Jeff's Deer Blog
Mature Buck StrategiesMock Scrape Annual Rut Predictions
When you have created a system of annual buck movement including bedding areas, travel corridors and food sources, placing one mock scrape and one trail camera in the middle of it all, can predict much more than just what bucks are in that exact area.
Habitat and Herd ImprovementDeer Beds That Fit Your Land
What may be a great buck bedding area in one region may be a failure in another. The success of the bedding areas that you create will not hinge on the type of cut you make, but on the amount of space that you leave for deer to travel through, relative to what the local deer have become accustomed to.
Trail CamerasSummer vs Fall Trail Cam Location Strategies
Is you favorite Fall trail cam location working for you all year long? In the vast majority of hunting season trail cam hotspots, it most likely will not. Just like high quality whitetail parcels, your most important trail cam locations should be built for the Fall, and not for the Summer.
Habitat and Herd ImprovementWhen To Stay OFF Your Deer Parcel
"When should I stay off of my deer parcel", may be the #1 question that I receive from clients, readers and viewers from around the country. The answer may surprise you.
Mature Buck StrategiesWinter Whitetail Scouting Sign For Fall Predictions
A great place for a stand location, right? If you base your hunch on overall sign the answer may be a very loud YES! However, if you take a look into what Winter scouting sign is really predicting, you may want to enjoy the current sign and keep scouting.
Food PlotsHow To Hold Daylight Bucks With Food Plots
Food plots are critical for your private land parcel, for creating a highly defined daylight movement that represent the bottom of the afternoon buck movement funnel, on your own land. If that funnel is on your neighbor's land, the impact of any other habitat efforts on your own land will be severely hampered.
Trail CamerasNo Summer Trail Cam Bucks No Problem
The dreaded Summer trail cam pull has happened - no bucks! After letting your trail cams soak for several weeks with the anticipation of some giant Summer velvet-fest bucks, you discover a moderate amount of deer pics and zero mature bucks. What do you do?
Food PlotsBrassica Strategies for Whitetails
The brassica family of whitetail food plot forages may just be the most can't miss and important planting for your annual whitetail goals, every single season. They are also highly misunderstood. While brassica misunderstandings are many, you can still make sure that they are a fit on nearly any hunting parcel, this season.
Habitat and Herd ImprovementImportant Whitetail Habitat Diversity Tactics For Hunting
Each whitetail habitat improvement has a shelf life for the amount of time it positively contributes to the habitat and hunting diversity that is needed on your land. From rowed conifers with an effective life of 2 months, to an effective score of 365 days for diversified switchgrass, there is a huge variety of habitat tactics.
Habitat and Herd ImprovementHow To Increase Daylight Deer Movements For Hunting
Experiencing shrinking daylight deer numbers during the hunting season, doesn't have to happen. The more you define daily deer movements from bedding to feeding, the more you can define your deer hunt. Defined hunting patterns allow you to increase morning and evening stand locations while decreasing nocturnal deer movements.
Habitat and Herd ImprovementHow To Screen Deer Access
True, there are many ways to skin the proverbial cat and the number of strategies for screening deer habitat is no exception. Focusing on short, mid and long term screening solutions can not only help you access, hunt and build a great deer herd starting right now, but for decades to come!
Bowhunting TacticsLow Impact Treestand Entrance Strategies
The foundation of a low impact treestand entrance, includes a set of strategies designed to keep deer from ever knowing that you are hunting them. After all, in deer's mind if it didn't see you, hear you or smell you, were you even there? Learning to access your stands without a trace, can skyrocket your success this Fall!