How To Prevent Doe Factory Deer Parcels
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- The problem of too many does on deer hunting parcels goes way beyond the numbers. In fact, too many does is one of the most common problems that keeps landowners from reaching their quality herd and hunting goals. what is a doe factory? A doe factory occurs when landowners create the perfect conditions for Summer fawning grounds and the population of does explodes to unmanageable levels. Too much Summer food and great fawning cover will lead to the potential of hunting lands that have so many does, that there is little to no room left for bucks. The doe factory problem is an original concept of mine, that was recognized, experienced and defined while I scouted 100s of deer parcels for my career. A doe factory is a very real and severe problem on deer hunting lands, is here is how to make sure that you never experience it where you hunt...
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Awesome video, thank you for your video. I listen to your video's over and over and reviewing and reviewing, learning and implementing your ideas.
Thank you for video.
You are very welcome!
Over the 18 months I' ve been absorbing Jeffs teachings I've become a much more knowledgable whitetail manager and hunter.
Great info
The combination of video editing with high energy talk holds me through the entire presentation.
That sounds awesome Rick...I really appreciate that feedback! I bet you will like my Autumn Olive and Honeysuckle rant coming soon then 😁
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 MAN! This is awesome! Habitat artist!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Illegal to plant AO in Wisconsin - what a phenomenal wildlife food plant - that fixes nitrogen helping to establish a wildlife stronghold. But since the WDNR is captured by the agriculturists, anything that competes with beans and corn is labeled as invasive. Give us a rant!
Thank you for this. I was just granted solo access to a 18 acre wood between our rental horse farm and suburbia. I have a herd of 15-20 does and several bucks have been threw the area. I got to see a beautiful dandy 12 point several times this fall out in one of our pastures. I’ve been soaking up all you are putting out and can’t wait for the coming season! But it’s only February!!!! Lol
Great video Jeff. Thanks again for coming out and sharing your ideas for the Back 40! Can't wait to start putting some of this into action.
Thanks a lot Mark...really appreciated the opportunity and also, was a great day with you and the crew! Man how time flies...
I can't wait for you to put some of this in action too... especially those pollinator pockets in Switchgrass. Wildlife populations on steroids ☺️ I shot a video about that last night that will be published in the next week.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Excellent! Looking forward to checking that one out. About to put my switch grass order in!
@@markkenyon5329 awesome! Amazing what can be accomplished with Switchgrass so many weeks prior to spring green-up! Enjoy 👍
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Where have I been all these years? Jeff your wisdom and knowledge on whitetail deer just fascinate me .thank you , love you videos
Hi Norm...thank you so much and you are very welcome!
I've been around ☺️ All self built so it just takes a while...
As always great information! your knowledge and the way you brake it down is always clear and easy to fallow. My 15 year old son has subscribed and has been following your videos and some of the conversations we have about your topics is so incredible! Thank you
Good video l like your ideas would you mind helping me figure out how I could use these ideas in my area. We lease from Weyerhaeuser in south east Arkansas it is mainly pine and mix of hardwoods for timber production. Do I just need to not feed corn and small plots in the summer and wait until fall to keep out doe factory’s would appreciate any help you can give? I follow QDMA on shooting buck just wondering how I can make my area a core are for mature bucks and kick the does out to the other hunters. Thanks, Bruce
I needed to see this on a map. Makes so much more sense now. Thanks!
Man that is so cool to hear! We are beginning to use the client designs in a much higher % of the videos. AND in combination with white board diagrams coming very soon 👍
Even though I am a young dude without land I still think this video will help me in the future! One anecdote I can see is the summer food not making a difference. It's amazing when I visit the U.P to hunt how desolate it can be in the winter. Go up in the summer and I think a whitetail could eat just about everything and that's without agriculture around! We never make doe factories up there but we also don't take any does.. The winter dictates how many we see it feels like.
I've been following and watching their Back 40 Project. Glad you guys are getting together to combine the two!
Too many does in an area means the numbers need to be controlled. Ive seen properties close to towns that have so many does that you can see deer that were hit by cars along the highway any time of year. If you plant early and keep the majority of does in your area flowing to your property, The bucks will be swarming your place come fall.
Thanks for the picture of how you lay out the land. I think that is the most helpful for me!!
With deer hunting, as in life, you can't go wrong when following a great plan. Thanks for another great video.
You are so welcome Cris...a lot more to come and I hope that folks can appreciate the plan!
Hey Jeff I Really appreciate all the content you put out. The maps definitely help I have to watch some of your videos 2 or 3 times there just so full of information. I have 50 acres and a good friend that has 30 right across the road. We are lucky to have all this information for free so thanks a lot for all the videos and the work you do to help ppl like us out. 🤜🏼
This was instructive. How can you make sure that the third feed will be on your land when here, in Quebec, Canada, we are allowed to feed the deers with apples, carrotes and other food source? I have a food plot of radis and peas, but it seems like they prefer to eat apples, corn and carottes. I also feed them in the woods with apples and corn.
I've always believed that when I get too many deer, it's time to harvest does. It never occurred to me that it would be more effective to manage summer cover and food sources. Thanks Jeff.
Great video Jeff. 2 years ago I recognized that my land in N MN was full of does, but only nocturnal bucks. I have abandon the food plots we had and focusing on cover and browse in a big way. There is a destination food source across the road so there is no need for me to waste my time feeding them. Results have been good so far. Adding switchgrass into the old plots this year. A doe factory is a very real thing and I never want to hunt one again. Didnt even see a buck for 4 years. Over 300 doe sightings in the same time frame.
I've followed you for 2 years now. About 3 months in I started believing that I had too many does. There is no info out there that explains it as good as yours. And it makes sense. You will connect a lot easier with folks that have been in this for a long time and experienced a lot of different things, good and bad. When I started watching your videos I found myself saying many times"" yep, that's exactly what happened to me"" or wow, that makes total sense, never thought about it like that"" . Thanks Jeff, for all the help
Man you are so welcome Shawn...I try to keep learning to help our as many folks as possible. Stories like yours really keep the fuel lot...you have no idea! Now that I have a large platform, I feel I have even more responsibility to share the info and to help others. Thank you so much!
Very informative! You really explained depth of cover well in this video. I have a similar 80 acre parcel and this video explains a lot about our situation. Great job! Thanks for the great content.
Great video Jeff!! Thanks for all you do to help !! How about a video on “How and when to eliminate a food plot”!!
Thanks a lot Dan...really appreciate it! Check out this video...hope that it helps! Basically if you have to spook deer off of a food plot when you hunt you have 3 options: Shrink it, screen it or eliminate it.
th-cam.com/video/P3Ds259yrD0/w-d-xo.html
Absolutely great information.
Thank you very much Keith!
Great video. I love the mapped out plans for properties. This helps so much!
Do you plan to show us your personal property set-up in a future video?
I would love to see your exact food plot and stand location set up where you have proven you can consistently kill mature bucks.
Great video Jeff
Good stuff Jeff.Thinking of cutting a bunch of white pine and hemlock. Have a logger come in.That should make some brier come in.Theirs no money in the wood.But it will make some food for them in a year or two.
Great idea D...also make sure to leave some tips and debris too...very good idea! I do like leaving islands or patches of pine and hemlock tho...especially the hemlock. Pretty valuable winter cover out your way so when you sound it with regen it becomes usable by deer for longer periods of time.
I have a lot of black birch also.Should I hung cut them??Do the deer eat the brouse??
Gotta wonder what happens when the neighbors see this video.
Jeff, you're content is simply the best I've seen. Been following solid for about a year now. One question... with some quick background. I own 120 acres 2.5 hours north of you. 60 acres were clearcut 3 years ago. The wet ground is heavy with ash, basswood, maple, and hardwood re-gen, some of it well over my head already. The rolling highground is hardwood regen but sooooo slow growing, some only knee height yet, with briar and nut sedge shading things out. My land is in MFL and forester mandated 300 mixed conifer per-acre planting in 30 of the 60 acre cut. What can be done cheaply to ensure the conifers take hold under shaded conditions of briar, and the nut sedge as tall as me? Lots of stumps and tops in there yet which prevents a tractor to be used for anything. Shot my best bow-buck here last year!!! Thanks Jeff for any advice you can give me.
Thanks a lot!! Boy that's a tough one BUT, white spruce and white pine can grow in the shade for years...then explode once they find some sun. Also, carpet squares cut to the middle can be placed over Conifers. That limits growth around them and holds moisture to the ground.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thanks again Jeff. Forester recommended those 2 and black spruce. I'm not a fan of spindly black spruce, so my gut was saying to toss in the white pine where briar and tops can protect them and the white spruce in the unprotected areas. If I didnt have to buy so darned many trees I'd rather hire you to consult to see if what I've done here and the dozing coming this summer is the best strategy for us. This will be our 3rd food plot, each under 1 acre, in a line of movement connecting with massive oaks in between, apple trees on opposite end, all in a bit of an arched line on the first 60 acres, leaving the north 60 (where i killed the 10pt) as a wet and wild bedding area for bucks. :-)
What should the sex ratio be about for number of bucks compared to does
I appreciate all the great info Jeff! Happy Birthday! When eliminating summer food plots, do you recommend spraying them at spring green-up? Or how do you handle it?
Jeff.....always enjoy your insights. We have reduced our food plots to fall plots and are letting the deer eat the crops planted on the ag land the rest of the year. Mark's land was a good example for us to follow along on, and a good visual. Did you suggest any food plots to Mark, or does he have enough natural stem count etc. available.
thanks, Bob
Thanks a lot Bob! And I love hearing about your vision for your land ☺️ Definately...food plots are critical on any private land. The green on his plan are the plots...
Jeff, I remember attending Scott Bishops habitat day the year after he shot 2 tremendous bucks. His brother had a property close by and was asking everyone why they thought he never seen any mature bucks, but had a boat load of does. He should have asked you...lol
Scott was an awesome person! It is such a real problem...a tough pull to swallow for most
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I, like many have a tribute of his speckled alder on my land. Very kind and humble man. Missed but not forgotten.
Your solid yellow color is GREEN, we see green
I think I have a doe factory but i dont have the conditions you cover in your video. I have 125 acres in NC and most is pine thickets, Harwood growth with two 3 acre fields. Adjlining lands have plenty of cover as well with a few non-ag fields. I dont llsnt summer crops, but do fall. I habe seen as many as 11 do e at me time and rarely see daytime bucks. I have nice big bucks on camera in day and night, but they just dont seem to move on the land as much as the does.....any ideas?
Anyone else wish Jeff would start doing two videos a day. Your videos are awesome. Using them to improve my hunting property in KY.
Ha, man I appreciate that! Now I could create the content but man that pace may literally kill me ☺️ or Dylan the editor! Will try to keep the 4 vids per week pace tho. Last year I hit 198 vids...missed 10 vids! Trying to hit 208 this year and we will be solid thru early April right now...hard to believe nearly 1/3rd of the year down as it relates to creating vids! Awesome to hear that it all helps 😊
Real good vid as always!!!
Love the info always helpful. Also Jeff the meat eaters have a show on Netflix it’s a series or they travel the world and hunt and fish. I’m sure you’re aware of this just thought it would be good info for your viewers
Thanks Marshall! Oh for sure...great show!
I would love to see a small series on here when you buy your next piece of property. Show us your strategies from start to finish. Of course there’s only so much you can show and we respect your privacy but I believe You still have lots and lots to teach us
How good is a 1/4 acre food plot on a acre hunting access. Will it be good enough to attractive the deer? If it’s spread out like you said in a video
Love the videos with actual examples of property plans. Really helps visualize the concepts in all the other videos.
Do you ever consult near Kansas City? I have tried your website form, the Jeff@ and info@whs emails as well. Thanks for the help.
Hi Carson! I am down that way occasionally, but definitely at this point within my fly-in trip range. I drive to trips centered that reach MN, WI, Iowa, IL, MI, IN and OH...and then fly to 12-14 clients per year, usually 1-2 times per month from Feb thru September. My next fly-in trip is 3/2021
Hello, Would buckwheat be considered adding a summer food source and increase the odds of a doe factory?
Whitetail habitat solutions, I’ve been watching for a few weeks now. Located in the southeast (central Alabama) most things ring true, hunting on 450 acres of private land. All non managed woods with a lot of old timber.
Hey Jeff, love the content! I’ve been watching for a couple years now. Everything you are saying makes so much sense however, no one down here in Florida that I know hunts this way. Most people focus on baiting deer with corn, as it is legal to do here. I am focusing on producing some really quality food plots to attract the deer for that 3rd feeding of the day. I only have 15 acres and I am trying to make the most of it. My question is, do you have any clients in north Florida that implement your strategy? If not, are there any changes you would implement for this southern environment? Thanks!
I'm trying to grock my situation. N/E Texas and was pasture with plenty of small water and has no cropland within a mile; surrounded by mixed hardwoods and/or pine plantations.
I've resigned myself to wild hog affects on my 100 acres. Food plots, regardless of size, are at high risk of disappearing overnight (a 3rd of one survived to this season). So, I'd like your (or anyone's) thoughts on my thinking.
A. If we are getting mature bucks on cameras somewhere on my property (day or night) at all times during the year, aren't we in pretty good shape?
B. Shouldn't I concentrate my efforts on blind location and access, fenced supplemental feed stations, and creating strategic paths of least resistance for game?
C. Would spraying grass in areas and mowing herb regrowth late summer create a "food plot" of fresh young forb regrowth?
Thank you for enlightening us on the things we knew for a fact that just ain't so.
Would you do a virtual visit?
Well how many does are too much?
Hi Jeff, great video. I would like to frost seed switchgrass but there is several feet of snow on my property. Can I broadcast seed over existing snow or should I wait till the majority of it melts? I have a feeling it will be into March before a lot of the snow is gone? Thanks for your advice
Jeff, in my situation we can’t eliminate the summer food source (leased land) and we have made some improvements, mostly clearing access and trails.
We have our pinch points established and stands as well as access all set.
We haven’t even focused on plots due to the high stem counts and I don’t want to increase our numbers because we are saturated with doe and fawns already.
Our location has high deer density in general, I’m guessing the only option is to shoot the does?
I have a 23 acre parcel in East Tennessee. Can I still implement some of the same strategies even though I’m in a much different climate with different food sources?
Having watched all the back 40 episodes, this is really interesting insight... you mentioned, "You have 60% that you never walk through.." (quote-ish)... like you NEVER walk through it?... provide the prime buck habitat and check cams around the perimeter for movement just to know they're in there?...or do you check these areas out in the summer when deer are grazing elsewhere?
Jeff talks about multi use land, but to stay out starting August I believe.
Jeff, the property I hunt is 600 acres. 90% is comprised of mostly mature pines, hardwoods, and bottomland habitat. A power line runs through the center of the property where we plant 15-20 acres of cool season food plots. We have seen our herd numbers drop and given the amount of cover we have, should we be planting summer plots to attract more deer back to our property or would it be better to increase amount of food plots we have during cool seasons?
Confused on one thing..... so many propose spring & summer food plots to bolster health, antler growth. I don't have AG nearby, mostly woods. Lots odf deer so they make it, but wouldn't some spring or summer nutrition make sense? Or is this absolute?
Love the video's - appreciate your input
What fall atraction food plot would you recommend for drawing those bucks out of heavy cover. Assuming we have plenty of woody regen?
What are doing in the summer with areas that will become fall food plots? Leave fallow, mow, plant buckwheat?
I will have Buckwheat in mine again this summer...fallow is better than food in most cases ☺️ Addressing weed concerns is critical...
I am working on a plan for my 400 acre property in Delaware and have learned a great deal from your books and videos, even though I have 40 years of experience as a wetland biologist and buck hunter. Very grateful for your willingness to share your knowledge.
Jeff, my farm is in Central MO. I have 60 acres of row crop. The rest is all woods that has been logged 18 years ago. High stem count. And probably 10 acres of fall food plots. I have a established a doe factory with quality habitat and summer forage with row crop that we harvest. How do you go about eliminating this problem without shooting 10 does a year and pressuring the land? I am the only Ag for a couple miles. The farm is 225 total. And surrounded my over 2k acres of timberland.
Jeff, great video. Unfortunately, most won't believe it until they experience it. Just like I did. And even after it began, I was still looking at different things, just didn't want to believe that too many does was possible.. boy have a I learned the hard way. Finally got things turning around for me using a lot of your methods. It works.
Thanks a lot for the feedback...it is such a tough pull to swallow! I love hearing that you are turning things around...very cool and you will love it!
One great test is that on just about any deer hunting parcel anywhere, is that you should see more unique antlered bucks thru a quality trail cam strategy during the entire season, than does and fawns. At least 90% of those bucks should be see at least one time or more throughout the season, during the daylight.
I definitely have a doe factory. I have an half acre food plot and most evenings there’s 15 plus does in there eating. Nothing but small bucks that rarely show up even at nite. When is the best time to harvest does without over pressuring the food plot? I live in a neighborhood with nice bucks but nobody shoots does...
Hi Brian...it can easily be turned around. The first step is to eliminate the Summer food. But check out this video...as always, "I have a video for that" 😁
th-cam.com/video/w62-GMU-ftk/w-d-xo.html
Whitetail Habitat Solutions Awesome thanks Jeff! I’ll check it out!
What is your take or management protocol with areas that have common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)? I have a small parcel on a bur oak ridge where buckthorn is starting to take over the understory. It’s great cover, but my understanding is toxic and not a browse plant for deer? There are some small pockets of common chokecherry, but very little other understory woody plants.
How do you work on making buck cover in the middle of a swamp... too wet for machines but dry enough for deer.
How do i tell if my property needs hinge cuts?
I was planning on doing a mixed clover plot in 3 areas I have cleared. Through the summer I have beans and corn grown all around me by MO river. As it is a simple plot type, would you believe that would create a "doe factory"?
I have 62 acres mostly hardwood with two fields, a 5 acre, and 3 acre field. What would be a good doe to Buck ratio? Are you booked up yet for the year? I’m here in Missouri would love to have you walk my land.
Hi Andrew...really tough on the buck to doe ratio because it can be heavily skewed one way or the other during the year. October/November/December are really the only months that matter, so what I find is that a great rough ratio is that you should have around the same number of does and fawns...as unique bucks that you capture on trail cam and in person sightings. For example I will see over 30 unique bucks throughout the hunting season and that is actually more bucks than the combination of both does and fawns that I see. On a side note you should see at least 90% of those bucks in and around daylight at least once...for many bucks more often than not.
Jeff are the antlers starting to come off around now ?
Some are...for sure. The first one I saw on a cell cam was from a couple of weeks ago. I've seen others since, but none with both off.
Jeff did a podcast with Mark Kenyon about this property on Mark's Wired to Hunt podcast. A good listen if you are interested in the details. Search, "Transforming the Back 40 for Whitetails with Jeff Sturgis" on your podcast app. Thanks for sharing Jeff!
Thanks Sam...was a fun visit with Mark and the crew!
Here is the link to the podcast...
www.themeateater.com/listen/wired-to-hunt/ep-331-transforming-the-back-40-for-whitetails-with-jeff-sturgis
I’ve listened to that episode twice. I find it even more tutorial with the maps as a read along, this would make a great playlist on Jeffs channel. Tutorial maps...
@@adkbowhunter5140 Agreed! Property reviews are very helpful and would make a good playlist.
Does having bear and coyote push bucks off land?
When I bought my land I felt like it was a lot of land. Now I’m not even sure it is worth it
Not sure how much land that you have...but you can do incredible things with 20-40 acres, if you follow the tips on this channel!
Your tips have helped. I’m on 22 Acres but only about 10 to work with. I could increase that to 18 but at the expense of the hay land that produces the small income that I get off this land. I’ve been studying your stuff for a couple years, but just getting the idea that I don’t have enough to implement some of your ideas. Not trying to complain, I’m very blessed! I just think I’ve got analysis paralysis, lol
How can I buy Family tradition treestands.
First you say, a good property doesn’t have bucks on it during the summer, but then you say you need to make room for the bucks on your property. I assume you want to make room for them during the fall and winter only, but what would be the reason they would stay out during the summer? I don’t have a doe factory on my land.
You only want the bulk of the buck herd on your land during the Fall. Bucks need completely different habitat types from Summer to fall...does do not. Bucks need high over story, shade and summer food during the Summer...they need thick high stem count cover and Fall food during the fall. Bucks shift about a mile on average to their Fall Hangouts from their Summer habitat. Too many does block them from doing so on a given land.
Here is a video that may help you out..
th-cam.com/video/IdGHDzYNqoA/w-d-xo.html
Also try searching for "annual whitetail shift", which is another original concept of mine I studied and defined.
Whitetail Habitat Solutions Thanks for the reply. That makes total sense, I hardly ever get a picture of any bucks during the summer. A tornado went through my land 9 years ago, so I have a very high stem count.
I wish they would’ve done a segment of the show with you. I wasn’t all that impressed with the consultants they chose to feature in the series.
Ha, while I appreciate it ☺️ Hope you liked the podcast!
Does any one know how to get a hold of this guy to discuss hiring him?
Get yourself some dmap tags and feed the old folks.
If you manage your land poorly, create a doe factory and have too many does...
Hello brother how’s it going
So your camera and stand locations are not in the core sanctuary area? How far do you stay away from the core areas? Is there ever a reason to go into that area except to retrieve a shot deer?
Hi Hoby, there really is never a reason except to retrieve a deer. And to scout, hike or use in the off season.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thanks, I guess I was wondering about off season activities. Do you think using an ATV in the off season is too much stress on the deer?
What does it cost to have you come take a look at my land ?? I’m located in Iowa county Wisconsin?
Be back in a bit
Do you have experience in the south?
Hey Jeff, I love love love your videos! I have watched dozens of them so far and also read your "Food Plot Success by Design" book. It is awesome
I just recently bought a little over 100 acres in West Virginia and cleared out some long and narrow plots with a dozer (mostly sycamore trees). It doesn't have much hardwood and has lots of autumn olives, greenbriars and undergrowth. Do you think I should plant anything at all in the spring on the areas I cleared out with the dozer or should I just wait and do a fall plot?
Wow so the guys from meat eater got whitetail habitat solutions to design their parcel! They must know who they're dealing with. I seriously only listen to Jeff on hunting advice. Everything else people tell me seems to be garbage
Thanks Elon...it was my treat! I've known Mark Kenyon for a long time, and have been to his family land in MI too. Mark wrote the forward for my food plot book I published in 2014...so when Mark calls I listen ☺️ Really happy to watch how his career has exploded!
Also, really appreciate your feedback and kind words - they mean a lot!
Oh yea, in addition to tresspassers, how do you eliminate Coyotes and. cougars, from your hunting grounds? Oh yea I forgot bears. Untill this happens all this stuff is not helping. But I guess it's a business. Might as well give up on deer and start predator hunting. At least it's something. Right?
Those predators have very little impact on deer herds or hunting lands...just an excuse for bad hunting and land management techniques. Try not to be one of those guys 😉 Education will equal success...when it comes to deer hunting and deer management. Extremely easy to do if you follow the strategies for free, on this channel and on my website. Don't fall into the trap of negativity...
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 it's easy to be negative, that's for sure. Before I killed my limit every year, same property,deer,turkey. Birds,. All my life family farm. Now I see bear, coyote, cougar. None of that when I was growing up. So now I don't hardly see anything. So kind of hard not to blame them. I'm not a hunting ninny, been around the block time or two. I appreciate your enthusiasm, I hope it rubs off on me. I know if I was a undulate, I would hit the road if these were around. Best regards.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 also,its great you reply to our comments. Its very reassuring the you. Are concerned enough
To do so. You have a wonderful and informative channel that others can't seem to touch. I agree with most all of your work and information. I have no doctorate at or in anything. Just life experiences guide my way. And getting old. Lol!
Your a little to boastful on saying you came up with the term doe factory. My father in the 80's talked about doe factories but that was long before social media.
Hey Jeff, I was just wondering if you guys changed a phone number or email address. Wasn’t sure if you changed a website format. Just can’t seem to get ahold of Diane again lol. Just wanted to lock a date in to have you out. Thanks again. Great video.
Hi Andrew- That is 100% me. I am working through lists of emails and phone calls, been very challenging keeping up. I am booking clients in Michigan now in August. I will reach out to you shortly. My personal cell # is 906-202-9454. Feel free to call. My sincere apologies and hopefully we will connect soon. Diane Sturgis
How much would I cost to have you give me good advice on my "back 5" haha
Ohh my goodness. You have finally gone off the deep end. I remember my collage days and the more women the more testosterone fellows were patrolling the scene. Same with does they attract the big boys with one thing on their mind
Is the weather keeping you inside?
Unfortunately too many does only attracts bucks during the rut and even repels more during the rut. This is an extremely common and sever problem. Whitetails bucks are different than men...they only think does really strong for a couple of weeks. The rest of the time they separate from the ladies 😉 Having s lot of does to attract bucks was the old school myth, misinformed kind of opinion.
Oh no I'm the weather...23 clients in the last 7 weeks, 31 nights on the road since 1/1, including several filming days outside. 21 more days on client lands from now until the end of March. I never stop learning ☺️ Will scout and study roughly 100 clients by September. The weather rarely if ever has stopped me...
College guys are horny 24/7 bucks only a month and a half a year. Not to mention college guys would be about a 2 1/2 year old. The mature guys prefer a man cave to keep away from the anxiety women seem to create. Seems it's the same in the deer woods.
Actually, I hunt for the meat. I would love to shoot 10 doe a year. In fact, I have taught my sons to shoot the yearlings and leave those big pregnant doe alone. Shoot the big doe you kill 3 deer with one shot. The little ones are easier to clean too. So I will be likely to do all the things you say should not be done. I like seeing the big racked bucks and I let them all go by.