That is a tough one! Most of those stand soak up so much water. In dry years you can kill and attempt to replace with shrubs that like to get their feet wet...willows, dogwood, alder. But it may be a labor of love depending on if you get too much rain or not
Even in Big Woods hunting where there is edge there also is wildlife finding it will spell success for hunting weather its deer or rabbits very informative vid Jeff!!
Definitely a big fan of a soft edge on all my food plots. I noticed it’s very beneficial to all wildlife. You sure have some nice looking ground there Jeff!
Awesome subject Jeff. Applies completely to my property. I have a 1/2 mile hard edge ravine that splits ag land. UTV and farm vehicles ride this edge continuously spooking the deer. I think a 10 yard buffer of shrubs and switchgrass would really help quite down the ravine. Thanks.
Just got a 460acre property with a huge strip of powerlines in the middle. Is it worth adding food in this section or other plantings? Currently had grases and wild apple trees
Kevin...so tough without knowing the entire layout of land and neighboring factors, access, deer #s, etc. BUT... definitely GREAT for food plots, switchgrass or both!
Thanks for info Jeff! I plants some sorghum this last year and liked how birds and deer used it and I figure turkey Poults can move in our for cover to. Hope to add it to field edges this year to give a little more diversity. Funny how the one plot looks like snowman from the air. Thanks again!
Jeff, is there something you'd plant in your kill plots that rabbits would mostly ignore but the deer would like in Oct/Nov? I've got really great rabbit habitat adjacent to my food plots and there are a ton of them judging by the tracks in the snow. Would clover/brassica and with cereal rye filler be okay still?
WHS video notification I click must absorb all the information!!! Im never left wanting with your content and I feel like I'm learning so much about deer that this coming season I'll be confident to take my first deer!
Late season bowhunting here in missouri I had 50-60 turkey daily on my property. That’s a good sign for deer I guess. No to mention this spring turkey season
Really digging the production value upgrades! Seems like you guys got a new camera and incorporated some camera movement during these! Well done in my opinion!
Hi Jeff, if you have weed controlled agriculture along the edge of a woods, would there be quicker regeneration if I lightly worked that soil? I would do switch grass out further and then go inside the edge of the woods to do some hinge cuts and stump cuts
@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 he is safe and sound no evidence of him on my way back, mustve been pecking shoulder gravel!! Thank you for everything you do on this channel very much.
Great info. What is amazing to me is a tornado came thru the area where I hunt. Which is mainly big timber. And it blew trees down all over. They are in patches that are spread over miles of land. It looks like heck. But it also did almost everything you recommend naturally. And as you mentioned there already was a nice mixture of wildlife. But now there is even more. 😄😄
In the last 30 years or so around here I haven't seen too much eradication of fencerows (much of that happened earlier) but the last 10-20 years our gamebird populations have tanked. I believe the biggest factor in our area is the collapse of the fur market along with the significant rise in bobcat population. The cats along with all of the nest raiders are taking a heavy toll. Definitely agree with your content here about the importance of edge habitat and diversity.
Any tips for improving monoculture stands of reed canary grass?
That is a tough one! Most of those stand soak up so much water. In dry years you can kill and attempt to replace with shrubs that like to get their feet wet...willows, dogwood, alder. But it may be a labor of love depending on if you get too much rain or not
This video celebrates my 350th WHS's video I have watched. A HUGE Thank You for all this awesome info.
Even in Big Woods hunting where there is edge there also is wildlife finding it will spell success for hunting weather its deer or rabbits very informative vid Jeff!!
Oh for sure Tex...great points!
It's 100,%.edge in big words
Definitely a big fan of a soft edge on all my food plots. I noticed it’s very beneficial to all wildlife. You sure have some nice looking ground there Jeff!
Really enjoyable Peter! Thanks too ..we LOVE working on it!
Awesome subject Jeff. Applies completely to my property. I have a 1/2 mile hard edge ravine that splits ag land. UTV and farm vehicles ride this edge continuously spooking the deer. I think a 10 yard buffer of shrubs and switchgrass would really help quite down the ravine. Thanks.
Hi David that sure would!
Thanks for all the excellent video Jeff!!! can't wait for all the new thing in 2024
Thanks a lot Sam...man, we can't either!
Just got a 460acre property with a huge strip of powerlines in the middle. Is it worth adding food in this section or other plantings? Currently had grases and wild apple trees
Kevin...so tough without knowing the entire layout of land and neighboring factors, access, deer #s, etc. BUT... definitely GREAT for food plots, switchgrass or both!
Great video!!! This gave me some more ideas!!! I like this idea..
Thanks a lot Brian...can't wait to get some trees down now.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 it’s the season!!
Thanks for info Jeff! I plants some sorghum this last year and liked how birds and deer used it and I figure turkey Poults can move in our for cover to. Hope to add it to field edges this year to give a little more diversity. Funny how the one plot looks like snowman from the air. Thanks again!
Jeff, is there something you'd plant in your kill plots that rabbits would mostly ignore but the deer would like in Oct/Nov? I've got really great rabbit habitat adjacent to my food plots and there are a ton of them judging by the tracks in the snow. Would clover/brassica and with cereal rye filler be okay still?
WHS video notification I click must absorb all the information!!! Im never left wanting with your content and I feel like I'm learning so much about deer that this coming season I'll be confident to take my first deer!
I love to hear that guys...thank you very much!
Late season bowhunting here in missouri I had 50-60 turkey daily on my property. That’s a good sign for deer I guess. No to mention this spring turkey season
Really digging the production value upgrades! Seems like you guys got a new camera and incorporated some camera movement during these! Well done in my opinion!
Hi Jeff, if you have weed controlled agriculture along the edge of a woods, would there be quicker regeneration if I lightly worked that soil? I would do switch grass out further and then go inside the edge of the woods to do some hinge cuts and stump cuts
Jeff i almost smacked one of your pheasants on my way to money creek this afternoon!! Poor guy looked lost. 🤣
Haha...NO! 😁
@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 he is safe and sound no evidence of him on my way back, mustve been pecking shoulder gravel!! Thank you for everything you do on this channel very much.
Trying to hire someone with a forestry mulcher in northern wi. You recommend anyone??
I love me some EDGE! Thanks for the info Jeff as always
Thanks Mark!! We do too...love that wildlife!!
Great info. What is amazing to me is a tornado came thru the area where I hunt. Which is mainly big timber. And it blew trees down all over. They are in patches that are spread over miles of land. It looks like heck. But it also did almost everything you recommend naturally. And as you mentioned there already was a nice mixture of wildlife. But now there is even more. 😄😄
Do dang cool! That's how we learn 😉
Like what you have done with your property, looks awesome, the Pheasants, remind me when I was 13 years old in 1969. Jeff from Michigan!!
In the last 30 years or so around here I haven't seen too much eradication of fencerows (much of that happened earlier) but the last 10-20 years our gamebird populations have tanked. I believe the biggest factor in our area is the collapse of the fur market along with the significant rise in bobcat population. The cats along with all of the nest raiders are taking a heavy toll. Definitely agree with your content here about the importance of edge habitat and diversity.
Thanks Jeff
You are welcome JG!
Looking Good Jeff!
Thank you very much Carlo!
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Very fast Kurt! 😊
I 100% agree with this philosophy!!
Thank you!
Love your videos, they're very informative. Hopefully some day I'll have a property to put your advise to work. Maybe even come to you for help.
Thanks a lot Tony, I hope you can buy your own land some day too!