I have mature bucks on my property that exclusively live within the confines of a large honeysuckle patch. If your goal is to attract and retain mature bucks, honeysuckle is paramount. It provides both food and cover year round.
Heard you say glyphosate isn’t ground active and was wondering if it could get rid of ferns where our land was once logged years ago and let the native seed bank start to make a reappearance
What about wintertime? Obviously deer eat different things different times of the year. Come winter, they aren’t touching those barren blackberry canes, but the honeysuckle gets hammered. So much emphasis put on summertime food, and little put on winter time. Why is this?
Dave - I manage for quality food year round. If you live in an area where there's deep snow, you know that deer forage intensely during the growing season to store fat reserves during the winter. If you live far enough south that there's Japanese Honeysuckle, there will be other cultivated and/or native browse species where the habitat is properly managed. Japanese Honeysuckle is heavily browsed where there aren't other good options. It's not a prefered species. If it was, deer would have keep it from spreading.
I’m glad I have both. From my observations on my farm in Kentucky come mid January there’s not much out there. I’ve cut down saplings over run with honeysuckle late January and come back the next day and 90% of the leaves was gone. So I want some but I don’t want it taking over either. This past Christmas it got down to -26 and turned the honeysuckle brown, it has recovered and is growing now. I’m glad I put out wheat and cereal rye or it could’ve been a long winter around my farm. I try not to put all my eggs in one basket, and love diversity. I love your videos, and God bless.
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I have mature bucks on my property that exclusively live within the confines of a large honeysuckle patch. If your goal is to attract and retain mature bucks, honeysuckle is paramount. It provides both food and cover year round.
Glad there are mature bucks where you hunt! Deer use the best cover in their home range. Sounds like the honeysuckle is the best cover there.
Good info. I always heard deer liked honeysuckle. Learned something. Thanks . LOVE your TH-cam videos!
Never would have guessed that. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks. Appreciate your help and information
Glad it was helpful!
In a summer internship studying habitat management in Georgia and Alabama. Seeing the same thing they love the new blackberry tips
Josiah - I'm proud of you for doing an internship! Who are you working with?
GrowingDeer.tv working with Dylan Stewart under Auburn Professor Dr.Gulsby and Georgia professor Dr. Martin.
Heard you say glyphosate isn’t ground active and was wondering if it could get rid of ferns where our land was once logged years ago and let the native seed bank start to make a reappearance
Dawson - I don't know if gly is a good product to control ferns.
What about wintertime? Obviously deer eat different things different times of the year. Come winter, they aren’t touching those barren blackberry canes, but the honeysuckle gets hammered. So much emphasis put on summertime food, and little put on winter time. Why is this?
Dave - I manage for quality food year round. If you live in an area where there's deep snow, you know that deer forage intensely during the growing season to store fat reserves during the winter. If you live far enough south that there's Japanese Honeysuckle, there will be other cultivated and/or native browse species where the habitat is properly managed. Japanese Honeysuckle is heavily browsed where there aren't other good options. It's not a prefered species. If it was, deer would have keep it from spreading.
I’m glad I have both. From my observations on my farm in Kentucky come mid January there’s not much out there. I’ve cut down saplings over run with honeysuckle late January and come back the next day and 90% of the leaves was gone. So I want some but I don’t want it taking over either. This past Christmas it got down to -26 and turned the honeysuckle brown, it has recovered and is growing now. I’m glad I put out wheat and cereal rye or it could’ve been a long winter around my farm. I try not to put all my eggs in one basket, and love diversity. I love your videos, and God bless.
How many pounds do you draw with your bow?
Grant. Last year I pulled 52. This year my Prime Black 5 is set at 60.
I love honey suckle but it’s not native so it has to go
It's very invasive!