Wow love your video!Now I no why I I've been spoken deer didn't realize they was bedding so close to my food plot and I looked at Ariel view and light bulb came on in my head bedding areas all around me,wow!Thanks for video such a eye opener.I can really see how to play the wind and get better access to my stands, awesome.

Good job on the videos! I have hunted and walked these same zones you are showing. Spot on information. Well done.

Great videos Jacob! Recently my 4x4 busted and it's in the shop and even when it comes out, I'm going to have to be easier on her. This means I'm looking for new hunting territory in a county with lots of public land, but not always easy to access. I've used Google Earth for a couple of years now to scout, but your videos sure make it more efficient and I'm wagering they will help put meat in the freezer. Thanks for making the time to make them. The Khan Academy of deer hunting!

This is amazing! It’s so obvious, why didn’t I think of that? Thank you

Hi Jacob, never too old too learn. Not as many pine stands up here in Ohio but do have some so the thinner areas in pines que me in to look there where it's likely to be thicker w/undergrowth where sun gets to the ground.

Awesome info! I'm new to hunting and this will help me out a lot. Thanks again.

Wow thank you, this was really insightful -I'd have never thought of this

Appreciate you man, thanks for education. Blessings!

Good info, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Great info bro! Thanks a bunch!

Thanks Jacob, pretty good tips. It seems like common sense when I hear you say it but it makes sense from what I've seen in the field.

Well Deer Season is over for me in North Florida. This was my first year with my new knee, couldn't go in the woods for over 10 years. Before then I hunted Grouper & Snappers with a speargun in the Keys. So finally I was ready for the woods and didn't think about scouting until deer season had already started, so I didn't get my deer. But the good news is I can trap & hunt Beaver, Coyote and Hogs all year round, so I will be scouting deer from now until the next deer season. Thanks to your videos I am better equipped with knowledge for scouting, keep those videos coming.

Wow great find, this channel is great for a newbie deer hunter like me. Do you have any videos on their diet and what they eat at different times of the year?

Great vid ...I found with Google earth you can change the seasons of your view so that thick growth really sticks out...and big deer imo like to follow thick growth(pine, cedar etc) with clear stuff much like a fence line. Question, where would you set tree stand/s in this instance?

Jacob, I have another question. Can you use cut cedars and saplings to build bedding areas for deer? For example piles of debris as the exterior, then lay them across each other and tie them up to other trees to form a canopy? From my experience bucks like to be at the base of two hills creating a funnel with the hills to the north behind them and then having it open to the south so they can lay with their backs to the north winds and see in front of them with an exit strategy in every direction. Please correct me if I am wrong with any of this and interject with ideas if you can please. I am a teacher and coach so I don't have a ton of time to manage my property. I am open to all advice.

Agreed. Works really well in east Texas.

Thanks for the tip. I hunt in central louisiana and there are a lot of pine thickets like this. Would you hunt the down wind edges of areas like this?

Thank you sir! Enjoyed this

Love the intro Jacob

lat. 43°56'50.59"N long. 76° 5'26.10"W anyway you could help me find the best way to hunt this property.. thanks keep up the great videos..

Some great information here!

Thanks for that great info!

Great Video, My son and I are hunting in a pine thicket much like the one in your video, it's location is South East Texas. My question is, what would you recommend for a bow stand? My location also has a field to the west of the pine thicket. Any help is greatly appreciated.

great video I was hoping u could help me I have the same pine thickets as u r showing on this video and I can't find any big bucks! my land in in eagletown ok if that helps you. right off hwy 70 east side of town south side of the road.

awesome video thanks was very helpful time to try it out make things easier and just by you simply saying deer prefer that more open area w sun coming down to help grow their foods

I need some more help with areas like this. I just joined a club like this last year, it's my first time hunting land that is nothing but pine trees. It's planted in rows by a paper mill company that harvests them when the time is right. I have an area the is some what thin with pines, I think it just looks thin because the trees are younger. There is a lot of undergrowth, think thorn bushes, Devils walking stick, and a few other assorted species of trees along with some very thick grass. I have no idea how to begin to even approach this land and find the best places for setting stands. I currently have two set up on these 40 acres and I chose two areas with different characteristics. One is mainly grassy with sporadic Devils Walking Stick and very easy to walk through. The other has a lot of bushes, younger trees of various species, and saplings growing and I had to do a lot of clearing with a machete. Basically cleared out a 75 yard row. Can you make a video selecting stand location in a pine thicket that has no real land differences from the aerial photos?

What mapping software are you using?

We are hunting about five miles north of Nome, Texas.

How do u get a einter Arial pic? Mine keep showing uo summer lol

I hunt in pine thickets in South Georgia and I've killed a 14point,4 eights and many doe in the last three years after watching... Great vids

John here it be a helper to these guys deer bed down normally on the south east side reason being is the wind in their face the sun on their back ridges as well. So walking to your or blind remember this as well.

Pretty simple but good info. I like to use Google Earth to really get into the deers head. For example, this vid was general regarding thickness, however, where within a given area is the real thick n nasty area where the big buck is gonna bed down? That's what I like to consider. Anyways, I like your teaching style and that you use Google Earth. I'll be watching more, thanks.

I just picked up a lease, 55 acres of young pine and briar and you can't see past 15 to 20 ft. How do I hunt this??

Anyone got any advice on hunting a thick patch like this? I have a short range weapon spot outside town on the river and I'm about 80% sure there is deer in it. I checked sign mid morning yesterday and there is fresh tracks and some going into it. Its maybe 150 yards wide by 250 yards long but If I try to sneak through it I feel I will just push them out. Its Mulies that dont get a ton of pressure and its on private land. I'm used to hunting the sage up in the hils and didnt fill my tag but I have this option because the season is extended in this area and is either sex. Does all the way until Nov 24th and Bucks until Haloween.

Should i go in these pieces of thick to look for beds? Or just walk around thicket look for trails coming out?

Could you look at a place of mine and tell me where beds or where a good spot would be

I tried purchasing your online school and it says it can’t be found. Thanks

So what are the other trees? Is this more of a fall photo where the leaves have fallen off the surrounding trees??

Season starts tomorrow..freshning up

Show what to look for on the map what does thick look like on the map some maps are

so what does your site offer?

Isnt the undergrowth dead in winter

Maybe in your next video, you call tell us how you get back in that thick stuff at all, and more importantly, how you get back in there without alerting every deer in the area to your presence. The reason that they're there is precisely because the stuff in impenetrable. If it's public land, they're going to be back in there way before light, and they're going to stay there until after dark, so forget about hunting the edges.

All the thumbs down are from super intelligent alien deer that came to Earth

How do you get a quarter million views??? My videos get less than a thousand generally. Do you market your site?

just started clearing out an area to make a food/kill plot... The only issue is how i'm going to till the soil cause I don't have a tractor

Is there anyway to email or message you on a Instagram or anything brother

I know where they bed BUT my goodness hunting them is impossible so thick

nope

My grandfather has his own bed with his old man feces on the ceiling fan above since my grandfather needs a place to rest and sleep

Millenials: Wow it's like a irl version of The Forest game!

Poor Deer...They are just trying to survive and feed and raise their families just like you and me.