Jeff is a fantastic icon in the whitetail industry. Sharing his years of knowledge not because he has to, because he loves to do it. Loves seeing people succeed. Thank you Jeff.
Hi Micah...so nice of you to say those things. I figure if it's not helping folks why bother...I do try, ha! Thanks a lot for your feedback and you are very welcome!
THANK YOU! I was so happy to hear you say that about shooting a smaller buck. I get so irritated when people complain and moan about someone shooting a 1 1/2 yr old or whatever or say that they want to see a point restriction and what not. It's like in my mind let people shoot the first buck they see. That means they are out of the woods and they aren't hunting and spooking a 4 1/2+ yr old that "big buck hunters" are chasing. Never understood why people complained about someone shooting a spike or fork horn. Less invested in a younger deer then an old mature buck
Devils Advocate to you - what if that 4.5yo doesn’t exist - or 3.5yo either - and the only older bucks in the area are a couple 2.5yo since hunter numbers are high and no one passes yearling bucks? A small 40ac property isn’t going to protect many bucks, if any, into older age classes so you’re at the neighborhood’s mercy. Pennsylvania has seen great results from APRs - not that they’re necessarily the answer everywhere. Now in high deer number areas where bucks are getting over 3.5yo into the 4-6yo range, yea no one should complain about a person taking a yearling (myself, I don’t see why you wouldn’t take a doe if your goal is venison but that’s your choice). Just curious your take if the area didn’t result in your example of a yearling shot leaves the 4yo for you to hunt and gets the other guy out of the woods faster. Have a good day!
I need to listen to this 3-4 times and let it sink in…there are a ton of knowledge just dropped! One thing Jeff that would be interesting is to weave some topography info with layout. Thanks for sharing with the community.
Thank you Jeff and WHS Team. I decided after last year’s hunt that something was wrong with me not my 100 acres. Turns out it was my lack of knowledge. Been watching the vids here and there but it wasn’t enough. Purchased the books and read them like I was back in school. My profession requires careful reading and listening and I can say your books and videos are densely packed with information. I just completed planting my greens and brassica plot and have completely redesigned my land for lines of movement, bedding and sanctuary. It was an undertaking to say the least. Buying the seed, the packer maxx, sprayer, etc and actually doing what Jeff does in these videos requires planning. My suggestion to anyone trying this is to sketch it out, take notes and record in writing and pictures what you’re doing. From the settings on the earthway to the amount of glyphosate there is a ton to remember and that is not including the timber improvement or habitat management. I strongly recommend the books. Just watching these videos is like reading a headline and thinking you read the news. Hats off to Jeff and the WHS team. Good luck all.
I really appreciate hearing all of that...that means a lot to me and most of all I am very excited for you!! Hopefully you feel like you are on track and have gotten all of this new work done 😊
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thank you very much. I’m hopeful for the results but in all honesty the process, learning and understanding is a great reward.
This is a really great video to get someone who has been watching your videos for over a year, to really think about developing our 135 acres of land. I haven't had the confidence to push past just putting up trail cams, stands, and scrapes. Its time to map out a plan rather than just following whatever poor plan was left behind in terms of management of our land.
One of your top 10 videos! Helped me validate much of what learned from you and then done on my 100 acre property in Mid-East OH land that is 35% reclaimed strip mine. Thanks so much Jeff -
Jeff, thank you for all the knowledge you share throughout all your videos. I especially like these parcel design videos even though I don’t have my own property to apply your knowledge to yet. I find myself browsing property listings and drawing up plans for them a lot haha. Hopefully I’ll make it a reality soon!
These videos are especially helpful to go along with the already great content! Helps connect everything you talk about, loving your first book as well, great stuff
Just finished watching Jeff and what a incredible video the details in the changing off the property and excellent details Jeff now I have a great idea for my 309 acres like to see more videos like this Jeff thank you
Putting your methods to work little by little and its really been helping. Have amish coming in 2 weeks to take out some pockets of hemlock in strategic locations for bedding and depth of cover. Woods is solid hemlock and has zero regeneration now which im trying to change
Jeff, this video is great, very informative and builds on what I’ve already learned from your previous videos, I can really picture how these principles would apply to my smaller parcel but I learn best with hands on experience so I’m looking forward to meeting you in a few weeks . Thanks again for all you do for the average hunter, there’s so much to gain from your RUclips videos alone, I know that I’ve learned a tremendous amount in the last few years and I appreciate it.
I really look forward to these types of videos and the in the field ones as well! The visual aides really help understand the real world situations. Thanks!
Love these long videos so much great info. Got an 11 point buck of my dreams here in NC thanks to your advice. Overall for the year I gave myself a D+ due to having to save a failed food plot with rye (thanks!) and with a lot more bedding work to be done amongst other first year failures. Video idea how does a wide or deep banked stream running through the middle of your entire property effect movement access and strategy? Does it play a factor at all? Thanks for all you do God Bless !
Excellent video Jeff and team! Thank you for creating these and sharing your knowledge and experience. I really like this type of video that walks through a design from start to finish. Also, I love your comment on hunters being able to harvest whatever buck they select without being judged. I know you are sincere with this as I have heard it from you many times in your videos. Every hunter is at a different stage in there hunting journey and every area of the country is a bit different. Such great information! Keep up the excellent work.
This video has been one of the best to give me ideas for accessing into my 10 acres. Right now the vacant lot next door has 90% of the bedding but my winds blow that way 80% of the year. Neighbor on other side logged out 75% of his tree cover. One question I have is how do water holes relate to a creek for water? I have a few locations I can install up towards hill top.
Awesome video Jeff! Out of all the great content you put out, these property breakdowns are my favorite. Hopefully you've got similar videos coming out in the future. Thanks!
Jeff, wow this video was so informative absolute A plus stuff. I really appreciate your channel I have learned so much over the years I have applied to my little 17 acre parcel
Jeff, great illustration of a property design. The current layout and then changes made to improve the property and presentation, awesome job. I live in and area with very low deer numbers and would love to hear your input for a general program on what you would do to increase the numbers to build a herd. Thanks
Hi Tim...I hope this article helps! Was actually from my poor habitat parcel in a low deer density high winter kill area in the UP of MI. First published in the QDMA's quality whitetail magazine in 2004. www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/blog/qdm-on-poor-whitetail-habitat
That is 100% true about buck hearing atv. We where about to start a deer drive going up a hill. Before we could make it to the woods line that buck and doe exited immediately. One of the drivers in another field seen everything play out.
When everything was froze up here the last couple of weeks I watched deer and turkey drinking from the over flow pipe from my cistern. They must of been pretty thirsty.
I enjoy all your videos, always learn something. I wonder what advice you can offer those of us currently looking for our property? Maybe a video series based on this would be good?
Nice content land similar to my family property cept flipped around and only 100 acres but gave me lot of perspective. Basically on the right track already thanks for this clip
I like watching these and trying to apply the concepts to public i hunt. Ive been hunting a long time but i never really put thought into it before all this information that ive found with youtube. THP jeff exodus dan john eberhart huntr podcast garret prahl. My brother said the last day of our bow season here in OK hes kinda tired of just watching hunts. He likes videos where there is teaching or sharing observations. I am in the same boat. Thanks for the content jeff and dylan.
While I can appreciate all the thought and hard work and determination that goes into this, for me personally, it sucks the enjoyment right out of the sport for me. I just like being out in the woods, If I see a good buck, its a bonus but I shoot 3 or 4 “decent” deer every year and maybe one real good one. Not knocking other mentalities though.
Really good video Jeff, very helpful. Thanks as always. Jeff on my 180 acres, my west side is bordered by a neighbor with 4 dogs in a kennel right on the property line. Anything goes by, they bark. So, if i try and go in that way they will sound off. I assume deer are used to that so maybe its not a big deal. But, for me to get to a few stands i want to put out on that side of the property i would want to walk my property edge. Should i keep with that plan or do I create a trail deeper inside the woods to go through and avoid those dogs? Thanks Jeff.
A few key takeaways from this Jeff, really enjoyed it! Can you comment on what you weed control plans are with the glyphosate shortage? I have the packermaxx crimper
Even if you were allowed to bait in Virginia, It would be useless. Bears are so thick they instantly devour any highly attractive food source. They consume my food plots to the point of depletion, and have even chewed up my Tractors seat twice! Ohio sounds like an awesome place to hunt Whitetails.
Part of my land is a 25 acre section of dense young white pines, with some early successional growth scattered throughout. I recently acquired this property, and never see many deer out that way on my cameras, only in the field and hard woods. Is it too dense? Do deer dislike the dense white pine? To get a picture, this 25 acres borders a river to the east, and then to the west is a 10 acre field and then west of that is 100 acres of mature hardwood
Thanks for all the great videos, great stuff! My question is regarding Tag Alder and if should be treated differently than some of the other mono-cultures you refer to in the videos? I have property north of Stevens Point, WI and plenty of large stands of Tag Alder. Do your same methods apply? Maybe a topic for the next video?
I would appreciate clarification about this statement," The food has to be consistent in diversity. Not different food at different locations, or you will destroy the entire property." @37mins30sec Thanks for all the info! Sincerely, Central Minnesota 22 acres of buckthorn/doe haven
Great transformation plan for this piece of property. For shaded field corners, is autumn olive a substitute for switch grass and then finish the border in the sunnier field areas with switch grass?
Awesome video! Learning a lot from you. I hunt a small less than 10 acre parcel. I put an 1/8 acre food plot in, would you just let surrounding properties be the sanctuary if they aren’t being hunted?
I here you talk about winter food plots I live in KY. I own 88 acres it really does not get cold enough here to make bucks hit food plots until January February. Now I have clover planted in 5 plots and 2 acres of alflfa because September is better for me to hunt then December. But our gun season is in the middle of the rut nov.. what would you plant for November with weather highs normally in high 40s low 50s.
Hey Jeff I have a creek that runs before I enter the woods , should I still add water holes in the woods or just let them use the creek ? Its a 30 acre section of woods and 40 acres total with the house and field included , it goes house then 5 acre field then small long wood thicket then a small 2 acre field , then creek then above creek is where woods start
You recommended timbering on this design, what do you recommend doing with stumps? I'm opening an acre for a food plot and looking for the best way to handle the stumps.
Amazing how u see a totally different layout and formulate a game changer like nothing . I guess thats why your the best in the game .... would you guys ever consider a person send an aerial photo of there property to you and you formulate a game plan like that for a fee . Or do u really have to walk it cause of the unknowns , thanks again W.H.S 4 LIFE 😆
How often do you recommend using bait piles or feeders to clients on top of everything else in states that allow it? Off that topic......I use bait down low on a steap hill in Southern Ohio non agriculture area I don't own. Killed a 5.5 year old buck up high on a mock scrape I made from your videos this season with a cell camera. He hit the corn at night and consistently hit the scrape close to daylight on cold front days headed to bed. I killed him first sit when it was right . Thanks Jeff!
you talked about these food plots being a brassica blend and keeping them all the same which makes sense, however what do you do the next year since you aren't supposed to do brassicas 2 years in a row? Do you have no brassicas the next year and go with more of a cereal grain with some clover/radishes mixed in? Then the following year go back to brassicas?
I have two runoff creaks on my 64 acres. One north and south. The other east and west. Is there an advantage entering stands down the creek or even hunting on the creek as far as wind ?
If the north side of this property (where the road is) was a open hardwood property line, would it still be access? Or does the property get set up different then?
Thanks for sharing these parcel design videos, a goldmine of information! Talking strategy is good and all, but seeing it in practice let's you see everything fall into place so much better. Question - at about what acreage / aspect ratio (square vs thin strip) would you start thinking of a parcel as pass through vs retaining the herd? Does the surrounding landscape have an effect on that decision?
What is a good way to contact you about possible future designs for a property? 27 acres. 13.5 currently tillable but looking to dedicate all of that and most of the other half to wildlife once harvest is done.
Hello! Everything goes thru my website email at info@whitetailhabitatsolutions.com. Jessi handles all bookings and I don't talk to clients until the day of your site visit. That way she helps work thru thousands if emails and makes sure I am a good fit for you and your land in your location, in the first place. Dylan, Kevan and Joe visit lands on behalf if WHS as well...we cover every whitetail state 😊 I hope that makes sense!
To elaborate, there’s a group in my town that harvests $20,000 of milk weed pods each season to give $$ back to the community, they ship the pods to Iowa and Nebraska. I have endless amounts of seed
Jeff is it worth doing these concepts to only 10 acres that is only say 150 yards wide and the rest of the ground is in length. All bottom land running to a private lake. Thanks in advance and hope my question isn't to long. PS. I'm a 63 year old man and a cancer survivor wanting to have the best hunts I can with what time I may have left.
I have 560 acres available to hunt in Hartford Michigan on the paw paw river. How would I go about getting some pro tips on this land? I have done a lot of floating and popping my head over the river banks near heavy trails an sanctuary. A little mind boggled by the diversity and the size of the land. I have sat in a stand wind blowing in my face looking across the river and this what I call the buck bowl I've seen very promising sightings. I sat their this morning and only 3 does .... Wind was right. Guess Ill try it again in 2 days when it snows this Saturday..
For those of us without as much land, at some point I have to access everything at some point of the year. Well I get that zero is desirable, if I can minimize it to two or four times a year accessing is that worth it, or should I not even bother trying to minimize if it can't be zero?
I agree with 99% of your content, but you've mentioned tillable land being a poor investment multiple times and I couldn't disagree more. Think of all the wealthiest people you know, I bet most of them own farmland. Traditionally it returns 7-9% a year when you include rents (the last couple years its been more like 15 - 20%). You may be able to do a little better with residential rental properties, but your land will never call you in the middle of the night to fix a burst pipe. Plus you can't hunt on your rental property. Finally, it provides the added benefit of controlling more land so you don't have potentially dangerous neighbors right on top of you. Just my two cents, love the channel.
Would you fill a 10 yard wide ATV trail that weaves through your 120 acre old growth property with switchgrass in order to access stands? Awesome to visually see your strategy to protect the sanctuary. I have a similar problem and wasn’t sure how to get to stands near plots without spooking deer.
@@MrRABland You’re not going to want to access “ weaving through” your property per say anyways. One thing that got hammered home to me from reading all of Jeff’s books and watching his videos is access and exit. Can’t be overstated. If you can’t get somewhere confidently via access and exit trails on your property, don’t sit there. Stick to the edges. Unpressured deer will move about a good property fairly freely. All deer, all the time maximizing is a hugely important concept. Sounds like you’d be best served to punch some openings in your canopy and reduce your visibility / increase cover. Good luck, it’s an addiction.
Depends on where you are. Tree variety can differ from north to south and east to west. Depends on what the deer in your area prefer and are native to that area.
@@bryanmadewell709 I’m south of you in MS. Here the deer target red maple the most but will also eat some oak leaves. I’ve heard willow as well but don’t have any in or near my property. Also any tree that produces fruit like persimmon, apple and pear they like as well here.
Jeff you sure do know your stuff when it comes to deer hunting but I will disagree with you on ag land being a bad investment. statistics say otherwise. it actually out performs the S&p 500
Thank you! Great long term investment for sure for very wealthy folks who have room in their portfolio for ultra conservative investment holdings. For the average young to middle aged family...not so much. In particular if you factor in recreational and hunting value for the family. My choice would be a waterfront parcel somewhere. 👍
Quick question- This was after season, so couldnt it have been because of Hunting Pressure, while using the ATV? Some what? I am surely not gonna argue--I know more than, EXPERT! My mom only raised 1 Idiot, and wasn't Me! Don't care what Sis says! I have to use an ATV...the rest of my Fam, post up on escape routes...just in case they try to exit. Those POST sites, are even Natural travel areas, adjacent to food...so?. I have driven right by bedded deer...the state Fenced Interstate right of way...THICK. Yes, the Oldest wisest Bucks my get nervous earlier that the rest of the younger fellers. I never hunt anyway NEAR to that cover, thus they hang tight until about 8 days into rifle season or so. Same for the 'Posting sites',,, access from Interstate lol ...no ATV, naturally... no stampede either, same time line. Could this be, my No Pressure/Sanctuary area? Big boys are around for the 1 day a week, in archery season. Gun Season 2d in...poof. know....I made your point didn't I? 🤦♂🤦♂🤣🤣 Just curious about your thoughts on this. Problem might sort itself out soon...High Tension Power Line coming through, pretty soon...still curious.
Great video. I would rather watch your video and work on my land than watch the super bowl with all the kneeling athletes for our National anthem / American flag. Thank you
Hi there, a friend of mine sent me over to your channel. I was wondering if you do management as well? I am a forester and Ecologist/ecological restoration. In seek of work. If you turn down tsi work or anything along the lines of ecosystem management and forestry could you reach out to me? Maybe we can collaborate and work something out?
Jeff is a fantastic icon in the whitetail industry. Sharing his years of knowledge not because he has to, because he loves to do it. Loves seeing people succeed. Thank you Jeff.
Hi Micah...so nice of you to say those things. I figure if it's not helping folks why bother...I do try, ha! Thanks a lot for your feedback and you are very welcome!
Amen!
THANK YOU! I was so happy to hear you say that about shooting a smaller buck. I get so irritated when people complain and moan about someone shooting a 1 1/2 yr old or whatever or say that they want to see a point restriction and what not. It's like in my mind let people shoot the first buck they see. That means they are out of the woods and they aren't hunting and spooking a 4 1/2+ yr old that "big buck hunters" are chasing. Never understood why people complained about someone shooting a spike or fork horn. Less invested in a younger deer then an old mature buck
Devils Advocate to you - what if that 4.5yo doesn’t exist - or 3.5yo either - and the only older bucks in the area are a couple 2.5yo since hunter numbers are high and no one passes yearling bucks? A small 40ac property isn’t going to protect many bucks, if any, into older age classes so you’re at the neighborhood’s mercy. Pennsylvania has seen great results from APRs - not that they’re necessarily the answer everywhere. Now in high deer number areas where bucks are getting over 3.5yo into the 4-6yo range, yea no one should complain about a person taking a yearling (myself, I don’t see why you wouldn’t take a doe if your goal is venison but that’s your choice). Just curious your take if the area didn’t result in your example of a yearling shot leaves the 4yo for you to hunt and gets the other guy out of the woods faster. Have a good day!
I need to listen to this 3-4 times and let it sink in…there are a ton of knowledge just dropped! One thing Jeff that would be interesting is to weave some topography info with layout. Thanks for sharing with the community.
Thank you Jeff and WHS Team. I decided after last year’s hunt that something was wrong with me not my 100 acres. Turns out it was my lack of knowledge. Been watching the vids here and there but it wasn’t enough. Purchased the books and read them like I was back in school. My profession requires careful reading and listening and I can say your books and videos are densely packed with information.
I just completed planting my greens and brassica plot and have completely redesigned my land for lines of movement, bedding and sanctuary. It was an undertaking to say the least. Buying the seed, the packer maxx, sprayer, etc and actually doing what Jeff does in these videos requires planning.
My suggestion to anyone trying this is to sketch it out, take notes and record in writing and pictures what you’re doing. From the settings on the earthway to the amount of glyphosate there is a ton to remember and that is not including the timber improvement or habitat management.
I strongly recommend the books. Just watching these videos is like reading a headline and thinking you read the news. Hats off to Jeff and the WHS team. Good luck all.
I really appreciate hearing all of that...that means a lot to me and most of all I am very excited for you!! Hopefully you feel like you are on track and have gotten all of this new work done 😊
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thank you very much. I’m hopeful for the results but in all honesty the process, learning and understanding is a great reward.
Found a matching set with a drop tine yesterday! Hopefully the land owner will let us lease this for the coming hunting season!
Nice that's awesome Drew!! Exciting...I found my first one yesterday too 😊
Probably the best explanation of a property design on RUclips! Great job!
Sunday morning WHS video.. Woo Hooo !
Jeff is out STANDING in his field ! (or plot) lol
Ty 👍🏻🦌
Haha...thanks David! Really appreciate you and I hope you have a great Sunday!!
You too !
This is a really great video to get someone who has been watching your videos for over a year, to really think about developing our 135 acres of land. I haven't had the confidence to push past just putting up trail cams, stands, and scrapes. Its time to map out a plan rather than just following whatever poor plan was left behind in terms of management of our land.
Keep on sharing the property design videos!!!
Thanks Bradley I will do that 😊
The change to that property is gonna be an absolute game changer. Great information !
Thank you Eli I can't wait for them to make the changes!! Hard work rewarded 👍
One of your top 10 videos! Helped me validate much of what learned from you and then done on my 100 acre property in Mid-East OH land that is 35% reclaimed strip mine. Thanks so much Jeff -
Jeff, thank you for all the knowledge you share throughout all your videos. I especially like these parcel design videos even though I don’t have my own property to apply your knowledge to yet. I find myself browsing property listings and drawing up plans for them a lot haha. Hopefully I’ll make it a reality soon!
These videos are especially helpful to go along with the already great content! Helps connect everything you talk about, loving your first book as well, great stuff
Thank you CJ, I really appreciate your feedback...hopefully great deer things to come for you in 2022!
Just finished watching Jeff and what a incredible video the details in the changing off the property and excellent details Jeff now I have a great idea for my 309 acres like to see more videos like this Jeff thank you
That's great to hear Ralph...thanks a lot for watching the entire video...that's a long one!
Putting your methods to work little by little and its really been helping. Have amish coming in 2 weeks to take out some pockets of hemlock in strategic locations for bedding and depth of cover. Woods is solid hemlock and has zero regeneration now which im trying to change
Thats awesome Daniel! Bet you are very excited...I am! Such a fun, rewarding process...
Jeff, this video is great, very informative and builds on what I’ve already learned from your previous videos, I can really picture how these principles would apply to my smaller parcel but I learn best with hands on experience so I’m looking forward to meeting you in a few weeks . Thanks again for all you do for the average hunter, there’s so much to gain from your RUclips videos alone, I know that I’ve learned a tremendous amount in the last few years and I appreciate it.
I really look forward to these types of videos and the in the field ones as well! The visual aides really help understand the real world situations. Thanks!
That's great Peter...really appreciate the feedback! More to come soon 😊 Thank you...
Love these long videos so much great info. Got an 11 point buck of my dreams here in NC thanks to your advice. Overall for the year I gave myself a D+ due to having to save a failed food plot with rye (thanks!) and with a lot more bedding work to be done amongst other first year failures. Video idea how does a wide or deep banked stream running through the middle of your entire property effect movement access and strategy? Does it play a factor at all? Thanks for all you do God Bless !
Fantastic draw out and explanations. Thanks Jeff
Excellent video Jeff and team! Thank you for creating these and sharing your knowledge and experience. I really like this type of video that walks through a design from start to finish. Also, I love your comment on hunters being able to harvest whatever buck they select without being judged. I know you are sincere with this as I have heard it from you many times in your videos. Every hunter is at a different stage in there hunting journey and every area of the country is a bit different. Such great information! Keep up the excellent work.
Awesome seeing a before and after. Helps to put it all together . Thank you for your willingness to share your wealth of knowledge
Awesome video Jeff & Dylan! Thank you!
Thanks for bringing these videos back Jeff!
Headed to the farm today for much needed woods time seasons over let work begin
Good luck Denny...have a great time!!
This video has been one of the best to give me ideas for accessing into my 10 acres. Right now the vacant lot next door has 90% of the bedding but my winds blow that way 80% of the year. Neighbor on other side logged out 75% of his tree cover. One question I have is how do water holes relate to a creek for water? I have a few locations I can install up towards hill top.
Awesome video Jeff! Out of all the great content you put out, these property breakdowns are my favorite. Hopefully you've got similar videos coming out in the future. Thanks!
Jeff, wow this video was so informative absolute A plus stuff. I really appreciate your channel I have learned so much over the years I have applied to my little 17 acre parcel
Jeff, great illustration of a property design. The current layout and then changes made to improve the property and presentation, awesome job.
I live in and area with very low deer numbers and would love to hear your input for a general program on what you would do to increase the numbers to build a herd.
Thanks
Hi Tim...I hope this article helps! Was actually from my poor habitat parcel in a low deer density high winter kill area in the UP of MI. First published in the QDMA's quality whitetail magazine in 2004.
www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/blog/qdm-on-poor-whitetail-habitat
I love these before and after videos!
Excellent, great before and after!
Great video Jeff - love the content you put out!
really cool to hear what you said about east Ohio, I love it here
That is 100% true about buck hearing atv. We where about to start a deer drive going up a hill. Before we could make it to the woods line that buck and doe exited immediately. One of the drivers in another field seen everything play out.
Great review Jeff! Appreciate your time out here in Ohio.
I’ve been watching so many of your videos lately I literally just dreamed and you were on my property walking around with me pointing stuff out.. 😎
When everything was froze up here the last couple of weeks I watched deer and turkey drinking from the over flow pipe from my cistern. They must of been pretty thirsty.
Really nice to see how these improvements fit in together. I hope I have no idea how good my property will be soon.
I enjoy all your videos, always learn something. I wonder what advice you can offer those of us currently looking for our property? Maybe a video series based on this would be good?
Awesome insight exactly what I need thank you.
Great video Jeff. Great to see you in Ohio again.
Ray
Thanks Ray it was great to be there!
Nice content land similar to my family property cept flipped around and only 100 acres but gave me lot of perspective. Basically on the right track already thanks for this clip
Great job with this video. Love your concepts.
Ray
Thank you John!
I like watching these and trying to apply the concepts to public i hunt. Ive been hunting a long time but i never really put thought into it before all this information that ive found with youtube. THP jeff exodus dan john eberhart huntr podcast garret prahl. My brother said the last day of our bow season here in OK hes kinda tired of just watching hunts. He likes videos where there is teaching or sharing observations. I am in the same boat. Thanks for the content jeff and dylan.
Awesome video boss!!! Two take always for me!!
Very good Kevin...always appreciate you commenting 😊
Thanks Jeff!
This is a great , great video, love the way you break this down boss, new subscriber and follower, keep it up!!!
Do you have any video/suggestion for complete wooded parcels? I just bought 200 in the UP and struggling to figure out where to start
While I can appreciate all the thought and hard work and determination that goes into this, for me personally, it sucks the enjoyment right out of the sport for me. I just like being out in the woods, If I see a good buck, its a bonus but I shoot 3 or 4 “decent” deer every year and maybe one real good one. Not knocking other mentalities though.
Love watching n getting tips, but hard to implement on Rayonier pine tree farm lease in GA.
Really good video Jeff, very helpful. Thanks as always. Jeff on my 180 acres, my west side is bordered by a neighbor with 4 dogs in a kennel right on the property line. Anything goes by, they bark. So, if i try and go in that way they will sound off. I assume deer are used to that so maybe its not a big deal. But, for me to get to a few stands i want to put out on that side of the property i would want to walk my property edge. Should i keep with that plan or do I create a trail deeper inside the woods to go through and avoid those dogs? Thanks Jeff.
A few key takeaways from this Jeff, really enjoyed it! Can you comment on what you weed control plans are with the glyphosate shortage? I have the packermaxx crimper
Even if you were allowed to bait in Virginia, It would be useless. Bears are so thick they instantly devour any highly attractive food source. They consume my food plots to the point of depletion, and have even chewed up my Tractors seat twice!
Ohio sounds like an awesome place to hunt Whitetails.
Ah this is a good point. I have a lot of bears on my new land... Might need to take them out!
Part of my land is a 25 acre section of dense young white pines, with some early successional growth scattered throughout. I recently acquired this property, and never see many deer out that way on my cameras, only in the field and hard woods. Is it too dense? Do deer dislike the dense white pine?
To get a picture, this 25 acres borders a river to the east, and then to the west is a 10 acre field and then west of that is 100 acres of mature hardwood
This video is awesome
Thank you...I truly hope it helps you out!
Thanks for all the great videos, great stuff! My question is regarding Tag Alder and if should be treated differently than some of the other mono-cultures you refer to in the videos? I have property north of Stevens Point, WI and plenty of large stands of Tag Alder. Do your same methods apply? Maybe a topic for the next video?
I would appreciate clarification about this statement," The food has to be consistent in diversity. Not different food at different locations, or you will destroy the entire property." @37mins30sec
Thanks for all the info!
Sincerely,
Central Minnesota 22 acres of buckthorn/doe haven
Great transformation plan for this piece of property. For shaded field corners, is autumn olive a substitute for switch grass and then finish the border in the sunnier field areas with switch grass?
Ohio is a great state for whitetail. Doesn’t take much land to see great bucks
Awesome video! Learning a lot from you. I hunt a small less than 10 acre parcel. I put an 1/8 acre food plot in, would you just let surrounding properties be the sanctuary if they aren’t being hunted?
Great video i like these videos in your book red book you talk about shoulder hing cuts when do you use those on a property?
Hi Jeremy! Sometimes for screening...but not often? Sometimes to go over a lower cutting as well...or logs and debris.
Is 6 feet wide switchgrass enough for screening for access? Another great video thanks Jeff.
Love these types of vids Jeff!
I noticed not a ton of long linear connected plots like my design had. Any changes you’d make?
Hi Joe! It really just depends on the lay of the land...no changes needed!
I here you talk about winter food plots I live in KY. I own 88 acres it really does not get cold enough here to make bucks hit food plots until January February. Now I have clover planted in 5 plots and 2 acres of alflfa because September is better for me to hunt then December. But our gun season is in the middle of the rut nov.. what would you plant for November with weather highs normally in high 40s low 50s.
Hey Jeff I have a creek that runs before I enter the woods , should I still add water holes in the woods or just let them use the creek ? Its a 30 acre section of woods and 40 acres total with the house and field included , it goes house then 5 acre field then small long wood thicket then a small 2 acre field , then creek then above creek is where woods start
This is a great summarization Jeff/Dylan. What is your optimal depth of cover you target?
When cutting down small pockets of poplar in hardwoods, does it matter how you lay them down on the ground in a pattern? Any input would be awesome
Great Vid! Have you worked on any big woods with some swamps and bogs? No agricultural nearby, no fields other than some small food plots.
You recommended timbering on this design, what do you recommend doing with stumps? I'm opening an acre for a food plot and looking for the best way to handle the stumps.
Amazing how u see a totally different layout and formulate a game changer like nothing . I guess thats why your the best in the game .... would you guys ever consider a person send an aerial photo of there property to you and you formulate a game plan like that for a fee . Or do u really have to walk it cause of the unknowns , thanks again W.H.S 4 LIFE 😆
How often do you recommend using bait piles or feeders to clients on top of everything else in states that allow it?
Off that topic......I use bait down low on a steap hill in Southern Ohio non agriculture area I don't own. Killed a 5.5 year old buck up high on a mock scrape I made from your videos this season with a cell camera. He hit the corn at night and consistently hit the scrape close to daylight on cold front days headed to bed. I killed him first sit when it was right . Thanks Jeff!
you talked about these food plots being a brassica blend and keeping them all the same which makes sense, however what do you do the next year since you aren't supposed to do brassicas 2 years in a row? Do you have no brassicas the next year and go with more of a cereal grain with some clover/radishes mixed in? Then the following year go back to brassicas?
I have two runoff creaks on my 64 acres. One north and south. The other east and west. Is there an advantage entering stands down the creek or even hunting on the creek as far as wind ?
I have a question Jeff. I live in Florida want to plant some brassica what time if the fall would you say was best time to plant
Do bucks like to bed in the middle if I have foodplots on either side and there’s 400 yards in between them or where would they bed
Question on atv use ...... What about an electric utv/golf cart , is it any better to use those if you can to access parts of the property ?
Is there any other cover grass or cover you suggest than switchgrass. I have been looking for an alternative for it sense I have horses.
Had a well pad put in the middle of our property recently. What have u noticed about the effects of them on whitetails?
If the north side of this property (where the road is) was a open hardwood property line, would it still be access? Or does the property get set up different then?
Thanks for sharing these parcel design videos, a goldmine of information! Talking strategy is good and all, but seeing it in practice let's you see everything fall into place so much better.
Question - at about what acreage / aspect ratio (square vs thin strip) would you start thinking of a parcel as pass through vs retaining the herd?
Does the surrounding landscape have an effect on that decision?
Are those new stand locations tied together with a travel corridor around the property?
What is a good way to contact you about possible future designs for a property? 27 acres. 13.5 currently tillable but looking to dedicate all of that and most of the other half to wildlife once harvest is done.
Hello! Everything goes thru my website email at info@whitetailhabitatsolutions.com. Jessi handles all bookings and I don't talk to clients until the day of your site visit. That way she helps work thru thousands if emails and makes sure I am a good fit for you and your land in your location, in the first place. Dylan, Kevan and Joe visit lands on behalf if WHS as well...we cover every whitetail state 😊 I hope that makes sense!
Good morning!! You talk about pollinator blends.. is milk weed a good plant to have on the property?
To elaborate, there’s a group in my town that harvests $20,000 of milk weed pods each season to give $$ back to the community, they ship the pods to Iowa and Nebraska. I have endless amounts of seed
Using ATV or tractor for fertilizing in mid September, will this push deer out? Is there a better solution?
Jeff, can clover be a morning browse for deer? Thanks
Jeff is it worth doing these concepts to only 10 acres that is only say 150 yards wide and the rest of the ground is in length. All bottom land running to a private lake. Thanks in advance and hope my question isn't to long. PS. I'm a 63 year old man and a cancer survivor wanting to have the best hunts I can with what time I may have left.
I have 560 acres available to hunt in Hartford Michigan on the paw paw river. How would I go about getting some pro tips on this land? I have done a lot of floating and popping my head over the river banks near heavy trails an sanctuary. A little mind boggled by the diversity and the size of the land. I have sat in a stand wind blowing in my face looking across the river and this what I call the buck bowl I've seen very promising sightings. I sat their this morning and only 3 does .... Wind was right. Guess Ill try it again in 2 days when it snows this Saturday..
I float down quickly and quietly to my spots via kayak
The ox bows in the river make bedding wind decided. With crop fields all around the 560 acres.
Really odd thing I've noted is the deer are walking down wind here..
For those of us without as much land, at some point I have to access everything at some point of the year. Well I get that zero is desirable, if I can minimize it to two or four times a year accessing is that worth it, or should I not even bother trying to minimize if it can't be zero?
Lol, you essentially answered my question a minute later right around the 20-minute mark. Thanks. I love your videos.
I agree with 99% of your content, but you've mentioned tillable land being a poor investment multiple times and I couldn't disagree more. Think of all the wealthiest people you know, I bet most of them own farmland. Traditionally it returns 7-9% a year when you include rents (the last couple years its been more like 15 - 20%). You may be able to do a little better with residential rental properties, but your land will never call you in the middle of the night to fix a burst pipe. Plus you can't hunt on your rental property. Finally, it provides the added benefit of controlling more land so you don't have potentially dangerous neighbors right on top of you. Just my two cents, love the channel.
I'm in Ohio and yes baiting is legal but I can't hunt at night so what's the point if only does hit it during the day
Hi Denny! The bucks often hit the bait during the day, IF you treat the bait pile like a food plot and never spook deer off of it...
Would you fill a 10 yard wide ATV trail that weaves through your 120 acre old growth property with switchgrass in order to access stands?
Awesome to visually see your strategy to protect the sanctuary. I have a similar problem and wasn’t sure how to get to stands near plots without spooking deer.
It won’t grow well at all in shade.
@@daveulrich4623 Good point. All I can hope for is where the path runs north and south, which is most of its length, where the sun will shine.
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You’re not going to want to access “ weaving through” your property per say anyways. One thing that got hammered home to me from reading all of Jeff’s books and watching his videos is access and exit. Can’t be overstated. If you can’t get somewhere confidently via access and exit trails on your property, don’t sit there. Stick to the edges. Unpressured deer will move about a good property fairly freely. All deer, all the time maximizing is a hugely important concept. Sounds like you’d be best served to punch some openings in your canopy and reduce your visibility / increase cover. Good luck, it’s an addiction.
Love to see feeders incorporated, I've tried just foodplots and the hogs would just destroy them before they had a chance to come up.
I’m sure you have said in the past videos but what is the best trees to cut for browse?
Morning Ryan! Definitely a video coming up soon 😊
Depends on where you are. Tree variety can differ from north to south and east to west. Depends on what the deer in your area prefer and are native to that area.
Middle Tennessee
@@bryanmadewell709 I’m south of you in MS. Here the deer target red maple the most but will also eat some oak leaves. I’ve heard willow as well but don’t have any in or near my property. Also any tree that produces fruit like persimmon, apple and pear they like as well here.
Can you do this for 5 to 10 acres
Jeff you sure do know your stuff when it comes to deer hunting but I will disagree with you on ag land being a bad investment. statistics say otherwise. it actually out performs the S&p 500
Thank you!
Great long term investment for sure for very wealthy folks who have room in their portfolio for ultra conservative investment holdings.
For the average young to middle aged family...not so much. In particular if you factor in recreational and hunting value for the family. My choice would be a waterfront parcel somewhere. 👍
Quick question- This was after season, so couldnt it have been because of Hunting Pressure, while using the ATV? Some what? I am surely not gonna argue--I know more than, EXPERT! My mom only raised 1 Idiot, and wasn't Me! Don't care what Sis says! I have to use an ATV...the rest of my Fam, post up on escape routes...just in case they try to exit. Those POST sites, are even Natural travel areas, adjacent to food...so?. I have driven right by bedded deer...the state Fenced Interstate right of way...THICK. Yes, the Oldest wisest Bucks my get nervous earlier that the rest of the younger fellers. I never hunt anyway NEAR to that cover, thus they hang tight until about 8 days into rifle season or so. Same for the 'Posting sites',,, access from Interstate lol ...no ATV, naturally... no stampede either, same time line. Could this be, my No Pressure/Sanctuary area? Big boys are around for the 1 day a week, in archery season. Gun Season 2d in...poof. know....I made your point didn't I? 🤦♂🤦♂🤣🤣 Just curious about your thoughts on this. Problem might sort itself out soon...High Tension Power Line coming through, pretty soon...still curious.
Great video. I would rather watch your video and work on my land than watch the super bowl with all the kneeling athletes for our National anthem / American flag.
Thank you
Thank you...that means a lot! Hope you had a great day in the woods - I did!
As with all my hobbies, I get a pour return money wise on investment. Still not selling land.
Morning
Morning Denny 😊
Hi there, a friend of mine sent me over to your channel. I was wondering if you do management as well? I am a forester and Ecologist/ecological restoration. In seek of work. If you turn down tsi work or anything along the lines of ecosystem management and forestry could you reach out to me? Maybe we can collaborate and work something out?
Is that a baby crying in the background?
Nope, maybe the furnace...or birds? 🤷♂️