How To Find Deer: Deer Bedding Areas In Pine Thickets

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1. i found that most YouTube videos that aren't loaded with advertisements are the realist and have the most real info out there. great video bro... and of course anyone that says " buh buy" you gotta believe. lol. keep up the great work. that's on the real!
2. great video. is there anyway you could help me find a good hunting spot in sam houston national forest? it will be my first time there and I only have one day to hunt. I would really appreciate your help. thank you
3. I need some more help with areas like this. I just joined a club like this last year, it's my first time hunting land that is nothing but pine trees. It's planted in rows by a paper mill company that harvests them when the time is right. I have an area the is some what thin with pines, I think it just looks thin because the trees are younger. There is a lot of undergrowth, think thorn bushes, Devils walking stick, and a few other assorted species of trees along with some very thick grass. I have no idea how to begin to even approach this land and find the best places for setting stands. I currently have two set up on these 40 acres and I chose two areas with different characteristics. One is mainly grassy with sporadic Devils Walking Stick and very easy to walk through. The other has a lot of bushes, younger trees of various species, and saplings growing and I had to do a lot of clearing with a machete. Basically cleared out a 75 yard row. Can you make a video selecting stand location in a pine thicket that has no real land differences from the aerial photos?
4. Should i go in these pieces of thick to look for beds? Or just walk around thicket look for trails coming out?
5. Show what to look for on the map what does thick look like on the map some maps are
6. Good job on the videos! I have hunted and walked these same zones you are showing. Spot on information. Well done.
7. I have a spot on a deer lease in central Arkansas which is exactly like you describe. I joined the lease last year and had great success harvesting my best 7 and 8 point deer to date. Both were taking 10-15 minutes before the end of legal shooting light ending, the first week of December and both were within 15 yards of each other, just two days between hunts.
   I'm now developing food plots in the area and improving the shooting lanes and have place an elevated box blind, while not encroaching on the bedding/sanctuary areas.
8. Well Deer Season is over for me in North Florida. This was my first year with my new knee, couldn't go in the woods for over 10 years. Before then I hunted Grouper & Snappers with a speargun in the Keys. So finally I was ready for the woods and didn't think about scouting until deer season had already started, so I didn't get my deer. But the good news is I can trap & hunt Beaver, Coyote and Hogs all year round, so I will be scouting deer from now until the next deer season. Thanks to your videos I am better equipped with knowledge for scouting, keep those videos coming.
9. Poor Deer...They are just trying to survive and feed and raise their families just like you and me.
10. Thanks for the tip. I hunt in central louisiana and there are a lot of pine thickets like this. Would you hunt the down wind edges of areas like this?
11. Some great information here!
12. great video I was hoping u could help me I have the same pine thickets as u r showing on this video and I can't find any big bucks! my land in in eagletown ok if that helps you. right off hwy 70 east side of town south side of the road.
13. We are hunting about five miles north of Nome, Texas.
14. Great Video, My son and I are hunting in a pine thicket much like the one in your video, it's location is South East Texas.  My question is, what would you recommend for a bow stand?  My location also has a field to the west of the pine thicket.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
15. I hunt in pine thickets in South Georgia and I've killed a 14point,4 eights and many doe in the last three years after watching... Great vids
16. good info where you hunt what state i hunt michigans U.P no farm land no crop mass trees most of our beachnut trees are dead some bug, anyway got any though on hunting Big  Woods bucks beding in cedar swamps and hardwoods you can e-mail me  backstraphunter1@yahoo.com
17. Jacob, I have another question.  Can you use cut cedars and saplings to build bedding areas for deer?  For example piles of debris as the exterior, then lay them across each other and tie them up to other trees to form a canopy?  From my experience bucks like to be at the base of two hills creating a funnel with the hills to the north behind them and then having it open to the south so they can lay with their backs to the north winds and see in front of them with an exit strategy in every direction.  Please correct me if I am wrong with any of this and interject with ideas if you can please.  I am a teacher and coach so I don't have a ton of time to manage my property.  I am open to all advice. 
18. Great vid ...I found with Google earth you can change the seasons of your view so that thick growth really sticks out...and big deer imo like to follow thick growth(pine, cedar etc) with clear stuff much like a fence line.
    Question, where would you set tree stand/s in this instance?