What is the Best Winter Food for Deer? The best winter food for deer is woody browse. A deer’s diet can include hundreds of plants. Most of a deer’s diet consists of woody browse and leaves of trees and shrubs. The best natural deer food in winter is the tips of woody plants. The most …
In my decades of working in the Forestry and Wildlife Habitat Consulting business, I have seen just about every mistake there is and continue to see the same mistakes over and over. So, I decided to write this blog article and hopefully, a few people will read it. If you are reading this, congratulations, because …
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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 …
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 …
