Even in the richest farmland, the majority of a deer’s diet is still woody browse, leafy browse and native forage. In this episode of Grow ’em Big, Steve Bartylla tells how to increase these important food sources for whitetails.

“Grow ’em Big“ is a Deer & Deer Hunting exclusive with 22 episodes that airs during the weeks and months leading up to hunting seasons in North America. Steve Bartylla is one of the country’s most respected experts on land and habitat management. Bartylla provides in-depth, proven methods for managing deer and local habitat to help fellow whitetail hunters take their land and resident deer population to a higher, more productive level.
Watch “Grow ’em Big” every Wednesday in spring and summer at DeerandDeerHunting.com, the DDH Facebook Page, Instagram and on YouTube.
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“Grow ’em Big“ is a Deer & Deer Hunting exclusive with 22 episodes that airs during the weeks and months leading up to hunting seasons in North America. Steve Bartylla is one of the country’s most respected experts on land and habitat management. Bartylla provides in-depth, proven methods for managing deer and local habitat to help fellow whitetail hunters take their land and resident deer population to a higher, more productive level.
Watch “Grow ’em Big” every Wednesday in spring and summer at DeerandDeerHunting.com, the DDH Facebook Page, Instagram and on YouTube.
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Don’t miss these other great deer hunting shows.
Even in the richest farmland, the majority of a deer’s diet is still woody browse, leafy browse and native forage. In this episode of Grow ’em Big, Steve Bartylla tells how to increase these important food sources for whitetails.
In this episode of Grow ‘em Big, Steve Bartylla identifies the 5 most important things deer need and the best options you can provide them to get them on your land — and not the neighbor’s.
Trail cameras can do much more than show you which deer are on your property. They provide clues as to where deer are coming from, if they’re suffering from social stress or health issues, what rut phase they’re in, and much more.
Your trail cameras could be working against you. Steve Bartylla shares his tips to keep deer unaware of your cameras and from ever knowing you were in the woods.
In this episode of Grow ’em Big, Steve Bartylla gets into how social stress affects your whitetails and what you can actually do on your property to take some of that pressure off.
Here are three changes you can make to your property to keep mature bucks around.
When mature bucks are only feeding in your plots after dark, creating a staging plot is a way to intercept them during daylight hours.
It can be easy to push mature buck bedding off your property, even with the best intentions. Find out what mistakes to avoid to keep big bucks bedded on your land.
Want the most nutritious deer food plots possible? Here are three things you can do to your soil to maximize nutrition and prevent drought.
What’s happening underneath your food plot may be the biggest reason your plots succeed … or fail.