Down in Vernon County in the 20th of October, a magnificent high-time buck was harvested by one Jeremy Berlin from Wisconsin. There is a trick to hunting mature whitetails, an art – and this particular high-time buck has got impressive width, mass, and brow tines that won’t quit. Over the years, Jeremy Berlin has learned to keep it together because if he didn’t, there was a chance he could have missed this deer. You always have to practice for that one opportunity because you're only going to get it one time. The important things are tips, techniques, strategies, and whitetail behavior. If you take notes during any of my shows, this is the episode that you’d want to take notes on.
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On our show we welcome, Jeremy Berlin. Jeremy's from Wisconsin and he hunts down in Vernon County and he's got a great story to tell you about a magnificent buck he was able to harvest. The important thing is tips, techniques, strategies, and whitetail behavior is all in the show. If you take notes to any of my shows, this is a show that you want to take notes. Welcome, Jeremy Berlin from Wisconsin.
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Hunting Mature Whitetails With Jeremy Berlin
We're heading out to Augusta, Wisconsin. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin. I hunt Buffalo Country every single time I can do it. I love hunting along the Buffalo River. I connected with Jeremy Berlin on Facebook and Jeremy's got a buck this year, and it's a smoker. Jeremy, welcome to the show.
Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
I appreciate you taking the time to be on the show and let's just jump right into that majestic high-time buck. I love high-time bucks. He's got width, mass, and brow tines that won't quit. Let's talk about your buck and the whole story, starting from when you got him your hit list to when you put them on the ground.
It was October 19th. I went out, checked my cameras that morning and I had a camera that was on the rub line that went across the property. There were approximately probably four or five rubs when I went in there on the 19th. I ended up having a picture of this deer and I knew it was a deer that I wanted to kill. I slipped in, hang a stand on the north end of the property, and I decided just to leave it alone. That night the wind wasn't right so I went and sat a different stand on the opposite side of the field, saw a bunch of does, some bucks chasing some does, nothing big. On the morning of the twentieth, I went and sat on the east side of the property, seen a couple of decent-sized bucks, nothing that I wanted to shoot.
While was walking off the field at about 10:00, I noticed that there were some other big rubs on the south end of the property that I just showed up that night. I decided I got to hang a stand there. I slipped in there, hung a stand, and I sat that night and ended up seeing two small bucks. I didn't see anything. I knew the buck was in the area, I just couldn't pinpoint where exactly. I knew how he was travelling the area, I just didn't know when because I only had one picture of him. That was at 7:00 in the morning. On the morning of the 21st, I got in early. I took the longest route that I can to my stand so I wouldn't bump any deer out of that bedding area. There was a food plot down there. I knew there was deer in there. It took me an hour and fifteen minutes to walk to my stand. I was quiet. I walked up a little creek and snuck into my stand.
How far was that walk? If you just walked from your truck to your stand, how far was that?
Maybe a twenty-minute walk.
This is the important thing because Jeremy's really closing the gap. He knows he's there, everything's set up, but he did the thing that a bunch of us don't do. Once you know something's happening, Mr. Wonderful's in the neighborhood, he did exactly what he should do.
