When you get those pictures at first and last light you are in the game.  What he does at 2 in the morning means squat.  The pictures are fun - but we want those deer in daylight or they are not killable.

Deer nuts make a great snack and are always under a buck.  Or maybe its beer nuts.  Nuts.

Water is key to holding deer on your piece, and often the best stand site in warmer weather.  Get you some water in spot you can access when its too hot to sit most of your other stands.

When the season is over its time to hit the woods to review results and implement new projects.  Access/exit, blockade success and failure, quantity of food remains and on and on.  Evaluate your plan and identify the biggest needs for next fall now.

Fall food plots for deer [caption id="attachment_11" align="alignleft" width="300"] food plots for deer[/caption] 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 heavily on clover, alfalfa…

Saddles are dips in the terrain that allow deer to avoid the energy it takes to go up and down every hill.  Saddles make life easier for our deer and even smaller ones are found on better topo maps.  Identify the saddles your deer use and if access allows make them part of your property plan.