Creating buck beds I've purposefully saved creating buck beds for towards the end, as I believe making buck beds is generally one of the least beneficial things we can do and an overall low priority. Still, they may make a small difference in further encouraging a buck to bed where he would have wanted to, anyway. That is the key, in my experience. It would take someone far more skilled than I…
Selective thickening Selective Thickening is nothing more than hinge cutting the smaller trees to provide the appearance, security and advantages of a "thicker" woods. Simply by hinging all the small trees, one does get a slight boost in browse production. Though not as effective as creating the doe bedding, you'll also often get increased bedding activity within. However, the primary benefits can be found in making bucks feel more secure…
Killing mature bucks on food plots for deer I believe there are keys to being able to kill mature bucks on food plots: Pressure MUST be kept low. I don't mean the place can't be hunted. I mean that the deer shouldn't know they are being hunted. That has as much to do with how the property is setup as it does how it's hunted. It sure helps when one…
Hinge cuts for doe bedding When it comes to creating doe bedding areas, height matters. In this case, I'm cutting about at chest level. I'm also trying to lay the trees over each other to create a false ceiling. That's not always possible and isn't an issue when it can't occur, as cutting higher still allows the deer to walk easily underneath. The size of these varies, but I typically…
The time to determine if a consultant's general approach is right for you/you are comfortable following through with the principles of their plan is before you pay for a plan, not after. No, one will likely not know all the details they'll be given, but you should know the foundation type principles. Granted, Jeff's first book doesn't make it clear that he doesn't want to offer much for overwinter nutrition…
If maximizing doe production is important, don't ignore a property's amount and quality of fawning grounds. You need fairly decent size areas of nasty thick cover to maximize fawn survival rates. By decent sized, I mean an acre or more, though, for fawn production, 5 acre pieces are better, with 10 being better still and 20 still better and so on. Again, it's a balance between providing the best hunting…
Deer sidewalks or sneak trails Those "sidewalks" are most often created by a combo of hinging all the trees safe to hinge, cutting those that tend to snap and girdling those that the chainsaw operator isn't comfortable with. If timber value is a major concern, you can leave high value trees, but leaving too many will impact the regrowth [caption id="attachment_1981" align="alignleft" width="300"] sidewalks and sneak trails[/caption] Deer sidewalks or…
Finding the Perfect Fit By Steve Bartylla It was one of the easiest 60 acre properties I’d ever worked on. This Wisconsin property offered great access from three sides. Creating food plots along the edges would provide easy, very low impact access to stand sites. With the 40 being entirely wooded, the plot areas would need to be dozed in, but that provided the advantage of shaping them to…
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