Thanks Jeff. I’ve been following along for some time and finally owning my own land, as small as it may be, I’ve taken the tactics from your heavy knowledge and my experiences, has made me addicted to exactly what you preach. I’m all in.
EXCELLENT Video Jeff, I watch all your videos, but you hit it out of the park with this one. Lots to relate to and lots of food for thought moving forward and as you said reflecting back on the past seasons and improvements to be made. THANKS to You and Dylan AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
I did some scouting yesterday on my property in NW WI. Like you said, a great time to be in the woods, located bedding areas, travel routes and its given me more things to think about. As always, thank you both for all you do. Cheers!
Great stuff as always.I broke down and got”the furnace”Very happy with it..Checked cameras yesterday..Have 4 still holding in one spot.Have a half rack young 8 that has had one antler for about a week.Can’t find sheds when they are still running😉
@Number 1 Fan I found 1 on Friday.A lot of snow where I was looking.So I will have to walk it all again.Also going to wait a while.I will be happy to find 40.That’s my goal.Last year my dog and I found 54.The year before 76.It’s fun with the dog.Gives me something to laugh at..
Thanks Jeff! Found a button buck yesterday that coyotes killed😔, BUT, I found a natural establishment of red Osier dogwood! I was so excited when I found it! Can't wait to make cuttings from it and put them in my bedding areas!!!
Number 1 Fan I feel your pain put in two waterholes only too have family of bear bath in them unfortunately have to dispatch them for you civilians out there that means shoot and kill them
Wow! We have a wide age range of doe here in the Hudson Valley of NY. We are getting 1-3 bucks on cam and very young. I plant a few food plots and the doe mow them down. Some hunting neighbors are see a buck kill a buck and will not shoot a doe. Sad. Great job thank you
Water is very important. I hunt in an area where there is a lot of bedding at the top of a mountain here in PA. There's a place on a powerline where a spring comes out and the water pools all year. It's the only water source for at least 1/2 to 3/4 mile. October and November the amount of tracks around it would lead you to believe there's hundreds of deer in the area although there isn't. It's simply the place deer visit regularly during the fall to get water when green vegetation is low and they are feeding primarily on green briars, acorns and woody browse. Or when bucks are really chasing. Can't overstate the importance of well placed water sources.
Excellent video Jeff I wish I would seen your videos before I bought my property but the main thing with all your great videos and information I’m going to work my property to make it the best deer habitat that I can. Going to asking you a few questions thank you jeff great job
I thank you for all the information, I scouted yesterday sw pa and found my the bedding areas that surround my property, gives me a good sense of what's going on, I have been feeding during summer months but may forgo such and just rely on my food plots, what's your take on feeding prior to season, thanks again for all your knowledge
I got too see 16 bucks with horns oldest was 3 years old typical 10 I got him on the wall haha, but we only had one giant 4-1/2 Eight. But we have soo many bucks but we are missing age class deer all tiny spikes too small six. 1 too 2-1/2 two
Something regional with little to no grass. I'm using some out of a MN blend. The switchgrass supplies the cover...NEXT to the pollinater blend, and never mixed within.
What bow holder do you use on you bike. Been strapping my bow to my pack to ride the bike in but I have recently been looking at bow holders to mount on my bike.
Hi Jeff, I purchased your book on January 5th of this month and have yet to receive it. I emailed you and Whitetail Habbit Solutions and have not received any correspondence. What's going on? Any help would be appreciated.
Jeff stands out from the rest because he's real. Not bs. Cant stand watching ben risings channel it's like a advertisement for some scent things for mocks scrapes that ya don't even need!!
Hey I’ve been watching your trail camera tip videos and I have a question should I put my trail camera 6ft in the tree over a food plot and should I be running trail cameras right now????
Any tips on stand placement in predominant deciduous tree stands where hiding them is difficult compared to when you have conifers? I always feel like I stand out like a sore thumb no matter how I try to hide them (height, behind thick limbs, distance from shooting point mock scrape-licking stick, etc.).
Sit on the ground in the ghillie with some face paint. Stands restrict you in how you can hunt and if deer shift where they're moving. Works best for me at least
I own a 50ft x 150ft lot with a house and garage on it right in the middle of town, will this work to explode buck numbers on my property? So far I have only seen 3 deer on my property and those were hanging in my garage after I shot them on someone else's property but maybe if I utilize these tactics I will see more deer in my garage.
Ahh and so it begins with the jealous neighbors.. I have 2 properties and where my house is located its Ag and 70 acres now with woods. The Amish near near kill everything and complain we have no deer around. My 2nd property is up North in the mountains and it's 50 acres attached to another 100 acres . All my neighbors tresspass , steal cameras , push all the deer out. I hope your neighbors learn from you and adapt . If not they get bitter and unhinged with jealousy over deer.
I feel your pain! If you build it they will come...not just the deer...but all the assholes wanting to take advantage of what you have built! It's been an endless losing battle I have fought for 20 years!
That greatly depends on elevation, dry acres, etc...but typically anywhere from 3 to 5. That's a rough estimate! 5 would be with a lot of elevation change...
If I burn my crp in the next few weeks in Southern Missouri, mostly big and little blue and Indian grass can I come behind the burn and frost seed switchgrass for field borders. I would follow up this spring with simazine and mowing
Jeff great work as always, is it possible you can put a habitat video out regarding hilltop food plotting with very little Ag around. Would my large food plot then become their destination food plot?
It's a tough balance ..lots of time too many younger bucks equals too many does as well. Remove all the does see no bucks. There is a balance. Also, it is often hunting pressure related. Too much hunting pressure is deceiving because although there can be lots of does, fawns and young bucks hanging around...the older ones will leave.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751I don't believe it is pressure, so if that is true, probably too many deer... This year was also tough getting food plots established in the fall with the drought...
Hey Jeff what if you have a micro kill plot like 20 yards by 20 yards and plant clover and the other plot is like 1/3 acre and plant brassica and oats and peas
You mentioned you are in a herd building mode right now, how do you build the herd if you only offer food Sept - Jan? Or are you offering a certain food for a doe herd all year round?
He has spring food plots, and also, he has said many times that there is plenty of vegetarian for deer to eat on in the spring and summer months so it doesn't really matter.
Thanks for asking, but no I don't. I wish I had time to go to the shows! I am typically in motel rooms around 120 nights per year...trying to shrink that to be home more 😊
Good morning Jeff! I’ve watched almost every video you made in the last several years and you’ve stated most people don’t realize the true potential of their property. Understandably it depends on a multitude of factors in each situation. Given your Minnesota property and what you know, of the 40 or so bucks on your property what percentage of them would you expect to be mature? Say 3.5 years and up. Thanks for keeping the great information coming!
Jeff I'm 72. I have 28 acres and that is all I am going to ever have in this life. I've reached out to you guys about coming out but it seems you all are all booked up. I am trying to apply what you have been teaching. Right now I am focusing on expanding my areas of thick stuff with hinge cutting. I have two half acre food plots but one is near the house. We shall see if this year the improvements yield some results. I only want one good buck a year, Pennsylvania is a one-and-done state. JMC
Such good information, thanks for sharing your content. I hope I can put it into practice. Heavy covered 46 acres but has a bowl like you describe where food plot was. Access isn't great to enter without spooking.... yet.
Gosh that sounds like an insane amount of bucks that close together. I own 40 acres, find around 35 rubs a year. I guess I always figured the rubs are from one or two bucks or a couple that travel through. I can't comprehend there being that many bucks around.n
I had ten to fifteen different bucks coming to my baits piles. Every day since October. Like clock work. They all vanished overnight. Haven't seen one deer since January 13th. We're did they all go?
Agree on dont spook em, security cover is crucial, waterholes thank you for that advice they really work aspecially with the dry fall we had now we have snow all tracks go right to it even though its froze solid, one thing i would like to hear about is how that liquid calcium worked this past year.
How much can you really effect what's going on with the deer with smaller pieces of land? I have 35 acres in between 2 large farms. I just aquired it last year and I am doing what I can but the odds have to be against me.
I hunt on a 40 acre parcel half of it is ag field it is a hayfield for probably half of the property. On a food source would you use your blend you designed or would you plant something different?
Thank you gonna spend the next few months stocking up on switch for the spring might use Egyptian wheat for the first year just to have some decent screening for the first year yeah??
I have not had good success hinging sassafras. The wood is very brittle and will not hold together and stay alive. I recommend flush cutting it and letting in more sunlight and sprouts off the sassafras stumps.
@@robertplane4029 Where are you located? Yes, they are a preferred woody browse for whitetails, and very beneficial when cut, and put at the deers level.
(Please watch out for any alcohol - as a type 1 diabetic I found out that alcohol effects my liver and messed with my short acting insulin BIG TIME) please ask your doctor about this. Take care
Thanks Kurt! Moderation is definitely key. Most don't realize alcohol turns to sugar. For example a Mich Ultra is over 20 carbs...not 1.4 carbs. Many craft beers are over 30 carbs a piece. I have a very good endocrinologist help me with that.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 right! It’s a real pain being diabetic (type 1). As a hunter I do appreciate a pocket full of moms brownies just in case !!!
It’s been fun watching you and Dylan build a partnership like friendship!!! You two make a great team.
Thanks Jeff. I’ve been following along for some time and finally owning my own land, as small as it may be, I’ve taken the tactics from your heavy knowledge and my experiences, has made me addicted to exactly what you preach. I’m all in.
EXCELLENT Video Jeff, I watch all your videos, but you hit it out of the park with this one. Lots to relate to and lots of food for thought moving forward and as you said reflecting back on the past seasons and improvements to be made. THANKS to You and Dylan AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Thank you Steve...we will dpnpir best for sure!
I did some scouting yesterday on my property in NW WI. Like you said, a great time to be in the woods, located bedding areas, travel routes and its given me more things to think about. As always, thank you both for all you do. Cheers!
Great stuff as always.I broke down and got”the furnace”Very happy with it..Checked cameras yesterday..Have 4 still holding in one spot.Have a half rack young 8 that has had one antler for about a week.Can’t find sheds when they are still running😉
Nice D, I love that Furnace! Hoping the land is collecting a few right now myself 😊
@Number 1 Fan I found 1 on Friday.A lot of snow where I was looking.So I will have to walk it all again.Also going to wait a while.I will be happy to find 40.That’s my goal.Last year my dog and I found 54.The year before 76.It’s fun with the dog.Gives me something to laugh at..
Thanks Jeff! Found a button buck yesterday that coyotes killed😔, BUT, I found a natural establishment of red Osier dogwood! I was so excited when I found it! Can't wait to make cuttings from it and put them in my bedding areas!!!
That's a great find...well, the RED 👍🏻
Number 1 Fan I feel your pain put in two waterholes only too have family of bear bath in them unfortunately have to dispatch them for you civilians out there that means shoot and kill them
Jeff just wanted to thank you for all the videos you do. Ive learned so much God Bless
Wow! We have a wide age range of doe here in the Hudson Valley of NY. We are getting 1-3 bucks on cam and very young. I plant a few food plots and the doe mow them down. Some hunting neighbors are see a buck kill a buck and will not shoot a doe. Sad. Great job thank you
Morning Jeff!
Good morning Drew!
Water is very important. I hunt in an area where there is a lot of bedding at the top of a mountain here in PA. There's a place on a powerline where a spring comes out and the water pools all year. It's the only water source for at least 1/2 to 3/4 mile. October and November the amount of tracks around it would lead you to believe there's hundreds of deer in the area although there isn't. It's simply the place deer visit regularly during the fall to get water when green vegetation is low and they are feeding primarily on green briars, acorns and woody browse. Or when bucks are really chasing. Can't overstate the importance of well placed water sources.
Excellent video Jeff I wish I would seen your videos before I bought my property but the main thing with all your great videos and information I’m going to work my property to make it the best deer habitat that I can. Going to asking you a few questions thank you jeff great job
I thank you for all the information, I scouted yesterday sw pa and found my the bedding areas that surround my property, gives me a good sense of what's going on, I have been feeding during summer months but may forgo such and just rely on my food plots, what's your take on feeding prior to season, thanks again for all your knowledge
Do you have any videos about hunting properties with creeks cutting through them?
Sturgis is “taking” all our deer…. No… he’s treating the land and all of the animals that utilize it better.
Great info as always!
I got too see 16 bucks with horns oldest was 3 years old typical 10 I got him on the wall haha, but we only had one giant 4-1/2 Eight. But we have soo many bucks but we are missing age class deer all tiny spikes too small six. 1 too 2-1/2 two
What kinda pollinator plants do you recommend to plant within your property
Something regional with little to no grass. I'm using some out of a MN blend. The switchgrass supplies the cover...NEXT to the pollinater blend, and never mixed within.
What bow holder do you use on you bike. Been strapping my bow to my pack to ride the bike in but I have recently been looking at bow holders to mount on my bike.
Hi Jeff, I purchased your book on January 5th of this month and have yet to receive it. I emailed you and Whitetail Habbit Solutions and have not received any correspondence. What's going on? Any help would be appreciated.
Hi Mike! I believe it shipped on last Tuesfay but either Jessi or Diane will follow up. Thanks for the heads up!
Jeff stands out from the rest because he's real. Not bs. Cant stand watching ben risings channel it's like a advertisement for some scent things for mocks scrapes that ya don't even need!!
Hey I’ve been watching your trail camera tip videos and I have a question should I put my trail camera 6ft in the tree over a food plot and should I be running trail cameras right now????
Any tips on stand placement in predominant deciduous tree stands where hiding them is difficult compared to when you have conifers? I always feel like I stand out like a sore thumb no matter how I try to hide them (height, behind thick limbs, distance from shooting point mock scrape-licking stick, etc.).
Sit on the ground in the ghillie with some face paint. Stands restrict you in how you can hunt and if deer shift where they're moving. Works best for me at least
First- ha!
Damn!
If I see 6 different bucks on my land this year, not including spikes, I'll be syked.
When you gonna do a video on how to put more bucks in your wallet?
I own a 50ft x 150ft lot with a house and garage on it right in the middle of town, will this work to explode buck numbers on my property? So far I have only seen 3 deer on my property and those were hanging in my garage after I shot them on someone else's property but maybe if I utilize these tactics I will see more deer in my garage.
Jeff,
Do you ever head to the south (Georgia) to do any parcel work?
I see 5 bucks on my 50 acres if I am lucky. 2 of them are spikes. I am working on it 😂
😁 Best of all...awesome to KEEP working at it!
Ahh and so it begins with the jealous neighbors.. I have 2 properties and where my house is located its Ag and 70 acres now with woods. The Amish near near kill everything and complain we have no deer around. My 2nd property is up North in the mountains and it's 50 acres attached to another 100 acres . All my neighbors tresspass , steal cameras , push all the deer out.
I hope your neighbors learn from you and adapt . If not they get bitter and unhinged with jealousy over deer.
I feel your pain!
If you build it they will come...not just the deer...but all the assholes wanting to take advantage of what you have built! It's been an endless losing battle I have fought for 20 years!
200K!! Congratulations Jeff!
Thank you very much 😊
Love the sunday morning videos ! Ty & go Bills
👍🏻🍻🏈🦌
Thanks David and good luck!
Ha Ha
Me too!
How many watering holes per 100 acres?
That greatly depends on elevation, dry acres, etc...but typically anywhere from 3 to 5. That's a rough estimate! 5 would be with a lot of elevation change...
I scoured the map and found several small neighborhood food plots. We have none. We had 15 plus does and zero mature bucks. Heard this before??
So often...
If I burn my crp in the next few weeks in Southern Missouri, mostly big and little blue and Indian grass can I come behind the burn and frost seed switchgrass for field borders. I would follow up this spring with simazine and mowing
I seen more bucks in the late season than all the rest of the season some giants too
Jeff great work as always, is it possible you can put a habitat video out regarding hilltop food plotting with very little Ag around. Would my large food plot then become their destination food plot?
Very well could be as long as it's big and fits right with your deer herd! 👍
I have a bunch of bucks per acre, but don't seem to hold the bigger ones... What do I focus on?
It's a tough balance ..lots of time too many younger bucks equals too many does as well. Remove all the does see no bucks. There is a balance. Also, it is often hunting pressure related. Too much hunting pressure is deceiving because although there can be lots of does, fawns and young bucks hanging around...the older ones will leave.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thank you for the reply...
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751I don't believe it is pressure, so if that is true, probably too many deer... This year was also tough getting food plots established in the fall with the drought...
👍🏹…-----🦌🦌awsome info Jeff still following..all your videos and success.. god bless you guys brother 👍
Thanks for this video Jeff, really a lot of priceless information!!!
You are very welcome Greg!
I only have 5 acres mountain side in Tennessee. So I just do the best I can and use as many tips as possible
80 per 40 acres, you’d have to defend yourself while hunting 😝
Hey Jeff what if you have a micro kill plot like 20 yards by 20 yards and plant clover and the other plot is like 1/3 acre and plant brassica and oats and peas
I did the exact same thing! Worked for me! Just make sure you space them far enough apart! 👍
Great video Jeff!, well put together, great info..
Thank you very much Brian!!
You mentioned you are in a herd building mode right now, how do you build the herd if you only offer food Sept - Jan? Or are you offering a certain food for a doe herd all year round?
He has spring food plots, and also, he has said many times that there is plenty of vegetarian for deer to eat on in the spring and summer months so it doesn't really matter.
Hi Greg! I am not in herd building mode...just building bucks, which is accomplished only in the Fall.
🙏🏼💯
When first lite sponsers you and sika won't kinda of a no brainer
Jeff, do you ever get to Harrisburg PA Sportsman Show? Would be great to sit in class up there.
Thanks for asking, but no I don't. I wish I had time to go to the shows! I am typically in motel rooms around 120 nights per year...trying to shrink that to be home more 😊
Good morning Jeff! I’ve watched almost every video you made in the last several years and you’ve stated most people don’t realize the true potential of their property. Understandably it depends on a multitude of factors in each situation. Given your Minnesota property and what you know, of the 40 or so bucks on your property what percentage of them would you expect to be mature? Say 3.5 years and up. Thanks for keeping the great information coming!
Jeff
I'm 72. I have 28 acres and that is all I am going to ever have in this life. I've reached out to you guys about coming out but it seems you all are all booked up. I am trying to apply what you have been teaching. Right now I am focusing on expanding my areas of thick stuff with hinge cutting. I have two half acre food plots but one is near the house. We shall see if this year the improvements yield some results. I only want one good buck a year, Pennsylvania is a one-and-done state.
JMC
Such good information, thanks for sharing your content. I hope I can put it into practice. Heavy covered 46 acres but has a bowl like you describe where food plot was. Access isn't great to enter without spooking.... yet.
Gosh that sounds like an insane amount of bucks that close together. I own 40 acres, find around 35 rubs a year. I guess I always figured the rubs are from one or two bucks or a couple that travel through. I can't comprehend there being that many bucks around.n
I had ten to fifteen different bucks coming to my baits piles. Every day since October. Like clock work. They all vanished overnight. Haven't seen one deer since January 13th. We're did they all go?
Jeff I’ve followed your teaching for 2 seasons and this year Button/small bucks jumped to 15 different. Is this a normal evolution?
Agree on dont spook em, security cover is crucial, waterholes thank you for that advice they really work aspecially with the dry fall we had now we have snow all tracks go right to it even though its froze solid, one thing i would like to hear about is how that liquid calcium worked this past year.
How much can you really effect what's going on with the deer with smaller pieces of land? I have 35 acres in between 2 large farms. I just aquired it last year and I am doing what I can but the odds have to be against me.
Thank you, switched tactics two years ago major results and higher levels of activity
You are a patient and knowledgeable instructor.
I hunt on a 40 acre parcel half of it is ag field it is a hayfield for probably half of the property. On a food source would you use your blend you designed or would you plant something different?
How wide of a switch grass wall do you recommend to screen neighbors, roads, and houses? Are a couple rows of spruce/pine required?
Love your videos!!!
Still terrified I will put it have put improvements in th wrong places.
I appreciate all your info and honesty your legit very much appreciated
I just got 100 acres let the work begin
Nice Denny congrats and enjoy!
Thank you gonna spend the next few months stocking up on switch for the spring might use Egyptian wheat for the first year just to have some decent screening for the first year yeah??
Can you have too much browse? I have such thick briars throughout.
Good stuff
👍
Anyone on here know if you can hinge cut sassafras??
I have not had good success hinging sassafras. The wood is very brittle and will not hold together and stay alive. I recommend flush cutting it and letting in more sunlight and sprouts off the sassafras stumps.
@@legendaryhabitatllc7649 thank you for a response. I have unlimited sassafras resources on my land. I’m trying everything to not kill it out
@@robertplane4029 Where are you located? Yes, they are a preferred woody browse for whitetails, and very beneficial when cut, and put at the deers level.
@@legendaryhabitatllc7649 S/W Michigan.
@@legendaryhabitatllc7649 I’ll start cutting
(Please watch out for any alcohol - as a type 1 diabetic I found out that alcohol effects my liver and messed with my short acting insulin BIG TIME) please ask your doctor about this. Take care
Thanks Kurt! Moderation is definitely key. Most don't realize alcohol turns to sugar. For example a Mich Ultra is over 20 carbs...not 1.4 carbs. Many craft beers are over 30 carbs a piece. I have a very good endocrinologist help me with that.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 right! It’s a real pain being diabetic (type 1). As a hunter I do appreciate a pocket full of moms brownies just in case !!!