I didn’t hunt as much during early archery season as I usually do, but I still had a great season topped off by joining my friends Brad “brushbuster” Robinson and Dan “farmlegend” Timmons to see their big Hillsdale County bucks,…
Yearly Archives: 2015
December Hunting in Michigan — More bucks per hour than any other month
I normally see twice as many bucks per hour of sitting in December as I do in November or October. Probably more than half the bucks in my area have been killed by then, yet I see more? Why? I think…
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How to Adapt to Disruption of Your Small Deer Property
My buck this year finally came on the last day of the Michigan archery season, November 14th. Three days earlier, disaster came in the form of two hunters tracking a deer through my sanctuary of my 47 acre…
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How a whitetail busts your trail to your stand
Many hunters worry about getting busted while on stand. Most people think a scent bust involves blowing and tail waving and running of deer. But I believe most scent busts happen without the hunter ever seeing it or knowing they…
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Stages of Life of a Whitetail Buck
When it comes to whitetails, the word mature has many meanings. It is often used to discuss a 2.5 year old or older buck. But in fact, from a biologists’s perspective, a whitetail does not reach maturity, defined as attaining…
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Whitetail Wisdom with Jim Ward
On Saturday, March 14th, 2015, I had the great opportunity of following Jim Ward of Jim Ward’s Whitetail Academy around on an all day habitat tour on Andy Hayes’ 63 acre property in west-central Indiana. I have known Jim for a…
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20 year old hinge cut tree for deer habitat
It is a myth that hinge cut trees last only a couple of years. If a hinge cut tree has plenty of light it will last indefinitely. Here you see a 20 year old hinge cut tree on the property…
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How to make a Perfect Hinge when Hinge Cutting Trees for Deer Habitat (2 minute video)
Many habitat managers attempting to hinge cut have problems with the trees breaking off. In this video I demonstrate the importance of stopping the cut before the tree releases, and then slowly falling the tree using a hinge pole. With…
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Hinge Cut Edge Feathered Woods: 7 minutes, 25 trees (1.75 minute video).
One of the easiest ways to create cover on a woods edge is to simply fell trees along the edge by hinge cutting. Trees on a woods edge will usually be leaning out to get sun, so it is easy…
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Extreme Deer Habitat Book Release
Release date is February 14th. The book will available from Feb 14th to Feb 28th at A 15% discount to anyone who is registered on my website (sidebar on right). After that it will go to the regular price OF…
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