By creating a definitive bedding area, you are likely to hold big bucks on the property and have a better idea of where they will be during hunting season.
Tag: deer habitat
Honeysuckle Is No Friend to Habitat
In the January 2011 issue of Deer & Deer Hunting, Tes Jolly presented an informative piece on how Southern landowners have used pre-established honeysuckle to their benefit as a deer browse source. By Daniel E. Schmidt, Editor-in-Chief One thing we should have done a better job at (and I will take blame for this) is that landowners elsewhere […]
Grow ’em Big: How to Create Deer Bedding Areas
In this episode of Grow ’em Big, Steve Bartylla explains how a chainsaw can be a deer manager’s best friend when planning improvements to habitat. Learn the do’s and don’ts about hinge-cutting trees, and discover how man-made bedding areas can hold deer on a property all year long. Hinge cutting involves cutting through a tree to […]
Grow ’em Big: Map Out the Best Deer Hunting Plan for Your Property
How do you maximize the benefits of your hard work putting in food plots, establishing mineral licks, and selecting the best areas for stands or ground blinds? The best way to do that is to establish a plan based on your land, your needs and desires, and what the deer need before you start making any […]
Gravely Atlas Side-by-Side Has Features Land Managers Need
Polaris and Ariens Partner to Create an Intriguing New Option for Hunting Properties By Jared Blohm Most land managers rely on a variety of vehicles to oversee their hunting properties. They use a truck to haul wood, seed, lime, fertilizer, deer feed and other heavy loads. A tractor is usually needed to complete food plot […]
Hot, New Deer Hunting Attractants and Minerals
Learn what’s new with some of the hottest deer hunting attractants and minerals with Jason Campbell from Evolved Harvest. With spring arriving, more hunters are thinking about mineral sites, food plots and planning for the upcoming season. Find out what’s happening on Deer Talk Now so you can be prepared.
Alsheimer: Don’t Forget Natural Deer Foods
By Charles J. Alsheimer The role of natural habitat is often overlooked by hunters. It shouldn’t be. Throughout the summer months whitetails consume 6 to 10 pounds of leaves each day from preferred browse species, forbs and agricultural offerings. In some areas of the whitetail’s range its diet can be made up of over 500 natural […]
Start Thinking About Year-Round Habitat Enhancement
White-tailed deer are “browsing” animals. They eat a wide variety of foods and the food selected will depend on its availability, abundance and the season of the year. No one food is eaten in great amounts throughout the year. By the Missouri Department of Conservation These facts must be considered when attempting to improve or […]
Mast Survey Report Available for Deer Hunters
The 2012 “Mast Survey and Hunting Outlook” is available on the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ website and at DNR offices across the state, according to Chris Ryan, supervisor of Game Management Services for the DNR Wildlife Resources Section. Since 1970, the Wildlife Resources Section, in cooperation with volunteers from numerous other agencies, has […]
Virginia Deer Feeding Ban In Effect
Virginia’s annual statewide prohibition of feeding deer begins Sept. 1 and continues through the first Saturday in January. During that time it will be illegal to feed deer throughout the state. Additionally, it is now illegal to feed deer year-round in Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren counties and in the City of Winchester as part […]