April Deer Hunting And Habitat Chores
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- These monthly lists are made so that you can keep up on your deer hunting and habitat chores for the entire year. Here is the deer work that I need to accomplish for the month of April so that I can personally stay on track. Hopefully the chores that I am completing will help you stay on track on your own deer hunting parcels.
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God Bless you Jeff!!
Thanks for the info jeff
You are very welcome Owen!
No one explains it or come a even close to you Jeff! God bless you and your family 😊
Thanks a lot Drew...I hope that you have a blessed Sunday with yours!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thank you
I contacted several months ago and I was told it would be several years before you're in my area of north central Tennessee. It's a 75 acre family farm I just select cut some mature timber gonna lime some fields this week hopefully
Hi Cory! While Dylan, Joe or Kevan flies to clients...I haven't for a couple of years now and won't be for the foreseeable future. I've been sticking to primarily portions of PA, IN, IL, Iowa, MN and then MI, WI and OH.
We can help you out it's just that I won't be there in TN at all as far as I can see. Best of luck...such a great, overlooked deer state!
Deer lease chores, something I would feel blessed to look forward to each day rather than my normal job. My life, my dream, my passion is hunting. Ain't nothing like the smells, the sounds, the sweat, the blood, the memories, the lessons learned, the meat on the table, etc... I envy and am jealous of folks who can hunt for a living.
Jeff,
Planning on using your no till method this year with buckwheat to plant winter rye. With this process, when do I spray the DeerGro Plot Start? Before planting the buckwheat on June 1 or before planting the winter rye on August 1?? I know I have to spray glyphosate after smashing the buckwheat to kill the buckwheat. Located in North Central WV.
Ps- I used DeerGro Plot Start last fall when planting a perennial clover plot and had success with it.
Thanks for all you do!!
For sure best time of year to do Habitate work!,
Amen to that Brian!
Turkeys gobbling..
It is so nice! Although 14 degrees here with wind 😬
Another great one.As always..
Thanks a lot D!
Jeff, thank you for all you do! Excited for this upcoming season!
Jeff is great. Your channel is awesome, too! Looking forward to seeing some of your non-fishing content this year!
Great information to keep everyone on track...the only thing I added, and might not apply to everyone, is checking out the boundary marking/refreshing the purple paint.
Very good advice, than you!
Great video Jeff! Aside from the actual hunting season this time of year is also my favorite! So great to get back in the woods and back to work! 💪
I love it Tesha!! I could do without the 14 degrees this morning but even then...this time of year is only 2nd in my heart to the Fall...
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 yea I agree these low temps are not great but I'm a bit behind on getting my chemicals for switch so I'll take the delay of green up! 😄
thank you for the lists!! love them
You are very welcome James...I hope that they help you stay on track like they do myself 😁
Good info! I hear this is a good time to put out supplements too..
Thank you! The deer are living high on the hog right now...so much food available! They want for nothing which is a good thing. I don't believe that supplements do anything except mixed with very high volumes of food during the Winter. Who knows tho...the only positive studies are from those that sell the stuff
Ok did I hear that right your spraying 2 4 D and gly after frost seeding???
Thanks again for Sharing your Great Knowledge 👍🏻
Why is Simazine not used in the first spraying of your no till food plot process?
Due to our snow depth,we’re 4-5 weeks behind here in Northern WI. Very much behind schedule,and concerned for our deer mortality rate.
The good thing is...not too bad of a winter overall and some really food weather is coming in very soon! I can't wait for it to fully blow into Spring!
What can I plant for screening where reed canary grass and water hemp are dominating? They seem to out compete the switch.
How much would you charge me for Joe to come out to my place to give me advice on making my 10 Acres a better place to attract deer And other wildlife ( Jeff I know you are a busy guy) I would prefer 1 day for you to visit my place (even if I have to wait a year or so) if you get a chance let me know
Jeff im in the process of building a new home in they mio area ( I planted 6 apple trees 5 years ago around my house to attract deer) until I put my yard in , do you have knowledge of any chemical I can apply to kill all vegetation (That will not harm my apple trees)???
would you ever be looking to expanded your property team? Im young and currently work for a land realtor near your WI property would love the opportunity to learn from you guys.
Hi Chad I may be in the next year, but only in very specific combinations of states. OH, PA, NY, WI, MN and MI are unavailable.
Some of the requirements are a minium of 10 to 20 years of successful, non guided hunting success. 5 to 10 years of deer habitat and food plot experience. At least 2 years of WHS concept experience. Wildlife or habitat management degrees may or may not be detrimental.
Other than those positions we would not have any that relate to an in-the-field position.
I hope that helps Chad!
Do you recommend putting down lime and or fertilizer where I will be planting switch grass?
Typically not at all....
Thanks
Ola Jeff what cane quimicos is that ?
Due to our snow depth,we’re 4-5 weeks behind schedule here in Northern WI. Critical time for our deer mortality!🦌🦌
The good thing it was a very late and light start to the winter up north...moderate winter. We are barely beginning spring greenup right now here...more just the rye and wheat perking up. Looks like great weather in a out a week I'm hoping!
Great info ! ☃️🔫
Ty👍🏼
@ Number 1 Fan... Lol this blows ! Literally... 30 mph winds Ughhh How's weather in PA ?
I'm from Clearfield and remember snow in June
Thanks a lot David!
Thanks jeff
Can anyone tell me if I need to replant my switch if I had a good stand but the power company bushhogged to the dirt?
Hi James I would definitely wait and see what happens...would still apply Simazine before spring greenup if not too late. I would bet it will be fine...better chance than not
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thank you Mr. Jeff
Hi Jeff. Second season switch. Foxtail grass is problem. How often should I mow second season switch? Same as first season? Thank you for all you do! Very busy with videos and travel.
Greg I've done some research on this and you don't want to over-mow because foxtail will just throw the seed heads at shorter and shorter heights. Like he said in this video a mid-late July mow and maybe one more in May or June should be sufficient. I plan on doing this as well with some foxtail heavy areas and eventually switchgrass will prevail! (Hope you're getting simazine out soon too)
Greg, I had the same problem last year. Spraying Quinclorac 1.5L wiped out the foxtail and left the switchgrass unharmed. Use with methylated seed oil. Worked great for me. There are several UA-cam videos on using Quinclorac to kill foxtail in young switchgrass.
I gotta lot of truspaasers that wont stop even with everything I do our game and fisheries don't do crap because it's va any tips
That's very tough Dylan! I know personally I would heavily track them down (and have) and confront them. Protecting my land and even more so protecting my family are two things I would take extreme measures to accomplish.
There’s some good military vets out there who you can consult who know how to build boobie traps. Some deadly and some just designed to mame.
Thanks for this videos, these monthly chore videos keep me on track! This is the first time I have been ahead of schedule with chores. I do have a question about the peas… does it matter what type or will any do?
Will Simazine keep ferns from emerging? If not what is the best way to deal with ferns?
Ho Jack! Ferns are very easy to kill with Glyphosate...the trick is not to wait until July or later. Instead, spraying within the first 2 to 3 weeks of the the ferns opening up to a leaf.
Hey Jeff, great info as always. I have only Poplar, Red Oaks, and mix of Maple. In the bedding area, would you hinge a few of Poplar to create side cover, rather than flush cut and then flush cut the rest to get browse? Also, at what height do you mow the Switch Grass to? Thanks as always for all your insights!
Hes usually pretty quick to reply but just from watching his videos and working on my own property. My opinion only but, most likely selective cut the oak and maple to keep the good ones and up n comers or hire a Forrester to remove sone of the big mature oaks and maple. Youll most likely want to flush cut the poplar so it grows as fresh chutes and hinge cut some of the oaks and maples as poplar doesn't hinge well. Hope some of this helps, happy management!
I mark with GPS garmin
Hi Jeff, hope you're having a wonderful day. Just finished my 7pm-7am shift. When would you rather do a consulting on a property.. in the winter or spring when everything's grown up already? I'm hoping to have Kevan spend a day on my property this year or something. We need help bad on my property 😬 what's the average cost of a day trip to a property about 150 acres?
Good morning! I would rather walk a parcel in the winter and spring...but the results are still the same 😊
Our fees are on the site, but Kevan's daily fee is between 2450 and 2950 per day in PA and OH. You are right on the line for a longer day or shorter day fee so that would be Kevan's call.
Hi Jeff,
I know you frequently hunt the gun opener with your bow. Is this simply because your love bow hunting so much, or because if you shoot a buck with your bow it’s not creating as much of a disturbance on your property as a gun would?
Hi John! Purely that I love hunting with a bow. And that a large portion of the time my shots will be fairly close due to terrain or thick cover.
General question. How can I thicken existing switchgrass plots that have been getting taken over by weeds and other grasses?
Great video Jeff! Can you comment on if 2-4,D and gly can go on 1yr and above stands of switchgrass? Or only frost seeded new areas?
Hi Alex! Only on new switch at least 3 weeks away from being germinated. Can't use on 2nd year stand because it emerges at sprung green up. Gly or 2-4D
Another great vid Jeff. An idea would be to bring your WHS team in for a video almost a round table so the 'audience' gets to meet them and see the interaction of the "God Father" (that'd be you) and the gang. Thx for all you do.
Thanks for another great video Jeff & Dylan. Quick question, how do u handle your last season debris from the EW or HD screening? Burn?
Hi Mark...Burning is one option! Discing, tilling in or even brush hogging can also very done. I've smashed mine over with the cultipacker and sprayed at the same time, as well.
Hi Jeff, 24D and Glyphosate after spring Greenup when weeds are 5 or 6" tall , around mid April, right? I'm in Stockbridge , Michigan, thanks
I would say when weeds are more like 8 to 12 and growing aggressively...and that should be mid April to 3rd week at the latest.
Hi Jeff, thank you for sharing all the info! I spread my switch grass today after burning and tilling. Missed the window for simazine. How many gallons of water per acre mixed with the 24D and Gly?
You are very welcome! How many gallons depends entirely on your coverage rate. For example many ATVs can spray at about 12.5 gallins per acre with 2 nozzle sprayers and 7 to 8mph. Some are less efficient at 15 gallons per and my UTV sprayer with 7 nozzles is more efficient at closer to 10.5 gallons per acre at around 7 to 8mph.
You just have to figure out your coverage rate at a given speed and then just go from there...
Great info Jeff!, question, will simazine work on aspen pockets that are going to made into kill plots? Old farm field being converted to regeneration
How do you funnel your target deer within bow range of your stand, with a 1+ acre plot?
Hi nathan...I rarely hunt plots with a bow and avoid doing so...especially that large...because you eventually spook too many deer and ruin the land. I have LOTS of plots I never hunt unless with a gun. Some plots I have hunted with a bow for up to 8 uears and are the onlybplots on the land
what Brand & model of atv spray do you own for your yamaha atv Jeff
Hi Carlo I have Fimco and Master manufacturing...they both have their pluses and minuses but I like them both! I have like the boom kit from master manufacturing...
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thank you Jeff!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 how many gallons does your Master atv sprayer hold ?
Will a dusting of snow and 30° hurt to spread simazine? Thanks for the educational content!
Hi Bret...not if you are getting rain and warmup soon 👍
Any suggestions on adding cover in lower creek bottom with wet feet?
@@bretwiersma9095 I'm obviously not Jeff but may encourage you to look into some hybrid Willow cuttings. Some conifer varieties are also viable solutions depending on your region.
Thank you for the information, I'm located in southern west Michigan.
@@bretwiersma9095 switchgrass may be an option too if it's not wet 100% of the time. I have a huge switchgrass project along a large river to stabilize Bank erosion, 8'+ root depth which holds things together great
Hi Jeff, another great video thanks for reminding me of what needs to be done. I do have some switch grass in 10 foot wide strips for coving plots from the driveway and the grass is still pretty tall and thick in some places. Do you spray right through that or do I need to mow it? Thanks!
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QUICK QUESTION- So I purchased switch grass last year with 95% soft seed and 3% hard seed from NWW, I frost seeded this year early March. Temps now have been early high at low 60’s-mid 50’s during day, low 30’s-low 40’s at night. With that much soft seed, will I still see results in June ish time or if it going to start growing now? Wondering if I’m to late to spray 24D, glyphosate. Don’t want to kill it.
Hi Beau! We are still a long ways of from spil temps in the high 50s anywhere. Also, hard or soft seed that is frostseeded will still grow at the same time with same germination rates....
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thank you so much. This over night change from super cold to warm caught a bunch of us of guard. Thank you so much for your reply, been watching your videos for 3 years now and your knowledge has entirely changed the way I view my private property hunts. Last year had a huge fire wipe out entire property and 16,000 plus acres of neighboring land so doing a complete rebuild. In the last month I’ve cleared my 40, planted 1000’s of red osier dogwood, maples, birch etc, have a 1100 red cedar, white spruce , and aspen. Also fruit trees, 50 pounds of switch grass, a complete rebuild. Thank you so very much for your priceless information. Huge fan. Happy hunting buddy.
@@beaulyons5554 you guys will be just fine! Switchgrass won't be germinating until corn starts popping in late May/early June. Love my Switchgrass work, hope you guys will too
@@alexpinnow6509 great thank you. I screened everything this year cause after the fire you can see for miles in any direction, this time last year you couldn’t see 100 yards in any direction. Unreal what that fire has done. But staying positive and just rebuilding. New to switch grass but excited to use it.
Do your viewers a favor and increase you Ppe with spraying. Long sleeves, gloves, boots, etc…. I might be licensed to spray but please promote ppe, when it comes to that. Plus the proper temps to apply, wind drift, etc. thanks
I'm good Chad! Enlcosed, sealed cab, long boots...no reason for any cjemical to get on me or in my nose unless I place my mouth on a spray nozzle. As you can guess I'm not a fan of masks either...helps I have a brain 😊 Common sense goes a long ways and should be used more now days especially, in many walks of life.
Hi guys! My place is in northern Missouri and I’m boding a couple acres of banding with a switch,Indian and big bluestem mix. Going mostly onto a clean bean stubble field, do I need to spray before seeding? I may be too late for frost seeding.
Jeff,
Do you still need to spray pre emergent if the field is open soil? I am converting a sprayed soybean field into habitat. Great videos.
Good morning Russell and thank you! Yes, I would still spray. There will be a seedbank of weeds in the soil and you can li.it the growth. Even then you will still have weeds. The same goes for fields prepared and sprayed with chemicals last summer/fall as well. The weeds will always come back. .
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Have you ever had foaming issue with simazine?
Mix a little bit of crop oil in with it.
I have not. I do always add chemical after my tank is full of water. More do with Glyphosate...
Sorry… banding!
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I'm pretty sure you were!
Moon phase works every time. (Once a month!)
Great information to keep everyone on track...the only thing I added, and might not apply to everyone, is checking out the boundary marking/refreshing the purple paint.
Great advice Paul...thank YOU! Such a perfect time to do so. I have a trespassing video coming out in April and marking boundaries before leaf-out is a very important point in that video...
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Anxious to see your trespassing video. My property is surrounded on two sides by public land and every year I’ve got poachers because my house is on the opposite end of the property.