Thank you for the comment. I think when it all boils down, that's the whole point of me doing this channel. So sick of all the drama and biased stuff out there.
Yes, entrance and exit strategies are really important. That's why so often these interior plots fail to produce results or worse yet, burn your property out because access is not good. Thank you for your comment.
Thanks for taking the time to help educate future bowhunters. While I hunt these differently than a newbie to make them extremely deadly on mature deer. You make some great points to prove your knowledge on the subject is at that mastery level that only comes from hours and decades on stand.
Awesome video! I agree with everything you said! I am a small parcel owner and learned the hard way having my kill plot in the middle of the property or slightly farther. Always bumping deer on the way out was my downfall. I moved it so close to behind my house most people would laugh. But I can now get in and out never getting busted and I only hunt one or two time during peak pre rut and works like a charm every year! It’s hard I think for most people to be that disciplined to hunt it so little especially if you don’t have other properties to hunt.
Thank you for the comment. I think you're right that it's hard for people to not hunt these kill plots over and over. Nowadays, because I want to be able to hunt as much as I possibly can on my properties, I don't hunt over food much at all anymore except during the late season.
I agree about overhunting these plots and the in and out access to them is crucial. Also putting them in the middle of your land is a bad idea. I try to plnat these plots on the edges and not hunt in the middle of my properties. I am making one this year that i can access from a ditch from the downwind side and only about 75 50 100 yards off the road in cover. I do not hunt these plots but a few times a year. Alsio I agree about the seed that companies sell and they have a big buck on the bag and are overpriced. I just subscibed to your channel as well.
Your comments have been my experiences as well. Plots on the edges of cover, are plots I call transition plots. I'll have another video coming explaining why these plots are so much better than plots inside cover. Thank you for your comments, good stuff!
The inconvenient truth is one or two sits burns out any stand for mature animals in states like Michigan and PA. Ground scent and saturation can’t be eliminated. Unless you can stop breathing and drop in by parachute. Sure you can kill a two year old but not mature bucks as a rule. You get one maybe two chances. Hunt public to supplement your desire to hunt if you don’t have the access to other land.
Food plots alter the habitat in order to change deer habits for ease of hunting. Why not figure out how the deer are using the property as it is constructed and kill them on their natural pattern? One of the biggest changes I have seen in bowhunting is the small number of trophy deer that are killed in the morning. Very few people know how to hunt mornings anymore because they are so reliant on food plots. My last 5 bucks - 8 pointer (2), 10 pointer (2), and 12 point - all killed in the morning. Think of how damaging that late sit on your food plot is when you get down 10 minutes after pitch black and a big buck watches you leave. Good luck killing that one.
I would guess more than half my bucks in the last 20 years or so we're killed morning, midday, or early afternoon. Maybe 1/3 in the evening? I don't hunt food plots much at all until late season. I do agree (I think), that many hunters are losing woodsmanship skills and are more and more reliant on food plots to hunt over, and technology. But, if they are enjoying the outdoors and they are reaching their goals, more power to them! Thanks for the comment.
Not at all anti food plots. Just pointing out what can happen when you place them in the timber on small properties. And, in the context of if you are trying to grow and hunt big bucks. Not all hunters have that goal. The "kill plot" inside timber is risky business if you are trying to grow big bucks. I have two more videos coming out about destination plots (today at 5:00), and another hopefully in a week about transition plots. Hopefully, those two will give the overall big picture on how to use plots in my opinion, in conjunction with this video. Sometimes, yes, less plots is better. They need to serve a purpose to teach your goals. Thanks for the comment. Tough question to answer for everybody.
@@tompeplinski I have only 22 acres of woods and hay Fields I have Mature bucks on the property every year, don't hunt anymore on my own property, just don't have the time. I have Kentucky Freedom red clover, Alfalfa, and Chicory in the hay a buddy of mine cuts and Bales it so I don't have too bushhog, also have the only mature white oaks and surrounded by corn and Soybeans. When I did have a kill plot, I used standing corn and cowpeas with switch grass bedding, Entering only from the east when the wind was from the west, though a farm building.
@@tompeplinski not as good as when the big buck stuck his head Though my window and munched on my apple Cinnamon Cherios as I went for the milk, that was on the first day of Muzzle loading season. Also had a doe and Fawn run straight though my house once, they came in the back door, and had to open the front door to let them out.
Another un-bias straight to the point video. I personally appreciate this no BS approach. Thanks you Tom.
Thank you for the comment. I think when it all boils down, that's the whole point of me doing this channel. So sick of all the drama and biased stuff out there.
I fully agree with this wisdom...also entrance and exit are so critically important
Yes, entrance and exit strategies are really important. That's why so often these interior plots fail to produce results or worse yet, burn your property out because access is not good. Thank you for your comment.
Thanks for taking the time to help educate future bowhunters. While I hunt these differently than a newbie to make them extremely deadly on mature deer. You make some great points to prove your knowledge on the subject is at that mastery level that only comes from hours and decades on stand.
Thank you for the comments.
Awesome video! I agree with everything you said! I am a small parcel owner and learned the hard way having my kill plot in the middle of the property or slightly farther. Always bumping deer on the way out was my downfall. I moved it so close to behind my house most people would laugh. But I can now get in and out never getting busted and I only hunt one or two time during peak pre rut and works like a charm every year! It’s hard I think for most people to be that disciplined to hunt it so little especially if you don’t have other properties to hunt.
Thank you for the comment. I think you're right that it's hard for people to not hunt these kill plots over and over. Nowadays, because I want to be able to hunt as much as I possibly can on my properties, I don't hunt over food much at all anymore except during the late season.
I agree about overhunting these plots and the in and out access to them is crucial. Also putting them in the middle of your land is a bad idea. I try to plnat these plots on the edges and not hunt in the middle of my properties. I am making one this year that i can access from a ditch from the downwind side and only about 75 50 100 yards off the road in cover. I do not hunt these plots but a few times a year. Alsio I agree about the seed that companies sell and they have a big buck on the bag and are overpriced. I just subscibed to your channel as well.
Your comments have been my experiences as well. Plots on the edges of cover, are plots I call transition plots. I'll have another video coming explaining why these plots are so much better than plots inside cover. Thank you for your comments, good stuff!
I put my plots on the edges of my property because I built a cabin in the middle. The deer got use to the cabin and us going back and forth.
Interesting. Thank you for the comment.
You’re so right. 👍
Thank you for the feedback.
boy you nailed my issue to a t
Thanks for the perspective. Appreciate the feedback.
It's insane how much they charge for generic seed with someone's name on it. Well done Tom.
Thank you for the comment.
The inconvenient truth is one or two sits burns out any stand for mature animals in states like Michigan and PA. Ground scent and saturation can’t be eliminated. Unless you can stop breathing and drop in by parachute. Sure you can kill a two year old but not mature bucks as a rule. You get one maybe two chances. Hunt public to supplement your desire to hunt if you don’t have the access to other land.
Good point. I hunt "crappy" stuff too to keep pressure off my better stuff so that I don't burn it out.
Food plots alter the habitat in order to change deer habits for ease of hunting. Why not figure out how the deer are using the property as it is constructed and kill them on their natural pattern? One of the biggest changes I have seen in bowhunting is the small number of trophy deer that are killed in the morning. Very few people know how to hunt mornings anymore because they are so reliant on food plots. My last 5 bucks - 8 pointer (2), 10 pointer (2), and 12 point - all killed in the morning. Think of how damaging that late sit on your food plot is when you get down 10 minutes after pitch black and a big buck watches you leave. Good luck killing that one.
I would guess more than half my bucks in the last 20 years or so we're killed morning, midday, or early afternoon. Maybe 1/3 in the evening? I don't hunt food plots much at all until late season.
I do agree (I think), that many hunters are losing woodsmanship skills and are more and more reliant on food plots to hunt over, and technology. But, if they are enjoying the outdoors and they are reaching their goals, more power to them! Thanks for the comment.
It seems that you are anti food plots because of doe family groups. So do you suggest fewer food plots?
Not at all anti food plots. Just pointing out what can happen when you place them in the timber on small properties. And, in the context of if you are trying to grow and hunt big bucks. Not all hunters have that goal. The "kill plot" inside timber is risky business if you are trying to grow big bucks. I have two more videos coming out about destination plots (today at 5:00), and another hopefully in a week about transition plots. Hopefully, those two will give the overall big picture on how to use plots in my opinion, in conjunction with this video.
Sometimes, yes, less plots is better. They need to serve a purpose to teach your goals. Thanks for the comment. Tough question to answer for everybody.
@@tompeplinski I have only 22 acres of woods and hay Fields I have Mature bucks on the property every year, don't hunt anymore on my own property, just don't have the time.
I have Kentucky Freedom red clover, Alfalfa, and Chicory in the hay a buddy of mine cuts and Bales it so I don't have too bushhog, also have the only mature white oaks and surrounded by corn and Soybeans.
When I did have a kill plot, I used standing corn and cowpeas with switch grass bedding, Entering only from the east when the wind was from the west, though a farm building.
@@carrollsanders9376 sounds like you have a good thing going! Thanks for the comment
@@tompeplinski not as good as when the big buck stuck his head Though my window and munched on my apple Cinnamon Cherios as I went for the milk, that was on the first day of Muzzle loading season. Also had a doe and Fawn run straight though my house once, they came in the back door, and had to open the front door to let them out.
Da Bears.
Waste of time