How To Create Daylight Deer Movement On Small Parcels
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- Very few small parcels actually control the daylight deer movement in your neighborhood. Do the deer on your land travel from the inside of your land and out, or from outside of your land and in, every single day. The best lands hold deer on the land during the daylight, and then send those deer off of the land after dark. Very few lands hold the attention of mature bucks every single day, but if you practice these food and cover strategies on your small parcel, you can create the whitetail habitat needed in the right locations, to hold the focus of the oldest bucks in the neighborhood, all season long.
This is probably the best info you have given yet. For me at least. My property has 3 adjoining hay fields, north, south and west. my property is completely wooded. I see that the plot placement will determine how those deer use my property on their way to the large hay fields.
and hopefully keep them on my property , in my plots till dark hopefully.
learned a lot more from this video too. thanks again Jeff, I appreciate it.
Man that is great to hear and you are very welcome! One of my core concepts that hits home for a lot of clients. Great to hear that it sounds like it may help you a lot this year...really appreciate your feedback!
Jeff,
Thanks for all if your videos! At this point, I feel like I owe you tuition for an associates degree in Habitat Management. I am in SE Alabama and have only just come across your videos this season. One of the tracts that I am leasing is a 350 AC parcel with about 120 AC in 20 yr. CRP pines with three, 3-5 ac food plots, all planted on property lines. The rest is ag field. This really limits my opportunities for hinge cutting or establishing daytime browse. I would love to hear your thoughts and tips for improving a CRP pine plantation in regard to bedding and keeping deer onsite! Thanks again for all that you’re doing to educate hunters across the nation!
Great video, it reaffirms the plan I have for my property. I was lucky and bought a 40 acre inside out property here in Michigan and had the best year for seeing mature bucks than I've ever had. Now I need to get the permanent stand locations and food plots in before mid summer.
That's great to hear Shannon! Make sure those food plots aren't in the middle of the cover and that your blinds pass the 100 yard test...in that they can't be seen from 100 yards or more by your eyes 🙂 Thanks and I hope these videos help you on your habitat, herd and hunting management journey!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 the food plots are all going to be on the exterior of the property and access will be close to my house or from the river. Im putting one blind on an island in the center of a small pond and the north side of the pond will be wrapped in food.
We need someone like this in the south. Deer are different down here in Louisiana and Mississippi than up north
I have been in pest control a long time and I have to say, I have been trying to explain what you explain in your videos to my friends, family, neighbors, basically anyone who wants to listen and I'll be damned people just don't get it. You are spot on!!
Control the Bedding!!
Control the Food!!
Control the Does!! And the bucks will walk in on a string.
All these questions about what cover works, ahhh the one that covers him up is the one he's goin to choose!! Which food do they like? The one they eat!!
I hate green beans but I know plenty of others that love them.
Keep doing what you are doing! Shit, we should be partners hahaha.
To the questions about the South: Cover: tall unkept (tall, 4'+) grasses, sorghum, rice... Foods, anything that will green and grow. Fades from AG crops into oats into leafy greens...
And all-time rule, stop running all the damn deer out of their beds or where ever you want them!!
I get 8pts or better, on my eighth acre lot on the edge of my neighborhood, in my grass lawn, every year.
Video idea! A dominant mature buck that we are seeking splits his day time movement right on the border of our property and the neighbors. I get alot of middle of the day pictures in our core area and I get middle of the day pictures of him crossing the fence. Thoughts? Love the information you're putting out. Thanks
Chase Taft sounds like he's feeding in the middle of the day on some woody browse in yalls core area and fenceline..
Hi chase that is really common... especially on small parcels! In that case locating food on the opposite side of the land can actually shift his typical daylight movement patterns across the border more. Of course if there isn't food there already.
The best thing to do with either high pressure neighbors or neighbors with good connecting cover, is to locate food on the opposite side. That way the back end of his daily movement is more located on the border or inside your border..instead of shared more with your neighbor.
I hope that makes sense?
HI Jeff! Great videos and tutorials. Just wondering if you ever come up to western Canada to do any habitat consulting?
Thank you very much, really appreciate the feedback! I haven't...but I would for sure!
Awsome info bro .. this is making think ..one of our food plots is good location it’s up high ..they seem to eat in it all day with small hidden water hole in end woods but may need another lower on land by rivine side is a rd so this would suck them in more daytime ?instead of crossing rd
Thanks a lot Nick! Definitely on the lower plot...in particular if it doesn't set them up to cross the road. Parallel to the road is really good! Hoping this hits home and makes a lot of sense for folks...really appreciate all your feedback Nick!
I have a 3 acre property but no one hunts because it is a state park around me so u have to have private property to hunt and that is hard to find near a state park but I go it and we see at least 15 deer every day and don’t feed or even have any good plots bc we just moved in but next year we are putting a food plot in and we have a 11 point a 8 point a few 6 And little ones two all on and around our property
Jeff- with this concept, how do you avoid spooking deer all the time when food plots are so close to the borders?
Good question John! They are never so close to the border that you can't walk around them....
I was wondering this same thing.
What would you consider a minimum distance off the property lines???
Jeff- with the concept of placing food plots so close to the borders, how do you access your property to hunt it without spooking deer? Many of your videos also say don’t create a food plot if you are repeatedly going to spook the deer off it.
What if the deer are hitting your food plots during the morning and afternoon and also during the nights
Another great video! Especially for us guys with that 50acre and lower, now Jeff idk if I just missed a video (which I'm positive I didn't lol) but I have a question, what's your point of view on hunting with decoys? I know a lot of hunters who swear by them, and others who think it's just a waste of time and hard to get them set up prior to the hunt. Just been thinking about it a lot if I should spend the money and get some decoys or not to and just stick with my mock scrapes and food plot setup. Just looking for some of that wisdom lol and always Thanks a ton Jeff
Thanks a lot Jake!
That's a good question...I don't use them...actually never have. I would not suggest them in high pressure areas...but they do have their place in low pressure states.
I just wouldn't carry them in...they really wouldn't be appropriate in most of my setups. I hunt a lot of thick, bedding security cover with low visibility. Typically if I see a mature buck, I shoot that buck. Close shots...close quarters. That's why I use my bow during gun season a lot.
I've seen them work on some situations on TV...seen them spook deer too! I've had 1 hunting iffy that used one on the land I hunt. He spooked does with it...they spooked other deer and I can't afford to ever spook deer. Never happened again 😉 most hunters I know shooting mature bucks consistently, don't use them. I know a lot of hunters using them that don't shoot mature bucks consistently!
I can't say never...but I don't see using one myself in the near future. Not saying they don't work at times...but I'm more concerned with the times that they don't work.
Thanks again Jeff, I was on the fence. Thats the problem I face in lower Michigan big ag all around high pressured hunting all around me within a 5mile radius ya can't drive down the road without seeing pop up blinds posted up. like I said just needed some of the wisdom lol thanks again Jeff now, I'm not gonna be spending that 130$ on something I didn't really need. Lol
@@jakesnake4107 in lower MI big ag I would certainly save your dollars if it were me. Instead...hunting smart and preserving as much core, daylight deer movement are as possible is key. I was just on land by Dewitt today...Stanton tomorrow, 34.78 acres and 40 acres. Have also been on 52 acres and 27...a few larger, but man there are VERY few daylight mature buck parcels around here. Easy to stick out in a good way 😉 I hope all of this info helps you a lot! Love it hear...I have my last client tomorrow...8 in 9 days, and then heading home through the UP on Sunday.
Thanks again Jeff, have a safe trip home man this weather has been insane here in Michigan and surrounding states this year. Very few daytime buck pics on my cameras, I mean they're there but not as many as I'd like, was just out scouting my land yesterday have plenty of rubs new and old ones and have been getting hits STILL with the ground Frozen on my mock scrapes, just a lot of nocturnal movement compared to day light, but with your videos helping me out I'm hoping next deer season is a huge success. I had a chance at a big 8 point this year just my Mark was a little low and went right underneath him. Lol Ya live and learn. But like I said before there Jeff thanks for all the wisdom your giving out to all of us Whitetail Chaser. Shoot Dewitt is about an hour drive from me and you gotta go all the way through the UP. Safe Travels, can't wait for the next video
@@jakesnake4107 you are very welcome Jake and best of luck with the daylight movement this year...it sure can be done! I am near Big Rapids today...then shooting up to the UP tonight. Appreciate it too...try to drive as safe as j can but am so used to the worst of conditions living in MI and WI my whole life...even 14 years in the Munising area. If the truck moves forward...I move forward, lol.
Have a great weekend! I have a shed hunting video coming out tomorrow morning...of course with a different spin than most 😉
Can you do a video on 20 acre and under properties
I sure will at some point Carmine! BUT, the concepts are all the same...and here is an example of how a 20 acre parcel can be better than a 40 acre parcel. I hope you like it! Very important concept for any parcel, let alone a 20 acre parcel.
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You are awesome. I have 20 acres and a 7 acre lake in the middle. Its a main trail area to food I have movement on every inch of the property but the daylight movement isn't the greatest I'd love to be able to talk to ya cause I havent seen anything you've done that'll help me id love to just get a few tips from ya id be extremely grateful
Hi Jeff we have 60 acres for 2 years now and the first year we had a big acorn and beech nut year and had tons of day time buck movement the next year we had no nuts drop and super wet fall flooding the land and most bucks were outside in coming on and off a neighboring land that’s doesn’t hunt
We redefine water run off and have set up about 3 acres of food plots near a boarding property that’s not being used but is Secure any tips on what else we could do to help keep the bucks on are land in the day time
Hey Jeff, would you consider doing a video on tree/plant identification and how they relate to deer hunting. Like which ones deer use, which are useless, which are good for hinge cutting etc
I’m hunting a 3 acre plot behind my house and the deer are straight nocturnal. Any tips?
Any tips?
What if your property isn't square ?
Good question...that's why I gave different examples of rectangular not off snapped parcels...parcels where you hold deer on neighboring unpressured public land or non hunting neighbors. Very important concept though...most hunters are waiting for deer to come back on their land in the afternoon...but it doesn't have to be that way. Instead...this is a good concept to make sure deer are focusing more on your land during the daylight than nighttime. Most lands are one or the other...most are nocturnal, in particular when it comes to bucks. Hope that helps Matthew!
How do your strategies change for small parcels in states where they run dogs... I live in Virginia where running dogs is common place
So my family owns a 20 acre property and about 17-18 acres are swamp and just wet land, we have 1 small food plot. Could this still work for us?
This comment is for Mrs Sturgis I'm not trying to say anything bad just concerned Jeff's starting to look alittle run down keep an eye on him please.
Thanks for that Yogi...not sure how to take that? Lol. I actually am run down, believe it or not....so much to do, so little time! Dianr read your comment, btw 😉
Whitetail Habitat Solutions even those big mature bucks we like. they know they have to rest an replenish
@@yogibear6271 for sure! I have a little coming this week. Tough when you work for yourself, lol. Wouldn't trade it though...very blessed to do what I do so don't want to waste the opportunity!
The day I shot this video was the day I left for this client trip...last Thursday. Met Dylan at 8am, shot 6 videos...this was the last one...left at 12:30, drove 8 hours to MI. The next day had a 15 hour day with 3 hours of total travel and over 6 miles walked in snow in single temps to into the teens...now today is my 8th client. Nearly the same schedule every day. And answering social media and other contacts early and late every day. Like right now this morning. Such is the life 😎 been doing this at about this level since 08...I love it! You get wore out...but it's a good wore out. I shoot more vids as soon as I get back...
Whitetail Habitat Solutions OK man. You can run 100 mph or you can run 80 mph you will still get there I'm just saying. Do what you fill you have to do just trying to give you my 2 cents.
@@yogibear6271 It's pretty cool...I work very hard and then get to take time when I want. Was in Canada fishing 5 times last year with family...was awesome! And then of course my wife and I get away a lot for a night or two. Tomorrow spending breakfast with Sam and Autumn. It's all good...good balance, but when I work my goal is to crush it 100% 🙂
So the rule is if you have bedding, out corn your neighbors 🤣🤣🤣
Ha, easier stuff to plant than that...I have only used corn once in 26 seasons of food plotting 😊
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 yes indeed. First year on my son in laws property. He lives on top of ridge. Nice clear cut. A a few ravines and some heavy cover mixed in. A small pond. Pasture borders mostly. I plan on putting your advice too use. You are great and I brag on you a lot. I just have to out corn the neighbor right now until spring when I plan and trying to get some winter rye seeded as you suggest. Tough landscape for sure. I will put your knowledge to use. Ty for your videos.
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Do you have any suggestions on food plot types for the south. I hunt in Alabama. I’ve seen numerous of your videos but you haven’t seen any regarding southern states?
I would love for Jeff to give some tips for southern states. I live in Alabama as well and the areas I hunt are primarily leased timber (pine) with no agriculture around the area. What are his thoughts on making some mineral sites? Is it a waste of time, or if your area lacks ag would there be any benefit in providing additional nutrients to the herd? These videos are so interesting, I'd love to get his take.
This video nails it . I've got 80 surrounded by 200 acres of preserve with no hunting. Naturally, neighbors cover the edges of it but this video keys in how things can be very bad for a guy with things out of line. I actually ruined my farm several years ago by food plotting conventionally and not doing proper screening, cover, water, and bedding. It created a Doe factory access I typically see deer but the bucks would flat disappear once they turned 4 years old. Too much social pressure with completely wrong depth of cover areas. I am now turning the table. Thanks for sharing Jeff! It's good stuff
Really appreciate your feedback and experience Shawn... really happy for you that you turned that land around. The bad thing is that I see most people never turning it around..more understanding this critical concept. I hope the info helps a lot of folks! Thank YOU...and you are very welcome!
I love these small parcel videos!! I always get the alerts for new videos at work....so when I put it on my laptop I usually draw a crowd to watch. Lol
Chris, that's awesome to hear, lol! Hope everyone likes them!
I know I comment a lot, here lately. I really like when you put it on paper even more so than computer diagrammed. With that being said, can you do a video on fixing small properties that have already been messed up in comparison to this philosophy you provided today. Also can you do a video on how to traverse these properties properly after they have been given a good layout? I know you have touched on these topics before, but with this knowledge in this video, I understand it better tied together.
You mentioned chestnuts several times in this video. Have you had any experience with client planting the chinese or dunstan chestnuts. Whats your thought on them as a food source
I’ve been watching so many of your videos and I thank you so much for them! I have turned my 6.5 acres of tilled field to grass and a food plot so far and am hoping to add a water feature and licking branch too. I’ve been able to harvest my first three bucks in two years after being skunked for 10 years previous both bow and gun. If you call 40 acres a small parcel and 25 acres a micro parcel, do you have videos projected towards itty bitty parcels? My 10 acre parcel where I live is in the middle of farm country and I own two edges of fence row / tree lines.
This was definitely one of the most helpful videos you have had for us guys in the process of setting up our land!! I have read your first two books and watched all of your videos it least twice! And watching this video the lightbulb actually one off for me! I have been keeping myself awake at night trying to set up my property in the most efficient way in the smartest way. I am fortunate that my northwoods 80 is still A blank slate and I have the opportunity to still create an inside out property! Thanks again for all your help and keep these types of videos going!!!!
David...man...that is awesome this one hit home so well for you! And I hope for a lot of others too. Ha...the stress of want to do it right 🙂 That's a good thing to keep yourself up for...pretty rewarding when it all comes together and I will do my best to keep pumping the information out! Thank you so much and you are very welcome
Thanks for your reply! Stressful but fun nevertheless!! Especially this time of year.was wondering about your drone videos and what type you have and how much it helps you setting up a property? Love the technology!
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Makes perfect sense gave me ideas on food at my lease brother. Great video thanks for sharing GOD BLESS.
My husband just harvested the nicest buck we have on camera with his muzzle loader, on our (smaller than most neighbors') 40 acre parcel in a highly pressured area. I couldn't be happier for him after his work out there on plots. Just want to say Thank You Jeff, for helping me understand so much of this better. We'll keep at it. What a fun challenge. Respectfully, 👍🏻
Jeff, I have a 240 acre property that I'm the sole hunter allowed to hunt on. It is not mine. It's urban and surrounded by houses. I swear it's configuration allows for both inside out and outside in as you describe. Is that possible? It's in Southern NH so we only get deer kills around 15000 max. Great content as usual. On another subject do you address coyote populations with your clients? We have a very high coyote count here.
Thanks
Hi John...wow, that sounds perfect!! What a great spot to hunt. And yes, it sure is possible...that would be how it happens, even in the best of circumstances. The bottom line though, you have to be that daylight parcel and be able to capture the daylight attention of bucks. Often the smaller the parcel, the more you have to rely on the edges of your neighbors to hold deer close during the daylight, and then send them through your land through daylight to the afternoon food. Without food the movements become highly random. Sounds great though..I love that kind of hunting!
I talk predation a lot with my clients. What I often find is that there is more of a perceived predation problem...not an actual problem.
The first questions are along the lines of number of fawns per doe in the Fall. 1-2 fawns is normal, but it depends on the amount of cover and food too...winter severity, etc. For example in my lands in the UP of MI I owned, I could hear 5 packs of yotes at one time but I still carried double the number of fawns that was average for the area. .5 per doe into Fall recruitment was average...I saw over 1. But that's where the talks begin though.
I have another question! I have about three times more bucks than doe’s is that good or bad???? What does that mean?????
That's a good thing Drake! Although finding more of a balance may be a little better. It means you don't over-hunting your land and you have taken steps whether you know it or not...not to create a doe factory. It also means that you probably do not have large food plots? Or large food sources? And probably not a lot of lush summer food...or are in an area of an over abundance of summer food
Whitetail Habitat Solutions that is what I was hoping you would say,! Although I am putting a small food plot this year. I predict my neighbor will be finding the deer and start putting pressure on them. He has the biggest bedding area right on the property line,, Thanks so much for answering my questions.you sir are one of a kind!! Glad you’re not a lawyer,,!,!!, ha ha ha ha ha
@@DRAKED411 Drake...in that case I would put the food on the opposite side and improve along your neighbor's like for bedding. Then you can relocate doe family groups along your food plot....pulling the movement away from your neighbors every day.
I hope that makes sense? If your neighbor crowds the bedding area, it pushes deer even closer onto your land into a compact movement.
good information.I Hunt on 40 acres of public land next to the White river and Bull Shoals lake.This parcel has plenty of Oak trees.The surrounding private lands have the grass and other Ag.The deer come to the top of the parcel that is a ridge on both ends that's where they enter.Some get killed by traffic as a major road parallels this tract.Further down south of this strip is all non hunting State park lands.Once they are there it's a safety zone of grass,egg corns and of course plenty of clean water.I harvest a buck and a doe every year.The dominate buck is a big non typical.I seen him chasing a doe on Oct.23&25 but not since.
Jeff my problem is a little different: I have permission to hunt on my neighbor's ten acres that is bare except for four acres of vineyard. On the West side are there twenty acres of grapes with the North, East and South having houses and open fields. My game camera is showing mature bucks coming in to Garbanzo beans I put out from 8:30 at night til just before dawn. It's legal to bait in Washington state during our Oct 17th deer season. How can I get those deer to stay out after sunrise or, better yet, come in to the beans before dark?
I'm screwed, house sits in the middle of 10 acres, lol
Ha....there is always a way Brandon!
I have the same problem, but I have an eighth of an acre and I get 8pts IN MY YARD every year. Easy.
How large would a food plot have to be to support and attract deer on a 25 acre parcel. Then, do you have to put that all in one consolidated plot or could you have a few shot plot size plots to have the same effect. I'm also struggling with knowing when or when not to use the property for recreational use during the spring and summer. For example, we like to ride dirt bikes and fish in our small pond and we dont know if that will spook deer for an entire hunting season or if we would be okay using it until a month before season. The property also has pretty low timber quality with mostly just beech and maple and a few scattered white, black, and red oaks. In my opinion the parcel just doesnt layout well with nearby hunters who kill anything brown and a landowner that lets multiple people hunt his property throughout the season and there really isnt much space for food plots and huge bedding areas. We are just really stuck in a rut and dont know the next move to make on bettering the property.
Hi Travis...anywhere from an acre to 3 acres+. So many complexities and the shape or number of plots is determined but the lay of the land and neighbors. I would spend a lot of time on my food plot playlist. When you understand the concept first, then you can understand where and why to place your food plots. I have videos like the necessary bad food plot acres needed, food plot location strategies and I even have a video discussing when to stay off of your land:
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I recommend that you stay off of your land from about a month before the season until the day after the season. That's it. With a great deer parcel the bucks shouldn't be on the land during the especially the late Winter, Spring and Summer...so no worries at all. I have lots of clients with dirt bike tracks, horse back riding, hiking, skiing, whatever...enjoy the land during the off season...I will not effect your hunting season 😉 Again though...check out my food plot play list...about 25 vids. I also discuss at length all of those concepts in my food plot book I published in 2014.
I hope that helps your Travis. Every parcel is so unique so you have to learn the concepts first...and then you can apply them to your land.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thank you for clearing things up. I will most definitely be buying your books soon.
@@travis9217 you are very welcome Travis and I hope all of the info helps you out for this season!
From Mississippi got the same problems Alabama
I hope the info helps you out Mike!
I feel this is one of the better video's you have done Jeff. Sometimes you just have to "get the crayons out." Great basic visuals and descriptions of your core concepts that have delivered consistent success for me and my property since your visit.
Thanks a lot Jared, I really appreciate that! This stuff works so well...just hard to deliver at times so I like to read that it hit home for you! Hope all is going great!
I think the land I hunt is a mix of both.
That can happen Mark..I think a lot are. Very important to understand the concept though and try your best to create a daylight parcel...hope the info helps!
Brilliant analysis.
Jeff, Thanks again for all the information!!! I have watched this video several times and believe I can make my 40 an inside out property with all my access being from the edge of my property lines via public roads. If I have no AG in my area period (Big Woods Setting) would that mean my outer edge plots would be the new 2 Night Time Feeding Sources?
Thanks. I know I have an outside-in parcel. I'm still at ground 1 of preparing my land for having a food plot and surrounding vegetation areas. Learning a whole lot more as I view your videos. I think in one of your older videos you guys mentioned it's not recommended to break the soil b/c you're turning the nutrients down into the soil. I sent in a soil test and had a whopping 4.2. I still threw out some throw-n-gro just to see if anything would grow. It barely grew over 3 inches of vegetation and very, very sparse. I am considering to breaking soil, lime it, then fertilize. I have mega stumps everywhere and need to get the backhoe involved. Is there some other way to lime and fertilize and not break soil? Thanks for sharing your videos.
Does this still apply the same in big woods?
The balance of scale is a lot larger...but the concept of maintaining the daylight focus of the local deer and especially the buck herd, is still the same for sure!
Hard to imagine a small plot like 40 acres being an inside out property. I appreciate your insight. We are 160 acres in the middle of at least 1000 acres of nature preserve and no hunting private property
Thanks Harold!an it sure can...but very few put the pieces together correctly on their land to achieve it. I'm hoping all the tips on the channel help folks...and you...because it can be done! And it is awesome...
I am actually helping a client near Lansing Michigan with 35 acres, create an insight movement on his land, today.
Thanks again Harold!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I just discovered your channel and I really appreciate your perspective thank you
So say you were to make changes to food and cover to make your property and inside out property. Where would your stand placement be? Obviously you wouldn’t see anything if you hunted the outer edge of your property past the food plots, because your goal was to hold the deer on your property until the end of legal light. Do you just try to create access to get in between the doe and buck bedding and have a stand set up for an afternoon hunt?
You do want to hunt the outer edges positioned off of trails running between your plots and with multiple locations so you can play the wind. Access in & out is also key so you don't let them know you are or were there.
perfect video. I've got 175 acres and this was above educational
Brandon that is awesome to hear...perfect!! Happy off season whitetail planning 🙂
I would love to draw you a picture of my land so you can take a crack at it! Excellent video!
Thank you John! Man I wish I could do that to help folks out...or had the time to do it! I have between 70 and 90 clients per year that pay me by the day to do that. At the end of an 8 client trip in MI right now, last client today...left home last Thursday. 14-15 hour days with travel. Wouldn't have time to answer TH-cam comments late at night or in the morning, lol 🙂
BUT, man I really hope that the videos help you...or the articles on my site and books!
Great video....Thanks
You are very welcome Grady!
Good morning, Jeff. After watching this video, I have a couple of questions for you. I live in Georgia where elevations here average 850' to 1000' above sea level. I'm looking at leasing a 200 acre parcel here for the upcoming season. I know you speak alot about small parcels and my first question is this; what factors or attributes are you looking for in a parcel when scouting out prospective or client properties regardless of size? Secondly, will switchgrass be succesful this far south for foodplot borders or blind cover? It gets cold here, but not like Wisconsin. We get a lot of 25°-35° days, but not for extended periods. Our average mean temp during the hunting season is roughly 50° F. Thanks, Jeff. I look forward to all of your videos and appreciate you sharing your knowledge, tips and tactics with us here.
Never really thought about my small Missouri farm in an abstract way like this... thanks to this vid I'm going to make my outside-in property into in inside-out property. Great video. Glad I found your channel!
I agree with the concept of inside out and have my property set up this way. On smaller parcels like 40 acres I think it would really depend on the neighbors. With food plots on the outside of the property, I can see the neighbors snuggling up pretty tight to the property line if they don’t have any improved areas of their own. I think that’s why a lot of folks put one big foodplot right in the center of their small property. Probably bump deer like crazy going in and coming out, though.
Jeff I have a clean slate this land is New it was create it10 years ago. It was pumped from the river and created a new 180 acre area on my property young trees mostly willow lots of cat tails. There is cover everywhere I have the option to create whatever I need but don’t know what I need .there are about seven ridgelines of the willow trees lots of water about 6 inches.l see tracks everywhere.but heavy trails on the edge of the ridges. The question is where should I concentrate or put food plots should I center them in the property or on the edges I have no hunting pressure it is only accessible by boat ??????. I’ve been feeding them corn for about 3 years.they clean it up. One spike has been walking up to me 😂
I'm really learning a lot from your videos! Very timely for me because I am actively trying to find a deer hunting parcel near me. So far everything I have found that is close and available is what you call an "outside in" parcel.
Jeff, you killed it with this video. One of my favorites so far. I love how you touched on the longer property and how deer in the back wont relate to the food source in the front; that' mainly because it roughly depicts my property. I have a pretty loaded question and would love to get your expert opinion.
How well-- if at all-- do TOPO features provide an artificial feeling of distance when deer are relating to bedding depth (does next to food source, bucks behind does) and does that same artificial distance related to evening food source travel. More specifically in a region that is 65-70% hardwood and 30-35% ag, would a buck travel 400 yard to a food source, during day light hours, if he has to go over a ridge, around a bench, through a finger and up another ridge? (Elevation change is no more than 75ft at any given time) Or do you think he would rather find adequate bedding within a low pressured area that has equal cover, browse and security 75-100 yards behind the does instead of 200?
Its like you were just describing my property 100%. I have the best midnight trail am pics in the world.
So where do you place your stand in that setup?
Morn buddy
Morning Randle...almost to my client this morning...blowing snow and 19 degrees. Just stopped for more coffee, lol
Whitetail Habitat Solutions wish we’d get some snow so I could do some wild hog tracking. Have a safe and blessed day brother we’ll talk soon GOD BLESS. Where can I get your book at the latest one brother???? When u get time let me know
atleast the snow will help your scouting out, wish I was scouting some deer instead of hanging gutters lol. Season ends Sunday in Bama.
Chris Goodwin it ended here in TN January the 6th I believe it was. Wish ours lasted that long. Good luck with the season you have left GOD BLESS.
I wish it was that easy... LOL
definitely got me a out side property.
I hope this helps Yogi!