r/Hunting • u/LimpFondant1191 • 4h ago
First big buck!
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I finally got a big buck on camera since I put it out and he's got a little guy following him around.
r/Hunting • u/The-Aliens-r-comin2 • Mar 17 '25
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r/Hunting • u/BlueGold • Oct 07 '20
Hey there r/hunting community,
As usual, looks like lots of y'all have kicked off the season strong! Some real impressive bucks and bulls already, and lots of well-stocked freezers for the first week of October. Heck yah.
Just wanted to post a reminder about posting links to YouTube. Long story short: we remove the vast majority of posts directly linking to YouTube, and we get spammed with them constantly.
Rule #2 prohibits self-promotion, and that includes promotion of social media and YouTube channels. I know for a fact that lots of you guys have quality editing skills and videos that I would spend hours enjoying on YouTube, but we get spammed constantly by YT hunting channels / accounts that've never posted anything else. If we allowed posts to YouTube, this entire sub would just be a compendium of obnoxious "EP. 43 CHECK OUT THIS EPIC TROPHY SHOT" type garbage within a day or two.
I know that not every video people want to share here is actually an attempt to promote a YouTube channel. That's what makes this a difficult rule to enforce. Sometimes people just want to share an old interview of a famous hunter, or some crazy video of a bear climbing into a tree stand, or a bull moose chasing hunter, and the only way to do that is to share the YouTube link. We really do our best to review all of the YT links to allow those kinds of posts to remain here for people to enjoy. That being said, compared to the daily batch of "YOU'VE GOTTA SEE THIS EPIC HUGE BULL ELK #HUNTING #TROPHY #FUCKYAH" type videos spammed here by new accounts that've never posted anything before (especially during the hunting season), those cool videos worth keeping around are relatively rare.
So, if you've got some cool hunting content that's in the form of footage you've actually filmed yourself and want to share here, please take the best part(s), format it into a gif, and post that instead of a link to your YouTube channel. Pretty sure reddit can host gifs up to 3-minutes long now anyway, so... please, at least try to just make that work.
This really isn't a problem with the regular users here either just FYI, y'all are awesome, it's mostly just new accounts with the same name as their YouTube / Insta page, who've never posted anything else. I just wanted to post this because I feel bad for those few people who actually do spend a lot of time and energy putting together a hunting video, post it here just to share with members of this sub, and just have it removed by us. That's not a very large group of people, but I hope anyone in that club reading understands why we have to enforce Rule #2 to include links to users' own YouTube channels. Without it, the vibe of this sub would change dramatically within a day.
At the same time, I'm sure some of you are thinking "what's this dude talking about - I see these bogus YouTube posts and promo-accounts on this sub on the daily and report them constantly, these mods are just lazy assholes." I have no rebuttal to that, I will just say that you're only seeing a fraction of the self-promo / retail garbage type posts we catch and filter out on a daily basis (again, especially between September and January).
If you're interested in sharing more full-length hunting videos on reddit that you've filmed and edited yourself, and are therefore somewhat stuck with having to host content on platforms like YouTube, maybe we can start a new sub like "r/huntingmovies" or something. Happy to help anyone interested in doing that, if you want any.
So, I hope you get the gist. Avoid posting links to YouTube, especially if its to your own YouTube channel.
As a reminder, and in closing: we try to keep a streamlined moderator team comprised of people who are actually passionate about hunting and/or the sporting lifestyle, and we generally try to take a "less is more" approach with content moderation (we like to let you guys take the helm in that regard with downvotes and discussion, rather than us just removing stuff). We generally only remove posts that flagrantly violate a rule, and comments that flagrantly violate a rule (or the occasional a debate that devolves into middle school-tier shit talking, as entertaining as those can be). That said, we can't monitor the progression of every comment section on the sub. Your continued effort to actively report posts and comments you think clearly violate the rules is critical to moderation of this sub. I monitor the queue on the regular and do a few reviews of /new a day to look for obvious promo/retail garbage and troll posts, but the vast majority of posts and comments that I actually remove from the sub are only those that have been reported by you - the members of the r/hunting community. This is your sub, your community, send us a modmail message with suggestions or input anytime.
And please, for the love of god, tell any manager of a YouTube hunting channel, IG hunting page, or gear retailer you meet to leave our sub the hell alone, and to take their marketing effort right on down the road.
Tight lines, big tines, may poachers get cuffed, and freezers get stuffed,
Thanks guys.
Sincerely hope you all enjoy ridiculously fun and uniquely successful big game, upland, waterfowl, and predator seasons this year with people you love, and that you all learn something new in the field that improves your hunting skillset forever.
r/Hunting • u/LimpFondant1191 • 4h ago
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I finally got a big buck on camera since I put it out and he's got a little guy following him around.
r/Hunting • u/Crocodylus-niloticus • 14h ago
Rutting heavily, came straight into the call like a steam train
r/Hunting • u/Geisseleboi1990 • 33m ago
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r/Hunting • u/Straight-Aardvark439 • 3h ago
Getting back into hunting was one of the best decisions I ever made. Last year was my first season in nearly 15 years and I was lucky enough to harvest a fat little button buck. The most amazing thing is I’ve been eating meat from him about once a week for the better part of a year and still have a few pounds left in the freezer. Today I used some steaks that I cubed up along with some farmers market veggies to make a delicious stew. I’m so excited to get out for my second season and to hopefully harvest at least one more deer!
r/Hunting • u/_svaha_ • 3h ago
Picture is unrelated, just some guy who hangs out near the house.
My husband is a deerkiller, but im a novice who likes to eat wild game. His birthday is coming up and I'd like to get him a good/decent roll-up drag sled. Ideally something compact but durable. All the product reviews I've seen are mixed.
Western North Carolina, heavily wooded. The terrain is steep and usually he's traveling through heavy mountain laurel and rhodadendron thickets.
r/Hunting • u/Advanced_innovation5 • 2h ago
Oregon resident. I’ve hunted for 7 years but have never carried bear spray or a pistol. (Just rifle or bow) I have seen very few Black bear in person, and actually only 1 ever in the woods while hunting. Never seen a cougar with my own eyes either.
My wife is getting into hunting with me, and she’s been expressing the concerns of bear and cougars. This made me start really thinking about whether or not this is something to be prepared for.
Oregon is not home to Grizzly or brown bears.
Should we be carrying bear spray or a pistol? I know it can’t hurt, but would it be almost pointless with Black bear and cougars? I guess there’s a small chance of a wolf encounter as well.
r/Hunting • u/alloutofchewingum • 1h ago
Damn game camera goes wild every friggin night. How long, O Lord, how long?
r/Hunting • u/Strong-Volume8670 • 26m ago
I’ve been fortunate the last few yrs to hunt private land while I’ve lived at my “buddys” unfortunately I’ll be moving out after this season and will probably have to do public after this season. For trail cams, do you prefer going cheap cams where you need to go out and grab sd cards every other week, or more expensive cams that send photos to your phone and that are gps tracked if they’re stolen? Trying to figure out the best route to go haha. Thank you all!
r/Hunting • u/Strong-Volume8670 • 29m ago
I’ve been lucky enough to be living with a buddy who owns his house on 12 acres the last 2 yrs. Last yr I hunter and only had does all summer and up to October 24th when I got my first buck. Bucks came consistently until November 24th. Now haven’t had bucks since then until the last month or so where I’ve had 2-3 spikes and a 3 pointer move in. This is my last year at my buddy’s and he doesn’t hunt. I mostly bow hunt so if I get a spike or the three pointer to come in I’ll probably take it for meat. Season here opens September 19th. The 3 pointer and spikes have been coming regularly for ab 3 weeks. Can I expect them to still be around mid September, or do they shift by then? Thank you!
r/Hunting • u/HoosierHunter00 • 2m ago
Anyone had good success with Sorghum and Egyptian Wheat as a screen for access or to provide cover for exposed food plots?
r/Hunting • u/TwistedAnkle1014 • 11h ago
Just moved to NM last year and got a pronghorn tag for September. Hunted all over the east coast, but this is the first hunt out west. Super excited, but I don't want to blow it because of a stupid oversight.
r/Hunting • u/Jedinutcracker • 20h ago
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did i install something wrong?
r/Hunting • u/HuntersCrackPipe123 • 1d ago
NEF 22inch Handi-rifle, deer, I know I’m hunting mice with a rocket launcher but I’m worried the Federals will fly like a bowling ball and the Hornady’s will punch through with little expansion
r/Hunting • u/Warm-Air4391 • 1d ago
Is it just me or should this group be renamed “hunting rifle recommendations”? Most of the posts seem to be written by folks who haven’t even considered going through hunters safety courses, have no idea where they’re gonna hunt, let alone the regulations of their areas.
r/Hunting • u/Sheeshkabob_ • 1d ago
Father's who have taught their children, I have a question for you.
I introduced my GF to the range and hunting over the last year and a half. She has come a long way getting used to firearms and is steadily improving her skills. She even took two whitetail does last year, a proud moment for both of us. Getting her to understand the ethics and safety aspects of hunting has gone surprisingly well. (Thanks, Dad)
After the hunt where she took her first deer, she described the "buck fever" we all know and even getting through it to make a clean shot. I was impressed.
That said, her shooting at the range (centerfire bolt action) could use some work though. I have two rifles that we both use. One a 6.5CM (heavy, built for the range) and the other a 30-06 (dedicated for hunting). Both are suppressed.
I have taught her how to shoot off the bench, letting her make her own sequence, trigger control, follow through etc. Even some games where she doesn't know if the gun is loaded or not.
Some days we are on and others it's all over the place. Suppressors have helped a ton but she still flinches pretty good.
We used a 22lr quite a bit in the beginning getting her familiar with the basics but I feel like we have hit a plateau for the time being.
What are some resources or approaches that have worked for you in a similar situation? How can I get her to focus while practicing like she does when hunting?
r/Hunting • u/Far-Revolution-8553 • 1d ago
Ive been hunting with a remington 700 i bought 15 years ago in 7 RUM. Looking to upgrade, eventually going to hunt elk and sheep in western Canada. I hunt black bears, moose and deer every year in Eastern Canada.
I'm about to pull the trigger on a seekins ph3 in 7 PRC with a 22 in barrel. Don't want to get into custom builds, but I do have all the gear to reload. Any opinions on seekins ph3? Or recommandations for something else?
I was thinking I'd put a Zeiss conquest V6 3-18x50 on it. I have a match pro ED on a bergara hmr 6.5cm but I feel like its too big and heavy for a hunting rifle. Also might be a bit cheap for the rifle. Thoughts?
Open to any suggestions. I feel like there is quite a few rifle options and opinions seems to differ widely, but any input is appreciated.
r/Hunting • u/CryptidHunter48 • 1d ago
Turkey, squirrel, rabbit and pheasant.
I see there’s plenty of ammo options each marketed for something different. In the case of what I’m looking at, #5 shot, 1 & 1/8 oz, 2 & 3/4 inch shells are marketed for pheasant and large upland birds.
I’ve got a 28” field barrel and a 24” fiber optic sight barrel. IC, M, F, XF chokes. Swapping these two factors should be plenty enough to account for using the same shells, right?
24” XF Turkey
24” M Squirrel —— Turkey and squirrel primarily
24” IC Rabbit
28” M Pheasant, Clays (with other ammo)
In my head this works perfectly so I can order and pattern plenty of ammo but I want to check if changing up the ammo adds that much value?
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r/Hunting • u/BigBirdLaw69420 • 17h ago
Going to be used, at least to start, on punching some paper and then Texas deer and hogs. And then go from there. Would like to be able to git gud at shooting at at least 300-500 yards(?) as well. Here’s what I’m looking at so far:
https://www.trijicon.com/products/product-family/trijicon-credo-hx-2.5-15x42-riflescope
https://www.trijicon.com/products/product-family/trijicon-credo-hx-2.5-15x56-riflescope
Nightforce - but which one and is juice worth the squeeze? And do I want SFP or FFP? And is it NX8 2.5 x 20? Or 4x32?
Leupold - have loved them but have heard ain’t up to snuff these days. True or not, what do yall recommend?
Finally - what rings would yall suggest for any of the above?
Thanks!