Rumor has it when Dan was born, he drove his mom home from the hospital and went straight to the swamp to start scouting

I like THP, I like Sturgis, I like Eberhart but I love Dan's shirts.

You always say something in your videos that I think all of us can relate to at one time or another through our hunting lifetime...

Goosebumps when you said, your going back in November and finishing the job!! Let’s go Dan!!!

😂😂😂 about the second time Dan tugs on his shirt, because it's way too small, I couldn't stop laughing. Dan is so willing to get his message across with his t-shirts, he doesn't even care if they fit. I bet he saw that shirt, but they didn't have it in his size, and he's like, I don't care, I gotta have it for one of my videos. Love the shirts man 😂 even if they don't fit.

This is why Dan's video/stories are so valuable....Even HE has bad days out in the woods....Even HE has days when he sees nothing....I thought it was just me. Some people think that finding and killing a deer is easy. Those people aren't hunters. Even Dan's failures are valuable because of what we can learn from them.

Dan, you are the best because you are so relatable for hunters. I've had many similar experiences and I tell my story and people look at me like I did something wrong. Sometimes we do everything right, and it just doesn't work out. Sorry for the lost buck.

Dan, this very thing just happened to me Wednesday night. My arrow hit good, huge mule kick but I stuck it in the opposite shoulder. No blood for the first 50 yards, no arrow, no hair. But huge amounts of blood out of both sides for about 125 yards and then the blood disappeared 20 yards into a bean field. I have been waiting years for a shot on a big buck. I have not given up the search. Best of luck to you on yours.

Dan ive been hunting my grandmother's 40 acre property in NY for 10 yrs, we have had luck with 100" class bucks but only a couple in those ten yrs. We don't have many giants that exist. My first yr bow hunting in the 11th yr on the property I sat on a funnel that is just enough off the backyard to be low impact with a west wind, I hunted the same stand for the entire first 2 weeks of November with the correct wind knowing a big buck would eventually come through the funnel. It happened on the last morning of bow season at 830am and I took a rushed shot at 30 yards while he was walking. Easily a 140" buck. I knew it was high and back on the deer. But he could barely walk out of sight. We gave him 3.5 hours and then started blood trailing a ton of blood. After about 200 yards the blood turned into drips. 6 hours later and a mile up the hill on the other side of the valley we lost blood. The dog tracker didn't want to help. Which is understandable. I gave up hunting that yr and walked around wearing orange during gun just looking in the most likely places he would go. We even found one of his sheds while searching. He would have been the buck of a lifetime. I couldn't sit in the same stand like I did for that many days ever again.

Dan, even though I wasn’t hunting with ya u could feel what you where feeling as you where explaining. Thanks for the realness of that experience

The best hunting channel on KZfaq!!! Thanks Dan

Dan is putting in the work for our education/entertainment! Dan's a Beast!

Keep your head up Dan. We all run into a string of unfortunate events in the woods at some point. I know you’ll redeem yourself in November and excited to see how you make it happen.

Lesson like these is what keeps us thriving as Hunters!!! Keep us updated

Good stuff. Love is that you real about the situation. Many of us have similar stories. Always good to know we're not alone. As much as that sucks😮😊

Thanks for sharing the good and the bad along with the grind. That is definitely hunting.

Just got a buck today, 5 yards from the ground, nice 9 point 2.5 year old

Hey Dan, it sounds like if your camcorder has exposure settings that it is set too low. If you are running a Sony Handycam, see if you can reset in menu options or using a ballpoint pen. Not sure what model you have, but -> Press the PROGRAM AE button to set the IRIS (aperture), gain (ISO), shutter speed and exposure to [Auto].

If you bowhunt long enough this will happen at some point. I lost a 10 point that was probably upper 140s, which might as well be a 200 class in WV, I hit directly in the shoulder and tracked for nearly a mile, searched for days to no avail. Worst feeling in the world but it happens a lot

Great stuff glad I found ya channel, I got my biggest this year using your bedding tips

Not having a functioning camera sucks, but Dan is a hell of a story teller and i was captivated. "THE 170 THAT DID NOT GET FOUND". That is not click bait, but Dan continues to post awesome real life stuff. I always find something useful when Dan shares his hunts.

Dan, check to make sure the filter switch on left at back didn't get pushed it has caused problems to many before.

That's hunting right there! Awesome vid Dan!

Great content!! Thanks Dan!!

That's the part that gets you questioning what your doing wrong and can be really frustrating. Here in wis you with the hopes of seeing a couple during a sitting, and when you see nothing it really shakes your confidence. But I keep going because quitting is not an option

Big thanks to you for self-filming for us. Big risk.

Nobody like Dan. Nobody. Great story.

Cannot wait to watch this!

I was hoping the re-release had a happy ending. Good luck this week to all 🏹

Great video the best so far this season

On my way home buddy

I hope you left a trail cam out there. You might get a picture of your deer with an arrow in him.

Nice shirt, looks like it’s painted on you. Lol 👍🇺🇸

That's a bummer for sure, hope you get a nice one in November!

Obviously that story wounds are soul and hurts are hearts, when so much is put into this. Wonder if you tryed dog tracker on this one . Obviously couldn't of hurt and maybe come out with the gold ✨️

Man what a cursed hunt. I wonder if you hit a branch or something. I would try sending the footage to someone. Perhaps it could be edited and recovered.

I look forward to your shirts more than the talking! 😆.

Tough break Dan maybe you can get back out there and see it again! I don’t run a top of the line camera I use a GoPro. Hope you can figure out what’s wrong with it ! Goodluck! Maybe it went bad…

Support from Southern Indiana

I see those cave beds all the time

I don’t have that camera but I’d guess it’s in the iso settings. Might google how to adjust iso on that specific camera and give that a try. Another great video though Dan

Freakin Love the Shirt Dan!

Dan your videos are always educational and I learn a lot from them. I know you don’t wanna give your locations away. But I was wondering if there was a way to put incognito map locations on some videos? Anyways great stuff.

All of us have been there Dan,yes it sucks but it happens man,maybe he is still alive.

I hope you get a giant when you go back

Dan done eased into the thp boys buck nest spot

Lol I love the shirt. Love the videos. Keep it up

love the t shirt!

Focus! 100%

Dan, I have the same camera and I can see that the ND filter switch on yours is set to auto, if for some reason that sensor is not working correctly, it could be turning on the ND filters. I would switch it to manual and try that. The other suggestion I have is, if the shutter speed (buttons under screen) is on manual it could be set really high and causing it to look so dark.

Most on pt shirt game on the interwebs! 😂

Why don’t you use lighted nocks since you film your hunts?

The Real Deal

“BANG BANG BANG just like CHAI VANG”

Luv the CNN shirt Dan classic...

You will get him in November Dan. Give that camera back to josh .

Man, i love that you do all this self recording for me, us. But it hurts my heart when you do everything just for us and miss your opportunity. haha, i laugh, but i would rather see no footage and a dead deer for you. Thanks for the continuing teaching moments though.

Probably have to hit the button twice quickly ???

Looks like Iowa needs help protecting their trees.

At 13.03 to 13 09 did you notice a branch hanging vertically between two heavy trails? Was it there a scrape under it?

Dan, do you not worry about spooking deer and potentially bedded bucks when you're doing all that scouting in season?

Dream Big brother 🙏

Dan....any Sasquatch sign around that area?👣

Minnesota elk tag

Didnt try calling drone deer recovery?

Should of came to Michigan land of the gargantuans 😂

Dan, did you figure out the camera?

Sounds like hunting. Always sucks to wound the animal and not be able to find it. I was confident in finding the 6 point i just shot. Tracked it on very pressured public for 5 or 600 ysrds jn circles from it cetting bumped over and over. Never once laid down. Finding big blood clots then small pen tip drops back to big bright red blood then back to no blood and finding just a single track i even followed the dried mud from him tunning through the clear cut. And then i found one foot print with mud and blood where he slipped in it abd sdter that it was 0 blood every where i looked i searched and searched unyil i ran out of light and time

First comment let’s gooo great video like always.

Your awesome Dan. We all know you have tons of knowledge when it comes to mature bucks. But in my opinion you just overthink it a lot of times.

Maybe just a Rez tag

I have a sony and i can not figure out how to get it to film in low light. It's a$350 camera and the dam thing will not pick up in low light conditions. I'm very upset. I'm Sure theres a way. I would think. But i don't know it

Hunting is a solo sport to me too. Even growing up I would hunt with my dad and from 14 yrs old on, we drive in together and get to the woods and go opposite ways, meet back at the truck for lunch or whatever the plan is. Too many shows or channels show guys sitting in a blind with the whole family chuckling and goofing around and still the corn field has 10 does in it, that's not real life for 99% of hunters .

I was watching this video last night and it just cut out on me...what happened Dan?

We’re can I get the hat clip???

I got me 4 preference points for that 🌽 Husking state. I liked hunting Iowa in the 1990's over the counter under $100 no hunters. Haven't been there since 2001. All crippled wearing Depends not expecting so much these days... Y'all climb those ☠️ trees. That's like the biggest No No there is. Otherwise ya might end up like the tree! 🦌👍🏻💯🇺🇸

Dan your shirt is snug af lol

Sounds like a high hit….

I have been watching your hunting videos for a long time now. I notice that your self filmed 🎥 hunts are not real high quality compared to other KZfaq hunters. From my experience watching your videos you have alot technical issues as well. I realize it's very difficult doing self filmed hunts. I have very simple solution that I always wanted to ask you? Why don't you just ask your friend Garrett Parhl who does the DIY SPORTSMAN CHANNEL on youtub. His self filmed hunts video quality is second to none from my experience. Plus he's a engineer very smart guy just my POV. I also realize he uses a tree saddle instead of a hang on tree stand but nevertheless his advices would help you improve your experience regardless.

No I was first lol

I like this dude. Don't agree with a lot he says. But I'll tell him straight out,you can't tell a buck track from a doe track. A small track is not necessarily a doe it could be a small buck. Good show though.

Fifth

Why’s Dan wearing a women’s small?😂

Title was missing a word, 'Land of the TAME giants'. Never seen deer more tame than Iowa deer, all you have to do is watch THP videos to confirm that. Every Iowa video they have deer walk right up to them ( 2 or more people) when they are on the ground or the deer will be right out in the open in the middle of the day.

Honest opinion..just an observation..your Camara footage is 80% crap all the time so don't worry about the footage cause your not that guy..just do you

Dan, it’s time to spend the money you have been saving on camouflage and vehicles all these years and get better camera equipment. Maybe actually take a backup camera to Iowa?

I useta hunt Iowa with locals doing shotgun pushes in the 90's. Those ditches pucker brush pockets along those drainages held a boat load of deer. I started focusing on hour glass pinch points between timber blocks. Bucks Galore but like ya say in the 90's tags were cheap & over the counter. Last time I hunted it took 3 points now it's 5 points for my zone. $$$$$$🥹

a giant is not a 160. this is what is killing iowa big buck hunting

Wounding a 170 and saying " Oh well, it sucks" is not good enough. Leaving wounded deer all over the country for the sake of getting pictures is not good enough. It feels like it's time to stop.

Don't like that you are using your outdoor hunting show for politics (T-shirts). Im unsubscribing.

Dan you really need to invest in a better camera you need something reliable that you can turn on record and turn your aperture up and down