Bill I can’t tell you how happy me and my crew are that your back to making videos. We grew up watching you, a lot of our channel emulates “Chasing November” and honestly hunting media just wasn’t the same without Bill. Very much looking forward to this fall.

I'm sure you've heard it million times but thank you allowing us to benefit from your years of experience. You are truly one of the best out there.

So glad you are back to posting weekly content Bill. Everything feels normal again.

Bill, welcome back brother! Glad to see you back teaching and sharing with us. Looking forward to your simple approach to just bow hunting whitetail and teaching us what you learn or know to be truth. You made lots of us smile….

I’m not sure you realize how truly helpful your videos are. Thank you for all your hard work!

I still hunt blacktails on the Oregon coast and use those exact tactics pretty much. Have gotten some nice ones! Bill is one of the best ever 👍❤️

Mr. Winke, I wanted you to know that I got into bow hunting specifically after watching Midwest Whitetail. I have been an avid hunter since I was 6 ( I am now 41 ). My dad only took us gun hunting, which I always loved spending time with him in the woods. But bow hunting is by far much more enjoyable for me now that dad is gone. Thank you for teaching those of us who just didn't understand how much fun bow hunting is.

Completely understood you wanting to get back to your roots and away from the camera for awhile. But so glad to see you back! Really missed your content!

Nice to have you back

Outstanding video that really opened my eyes to allot of misconceptions I had. No substitute for time in the woods.

I like the simple format of this channel. Look forward to following along this fall

Great to have you back!

I have been hunting for 14 years and have never killed a buck, I’m hoping I can learn from these videos and finally get on a buck

I love your insight Mr Winke. So glad you started another channel, even if there isnt as many videos as midwest whitetails, im excited to watch as you continue to educate me more and more! You are an absolute Legend of bowhunting whitetails

I got my 6 pointer from setting up and he got out of his bed at 10:30am a cold day in november. Sat there for 4 hours after sunrise and there he was, got up and shook off. What a memory

Nice tips about Ridge stand placement. Always great content

Loving the new series! Keep it up.

Can’t tell you just how proud to have you back in action Bill! Missed you so much from Alabama!!

Love this concept. Whitetail behavior is the best topic. Please keep bringing the education. Thank you

Really glad you are back into the videos. Been missing that "Always Dream Big." Welcome back my friend.

Grey light entry for the win!

I save my best spots for storms, either rain or snow depending on time of year. I have my best success getting in clean at these times. Thanks, really looking forward to this season of your videos.

I’m a public land Bowhunter in NE Iowa and I have come up with the same ridge/wind/trail theory but I’ve found that there is a third trail on every ridge right on the top that deer use when the wind is in their nose which makes it impossible to hunt but it is important to know that this “impossible trail” may be the best looking and produce great trail cam pics but is not worth hunting due to deer only using it when able to smell you.

Awesome Bill! Super excited if I’m understanding correctly the content will be “bowhunting whitetails” in a more pure simple manner. Not exactly the words I’m looking for. I’m not a writer, but not saturated into other content. A lot of shows have great info, but the valuable info is mixed into so much useless info. Again I’m personally so excited to have your content back, just don’t get too big again. We’ll take what we can get. Glad to see the Hoyt shirt too!

Spike camp hang and hunt 👍 solid way to tackle northeast Iowa. Turkey hunted around yellow river forest like that in my younger days.

Another interesting episode bill keep telling me stories I'll keep listening

Great to see you back, Bill! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences! I really appreciate it.

Love that you’re making videos again. I hope you are planning on sticking around! I’ve been watching you since the beginning back on Midwest.

Awesome ! I caught myself nodding my head to a lot of your points before you were finished! Thanks for sharing your experience, looking forward to more episodes!!!!

So Glad your making videos again Bill! Looking forward to fall even more now! We have incorporated much of the information from your channel straight into our properties. Chasing November! 👊🏻

Some fantastic get in close tips to remember. Thanks for sharing. I may have to try and do that myself. We get some windy days here.

Thanks so much for answering my question on why you chose your specific tree-stand locations. Love your content and the way you present it. Too many people are overlooking/skipping over the basics that are useful for all hunters not just beginners. Appreciate the finer points that go into how a buck was harvested. Details details details.

Going in at gray light has been a game changer for us the last few years for all the reasons you pointed out. Since doing that we jump way less deer going in and see way more in that 9-12 time frame when they get up to mill about the bedding areas or bucks cruising during the rut. We have never killed a deer before 9am in public hill country SE MN. Going in a little later also makes it easier to sit longer if weather conditions are less then ideal when you can actually kill a deer because its light instead of waiting in the dark for an hour plus when thats not an option if Mr. Big were to walk by.Great insight!

Such great information your sharing with us Bill!!! Thanks a lot for all the tips and tricks you always share with us. Sure makes me rethink things I’ve been doing my whole life. Lol

Thanks bill that's really good Intel as you were there all night. I have learned now hunting hills is not like my farm near Bloomfield or more flat ag land in Illinois. My farms have hills like the one you have and we have found you can't beat them to the top. But I did see does and bucks in those areas acting like I was very little threat even when they saw me. I saw or I should saw jumped does that were laying guarding a scrape that would run 10 yards and almost refused to leave the scrape Very odd but it was a big remote area of private in Ohio.

Thanks Bill. You showed some interesting footage there.

Great advice and very so much right.. great vid

Great information Bill, can't wait for the next episode!

Great content Bill, looking forward to more videos.

Great intel, ive slowly over the years evolved into a gray light entry...just notice for what ever the reason i saw more deer...and impact on patterns seemed less....the part about not beating them to bed i think fits my experience...now i basically still hunt my way in...i try to get as close to my stand as i can without any risk in the dark and hold until i have just enough light to see...then hunt my way in...quickly but i stop bout every 4 or 5 steps to scan for any movement, reactions etc. Its been good to me...i base this on how many times i see deer stand up from a bed they were in when i climbed in tree...i always kinda assumed they are groggy/half asleep...thanks for the first hand intel...sleeping with them produced some really golden intel that has cemented a couple of things for my style. Thanks for sharing brother

Great insights Bill, thanks for sharing. Always something to learn .

Very informative and interesting video, thanks!

Great ridge line tips!

Another great episode and summary of lessons learned Bill!

Great content Bill, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos!!!

Another great episode. Come in Ohio Logan county area. We got some big ones. I’m sure you’re aware. Good luck this season

I would like to see a video series on that wind strategy.

Great video. Great info. I love watching deer and how they act. I don’t have to kill them I truly enjoy watching. Nothing like harvesting but that’s really not the only thing. Luke 9:62

Your observation of the deer being below the top of the ridge supports what I've always found hunting mountains and extremely high hills. The elk, mule deer, and whitetails tend to travel and bed 3/4 of the way up the side of a mountain or hill. It's a rule of thumb I've seen countless times

Great video and strategy!!

Very very helpful ...thank you awesome video

Appreciate the content here...I hunt a lot of natural elevations on the ground and have seen these very things too. Looking forward to these discussions!

Awesome content. Thank you!

Very informative Bill.

Nice Bill, always love your content!

Thermals have a major impact on where I can hunt in hilly or mountain terrain. Do you factor thermals into your stand selection here…especially evening thermals which typically flow down hill from wherever you are.

Awesome man!

First view.. took me 32 seconds. lol Glad to see you more active on youtube Bill.

Great info. Thanks for sharing!

Like your stuff real informative, new sub

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Deer are easy to sneak by if you know where they are looking. I’ve snuck out of stands numerous times midday, but you can’t sneak back in because they get up and move around multiple times through the day shifting ever so slightly and you won’t know where they are facing.

great video and advice

Good info

Great discussion. Don’t pull back too much on the land management side

There are MANY instances where you can beat deer into the bedding area. No matter where your stand is there is a chance of bumping deer. Even mid day in wide open ag country I have been surprised by deer and sometimes the shooter buck I'm after in the strangest most inopportune place.

I find it hard to sneak with the leaves crunching. Maybe I don’t go slow enough

Thanks for the info sir

Hey Bill its JP again from Cali. Its very pressured were I'm at so I've been trying to get further and further away from signs of other hunters, while looking for active sign. Scouting some Public Land close to some down fencing to private land, the Deer seem to be using the broken fence for a highway. (Tree smashed it little down 2ft area, this fence will probably not be repaired any time soon due to location, never the less it is private land) What's your thoughts on setting up on somethin like this. Thanks again for your time. Enjoying the new series with you and Jordan aswell.

Bill. I spoke with you in the early days of MWW. Almost went to work for you. I know you were in Dunlap many years ago for HCA. So you know the South. I wish SOMEONE onKZfaq would PLEASE clear up how DIFFERENT hunting and deer in general can be, and usually is, form North to South. Bedding AREAS? yeah right. MANY Southern hunters have no idea what you are even talking about. EVERYTHING is a bedding area around here!!!

Honest question Do you believe deer would act the same way on public ground? Does the pressure of public ground change the bedding area habits and sense of security?

Awesome video Bill. On your stand location diagram you had your stand below the deer trail. Does that work when the sun comes up on a morning heat and your thermals pull up the hill?

"Beast style" hunting, made popular by Dan Infalt. Hunting buck beds.

Great insight! What sort of timber management made that great bedding area?

Legend

useful vid. thanks

If there is storms coming when do you Typically get out in the woods before or after the storm

Gotta be somewhere in the Midwest.

I’ve tried to convince my best friend that going in at first light was better than 30 minutes before light. He thinks I’m crazy but I feel like I spook less deer.

I have a question , do you try to set your stands in one direction ever time ( for example your stands facing north ) so the shadows of the sun hide you in the trees

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Hey Bill just letting you know your channel has said iv won something (2 times so far ) and to reply by text message figure someone messing around thought you might like to know

I think a your account was hacked bill. I got a message from your youtube channel telling me to text a cell number for a special gift. It happened last week on Dan Infalts hunting beast channel also. Alot of scams going around, just wanted to let you know.

So happy to see and hear you Bill. I love your content and hearing makes me get pumped for the fall! God bless