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Food PlotsBrassica Food Plot Forage Profile
Enough of the formalities of brassica food plot blends...how and why should you use them for your hunting and habitat efforts?
Mature Buck StrategiesWhitetail Season's Last Sunset
After highs of 59 and 54, 23 degrees felt extremely bitter. Maybe it was the dampness from a 55 minute walk deep into the heart of the Shawnee State Forest, or maybe the drastic temperature difference from the previous day, but by the end of my last sit of the season I feel no shame in admitting, I was COLD!
Food Plots5 Advanced Food Plot Strategies of Risk and Reward
While driving south on I-75 from Clarkston, Michigan towards Detroit, the scenery quickly changed from pockets of mixed rural settings to full-blown urban developments. The miles of small suburban improvements, swamps, woodlots, and upland settings, filled with sumac, gray dogwood, and various conifers...
Mature Buck StrategiesScouting Deer Bedding Areas
With a passion for scouting deer bedding areas, one of deer hunting's greatest mysteries to me has been trying to figure out where a mature buck spends the bulk of its day.
Habitat and Herd ImprovementThe Mystery of Building Buck Beds
Are you firing up the chainsaw...is it that time of year? Will you be one of the 10s of thousands heading to your favorite deer woods to create daytime bedding hotspots for whitetails this year?
Client & Reader SuccessSteve and Eric's 2014 Family Northern MN Whitetail Success
Roughly 5 years ago Steve and Eric contacted me to hire my services for their Northern MN wilderness parcel. The habitat consisted of mature pines, marshes, slight hardwood remote points, and recent logging activities with a LOT of potential!
Client & Reader SuccessGreg's Northwest IL Monster Bucks
"I bought a farm in northwestern Illinois in early 2011. I hired Jeff because I wanted the benefit of his expertise and to avoid years of trial and error by planning everything myself. In fact, I hired him for more days than he recommended because I knew that the more time he spent on my land with me,...
Mature Buck StrategiesLate Season Whitetail Weather Patterns
The forecast calls for cold temps, frozen ground, icy winds and a blanket of fresh snow...are you ready for a heavy dose of late season whitetail weather? Late season weather patterns impact deer movement completely different...
Mature Buck StrategiesLate Season Mature Buck Hunting
Each year it never fails. As I begin the season's client visits with a week of parcel visits in January, there is a consistent surprise that awaits a handful of landowners: Deer sign! Parcels that were empty of deer during November and December, suddenly are full of beds,...
Client & Reader SuccessDave's Immediate Design Success in MI
"In 2013 I thought I would implement some property improvements including an 8 acre NWSG planting and about 2 acres of food plots. By the fall of 2013, I had counted over 18 different bucks on my trail cameras!
Jeff's Success2014 WI Gun Season Family Whitetail Success
What a season! There will of course be a complete story to follow, but I wanted to at least share pictures from my family whitetail success that was found during the 2014 WI Gun season.
Mature Buck Strategies3 Generation Gun Season Opener: Deer Season Priorities
Looking back as my father, son and I prepare for WI's Rifle Season opener tomorrow, how sad of a statement that truly was. It wasn't that I didn't like hunting with my family and friends, it was just that I loved hunting mature bucks so much as a one on one test of skill, experience,...