Deer Hunting Basics
 

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Dominic From Outdoor Lifestyle

start early stay late hunt all day

Thank you for that opinion it is greatly appricated.

Dominic from Outdoor Lifestyle

Hunt uphill. That way you are packing meat downhill.

Thank you for that advice reminder to watch the video with the link provided to see my hunting basics and other hunting videos


Dominic From Outdoor Lifestyle

Click the link to check out my video!! Link is posted above. Gives you hunting basic tools that you need

This is now bordering on SPAM! Don't beg me or any other member to watch your video!

I'm Sorry you are offended and upset by my posts. I will surely stop because you are upset.

LMAO. Flags, you should watch that vid. His beliefs on "Basic Needs" are pretty sad to say the least. You should watch it if for nothing more than a good laugh. An SD card for basic needs? Young man, before you try to teach something, you should really LEARN about that subject! You have absolutely NO clue whatsoever about what you are talking about. My 11 year old daughter knows more about woodsmanship and hunting than you. But of course she has been raised like I was, in the woods as soon as she had the walking thing down pat :) so she probably has much more experience than you. LMAO@ SD cards and card readers being put in as "basic needs" Lord have mercy thanks for that laugh

I agree with Flags, your threads are coming off as spam, I know you are trying to get started with YouTube and hunting but please don't push so hard on sites like these. Also for your videos, get organized, get informed, and get ready. When you want to make a video to discuss a topic, organize your thoughts on paper first, what subjects you plan to cover and try to cover a wide range so it leaves the least amount questions as possible. Also do not talk about things you cannot demonstrate yourself, like the knife. Having a knife is vital to being outdoors and is an essential tool. Holding up a box cutter as a substitute doesn't cut it. Knives come in many different sizes and shapes that each has an intended purpose or field they excel at and other areas they just are not efficient. This is also where being informed will help, you will know what type of knives are better suited for what.

If you where organized and making a deer hunting basics video, you would actually probably have a list alot different then the one you listed. Like -

1. Water
2. Knife
3. Compass/ GPS
4. Rope (I carry some 550 cord)
5. Pill bottle (suitable fire starting things inside)
6. Any meds you may require ( I know guys that have had heart attacks and for some reason when they go hunting they never take their pills or anything with them)
7. A snack (granola bar)

Your list can range from there and may depend on where you live in the country, where you hunt (Private land, public, out of state, backyard) and what time of year.

In the end, get informed, get organized and hope to see improved shows along the way.

Thank you for the advice and I agree with what you are saying. I will definitely take your advice into consideration and I appreciate you acting like a adult unlike super_hunt54 who sounds like an 11 year old girl himself (if he even is a guy) but I appreciate what you are saying and 100% agree. My hunting situations and location are different and I should of said in my video this is for my area and location and my house is not far from my stand and I do not really need all of the "basics" I apologize because of my wording and what I said and I should have stated that in my video.

I loath to discourage anybody in any endeavor. Most anything beats sitting in front of the XBox 24/7 and smoking dope. At least he is doing something constructive, flexing his wings a little.

Thank you I appreciate that. I'm 17 and hunting is a passion of mine and I admit I'm not perfect and don't know everything about the sport yet but I have my whole life ahead of me to learn. I would rather be hunting then wasting my time with Xbox and everything else. Thank you

I understand you are young, and maybe one day you will have the knowlege to produce hunting info video clips. However, right now you do not have the knowlege, and pushing hard to get people to watch your video under the pretext that it is informative and will give them the basic tools they need to go hunting when most here are way more experienced than you kinda rubs people the wrong way.

Honestly I have a good idea about hunting and have a lot of info and knowledge that I do know. Again if you read my comment above it was for my area of hunting. I have produced hunting films of racks that I have killed just so you know so you don't think I'm totally dumb and don't know what I'm doing. Again, thank you for your opinion

I will give you one thing. You have guts. To come on this forum and tell these guys that have hunted for 2X or 3X the number of years you have been alive that you can teach them more about hunting takes a bit!

One thing is for sure, you will succeed at something, be this hunting info you are setting up or something else. Not too many people your age have that much determination. Many these days are content to sit on a couch and play video games every spare moment they have until they are 45 or so. My 15-yr old daughter is kind of like you - already has her own art business.

Thank you I appricate that. I hate being lazy. Laziness leads to nothing and yes I have a lot of guts coming on here but if you don't you don't learn anything with hunting or the way people do things. But thank you I appricate it.

Yes young man I am male and I have 4 children OLDER than you and one "surprise" younger. My oldest daughter is a huntress to be reckoned with to say the least. She sat her rifle down long ago because, in her words, "it's too damn easy paps" so she pretty much always Bow hunts. With a side of Muzzle Loader or Handgun just to goof off. At 28 years of age she has 5 B&C whitetails and 2 B&C Elk to her book.Not to mention the MANY other Deer and Elk she has taken in her hunting career. So yes I would imagine, since I am the only person to have instructed her in woodsmanship, I would have a little bit of knowledge in the area! Not even going to TRY to figure out how many animals I have hunted/taken in my well over 40 years in the North American Continental woods!

While yes I do commend you on at least DOING something other than sitting on your butt like most kids your age nowadays, what irks me to no end is someone "pushing" their videos or books off on people saying "it's instructional" when in actuality it is anything BUT instructional! I know you want to sell those Broadheads and that's all well and fine, but please stop trying to say you have all this knowledge when it is CLEARLY evident you don't.

Call me rude, crude, belligerent, cantankerous, whatever. I'm just saying the same thing most in here would say to you, just plainer and not sugar coated. I want you to LEARN. My kids did and still do and if those hard heads can learn, ANYONE can!

Well, I watched the vid. I saw absolutely nothing that I'd call hunting basics. Nothing about tracking, stalking, bullet placement, blood trailing, field dressing, meat packing, trophy care, map reading, compass skills, fire making, wilderness shelters etc...

The only thing you showed that I'd even bother packing is a flashlight and the one you showed is little more than garbage. You want a good flashlight for hunting get a Surefire with the red lens attachment. Are you really trying to say a box cutter is a good type of knife for hunting? You then show broadheads and a trailcam that are still in the package which means you haven't used them. How do you know what will work if it is still in the package. I'd rather see a bunch of well used and well cared for equipment that has been field tested than something still in the package. Why do I need an SD card? I don't think it is possible to kill a deer with one, I can't eat it, I can't start a fire with it, I can't signal for help with it so why would I consider it a basic for hunting?

For what it is worth, I shot my first deer at age 9 in 1972. I've taken over 100 deer and 67 other species of game. I've hunted about 13 states, 2 Canadian Provinces and have made it to Africa 5 times. I'm pretty sure you can't teach me anything about "hunting basics" at this stage of the game. Come back and talk to me in 15 or 20 years.

He's 17 yrs old. Flags PLEASE stop bragging about your 5 african trips, yet AGAIN,AGAIN,AGAIN and yet AGAIN! Outdoorlifestyle, your young, You should get more hunting knowledge before posting advice on youtube, in my opinion, keep hunting though bud!

Some things you just learn the hard way, like always having a few rounds of ammo in your hunting jacket pocket, just in case you forget your ammo. :)

gjersy, while taking into consideration the age of the op, the and the fact of the matter is that he has no information that is useful to hunters I believe the Op is misguided. Many if not most here have been hunting deer twice, or three times or more longer as the op is old. It is insulting to those of us who have earned our stripes as deer hunters to have a novice telling us what we need to be or do to be successful deer hunters. I have been hunting deer for in excess of 50 years, the OP's video is insulting to those of us who actually know what we are doing. I know everyone wants to be a youtube expert, however, you have to actually know something to be an expert, and killing a couple of deer does not make anyone an expert, it just makes them lucky.

Right on Oldtimer, i agree, thats why i told him that he should get more hunting knowledge before posting advice on Youtube.

While I agree that the OP'er is a little premature in making advice videos on subjects he does not know how to go in depth on, I think approaching this thread with the intent to inspire a young mind to seek out the appropriate information will do alot more then chastising him. If you start in on kids these days for some reason they begin to shirk away from these things.

P.S. He also demonstrates like every other teenager the attitude and mentality they all display at this age, and I am sure we all have been there thinking we know it all.

olsalty, the moment I think I know it all, is the moment my wife reminds me I know little to nothing! :) Like most of our wives I'm sure.

Hello everyone, I understand that my video is premature and the advice that I give is not the typical basics you have while hunting. I now know I have to research more and do more homework. I understand that some of you guys have been hunting your whole life and it's a passion of yours. I'm learning each day more and more about the sport and it's just all part of the process and experience. I appreciate all the helpful comments and will use all your advice in my next video. I'm here to learn and see different ways people hunt and to learn from that. I'm sorry for offending you if I did and hopefully it does not totally take you away from my videos.

Dominic From Outdoor Lifestyle

Hey Dominic you didn't offend me at all. Just keep hunting and have fun.

Thank you I will its a passion of mine and I will learn and pick things up as time goes on. I appreciate it

That right there young man is the attitude that will take you far in life. I know I am a mean old cuss at times but in all honesty I was only trying to open your eyes a little bit. Most kids today have absolutely no respect for those of us that have "been there done that" because some, if not most, parents today do not bolster or command respect from their kids. Nor do a lot of them earn or even deserve it. All 5 of my "spawn" :devil: know pappy's foot intimately and learned respect for their elders while still in diapers. But more importantly, they learned that there is ALWAYS something to learn and you can even learn something from the dumbest guy in the crowd if you just listen and open yourself up to it.

Keep at it, don't get all dejected, learn from those that are truly "in the know" and never lose that passion for this beloved pastime! Oh and BTW, I now you probably have obtained a license deal to sell those BH's but take some honestly given advise from someone that has tested, used, hunted with, just about every kind of BH made. NEVER try to sell something that someone ELSE told you was good. Sell it ONLY after you have tested it yourself, seen the damage it can do, know it's true flight potential, and can honestly stand behind the product with the knowledge that you have seen it for yourself. The only TRUE way to test a BH's true potential is to run the thing through a hog or a deer or Elk or whatever Big Game Animal. Yes you can get a small idea running it through a plastic can of water but that's not in any way going to show you the opening potential of a blade. It's just going to show you it can "bust a damn bucket" which I can do with a field tip :) Marketing and real honesty very seldom walk hand in hand.

Good luck and keep at it kiddo.

The OP has begged several times on this forum for us to watch his video claiming it is full of all kinds of "great" info about hunting basics. Well, I watched it and it has nothing of importance. When I mention Africa, it is not to brag but to establish my credentials as a way of enforcing what I say. Bottom line, this 17 year old s trying to make himself and his level of knowledge to appear other than what they actually are.

Make no mistake about it, you are not "offending" me. But you need to spend a little time thinking about a project like this and how it will be received, especially by an audience that most likely knows more about the topic than you do. Your list of "basics" would never make the cut for me. But then, I've been hunting for a long, long time.

Rather than make videos at the ripe old age of 17, IMHO this nice young man needs to watch a lot more done by seasoned professionals and learn from websites like this one way before he tries to make any more where most people will just shake their heads and make comments like I'm reading. The good thing is that he's into hunting, rather than video games and all this other baloney the kids are absorbed in nowadays. For the OP, if you are intent in making more videos, please at least back off from the camera, get it level and not pointing up at a ceiling, and have a script you can follow that makes some sense for the subject you're talking about. This is just a little advice from another old timer that has longjohns older than you are and that has been hunting for 60+ years. Hang in there and please learn before teaching!

I will add the something in I noticed in his videos and you touched on it Topgun. I understand alot of people that make youtube videos use this angle to not display the room behind them as most are using a webcam either built into their computer or attached via a USB.

Might I suggest to the young man, evaluate what you see on other outdoor shows. When they are talking are they using a backdrop or are they at a location that enhances the conversation. Subject which would include you should be center of the screen with minimal distraction in the background. Learn to use some basic video editing tools and also figure out proper lighting and sound.

I think that some of the people replying to this post need to check themselves. I see no need or purpose in saying how long anyone has been hunting, how many animals they have taken or where they have hunted. All that has nothing to do with anything here. If you want to tell me to go s myself – go for it. I don’t know if some people have been having their Cheerios tinkled in lately but frankly some of this stuff is a bit embarrassing to this community.

I watched the video and to me Dominic seems like an average 17 year old. He speaks well enough and seems to communicate what he wants to say. I will say further he appears to be educated to a level I would say is a bit more than average. He presents himself as I would expect.

Guys, I think he is ambitious and he came here looking for helpful suggestions and contributions as to what to carry in the field and (I assume) why to carry any things people suggest. I admire him for sticking around and putting up with all this ridiculous criticism. Most would have walked away saying they don’t need to be treated like he has.

HN used to be a warm and accommodating place where a young guy like this could come here and get a helping hand and support. Members were willing to help out a youngster interested in what we all share as a passion. I’m just asking can we continue this thread in a positive fashion? Can we give Dominic some good equipment suggestions and the purpose or reasoning behind them?

Maybe it’s just me but I think it would be much more rewarding to contribute and maybe see Dominic post another video down the line using contributions he got here about equipment and setting up the shoot.

Thank you for that @UncleMatt. I joined this site to learn and see different ways people hunt and styles they use. I will be posting a video soon on a different topic. You as well as the other members gave me good advice even if some was on the harsher side and I believe my next video the majority will enjoy, if not I'm sure I'll hear about it but I'll go right back to work and fix what needs to be fixed. Again thank you and I appreciate it.

Dominic From Outdoor Lifestyle

Just a thought here Dominic, but instead of going into things like you already tried to do at your young age when you know most everyone you're trying to get to watch your videos are old timers, why don't you start with one simple thing. Maybe a good one would be to go outdoors and show how, where, and why you set up your trail cameras where you do. To try and start out like you did when your audience has so much knowledge from decades of doing things, it's sort of like you are going out and trying to tell the NASA folks how to send a man to Mars! Start out with just one thing, make it very simple and understandable and go from there. If you don't even know how to edit a film it's going to be very difficult for you to put out a decent one where anyone will want to come back to watch more. Good luck and please know that most everyone here is on your side just because of your passion for hunting alone, but you are still in the very early stages of the learning curve and a long way from the teaching end of the subject. The sooner you realize that IMHO the quicker you will progress in what you are trying to do.

Good post Uncle Matt, some newbies log on here and play "Mr. know it all", and bully 17 year olds, thats sad... This sight is (and used to be about) hunting, knowledge and sharing the craft of hunting.

If you are really looking to make something out of hunting videos you are getting some of the worst advice I have ever seen.

I know quite a few people that hunt for a living. Some videoing and some hunting. One thing they have in common is none of them waited until they had been hunting for 40 years and were 50 years old and knew everything to start.

One guy in particular grew up about a mile up the road from me, now he is about 30 and 2 weeks ago was filming and hunting stag in the mountains of New Zealand for Scent Blocker. If he took the advice you are being given he would be working in a factory saving up for his first trip to africa.