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All time best tactical threads

Unread postby dan » Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:26 am

If you find any great topics, post them here and I will add them to the list. Feel free to bump any of these if you have a question or just want to see new conversation on the same topic.

Members discussing how the beast changed there hunting.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=38841


Beast tactics:

Aerial / topo scouting:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3677- What to look for on an aerial

1st time sits - mobile
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17403- The importance of first time sits
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14587- Going back after the 1st sit
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2910- Are you mobile or rotational?
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21910- The mobile mind set
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28971- Hunting too mobile?

Sanctuaries
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3662- Sanctuaries

Morning hunts
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11663- Success rates for sitting over beds in the morning

Bump and dump -- Bumping deer
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23489- Bump n dump question
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6167- Aggressive deer hunting tactics
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21010- Effective bumping

Beast kill examples
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19403- Beast kill examples
http://thehuntingbeast.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=47896-2018 Buck Killers...

Mental side of deer hunting
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13758- Are small bucks stringing you along?
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12152- Confidence
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6980- Mental blockade
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12195- Attitude is everything

Lessons learned
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14387- What have you learned from the elite Beast members?
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13588- Your "big secret"
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9731- Recognizing your weakness
http://thehuntingbeast.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=47935- Hunting rabbits, hoping for pheasants...

Buck beds
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14878- Pictures of buck beds
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14448- So you're hunting beds...
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18435- Step by step Beast style
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19659- The J-hook
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12472- Buck bedding areas on public land
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11088- Primary buck beds
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6673- Buck bedding tendencies
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=80- Deer bed pics
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20978- Finding pressured beds
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=39561- Finding beds easily, now what?

River bottoms
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13346&p=160897#p160897- Beds in relation to water
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14670- Creek or river point beds
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21879- River bottom land

Farmland
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20159- Hunting farm land
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4177- Scouting flat farm land

Hill country
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29512- Hill country...
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29787- The power of a bench...

Mountain
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48905- Mountain Laurel
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=40162- Appalachian mountain terrain and tactics

Big woods
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=58582
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1660- Big woods public - your favorite areas
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=39176- Clear cuts...
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=60012 North east

RUT
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12669- How do you hunt the rut?
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21439- Hunting the rut more effectively
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=38412- North woods buck rut route example
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=38464- How mature bucks rut

Parallel trails
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15803- Parallel trails (examples of)

Corridors
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17693- How to hunt a corridor

TRANSITIONAL HUBS. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=55294


Patterning bucks
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=35784- Repetitive buck movement

Set ups
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12328- Reusable set ups
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12266- Hunting too high?
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=402- How high do you hunt?
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21883- How often do you see deer travel wind to back?
viewtopic.php?f=189&t=6069- Hunting Beast Lone Wolf stand set up

Stand approach / access
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=261- Stand approach
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31976&start=30- Tree stand access

Ground hunting
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29460- Success from the ground

Staging areas - safe zone
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14434- Staging area discussion
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6137- Buck bed scrape


Wind and Thermals
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30749- Water/thermal question
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=34869- Let's talk playing the wind

Wind based bedding
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12118- Wind based bedding

Late season
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20875&hilit=Late+Season&start=15- Late season- "Hate" or "Great"
viewtopic.php?f=159&t=48464- Late season bucks
viewtopic.php?f=287&t=48139- Winter scouting pays off

Great hunters
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10570- What makes a great deer hunter?

Milkweed / wind checkers
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12169- Artificial milkweed
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7892- Milkweed pods

Rubs
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22979- Is a rub more than just a rub?
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11319- Rub height/deer size study

Tracking
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22780- Questions for deer trackers
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11849- Tracking and still hunting with big woods bucks
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17375- Ask me a tracking question
viewtopic.php?f=159&t=1327- Tracking deer
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31296- Tracking deer - 4 part series

Getting your buck out of the woods
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=485- Get out... Buck and bear

Transitions (edge)
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17410- Why are you on edge all the time?

public land
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=13343- The school of public land hunting
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=566- Territorial hunters

Boats / canoes / Kayaks for hunting remote areas
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23357- Kayak attack?

Observation stands
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=25618- Observation stands on public land

Topo terminology
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19217- Topographical terms and descriptions

Hunting Journals
viewtopic.php?f=191&t=26466- Dan's 2014 hunting journal
viewtopic.php?f=191&t=28843- JoeRE's 2015 hunting journal

Swamp and Marsh Safety
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29141- Swamp and Marsh safety

Trail camera use
viewtopic.php?f=286&t=28855&start=0- using cameras to help...
http://thehuntingbeast.com/viewtopic.php?f=286&t=33796- 37 mature bucks
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=33454- Camera bombing

Locating big bucks
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33521- Locating mature/big bucks

In-Season Scouting
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=46266- In season scouting



Hunter profiles:

Dan
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33939
Moondoondude
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11982
G3's
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18564
Magicman
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8763
Stan
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14013
Tim
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14349
MUDDY
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7343
SPYSAR
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7158
Bucky
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7344
Autumn Ninja
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7329
Dor
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7342
Jclaws
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8740
Ridgerunner7
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14137
Mike
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13451&hilit=tree
Arrowbender
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7502&hilit=grunt
Singing Bridge
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24483
Rutnbuck
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24782
Buckeye
viewtopic.php?f=287&t=24908
Bowhunter4life
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29747
The Runt
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29789&p=399288#p399288
The Palmetto kid (PK)
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30460
Mainebowhunter
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=34896
PredatorTC
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=44787
Lockdown
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45578&p=684362#p684362
Oldrank
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45584
Flinginairos
http://thehuntingbeast.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45681
Bigburner
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=55560



Q&A's
SEMObowhunter
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=49358
Divergent
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=50012
Rizzo999
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=49568
Flinginairos
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=49502
PredatorTC
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=49314
The Palmetto kid (PK)
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=49648
Bowhunter4life
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=49390
Ridgerunner7
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=50032
MUDDY
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=49458
Arrowbender
https://www.thehuntingbeast.com/viewtop ... =3&t=50293



Big Buck Contest Entries:
- 2016: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=38960
- 2015: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33358
- 2014: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26469
- 2013: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21051
- 2012: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15316
- 2011: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9197
- 2010: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2668


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Re: All time best tactical threads

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Re: All time best tactical threads

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Re: All time best tactical threads

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Re: All time best tactical threads

Unread postby backstraps » Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:14 am

You know this is a wealth of info, and probably should be made a sticky for easy reference
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Re: All time best tactical threads

Unread postby dan » Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:14 am

Anybody got a link to Spysars hunter profile?
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Re: All time best tactical threads

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:59 am

Good idea, but don't see any comic relief threads like Deer Magic... :mrgreen:
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Re: All time best tactical threads

Unread postby 62kodiak » Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:05 pm

Nice collection Dan. This is going to take me forever to get through. :P
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Re: All time best tactical threads

Unread postby gjs4 » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:07 pm

Thanks Dan!
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Re: All time best tactical threads

Unread postby 365buckin » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:11 pm

Topic subscribed.
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Re: All time best tactical threads

Unread postby yungbuck » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:58 pm

so this thread alone is worth its cyber weight in gold- and then some!
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Re: All time best tactical threads

Unread postby bigwoodsmn » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:03 pm

Thanks for putting this together - for real. I've been trying to find more hunting threads on here and work my way back through the older posts. This is very helpful.
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Re: All time best tactical threads

Unread postby Southern Man » Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:19 am

Edcyclopedia wrote:Good idea, but don't see any comic relief threads like Deer Magic... :mrgreen:


Or scent control .............
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Re: All time best tactical threads

Unread postby Swampbuck » Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:08 am

Awesome thread... What about Singing Bridge's hunter profile? I have been unable to find one. If it doesnt exist i'd be glad to start it up cause he is a wealth of info
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Re: All time best tactical threads

Unread postby welded34 » Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:19 am

Thanks dan!

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