Kent......great comments. We make sure we concentrate on ONLY having fall plots available for the deer. We try to get something to cover the ground during the summer for erosion, but not deer food. Thanks, Bob
Put in my first foodplot in this summer and I made sure it was a fall food plot mix brassicas and rye then I put clover in after the rye and brassicas were already 8 inches tall and it is doin beautifully I’ve got 15 different bucks . I have a corn feild to the south of me a couple hundred yards but it won’t hurt me cause the deer comin through my area in the morning I’m in west central PA
Im new to private land but been watching you'r videos. I just got access to property that appears to be trees set up for logging, I have a ton of old trails that I am not sure where these deer are going. There are a few small fields on the outskirts of the property that I am guessing that these deer are feeding in. Is it worth to cut a trail straight with the old logging or should I combine 3 of them into a pinch point with the 2 on the outside leading to the middle. I can also group 5 into 1 and have that run into the other side near the field which has decent trails going to it. Any advice is great. thank you
That's a really tricky question without knowing more about the property. I would use the natural topography and cover to my advantage where I could. Creating man-made deer trails through thick areas is a great way to put deer right in front of a stand location and I would make sure to have a mock scrape there as well. If you can invest even more time and effort, I would put in food plots. When you're dealing with seemingly random deer movement, you can better control their point A & point B travel by establishing food plots and bedding areas and then hunting the lines of movement between the two of them.
Great info,Ken thanks for sharing! Good luck this season
Thanks, you too!
Kent......great comments. We make sure we concentrate on ONLY having fall plots available for the deer. We try to get something to cover the ground during the summer for erosion, but not deer food. Thanks, Bob
Put in my first foodplot in this summer and I made sure it was a fall food plot mix brassicas and rye then I put clover in after the rye and brassicas were already 8 inches tall and it is doin beautifully I’ve got 15 different bucks . I have a corn feild to the south of me a couple hundred yards but it won’t hurt me cause the deer comin through my area in the morning I’m in west central PA
Sounds great! Good luck this season!
Im new to private land but been watching you'r videos. I just got access to property that appears to be trees set up for logging, I have a ton of old trails that I am not sure where these deer are going. There are a few small fields on the outskirts of the property that I am guessing that these deer are feeding in. Is it worth to cut a trail straight with the old logging or should I combine 3 of them into a pinch point with the 2 on the outside leading to the middle. I can also group 5 into 1 and have that run into the other side near the field which has decent trails going to it. Any advice is great. thank you
That's a really tricky question without knowing more about the property. I would use the natural topography and cover to my advantage where I could. Creating man-made deer trails through thick areas is a great way to put deer right in front of a stand location and I would make sure to have a mock scrape there as well. If you can invest even more time and effort, I would put in food plots. When you're dealing with seemingly random deer movement, you can better control their point A & point B travel by establishing food plots and bedding areas and then hunting the lines of movement between the two of them.
That was a very interesting way to get into your stand.
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