In central Arkansas where most high yield deer leases are located there are only pine plantations. The soil is clay and rock because pines don’t need quality soil to grow. Plowing is impossible. There are mainly thick undergrowth consisting mainly of briar and scrub brush. Where I brush hog I am seeing some natural grass returning and with lime, fertilizer and wild food blends and clover 🍀 I do get some growth. Most other hunter use winter wheat and rye.
The advantage of winter wheat and rye is that it's a soil builder over time. If you can get buckwheat to grow in the summer, you can get two rotations or even three since you're in Arkansas of putting all of that nice organic matter back into the soil. I have a lot of videos on my channel explaining how to do this. Good luck!
I got a question on how I can make my property better. I have 10 acres, not much cover mostly brush. I live right next to a farm and they normally come to my property right after shooting time.
You can always add a small honey hole food plot to have a more attractive food source than the surrounding areas and anything you can do to screen that and thicken up your property is always going to help. Good luck!
This was my 1st year deer hunting here in SC. I haven't done that well as for filing the freezer. I did get a good sized 10 point buck. But that's it. I had a opportunity to shoot a doe. I passed she was very skinny & had a small fawn with her. Besides that I've been getting skunked. I'm mostly hunt my inlaws property. They have 140 acres but there's couple family members who hunt it pretty hard. 2 of them were hitting the woods 3-4 times a week for first couple months deer season started. There's ton of tracks & proof of activity but it seems like they went completely nocturnal. I think it got to much pressure. Not much I can do about it it's not my property or in my control. My only other option is find a hunting club or get permition to other property & public . I'd rather stay away from public if I can help it.
I couldn’t sleep the night before opening day. I slept in opening morning. When I went out, I walked past my 80 year old uncle’s stand, who was there since 5:00am. Got to my stand around 9:00 am and immediately had a small doe in the food plot in front of me. Around 9:30, a big 11 pointer stepped out and I dropped it in its tracks with my 7mm magnum. Hunted all of 1/2 hour for the 2023 season. I got my target buck but feel I didn’t work that hard to get it.
Glad it was helpful! Those poplar roots will create a lot of regenerative growth very quickly once the main tree is cut down. Great way to get it in there fast.
Very successful, 8 point from my deck 😂😂 This winter I'm putting in an acre micro parcel in about ten acres of woods I'm thinning to allow my property to hold more deer. I'm in zone 8 so I'm adding persimmon trees to my plot, persimmon fruits from September through November here.
Great Information and new subscriber. Son took a nice trophy 8 this past season in TN. Getting ahead of this coming season. Would be interested in hearing how you may deal with coyotes.
Canine trapper from n of greenbay. Trap the bay on the ice. My ONLY set is a scent post/turd set with 2 MB650 traps . One on each side.Dont overdo the piss.Trap hunts 24-7. You tube scent post, throw out the idiots, and gleen the good info. Good luck
I shot my biggest buck in 34 years of hunting! He was 1 of our target bucks as well and my son was able to watch me shoot him. It was a 9 point and we think he was about 5 1/2 years old. One of the neighbors had been hunting him for 3 years. Feels so good to finally have a buck worthy of a shoulder mount!
if i were to put a food plot in, would i be better to put it closer or further away from neighbor (who has food plots). same side as his property or opposite side? thanks. love your tips
Working with your neighbors on harvest goals is the best solution but if you're truly trying to "steal their deer," you're better off further apart so there's bedding and transitional areas in between.
@@HobbyHarvest really wasn't intending to steal the deer, just trying to figure a movement pattern . Thought food should all be on one side ,meaning should I plant closer to his side or opposite side? I have 90 acres of. Thank you
So here is how my season has gone so far. Bow season didng have time to get out mush so no surprise I didn't get anythings. But my problem is that deer always move at night on my property. I have a big area of oak trees and a small crappy first year food plot and a field. in every single one of those places the deer only come out between midnight and 4:30 am So seeing deer move during that day is not verrry common.I have no pressure. no one directly next to me hunts so beside me there is no pressure and like I said I barely went out till riffle. As for buck I saw one buck all season and it was not legal. Trail cams got 2 legal buck but again only between midnight and 430 am. and they were only around a few days. So over all not great but I am going to thin out a lot of the jack pine and make my food plot bigger and I am planting some fruit trees and hazels nut trees to help future years. also going to work on a few more stands and blind options to pick from.
In central Arkansas where most high yield deer leases are located there are only pine plantations. The soil is clay and rock because pines don’t need quality soil to grow. Plowing is impossible. There are mainly thick undergrowth consisting mainly of briar and scrub brush. Where I brush hog I am seeing some natural grass returning and with lime, fertilizer and wild food blends and clover 🍀 I do get some growth. Most other hunter use winter wheat and rye.
The advantage of winter wheat and rye is that it's a soil builder over time. If you can get buckwheat to grow in the summer, you can get two rotations or even three since you're in Arkansas of putting all of that nice organic matter back into the soil. I have a lot of videos on my channel explaining how to do this. Good luck!
I see all the deer 🦌 in velvet in August that hunters around me are harvesting in the fall. I go through a lot of corn 🌽.
I got a question on how I can make my property better. I have 10 acres, not much cover mostly brush. I live right next to a farm and they normally come to my property right after shooting time.
You can always add a small honey hole food plot to have a more attractive food source than the surrounding areas and anything you can do to screen that and thicken up your property is always going to help. Good luck!
This was my 1st year deer hunting here in SC. I haven't done that well as for filing the freezer. I did get a good sized 10 point buck. But that's it. I had a opportunity to shoot a doe. I passed she was very skinny & had a small fawn with her. Besides that I've been getting skunked. I'm mostly hunt my inlaws property. They have 140 acres but there's couple family members who hunt it pretty hard. 2 of them were hitting the woods 3-4 times a week for first couple months deer season started. There's ton of tracks & proof of activity but it seems like they went completely nocturnal. I think it got to much pressure. Not much I can do about it it's not my property or in my control. My only other option is find a hunting club or get permition to other property & public . I'd rather stay away from public if I can help it.
I couldn’t sleep the night before opening day. I slept in opening morning. When I went out, I walked past my 80 year old uncle’s stand, who was there since 5:00am. Got to my stand around 9:00 am and immediately had a small doe in the food plot in front of me. Around 9:30, a big 11 pointer stepped out and I dropped it in its tracks with my 7mm magnum. Hunted all of 1/2 hour for the 2023 season. I got my target buck but feel I didn’t work that hard to get it.
Great information! Thank you. I definitely need to get rid of some high canopy trees on my property as they are mostly popular and maple.
Glad it was helpful! Those poplar roots will create a lot of regenerative growth very quickly once the main tree is cut down. Great way to get it in there fast.
Very successful, 8 point from my deck 😂😂
This winter I'm putting in an acre micro parcel in about ten acres of woods I'm thinning to allow my property to hold more deer. I'm in zone 8 so I'm adding persimmon trees to my plot, persimmon fruits from September through November here.
Sounds great!
Great Information and new subscriber. Son took a nice trophy 8 this past season in TN. Getting ahead of this coming season. Would be interested in hearing how you may deal with coyotes.
Canine trapper from n of greenbay. Trap the bay on the ice. My ONLY set is a scent post/turd set with 2 MB650 traps . One on each side.Dont overdo the piss.Trap hunts 24-7. You tube scent post, throw out the idiots, and gleen the good info. Good luck
I shot my biggest buck in 34 years of hunting! He was 1 of our target bucks as well and my son was able to watch me shoot him. It was a 9 point and we think he was about 5 1/2 years old. One of the neighbors had been hunting him for 3 years. Feels so good to finally have a buck worthy of a shoulder mount!
Public big woods land. Had a nice 9 point on cam since July Shot him 2nd day of season. 180 pounds dressed..
Wow, nice buck! We've had a few over the years pushing that 200# mark. They are not nice to get out of the woods, that's for sure!
Always on camera when I wasn’t there
Great video brother
Thanks for watching!
if i were to put a food plot in, would i be better to put it closer or further away from neighbor (who has food plots). same side as his property or opposite side? thanks. love your tips
Working with your neighbors on harvest goals is the best solution but if you're truly trying to "steal their deer," you're better off further apart so there's bedding and transitional areas in between.
@@HobbyHarvest really wasn't intending to steal the deer, just trying to figure a movement pattern . Thought food should all be on one side ,meaning should I plant closer to his side or opposite side? I have 90 acres of. Thank you
So here is how my season has gone so far. Bow season didng have time to get out mush so no surprise I didn't get anythings. But my problem is that deer always move at night on my property. I have a big area of oak trees and a small crappy first year food plot and a field. in every single one of those places the deer only come out between midnight and 4:30 am So seeing deer move during that day is not verrry common.I have no pressure. no one directly next to me hunts so beside me there is no pressure and like I said I barely went out till riffle. As for buck I saw one buck all season and it was not legal. Trail cams got 2 legal buck but again only between midnight and 430 am. and they were only around a few days. So over all not great but I am going to thin out a lot of the jack pine and make my food plot bigger and I am planting some fruit trees and hazels nut trees to help future years. also going to work on a few more stands and blind options to pick from.
I’m sorry, thought I clicked on hunting site not farming.
You don’t get it rookie
Move along