Great information again Jeff, and Dylan! Nothing is random when being successful hunting whitetails. A plan is always the best way to be successful each year. Thank you for all of this information.
This is exactly what Kevan Smith developed for me on my place this spring. I have been working my butt off getting it done but I am convinced that I can turn my little 28 acres into a honeyhole. If you can get Kevan to visit your place you won't be sorry! JMC
I've been an WHS fan for several years. Last year I decided to spring for a site visit. Kevan Smith was my consultants from WHS. I used to think I knew what I was doing. Kevan showed me how little I actually knew. He developed a cohesive plan and mapped out a collection of improvements that were all linked together into a cohesive plan. I am one old guy. I tried but I couldn't get it all done. I contacted Kevan and scheduled a return visit. This past March he came back. Again, I learned so much I thought my head would explode! Half way through his visit I asked him to make sure I was on his schedule for the following year. These visits were THAT VALUABLE. The WHS site visits are some of the best investments into my hunting property I have ever made. I now have a cohesive plan and I am well on my way to achieving it. If you fail to plan you have planned to fail! This video could have been about my little place. It illustrates all of the key concepts. I am a WHS fan for life! JMC
Interesting- not going into food areas in morning. They're already there and you'll just spook them. Get in between there and bedding and catch 'em coming back. Did I get that right?
Yes ..very critical concept. You rarely if ever want to hunt food in the morning...more in-between or next to bedding. Then, you hunt food in the afternoon...without spooking deer out of the food source.
Fantastic explanations of making random movements into predictable movements. Our small 14 acre parcel needs work but the movement is very predictable bc of these concepts.
Awesome stuff! This was one of your best at least for what I needed for information. You talked about parallel habitat features along the edges of the property so the deer follow it. Besides shaping plots in the directions you want them to go, can you give a couple more examples of those habitat features?
Doesn't apply to this video, but do you have a deer retrieval strategy? Do you drag them out, drive up to and load them? Are you worried about spooking other mature bucks? How long before you hunt that spot again?
Thanks Jeff for all the informative videos you put out. Sure opens my eyes to deer movement and how bucks use a piece of property. Going to start implementing some of your suggestions on my 80 acre piece of land up here in Manitoba Canada. Been looking at how i was doing this all wrong on my property so far and why i have been having only marginal success.
Sometimes Alex...but often that creates pinchpoints for neighbors to hunt and it's easy to use too much brush to block deer. Too much meaning deer become wary of it if too confining.
i bought the brassica blend from you last year, and it was nice and thick and performed well. It has reseeded itself into a half acre of knee high, no weeds, beautiful brassica plot that is so thick it is hard to walk through. Do you terminate this and when? thank you for your thoughts!
Hi James, out must be in the south a bit? I would terminate quickly so it doesn't go to seed this late spring or Summer. Really happy to hear how thick it grew for you!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 yeah, great guess! A couple hundred miles south of you , mild winter, we got warm rains when you got snow! Some bucks had antlers on in April, crazy late! Dylan may have showed you a picture of me with the sheds we found in March, lol Thanks again!
Hi Jeff. What are thoughts on gray dogwood? I've a bunch of the stuff and am considering brush hogging pockets out of it. Most of it is reaching 8 feet tall and is bare dirt underneath.
Great video. Now I see I should include several killing plots on the back end of my property while also directing them around my property. Crucial info for my final plan!!!! Back to the drawing board 🥹
Hey Jeff love all the content you have been putting out the last few years! When putting urea down do u put it on only the brassica blend or also on the NWHS blend? Thanks
I’m a little late here, but do you have any videos on improving swamp habitat? We have mostly dry spring run swamp, thinking of planting shrubs and willows as it’s just flat canary grass.
Can you seed your clover, alfalfa, chicory mix into your rye and wheat coming up in the spring as a cover crop, then mow it down (rye wheat) like oats? Or kill it and then seed it if the weeds are very little?
Hi Jeff I love the videos and ordered the big boost brassica my situation is unique in which the land I hunt and maintain is my father in laws in Way north MN, we have neighbors east that camp close to our boarder and state forest north and west of our boarder.. we camp essentially on the "deer" path from the bedding on your lower left and we have food to south east(where your food is) but he doesn't want to cut any trees and they like to hunt in the middle essentially.. how do I maximize this as I'm trying to create paths away from our camp but we are pretty constricted with pressure
I should probably add there is no way to enter from the north unless we go in 2 miles the only really entrance is the south in middle we have a logged square in the center that they walk through and put stands up the day before... I know I know it all spooks deer but I don't know what else to do
You failed to mention the surrounding properties unless i missed it. No way do i want my bucks to walk the fenclines of my property. Certain death here in Illinois. Lol
You always want them to walk parallel you your borders, to maximize the time they are on your land and keep them from walking OFF your borders. You live in IL....be thankful you aren't in MN, WI, MI, OH, PA, NY, the entire east coast, NE and SE states, IN...to name a few with more hunting pressure than IL 😉
Love the videos! How many small food plots are too many for 40 acres? Is there a general range like 2 to 4? I feel like if you have too many the target buck is more likely to hit a different plot? I get it will change depending on the property.
Any experience in wolf territory? Do you find they are less predictable? Mature big woods bucks in heavy wolf territory, maybe the hardest thing to get close to imo. Any change in your plot and/or bedding strategy?
Hi Rick! So many factors...but I depends on the deer #s and soil quality and planting timing. 3 to 5 acres and moderate deer #s on 70 to 100 acres is fairly normal
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thanks, that confirms what I thought based on your books and other videos but I had to ask one more time since I'm getting ready to cut.
Great info Jeff but you think its a good idea to put food along a public road? That's exactly my setup sort of, everyone in the county would shoot nice bucks off of my property from the road except me! Ya I suppose you could put up some kind of screen until the county comes by and sprays for noxious weeds killing your screen! I tell ya ya cant win!!😂😂
All your videos asum deer only bed in the timber but they don't every farmer and cowboy knows that false. Every single day a watch deer leave the ag feilds and timber to go bed in a ridge in the sun in tall grass. Not seen just here in okla but all states from Texas to Nebraska to the west cost. Not just does but big bucks. Will be in the open on a ridge wind to back and a good view in front
They bed in cover...if you actually watch the videos you would know that...could be grassy areas next to Regen. There are 4 bedding or as I defined and published in quality Whitetails for the QDMA 15 years ago...1. Briars, grasses, weeds 2. Shrubs 3. Hardwood regen 4. Conifers. As discussed in over 100 videos. I wouldn't listen to a farmer or cowboy when it comes to deer management no different than I would listen to my plumber for electrical work .
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 this morning wasnt and brush or anything Regen within a half mile they actually left the Regen to come uo on the ridge. High percentage of paid guides in the country are working ciwboys why they see the deer every day and know where they are and where they will be going. Deer in most eays are no different than a goat or cow. They have mostly the same habits. Setting on a food plot or feeder waiting on a deer is the same as waiting at the feed trough or planted feild for the old bull. Put in the time it will show up. They bed same places for the same reasons all 3 are prey animals and like to be comfortable
Spectacular! This is THE PERFECT clip to share with my hunting Family. Nice breakdown Fellas. Thank you Jesus
That's great Naomi...man I hope it helps you out!
Great video and advice. I just shared it to about 8 Facebook groups.. Have a blessed day, Ray
I think about this information that Jeff shares here every time I'm on my land...
Thank you so much for the content you put out Jeff. This diagram really helps to illustrate what you are talking about!!
You are very welcome I appreciate that!
Great information again Jeff, and Dylan! Nothing is random when being successful hunting whitetails. A plan is always the best way to be successful each year. Thank you for all of this information.
Nothing is random...so so true! Not much luck in hunting...
This is exactly what Kevan Smith developed for me on my place this spring. I have been working my butt off getting it done but I am convinced that I can turn my little 28 acres into a honeyhole. If you can get Kevan to visit your place you won't be sorry!
JMC
That's so awesome to hear John!! Thanks a lot for the feedback
PEP TALK...
You can do it! I did, thanks to WHS.
I've been an WHS fan for several years. Last year I decided to spring for a site visit. Kevan Smith was my consultants from WHS. I used to think I knew what I was doing. Kevan showed me how little I actually knew. He developed a cohesive plan and mapped out a collection of improvements that were all linked together into a cohesive plan. I am one old guy. I tried but I couldn't get it all done. I contacted Kevan and scheduled a return visit. This past March he came back. Again, I learned so much I thought my head would explode! Half way through his visit I asked him to make sure I was on his schedule for the following year. These visits were THAT VALUABLE.
The WHS site visits are some of the best investments into my hunting property I have ever made. I now have a cohesive plan and I am well on my way to achieving it. If you fail to plan you have planned to fail! This video could have been about my little place. It illustrates all of the key concepts.
I am a WHS fan for life!
JMC
Love these property break downs
Thanks a lot Drew I hope they help you out a lot!
Lol! Can you have that dry erase board framed signed and sell! MASTERPIECE!
Very Bob Ross
Interesting- not going into food areas in morning. They're already there and you'll just spook them. Get in between there and bedding and catch 'em coming back. Did I get that right?
Yes ..very critical concept. You rarely if ever want to hunt food in the morning...more in-between or next to bedding. Then, you hunt food in the afternoon...without spooking deer out of the food source.
Fantastic explanations of making random movements into predictable movements. Our small 14 acre parcel needs work but the movement is very predictable bc of these concepts.
Thank you and man that's great to hear I am very happy for you!
Awesome stuff! This was one of your best at least for what I needed for information. You talked about parallel habitat features along the edges of the property so the deer follow it. Besides shaping plots in the directions you want them to go, can you give a couple more examples of those habitat features?
Doesn't apply to this video, but do you have a deer retrieval strategy? Do you drag them out, drive up to and load them? Are you worried about spooking other mature bucks? How long before you hunt that spot again?
Thank you for the videos. Look forward to meeting with Dylan this May👍
You are very welcome Colton and I can't wait for you to either! You will really enjoy the day with him!
Thanks Jeff for all the informative videos you put out. Sure opens my eyes to deer movement and how bucks use a piece of property. Going to start implementing some of your suggestions on my 80 acre piece of land up here in Manitoba Canada. Been looking at how i was doing this all wrong on my property so far and why i have been having only marginal success.
Could you draw 2 different maps instead of coloring extra? Colorblind and its difficult to follow. Maybe shape cut magnets or something else?
Very detailed Jeff! Ever utilize blocking along border to help guide deer parallel to food plots and into bow range?
Sometimes Alex...but often that creates pinchpoints for neighbors to hunt and it's easy to use too much brush to block deer. Too much meaning deer become wary of it if too confining.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 good to know, thank you for the reply!
i bought the brassica blend from you last year, and it was nice and thick and performed well. It has reseeded itself into a half acre of knee high, no weeds, beautiful brassica plot that is so thick it is hard to walk through. Do you terminate this and when? thank you for your thoughts!
Hi James, out must be in the south a bit? I would terminate quickly so it doesn't go to seed this late spring or Summer.
Really happy to hear how thick it grew for you!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 yeah, great guess! A couple hundred miles south of you , mild winter, we got warm rains when you got snow! Some bucks had antlers on in April, crazy late! Dylan may have showed you a picture of me with the sheds we found in March, lol Thanks again!
Thanks Jeff, another great one
Thank you I really appreciate you!
I just picked up 600 acres by Superior. Would be awesome for you guys to come out.
That's awesome...BIG chunk!
Hi Jeff. What are thoughts on gray dogwood? I've a bunch of the stuff and am considering brush hogging pockets out of it. Most of it is reaching 8 feet tall and is bare dirt underneath.
Great video. Now I see I should include several killing plots on the back end of my property while also directing them around my property. Crucial info for my final plan!!!! Back to the drawing board 🥹
Hey Jeff love all the content you have been putting out the last few years! When putting urea down do u put it on only the brassica blend or also on the NWHS blend? Thanks
I’m a little late here, but do you have any videos on improving swamp habitat?
We have mostly dry spring run swamp, thinking of planting shrubs and willows as it’s just flat canary grass.
Can you seed your clover, alfalfa, chicory mix into your rye and wheat coming up in the spring as a cover crop, then mow it down (rye wheat) like oats? Or kill it and then seed it if the weeds are very little?
Hi Jeff I love the videos and ordered the big boost brassica my situation is unique in which the land I hunt and maintain is my father in laws in Way north MN, we have neighbors east that camp close to our boarder and state forest north and west of our boarder.. we camp essentially on the "deer" path from the bedding on your lower left and we have food to south east(where your food is) but he doesn't want to cut any trees and they like to hunt in the middle essentially.. how do I maximize this as I'm trying to create paths away from our camp but we are pretty constricted with pressure
It's his land so I'm stuck doing what he is okay with but I'm trying to maximize what I can with pressure and stubborn anything helps
I should probably add there is no way to enter from the north unless we go in 2 miles the only really entrance is the south in middle we have a logged square in the center that they walk through and put stands up the day before... I know I know it all spooks deer but I don't know what else to do
You failed to mention the surrounding properties unless i missed it. No way do i want my bucks to walk the fenclines of my property. Certain death here in Illinois. Lol
You always want them to walk parallel you your borders, to maximize the time they are on your land and keep them from walking OFF your borders. You live in IL....be thankful you aren't in MN, WI, MI, OH, PA, NY, the entire east coast, NE and SE states, IN...to name a few with more hunting pressure than IL 😉
Love the videos! How many small food plots are too many for 40 acres? Is there a general range like 2 to 4? I feel like if you have too many the target buck is more likely to hit a different plot? I get it will change depending on the property.
Jeff, I am planning on planting some apple trees on the side of one of my food plots. SW Michigan Calhoun Co. What type of apple tree would you pick?
Any experience in wolf territory? Do you find they are less predictable? Mature big woods bucks in heavy wolf territory, maybe the hardest thing to get close to imo. Any change in your plot and/or bedding strategy?
Thanks Jeff!
You are very welcome Isaac!
How do you decide how many and how large your food plots need to be when the closest ag is miles away?
Hi Rick! So many factors...but I depends on the deer #s and soil quality and planting timing. 3 to 5 acres and moderate deer #s on 70 to 100 acres is fairly normal
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thanks, that confirms what I thought based on your books and other videos but I had to ask one more time since I'm getting ready to cut.
Jeff could u give me your opinion on honey suckle.
Great info Jeff but you think its a good idea to put food along a public road? That's exactly my setup sort of, everyone in the county would shoot nice bucks off of my property from the road except me! Ya I suppose you could put up some kind of screen until the county comes by and sprays for noxious weeds killing your screen! I tell ya ya cant win!!😂😂
I obtained 40 acres and NEED help. Do y’all come to Alabama?
Would love to see one of these on a larger and irregular shaped property sometime.
First!
😂😂😂😂😂
All your videos asum deer only bed in the timber but they don't every farmer and cowboy knows that false. Every single day a watch deer leave the ag feilds and timber to go bed in a ridge in the sun in tall grass. Not seen just here in okla but all states from Texas to Nebraska to the west cost. Not just does but big bucks. Will be in the open on a ridge wind to back and a good view in front
They bed in cover...if you actually watch the videos you would know that...could be grassy areas next to Regen.
There are 4 bedding or as I defined and published in quality Whitetails for the QDMA 15 years ago...1. Briars, grasses, weeds 2. Shrubs 3. Hardwood regen 4. Conifers.
As discussed in over 100 videos. I wouldn't listen to a farmer or cowboy when it comes to deer management no different than I would listen to my plumber for electrical work .
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 this morning wasnt and brush or anything Regen within a half mile they actually left the Regen to come uo on the ridge. High percentage of paid guides in the country are working ciwboys why they see the deer every day and know where they are and where they will be going. Deer in most eays are no different than a goat or cow. They have mostly the same habits. Setting on a food plot or feeder waiting on a deer is the same as waiting at the feed trough or planted feild for the old bull. Put in the time it will show up. They bed same places for the same reasons all 3 are prey animals and like to be comfortable
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