I saw a kid at the processor hauling in a little antlerless deer. I said "hey good job" on the way by. The kid smiled and said "Thanks! It's my first deer!" Pure joy on that kid's face

I got my first deer in my 30s, it was an 80 pound yearling and I still felt the excitement and happiness of finally getting one after multiple fails!!!

My 3 year old just asked me who I was watching. I said uncle Ted. My wife speaks up saying. He's not your uncle. I say yes he is. He is my uncle, your uncle , everybody's uncle.

God has blessed my wall with one mature buck. He has also blessed my freezer with dozens of young ones over the years. You take what you are given.

Real deer hunters shoot what gets them fired up for there passion that right! Awesome video thanks

My first deer was a spike, I was on top of the world when put my tag on it. Aaaahh, the memories! Twenty five years ago. 🦌🤗

2 weeks ago I shot my first deer at 29 years old. He was a 6 point and weighed 99lbs and I was tickled to death over it and my stomach is too. Got him back from being processed last week and he’s been good for me and my family.

Amen Mr. Nugent! I deer hunt from the ground at the base of a tree using a tree seat. No ground blind. Just covering my smell and sitting VERY still. I often have the deer look right at me, decide I am a tree and go about their business. At that point any legal deer I take is a “trophy”, because I earned it! If anyone understands how difficult that is, they’ll understand my elation at any deer I take. And I am mainly hunting for the venison. Nice antlers are just a bonus.

My great nephews deer hunted last year as I came back from my blind in the evening the youngest yelled "I GOT A SPIKE BUCK, I GOT A SPIKE BUCK" His enthusiasm was overwhelming.

It's all about the hunt! Harvesting any deer is a blessing to me. I thank God for such an awesome gift.

I'm a meat hunter, first and foremost. We hunt to feed our family. A nice rack is merely a bonus.

Ted's views are different, but on this one he is spot on. Focus on your own hunt, you'll find it more enjoyable in your surroundings.

Great video. Love it! I hunted for many years before I finally shot my first buck (and first deer) - a 6 pointer. I would have been happy with a doe or a spike. I have shot two more bucks since then. One fallow buck with a spike for his left antler and a palm for his right. One eight point. All the rest were does. All were trophies as far as I was concerned.

Who ever thought Uncle Ted would be a voice of reason 20 years ago. Lol this guy is the best and I love his honesty and intelligence. Too bad we don't have a few more like him

I was raised up to believe that no matter how big the deer is if you worked for it and earned it, it's a trophy.

Ted, I think this was the best hunting video I have ever watched! This same thing applies to every aspect of life! This is why we live in America.

Uncle Ted, you took the words right out of my mouth.

What can I say, God bless Brother Ted !!!!! 🇺🇸

A trophy is in the eyes of the beholder. In past years I have been very happy with spike buck (or a doe for that matter). When it is in the frying pan, you can't tell the difference.

Thank you ted, don't ever take someone's joy away. Be happy with them.

Ted Nugent is awesome. At Kerr Outdoors we have supplied the main source of protein for our family for the last 5 years through hunting. Doing this has given us a variety of experience and life lessons. We have harvested some animals that are larger to us and many that were spikes and does. All of them were harvested legally and we strive to do so ethically. All of the animals we harvest are used to feed our family. Some people have given us flack on our channel because some of the animals we have taken were not monster trophies. Harvesting a giant trophy buck has never been the primary purpose, but I wouldn’t turn it down if I got the chance either. I like what Mr. Nugent says about not judging or imposing false standards or demeaning other hunters who are honestly out there doing there best. I wish more people would listen to the concepts of freedom and independence and respect that Ted is trying to get across.

Agree I’m 56 and my how things have changed! We used to get excited for one another back in the day before we “ scored “ bucks ! We were just happy we tagged out .

I am primarily a meat hunter, although I won't turn down a trophy if it wanders my way.

God bless you Ted!! Couldn't have said it better myself!!! Been hunting since I was..well..I'm..57..gonna say..6..7.. my dad and mom instilled in me that it's not the size..it's the hunt it self..and ..that.. if you learn from the hunt...you are a better person for it..

So true Ted!!! The celebration of learning to hunt and to provide food for the family is the main goal!! If in the process there comes one of these monster bucks...a added bonus!!! My grandfather told me something a long time ago when I first started hunting...the day that they come up with a recipe to cook antlers is the day I will care about big antlers...I provide food for all of us....wise words from grandpa!!

Thank you Uncle Ted!! I sometimes travel 3000 miles to hunt areas I don’t get to scout and when the opportunity comes to harvest a buck of any legal size then I do. It’s not all about the size of the antlers, don’t get me wrong I would love to take a large mature buck but putting meat in the freezer is the ultimate benefit.

I love Ted! The man loves the outdoors and hunting and speaks from the heart.

God bless you for saying that ,and thank you for caring about me 30 years ago when I was in widlers children's hospital I bought my first bow after I got better really thank you so much

Couldn’t have said it better myself. God Bless You Ted Nugent for standing up & saying that. You are 100% correct. I’ve always said, “You can’t eat those antlers”. Not everyone can afford to hunt as often as some or farm their deer as many of these celebrity hunters do. Not everyone can give up their daily lives to invest in hunting for a living nor does everyone want to make hunting a living.

Well said Uncle Ted

Great video. If you’re excited pull the trigger. That’s hunting. If you’re not excited and pull the trigger, It’s killing. Great video. Always have and always will be a TN fan.

Ted is so right I'm glad to finally see someone who is a media star speaking out like this

Well said uncle ted. We needed to hear that.

This is why so many people love Uncle Ted!

I 100% agree with u sir.....my daughter goes out and lays the smack down on a 4 pt this yr in the youth hunt....she is 13 yrs old and went out with her older brother....my son was filming but in their excitement his focus after the shot was on the ground as they were undoubtedly 2 of the he happiest people on the planet at that moment and u can listen to the exchange between them and feel nothing but purest of excitement in their banter...my wife posted it on dnr Instagram page...the Michigan don't contacted us to get permission to use he photo...this brings my daughter to an all new high of excitement that they chose o use her photo...the high of taking your first buck and all was a moment she won't soon forget....so upon the photos posting our sportmen , grown men within the great state of Michigan begin to tear down my 13 yr old daughter as to the fact he she is the reason Michigan is not in the eyes of trophy hunters....the bashed her and bashed her and I watched her come down from her room upset at the entire thing and ask me what do they mean? Why are they saying I'm ruining hunting for everybody...her excitement ended because of selfish a holes that are so into theirself and their own opinions that even tearing down a young girl, our next generation to hunting wasn't off limits to them...you people want to shoot nothing but monsters go to a damn ranch....don't force your thought and opinions on me or my family and I hope you self righteous idiots are proud of hurting a young girl while u hide behind your keyboards

Harvested my first ever deer today a button buck , I'm on my 4th season and am SO HAPPY .

Love ya Ted! I agree , enjoy the hunt and do what is good 4 you!

Thank you, Thank you and Thank you!

Well said. Too many people get there hunting education from watching videos of people hunting managed ranches. Don’t understand taking what the land gives you. Turn off the tv and get out in the woods

I've taken spikes and mature bucks. Buddies have bagged does. Not really hunting for horns, but we'll take it if it walks by. BTW, the Fender amps in the background of the trophy room gave me a chuckle.

YES!!! Thank you! I’ve been saying this for years and years.

This is one of the reasons why I quit hunting, I'm tired of people telling me I've got to take this many does, I can't shoot a buck below a 8 point or some other nonsense of deer hunting rules. You people took the enjoyment out of hunting! Thanks for perfectly explaining it Ted, there was a joy to every deer I shot. So all you deer management badass hunters, think twice about ruining somebody else's hunt when you talk. Oh yeah, another reason I quit was the cost of buying a hunting license.

Amen uncle Ted, a year and a half old buck may just be the most perfect combination of volume and quality of taste on earth...

So very well said Thank you Uncle Ted !

Can't eat the antlers. Or the mounted head. .thanks Ted. Whatever game is taken legally and ethically is fair game , regardless of personal opinion.

Not the biggest Ted fan. But you are spot on with this. If it's a trophy to you, let it fly! I got my first deer with a bow yesterday. And it's my smallest deer yet, and I am even happier than I was with my first from a gun.

When it comes to other peoples choices. Shut up. Well said brother.

I took a smaller buck one year, because it was thirty minutes past daylight first day of season. Dropped it and decided season is done for buck. Now I can just get a doe or two and not be frustrated when I can’t make it into the woods

"How'd those antlers taste?" Im a meat hunter, i wont pass up any legal opportunity to add to the freezer.

Amen. God Bless Uncle Ted!

Every thing he said spot on !!!!

I'm Canadian and I love this guy.... how can you not?!?!?

I’d been hunting for a couple years and had never had a deer even show up. So at that point I was determined to shoot a deer, doe or buck. And a doe came along. I shot it, we tracked it, and it was actually a spike. Man was I happy that day

Finally, I agree with Uncle Ted 100% on something 👍👍 Bravo, Ted. Well said!

Great points

Well said and right on the money!

I’m 36 years old. Been hunting for 20 years. I harvested a fat little spike this morning. I know there’s a big 12 and an 8 point in the same area on my trail camera. I could’ve waited for the slim chance that they would walk through on one of my few days that I get to hunt. But, a deer in the freezer is worth more than a 12point on the hoof!!

Well said uncle Ted

I have taken yearlings. I have shot nice mature bucks! Big bucks look great small deer taste great! Awesome Uncle Ted! His opinion matters to me.

Thank you uncle ted 🙌

Well said, hunting isnt easy no matter what the weapon of choice. We all spend countless hours a year prepping and preparing our gear for the moment an animal gives us a shot opportunity to make the best shot we can. Getting a deer in bow range is something alot of people will never experience.

Very simply put...AMEN ! SPEAK THE TRUTH..!

man couldn't explained it better awesome video 👍🏽

Well put!!

Ted, you are so right about this!!!

Amen! Couldn't have said it better myself.

I only watch Uncle Ted, Tim Wells and a few others . These guys get it . Thanks Ted

Completely agree 110 percent!!! I love you and your way of thinking and way of life you are a living legend in hunting and music you have the animals and you're audience in a STRANGLEHOLD!!! PS lets go hunting as Fred Bare told you. Iove that song im a bowh hunter i started when i was 10 with small game rabbits ect with a 4.10 but i wanted to be more natural and decided on my own to shoot bow. My dad hunted some but just small game and we enjoyed that but no comparison for me i will do either but no comparison. So my uncle taught me and took me i practiced every day for 6 or seven months and it turned October and honestly i went every day after school and sat i hit the woods morning and afternoons. October 30 o shot my first deer at 16 with a women's target bow my folks bought at a garage sale!👊all true i swear i used a Allen broadhead from Walmart! Looking back its something i won't forget that practice and patience and preparation the 3 p s are a big part of your success not the latest gadget. Most of all love for the hunt! That will keep you in the woods not on your phone 😉

Right on and well said.......

Right on Uncle Ted!!

Real good vid

Awsome I agree .guys . with hunters choices ... have fun ..we all love horns .. but the original beginning of hunting was survival ..(food) love you ted ..and

Spot on Ted!

Our friends In the dec do a good job. If it we're to be detrimental to take too small of a deer they put limitations on it. Here, during the special shotgun season, at least 1 side has to have 3 points, for example. The deer around here tend to only be 2-3 years old anyway.

Man do I love Ted!

100% agree. Good job Ted!!

i can't eat them racks big or small but i can sure eat that meat. license and tag isn't cheap so i going home with some meat

Nova Scotia's rifle season starts tomorrow, getting out is more important to me now. Good sized doe or maybe 4 point good for me,I happy. God bless all from Nova Scotia. Family, friends, time together that's big to me, like my father in law used to say,This is Family.

Well said !

Well said Uncle Ted!

Amen. Freedom is slipping away from us !!!! Thanks for speaking up, thank u for telling it like it is, thank u for standing up for gun rights , hunting rights and for rockin me since I bought free for all when I was 9 years old . I’ve still got it!! I’m 51 now. Your r the last of a diein breed .GOD bless keep hunting and rockin .

Spot on

Agreed. I think everyone would love to harvest a Monster Buck. But, if you're a legal Hunter and it's a legal harvest it's a wonderful thing.

I agree Ted. I had a situation this season where we were in a unit open to 3 point or better or antlerless.for elk. Got into them at the end of the day andy buddy has never harvested an elk. But all that stepped out was two spikes and a cow and calf. He wanted to shoot the cow so bad but I could not let him as there was a nursing calf with her. I'm curious as to what u might have done in this situation. I was just thinkyabout conservation of the herd here. We have few elk in the area idk I fell bad cause he still has not filled his tag. But we still got late season.

Amen!

Love you Uncle Ted

Agreed 100% however we have an antler restriction here in Missouri! 😡

I see both sides of it and think everyone should choose what they want to shoot. With that said it can be tough to get deer into higher age classes if the neighbors dont agree with quality deer management. The biggest challenge is lack of land ownership. If you own less then 100 acres you have a hard time making much of any effect on age class by your decision. Most areas are privately owned here and are small parcels with everyone having different ideas. If there was to be change it has to be state mandated and that is already happened in my home state and half of the state I currently live in. I wish we all had Ted's money but it doesnt work that way .

Amen brother

Well spoken from a true huntsman, I personally wouldn't have it.. but that's my choice and preference because I think of the long term. However, if a hunter gets that fast heartbeat, sweaty palms which we all know as buck fever and they shoot it. I'll be right there to congratulate them, who am I to tell another hunter what they should or shouldn't shoot. I didn't pay for their license, the bow/gun or the ammo/arrow or for their gear. Congrates to all hunters for your harvest and good hunting brother and sisters.

For me hunting is about putting food in the first and upmost... I learned years ago with elk during archery season to not pass up an opportunity because you may not get another one.

Well said.

Absolutely!

Cheers on that !

One year at the farm we hunt at my cousin amd I cleaned out that place with probaly 20 or so deer spikes , 3 points and does and ever since then we have seen alot more big bucks. To this day we still only shoot does and wall hangers we hardly ever see and scrubs it's all big or will be big next year.

I shot at a 4 point whitetail today. I missed, but before I knew that I was fired up about even shooting at it. I might not get a shot at it again this year, but that’s ok, it will be a 6 or 8 next year. Maybe him and I will meet again.

Right on Ted! But Ted, if you get the chance to say something to us all on you tube and there is a Amp only feet behind you, end the story with a couple of ' Nugent Riffs' 👍🎶

Right on Ted

I couldn't possibly agree more. And now we also hear people say, "Yeah, I got one but it was 'just' a 6 point, or it was 'just' a doe.". JUST?? Congrats man that's awesome!!

Well said