Part 1 – Mapping Public Land Whitetails | Finding Public Land to Hunt
Part 1 – Mapping Public Land Whitetails | Finding Public Land to Hunt
Part 1 of our 6 part mapping series. Starting with the big picture of finding public land to hunt whitetails.
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This series is one of the most important series of videos on YouTube for Public Land success! Don’t sleep on it people!!
where I hunt you can’t even really get a cell phone signal
I love your mapping software and your videos. I hunt in Central Mass and finding a spot to myself is tough, even with dwindling hunter numbers. I’ve been scanning my Onx maps trying to find some new areas to hunt as everything I’ve grown up with has dried up, turned into neighborhoods, or been posted. Is there anywhere I can ask for help e-scouting an area near my home?
I am super excited about this series! I have hunted public land in Indiana for just a couple years, and these really technical videos are very helpful in learning to break down a property.
Im a 26 yr old combat vet, and I was raised in an urban environment. Ive recently decided that learning how to hunt is likely going to be the best way to deal with ptsd. Videos like this are a godsend to folks like me who are trying to start from nothing and no knowledge. Thank you very much for making a video series like this.
I’ve been hunting a certain deer all season in an Alabama WMA and We’re in the rut and I’ve found an amazing scrape line and ALOT of very nice rubs (ones on a tree the diameter of a 5 gallon bucket) I thought I was the only one who knew about this spot (I’m not now I found a game camera yesterday)it’s killing me trying to find the buck bedding spot… i need help I’ve got the exact stuff I’ve found on ONX however I’m scared I’m gonna spook this buck I’m hunting and I’m trying to figure out where to hang a stand… can u please help me
Great info. Cant wait to watch this complete series. Yall have proved time and time again that your tactics work. Stay safe everybody
This is the kind of series introduction we need! Very useful information
While using OnX on your cell phone, how do you combat cell coverage and dying batteries in cold weather? Thanks. Great vid!
6 years late but I’m trying to learn all that I can from you guys and whitetail habitat solutions! Y’all are great! Not to mention I’m buying my first saddle setup for the ‘25 Michigan bow season!
Thank you very much for your series! I have appreciated watching the videos alot. I have not hunted since I have gotten out the military about 3 years ago. I got lucky enough that someone has given me a bow and fell in love with the technicality and art of shooting it. The only problem I have is selecting the right public to hunt down here in Pierre Part, Louisiana and was wondering if y’all would be able to help?
When hunting public land do you look for ridges to hunt and higher ground what if you are hunting somewhere that’s is mostly woods but 90% flat ground then what do you do look for bedding and set up on It or dropping foot prints what makes you say this is where I’m going to hunt if you were going in blind didn’t glass anything or see anything on cameras or with your own eyes what is the this is it moment for you
First off OnX is fantastic. Secondly make sure not to get so stuck on public land. At least here in Wisconsin there is MFL land that is private and will show up as private, but in reality anyone is free to go hunt it whenever they want without the need of permission. The Wisconsin has a great website to look up MFL properties. I am sure many states have similar programs opening up land to hunters.
Does the coupon code apply when purchasing the chip and app? THP isn’t working for me.
Hello,Me and my wife are learning to hunt public land Due to loosing are hunting spot to the property owners son in law and these videos are very helpful. We would like to really thank you for such great videos but we are really not that well with electronics or apps if you guys could do a video on how to use the on x app a little more detailed would be greatly appreciated thanks so much
Thanks guys for another great video. I need a series like this to help me improve my game.
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Plot twist everyone watching this now go to over look areas so now it’s packed with people lol
Will a buck exit its bed in the afternoon with the wind behind his back or walking into the wind? This buck lives in a big cattail marsh, right on the edge. A lot of human pressure with walking but never hunted. This spot over looked in many ways because it’s all cattails and little to no trees to climb. Thanks
Can you guys come help me find some bucks on Georgia public land?
Tips for scouting swamp land in south Louisiana?
Thanks a lot guys for the mapping whitetail playlist. It’s been super helpful and I just scouted some public land in PA( my home state) and kicked up some deer where normally when that happens I back out. But I kept pushing deeper and got eyes on a nice 10 point. So hopefully I can get an arrow in him this year. Thanks again
Appreciate the insight Aaron. Always very beneficial information from you and the guys. When you guys hunt new areas like this do you try to set up the first couple days as observation sits or do you dive right in to an area? I was curious as to how you guys would approach it trying not to push to far into the deer.
Thanks,
Bryan
Does it cost to hunt Public land?
Thanks for making this video series. I got interested in hunting, but it’s difficult because nobody helps new hunters these days because it gives away their “secrets”. I’m not ever asking them about their locations they hunt, rather how to find a suitable location to hunt. This helps a great deal. Maybe for the first time ever I’ll see an animal I’m trying to hunt this season!
Love the show! first thing I said to myself after I got done watching the series looks like I’m going to Iowa.lol I don’t think amateur hunters realize how much time you put in to see all those beautiful bucks! Shout out from Wisconsin we like to grow them big here as well and have great public resources and cheap out-of-state licenses.
Love your guys content but, at what point does it become hey come to this area to hunt. You guys know if anyone hears you are hunting an area that tons of people will be there next week. Does that make the hunting experience worse or better? As a iowa hunter it sucks when you see more hunters than animals.
How do you determine that a piece of property is public and you can hunt it?
How did you know the first area was hardwood. How could you tell that by the topo?
Just wanted to throw this out on Video #1, this works… I watched all 5 videos and went to public land in NW Illinois with a buddy to scout. The points of interest that I marked on ON-X were right on the money, I found 2-3 families. The kicker is my buddy went to our suspected buck bedding area and caught a possible 10+ pointer cruising. Funny part is everyone complains about this area. We were nearly 2 miles from parking and caught tons of action just walking around looking for beds. Awesome video, I probably owe THP some money at this point 🙂
Can you do a video of picking stand locations for different times of deer season. Like early season, all parts of the rut and late season
Iam a elite member of onx im going to follow closely you.guys are the shit when u come back to pa come up to the 1b area its way harder does are a dime a dozen. I have not seen many bucks but I’d love to see how yall.brake.down.here
Hey my grandma lives on that lake. Sun Valley Lake. Grew up fishing that.
Is there anyway you could break down a piece of public in the south at some point? I’m in South Carolina for instance and the public land around me (Sumter National Forest) looks way different than some of the western WMA. Would you approach your scouting different?
As an Iowa hunter. There isn’t any public that doesn’t get hunted. If it went 2 or 3 years with no pressure you guys would be pulling 190in deer plus out of there. Sorry it ain’t true. You’re just bringing tons of other people to Iowa to because their states like Ohio and Michigan have been wrecked already. Frustrating
Awesome! Thanks for the very informative tips! Subbed!
Hope to see lots of deer scouting & hunting videos coming up. The turkey series this spring was awesome.
I always enjoy you public hunts. You guys do the work and have great results.
OnX is a great app!! I’ve been really happy with it so far!!
I’m a new hunter. I’m having trouble finding deer
How do I tell where I can hunt? I plan on hunting the Horicon marsh in Wisconsin and part is public hunting some is “wildlife sanctuary” and some is “habitat restoration”.
Will I’m going to be comment #117. So I better make it a good one. You guys have made my understanding of where and wean on whitetail spot on. Also reading and understanding topo maps. My girlfriend calls it map hunting and keeping it mobel. Thanks guys!!!!!!
Oh man can’t believe i didn’t find this channel earlier!
Plz come to North Carolina
too close to home fellas! next time use NW Iowa as an example! 😀
Like always great info, definitely hit up mid mo, tons of public land, which yas know, but it’s all over around here! Everyone puts down Missouri, huge deer here though! Need extras hit me up I’d love an opportunity…
How can you tell what trees are what on a map.
Thank for developing and producing this video series. I have been searching for a mapping software like OnX and this tutorial series was perfect. I am headed out for a remote moose hunt in Maine and this software is exactly what I need to help pre-scout prior to heading north. Thank you!
I’ve started squirrel hunting in a local WMA that is about 11,000 acres. According to state reports only about 50 deer were harvested last year. Do you think this means the hunting pressure is low or something else?
I’ve seen pretty heavy sign in creek beds and hope to do more scouting soon.
I hunt primarily in Ohio big timber hill country, often it is difficult to find public land that has a mixture of different terrain features. Yes there are creek bottoms within the timber but not a lot of CRP, grasslands, etc. Would you still circle a piece like this despite being uniform terrain?