How To Create A Small Parcel For Attracting Daylight Bucks
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Creating a small deer parcel that attracts daylight mature buck movements is fairly easy to do if you follow the management concepts that I have recognized, defined, and named over the past few decades. These original hunting and habitat management concepts can be found within my 4 advanced whitetail strategy books at: www.whitetailhabitatsolutions....
Follow along as we explore how to take a small 40 acre client parcel that has seen diminishing hunting season results since 2006, and set it on a path to attracring the daylight attention of mature bucks from the very next season and beyond. This 40 acre small parcel will literally turn around over night, from the 2018 season to the 2019 season. Creating a great deer hunting parcel should not take years...it should take a season. "Billy's" parcel should flip from a nocturnal attracting random buck movement parcel to a highly defined daylight buck movement parcel in just one year. Always remember, bucks move around during the daylight very little! Managing where a mature buck focuses his daylight movement patterns is a lot easier task than trying to control where he spends his time at night. Here is how to create a daylight mature buck movement parcel to attract quality herd management and hunting opportunities.
Jeff, you truly are a huge asset to all of us! Thank you for your willingness to freely share so much about exactly what it is you are paid to share on a daily basis! May He continue to bless you and your wife in 2019!
I really appreciate that! You are very welcome and I truly hope the info helps as many as possible. Thank YOU!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thank You Sir!
I agree, willingness to share impeccable knowledge is a gift to appreciate.. thank you Jeff!
At some point about a year ago, these videos became all I would watch in regards to getting more white tail knowledge. I find myself watching videos over and over, then leaving them for a while and hitting them again, No one is doing this better. These videos are down to an art.
That means a whole lot to me, you have no idea! I want this videos to help landowners and hunters...and if they don't then why bother? I will try to keep them coming and your feedback means a whole lot to me. Thank YOU!
I really like your videos. I can tell you're not full of hunters superstitions like a lot of these channels. You've confirmed a lot of the things I've learned myself through the years, but some would disagree with. You've also provided some VERY useful information to improve. Thank you for your efforts.
All I can say is wow im so glad that I happened to stumble upon one of your videos it has truly educated me & needless to say you are the MAN we should call you the deer whisperer not that you talk to them but I’m sure if there was a way you would figure it out you however have a god given talent in seeing how terrain should be to attract & hold deer therefore as far as I’m concerned you are the whisperer you & your wife Diane seem to be wonderful caring people which obviously makes you guys a great team. At this point Suzie& I will only be guided by what you recommend regarding deer habitat thanks again hope to meet you soon
Thank you Jeff for all this information your giving! Its going to help me tremendously for the years to come! Our family owns 80 acres of woodland in eastern Canada, and I'll be applying some of your knowledge and information to create a better habitat for deer, all your videos make sense to me! Wish I would of found you sooner! Cheers!
Blake that sounds great and thank you so much for the feedback! You may also like my website articles too...about 600 whitetail articles at www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com, just in case you haven't checked it out!
Very cool though and good luck up there in Canada this year!
Really great videos. Very informative and direct. In my area most hunters aren't on the same page when it comes to management of stress, food plots, etc so it makes it hard. Bottom line study your quarry, buy your own land, restrict access.....
I only have 10 acres of which really only 6 is huntable. I can tell you all these techniques can help. You have to visualize your neighborhood as part of the scheme. Pretend the fences aren't there, because for a deer they basically aren't. Good stuff Jeff.
Great point D Mouse! They sure don't know they are...that's a fact. And thanks a lot, I should have another big round of vids within a week nor two!
Thanks Jeff for your reply! I will definitely get your book whitetail success by design . I have read your book about food plot success by design. After so many years of hunting public land (which I intend to continue to do!) I am fortunate to have purchased an 80 acre wilderness property in the northwoods and I realize getting food on the property is key to to drawing in whitetails. So much to learn about setting up a property with food plots And hinge cuts , funnels and mock scrapes etc. with a new property you want to shorten the learning curve especially when your in your 50’s! So much fun though!! Can’t wait to get all the projects started! Thanks for all your information ! Definitely have learned a lot and can’t wait to get started!
Awesome David! Sounds like you have a Lot of northern wilderness work to do, and that will be very rewarding!
One thing on hinge cuts...they typically are not a good idea in northern areas just because deer have so many choices for movement and are used to a lot of space. They also need to escape predators.
I recommend scattered cuttings that deer can easily move through, with zero dead ends of deer movement. Something you can drive an ATV through. Deer often avoid large brush piles. Even your food plots should have a clean edge...no berms, piles, logs, constrictions around the edges of the food plots. I like taking debris and shoving it back off the edge of the plot at least 50' away...with piles like that every 50-75 yards around the plot. The piles eventually blend in and the food plot edges become very, very natural. I've actually seen client evidence of mature bucks skirting around an entire food plot because brush piles were used in an attempt to funnel deer in and out. There is a large excavating company that does that in northern WI and MN...make sure that you do not let a dozer operator create berms and constraints around your plots. That works OK in southern areas aga areas (even then not the best), but is a very poor practice in big wooded or wilderness areas.
Good luck...I bet you are really looking forward to 2019 and let me know what you think if the red book 🙂 really appreciate it
Excellent vid!! You’re a plethora of knowledge. This has been my first season of deer hunting and one of the best years of my life! I found your blog about 3 weeks into the season. I have read and read everything I could find.
I killed an 8point and a 6 point that would have been more but some of the tines were broken. Your info really stands out. No rambling, just straight to the point. Thank you for putting so much out there!! You played a big part in making my first year a great year!
Ervin man I really appreciate that so much!! It means a lot that I could play a small part in your success but most of all, CONGRATS!! Really happy for you...bet you can't wait for next season? Sounds like you are still pumped about your season...I live reading that! Thanks a lot for letting me know and you can bet I have a lot more to come. I hope you like the weather deer forecast vid today...
This has been truly amazing! From learning, to scouting, the hunt, the kill, putting it on the table, this is how we are supposed to live! Haha. I can’t thank you enough for the articles you’ve put out that helped lead me to the areas I hunt. I’m definitely pumped for next season!! Our season doesn’t end here until Feb 10, but the movement seems to have slowed down a lot. I still get out there when I can. I’ve let a couple small bucks walk and several doe, and it makes my day just to see them. It’s still a good day just sitting out there no matter what. So I’ve been finding everything I can where you mention mature bucks.
Great info as always Jeff, Wish I could afford to have you come out to my property. I will definitely incorperate the strategies you share into my property though. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with us.
Please more of those little maps, it really helps a lot understand!
I love this video! Not many videos regarding habitat management are this specific. I have learned so much much from all of your videos despite having quite a bit of success hunting the northwoods of Wisconsin and the UP for 35 years. Much of your information seems to be geared towards agricultural and hilly country. I am trying to set up a new property in the northwoods and the deer seem to have very undefined and random movements and bedding area. Was hoping you could touch on specifically on setting up a northwoods property that is all timbered. Thanks again for the great videos! I have your information to be spot on!!
Thank you very much David and that is great to hear...really appreciate your feedback!
I have a lot of articles relating to the UP...much of my order articles. My first book's intro and conclusion is based in a central UP public land buck hunt. Nearly all of the concepts apply to even the big wilderness areas of the UP. That is the red book, "Whitetail Success by Design". If you don't have that one it would help a lot...so would the food plot buck...my 2nd one - the green one. "Food Plot Success by Design".
Food is so critical in those areas...even more than in ag land and it is still very important there. But man in the big woods area whether in KY, IN, OH or WV...or in northern MN, WI, MI and PA...food is so critical.
Anyways I appreciate your feedback and I hope all of the info can still help you up there...35 years! A huge amount of experience and it is great to have you commenting on the channel
Thanks for the info and giving us hope. If you watch enough hunting TV you begin to think if your not hunting a large parcel your doomed. I hope to own land in the next 5-7 years, hoping for around a hundred acres God willing. I will be sure to implement your strategies. I watch your videos and continue to learn even after 20 years of hunting experience. If the budget allows after I get property I will be giving you a call. Continued success in the new year! God bless!
Happy New Year! Great content as always. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Joe and Happy New Year to you too! I have another round of videos that we are shooting next Tuesday...can't wait to bring those to everyone!
Thanks Jeff for those great tips! We actually opened up a 1/2 acre food plot and 2 smaller 1/4 acre food plots with a bulldozer last August. That’s all the budget would allow so far but we had the dozer guy push everything on the east side of the plots to force the deer to go around and be able to hide a blind in the brush piles. I think you were definitely right about bigger bucks not liking the brush piles because all the mature bucks were nocturnal! Had several does fawns and small bucks during shooting hours but nothing big. Hoping to get some more dozer work done again this summer.i will definitely keep that in mind for future food plots and clean up the brush piles. Looking forward to reading the red book! Hoping I can hire you for a consultation in the future when the budget allows! Thanks for all your great information!
David that's great to hear you are on the road to food plot success! Very cool observations too. Those piles are so bad. There is even a northern food plot clearing service that builds piles to funnel deer...I've seen some really bad reactions by deer and I've seen clients with a lot of work left to clear, burn and relocate piles.
I hope I can get to your land some day soon and good luck with the habitat season...the fun season 🙂 thanks again!
you convinced me. one of my neighbors. land locked, was interested last year. he also went to zero. my 75 yr old deflated mind is running at turbo speed...... now retired, but retreated health, can see the tiny tunnel light. thank you.
You are very welcome James, I truly hope this stuff helps! Most of the clients hire me to raise the bar...most have no clue they have only scratched the surface and their herd and hunting success can change in just one year, to levels they never even knew existed...
Very interesting on the one food source food plot. We have generally planted beans, corn, brassicas, radishes etc. Always trying to give them a choice, but a single source available in the fall through winter makes sense.
Thanks, Bob
Bob, I like your combination a lot...just that same combo in every plot so that you don't have portions of your habitat that are dead...or the treestands that relate to those food source movements. All food plots in general, should always be planted in the same combos...
I hope that makes sense Bob!
Awesome video. Would love more of these. In the future, you should provide a legend for your maps on the video
I really enjoy and learn so much from your videos! Thank you for doing this I greatly appreciate it! I some how believe I’ve maybe came across you hunting public land In Michigan. but I definitely could be wrong and don’t want to mention the area.. yet again I hope to become a more successful smarter sportsman via your videos! Really what I need to focus on more of is true scent control and hunting the wind.. and or how to truly get into that area working the swirling wind as well as being quiet.. I’ve been almost a one stand all day kind of hunter just because I feel if I move I may blow it out.. but I’ve learned to try to still hunt to a different food source or thicket/swamp for the evening.. thank you again for the experience you share!!
As for being quiet I think I may need some different boots! I love mucks but I just can’t seem to keep my footsteps quiet on the walk out!
Just great solid information. Well thought out.
Thank you very much Kent!! I will do a few of these this year so that I can fully cover the concepts I manage with. Really appreciate your feedback and have a Happy New Year!
Great video brother I’ve got to get goin. I’m trading daylight for dark I’ll finish watching in a bit thanks for the info always great GOD BLESS.
I have about 75 acres and about 80% is never walked on. All stands are on the outside of these areas and only 2 to 3 stands per 20 acres. We have large thickets and pine groves and lots of low browse and we have tons of deer with a good buck to doe ratio. It has taken 8 years to get it this way. And 8 years ago when I got this land, I walked all day and found ONE doe track. Now we have bucks from 120 up to 180. Deer come from over hunted farms surrounding us. And I only have 3 people hunting this farm.
Sounds great Reginald! Very sound strategy. Can you think of anything that would have speed up the process that you could have done? I have a quite a few clients who in the right area...shoot their first Booner in 1-2 years, but they have to do the work in the first year of course.
Awesome Jeff happy new year god bless you and fam ..(Nick)
Thanks a lot Nick and Happy New Year to you too...thank you very much for your continued comments too!
Super video Jeff! My 44 acres is surrounded by thousands of acres of ntl forest. Seems the best I can do is rely on my 4 acre food plot. They just have to many better options. Even holding does is tuff
Thank you very much Jimi! You can actually do so much with food in a location like that...where cover is more than plentiful and quality food is scarce.
Food can define a daily movement coming into your land daily from a 1/2 mile to 3/4 mile out AND you can use the public land to get into your land too...which is huge!
I had 120 acres in the UP of MI that was surrounded mostly by public land. Using 8 acres of food plots I was able to build a great deer herd!
Hey your videos are top notch brother. Very informative I’ve hunted prob as long as you have and I’ve learned stuff by watching your videos. GOD BLESS.
Randle...really appreciate that, and your continued feedback!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions I call them like I see them brother and I see your videos are great really great. Keep up the great videos GOD BLESS.
@@randlerichardson5826 that really means a lot to me Randle...thanks again for your be back and take care my friend!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions you to brother GOD BLESS.
Even tho I live on the western side of the country and my deer are a different species. The fundamentals you talk about don't change. And when I work on my property management and plot designs your tips and advise help me improve with each day I spend down there! Keep it up with the excellent videos!
That is great to hear John! I know there are a lot of concepts but I do know they can help greatly and I really appreciate your feedback...love to hear that! What part of the country are you in...or states? I actually have a whitetail client in Colorado towards Spring. I have been in extreme eastern Colorado before, down to Oklahoma...but no further west than that.
Whitetail Habitat Solutions I live in Oregon. Depending on the part of my state you can chase after many types of deer. Since I live on the west side of Oregon towards the coast. The deer in my area are BlackTail. But we have Whitetail, Mule Deer, Columbia Whitetail and the BlackTail. It all depends on the part of the state you live in. Normally the mountain ranges across the state give a general “zone” to the types of deer around your area. For example the mountain range close to me is the cascades. Mule deer and whitetail are on the east side of the cascades while BlackTail stay on he west side.
@@johnjensen7209 I bet absolutely beautiful ..and rugged in a lot of areas! I hope to get out that way some day...sounds incredible!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions if you do let me know. I’ll show you what I’ve done in my area!
@@johnjensen7209 Thanks John...hope I can get out there some day! Sooner than later...
You are a genius before us Jeff. You were blessed with a gift that you so humbly share with us. Thank you. Mike
Mike, thank you very much that means a great deal to me...way too kind! Just something I love to do...
Happy New Year to you and yours!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Happy New Year to your family.
On. Side note I do have a question. I would like to know what you think on why Whitetail populations so much more prodominant in in SW Wisconsin where you are vs SE Wisconsin where I am? Human population, food availability, habitat, landscape, all of the above? Or am I just roo ncorrect in my assessment and just no getting"Into" the deer?
@@Bamamike223 Mike I do agree with you on that! Flatland is tough to hold deer in because you have to rely on flat woodlots with heavy cover to hold deer...all in areas that are either agricultural, suburban and urban areas. I've seen some GREAT deer in your areas, but the on huge difference is appreciable elevation change. Elevation change dictates a higher % of cover, cover that is often more diverse based on high and low land. Also, hills protect deer from hunters, hide deer from each other and also in my experience increase buck age structure. Purely Mike...in my experience it is major elevation change that is the difference. You can have higher numbers of deer, more hunters per acre and an older buck age structure when you add elevation changes of 100-200'+. In my area it averages 400-500'...to the south a little less and to the north a little more.
I hope that makes sense! But you can look at some of the trophy buck counties and an overwhelming number are along the Mississippi River valley, in several states...an area with great elevation change.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Man you nailed it as always. I found a pretty good elevation. Found some spot up below Fon Du Lac in the State Forrest with 100 -200' in elevation change but there was little to no cover offered within that change until the land flattens out a pretty good bit. Deer Sign all over but not much daylight activity . I also have no land so Public Land woes I guess. Thanks
@@Bamamike223 You are very welcome Mike! There is some great public land over here in the hills 😉 Just a bit of a drive but it may be worth it. For the first 10 years I had to drive 7 hours 1 ways to hunt here...
Once again, great info, Jeff. The consistency in food plots and protecting your cover area makes total sense. Definitely going to keep this in mind for seasons to come. Thanks!!
That's great to hear! I think hunters largely don't realize that a food plot should be more if a sanctuary than bedding areas. Food is what defines daily travel, and without safe, daylight high quality food opportunities, the bedding areas aren't going to be consistently used. So it is all encompassing...
You are very welcome and I will try to keep the info coming! Thanks a lot for the feedback...
Hey Jeff- are you still planning on doing the property revisit videos to show your principles in action? Videos like that are the most informative when trying to implement your principles on my own land.
Thank you for all the videos and articles.
Rockin that "deer hunter" (movie) coat.
Ha...won't get lost in the woods, lol just need to find a deer hunting movie for middle aged chubby deer hunters to star in 🙂
Snow fencing works really well here in the deep south. It keeps the snow away almost permanently. Doesn’t seem to work that well up north though.
happy new year jeff & dianegreat video and explanation...if there is one thing I have learned to appreciate from following you over the years is summoned up in a phrase that my pastor uses frequently at my church regarding conflict in our church...and I think it also applies to your whitetail concepts as well....."its not simple, but its basic"...you have 6-10 basic principles that apply to whitetails across the country...while location, habitat, deer density etc changes depending on location in the country...the "basic" principles always remain the same...very cool....something else pastor did was preach the same sermon 3 sundays in a row...finally someone asked him...ah, you know you preached the same thing 3 weeks in a row...he replied yep...and when you all get it...we will move on!....thanks for continuing to not only sharing but also for sticking too and continuing to reinforce the basic principles..enjoy a great 2019..bruce
Thank you so much Bruce and Happy New year from us too! Man that is a great description of what I do...or try to do. You are so correct...the same several concepts that apply everywhere! That's why I really wanted to publish my first book. To help others begin to understand the concepts and apply them to their land.
I am sure that your pastor really believes 100% in the concepts or sermons that he preaches. So he knows how important it is for folks to understand what he is saying...or absorb what he is saying. Ha, I am probably too guilty of saying the same things over and over, but really believes in the concepts and want to help folks.
I appreciate the comments a lot...thanks again Bruce!
feel no guilt....just continue to reinforce what you teach...so much in life is similar...when we don't stick to the basics we can be sadly, easily swayed to listen to what our ears want to hear...bruce
@@brucemuche630 thank you very much Bruce, it is easy to be swayed in life, let alone all of this deer stuff. I hope that you have a Happy New Year and I always love hearing from you, my friend!
Thank you for providing great content and quality information. I would love to utilize all of your techniques, but not being the land owner is very limiting. Any suggestions for improving a mature wood lot, for a guy that is limited on cutting trees down?
I love all your shows and I just purchased a land in Michigan, I would love to get some info from you on how to turn it into whitetail property, thank you and God always Bless
Great name choice! 😁
Good vid and info Jeff! Sometime if u want to sneak in to a vid your oponion on chewin tabocca in your deerstand id like to hear that,i have a feelin what you are goin to say lol
Thanks a lot Dan! ha...my tobacco habitat and hunting strategy, lol. Hey I look at it like this...I feel if they get downwind of you you hunt is over anyways. Then one thing I would worry about is deer patterning you if you are spitting at the base of your tree. Basically conditioning deer to recognize the human scent combo/tobacco spit as a bad thing. Kind if like leaving excess human odor at the base of a tree by changing into hunting clothes or leaving hand scent on the lower steps or rungs of a stand.
good question tho!
Awesome video a lot of really good info this year I'm going to try to hunt only the outside edges of the properties I hunt and see if that helps I think I push alot of deer when I'm getting into my stands yesterday I started cutting an area out to plant a new food plot this year can't wait to see how it does thinking I might buy one of those cellular cams so I don't have to go near the plot to check the sd card
Thank you very much! That all sounds really good Rob, sounds like you've got some work to do! Fun work 🙂 I am hoping Exodus comes out with their cell phone cams this year...early in the year. I can't wait to use h.thrm either!
Lowering hunting pressure is so important. Often habitat improvements get in the way ...but lowering hunting pressure is far more important than the habitat improvements themselves.
Have fun this year Rob!
I do have alot of fun work to do I'm hoping to keep the deer on the properties and catch them leaving bedding or going to bedding I can't wait to see what this year brings hope you also have a good year
Hey brother. That’s great of you for doing that.
Thanks Randle...what I do for a living 🙂 Hope it helps!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions it really does brother GOD BLESS.
@@randlerichardson5826 that's great to hear Randle...have a great night!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions you to brother GOD BLESS.
Hi Jeff quick question for you. I hunt edges and try to stay out of “sanctuary” areas as much as possible. Having said that more aggressive tactics are becoming more popular. Argument is if you get close as you can to bucks bedding areas it increases chances to get a shot in daylight hours. I have read it’s worth the risk of bumping buck to get in their bedroom. Argument is quality buck bedding is so valuable in the deer woods the buck will probably return in few days to a week anyway. It is also said even if he doesn’t return another mature buck will move in quickly. Thoughts? I forgot to mention this is only two or three sits per season not frequently.
Have you noticed whether the shape of the waterhole makes a difference? In particular, will they reach down to a deep narrow hole? I put in a half barrel (that's all I had right then) that's cut through the middle. I wonder if they will be able to get water that's a foot below the ground level
now how would you get into those stands in the middle of all that without running deer off like would those be rut hunts where you get in early and sit all day?
Where can I get your book at brother?? I’m goin to start overhauling my 46 acres next year bigtime. I have access to a tractor plow disc. I’m goin to make a couple plots and some cover before next year. I’m trying to go back over there this eve. I’ll have bout a hour and 45 min left this eve. All it takes is one second to put a bullet in flight. GOD BLESS let me know where I can get your book.
i have an inside out property with about 4 acres of food in the middle which is low land but does not stay wet; except sometimes in the spring. there are hills are either side of the lower land/food plots. I have a cabin on the SE middle which we do not use during hunting season. my question is; if I let the middle grow up or planty trees where my current plots are and open some plots up around the perimeter, will deer bed in those lower areas or will they still tend to want to bed on the upper hills which are more on the outside of my property.
finding it hard to hunt the middle due to access and wind swirling due to the hills. I'm in central/southern illinois
How do your strategies change for small properties in states where running dogs for deer is common place... I live in Virginia where everyone and their brother runs dog's.
Even though I don't have land that I can manage, I still use this heavy cover in relation to some food source information too look for different areas to hunt. And the game plan to approach that spot. Thanks.
You are very welcome Ron, and Happy New Year! Crazy but many of the concepts that I manage with were born out of hunting deer on public land. Whitetails are the same anywhere...just need to add the balances of cover, food, predators, habitat type and hunting pressure...among others.
Thanks for the feedback Ron!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Have a great New Year Jeff and thanks for your time on sharing your information.
@@rongarofalo3482 thank you Ron and you are very welcome!
Thanks again Jeff.!!! Awesome info as always.!! Lol..I think I am heading towards troubled waters on one of the parcels I hunt on... it’s only 50 acres but surrounded with more and more wooded areas.. the older gentleman that has land joined to the property sold out to out of town people whom live in the city and now they use it for their weekend hunting retreat... in and out on atvs all hours of the day and night...coming in during bow season when we are trying to hunt and cutting trails with chainsaws... shooting just to be shooting their gun.. and it most definitely showed this season.. badly.. no mature bucks on camera after thanksgiving and the ones we did have before that were not coming on our property until after dark...so...I really don’t know what we are going to do yet.. lol 😂 tried talking to them but they know it all ..🙄
Boy that's s tough one Greg! I have a parcel like that we are probably getting rid of this year. Weekenders from Chicago that have roughly 5 stands on and facing our borders...and their land is nearly 4 times the size of ours. ATVs and hunting or sure that kills our hunting towards the end of November. BUT, the bucks leave and find a place to stay and grow old. Random hunting but but bucks...just not sure I can stand the pressure anymore. If I ownded the land I would create extensive bedding cuttings and could actually use their pressure...and the pressure from another neighbor, to my advantage. But can cut anything on that parcel...so really on the fence on that one. Nice owners but really a poor hunting parcel that I would consider if we weren't already set up fully in it.
Can you possibly cut timber or plant bedding areas? Thick cover in the side if pressure goes a looong ways towards using that pressure to your advantage...
The property that I hunt on is like smack dab in the center of others..the NE corner joins a lady’s property who I know well she would let me bow hunt there she.. doesn’t like the out of towners.!! Lol 😂 . I’ve known her for a long time.. But anywho... they bed on her property so I stay out of there.. the deer use the property I hunt for travels.. it has a hi ridge with a few good saddles on it where they funnel trough but on the N and NW side it where the weekend Warriors are doing there things so the deer are being pushed back and forth so the just leave.. lol..
But yeah I am able to make a hide out for them but really don’t know if it would do any good or not.??
@@g.k.dalton4530 solid daylight food and great security cover goes a long ways...especially if it is appreciable all season long! Sounds like you definitely have some pieces to work with Greg
Yeah it’s a great parcel to work with.. I use to hunt it 20 some odd years ago... then moved away for awhile... when I came back about about 9 years ago I picked the property back up along with a good friend of mine and they were hardly any deer on the property and we’ve brought it back and I’ve taken a couple of descent bucks off it since then but now just when we’re starting getting good mature bucks the weekenders came 2 years ago definitely going to have to go back to the drawing board.!! Lol..that’s why I started watching your videos... to get some ideas... And I have and I thank you again for your experience.👍🏻
@@g.k.dalton4530 that sounds like a true labor of love for the land...I can really appreciate that! Well I also have over 600 articles on my site...I hope those can help too! I look forward to hearing about it this year...enjoy the progress!
How would you change your strategy for a southern state like Georgia? Winters are not as bad and we have plenty of bedding area.
Have you ever looked at properties for clients before they buy? Im considering buying land in georgia, a 101 ac parcel. What do you charge to evaluate and plan a place?
Ive enjoyed your videos. Just came across them but have been catching up on them. Very helpful and something ive been wanting to do on our land for a while now. We have just let the deer do there thing for over 30 years. It seems that we have a good amount of deer here but would like to see good quality bucks around and give them good places to sleep and eat. I was also wondering what it would cost for someone to come out and give pointers on how to make it better or help get a plan together. Just kind of a ballpark estimate. It would be in southwest tenn. Keep up the good work.
Hi Roger...TN is out of the loop for my monthly travels, but I have worked in TN before and that is a standard, 3 day fly-in fee. I fly to several parcels per year at that rate I can cover several hundred acres. I fly out early on day 1 and return late on day 3. The fee is $4950 + airfare.
I hope that helps...wish you were closer!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thanks, it did help and wish i was also. Im gonna keep watching the videos and maybe give it a shot. Maybe one day ill have the money to have someone come out if i do ill keep you in mind. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
@@rogerdarev7374 for sure Roger...that's why I created the videos and hundreds of articles for free...lots of information to Wade through 😉 Good luck!
Great video! Thank you so much for sharing your time and knowledge. This is really helpful for how my own property lays out. In the after map, what do the smaller orange areas represent? Hinge cut or edge feathering zones?
Jerry that is great to hear...really happy that it hit the mark for you and the land! Thank you very much too, and Happy New Year!
How much is it to have somebody do this? Iv got 1,650 acres that had some logging years ago so trees to hang in are limited but we have alot of saplings for cover & a large creek running straight through. We had several big bucks 2 years ago but blue tongue came through & hurt us
Question. Say I have a parcel, 40 acres why not. But it is inside and surrounded by say, a few hundred. All wooded. And I plant food sources along the boarders leaving the center of my property for bedding. Who’s to say the deer don’t bed outside of my parcel and it still is a outside in property. How would I compete?
Are Red Cedar good for screening along a roadway?
Hey Jeff, I am addicted to your videos and am almost through all of your books at this point. I get a lot of value out of the before and after graphics of the parcels. In this video, what is indicated by the orange areas on the "after" graphic?
Thank you very much Lynn and I really appreciate the feedback and for buying the books...I hope that they help a lot!
Also great question and I wish I would have gone into more detail on that. The orange areas are bedding areas on small knolls and humps in the woods. They should be installed in this parcel by dropping the medium to large trees to the outside if the areas, and then cutting trees on the inside of the area. The next step would be to clear the areas out so that a person could easily walk throughout the openings, with small openings within connected in a maze and pocket effect. The last step would be to hinge cut small trees in the 2" to 6" range to the tops and to the SIDE of openings and pathways, and NOT OVER the openings or pathways. The hinge should be at hip to belly high and should be intended for side cover and browse below deer head level, and not for canopy.
I hope that makes sense! Between creating those orange bedding areas and removing the excessive snow fencing, the landowner can increase his usable daylight bedding area within the woods, tenfold.
Great info! I am sooooooo hoping I can get you design my new 220 acre property. It's got great potential and no significant changes in 100 years. Blank slate! I'll be in touch. Thanks Jeff!
@@sugarmtn That sounds great Lynn, I will look forward to hearing from you! "Blank slate"...I love hearing that 😉
Thanks for the email Lynn...what a great description of the parcel! I forwarded it to my wife Diane, we look forward to discussing a visit!
Excellent! I could've written you a novel but I trimmed it down to the bare minimum. :)
Great video! What kind of trail cameras do you use?
Thank you very much Patrick! I use Exodus trail cams...5 year warranty, 2" viewing screen...I mostly run the hybrid mode that takes 1 pic and 1 HD video. GREAT cams!!
Let me know what you think...here is a link to get you started: bit.ly/JSturgis
How do I go about booking you to look at my land?
I have 12 acres i live on surrounded by posted property with a pipe line running through the center. Some pine alot of under brush young woods any suggestions ?
Find a natural opening, put a small food plot on there with a water source as well in the spring. Once your plot is established, put out a deer feeder. Put up some trail cams and see what comes in. As long as theres not a ton of hunting/people pressure around you, you'll see some deer. I own 10 acres and see tons of mature deer. You dont need hundreds of acres to be successful. Put your time in the stand and in your land, you'll do well. Thats just my 2 cents😉
What about a ten acre lot?
I know someone who purchased land for hunting. Use to see deer on it everyday does and bucks. Then he seen something on a hunting show, then he cut all his cedar trees and cleaned up the woods. Then he bought a big mower and started deer mowing. Now you don’t see about 2 or 3 deer a year while hunting. He said I done all the stuff I seen on tv I don’t see as many deer anymore, he blamed it on blue tongue that killed off all the deer.
Good info loved the info!!
Thanks a lot Luke I love to HEAR that! Really appreciate the feedback and I hope you can use some of the tips in 2019!
Damn I only have 26 acres. We have 3 stands and I've counted 27 different bucks that I've caught on camera. All out stands are on the outside of the property but I'm still only seeing deer at night. I wonder wha I'm doing wrong.
how would one become a client?
all the deer love that hanging stick! HHHHMMM???
Any experience with swamp? I hunt 380 acres private in SE NC but my "depth of cover" goes away from the ag and down towards the swamp. Depending on how much rain we get, the water level can fluctuate by a few feet. Understanding that the bucks want to bed behind the doe, I feel that sometimes the bucks 'may' be getting pushed out of their bedding areas due to wet conditions. There are plenty of areas that are deep enough to hold multiple bedding areas, but as you teach those are what I treat as my sanctuary areas, and are not easy to access due to property lines.
Should I be concerned about the depth of cover if there really isn't anything I can do about it?
Oh for sure...I've hunted or managed 100s of lands with swamp...a lot of public land too.
The depth is critical but you can only do what you have the resources to compliment. One great way to improve depth is creating very long, lengthy food sources. That places doe family groups in a linear bedding arrangement and keeps them packed lengthwise against food, instead of deeper into cover. That then frees up buck bedding opportunity in long, lengthy opportunities...hopefully not too far back into the water. I hope that makes sense?
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 absolutely does. My biggest issue is the lands primary use is agriculture so most access is limited as to not interfere with crops. The good thing is, it's ag! Haha.
Thanks for your videos.
@@DialedN_07 you are very welcome!
Where can I find your rates for coming in and inspecting a parcel and making recommendations? Central/West Missouri
Hello Anson! My site at www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/services is a great place to start. I am not sure that I could fit you in down there this year, while we have openings, we have our locations defined through September. My wife Diane has the schedule tho...she handles all bookings.
My normal daily fee is $2450. When the parcel size is 150-200 acres+ and depending on the topography and variety of habitat, the fee is a long day fee at $2950.
I work on lands December thru September and typically have time for 1-2 WI, MN,IL,IA or MN parcels that are close by. Other than that I book clients to fill a one week window per month with 5-6 clients out of the same hotel...typically in MI and WI. We typically have to turn away roughly twice as man as we take just because they are outside of the normal trips...although I fly to several per year at a set, fly-in fee + airfare. Some ask for 1/2 day fees or phone consultations, but even a two hour phone call turns into 5 hours with follow up and prep time, and since I turn away so many full day fees...it doesn't end up making sense. Also...a consultant can't possibly create a competent plan over the phone that directs someone's resources to be spent accurately.
I hope that all helps! The best bet would be to email my wife at info@whitetailhabitatsolutions.com to get the ball rolling if you are interested. Thanks for asking!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751he daily fee is 2450$ on a parcel under 150 acres ? so if you book a client for a one week window that's 12,250$ per 5 day week, Am I figuring this correctly?
@@longbeardmcstruttin5876 yes it is...although I charge a long-day fee right around 150 acres depending on habitat type, topography etc....which is $2950. Also most states...(MO for example), I do not visit, except by a fly-in visit which is $4950 + airfare.
Hi Jeff, I was wondering what your thoughts are on supplementing deer with peanuts?
Good questioni Andy! You know what, I honestly have no idea. That's a new one for me...maybe someone else will chime in?
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thank you for your response. I would love to hear others opinions on this??
@@andydannemiller6295 you are very welcome Andy...hope to hear some too!
Have u ever been to Alabama with a client
No I haven't...been there to help manage a whitetail preserve...never for a client
I think I’m the only woman excited watching this 😂😂🤔
How big a ring ya want?!?!😂😂😂
Nope. I'm with ya 👍
My parents have about 8 acres. Is that too small to create a small parcel for daytime deer?
No! as long as you have all they need close off, I grew up on 9 acres in Vermont, and it worked fine for me year after year! and i didnt even grow a food plot, and its illegal to have a bait pile here in VT . So just Naturally the deer loved our land! but you will have to do some due diligence to see what your land offers the deer , and where abouts its located.
just my Opinion! Good Luck!
AMERICA STRONG!!! STAY FREE!! LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC!
Does anyone know what he roughly charges for a consult?
The prices are listed on my website 😉 Pretty straight fees...I hope this helps!
With the exception of around 5 to 7 close to home clients for Dylan and I during the Summer, our schedules is full thru Sept and we will begin booking Dec theu Sept of 22/23 during the Summer.
Kevan is filling his schedule in OH and PA along with fly-ins right now.
www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/services
how did you get this as a job
Carmine...a really long answer but the shirt if it...I fell into it. I started the business in 2005 after shooting mature hucks and successfully hunting bucks in 3 states on private and public land on DIY hunts for over 20 years. Working on the habitat on my own hunting lands (leased or owned) in northern UP of MI wilderness, SW WI ag land and southern ag MI land for over 10 years. After receiving a national award from the QDMA for my efforts and after publishing several articles about what I do. Also speaking a few dozen times about what I do for free. I then started the business. If I didn't have the hunting success background for mature bucks, I wouldn't have competently been able to help landowners with their hunting designs. I then have written over 600 articles, written 5 books, created 240 videos and have spoken several dozen times. Writing, producing videos and speaking has been critical...and doing it myself at a high level first, for decades and then starting the business...has been critical. I have been at my business full time since 2010. This is my "day job", as some people wonder. I have now worked on 800 lands in 25 states. I never run into a client who has more hours of whitetail experience...and that's a good thing! Basically if a person can't show they have done it themselves for at least a decade or more first...they probably have no business trying to help someone else. Something you can not in any way, learn in a classroom 😉
I hope that helps!
What’s the name of your books?
Hi Justin! They can all be found at:
www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/store
They are also in Amazon...when they are restocked later this week. Hope you like them if you buy any!
Do you know what day you will be at the ATA show?
Happy New Year Dillion! Now I won't be selling any books or anything...just there to work and hang out with industry friends. BUT, I will be there the entire time. Not necessarily at the show from open to close, but I will be there each day. I have a few meetings each day. Are you going to be there? Make sure to say hello if you see me walking the halls or at a booth!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 yes I will be there probably the evning but if I see you I Will definitely say hello...happy New Year to you to!
@@dillionbalentine7482 sounds great Dillion...maybe see you there!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Will you have booth set up?
@@dillionbalentine7482 no I won't Dillion...just there for work and seeing friends and aquaintences, also for meetings and as part of the media. Will be walking around or at a booth here and there. Again though make sure to stop me if you see me!
Hey Jeff love the videos! Do you have any videos on extremely small properties? Such as 20 acres or less? Or even less than 10?
Thanks a lot Chris! Not yet...but this is 40 acres...currently only 15-18 acres of true cover. Also, my other videos that relate to the lands in personally hunt on, are 8 acres of cover, 30 acres and 45. So all are based in pretty small patches of deer cover.
I hope that helps a little...but I definitely want to get into some of the even smaller ones.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Oh it helps! Look forward to it!
@@chrisheinenoutdoors8880 great to hear Chris!
Looking forward to small parcel ones. We have one that is 10 acres total we are working on. Thanks for all your videos.
@@lukeharry8648 Luke you are very welcome and I can't wait to get more content out to you guys as soon as possible! Thank you very much for the feedback. And good luck in your 10! It I'd amazing what can be accomplished on small parcels...
Have you ever had a client with such a bad situation or poor land that you had to suggest that they sell? What is the worst situation you have encountered?
I have experienced some pretty bad parcels that I would never have purchased myself...but I have yet to find one that couldn't have been drastically improved. When you consider the way a parcel is hunt d and the habitat combined...most parcels can be improved greatly. Small parcels , mono cultures and too many hunters can all be managed in some way.
Mostly though, mono cultures of hardwoods are the worst. They need to be improved so drastically! Hardwoods removed...conifers, grass, shrubs and hardwood Regen added...along with food plots. Solid hardwoods...the higher the value, are the worst. BUT, with a lot of dirt work and timber harvest they can still be improved!
A person is better off buying a smaller diverse parcel than a larger hardwood or monoculture parcel. The more diversity the better, no matter what size.
Great question though! People have all kinds of tieds to their land...there is ALWAYS something more that can be done. Interesting...most clients hire me to improve their habitat, when how the land is hunted is even more important...
The woods i have is pretty bad. 20 acres is woods the other 120 is farm it has mix trees (big and small), swamp ish, only food is the farm feilds next to it, really no bedding for them. Bunch of dead trees on the ground, i wanna clean the dead trees up but not sure if i should. Planting new trees around the edges, plant some grass, and food plot, and add water spot. They have a creek thats runs south of the woods about 1,000+yards
This property is one of the guys from deer Society
Hey brother I finally seen a little doe I thought aliens had got all the deer round here lollllllllll. 1st of August didn’t you say is when you started planting. Correct me if I’m wrong. I’ve done got the place planned out where my next plot is goin for next year.
Definitely....later in August in your area! Ha, great you saw a doe finally! Very good...
Whitetail Habitat Solutions I was wondering if they had went and moved out on me. GOD BLESS.
@@randlerichardson5826 ha, they usually come back eventually...
Whitetail Habitat Solutions I’m praying they come back soon wev got to January the 6th. Thatnjs brother GOD BLESS.
@@randlerichardson5826 man times is running out, good luck!
What is the smallest parcel you’ve ever done?
I don’t believe there is any where in the state of Kansas where deer can’t hear you.
Wonder if come look at my 34 acres I live on.
Your videos are great but you show the same buck rubbing vine in every one?
im a hunter who doesn't care what anyone else does but this is ridiculous. not hardly sport
Hey Jordan, don't hate on others that own land and want to work hard to create healthy herds in balance with the land, along with a great hunt. I think you are on the wrong channel for your taste. You thinking more using slingshots and hope?