Follow Bill Winke's hunting season. Every day. Every hunt. This series includes all the strategy adjustments required to keep up with changing conditions throughout an entire season.
Bill heads back to the cornfield where he encountered the big group of does two nights ago. Will he capitalize on a slickhead or two? Watch to find out.
Bill heads to a blind in the same area where he harvested the "Big 8." Drake Lamb has a great hunt for his top target. It ends with a 20-yard shot on a giant Iowa buck. Tune into Midwest Whitetail next Monday, January 6, for the full hunt.
Bill has a good wind and heads back to the sorghum plot. It's filled with deer and Winke has a plan.
Despite unseasonably warm weather, Bill Winke hunts the sorghum plot and has a ton of action. Deer pile into the food source and move really well before sunset. Follow along to see all of the deer he watched from the treestand that day.
Drake heads out to fill a late-season muzzleloader tag. It's cold and deer are hitting food sources pretty hard. It's time to let the powder burn.
Bill heads to the blind below the house hoping to fill a doe tag.
Bill heads out to fill a doe tag and encounters a doe from two seasons ago.
Apparently not all the deer on the Winke farm are dead. Bill experiences a great evening hunt as the rut’s lull comes to an end.
It appears as if there are no more deer left on the Winke Farm.
Bill hunts a Redneck Blind in a valley and discusses how he hunts these areas.
After shooting a doe, Bill has a very unique encounter with a buck that won't leave the dead doe.
Follow along as Bill heads out after taking a short break. He is experimenting on this hunt to make a game plan for the upcoming week.
Bill goes into detail about the new features and what he thinks of the new 2020 Hoyt RX-4 Ultra bow.
Bill sets up on a familiar ridge with hopes of being close to a hot doe.
Bill heads to a stand between two bedding areas in hopes of finding a cruising buck.
With frigid temperatures and high winds will the deer still move in the middle of the rut?
Eight years ago today, Bill harvested the G5 Buck at the Death Ridge stand. He hunted the same stand this morning.
Bill has been bouncing around the farm hunting timber in the mornings and field edges in the evenings, but he may have to change his tactics as he hasn't been seeing much from the fields.
On one of the best days of the year, November 7th, Bill has a shooter give the slip on a ridge.
Bill sets up on top of a ridge in a known bedding area and has plenty of action.
We join Bill for his first hunt back on his farm since being back from Northeast Iowa. Drake Lamb is able to fill his bow tag on a mature buck the day before on November 4th on a farm he has never hunted.
It's Bill's last day in Northeast Iowa and he has an awesome morning.
Day 3 in Northeast Iowa was all about hunting back on the ridges.
Two disappointments set the tone for the days action.
