We all have an automatic connection which is the love for the outdoors. There are a few that take it to the next level and get as much enjoyment out of bringing it to others as they are doing something for themselves. For Ryan Tervort, Pro Staff for Calm Before The Kill, it's always great to meet more people that have that same passion. Ryan talks about his trip to Canada and busts some myths about hunting there. He also shares the video setup he uses on his hunts. He says documenting your hunt is all about passing on tradition.

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Ryan Tervort lives in Colorado, but he's come out from Iowa. He's on the Pro Staff for Calm Before The Kill TV with Bill Dease. Ryan has got some great insights. He moved out here from Iowa and knows how to hunt those bucks in ag areas in Iowa. You're going to love the show, and I'm excited to bring Ryan to you.

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Iowa Whitetails with Ryan Tervort

We’ve got Ryan Tervort. He lives in Colorado, but he's an Iowa guy and he's Pro Staff for Calm Before The Kill. Ryan, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me. It's great to be here.

Let's start off with the not-so-successful hunt you had in Canada. Everybody thinks you go to Canada, go north of the border, and the ten-cent 180 bucks. You and I both know that's not true and most people that travel up there and hunt up there know there are big bucks up there, but they're few and far between. Tell us about your trip up there.

I was up there with outdoor guys in Ontario. It was a great hunt. We'd spent a week hunting out butts off, but we had warm weather. It was cold frosty a few days before we got there and bucks were moving. While we're there, things warmed up. We had three days where it stayed 60 or above around the clock. Deer went back to nocturnal pattern. I had a nice buck on trail cam that made a scrape 50 yards from my one stand, but it was 10:30 PM, not much I could do with that. It was a great hunt. We saw a few deer and our last night, we had a good buck bumping some does. We finally got some colder weather again, but he would not step out of the brush for a shot. That's hunting. It was still a great trip. Definitely, nothing is a sure thing. You go in with an idea that you're going to walk away with a monster, and certainly there are a couple of bucks that we saw that were pretty decent ones, but things got to come together to get the shot, so nothing's ever guaranteed.

I was fortunate a long time ago. I went up to north of Lloydminster, up in that province up there, and Saskatchewan and took a very nice buck, but it was 20 degrees below zero every single day I was there. We had to keep the truck run 24 hours a day up there and it was brutal, but I did it. I hung out and I didn't see that many bucks. That's one thing I'd like to draw upon. You can go to Canada, you're going to see monster bucks, heavy mass and some gnarly bucks and everybody's seen the hunting shows, but talk about the slash, talk about where you're hunting and the brush or the bush, as they say up there, and the expectations that people up there tell you. In reality, how many bucks you should see and how many shooters? A shooter up there folks is 150 or better, four-and-a-half-years old. What're your thoughts on that, Ryan?

It depends on the area where you're at. Unfortunately, due to some health stuff, we didn't get to go up to the island area that he had that has a lot higher percentage of big bucks, so we're hunting a little lower down. The average buck around there is still an average of 130 to 140. You got some good ones. The one we did see, I'd put by 155. He was the only one. Literally he is the only buck that we saw the entire trip. I saw does. Almost every set had does literally less than five yards right under my tree, but because of the warm weather, the bucks weren't moving that much.