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Book Rev "Planting Food Plots for Deer" John Weiss (Chp 5-7)

Planting Food Plots for Deer by John Weiss Book Review Chapters 5 through 7 There are 18 chapters… [more]

Planting Food Plots for Deer-John Weiss-Book Rev (Chp 1 to 4)

This is a great resource for those interested in food plots. There are 18 chapters in total. The book… [more]

5 Questions You Should Ask B4 Starting Your Deer Plot Tillage

Tillage is basically a depth and particle size concept going from the deepest to the shallowest penetration… [more]

Deer Food Plots

Hunting Rubs and Scrapes

If you ask any experienced deer hunter what signs he looks for most when hunting during the fall season, he will inevitably answer "rubs and scrapes". In fact, I too most often look for these signs because, not only are they obvious sign posts that there are deer in the area I am hunting, they are indicators that there is a mature buck in the area. Consequently, finding and hunting over these obvious sign posts is a very wise strategy for bagging that large buck. In fact, whenever possible, … [Read More...]

Nocturnal Bucks: a hunter’s greatest challenge

Hunting deer with a guide in large enclosures where the deer population is specifically managed to produce large herds and especially large bucks is becoming increasingly popular amongst hunters who have a very limited amount of time to hunt deer each year. Consequently, because these hunters may have only a few days to a week to hunt out of the entire year, they simply do not have the time to scout public or private lands in order to locate bedding and feeding areas and/or rubs and … [Read More...]

Hunting Urban Deer

Due to human's ever expanding population and our seemingly insatiable need to build new housing for our new family members, many outlying urban and suburban neighborhoods are encroaching on habitat that used to belong to the Whitetail Deer. Whitetail deer are so adaptable and are very comfortable living in close proximity to humans. These deer have discovered that these areas of new development make the perfect deer habitat since humans tend to plant all sorts of tasty foods in their … [Read More...]

Salad Done Whitetail Style

In a previous article I mentioned the concept of locating Soft Mast such as wild, ripe, fruit to pinpoint the location of deer during the weeks when this food source is available. However, once this food source has passed, deer living in forested areas are forced to return to feeding on woody plants called Browse. Browse consists of a variety of grains, forbs, legumes, leaves, vines, and tree buds and locating browse becomes far more difficult for the deer at this time of year. … [Read More...]

Soft Mast Deer Foods

Last week, I discussed the idea of using deer droppings as sign posts to the presence of deer in the area whenever you are scouting. Also, I discussed the idea of using the consistency of the droppings to help determine what types of foods they have been feeding on so that you can find the feeding areas and hunt the deer there. In this article, I will examine in greater detail the types of Soft Mast that deer like to eat and how those foods relate to the consistency of their droppings … [Read More...]