Jeff's Deer Blog

Habitat and Herd Improvement

Attracting Deer Herds Day and Night

If you put a lot of effort into the attraction of the local deer herd on your land, you undoubtedly are attracting deer. Food plots, timber cuttings, waterholes and native grasses are just some of the ways to potentially attract and hold deer on your land. However, like most things in life, timing is everything!

Mature Buck Strategies

Trail Cam Strategies For Daytime Buck Movement

While only a small fraction of whitetail lands capture a higher % of daytime buck movement than nighttime, this elusive result is a lot easier than you may think. You can't improve your hunt or your herd unless your # of daylight trail cam buck pictures are maximized, and there are several proven strategies to make it happen.

Habitat and Herd Improvement

Critical Whitetail Browse Strategy

Creating deer browse is important but by itself it is highly overrated. Whitetail browse only represents one portion of the daily food categories for deer and if you don't have afternoon and nighttime food sources too, you will severely limit your entire deer potential. A great whitetail browse strategy alone, is not enough.

Mature Buck Strategies

#1 Hunting Access Strategy For Whitetails

The #1 hunting access strategy for whitetails hinges on your ability to reach a stand locations that represents the closest point of contact to daily deer movement. I first began discussing what I named Perpendicular Access in the mid 2000s, and mastering this concept allows you to consistently hunt unsuspecting whitetails.

Habitat and Herd Improvement

Switchgrass Deer Screening Strategy

Using a switchgrass deer screening strategy can not only save you time and money when compared to other whitetail screening plantings, but in the long run it may just offer the highest level of consistent success. By using the proper herbicides and either of two no-till planting methods, you can easily find consistent success.

Habitat and Herd Improvement

MI Whitetail Consultant Hunting and Habitat Strategy

Ross Fernandez from WHS Turnkey Habitats is more than just another whitetail consultant. From MI to anywhere else a whitetail roams, Ross specializes in turning your whitetail design into reality, including: Hinge cut bedding areas, waterhole creations, food plot management and native grass plantings.

Mature Buck Strategies

Powerful Perennial Scrapes And Overrated Buck Rubs

While a giant buck rub may be worked just a handful of times or less per season by a buck, never underestimate the power of a high profile scrape that may be visited nearly every day of the season, by every deer that walks by. If your goal is to capture a trail cam pic of every buck in the neighborhood, watch a perennial scrape.

Bowhunting Tactics

Creating Bowhunting Buck Corridors

With a little elbow grease and a sharp saw, creating a bowhunting travel corridor for bucks can be fast, easy and highly effective. Even travel corridors created during the late Summer can begin immediately being used by the local deer herd, just in time for the start of the annual archery season!

Habitat and Herd Improvement

An Easy Way To Raise Or Reduce Deer Numbers

One way to raise or reduce deer numbers is by applying a little or a lot, of trigger control. However, I've experienced a much easier way to control the deer population on your land, and it works on a range of poor to perfect habitats, across the entire Country. It all begins or ends with a concept I refer to as a doe factory.

Habitat and Herd Improvement

Creating Staging Area Habitat For Big Bucks

Creating staging area habitat for the biggest bucks in the neighborhood is no easy task. In fact, very few landowners get to enjoy the privileges of owning a successful staging area, all season long. While creating a staging area isn't all about big bucks, you will find that you can't have one without the other.

Bowhunting Tactics

#1 Way To Fool A Whitetail's Nose

The #1 way to fool a whitetail's nose, revolves around your ability to mimic the skills of Earth's greatest ambush predators. Your ability to control your scent while deer hunting doesn't necessarily include your favorite spray, dust or scent contraption instead, your journey begins months before you ever climb your treestand.

Bowhunting Tactics

Treestand Setups For High Pressure Hunting

As the level of deer hunting pressure increases, so does the need for your treestand setups to be perfect. Treestand setups for high pressure hunting need to allow you to use them like a predator, without deer ever knowing that you were there. On small parcels you can't afford invasive setups! Do your setups pass the test?