If you have food cover and water, your property has everything needed to hold deer year round. ...until you step onto the piece and the deer know you are hunting.  Mature deer won't tolerate human intrusion.  When you hear them blow or see them flag, you have tipped your hand.  Stop tipping your hand. [caption id="attachment_1126" align="alignright" width="300"] Putting daylight deer and hunters on the 'X' takes years of trial…

3 Things to Know When Buying or Leasing Hunting Ground by Steve Bartylla   |  September 2nd, 2015 0 Comments I had an opportunity, and I took it. A friend was going to lease some ground near my home. Without a private piece to hunt myself, I offered to go in with him. Before I knew it, a turn of events resulted in my having it exclusively to myself. And that was fine by me. The ground…

Steve Bartylla Hinge Cuts 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…