The Hunting Public

Ted Miller is at it again! On this hunt, he sneaks into a transition area between a distant food source and bedding. These bucks are traveling through an open gate on their way to the alfalfa food source. Ted sets up his ambush point in front of a big cedar tree and waits for the action to begin.

Aaron and Greg head back to the new buck nest for a bitterly cold New Year's Day hunt. With perfect weather conditions the stage is set for an action-packed hunt. Within minutes of being set up a group of does and fawns enter the the bottom followed by a wide 8 pointer that sends Aaron and Greg scrambling to get a shot!

Aaron and Zach head back to a familiar location for the evening hunt. Temperatures are bitter cold in the low single digits and bucks are moving well. Two shooter bucks show themselves at the edge of gun range and Aaron is sent scrambling to get a shot. Watch the video journal to see how the hunt played out!

Brody Vorderstrasse and Zach Ferenbaugh head back to the public land marsh where they've encountered several shooter bucks in the last two days. After an action-packed day of encounters, a sudden down pour, and windy weather a good eight pointer emerges from the marsh and runs to within 15 yards of their set up, giving Brody a super-close shot with the muzzleloader!

With one gun season tag filled, Zach Ferenbaugh and Brody Vorderstrasse head to a piece of public land they observed the day before in hopes of filling another one. On the way in, the guys encounter several bucks feeding in the river bottom and slowly move into position to try and get a shot.

It's first gun season in Iowa and Jake Huebschman and Zach Ferenbaugh head to a public land spot where they had encounters with mature bucks throughout the season. Less than an hour into their hunt, they see a big-bodied buck standing just 80 yards away. With no time to waste, Jake makes a perfect shot with his muzzleloader and watches the buck fall. It's a day packed with gun season excitement!

Our friends from Kansas share another successful hunt over a decoy. This time Matt Tatum takes his wife, Sheila, on a quest for his first deer with a bow. Matt uses a decoy in a CRP field next to a thick draw where deer bed. As does begin to filter out of the thick cover a mature buck follows. As soon as the buck spots the decoy he marches to within 20 yards, giving Sheila a perfect shot!

After a slow morning hunt, Greg Clements map scouts a new area on public land and finds where several terrain features meet in one concentrated spot. Just before 2:00pm Greg finishes hanging a stand in a tree that promises to be a great location to catch bucks cruising between doe bedding areas.

Ted Miller has an incredible hunt on November 15th that he won't soon forget. He witnesses two bucks fight for several minutes before leaving and is able to capture it all on film. As the evening progresses, he encounters several more bucks and is able to grunt in a beautiful 10 pointer to 8 yards for a shot!

Aaron and Brody are hunting the open gate stand location. The guys have had success here in the past. This season there is a giant buck living in the area. With an increase in hunting pressure, the buck has been pushed back to this small ditch in the back of the property. Aaron has high hopes of seeing the deer and around 11 o'cock he appears in the draw below, headed straight for his stand.

Zach Ferenbaugh and Jake Huebschman have to change their plans early in the day as they run into another hunter on public land. After doing some scouting and trying to avoid pressure, the guys head to a cattail marsh with hopes to catch a cruising buck inside a doe bedding area. They are setup on the ground wearing ghillie suits and have a close encounter with a mature buck!

Brett Frieden and Luke Nissen hunt a pinch point close to a bedding area. Deer activity is almost non-stop throughout the morning as the bucks are cruising in search of does. After passing on a couple of solid bucks, Brett has the deer he's after heading towards the stand. As the buck works a scrape Brett get's his shot, but not with the result he expects!

Josh Tatum hunts one of his best stands, the same tree where he shot a big 10 pointer in 2016. Hoping for a repeat performance, Josh uses a decoy to pull a buck into bow range and give himself the edge to pull off a self-filmed hunt. As a mature buck appears in the distance, Josh hits the rattling antlers together and brings the tall 10-pointer in from 300 yards away and makes a perfect shot!

Scott Prucha hunts his best stand on a small, 50 acre property. A new buck showed up on trail camera recently so Scott hunts close to a bedding area in hopes the big 8 pointer will cruise through checking for does. Shortly after sunrise Scott and his cameraman, Brody, are caught off guard by a huge bodied buck heading directly towards the stand!

Aaron Warbritton and Erik Barber are diving into the center of the Marsh Unit in hopes of hunting bucks attempting to escape hunting pressure. As they are hanging stands, a giant buck is spotted headed straight for the stand. Watch the video journal to see what happened next!

Our friends from Kansas have experienced an action-packed rut and filled several tags so far. TJ Prater and Derik Jones started it off from a stand that has produced opportunities at mature bucks 3 years in a row. After a slow start to the morning, the woods erupt as two bucks chase a doe directly under the tree!

Aaron and Jake are hunting the Marsh Unit and set up over a rut travel corridor along several bedding areas. A nice buck is spotted as they're hanging the stands and they quickly realize this could be a killer spot.

Zach Ferenbaugh and Greg Clements gear up in the ghillie suits and take a decoy into a public land marsh for a ground hunt. After maneuvering around the deer, Zach and Greg tuck into a willow tree and set up the decoy. It doesn't take long for bucks to come out of the bedding area and make their way within 10 yards, making for an exciting eye-level hunt!

Aaron and Greg are hunting public land in Iowa. They decide to try an old faithful tree stand location between two known bedding areas. The action starts slow but a nice buck appears during mid morning headed straight for the tree.

Luke Nissen heads back to the cedar thicket to hunt for his top target buck. After an action-packed morning hunt, Luke adjusts his stand location for the afternoon hunt. As the wind dies down, Luke blind grunts hoping to pull a buck out of the cedar thicket. Ten minutes later he's completely caught off-guard as the buck appears out of nowhere and is heading directly towards the stand!

Aaron and Jake are in Missouri hunting Halloween morning on public land. They sneak in and hang a stand in the dark near a bedding area loaded with buck sign. Around 8 a.m. Aaron gets the chance he's been waiting for at a big Missouri buck. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned and a hard lesson is learned.

Luke Nissen heads in to hunt a small property that he has permission to hunt. After a slow morning hunt he checks a few trail cameras and discovers he has a huge buck showing up during daylight on a regular basis, working a scrape line. He heads back to the same bedding area to hunt in the afternoon and see's several bucks out searching for does.

Colton Cason takes advantage of the windy conditions to slip into one of his best stands where he hopes to get a shot at "The Outlaw". As soon as Colton settles in the tree the action begins and doesn't let up!

Aaron and Brody are headed back to the Marsh unit where they spotted the giant buck earlier this week. This time they end up taking a different approach and wind up right in the middle of a buck bedding area. They make a setup on the ground using the high winds to cover their noise and at last light, a shooter buck appears. Watch the video to see what happened next!