Many like to be out of the woods by August first. As the bucks get ready to shed the velvet, they may relocate, but they wont go where you leave human scents. [caption id="attachment_3148" align="alignleft" width="606"] 'Sidewalks' are a great tool to dictate deer movement.[/caption]
They say even brain surgery is easy after you have done it several times. Same goes for habitat planning. Pick somebody who has done it for a couple of decades and your parcels potential is on the rise. [caption id="attachment_3306" align="alignleft" width="600"] He was on the July camera survey[/caption]
Mid to late July is a good time to run some cameras over bait to see what the boys look like this year. Its like Christmas - but be careful. Too much pressure can drive mature bucks away or underground early. [caption id="attachment_2750" align="alignleft" width="514"] Habitat Consultants[/caption]
Just because you did not get winded on stand does not mean he does not know you were there. When those older bucks cruise at night, they can smell where you walked and rubbed against brush etc. Do it twice and he may not show during daylight in that area all year. Trail cameras included. [caption id="attachment_3060" align="alignleft" width="510"] Bucks go nocturnal when they know you are hunting. Steve's team…
Summer bucks and food plots for deer Its nice to find velvet bucks on camera in your food plots. [caption id="attachment_3368" align="alignleft" width="900"] Boys of summer[/caption] Summer bucks and food plots for deer Most will use your parcel in the fall, at the least an appearance. Summer bucks and food plots for deer Exercise proper scent control and place the cameras in low impact spots. Don't make the deer shy…
July can be a rough month to plot. Soil is dry and rain dissipates quickly. Young plants can struggle. Time the rain for success. [caption id="attachment_3285" align="alignleft" width="900"] Bartylla doe factories[/caption]
What you have on camera this summer is not what you will have this fall - but its damn close. If you have good deer in velvet and strike out every fall, you need to try something different. Let a group with hundreds of years combined experience help you make it better. [caption id="attachment_3368" align="alignleft" width="900"] Boys of summer[/caption]
Roadside Food Plots for Deer We did some testing last fall on Roadside Food Plots for Deer. One of these plots had zero activity during legal shooting light, and all of the plots in plain sight of passing traffic saw very little activity during legal light. Roadside Food Plots for Deer We added a screen of junk trees to shield the deer from the cars, and the amount of daylight activity…
Late summer can be a stress period for deer nutrition, and healthy deer are rarely stressed. Get some cereal grains, clover and brassicas in the ground to avoid the late summer feed lull.
New Food Plots for Deer New plots are often loaded with duff, and the soil to seed contact can suffer. A great tip is to take a section of chain link fence and drag it behind your wheeler. It will roll the duff into tubes you can pick up and toss, or you can leave them in the plot. [caption id="attachment_3356" align="alignleft" width="900"] New Food Plots for Deer[/caption] New Food…
