had one set up one time that was on a deer trail only to find that most of the deer were traveling behind the tree the cell cam was on. Thats why i never just rely on pics to hunt a spot

I had people sending me pics of myself walking past their cell cams to kill their target buck this year. I sent them back pictures of their target buck in my hands... Thanks for making us all better hunters Dan. The hunting community is forever in debt.

Love the shirts glorifying Christ that you’re wearing these days!! He is the founder of our salvation and the deer we love to hunt 👍

I started watching in 2022... I got my personal best and then beat my personal best during the rut of '23 Great videos... thanks, Dan!

I hunt a lot of State Land in Southern Michigan. Over the years, if I saw one vehicle in a parking lot, I'd go to another spot. I may have to change my tactics!

I just met a hunter in the parking lot in my favorite area and his methods are identical to Dan's. He shot a 110-120" buck in the area and that is GREAT for pubic land on PA. What was he doing? He was scouting on foot. He runs very few trail cameras, scouts all year long, and is retired. His preferred method is to hunt bedding areas. That is just bad medicine for big bucks! Thanks Vaughn for sharing your strategy with me. When I see parallels between what Dan is saying and a successful bowhunter in PA on public land, I Iisten.

So funny that you made the video on this topic. I had the same thing happen this year on a small piece of public I have hunted for years. Hardly ever see anyone hunt it and if I do it's usually the same people. Well this year it was getting way more pressure than years past. On Nov 9th I was hunting the down wind edge of doe bedding and I shot a 150" 10 point. I posted the deer on a hunting page and got flooded with messages and trail cam photos of the deer. I had no clue this deer existed but that answered my question on why so many people were hunting that property.

Let's not forget about Whitetail adrenaline Jared Scheffler(Important note Jared Scheffler was also born in Wisconsin), who doesn't take advertisement money for his DVDS, which is unheard of in the hunting hunting industry. He hunts with a trad bow his primary hunting method is to spots and stalk whitetails on the ground, which is the most difficult skill to master with a bow on public land. Another important factor is that he doesn't use trail cameras. How rare is that in today's hunting modern hunting ? If you want to talk about being a trail blazer on public land, Jared scheffler should be right up there with Dan Infalt. Another public land hunter who deserves a lot of respect is Jon Eberhart, who was tree saddle hunting way before it was it was cool(He started in the 1980s). Who also made deer hunting dvds 📀 public land(plus wrote a lot of books on hunting public land ), hunting, and highly pressured land. To be honest, I can't remember who came first, Jon or Dan, but you can learn a lot from both. I learned the most from Dan infalt hunting style and his DVDs, so I still have a ton of respect for Dan infalt.

Dan is the mad scientist of the deer world. Always thinking outside the box.

I'm embarrassed to admit this, but this makes my third season in a row without killing a buck. I only used my climber the past three years to hunt, strictly mobile. Despite the lack of success, I have had more fun & seen much bigger bucks than I have had in my 25 yrs of hunting (I'm 35). I could had killed several younger bucks, but I am going to stick with it & hopefully this season will be the one that I get my chance.

When im hunting new land, in a new area, I always pop into the local barber shop

Dan the man did it agan. This was gold that I’m taking to the bank. I have tried to apply everything I’ve seen on these videos he does a lot of the cattail swamp stuff has been crazy for finding sign and learning what to look for. He is an incredible teacher and mentor and we’re pretty lucky to have him.

Every time I have to pee in the woods I have to look around carefully (even up 15 feet in tree) to make sure no one is watching me with a trail camera.

I know exactly what you saying watch the people and they will help you more than they hurt you. I also love all the talk about people have to go way back where no one goes I have seen the difference last few years and now I have found some of the biggest deer I ever seen less than 100 yards of the road . Been watching you for a long time now and you have help me put more of the puzzle together where for a long time I was stuck in my old ways . Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with all of us to make us better hunters you the man Dan.

You taught us all a lot over the years Dan, I’m a happy hunter everytime I see you upload a video, next deer season will be amazing. I quit dipping tobacco for 2 years now. The wife gave me the green light to purchase the beast stand setup! I can’t wait to place my order soon!! This will be my forever stand heard so much good about your quality stands take care Dan we will see you in the next one! 🦌

Great Video Dan! These are some of your best videos, keep spitting them out!

Couldn't agree more well said. Overlooked spots been helping me this szn a lot 👀

Dan is the man.

Love your t-shirt Dan! Good topic of discussion and I agree with you. I shot a decent 8 on public two seasons ago now that was right under everyone’s nose. That February I had located a creek crossing with rubs on both sides close to access and a trail but it was in steeper terrain but only about 200 yards or so from the road I parked on and about 75 yards from one access trail. He came through around 1:30pm five yards under my tree.

Reminds me of a property that’s got real good older class deer on it. I’ve got a spot the higher the hunting pressure on the property gets the more deer end up in the spot I picked out. Peak pressure= the biggest bucks on the block are in that location. Seen it play out multiple years.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and keep your videos coming please.

One of the best hunters ever. Without flash or gadgets. Straight up killing machine. This is one of his best videos. I agree with the # of cell cams and this new way of hunting. Dans tactics are way better..

That's a great tip Dan, thanks for sharing!

The funny thing is as as I’m watching this I got two notifications from my trail camera❤😂

A picture is worth a thousand words!

Well said Dan, thank you for this valuable information. Killer season you had this year

Great Buck Dan, Such an eye opening story, thanks for sharing your experiances in the north woods.

Love your stuff Dan . You give me a great perspective on new ways to hunt . I appreciate you and Thank you for sharing your tips 🙏

Thanks Dan for making me think differently.

Like the tee! Also another great tip.

Awesome pics Dan! Happy New Hunting Year!

You are spot-on regarding trail cameras and hunting pressure. I hunt near a river bottom in Wisconsin. On the north side of the river - a bunch of trail cameras and a ton of hunters. On the south side of the river - no trail cameras (that I found) and fewer hunters. Each side of the river has big rubs and fairly easy access - just way more hunters using the northern section. Must have been quite the buck. Happy New Year, Dan

Super great info! Thank you

Wise man, speaks truth!

I dealt with this exact thing this year with my target buck. Unfortunately nobody including me killed him lol

I started gravitating towards spots near the road and very unconventional areas the last 4-5 years just based off sign and tracks and it’s paid off in a big way. Thinking outside the box and not following the norm changed my hunting in the best way possible

Change tactics with the times, it’s always a moving target.

Dan I hope you walked passed all them cell cams with that dead buck!

Hunting the heavy pressure. Hmmm. Now that qualifies as thinking way outside the box Dan. Up here in New England we call that being wicked smaat

I know a guy that had flooded his property with cell cams this year. He wouldn't even hunt unless the cell cams told him he should. He became completely reliant on those cameras. The neighbor kid who hunted the adjacent property, killed his target buck that the cell cams were telling him, wasn't around anymore. Cell cams are literally everywhere anymore, public and private ground. There are no more of these "suprise" deer getting killed, that no one knew about prior. Someone, or many people, already had pics of it.

Good blue collar logic

Been watching you for a few years brother. Always good information. I'm in Missouri, it's illegal to put trail cams up on public. I'm sure folks do but, I've never seen one. I'm thankful for that.

This confirms my theory I came to after seeing an increase in human activity soon after I started getting pictures of bucks on a public land spot that I regularly go to. I thought it was funny that as soon as I started getting good buck photos I started seeing a lot more human activity. Thanks for sharing your observation.

I noticed the second I see a camera in any of my spots, all the sign dries up...cutting tracks works just as good if not better.. just have to unleash your inner beast!!!!

DAN YOURE THE DAMN MAN

Dan deserves The big Bucks ! Because he hunts hard learns from mistakes never ever gives up keeps his chin up ,positive attitude and keeps on pushing hard to get the deer !!! Congratulations Dan you deserve the best , you always give it !! To the hunt and yourself and others to

That is a good point. Definitely going to pay attention to this. Only issue I have. I don't like going into an area with a bunch of other people in there. More fore safety reasons. People are nuts. Don't like the confrontation, especially when there is weapons involved. Sucks. Miss the days when everyone helped each other out. A mutual respect, 2 people with a common interest, a brotherhood!

I love it. Save money, let them buy and manage cameras haha.

Hey Dan. Now that I’ve had a chance to learn a whole lot from listening to you and applying what I’ve learned from you. I would like to ask you to please stop teaching and delete all your videos so nobody else can learn what I’ve learned hahahah Thanks for all the great tips brother. You’re the man imo.

Iowa just joined the list of states outlawing cams on public land. Coming soon

Illinois just band trail cams on public land . Wonder if more states are to follow .

Anybody else catch the irony of the KZfaq algorithm putting a tactacam cell cam commercial at the start of this video😂

Gunna be ordering a beast stand for next year's setups amazing advice you pass along

Great video Dan.

Dan you have the greatest shirts!

Hi Dan,Great Vids. Can you please buy a ScentLok Suit and then while you are in the stand,spray down with off bugspray. I want to see those guys go thru the roof!😂

Dan lives eats and sleeps deer hunting.

I've seen this firsthand. Scout an area. Find a ton of stands and cameras on every point and every bench, then the next season hear about the monster that someone had on camera there.

I see why they call you the The hunting beast. Love the video!

Love your shirt Dan!!!

Yes!!! lol. The past 2 years I’ve noticed the same thing. I still scout my but off all seasons but I kinda let them do the scouting for me. I don’t use cameras cause they get stolen all the time but I have seen the same thing around my area.

Most of my best spots are places without cell reception. Cell cams do no good if they don’t get signal.

If I hunted where there was no pressure or cars parked, I’d never hunt.

If you know how to read sign Real sign not just deer sign but your whole area and you study it You dont need a camera,the woods they tell the story you just have to be keen enough to understand what your environment is telling you .Bucks are creatures of habit Thats why you find Bucks in the same spots year after year. Dan your spot on with older Bucks having smaller core areas and will stick there even under pressure ,It has served them well and allowed them to grow old.You can bet they will have more than a few escape routs in these areas. Which will make it easier to identify If you can read the land Good stuff man Killed a giant Idaho Muley 4x4 with eye guards this year Guess you guys would call it a ten pointer Keep up the good word

They’re probably hunting these spots more because Dan is on the cell cams, not bucks🤣

I like cams, they are exciting but I don't rely on them. Sign doesn't lie. They will prevent you from roaming and finding better opportunities.

Absolutely love that shirt, I Saw That.

U the evolving master, love listening watching

Now that you say that I noticed this too!

Dan you are so right, I killed a 6 1/2 year old stud on a heavily hunted piece of public...my buddy killed a 5 1/2 year old,...took me 4 years to figure this piece out but finally I think I'm on to something....

Keep up the good work !!

You're the man!!

Good stuff!

I'm 1 min and can't agree more. Gotta hunt where they are gonna be in the daylight. Bottom line... It ain't easy to get in that bubble on the big boys either. You "mess" with their bedroom and they know it.

I noticed big bucks live on the private land or state land that is not hunt-able… everything is nocturnal in MI. Hate it. Would be an amazing show to watch Dan tackle southern MI public land.

The cherries are all Gonna get picked lol

1:55 I don't want to hear another hater ever say the Mitch Rompela buck looks fake because of the floppy ears and bases of the rack coming out of the skull plate. This buck looks like a smaller version of Mitch's record typical.

This is 100% spot on. The "youtube hunters" had been hitting this public land area hard (tons of cameras) and more people than ever in the parking lot. 4-6 trucks daily. Anyway we and we had got a good snow on evening of Oct 31. Moring of Nov 1 I decided to move into this spot that I knew no one went to because they didnt want to get their feet wet. The area all the guys hunt is an easy walk from parking but it borders good bedding cover. Likely they were getting pics of this buck. I carefully walked in and climbed up a tree about 830 9. No reason to be there early. It took awhile for the deer to get pushed back to where I knew he would go. Sure enough. It worked. In my imagination i think of them still hunting the buck i killed. I was dragging a big Michigan Public Land Buck out while they were heading home for lunch.

I was in an area today setting up a spot for September of 24. 2000 acres of people walking dogs there cuz they shit on the land & don't feel like they have to do it. There is a large deer out there covering a lot of territory but the dog walkers r the biggest problem. Its like they think they r in downtown MPLS. I never hear or see a hunter but they r the ones that talk @ full volume or run a leafblower every day of e week.

I try and find big rubs,trails ect. Don't use trail cams because I like being surprised.

Like Josh said on one of his last videos of what he learned from hunting with Dan… “the why”

There deer on my property that some bucks never show up on camera. Just avoid them. But other bucks dont care and get pictures of them all the time.

Yea eventually there's so many people the deer move and people find them

i don't know you guys, i still get a high when shooting a nice doe with my bow. lol. Shooting a mature buck again, i might pass out.

I like the lazy way - drive around and look - deer are creatures of habit; hunting pressure is actually going down - less and less people are hunting, take what you can get without getting too obsessed is probably a good rule of thumb since of course luck does play a part but if you do scouting and some homework usually things will work out for your freezer and you may even stumble across some monsters

Make cameras illegal on public

I do not know how I could send you a pic, but Brother have you help me out I freaking love you man you kick ass it’s kind of funny not even trying to fanboy you I just legitimately think you’re a good guy and I watch your videos and I pick up on all the little things man with been killing some biggrr bucks lately and I have to say a few of the tips are legitimately yours. Thanks man.

Hey Dan love your shows man, Ive learned a lot from you. I live in Missouri where cameras are not allowed on public ground (even though u see a few here and there). My question would be do approach pressured land the same way assuming that where you see a lot of people in cars someone has seen a giant somewhere close to that particular area?

Dan I heard through the grape vine of a new beast stand coming out?! My credit card is itchin for this one! Can you at least confirm this isn’t bs ?

Love the shirt today!

You never shot a white deer man I love all other kills but that’s just not done. I know some don’t care but that’s the spirt of the forest !

Big brain thinking

Holy shit what a killer

thats very interesting

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I hunt regularly pictures or not we see bruisers every season on or off camera they're very cautious and mostly move at night. I know they're there and have an idea where but on 2k acres they have unlimited cover and hideout potential.