A hunting thought

[jaker_cc]

If you could describe your ideal hunting setup and location anywhere in North America to kill the best whitetail of your life, how and where would you like for it to happen? I’ve been watching YouTube videos of Canada, the Midwest, south texas and Mexico. I just don’t have the desire to hunt the bitter cold in Canada for those true northern giants.

I think mine would be 20’ up an oak tree overlooking an oat patch during the second cold front of the year hopefully around November 10th. Something about being in a tree again sure gets me excited for cold weather.

[Big Lee]

If you ever get a chance to hunt Southern Arizona. It'll chance your life! Couses White Tail and Mule Deer.

That is mine.

[sasqy]

Warm box blind, middle of rut, ice chest full of beer, wheat field full of doe, right before dark on a new moon in Oklahoma.

[S-3 Ranch]

I picture buffel grass and mesquite & oak motts in Jim Hogg county as a blue Northern on the horizon

[Burnadell]

100 ac high fence, one feeder on whole place, in Webb County, enclosed blind with hot coffee and bottle of whiskey and cell service.

[gemini2759]

Sitting on the ground up against a big oak tree in Big Mineral.

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[JakeM]

I either want up in a tree with snow and a awesome blood trail. (never tracked blood in the snow) or in East texas tucked in a tick forest, and the buck runs in from the road hunters for refuge and little does he know im there.

[Gumbo Man]

Originally Posted by JakeM

I either want up in a tree with snow and a awesome blood trail. (never tracked blood in the snow) or in East texas tucked in a tick forest, and the buck runs in from the road hunters for refuge and little does he know im there.

Jake don’t go in the tick forest without plenty of bug spray.

[Phorizt]

Can't stand sitting in a blind so something like spot and stalk in the praries of Alberta.

[asu-indian]

I kinda liked hunting out of a truck on the Faith ranch. Didn’t get to kill a trophy but my son and I got to kill some 140+ “culls”. Actually we were doing them a favor taking them out of the herd. Biologist at the time is a friend of mine.

[Low Fence]

Public land River bottom. In slew and buck brush so thick you couldn’t shoot 20 yards, middle of rut

[HogHunter34]

Originally Posted by JakeM

I either want up in a tree with snow and a awesome blood trail. (never tracked blood in the snow) or in East texas tucked in a tick forest, and the buck runs in from the road hunters for refuge and little does he know im there.

Your welcome for that buck I funneled into you

Years ago I got to hunt a place near Kirksville MO
It was 1200 acres along river frontage off the beaten path. Saw some quality bucks sitting in a tree
I’d do it again if had the chance

[trophy8]

I’m thinking eastern Colorado or Kansas or somewhere in Canada. Riverbottoms and corn fields. Wide open country. Lots of glassing.

[Arrowsmith]

About 200 yards behind my house in SE Iowa.

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[Briar Friar]

A warm drizzly and foggy Texas November morning in a creek bottom along a trail tucked behind a bur oak in an elevated position on top of a ladder on a cut bank with a GrandDaddy Longlegs on my head.


A fat Texas spike walks out at 15 yards during a cool spike season and I havent killed with my longbow all season.

Id love to stalk Alberta deer.

[Lights Out]

Originally Posted by Burnadell

100 ac high fence, one feeder on whole place, in Webb County, enclosed blind with hot coffee and bottle of whiskey and cell service.

Yep I’m in on this one.

[Briar Friar]

Originally Posted by Arrowsmith

About 200 yards behind my house in SE

Is the top dude on the shooter list or has he been harvested?
I hope to see the LDPs.

[GARY]

22 foot up in tree in pike county Illinois. Huge tree on creek coming in strip brush less than 100 yards wide that acts as natural funnel between two large farmer fields.

Best place I have ever encountered for all day sits and where i took my 160 class 8 point.


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[Arrowsmith]

Originally Posted by HogHunter34

Your welcome for that buck I funneled into you



Years ago I got to hunt a place near Kirksville MO

It was 1200 acres along river frontage off the beaten path. Saw some quality bucks sitting in a tree

I’d do it again if had the chance

Kirksville is 25 miles south of our home. We shop there a lot.

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[Arrowsmith]

Originally Posted by Briar Friar

Is the top dude on the shooter list or has he been harvested?

I hope to see the LDPs.

He slipped by me at 22 yards two years ago. That's okay though. I will never forget seeing him up close.

I had a couple of in pictures of him last year, but never saw him in person. I haven't seen him this year.

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[kkp005]

Trinity river bottom in the middle of the rut

[Mike D]

I didn’t see near as much game as in Texas but when I did they were usually a brute. I miss hunting the big timber in the Mississippi and Louisiana bottoms along the Mississippi River.


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[Boogieman]

I would be sitting 15’ up in the fork of a nasty cottonwood, recurve in hand, guarding a major creek crossing in Iowa. Would be the first day or two of November accompanied with the first hard frost of the year. That’s the dream……

[LivinADream]

Nov 18, 2020 at about 5:15pm in Kansas, I shot a gross 190" with my bow. Came in following a doe, squared off with a 140's 8pt in the field, then gave me a shot at 14 yards. Watched him cross the field about 300 yards coming to me. That's a day of hunting I'll likely never top, and I'm good with that.

BUT!!! If I could pick and choose it my way. It would be on property I bought, in East TX, with average for the area bucks, that I brought to their top potential thru habitat management, tree plantings, burning, discing, food plots etc. (The fun part of hunting ). The scenario would be similar to above mentioned hunt. Come in chasing a doe, rutted up, wanting to whip everything with a satchel hanging below it.

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[jason86]

El gato Mexico place in late December ��

[Encinal]

Man I dunno... Midwest would be cool... dont really want to sit in a tree though.

[IvoryRoot]

Maverick, Zavala, or Dimmit county. Cold and rainy morning hunt would be mine.

[okrattler]

Same State I'm in. I've seen deer of a lifetime on camera and in person. Know where they are still or where they were killed. Open range 170+",180" and 3, 200"+ both whitetail and mulie.

But I don't deer hunt. If I do I ain't the one shootin. But if I were to I'd hunt Oklahoma.

As for set up. From the ground. I ain't a squirrel or a raccoon. I ain't gettin up in no tree.

[SeaSpray]

Mine would be driving around with my dad in La Salle county on a cold mid December day. I hope we would be crushing Miller lite, smoking cigs and listening to Marty Robbins. Looking into a pear flat and see the biggest red horned mf’er you have ever seen standing with a doe. Ground check him in a split decision. Then crush one more Miller right after to celebrate.

[tps7742]

Sitting on an old railroad tram with a couple of walker hounds hammering away pushing a big in closer by the minute.
What can I say I grew up in east tx. Lol But I will be the first to admit the best thing they ever did for the deer population was close it to running dogs.

[SwampBuck]

Up in a river bottom tree stand, early midcoast Texas rut right after the very first cool front blew in just cool enough to make me need a light long sleeve shirt.

That’s my “actually experienced it, could easily happen again” one for me.

Ideal Texas one for me would be Deep South Texas brush, packing a 30/06 some rattling antlers, shooting sticks and catching some December rut action.

Always wanted to be Midwest somewhere, on a big green field full of doe in a tower blind with a big ivory antlered Midwest whitetail coming out into the field. Bristled up and strutting heavy.

Last but not least. Saskatchewan or Alberta Canada, cold as all get out, hunkered down hunting a big chocolate horned 200-300 lb brute of a whitetail.

[Huntingfool]

In a blind in Maverick County

[JakeM]

Originally Posted by Gumbo Man

Jake don’t go in the tick forest without plenty of bug spray.

Aint that the truth, 4 thermacells and 2 dozen mosquito bites later ill be driving to the taxidermy. (might be low balling the bites)

[Tree Phantom]

Right time-right place-right Woman

[Big pig]

Hard to follow that ^

South Texas ranch big enough to have deer you’ve never seen
Dark drizzly day and cold enough to let them keep moving.

Prefer a tripod on a rise to hear all the action and elevated enough to see over the low brush. Watching hot scraps in a secluded opening below.

Killed my first “trophy” buck that way. 40 yrs ago

[krtnorris]

Hunting during Halloween weekend in a white oat patch in southeastern Ohio.

[Gumbo Man]

Originally Posted by jason86

El gato Mexico place in late December ��

Winner!!

[KGreene]

Being physically able to chase chukkar up and down desert mountains of Nevada again. You shoot and they go down and then they fly back up after you have hiked back down.

[jaker_cc]

Originally Posted by LivinADream

Nov 18, 2020 at about 5:15pm in Kansas, I shot a gross 190" with my bow. Came in following a doe, squared off with a 140's 8pt in the field, then gave me a shot at 14 yards. Watched him cross the field about 300 yards coming to me. That's a day of hunting I'll likely never top, and I'm good with that.

BUT!!! If I could pick and choose it my way. It would be on property I bought, in East TX, with average for the area bucks, that I brought to their top potential thru habitat management, tree plantings, burning, discing, food plots etc. (The fun part of hunting ). The scenario would be similar to above mentioned hunt. Come in chasing a doe, rutted up, wanting to whip everything with a satchel hanging below it.

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I remember that hunt, the bases on that deer were incredible.

[jshouse]

Originally Posted by HogHunter34

Your welcome for that buck I funneled into you

Years ago I got to hunt a place near Kirksville MO
It was 1200 acres along river frontage off the beaten path. Saw some quality bucks sitting in a tree
I’d do it again if had the chance

i hunted around memphis and arbela for a few years, postcard type hunting land for sure.

for me, right now, its going to be a ladder stand tucked back into a big oak tree looking at a creek bottom in NE texas. got an old boy that i feel like is gonna slip up this year

[jaker_cc]

Originally Posted by Big Lee

If you ever get a chance to hunt Southern Arizona. It'll chance your life! Couses White Tail and Mule Deer.

That is mine.

I’ve hunted the desert a few times, that country is tough to hunt but hold some giant mule deer. The problem is it all looks the same once you get onto it.

[Bdub25]

South Texas, the last week of December, 5 MPH north wind, 40 degrees and slightly overcast. Sitting in a comfy blind overlooking a large pear flat.

[RedDogOutdoors]

I've always dreamed of chasing Early season velvet Montana Whitetails, sweating sitting in a tree on a trail all day. Velvet is so cool to me, and the chance to stick a monster whitetail in that terrain in velvet! Man, it's got a hold on me.

[kurt68]

Under a tree in Hagerman during Segment B.

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[RifleBowPistol]

I have seen big bucks in a few areas, most were in south Texas, but much of south Texas ain't what it was when we were hunting it. I have seen some nice very nice bucks in Val Verde county, then multiple outside of New Braunfels, that were quite impressive. But there is an area, up in the pan handle, has both whitetails and mulies that are huge. I would probably go for that area as my dream spot to hunt, and hope for a monster muley and a whitetail. I don't get very excited over whitetails anymore, don't mind shooting a large whitetail buck, my world does not revolve around trying to get a shot at a large whitetail.

[TildenHunter]

A morning hunt around 40 degrees on El Gato's Mexico Ranch around New Years would be hard to beat!

[Gumbo Man]

Originally Posted by TildenHunter

A morning hunt around 40 degrees on El Gato's Mexico Ranch around New Years would be hard to beat!

I’ll split the gas with you and I like to do all the driving, all of the cooking and I don’t snore.

[Bear82]

5 acre high fence with 300" deer. Not too many trees so I don't hit a branch.

As long as you are hunting with friends and family it doesn't matter what the setup is. Just don't want any neighbors for miles.

[DallasCoon12]

Late December foggy morning in Mexico with one of my 3 boys doing the shooting

[lmartin5]

Originally Posted by LivinADream

Nov 18, 2020 at about 5:15pm in Kansas, I shot a gross 190" with my bow. Came in following a doe, squared off with a 140's 8pt in the field, then gave me a shot at 14 yards. Watched him cross the field about 300 yards coming to me. That's a day of hunting I'll likely never top, and I'm good with that.

BUT!!! If I could pick and choose it my way. It would be on property I bought, in East TX, with average for the area bucks, that I brought to their top potential thru habitat management, tree plantings, burning, discing, food plots etc. (The fun part of hunting ). The scenario would be similar to above mentioned hunt. Come in chasing a doe, rutted up, wanting to whip everything with a satchel hanging below it.

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Would love to see pics above!

Sounds like a great hunt!