My property has abundant cover and woody browse (2022 clear cut) and the neighbor has the 10 acre food plot. So I'm focusing on defining travel corridors, small food plots and staging areas through the brush and early successional habitat while it regenerates.
I hunt micro-plots. Everything is shootable distance when they step into my clover plots. For cover, I'm not waiting for small trees to fill in. I'm going aggressive and adding a variety of 6 foot tall conifers across my select cut hardwood area and also adding switch grass. Problems: my neighbor to the west has 40 acres of tall timber. Deer don't hold on his land, only travel through. My neighbor to the south with 40, just clearcut more than half of his land, destroying a lot of habitat that did hold bucks. So, I will have an advantage by accelerating the heavier cover process, but I'm up for the task. I found a wholesale conifer company near me so I'm committing to having an almost "instant" cover forest by fall. It will be a good start anyway.
Well i have the food. But so do my neighbors. They have 20-40 acre food plots. I only have about 3 acres of plots. I have decent cover deer do bed on me but i am gona do alot of cutting this yr to get more browse on the ground and really thicken it up
Definitely a good thing to cut. I have found it’s not the amount of the food it’s what’s planted and how palatable it is. Also on how secure that plot is.
My property has abundant cover and woody browse (2022 clear cut) and the neighbor has the 10 acre food plot. So I'm focusing on defining travel corridors, small food plots and staging areas through the brush and early successional habitat while it regenerates.
Sounds like a good plan
I hunt micro-plots. Everything is shootable distance when they step into my clover plots. For cover, I'm not waiting for small trees to fill in. I'm going aggressive and adding a variety of 6 foot tall conifers across my select cut hardwood area and also adding switch grass. Problems: my neighbor to the west has 40 acres of tall timber. Deer don't hold on his land, only travel through. My neighbor to the south with 40, just clearcut more than half of his land, destroying a lot of habitat that did hold bucks. So, I will have an advantage by accelerating the heavier cover process, but I'm up for the task. I found a wholesale conifer company near me so I'm committing to having an almost "instant" cover forest by fall. It will be a good start anyway.
Great sounds like a good plan
Well i have the food. But so do my neighbors. They have 20-40 acre food plots. I only have about 3 acres of plots. I have decent cover deer do bed on me but i am gona do alot of cutting this yr to get more browse on the ground and really thicken it up
Definitely a good thing to cut. I have found it’s not the amount of the food it’s what’s planted and how palatable it is. Also on how secure that plot is.
@ yea my plots are all rye this yr. Its all that would grow due to drought. Last yr they loved my brassicas tho
@ definitely was rough this year with no rain. Lots struggled
Don't have a lot of cover but have 20 acres of alfalfa and 3 small plots in ag what else can I do
@ reduce the amount of alalfa you have and plant cover such as switch grass and or trees.
Im the most popular plot sprayer model on TH-cam..........EVER.
@@citysticker-chris that’s because I know how to take a video
@Whitetailobsessionoutdoors false, its because of my looks
@ ok