There are two general reasons we plant food plots for deer: supplementing natural nutritional shortfalls, and attracting and holding deer on our properties during hunting season. Planting annual food plots can be a big part of achieving both goals. Forages planted for deer are of two general types: perennials and annuals. Perennials are forages designed [...]
It’s July and bucks are finally sporting some substantial headgear. This is the beginning of a great period of time for hunters to start taking inventory of the bucks in their hunting areas. As you’ve seen in some of my previous posts, this is something I’ve started to do pretty frequently the last couple weeks. [...]
A couple weeks back I was chatting whitetails with a buddy and we some-how got on the topic of scent control and the obsessions we both had. We both followed the usual routine of washing our gear and showering with scent-free soap, keeping all of our hunting equipment in scent-tight containers and then spraying ourselves [...]
Although we are technically in the off-season of deer hunting, for many of us hunting is a year round pursuit. To make sure we’re all staying up on our off-season tasks, I thought I would highlight a variety of important work that needs to be attended to in the months leading up to the fall [...]
Tuesday night I stopped by Cabelas to pick up a new block target, but ended up getting a little trigger happy and bought a bunch of hunting DVD’s. As I was walking out the door, I stopped to consider how many different shows and videos I’ve watched over the years. It’s a lot. Why in [...]
Creating the best habitat on your property for deer is a careful balance of food and land management, but as most of us have probably noticed, food seems to get the most hype. That being said, you can’t afford to ignore the importance of providing great cover for deer on your land. In addition to [...]