My food plots did terrible this year compared to last, and it was a huge difference in deer activity. Next year i will be planting earlier and will need the weatherman to actually get it right with his forecast!!! Lol
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 lol i understand you cant get it right all the time but when you call for 4 days straight of rain, and you only get 1 morning, you need to find a new line of work!
What's up boss heading to camp for the last 5 days never been more excited cause of your motivation thanks for a great year both my sons killed nice 8s best year ever for me
Thank you for small parcel video, I have a 10 acre parcel in SC with neighbors that just grow timber trees and never there and I get lots of deer including couple nice 8 points this year, more day than night deer activity, so small parcels can still have great success when you have best food sources around
It's tough!! Often you can improve access by defining deer movement somewhere else to a much higher degree...hope it all helps you out Andy and Merry Christmas!!
I got 309 acres and with all your videos and advice I’m determined to turn that into a excellent hunting parcels. And if guys would come to Ontario Canada I would pay any price. And that is cool for your new web class I wish I could invest into them. Thumbs up 👍 Jeff thank you your number one in the whitetail business
I 100% agree, however I really hate the fact that some hunters are easily making the statement of waiting for the correct wind, or other important factors that are definitely important. This said I am just thinking that this would really come down to several factors that being a family, location where you are hunting for example I'm married and we have 2 kids 1 in high-school and 1 in 4th grade and I am living in Oconomowoc however I really enjoy hunting in the Driftless area 3hrs away. I have usually 2 days to go hunting and I will be home doing the family things. Do you have private property or hunting public property, what is the majority of the food sources? I have absolutely been a very positive person who actually has been very angry with the way some people have been constantly out of the woods and they then will wait for the perfect wind. I'd love to if I was to finally get my own property but I'm just at the age and point that I have to take the weather that is provided.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751man I just really LOVE the videos and knowledge that you pass along. I pray that God will someday make my dreams come true and I will be able to get a great piece of land and I am just trying not to be negative however I am a disabled veteran who was injured in Afghanistan and deemed unemployable due to my injuries and my dreams are daily getting farther from my grasp due to the fact that I am not able to even imagine that I would be approved for a loan because of my income. I'm proud to have served the nation but I really hate the way I am not able to gain employment due to the severe combat and my injuries in Afghanistan. I am very blessed because I have a great wife and 2 God loving and caring children that are always telling me that they are definitely don't care about the things that I never can provide for them and I just really LOVE that but it is always heart wrenching and I am beating myself up because of the fact that they honestly could have a great life with another man that is actually able to provide the best life and possessions. They have always hated the times when I told them to leave because I have often had my combat experiences and severe ptsd and survival guilt and nightmares and I don't make the money they deserve. I have really realized that they have all seen that I am an amazing father and husband. I have really enjoyed being in nature and the fact that nature has been very impactful in my life and recovery and I have always loved the thought of if I was somehow blessed to be able to get around 40,80,100 acers of land in the Driftless, I have been constantly thinking about how I really would love to invite fellow combat veterans and my church friends who had never hunted or even trout fished to come over to stay the weekend and I will let them do whatever they want hike, fish, hunt , shoot and anything else to enjoy the moment and I am positive that it has helped me and how I can try to help others
Love the video Jeff. I just bought 20 acres at the end of September 6 miles south of Battle Creek, Michigan and shot my biggest buck so far the Friday after opening day gun season using you tips of staying unseen traveling to my stand. I have a couple 1 acre fields I didn’t get a chance to do anything with it this year. Maybe if you come stay in Battle Creek again I can buy you some dinner and pick your brain about what type of food plot to put In to keep deer around in the winter. Appreciate the content you put out!
Lots of good info here. I am on my own 40 acres here in Western New York. Had this property for 35 yrs now. I just sat with Muzzel loader this afternoon in 14 degree weather. Saw nothing but feel good for trying. I passed on a bunch of little Bucks this yr. Still looking for a shooter. I may buy some Switchgrass seed next year. We had another bad year this year with Gipsy Moths stripping all the Apple and Oak trees. Not much food at higher elevation where I am.
Good video. Best advice I could give is, any time you look into managing a small parcel, spend a season or two looking at what the deer are doing and why before deciding how to manage your property. You can't keep deer on your property so you need to make your property work with surrounding property. We have 10 acres with a house on it, mature hardwood and marsh on one side, then across the road is ag. We clearcut EVERYTHING(all mature white pine) and put a small kill plot in, then planting thick cover with travel lanes so that our property is a convenient travel path between the ag and the woods/marsh that bucks feel comfortable staging in.
We had a huge snow storm in Erie, Pa. right after Thanksgiving, over 5 ft of snow. Today it is 61° and most of the snow is gone. Our late archery season opened December 26th, but my kids and grandkids are here, so I'm waiting until they're gone.
I had Jeff out on my 34 acres in southern Michigan soon after I purchased in 20016. If I could post pictures you could see the progression year to year of more and bigger bucks as a direct result of his recommendations.
You guys ever need a bed in Jackson Michigan, just holler. Thanks for the education. Thanks for the willingness to nicely bust myths in the Whitetail world and share the truth of your experience.
Thanks for another great instructional video. You mentioned that it is easy to turn food into bedding. How is that accomplished? Do you have a video that covers that?
Jeff, happy holidays to you, your family and the WHS team. We can't thank you enough for all the content you put out on your channel. We will be enjoying the last few weeks of the season in Central Wisconsin, then will start our scouting and planning habitat improvements. Looking forward to reviewing and following the new monthly deer chores videos. Thanks again and have a great new year!
Can’t wait to watch this I have a BIG access issue I think and I think the past hunting practices used by everyone in the area who hunted this parcel without worrying about access plus the lay of the land. I think there has been a well developed and ingrained mindset of the deer and there are “sentry deer” who when hunters access the first day of the season they instantly clear the whole area that I’ve identified as a bedding area. This are is about 5-8 acres, which may be oversized I don’t know. But I’m examining the topo’s hard and putting in some leg work once I get my knee repaired from this season. I need to find their exit points and entry points to the “bedding area” I found one “sentry bed”. The one big buck followed me in first day and found me and blew and blew and blew and blew and blew! Hunted the area was dead for months after that. Gotta avoid that guy this coming season. As he is still showing up on my cameras. I gotta figured out to access his travel route undetected
I love how you combine private and public land hunters in conjunction with your information, it really does shine a light on those questions of how can I improve this over looked peace that seems to hold deer. To me a small piece of land, be public or private is somewhere in the 100-250 acre parcel.
I’m in South Carolina with very little public land (and there are accidental shootings yearly on what little is out there so I’m very hesitant to use it). I have permission for a 6ac parcel and happy to have it but with the growth toward my area I’ll probably have to move on in 3-5 years
Thank you Jeff and Dylan for the great advice! I love watching the videos and I have read 4 of the books. My brother and I are big fans. I hunt western Pennsylvania in high pressure areas and I was able to shoot a nice buck this year following your principles. My brother and a friend each shot a nice buck on public land! I’m interested in taking the how to design your deer hunting parcel class. I was curious if after the class do most of your clients feel confident in there own design? On the fb group do people share there property designs? Im nervous making lasting changes without someone looking over my plan. Thanks!
I think I’ll be moving my food plot next year. I have a rectangle 13 acre lot that borders public land on two sides. I walk through the property to get to my food plot. The property is surrounded by cedar swamp, the deer are bedding on the public land and traveling through the swamp to my property. I’ll likely create a new plot closer to the top of the property and turn the old plot into bedding.
I'm pretty lucky to hunt a 16 acre Reduction Zone area right about 100 yards behind my property. Only the owner and I hunt it. And he might go a handful of times a year. It's in-between a bedding area and a couple of ag fields. And there are 4 lane highways for deer trails. I have 2 hanging stands and I have a ground blind and a climber that I use for bad wind days for the stands. Gonna try to beat Chris Bee's 5 deer in 20 minutes record.
Do a video on ground hunting, rarely do I go elevated after my fall in 2019. I've been leathal from the ground but I am sure I am missing something you aren't.
Jeff, Dillon and team!, thank you for everything you guys do and all the knowledge you share online. I look forward to your videos every time. It is so funny when I go on youtube and go to learn how to replace a part on the truck... I think to myself..damn it why isn't Jeff doing this how to video in their grade A format lol
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 it was spent time with the fam all the kids came over it was nice now it's lower my poundage time and hit the woods healing up good just can't get that 70 pound bow back yet
Hello here is a small parcel Question. I"m hunting a 4 acre wooded parcel with a house and driveway on it. The North and south borders are bordered by roads, the west is against a 30 acre bean field. The east border is against unmowed power lines with tall grass about 50 yards wide the length of the property. There are big woods at the other side of the power lines and big ag on the other side of the big woods. (Lots of deer seen in the fields.) At the bottom of the power lines is a very bushy patch that has doe bedding. Ive seen at least 10 Does move from the bedding and cross the property along the south to get to the bean field. They might cross the north area of the property coming from the power lines to get to the fields too. I have stands at the north and south portions. The problem is I am only seeing mature bucks at night on cameras. None during the day. Only spikes or 4 points. I think I might have a doe factory but I don't have control over any of the food sources. This land has not been hunted before. It is archery only due to roads and houses. What should I do? Start taking does?
I have 8 acres in the middle of farm land. 4 of those acres I'm converting to a small hunting parcel. This past season I had at least 9 doe and 6 bucks ranging from spike to a 9pt bedding down during the night. By hunting season there is isn't a fall food source and my land lacks the cover to hold them. I harvested a few thousand box alder maple seeds to plant this spring as well as ordering switch grass and red osier dogwood to start building cover. This small parcel is for my kids to hunt for youth and rifle season. I expect a minimum 3 years before I start seeing results.
Seriously I have really enjoyed the show, I however have been constantly bow hunting in the Driftless area and outside Viola WI. I'm curious about what you are honestly looking for when you are actually hunting on a public property and you can see that you have absolutely movement in the woods however you don't have any idea of what they are actually eating. I understand that most of the time deer are grazing forage in the woods as they are moving through. Anything you can share that I can do or try to keep the deer in the area longer? I am curious because I have been given permission to hunt a small 13 acer piece with the top of the property is 6 acers and the hillside is extremely steep and the owners are not interested in hunting it because they are not able to drive their side by sides up to the top. I have been up on top 2 years ago and it was severely ripped up, last year I completely left it alone and I am just planning to sit it once or up to 3 x. The fact that they have 7 to 10 giant white or red oaks. The oaks are right in the middle of the top and the movement goes to the thick cedar rocky point that the deer doesn't have to jump from the rocks and they are clearly able to move up and down easily however it's a very steep climb for me..
I have 15ac that is an outside corner. I put food in the middle because it’s open ag on 2 sides. Is it ok to put a plot next to the open ag? It’d be fine when the corn is up but wide open when it’s cut.
I would likely not put food in the middle and only place the food towards the ag. But do much to consider! That food in the middle can destroy the depth of cover which is a critical tip for you...
Got a 5 acre tract of oak .. we put in a 25 fruit tree orchard and a cabin by the top deer coming in through the bottom how can I make them comfortable coming into to fruit orchard 100 ft from cabin .... no deer shot on land since we've been here ... also what can I plant for cover under the oaks ..
There is really no cover you can plant under oaks...it is best to cut a portion of them down. Also, apple orchards are a marginal attraction for deer except for when the fruit is falling. Even then it is rarely their main afternoon food source unless there are no food plots or ag in the area.
Merry Christmas! I watched a few of your videos.... the property with the road in the middle, you said to put the food in the middle to draw them in further onto the land correct? A few of your videos you mention to put food plots parallel to your borders.... so when the deer come onto your property, then travel further and stay longer on the property. Just curious 🤔
Hi Jeff 👋 we need switch grass seed . Are your prices as is for this year 2023 ? Or will they go down a bit ? You mentioned last year your prices were high and going down moving forward. Please advise 🙏
Hi Jeff, I have a question on the depth of cover. You always talk about having depth of cover but you don't really say how much is considered enough. I have 40 acres with some small food plots, total around half an acre, on the south border just in from the road and another one that is about one acre in maybe 75-100 yards from the road on the southwest side of the property. The whole west side and north end and most of the east side are all sanctuary and is low land that is really thick. There is a few does and a couple of young bucks using it now and coming out to the food plots at all times of the day. There wasn't a mature buck here this year, last year i had one that hung around from late Oct. to mid Feb.
So I have 150 acres but only 3 are woods. I hunt it with bow, after firearm comes in I don't touch it again. It's a back corner so I'm not even around. Am I doing anything or am I just not hunting the woods? Lol
I see alot of bad food positions...most everyone i know...some folks ya just cant reach, ...😜...im on my first lease now couple years...been waitin my whole life for it...finally in my later years i can squeak out the payment...didnt know anything bout foodplotting...i mean i can grow ag....i just didnt know what i could actually grow well with zero tillage...luckily....the 9nly thing i did know bout plotting was that you can mess a piece of land up if its in a place you cant get in and outta undetected..been an entry/exit freak a long time on public and that helped..found the intel i needed for seed here..although they eat my dang buckwheat im still havin great success growing small seed stuff..i do have to re seed some spots that i prob wouldn't if theyd leave my buckwheat alone !..pretty much makin my own mixes...all small seed..all plots same...section of brassica thats several dif types...a section of grain...rye oats and wheat and a clover section thats 3 dif types of clover...9 dif types if food on each plot....im sucking in deer from all neighbors now and they are starting to complain and hunt my borders hard...lol...the more they hunt it the longer my bucks hang out before they release at night 😜 ..we just goin into pre rut here now...2nd year of plotting...holding 2 gorgeous 4 year olds ...1 of wich is truly special that im tryin to keep alive...fingers crossed...thanks for tha intel...
Using your clients as a metric probably gives a skewed perspective bc ppl w larger plots are more likely to have the $ to contract your services. County records state average farmer makes 5k/year! (most of the farms are inherited but I'm still trying to figure out how they make it all work) If you took parcel size from tax records, most seem to be around 40 acres where I hunt in MN (Pine County) . There are larger parcels obviously, but most 80+ acre parcels have multiple 40 acre plots adjacent and seems like the layout of the land is divided into multiples of 40 when dissecting the larger parcels. I'm just a treetard (arborist) who is obsessed with hunting deer, so take this w a grain of salt... but thought it was interesting enough to share.
A lot of public land isn’t hunted because it’s land locked and the surrounding private land owners won’t grant access to it from their property. I can canoe for miles to get to it or trudge for miles through marsh to get there. It takes a real effort, especially in the dark. Everyone hunts the parts that have reasonable access.
That's the great part about private land...so many locations are hard to access and it keeps the average guy up. Open it all up to the average person and there is nothing left that seems "remote"
@@hunterbiden001 I know there is easement. I’m just saying that a lot of it requires driving 4 miles from where you want to be and walking through 4 miles of waist deep marsh muck to get to it. I can guarantee you that Jeff Sturgis isn’t hunting that stuff. He’s just recommending it for his viewers.
I love em...but not every parcels needs one. You also want to have non clearcut access and areas to blow your scent into. When used and appropriate they are great for a portion of your habitat
How am I supposed to add enticing bedding cover on my land when my neighbor has a 10 year old 40 acre clear cut that never gets touched? Left all the white oak in it as well. I’m in a big woods setting so wouldn’t it make sense to let the deer bed there and just bring them to my land with high quality food?
I would build a late season spot here. Those acorns don’t last all year. In December, if you have plots further in on your parcel, access with good wind. You might also consider TSI or laying over some trash trees on your side to create bedding. Mature bucks like to bed next to food “within 100 yards” If not pressured. Beans and corn would be great on your side
100 acres is a small parcel? People out here clicking on this are thinking you mean 10-20 acres... If 100 acres is a small parcel, I'll just pass on having the silver spoon up my ass like the people who can afford 100 acres already do... I've hunted since I was 7. Seeing all these people from out of state, and new to the sport hunter, angers me.
I kill more mature big ass bucks along fence rows and open fields than you can in the woods. Big Bucks will bed down along fence rows and open fields and hold does down out in the open. I keep fence rows along our farm just for deers.
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My food plots did terrible this year compared to last, and it was a huge difference in deer activity. Next year i will be planting earlier and will need the weatherman to actually get it right with his forecast!!! Lol
Ha ..those dang weathermen 😁
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 lol i understand you cant get it right all the time but when you call for 4 days straight of rain, and you only get 1 morning, you need to find a new line of work!
What's up boss heading to camp for the last 5 days never been more excited cause of your motivation thanks for a great year both my sons killed nice 8s best year ever for me
Thank you for small parcel video, I have a 10 acre parcel in SC with neighbors that just grow timber trees and never there and I get lots of deer including couple nice 8 points this year, more day than night deer activity, so small parcels can still have great success when you have best food sources around
What part of SC? I have a small 20 acre parcel in Abbeville, SC
Fairfield county in Sumter national forest
Access is always the toughest part of the equation for me. Merry Christmas & happy New Years everyone!
It's tough!! Often you can improve access by defining deer movement somewhere else to a much higher degree...hope it all helps you out Andy and Merry Christmas!!
Me too !
I got 309 acres and with all your videos and advice I’m determined to turn that into a excellent hunting parcels. And if guys would come to Ontario Canada I would pay any price. And that is cool for your new web class I wish I could invest into them. Thumbs up 👍 Jeff thank you your number one in the whitetail business
Morning guys.Might grab my bow and head to a stand this afternoon
Sounds great D!! I will be doing that as of Jan 2nd...can't wait!
Killing deer from the couch and waiting for right winds is the simplest and best advice ever ! Happy Holidays ☃️🔫
Amen to that!
100 % correct!
I 100% agree, however I really hate the fact that some hunters are easily making the statement of waiting for the correct wind, or other important factors that are definitely important. This said I am just thinking that this would really come down to several factors that being a family, location where you are hunting for example I'm married and we have 2 kids 1 in high-school and 1 in 4th grade and I am living in Oconomowoc however I really enjoy hunting in the Driftless area 3hrs away. I have usually 2 days to go hunting and I will be home doing the family things. Do you have private property or hunting public property, what is the majority of the food sources? I have absolutely been a very positive person who actually has been very angry with the way some people have been constantly out of the woods and they then will wait for the perfect wind. I'd love to if I was to finally get my own property but I'm just at the age and point that I have to take the weather that is provided.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751man I just really LOVE the videos and knowledge that you pass along. I pray that God will someday make my dreams come true and I will be able to get a great piece of land and I am just trying not to be negative however I am a disabled veteran who was injured in Afghanistan and deemed unemployable due to my injuries and my dreams are daily getting farther from my grasp due to the fact that I am not able to even imagine that I would be approved for a loan because of my income. I'm proud to have served the nation but I really hate the way I am not able to gain employment due to the severe combat and my injuries in Afghanistan. I am very blessed because I have a great wife and 2 God loving and caring children that are always telling me that they are definitely don't care about the things that I never can provide for them and I just really LOVE that but it is always heart wrenching and I am beating myself up because of the fact that they honestly could have a great life with another man that is actually able to provide the best life and possessions. They have always hated the times when I told them to leave because I have often had my combat experiences and severe ptsd and survival guilt and nightmares and I don't make the money they deserve. I have really realized that they have all seen that I am an amazing father and husband. I have really enjoyed being in nature and the fact that nature has been very impactful in my life and recovery and I have always loved the thought of if I was somehow blessed to be able to get around 40,80,100 acers of land in the Driftless, I have been constantly thinking about how I really would love to invite fellow combat veterans and my church friends who had never hunted or even trout fished to come over to stay the weekend and I will let them do whatever they want hike, fish, hunt , shoot and anything else to enjoy the moment and I am positive that it has helped me and how I can try to help others
Love the video Jeff. I just bought 20 acres at the end of September 6 miles south of Battle Creek, Michigan and shot my biggest buck so far the Friday after opening day gun season using you tips of staying unseen traveling to my stand. I have a couple 1 acre fields I didn’t get a chance to do anything with it this year. Maybe if you come stay in Battle Creek again I can buy you some dinner and pick your brain about what type of food plot to put In to keep deer around in the winter. Appreciate the content you put out!
Lots of good info here. I am on my own 40 acres here in Western New York. Had this property for 35 yrs now. I just sat with Muzzel loader this afternoon in 14 degree weather. Saw nothing but feel good for trying. I passed on a bunch of little Bucks this yr. Still looking for a shooter. I may buy some Switchgrass seed next year. We had another bad year this year with Gipsy Moths stripping all the Apple and Oak trees. Not much food at higher elevation where I am.
Good video. Best advice I could give is, any time you look into managing a small parcel, spend a season or two looking at what the deer are doing and why before deciding how to manage your property. You can't keep deer on your property so you need to make your property work with surrounding property. We have 10 acres with a house on it, mature hardwood and marsh on one side, then across the road is ag. We clearcut EVERYTHING(all mature white pine) and put a small kill plot in, then planting thick cover with travel lanes so that our property is a convenient travel path between the ag and the woods/marsh that bucks feel comfortable staging in.
We had a huge snow storm in Erie, Pa. right after Thanksgiving, over 5 ft of snow. Today it is 61° and most of the snow is gone. Our late archery season opened December 26th, but my kids and grandkids are here, so I'm waiting until they're gone.
I had Jeff out on my 34 acres in southern Michigan soon after I purchased in 20016. If I could post pictures you could see the progression year to year of more and bigger bucks as a direct result of his recommendations.
Happy holidays WHS-! Thanks for a great year of videos and information 👍
Merry Christmas Kurt...hope you are enjoying the time!
You guys ever need a bed in Jackson Michigan, just holler. Thanks for the education. Thanks for the willingness to nicely bust myths in the Whitetail world and share the truth of your experience.
Thanks for another great instructional video. You mentioned that it is easy to turn food into bedding. How is that accomplished? Do you have a video that covers that?
Jeff, happy holidays to you, your family and the WHS team. We can't thank you enough for all the content you put out on your channel. We will be enjoying the last few weeks of the season in Central Wisconsin, then will start our scouting and planning habitat improvements. Looking forward to reviewing and following the new monthly deer chores videos. Thanks again and have a great new year!
Can’t wait to watch this I have a BIG access issue I think and I think the past hunting practices used by everyone in the area who hunted this parcel without worrying about access plus the lay of the land. I think there has been a well developed and ingrained mindset of the deer and there are “sentry deer” who when hunters access the first day of the season they instantly clear the whole area that I’ve identified as a bedding area. This are is about 5-8 acres, which may be oversized I don’t know. But I’m examining the topo’s hard and putting in some leg work once I get my knee repaired from this season. I need to find their exit points and entry points to the “bedding area” I found one “sentry bed”.
The one big buck followed me in first day and found me and blew and blew and blew and blew and blew! Hunted the area was dead for months after that.
Gotta avoid that guy this coming season. As he is still showing up on my cameras. I gotta figured out to access his travel route undetected
That all sounds great that you are figuring him out Stephen...good luck scouting that is coming SOON!!
Merry Christmas Jeff to you and your crew and Family. God Bless
Hope you guys had a Merry Christmas! Went out rabbit hunting this morning on our parcel just a few more weeks left and ready to start scouting!
Nice...we need to do that soon too!! Can't wait. And I hope you had a Merry Christmas too
We crushed them yesterday too happy new year
I love how you combine private and public land hunters in conjunction with your information, it really does shine a light on those questions of how can I improve this over looked peace that seems to hold deer. To me a small piece of land, be public or private is somewhere in the 100-250 acre parcel.
Thanks Jeff for another great video packed with information. Happy new year!
You are very welcome Lyle! Happy New Year!!
Thanks again for all the info. Really look forward to this excellent info. Happy holidays
You are very welcome Mark...Happy Holidays!
Good stuff guys.my property is changing more each year.ty
That is so awesome to hear!! We appreciate you always commenting! Thank you...
I have a tiny parcel 2.5 with a house on the property!!! Would like a video to help people like me with that 1-3 acre parcels💯
Excellent information Jeff as you always provide.happy holidays to you and your family and the crew.
Thanks a lot Mike...and happy Holidays to you and your family!
Watched 2 buck run to the creek last night.Saw 15 feet of ice on the bank,and turned around and walked back where they came from.
That could have been bad!
Great video ! TY so much for helping us all... i just wish every deer hunter would follow your advice !
Well I appreciate that ..I just appreciate the feedback that it is helping. Happy Holidays 😊
I’m in South Carolina with very little public land (and there are accidental shootings yearly on what little is out there so I’m very hesitant to use it). I have permission for a 6ac parcel and happy to have it but with the growth toward my area I’ll probably have to move on in 3-5 years
Hope you have a merry Christmas. Killed a 9.5yr buck i called warrior of your advice. Getting ready to start scouting some buck beds.
Man that's awesome!! What a buck...so happy for you!! Happy Holidays 🙂
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 he sure was a tough one to hunt but I finally got him.
I hunt a 10 acre parcell. I have much movement. It is more of a pass through. Attempting to apply these tips to keep them in the area.
Thank you Jeff and Dylan for the great advice! I love watching the videos and I have read 4 of the books. My brother and I are big fans. I hunt western Pennsylvania in high pressure areas and I was able to shoot a nice buck this year following your principles. My brother and a friend each shot a nice buck on public land! I’m interested in taking the how to design your deer hunting parcel class. I was curious if after the class do most of your clients feel confident in there own design? On the fb group do people share there property designs? Im nervous making lasting changes without someone looking over my plan. Thanks!
I think I’ll be moving my food plot next year. I have a rectangle 13 acre lot that borders public land on two sides. I walk through the property to get to my food plot. The property is surrounded by cedar swamp, the deer are bedding on the public land and traveling through the swamp to my property.
I’ll likely create a new plot closer to the top of the property and turn the old plot into bedding.
Thanks Jeff And Merry Christmas! Heading out this week during Christmas break to take the climber out!
Nice Isaac...still great to be out in the woods! Merry Christmas!
I'm pretty lucky to hunt a 16 acre Reduction Zone area right about 100 yards behind my property. Only the owner and I hunt it. And he might go a handful of times a year. It's in-between a bedding area and a couple of ag fields. And there are 4 lane highways for deer trails. I have 2 hanging stands and I have a ground blind and a climber that I use for bad wind days for the stands. Gonna try to beat Chris Bee's 5 deer in 20 minutes record.
Hey Jeff just wanted to take some time and say thank you for all the information you have put out. Have a happy New year!
Jeff how do You set up Food Sources on the Outside Edge of Your Property when Neighbors are hunting the property lines
Jeff, this is a great video. Thank you
Do a video on ground hunting, rarely do I go elevated after my fall in 2019. I've been leathal from the ground but I am sure I am missing something you aren't.
Jeff, Dillon and team!, thank you for everything you guys do and all the knowledge you share online. I look forward to your videos every time. It is so funny when I go on youtube and go to learn how to replace a part on the truck... I think to myself..damn it why isn't Jeff doing this how to video in their grade A format lol
Ha, thanks a lot Jake!! We really appreciate you watching and Happy Holidays!!
Wouldn't that be nice !
Always look forward to them, thanks once again
That's great to hear...you are very welcome!
I live in Lapeer area! Going to buy property soon and can't wait.
That's awesome...good luck with the land!
Great stuff like always Jeff! Thanks for what you do!
Merry Christmas WHS family
Hope everyone had a great Xmas
You too Denny!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 it was spent time with the fam all the kids came over it was nice now it's lower my poundage time and hit the woods healing up good just can't get that 70 pound bow back yet
@@dennybirchfield well good luck Denny! I have until the end of Jan in WI still...lots of time left. I also like shooting around 62#s
Thanks Jeff here is Maryland!
You are very welcome Micah! Happy New Year!
Hello here is a small parcel Question. I"m hunting a 4 acre wooded parcel with a house and driveway on it. The North and south borders are bordered by roads, the west is against a 30 acre bean field. The east border is against unmowed power lines with tall grass about 50 yards wide the length of the property. There are big woods at the other side of the power lines and big ag on the other side of the big woods. (Lots of deer seen in the fields.) At the bottom of the power lines is a very bushy patch that has doe bedding. Ive seen at least 10 Does move from the bedding and cross the property along the south to get to the bean field. They might cross the north area of the property coming from the power lines to get to the fields too. I have stands at the north and south portions. The problem is I am only seeing mature bucks at night on cameras. None during the day. Only spikes or 4 points. I think I might have a doe factory but I don't have control over any of the food sources. This land has not been hunted before. It is archery only due to roads and houses. What should I do? Start taking does?
Do you folks have any hunting land for sale?
Oh no...likely won't?
Great video. This type of content is really helpful to me.
I have 8 acres in the middle of farm land. 4 of those acres I'm converting to a small hunting parcel. This past season I had at least 9 doe and 6 bucks ranging from spike to a 9pt bedding down during the night. By hunting season there is isn't a fall food source and my land lacks the cover to hold them. I harvested a few thousand box alder maple seeds to plant this spring as well as ordering switch grass and red osier dogwood to start building cover. This small parcel is for my kids to hunt for youth and rifle season. I expect a minimum 3 years before I start seeing results.
How far was food plot from road after moving it at 13:15?
Seriously I have really enjoyed the show, I however have been constantly bow hunting in the Driftless area and outside Viola WI. I'm curious about what you are honestly looking for when you are actually hunting on a public property and you can see that you have absolutely movement in the woods however you don't have any idea of what they are actually eating. I understand that most of the time deer are grazing forage in the woods as they are moving through. Anything you can share that I can do or try to keep the deer in the area longer? I am curious because I have been given permission to hunt a small 13 acer piece with the top of the property is 6 acers and the hillside is extremely steep and the owners are not interested in hunting it because they are not able to drive their side by sides up to the top. I have been up on top 2 years ago and it was severely ripped up, last year I completely left it alone and I am just planning to sit it once or up to 3 x. The fact that they have 7 to 10 giant white or red oaks. The oaks are right in the middle of the top and the movement goes to the thick cedar rocky point that the deer doesn't have to jump from the rocks and they are clearly able to move up and down easily however it's a very steep climb for me..
I have 15ac that is an outside corner. I put food in the middle because it’s open ag on 2 sides. Is it ok to put a plot next to the open ag? It’d be fine when the corn is up but wide open when it’s cut.
I would likely not put food in the middle and only place the food towards the ag. But do much to consider! That food in the middle can destroy the depth of cover which is a critical tip for you...
Had the same problem. lived this situation. Proper placement of food, bedding, and stands very important.
So critical...
Got a 5 acre tract of oak .. we put in a 25 fruit tree orchard and a cabin by the top deer coming in through the bottom how can I make them comfortable coming into to fruit orchard 100 ft from cabin .... no deer shot on land since we've been here ... also what can I plant for cover under the oaks ..
There is really no cover you can plant under oaks...it is best to cut a portion of them down. Also, apple orchards are a marginal attraction for deer except for when the fruit is falling. Even then it is rarely their main afternoon food source unless there are no food plots or ag in the area.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 orchard has pear plum crabapple persimmon 3 apple types mulberry trees and peach and fig
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 also tons of wild blueberries and grapes
Merry Christmas! I watched a few of your videos.... the property with the road in the middle, you said to put the food in the middle to draw them in further onto the land correct? A few of your videos you mention to put food plots parallel to your borders.... so when the deer come onto your property, then travel further and stay longer on the property. Just curious 🤔
Hi Jeff 👋 we need switch grass seed . Are your prices as is for this year 2023 ? Or will they go down a bit ? You mentioned last year your prices were high and going down moving forward. Please advise 🙏
Hi Jimmy! The switchgrass prices are as is...but the brassica and power greens will definitely go down. We added SG later at the regular pricing...
We have 13 wooded acres in Battle Creek!
Nice...love that area!!
Nice. Shoutout lapeer!
Hi Jeff, I have a question on the depth of cover. You always talk about having depth of cover but you don't really say how much is considered enough. I have 40 acres with some small food plots, total around half an acre, on the south border just in from the road and another one that is about one acre in maybe 75-100 yards from the road on the southwest side of the property. The whole west side and north end and most of the east side are all sanctuary and is low land that is really thick. There is a few does and a couple of young bucks using it now and coming out to the food plots at all times of the day. There wasn't a mature buck here this year, last year i had one that hung around from late Oct. to mid Feb.
So I have 150 acres but only 3 are woods. I hunt it with bow, after firearm comes in I don't touch it again. It's a back corner so I'm not even around. Am I doing anything or am I just not hunting the woods? Lol
I have 25 acres I believe i can only have one thing either food or bedding, which one should I have?
Hi Jeremy...so many factors to consider...there is no right answer overall
I see alot of bad food positions...most everyone i know...some folks ya just cant reach, ...😜...im on my first lease now couple years...been waitin my whole life for it...finally in my later years i can squeak out the payment...didnt know anything bout foodplotting...i mean i can grow ag....i just didnt know what i could actually grow well with zero tillage...luckily....the 9nly thing i did know bout plotting was that you can mess a piece of land up if its in a place you cant get in and outta undetected..been an entry/exit freak a long time on public and that helped..found the intel i needed for seed here..although they eat my dang buckwheat im still havin great success growing small seed stuff..i do have to re seed some spots that i prob wouldn't if theyd leave my buckwheat alone !..pretty much makin my own mixes...all small seed..all plots same...section of brassica thats several dif types...a section of grain...rye oats and wheat and a clover section thats 3 dif types of clover...9 dif types if food on each plot....im sucking in deer from all neighbors now and they are starting to complain and hunt my borders hard...lol...the more they hunt it the longer my bucks hang out before they release at night 😜 ..we just goin into pre rut here now...2nd year of plotting...holding 2 gorgeous 4 year olds ...1 of wich is truly special that im tryin to keep alive...fingers crossed...thanks for tha intel...
Using your clients as a metric probably gives a skewed perspective bc ppl w larger plots are more likely to have the $ to contract your services. County records state average farmer makes 5k/year! (most of the farms are inherited but I'm still trying to figure out how they make it all work) If you took parcel size from tax records, most seem to be around 40 acres where I hunt in MN (Pine County) . There are larger parcels obviously, but most 80+ acre parcels have multiple 40 acre plots adjacent and seems like the layout of the land is divided into multiples of 40 when dissecting the larger parcels.
I'm just a treetard (arborist) who is obsessed with hunting deer, so take this w a grain of salt... but thought it was interesting enough to share.
A lot of public land isn’t hunted because it’s land locked and the surrounding private land owners won’t grant access to it from their property.
I can canoe for miles to get to it or trudge for miles through marsh to get there. It takes a real effort, especially in the dark. Everyone hunts the parts that have reasonable access.
That's the great part about private land...so many locations are hard to access and it keeps the average guy up. Open it all up to the average person and there is nothing left that seems "remote"
there is access to public land . It's call easement look it upo
@@hunterbiden001 duh!
@@hunterbiden001 I know there is easement. I’m just saying that a lot of it requires driving 4 miles from where you want to be and walking through 4 miles of waist deep marsh muck to get to it. I can guarantee you that Jeff Sturgis isn’t hunting that stuff. He’s just recommending it for his viewers.
What's your thoughts about clear cuts?
I love em...but not every parcels needs one. You also want to have non clearcut access and areas to blow your scent into. When used and appropriate they are great for a portion of your habitat
Thanks so much for your advice that you give us. We will all benefit greatly from it.
That Joe guy… he’s something else lol
Crazy good habitat guy 😁
How much do you guys charge when you go to someone's property
Hey buddy love watching your videos would love to get in touch with you looking for advice
I've got 150 acres. Which is small to me bc 3 of the neighbors have 300+ around me.
How am I supposed to add enticing bedding cover on my land when my neighbor has a 10 year old 40 acre clear cut that never gets touched? Left all the white oak in it as well. I’m in a big woods setting so wouldn’t it make sense to let the deer bed there and just bring them to my land with high quality food?
I would build a late season spot here. Those acorns don’t last all year. In December, if you have plots further in on your parcel, access with good wind. You might also consider TSI or laying over some trash trees on your side to create bedding. Mature bucks like to bed next to food “within 100 yards” If not pressured. Beans and corn would be great on your side
my small parcel is 1.3acres
Lately watching your videos reminds me I would rather enjoy my property then shoot a big buck once in a while.
100 acres in Va
I'm gonna put up a mile of deer proof fence
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Crap...looking at #6, now I have to get a pool ;)
So small parcel means large acreage for the average person.
Some people have absolutely no idea how good they have it.
Poor access & no sanctuaries/bedding thickets are the biggest fixes most folks could make.
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Wha???? You were…….faster than me. I’m not sure how to handle this turn of events.
Well done.
@@kurtpearson2793 lol 😆
@@kurtpearson2793 😂👍🏼
I completely understand you just need alot of money..time..no job and no wife and kids lmao.Good luck with all that everyone.
The most important thing you need, is to hunt smart.
Sometimes you have to weigh your priorities. :-)
Lol very true
How bad do you want it?
Just bring your kids and wife, and now all you have to deal with is work and hunting
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Almost Kurt 😊 Merry Christmas!!
100 acres is a small parcel? People out here clicking on this are thinking you mean 10-20 acres... If 100 acres is a small parcel, I'll just pass on having the silver spoon up my ass like the people who can afford 100 acres already do... I've hunted since I was 7. Seeing all these people from out of state, and new to the sport hunter, angers me.
I got 160 and I don’t have a silver spoon
Small parcel? 11 acres.......
me who hunts 5 acrs...
I kill more mature big ass bucks along fence rows and open fields than you can in the woods. Big Bucks will bed down along fence rows and open fields and hold does down out in the open. I keep fence rows along our farm just for deers.