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Dear Hunter Project
Приєднався 25 жов 2019
Join us as we bridge the divide between naturalists, hunters, and wildlife managers and explore the natural world together. Our goal is to reconnect you with wildlife, share our love for all things wild, and encourage you to challenge your old mindset and adopt a new mentality towards wildlife management. Together, we will forge our own path and define what the future of wildlife management is. And then, we can finally answer the question, "Why do we manage wildlife?"
Because it's our way of life.
Because it's our way of life.
Thankful - A Deer Hunting Short Film
It's been a while since we've put together one of these short films. They're our bread and butter - using hunting and wildlife as a vehicle to tell stories and deliver messages.
This one is about growth, reflection, and gratitude. Give it a watch and if you connect with it let us know. This is a time of year for which we should all be thankful.
This one is about growth, reflection, and gratitude. Give it a watch and if you connect with it let us know. This is a time of year for which we should all be thankful.
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Making a Difference for RUFFED GROUSE in the State of Indiana!
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The Give for Grouse Initiative is off to an amazing start and over the summer we not only quickly completed our second fundraises, we exceeded it! Thanks to you, we raised over $2,000 that we donated to Ruffed Grouse Society Forest Conservation Director Jon Steigerwaldt to help fun an aerial tree seeding project in Minnesota. Because of your donations, we were able to plant over 1,000 acres of ...
Basal Bark Spraying Tree of Heaven #shorts
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Basal Bark Spraying Tree of Heaven #shorts
Give for Grouse Initiative - Fundraising for Ruffed Grouse!
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The Give for Grouse Initiative is off and running and we've accomplished our first goal! Because of generous donors, we raised $2,000 in 2 weeks time that we are donating Jon Steigerwaldt and Larry Partridge of the @RuffedGrouseSociety for the purchase of prescribed fired equipment to conduct controlled burns this fall on Superior National Forest in Michigan and Iowa! But we're not done yet! We...
Creating a Positive Future for Ruffed Grouse
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Please, join us as we introduce the Give for Grouse Initiative and work to bring ruffed grouse back to our forests. Your donations will be earmarked strictly for ruffed grouse management projects. We will take your dollars and distribute them to groups and organizations all across the ruffed grouse's range for equipment, land acquisition, advocation, and whatever it takes to make this a reality...
The Give For Grouse Initiative - Giving Ruffed Grouse a Future
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Ruffed Grouse, The King of Spring, the Bellwether of All Forest Wildlife, has a very fragile future. According to the Ruffed Grouse Society, their populations have declined at least 50% throughout the Eastern United States in the last 20 years and current projections indicate numbers will be zero in our lifetime. So please, join us as we introduce the Give for Grouse Initiative and work to brin...
Why Cover is Important for Ruffed Grouse Drumming Logs
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Why Cover is Important for Ruffed Grouse Drumming Logs
How Intentional Timber Stand Improvement (TSI) Benefits All Wildlife
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How Intentional Timber Stand Improvement (TSI) Benefits All Wildlife
Ruffed Grouse Management with Virginia DWR Biologist Mike Dye
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Ruffed Grouse Management with Virginia DWR Biologist Mike Dye
Timber Stand Improvement - Releasing White Oaks in a Pine Stand for Whitetail Deer and Ruffed Grouse
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Timber Stand Improvement - Releasing White Oaks in a Pine Stand for Whitetail Deer and Ruffed Grouse
A Tribute to Land, Wildlife, and a Whitetail Buck
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A Tribute to Land, Wildlife, and a Whitetail Buck
Overrated or Underrated: Hunting Deer Over Bait, Hinge Cutting, Ruffed Grouse, Top Gun: Maverick
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Overrated or Underrated: Hunting Deer Over Bait, Hinge Cutting, Ruffed Grouse, Top Gun: Maverick
Wildlife Management: Overrated or Underrated - No Till Food Plots, Morning Hunts, Non Game Species
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Wildlife Management: Overrated or Underrated - No Till Food Plots, Morning Hunts, Non Game Species
The Positive Impacts of Quality Deer Management (QDM)
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The Positive Impacts of Quality Deer Management (QDM)
The Negative Impacts of Quality Deer Management (QDM)
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The Negative Impacts of Quality Deer Management (QDM)
A Year's Worth of Trail Camera Videos of Wildlife At a Waterhole
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A Year's Worth of Trail Camera Videos of Wildlife At a Waterhole
Support the Pittman Robertson Act - Why the Return Act is Bad for Wildlife
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Support the Pittman Robertson Act - Why the Return Act is Bad for Wildlife
Removing Non-Native Invasive Species
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Removing Non-Native Invasive Species
Understanding the Benefits of Prescribed Fire
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Understanding the Benefits of Prescribed Fire
Planting No-Till Food Plots With Vitalize Seed
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Planting No-Till Food Plots With Vitalize Seed
How To Plant Wildflowers for Pollinators and Other Wildlife
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How To Plant Wildflowers for Pollinators and Other Wildlife
Deer Summer - Summer Footage of Whitetail Deer
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Deer Summer - Summer Footage of Whitetail Deer
Creating Drumming Logs for Ruffed Grouse!
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Creating Drumming Logs for Ruffed Grouse!
Ruffed Grouse and Forest Management in Virginia
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Ruffed Grouse and Forest Management in Virginia
Quite the oxymoron
Seemingly, but natives can be aggressive and form monocultures.
Show us?
I love predator control for the birds.. has this been confining ?
This is great
Ridiculous music
I know right?
Wonderful !
Thanks for watching!
I got lots of grouse males females we love them little drummer dudes they’re delicious too little wild forest chickens
Love it! They are special birds for sure.
Why not Coppice them for charcoal or fire woood. That seems like a superb plant for biomass
Have you been successful at all. They used to be all around my home here in Va now none. I don't know where they are going to come from.
They're non-migratory birds unfortunately, so they don't fly around looking for the best habitat. But as cheesy as it sounds, if good habitat is present, they'll find it. Numbers have always fluctuated on my property over the years and I don't know where they come from, but they come from somewhere, and this past winter I saw more grouse than I have in my life. Also, same for quail. I heard bobwhite quail on my property this spring for the first time in 25+years. No idea where they came from or how they got here, but if the habitat is there and there are birds in the neighborhood they'll find it. Where in VA are you located?
@@DearHunterProject I am in the Shenandoah Valley near Harrisonburg, Va. I own a 150-acre farm where we used to have 8 to 10 coveys of quail and plenty of grouse, now nothing. and the farm has good cover for quail and grouse. Same thing around the house where I live, no grouse.
Thank you for the work your doing to help improve Grouse numbers!
Thank you for the support and kind words!
GOD will take care of it if you put this plant somewhere. The universe won't end this way. Just like years ago, tree huggers were making us switch to plastic....now look🤔. So cutting a tree repurposing over n over and planting a new tree is way better. I'm so sorry, but science is proven wrong all the time. Make your yard look great, and life will go on till the LORD stops it.John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. They still can't figure out coffee n eggs, and now some scientists say more than 2 genders🤪. Trust the LORD, not man.John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Please take that disrespectful cap off.
This is very true 😢 I’m trying to remove a ground cover disaster that the prior owners of my house planted and it has taken OVER!!!! I can’t kill it. I used vinegar 30% and it worked for a year then this year it reappeared even bigger 😂
Why not just use the bush for tea and just trim them? Also see tons of stilt grass?
What is the best herbicides to use?
No Herbicides! You're on - Don't recommend channel.
By definition of the term, a native cannot be invasive. It's important not to abuse the language because doing so eliminates the meaning of words. This is a bad message sent badly.
Invasive, perhaps not. Aggressive, yes. I'm curious how a message of encouraging diverse plant communities rather than monocultures is a bad message, though?
@@DearHunterProjecthe means that invasive is a term used for foreign plants. Aggressive spreading is a trait of some native plants. You can’t invade a territory you belong to and are a part of. The devastation of noxious foreign invasive plants is not something to attach to native plants whereas a monoculture of native is better than diversity of foreign/natives but diversity of all natives is best.
@@GreenPoker-q2d Agreed. We're debating semantics. The point of the video was that sometimes natives can be aggressive and we should drive for diversity.
Teaching from your own mistakes. Mad respect
But you are also non-native in that land...
Does that mean it’s ok to degrade the land? What are you saying here?
I have lots of grouse in my land. I accidentally discovered it while deer hunting last year. I had the curiosity to shoot one & cooked it. It was so delicious. Just like chicken. As I write, I hear them drumming around my cabin. I’m located 3 miles north of the Minnesota border. I came across your video presentation & needs to know more about how to keep them on my land. Any such presentation would be deeply appreciated. Thank you so much!
Also a MN landowner. It's good to join the Ruffed Grouse Society which has chapters in the state. Look at this for ideas files.dnr.state.mn.us/recreation/hunting/grouse/rgmp.pdf.
Native Shrubs. The Rodney Dangerfield of habitat elements-they just can’t get any respect. Yet, they ask for very little-just sunlight, and yet, yield so much-food, cover, flowers, and beauty. I TSI for shrubs!
I love that! You're exactly right, they don't get talked about often enough, but are so valuable to wildlife.
But 100% agree with your message. Save the bluebirds
The box is too low and it’s not protected by a baffle. Raccoon buffet
It's the Predators!
They are definitely the leading cause of ruffed grouse mortality!
When I was growing up, we had all kinds of grouse around home the turkey population has taken over and killed most of the grouse babies before they even get a chance to live the state of Virginia should’ve stepped in, but now we have no grouse at all shame on you state of Virginia shame on you Greed of money for your turkey license has killed the grouse population.
We're certainly working to bring back ruffed grouse on our property and raise awareness about the species and it's situation. Every little bit we can do helps!
beutiful
Thank you!
@@DearHunterProject i’m trying to get 75
The Paulonia actually is native to North America. The last of them died out and then the tree was reintroduced. If they try to grow in a forest with very tall trees, they will die out from light starvation. It is like almost all invasive species, they have quite useful properties, but need maintained.
I did not know that!
I have heavily wooded steep acreage in WNC and want to manage it for wildlife diversity. If I thin the canopy and create openings how are invasive species controlled like privet and multiflora rose?
Herbicide will be your most efficient and effective method of control.
You guys rock, seriously! There is hope in the 21st century.
Thanks Richard!
No buckthorn there?
Thankfully not! My main invasives are autumn olive, tree of heaven, japanese barberry, sericea lespedeza, japanese stiltgrass, and princess tree. I've already got my hands full!
You did an awesome job making this. So many aspects I feel the same way. The process and feel of the shot, walking slowly and enjoying the woods, and especially taking a doe. I respect the animals and it’s getting harder to harvest them but I do it. I really don’t understand why this hasn’t got more views but I guess that has to do with UA-cam itself and what people are looking for. Please keep producing your video ideas they are great productions. Thank you!
Thank you for watching and for the kind words! I think a lot of hunters can connect with this film and message, maybe more than they realize and I'm glad it resonated with you. It's important that we tell these stories and convey these feelings that I think all hunters can related to!
Too many feel goods in this video.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by that?
@@DearHunterProject I rewatched most of the video. Im primarily whitetail focused so alot bias. I think alot of the feel good feeling comes from the music but when it got into song birds, oak leaf litter, nematodes, etc you really lost me. Your knowledge is outstanding but this just isn't the channel for me. It said deer hunter project TSI work so it got my attention but then got off track for my liking.
@@makeyourownluck5822 I appreciate you taking the time to watch and for your feedback. I'm primarily whitetail focused as well, but even in that process am mindful of every decision I make and how it effects all wildlife. Whitetails and grouse are my focus but I'm not managing specifically for them. We should manage for entire ecosystems rather than singular species. Also, we're the Dear (with an E) Hunter project 😉 This is our message to all hunters.
Disagree with having an equal distribution of species in a forest stand. Species composition should directly reflect the landowners objective. I refuse to retain hard maple when managing for deer... 🤷♂️
I agree but we should also be mindful of how the decisions we make when managing for a singular species impact the entire native ecosystem. I have an extreme excess of tulip poplar on my property and cut them almost indiscriminately but also acknowledge the value they provide poplars and as a result make it a point to leave several standing for that reason alone.
You have touched on an important issue.i will renew my animal control license.and go through some of the farmers losing crops land get permissions.i am 73 and retired from trapping .But I am in a restart mode.
I'm new to trapping as well! Just buying a license and having that number register to the total number of trappers makes a difference. Excited to learn the art better and see the difference it can make on my property.
cut the dam background music!!!!!!
Noted!
🤘🏿🫡😍
I was intrigued ever since I flushed my first Ruffed Grouse at 12 years old while rabbit hunting with my beagle and Dad. I believe they need to totally close the season for at least a couple years and as far as in Pa. Quit introducing more predators.
Definitely stealing lots of ideas! I'm not a hunter, but connect with your love of wildlife and ecosystem regeneration.
Thank you! It means a lot that we're able to convey our message and connect with everyone.
What's scary about looking at surrounding properties in assessing your own property is the unknown about who will sell the surrounding properties to home developers who will clear cut everything.
Absolutely. Land is being gobbled up and developed faster than ever these days.
Great job.
Thank you!
Growing miscanthus is a good idea. We share our experience on the channel, subscribe ;)
This looks EXACTLY like my property in SC and I am having to do the same thing soon. Curious to see the results. How well will the native stuff respond with the canopy opened up but years of pine litter on forest floor? I don't have option of burning, will the sunlight still get good growth on forest floor??
It might take a year or two for the plants to respond to the sunlight but nature always finds a way. I expect an explosion of vegetation in this area.
How do you safely get the line attached to the top first? Wrap a rope around the tree? And then use the safety line as your primary after? I'm looking for an up and down / arrive and leave video.
Gota make the first climb or bring a big extension Ladder
Lineman’s rope
Great short film. True art with a great message.
Thanks Lee!
Is there not a particular direction the log needs to run? ie: north south. I think I read that in a bird field Guide decades ago.
Really good info here sir. Thank you!
I'm majoring in forestry with a concentration in wildlife management. My question is, are all wildlife managers law enforcement officers? Also, are there multiple career paths for someone majoring in wildlife management other than law enforcement? Thank you!
We are talking about small clearcuts in this video, not 3 square kilometre clear cuts every 4 kilometres away from each other, causing floods along with death of wildlife
Yes Sir 🙏🏼🫡 Plant Native! 🌱💚🪶
Do you need to fill in water or rain does all the job?
If there's good run off and it's sealed well (with a liner or bentonite) rain water is plenty enough and will hold water long into drought! I've filled mine up to "get them started" but have never had to fill them up because they ran dry.
@@DearHunterProject Thanks