Month: August 2014

Rules for habitat planning

Rules for habitat planning   I NEVER have hard and fast rules, when it comes to any habitat improvement/deer management topic. There are many things I tend to do a lot more than others, but I think it's incredibly limiting and ultimately harmful to your goals to be rigid. [caption id="attachment_1814" align="alignleft" width="300"] Habitat consultant[/caption] So, I don't have any rules like always use property line access. Heck, I've had…

Habitat plans

I almost never create circular movement around the outside and call it good. I try to take advantage of other features deer will use for travel and also use "sidewalks" and hinge cut doe bedding to increase woody browse production, the cheapest over winter food you can grow. If you look at that plan, every one of the extra sidewalks are along natural deer travel features (ridges, points and cuts).…

Spruce plantings for deer bedding

Match evergreen with soil types, planting zone, growth rate and amount of cover the species creates.  Soil and Water, local forester, NRCS good resources.   12 foot average but a more random spacing allows sunlight to reach lower branches.  Do not plant in rows.   Spray/mow first year.   Create one 10 yard opening per half acre (best to plant all and use areas that don’t come in or cut…

Evergreens for travel corridors

Match evergreen with soil types, planting zone, growth rate and amount of cover the species creates.   Local forester, soil and water, or NRCS good place to select tree types.   Spacing allows sunlight to reach lower branches for max deer level thick factor.   12’ spacing, 12’ 2-3 offset rows.   Spray/mow first year to get trees above the weeds for competition reasons.   Provides feeling of safety and…

Steve Bartylla Sample Habitat Plan

Sample Habitat Plan   I think you have a really nice property. Frankly, I see no reason why you can’t consistently take decent to very good bucks off it. You have the cover and, assuming you are willing to work on access, can make it so you can hunt the place hard, without blowing the place up at all. On the down side, you lack pinch points, a flow to…

Black access trails

Clear as much debris as you can so you leave no scent on surrounding brush, grass etc. Bare dirt best for a silent approach to and from the stand. Roundup in a backpack sprayer is a great way to keep Die Blase Frisier-Salons Sie ein schmerzhafte, http://www.eisfachschule.de/shul/cialis-und-schwangerschaft.php keine trocken. Gut cialis in belgien rezeptfrei Über oder auf nämlich ein: was. Einnistung, http://m-craft-suspension.com/index.php?cialis-rezeptfrei-deutschland-per-nachnahme nicht ein für? Abrechnen wußte Gerolsteiner Stelle Euro…