Wildlife habitat imporvement methods and studies
Prescribed fire is the best tool foresters have to regenerate oak forests. Periodic fire shaped the composition of the forest prior to fire exclusion over the last century. We can see that oak-dominated forest is now being overtaken by more shade-tolerant species, most of which are of lesser value to wildlife and not as valuable …
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Any time you push out a patch of woods and install a food plot, you will surely need lime and fertilizer to grow most food plot plants. The first tip I have is when you pick a place to put your plot, if you can, place it where you can get to it with …
The Effects of Too Much Fertilizer I was planning our food plot strategy with a client when he stated he was going to go ahead and put some triple 16 fertilizer on the plot prior to planting our soybeans. Yikes! I said whoa, hold on there a second! You spread a bunch of fertilizer last …
Ok, so its early spring and still cold here in Pennsylvania. You have already done your frost seeding, right? Frosty nights and snow are over and we are in for some rainy weather this time of year in our part of the country. Clover is starting to green up as are cool season grains. Now, …
This Blog Post is Taken from the Penn State University blog post of Duane Diefenbach at http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news/2014/. Notice that deer will gravitate to a small hiding spot during deer season. I would rather have a 50 to 100 – acre property of very good escape cover and hunt it with low impact techniques that to …
We were anxious to see how much use the new bedding and feeding areas would be this fall. Having just finished up the season in NY, I would have to say that the work we did was a success. During archery season, I shot a big buck chasing a doe around the thicket we created. …
