How To Make Food Plots for Upland Game Birds There are lots of articles written about deer food plots but we sometimes forget about making sure upland birds have what they need to get through lean times and hide from predators. In this article we will go over how to make food plots for upland …
More and more landowners are wondering how to choose a wildlife consultant to make habitat improvements on their property. As a Consulting Forester, I have always considered wildlife habitat in my timber management activities. Even when the landowner is not interested in having wildlife habitat work done on the property, I made sure landings were …
I was perusing the internet when I thought of writing this article to get some ideas of what information is already out there on the subject of liming food plots. There seems to be plenty of bad advice and over simplified explanations, so I want to break it down for you in this article and …
7 Things You Can do to Improve Deer Habitat in Winter As I sit here with rain and snow coming down outside and my freezer is adequately stocked with venison, I was thinking of what I can do on client properties as soon as deer seasons are completely over. Winter is actually the best time …
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Deer Food Plots in the Woods are the most popular habitat improvement I have in my arsenal. However, food plots aren’t always necessary and they can often cause problems for your hunting success. In this article I will discuss creating deer food plots in the woods and the plan to create the best fall food …
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 …
Attracting and Holding Deer on Your Property A common problem with hunting landowners is they often fail to attract and hold deer on the property for observation and hunting. Everyone wants more deer on their hunting land but not everyone knows how to create a place that will hold deer. I will break down the …
Food Plot Soil Health Today I would like to write about soil health. Everyone knows we have to lime and fertilize our food plots, but why? When? How much? How often? Once you have your food plot soil corrected in terms of pH and fertility and plant and animal communities working correctly in the soil, …
Just as hard liquor is better when mixed, cover crop seed is better when combined into a diverse mixture of plants that benefit the soil and the wildlife and maximize the biomass being produced about ground as well as the biomass of bacteria and fungi below ground. Year round food plots require multiple crops and …
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 …
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