Hingecut doe bedding areas Select dry area We recommend pro logger do work Safety speech (protective gear, never work tired, match chainsaw size to work, never fight tree lean) Cut at chest level Small trees, cut 60ish % through and pull Medium to large trees, cut until it starts to fall Drop big trees first and lay small ones over top Create “false ceiling” with room for deer to move…

Hinge cut maintenance   In one way or another, annually is generally the case. Assuming one makes all the "sidewalks" and doe bedding areas in late winter, the easy walking portion of the "sidewalk" often starts growing in with weeds, briars and saplings during the summer. Late summer is a good time to both spray them with gly and cut the trail portion for easy walking. [caption id="attachment_1981" align="alignleft" width="300"]…

I let the habitat tell me how to section off a property. That said, if the habitat allows, I'm going to try to create 2-4 sections on properties ranging from 40-80 acres. I'm under no illusion that I'll have 2-4 mature, dominant bucks that live exclusively on that 40-80 acres, but giving them each a section allows me to get more to spend disproportionately more time on the property than…

  Edge feathering serves 3 purposes Edge feathering for screening [caption id="attachment_2021" align="alignleft" width="300"] edge feathering[/caption] Edge feathering can create a partial screen between the food plot and the woods. This helps further encourage bucks to enter to food plot to check for does and rival bucks. It also can help the hunter sneak in and out of stands on the food plot (walk through the plot and deer in…