Deer dont eat turnips   Is it true that some deer dont eat turnips? You read it in the forums and blogs, but before we assume the deer dont eat turnips, lets take a peak a few mistakes that are often the root cause of deer not eating turnips. [caption id="attachment_990" align="alignleft" width="300"] Managing land for deer means year round feed[/caption]   Deer dont eat turnips because it is new…

Problem neighbors Originally Posted by SteveBartylla  Since the management portion of this thread seems to have ran it's course, I'll derail it myself with one last thought. Willie's situation brings up an important point. Rarely is any property, stand site, food sources and so on all naturally setup perfectly. Luckily, one rarely has to live with the situation. Though to some extend, this applies to every hunter, the majority on here…

Food plots in sandy soils Steve Bartylla gives some tips on building sandy soils and making them food plots for deer at the same time.

Good fall food plots for deer [caption id="attachment_11" align="alignleft" width="300"] good fall food plots for deer[/caption] Good fall food plots for deer consist of either annuals like corn and beans planted in the spring, or annuals, perennials and bi-ennials planted late summer.  Today we will focus on a strategy for attracting bucks in the early bow season and until the first few hard frosts in areas where the deer feed…

Spring food plots failed So its midsummer and you decided to take a little drive and check out your bean and corn spring food plots for deer.   You get there and what do you find?   Nothing the deer are going to be flocking to.  Its a bummer when your spring food plots failed, but you have options.  Today we are going to break down one example of how…

Deer wont eat brassicas   Is it true that some deer wont eat brassicas?  You read it in the forums and blogs, but before we assume the deer wont eat brassicas, lets take a peak a few mistakes that are often the root cause of deer not eating brassicas. [caption id="attachment_990" align="alignleft" width="300"] Managing land for deer means year round feed[/caption]   Deer wont eat brassicas because it is new…

EW food plots screens EW food plots screens are only new on a conscious level, as people have been using them forever, but have only now started planting and planning them.  EW food plots screens are used for 3 main reasons, and they are as follows: Food plot entry and exit routes.  They hide us from a deers eyes as we move to and from our preferred stand locations.  EW…

Keeping Up With Hot Food Sources By Steve Bartylla Having just settled into the stand, I spotted three deer dashing through the fresh snow. Scanning the landscape behind them, I was at a loss to explain what had inspired their apparent flight from danger. Moments later, I saw I was mistaken. The drawing power of the standing soybeans had inspired the does’ run to feed. As mildly surprising as that…

Bucks and pressure Is there a diff in low DPSM areas vs High deer density areas in regards to how much pressure mature bucks will take? [caption id="attachment_1317" align="alignright" width="960"] Bucks and pressure[/caption] Each buck is different, with his own individual personality. Because of that, there rare are cut and dried rules or blanket statements that apply to every buck in a given situation. The best we can really hope…

Bully bucks Originally Posted by SteveBartylla  The other I had tons of encounters and history with. It's not a great picture of him. Because of history and encounters, I know he was 3.5. He essentally got beaten to death by the bully. A special 3 1/2 year old indeed, Steve. He was essentially beaten to death by a bully, was he killed? I'm assuming that his bully was not an equal…