I like that this season you are putting out more of a family hunting show. It mirrors my own hunts trying to get my wife and daughter on bucks! Lots of ups and downs but so fun. It’s only a matter of time and she will fill that buck tag.

I love the way you guys are doing this series. Very down to earth and real. Great work!

Can we talk about Jordan’s sub 18 5k? That’s very impressive

Winke, the smiles and grins says it all. You are loving this time with your daughter and being close to family. Life's journey is so rewarding if we can get out of the way of it and be there for it. I think you are doing both. So fun to watch. Thanks

Wow you sure packed a lot of tools and stuff in that little pouch! Fun video, and I needed some fresh air right now too Bill, thank you.

'we've got about 20 mins left.. I can smell the grill from here...' Priceless :)

As one viewer pointed out the Tree Hopper is really good. They have a bit for a Drill as well as a hand drill one too. Hard to find a Simmons System these days.

I absolutely love the drone shots to help us understand exactly what you're talking about.

Can't wait to see what you plant in that back yard! It's funny I just took trail camera videos of a buck for 3 days (Nov 21,22,23) that kept a doe pinned down by the lake, not 70 yards from the road, and two neighbors houses. Never have I had that number of photos of one buck. He was running off smaller bucks, and keeping her pinned against the lake, on one side and a road and homes on the other. I'm in an area of hundreds of thousands of acres of big tracts of hardwoods? Can't be a coincidence they were in that small out of the way location. It's almost like he or she decided to use the proximity of humans to their advantage, to avoid other deer. 40+ videos in 3 days an area that's maybe 100' X 100'. I didn't realize that lockdown could be so intense and occur in such a small area. No wonder they can be hard to find late in the rut.

I've killed 2 of my largest bucks off a 17-acre parcel.. it absolutely can be done. I had to almost force myself to stay out, waiting for the best wind possible. I also hunted the fringe, gaining valuable info on time of movement and travel location. Another great video and a huge congratulations goes out to your daughter on her under 18 5k!! WOW!

Great mini series on hunting the small tract. One of my best bucks ever was taken on a 15 acre parcel, where I had planted a small food plot on a small ridge top, that was not far from the property line. So, even with the neighbor (owning about 120 acres) who was line hunting on me because of the great food plot, I was still able to harvest a beautiful and mature buck on our property at the time! Nice to see you getting out with your daughter also for some great new memories. Take care Bill! Kapper

Thank you so much for sharing EVERYTHING that goes into your hunting season. Love seeing everything that goes into your hunt before you even get into the stand, thank you for letting us come along with you and your family.

Thank you so much for both of your time and effort to bless us with such an outstanding presentation of family, reality, bowhunting education, and downright fun!!

So happy you are making videos again! I've missed the early days of Midwest Whitetail and I feel like it's back! Also love that you are handing down your knowledge and love for hunting to the next generation! Keep it up and good luck!

dang Bill I love these videos---love the old school bolt method that bent. Please continue with this type of content-this is great.

The bolts for steps made me laugh historically thank you for sharing failure as well as success! The smile on your face when it bent was priceless!

Quick quick quick! Posting nice times!

Bill and Jordan, thank you for sharing the video. I watched the video with my 8 yr old daughter and she really enjoyed it! My daughter was asking questions about why you were doing some of the details of the hunt and it opened up the conversation so I could share it with her. Thank you

Great tips for hunting small parcels Bill, Jordan is one heck of a runner.

I rank this in the top 3 of your videos I have watched. Thanks.

Great Job Bill.

Thank you for including the bit of comedy in this episode. If you can't laugh at yourself... 😊

Way to go Jordan!!!! 17:49 5k race is quite impressive. My best 2-mile time, while in the military AND in best shape of life, was 11:47. Your time is beyond impressive, so Congratulations.

This was the first year for my daughter (age 11) to shoot a deer, (167" 12 point). I learned a LOT of patience, and that I have always just hunted for "me" in the past. It is not the deer, it is the journey... Enjoy the time spent, I did.

I have hunted small places for over 30 years. I'm talking an acre or 2 tops with heavy hunting pressure all around the area. 14 acres would be a giant forest for me! LOL Good show you are the only one I have ever watched.

your daughter is great in front of the camera! hope she keeps at it and has a passion for it

The last buck I shot in PA before moving to Iowa was shot in a friends backyard. A beautiful early November afternoon but as I walked to the stand, which consisted of walking 15 yards in the brush down a hill from his yard I was greeted by the incessant hammering of 15 guys at the neighbors house putting on a new roof. I’ve learned over the years to just relax and don’t let the noise and activity bother me because it sure doesn’t seem to bother the deer. 10 minutes later a 5 1/2 year old 9pt with split brows stepped out with a doe and my season was over. Backyard bucks may just be smarter than deer living solitarily on hundreds of acres, although I think they are all pretty smart either way.

Bill thinking outsode of the box as always! I really like the bolt idea and have looked at it for over a year (ME research nerd), gotta have those GR8 bolts though! As always, loving the series

The “execution was questionable line “ is what did it for me. Lol

Great show, glad you show the way a lot of us hunt. Not all about getting in a tree and killing the biggest deer in the woods.

What a GREAT episode. Enjoyed this one a lot. Thanks guys 🏹🦌🇺🇸

I use the cordless drill to make pilot holes (3/16 bit) for the regular screw in steps. Easy.

Love the hunts, great leader teaching his ways

One thing thats really important is have a lot of options on places to hunt. Ive done some door knocking and have 8 stands out on 5 different properties and at least 5-6 hang and hunt spots. I run 20-30 cameras. That way I dont burn up spots and can watch my cameras to see where the deer are. I had one spot the neighbor said there were tons of deer coming out daily and planted a small food plot and baited with corn and had very few deer this season. That didnt matter to me at all because I have several other spots I could go and see deer everyday. If possible get at least 5-6 different properties and have setups for different wind directions

New cover scent - grilled bratwursts 🤣 great episode again both of you!

Love the channel. Glad you had a good run on Tuekey day

Thanks for sharing your videos and keep them coming please.

That first buck Jordan tags will be sweet for both of you.

Thanks.Good luck Jordan.

Just love your guys videos, very informative and fun. Bill have you ever thought about doing some habitat days in the off season, show hunters how you lay out your property and why? I’d be willing to pay to spend a day looking around your farm and asking questions. Just a thought. You seem to enjoy sharing your knowledge. Thanks for everything!

I've hunted for 25 years on my friends 14 acres. I usually take at least 3 deer a year..... This year so far I have one deer with crossbow, 1 with rifle and one with my Traditions Trapper Black powder pistol.... season ends Jan 15th.....

I hunt a small block of land in front of my house and this episode reminds me so much of the things I go through trying to see deer

that treehooper bit cleans out the hole. i use 10" bolts and some that have only 1" sticking out been useing a long time😊😊😊😊

Haha, I knew those bolts were going to bend!!

17:48!! What?! You are a beast! Congrats!

Boy did this edition smack home for me. I have a forty, only half or less is woods. Ten plus hunters around me at various times of the year. It took me a long time to figure some of these points out (had some help thank you very much).. I’m on a bow only lower the doe numbers mission for the rest of the year, I see deer every time I go out (shot doe three last night). One of my neighbors hunted four of the last six evenings and saw one fawn. Access procedures for them are not real tight. Anyway this was another great piece, thanks again

Love the content You two are doing great Keep it up

looking forward to hearing the Christmas story episode

I’m originally from Wyoming. Laramie! Good to see that brown and gold! Go Pokes!

Very nice. I bet more hunters relate to hunting small properties than big ones like your northeast Iowa farm. I liked the insight on hunting the 14 acres. I’ve hunted a similar property in size and urban/rural feel to it for about 13 years now in central ia. I use to hunt it way to much and would push into the meat/potatoes of it. I’ve learned to just hunt the edges. Arrowed a 184 6/8 in 2021 on it.

That's a great piece of property, love the video

Great video. Love the real life experiences. All I hunt here in S/W Michigan are small parcels. Sooooo much pressure here. A 3.5 where I’m at is a dinosaur. I actually got lucky this year and killed my biggest buck ever. 4.5 maybe older. Green score estimate was 150 ish gross. November 8th. Shot on a 7 acre parcel. Two days prior I shot a 2.5 that’s nice for our area. Tagged out before gun season. What a year. Nice time Jordan. Ahhhhhh youth. 🤣👍🏻👊🏻

Mr bill last week I was cussing you bad hanging on the side of a tree trying to screw in steps 😂 I swear

Glad I'm not the only one that hunts close to a road from time to time. Sit all day in woods to not see anything and then walk out and the deer are by the houses

Bill, I think that bolt was telling you it’s time to lose a little weight😂

man i wish i could move out mid west.. your house and land is beautiful

You're spot on how to hunt small lands I hunt 20 acres in pa I hunt a strip of woods that's only 50 yards wide it connects to Fields and a bedding area I get in their and kill every yr like ve them small lands

That’s what I like to hear always dream big😊

Great video Bill😃. What are your thoughts on ladder stands? Doesn’t seem like many of your extended crew/hunters use them much. Is there a reason? More videos please 🦌🦌🦌

Really liking the videos. Keep it up!

Awesome video bill! Great content

I took Jordan's advice and got a RW Rugged Wear Men's Light Grey Heather Waffle Pocket Henley Long Sleeve Shirt. Man was she was right it's so comfortable!

Big bucks hang in the suburbs, backyards, I thought that bolt was going to bend, lol!

Wow, Jordan can really run! She’s fast! Sub 18 5k is smoking fast!

I enjoyed this episode greatly. I believe a lot of guys can relate to small parcels. I know you bought the farm, and that is the prmary focus. However, I think a series on the home property would be great. It looks like you have a lot of room for plots and warm season grasses. It could be titled (insert sponsor name) "_________ the Transformation." It could also continue on small areas of the farm. I always enjoyed the property management/how-to videos you put out on the MW channel.

I hunt 17 acres in Pennsylvania. It's a very urban setting and just about every neighbor hunts. I started hunting this property 4yrs ago. I passed a 3.5yr old 8pt the first year. I just killed him on Nov 19th. He was 7.5yrs old and scored 164.5 inches as a 7pt. U don't need huge property to kill giant deer. You just need to b smarter than the other hunters in your area

Got it done on a 3 acre patch of woods this year on a good 10

Good Luck,y'all🤜🤛

I’d go ahead and plant it to corn. You’ve got everything to gain! Could pull in an urban giant.

Everything in switchgrass to hide the plot and entry/exit with a 1/2 to 1 acre plot! Would be a fun little spot for sure

A little switchgrass or miscanthus in the bottom coves. Standing corn...MONEY! GO POKES!

It would be very tempting to plant that 14 acres in 3/4 corn or beans and the other 1/4 in clover or alfalfa.That would be a killer spot I bet especially for a quick hunt.

Ive been really enjoying your videos. Rooting for Jordan to get that Buck!!! I gotta say, I am a little envious. My daughters (21 and 14) won't hunt with me. My son is a bit young to enjoy deer hunting (10), as he cannot sit still. He loves watching the beagles work chasing rabbits, and is avid into all things fishing. He will be chasing whitetails in a few years. I wonder, perhaps you and Jordan could do a video on how she decided on wanting to hunt and the things you did throughout the years to encourage it. Might provide valuable insight for those of us trying to attract our children, especially daughters, to the sport!

I think Nicholas dad bought my Hoyt Maxis 31 back in 2011 here in Virginia .

The winkes are going seekone style hunting now with the 14acre urban setting lol

Didn’t Bobby teach you .. grade 8 bolts .. 😂

Fun episode. Get some food on that urban piece and it will pay off! Fescue is the enemy!

I live on and hunt 15 acres. I benefit by having an 80 acre ag field surrounding my property. Every other year when I am surrounded by corn My hunting is excellent. Key is no human intrusion. Only hunting perfect wind. Killed my target buck 2 out of last 3 years. (Corn years)

We live in the UP of MI. A lot less hunters now and alot more deer. It takes a big buck a few times to figure you out. After that you will never see him again. Unless, healed the mistake of breeding next to your blind. But, than you have to be at your blind. They go nocturnal overnight. We bait up in these parts. Bring in the does, the bucks will follow.......not. They feed at night on camera. They bed close by the doe/food area just using all their senses to stay out of sight. So, you park your truck within a mile you are busted. Breeze is wrong busted. It takes these big camera bucks no time at all to make it thru hunting season. You walk in to bait..busted. you drive away busted. These deer up here are the hardest to hunt because hunting pressure. They are not tame farm deer. They are wild creatures to the core. Any deer bigger than an 8 pt is a ghost. On time we did a 15 man deer brive. A high buck was kicked up. Nobody ever saw him till than. The big buck managed to escape all of us. We had a guy bark on his tracks in the snow still nobody could cross his path. That is reality of big bucks up here. TV is for entertainment only.

look at treehopper for your tree stand bolts and drill bits

Fun filled video lol

Wow , Jordan is fast .

Bill , I used that drill method 25 plus years ago, you have to get a clean out bit to pull the shavings back out, then you need the hardened bolts! I can send you a picture of the bit if you like?? But why wouldn’t you of all people have like 4 lone wolf sticks?? So simple and harm to the tree, not saying lone wolf is the best that’s just like a FedEx term. Lmk on that drill bit?? Thanks

Bill, why not just use the Climbing Steps, way easier and safer than screw in’s, least IMO!?! Just went with the XOP’s, super lightweight and quick setup…👊🏻🏹🇺🇸

Need to switch to saddles and sticks. Easy and mobile.

Dream Big brother 🙏

Why are we always moving stands everyday, there 300.00 a piece by 10 and hang them and leave them, never understood making all that noise every night

Hey Bill and Jordan, I think you should reach out to Tim Wells and his daughter Sydney Wells from Barstool Outdoors and “Tim Wells Bow Hunter” KZfaq channels. Do a hunt together either in Iowa or Illinois where they’re from - doesn’t need to be hurling spears into Cape Buffalo at 5 yards. Maybe just kill a decent deer or some waterfowl or something and build up your subscriber base when you make a cross-channel video.

Grade 5 bolts at a minimum, before battery drills hunters would use a hand operated “Woodpecker “ drill. 👍

As I said before Bill, I really like this new content. But I have to ask, I thought you were a Ford truck guy?

Turkey trots are the best! She's phenomenal running sub 18! Very impressive. Was she the top female?

Are your neighbors open to giving hunting permission? That could be a way to expand your options for small tract hunting. Who could say no to a young lady trying to tag her first buck with a bow? If that doesn’t work, Jordan could just challenge them to a race! 😂

I think I’m gonna carry me a little drill bit on my twelve volt next time

Great episode! BTW, it might help Jordan a bit if you spaced your steps a little closer together, just a thought...it sure helped my son when he was younger.

When it comes to being SAFE being cheap is not an option!

I think you should let Jordan do it her self. Let her trial and error what she thinks is a good spot, good tree to hang a tree stand, etc. I feel like it's you just telling her where to sit. I feel like sometimes beginners don't get the true hunting knowledge one should learn from failures. Sometimes those blinds, people become too reliant on them and never ever touch the wood lots. Sure the blind has high percentage of harvesting on a food plot but I feel it just takes away the expect of hunting.

Nice 5k time!

Do you take scent free showers before each hunt,thank you.

Eleltric buggies you were riding where di you find these?

Are you still with midwest?