Wildlife habitat management and ideas that work
How to Create Buck Bedding Areas Buck bedding areas are not created but can be enhanced. The most important factor in a buck bedding area is the location and position on the terrain. The second factor is solitude and freedom from hunting pressure and social pressure from other deer. You can’t make a buck bed …
Soil Test Report: PH is the Most Important Characteristic to get Right I recently received a message from a client who, after sending in his food plot soil test and getting the result was asking me to get him a delivery of lime. He told me his test came back with a 6.2 pH, close …
Food Plot Soil Amendments – How to Interpret Soil Test Results Read More »
A site visit to the NY property revealed a rare problem, that is, too much rain. Never thought I would be complaining about too much rain, but we have fields now that are waterlogged and plants suffering from lack of air. There is a lot of yellowing in some fields and the neighbor’s corn is …
Update on Spring Plantings and Last Year’s Habitat Work Read More »
Food Plots – What Not to Do By Steve Chilcote, Forester, Wildlife Biologist Stephen A. Chlcote Land & Timber Consulting 814-360-4510 schilcote1223@gmail.com This year I have been called out to go look at food plots that were established and then let go, or half way established and the client is in a big …
Crissman Camp Project Case Study This 500+ acre property in Mifflin County had a severe fern problem and lack of understory food and cover.
Warm Season Grasses and Wildlife In case you’re not up on what NWSG (native warm season grass) is and why it is important, here is some relevant information for you. As the name implies, these grasses are native to North America and they grow in the warm season of June, July and August. They are …
Land – Forestry and Wildlife Services Overview If you are interested in increasing the value of the timber on your land and increasing the numbers of game animals using your property, there are a number of ways a trained forester/biologist like myself can help you achieve your goals. In my many years of experience with …
Reclaiming Well Sites in the Marcellus Shale Region The Marcellus region coincides with the prime hunting ground in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. There will be thousands of well sites cleared for drilling and all of them must be reclaimed in some fashion. If you are a landowner lucky enough to have one of …
