3 Ways To See More Deer Without Habitat Improvements
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ย. 2021
- Every hunter would love to see more deer from the stand and while working to transform your property with different habitat improvements is a sure fire way to make that happen, it's not realistic for everyone. Not every landowner has the time to dedicate to working on habitat improvements and not everyone has the financial resources to put towards their hunting property. Everyone's situation is different. Luckily there are several ways to increase your deer sightings and hunting opportunities without ever putting in a single whitetail habitat improvement. In this video we will go over 3 Ways To See More Deer Without Habitat Improvements.
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A lot of awesome points. This will be my first year hunting. I’ve been tracking them on trail cams for about 4 years now. I’ll definitely have to keep a log, and do some of the management tips you brought up!
Not only does the log help with identifying patterns but it's also fun to go back and look at the pictures from 10 years ago :)
Great video these are some helpful tips thanks for sharing,keeping a log is great idea,i donit alot for bass fishing but never really thought about it for deer but might start doing that,the GPS trail tracking is a genius idea 💡
Thanks! The log was the first way (along with cameras) that showed us that we really need to slow down and wait to hunt more in late October. And it helped show us what stands were better at certain times of the day. The more hunters you have the fast you can accumulate data but you could also do this yourself.
You brought up a bunch of very good points in this video. Thank you for posting it. Two additional thoughts I had were as follows:
1) There are many ways of improving your property with nothing more than a chainsaw, including clearing shooting lanes and creating preferred travel corridors for deer.
2) Simply hunt your property less frequently, especially avoiding the property when conditions are not in your favor.
Thank you Jason, I really appreciate the comment. You are exactly right, with just a few hours with a chainsaw, a property owner can drastically change how the deer move through the property. Carving deer trails with a chain saw to influence the deer movement is a great way to see more deer! I also agree that keeping your hunting pressure low, or hunting less frequently as you put it, is critical. Only moving in when there is a higher probability of deer movement will give the deer herd a false sense of security and this is another great way to see more deer.
I also want to say Thank You to you for sharing all the knowledge you have on food plots / soil health / etc. I am in several of the Habitat / Foot Plot / MQDM groups and you always have great advice for the fellow members when they have questions. Every time I see you post I make sure to take the time to read it as I know that there's a good chance that I'm going to learn something new about food plotting. So again I just wanted to say Thank You and keep up the great work!
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I'm not sure where I bought it. Wore it in one of the first videos and figured I might as well keep wearing it. Now it's more of a joke to keep wearing the same shirt lol.
Adding to the thank yous for the great suggestions. A lot of great ideas here I never considered. 🤘🏼
Anytime! Hope they help you see more deer!
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Awesome video!I planted two small brassica plots and a winter rye but because i am surrounded by hundreds of mature forests the deer only pass thru and feed for a couple mins. (No ag or food plots anywhere)Has anyone noticed big woods deer taking a while to get used to food plots? We do still have lots of acorns and some browse in the woods
That's very interesting. Maybe there are still a lot of acorns on the ground, this was a pretty good year for them. Otherwise I am not sure why the deer seem to be ignoring your food plots when there isn't much for green food in the area.. hopefully the interest in the plots pick up as the acorns get sucked up and other vegetation in the woods dies back.
Do deer move the same every year? Do deer move on the same day as the year before?
Have seen and killed deer on the same trails year after year
@@anthonykeeton448 yes every year but never killed a deer there before
Great question Jeremy. Yes deer move the same every year and often every day. They take the same trails day after day, year after year. They do this using scent left behind by other deer. The more deer that use the trail, the more scent left behind for other deer to follow. Over time this becomes a generational trail. Mom teaches fawns to use it, fawns grow up and teach their fawns. Same thing with scrapes. Deer use the same communication hubs year after year after being taught by their mother. This is why putting in habitat improvements can really increase your chances because you are essentially telling the deer what to do and when they do it, they start that reinforcing / conditioning process that will last generations. Hope that answered your question!
@@whitetailevolution thank you i lit more questions to ask for sure
@@whitetailevolution I remember where I saw my first deer crossing a logging road on my Dad's land in Maine 55 years ago.
Today this is my land and that trail and many others are still in use. The property (100 river front acres) has been selectively cut 5 times and most trails remain the same without any improvements on my part. The hunting pressure is very low. Maybe 4 hunters per year on very select days and not all at once. Recently I posted it By Permission Only and cater to hunters with kids 10 - 16. Works great for me, them and the deer.