Deer Hunting Industry Rant

The deer hunting industry is an incredible entity with a giant collection of beloved personalities and incredible individuals. However, every year the resources of time and money are depleted by hunting products, fads, myths and poor practices that have much more marketing hype, than hunting value. From sugar beats to money timber, here is a deer hunting rant aimed at helping you save your hard earned resources of both time and money, this season.

[@SlagerOutdoors]

I agree 100%!! Buy your seed from a local farmer and mix it yourself. Peas are awesome where I live. 2 things about peas are #1 they are terrible competitors and cannot handle weed pressure at all. #2 peas have to be seeded in the soil moisture or they will die, that could be 1" or up to 3" deep. They are awesome when they are green and growing and great late season when dead. 300lbs per acre is a great seeding rate. Great Video!!

[@robertltessier5601]

Another great video Jeff. Thanks.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much Robert...really appreciate it!

[@roughcountryoutdoors4486]

Very good video Jeff,thanks once again for the information you provide. I look so forward to your videos each time you release them

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much! I truly hope that they help you out greatly ☺️ We just shot 9 more yesterday...5 for KZbin videos and 4 for my new online class series that will be released later this month

[@Jeo3-4142]

Thanks for another great video Jeff!

[@sloppydiesel4774]

Keep up the great videos. It’s good to hear an honest person putting these marketing gimmicks in their place

[@420fro1]

Sir , I have watched so many of your videos and truly have become a better woodsman for it. Wealth of knowledge thank you for what you strive to do.

[@lukecrumrine7517]

I know you here this all the time but....THANK YOU

[@SmallmouthAddict]

You can see the passion behind the words but Jeff seems like too nice of a guy to not crack some smiles for his audience throughout his rant lol! Great video jeff. I always thought those bags of ULTIMATE FOOD PLOT EXTREME BUCK 5000 MIX sounded silly growing up.

[@EpicWhitetailHabitatLLC]

Great Rant, Jeff! 100%

[@ajburns9915]

Jeff Sturgis aka “the mature buck whisperer” does it again. Awesome content yet again, your hard work and dedication to hunting and the practices that come with it is second to none. Thanks again for helping out everyone social class irrelevant!!

[@jjhoran1273]

Alexander Burns he is such an awesome guy, love the nick name!! He’s known around here as “The Whitetail Ninja”

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ha thanks Alexander...really appreciate and I love helping as much as I can!!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

@@jjhoran1273 appreciate the nicknames guys 😁 Just trying to work hard and get solid info out...thank YOU!

[@jeffpfantz211]

Is there a support group out there for people like me who suffer from an addiction to your content? It’s the first thing I look for every day and suffer withdrawal symptoms when I don’t see it. Clearly the best information out there. It has helped me so much! Thank you!

[@Grizzlife]

Good stuff man.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Grizz!

[@georgekonetes5148]

Jeff, thank you for the videos. I literally watch every single one. And they have helped me to not just be a better and more successful hunter, but they have helped me to enjoy whitetails year round. I'm always doing, planning, scouting or scheming something for whitetail season and I just enjoy everything about it. Thanks!

[@courtofficermcilvaine7928]

Thanks for looking out for the "Little Guy Hunters."

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ha, for sure Cris...any hunter and every hunter if I can 👍 hope you have a great Sunday!

[@kevingregory914]

Great to hear someone laying out the truth on the products which lure in the hunter and not the game. I appreciate your channel and enjoy your content. I recently retired from the military and have studied wildlife management for nearly 30 years and am finally getting to put it to work. I have a small excavating company and do some wildlife management work as well, on my land and others. I really like your short, to the point practices and your take on hunting and management. You do a great job of putting out relevant information that is applicable to different regions as well - keep it up! God Bless!

[@donaldbowling8620]

Jeff, i wish I owned property that I could apply your tactics to, but as of now I just have small parcels that people let me hunt in S/W Michigan. I have taken what I can from all your knowledge and it has made a huge difference in those parcels. I recommend you to everyone that I can. Ty for all your help and videos. Can’t wait for your web series. 👍🏻🇺🇸👍🏻🇺🇸

[@kappersjohn]

Everything you have done on video has helped me tremendously. Thank you very much.

[@timrussell89]

I agree with you. The outdoor industry has created a bunch of tv hunters who only shoot a certain size deer with a certain brand of bow while wearing a certain brand of clothing. I've literally had young guys 16, 17 years old tell me they can't kill a deer because their bow isn't good enough or that they don't go fishing because they can't afford a 100 dollar baitcast combo and that really fires me up. Idk how many fish I've caught on a 15 dollar combo from walmart. I'm one of those guys with two or three places that I have permission to hunt and total there might be 20-40 acres absolute max. I hunt with a mathews sq2 that came from a pawn shop for less than 300 dollars and have for years. I don't own a gun that cost more than 400 dollars but I've never once had a problem killing a deer because my gear wasn't "good enough". I go to the woods with realistic expectations of the land I'm hunting and what kind of chances I'm going to get. I do the work that needs to be done before season comes in to make sure I optimize my experience in the woods and I won't hesitate to shoot any deer that makes me happy. I hunt with gear I can afford and I manage to enjoy myself every single year and also fill the freezer. Hunting is about so much more than what brand name it says on the limb of your bow. Thanks for being real.

[@carsonschulz6498]

Do you like Vortex over Swarovski? Your old videos used to have you using them. Otherwise great rant, everything sprinkled into most of your videos condensed to one video. Love the videos where you explain a client’s plan. Helps a lot more than just broad concepts most if the time.

[@deanrenzi9457]

Thank you for all that you do! Your information and contributions to the hunting community is priceless!

[@jeffwilcox9640]

I’m just getting in to your vids and I’m getting excited about reworking my 9 acres. Keep em coming!

[@timbailey4069]

Maybe a rant but not rich but found that best improvement that you can do cheaply is find down trees and using a metak rake clear area to soil as far as possible and let it grow. Improve natural browse new bedding and cover with just some sweat equity.

[@saroocolibaba]

Another great Video Jeff! Looking forward to putting your principles to work on our camp property! Certainly appreciate your time to help out the average hunters. Looking forward to upcoming videos. Thank you brother!

[@michaelfryman9451]

This guy needs a podcast.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ha, man well I appreciate that! I just wish I had the time. Always thought about doing that in my retirement years ☺️

[@rongarofalo3482]

Great topic Jeff. The hunting industry like most others takes advantage of new and inexperienced hunters. Your passion for all things hunting I believed has helped me with my own success the last few years. I feel the same as you do on most topics you bring up. That's why you're the #1 go to person for whitetail info.

[@jackrehacek8691]

Thanks for all the info you provide Jeff. I appreciate it ,keep up the great work.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

You are very welcome Jack...I will do my best! Thank YOU!

[@MarkDohring]

Thank u Jeff... awesome video and I couldn’t agree more .. I really enjoy how u give it straight... I do the same thing on my channel.. it’s refreshing when someone asks me to do a review on something because they know I’ll give my honest opinion. Thank u again for everything u do for the hunting community.

[@genemarciniak3261]

Thank you Jeff! I appreciate your ethics and honesty about the information you provide.

[@johnstewart830]

Jeff, I see you as how I was raised by my father...the term is called "old school". Its when your word actually means something, a handshake is stronger than any written contract, where hard work is just the norm, what you see is what you get, and you are not out to get something in the end or sell something just to get our hard-earned dollars. These type of people are a dying breed in today's world and I am 100% thankful I came across your KZbin videos. Keep up the outstanding work as I always look forward to your next video. BTW, rant as much as you would like because they are definitely things that need to be said.

[@roycegaida5300]

Thank you Jeff for your content! Always great information. Hoping for more content in central TX where it dosen't rain much. Reading through a couple of your books now. Keep up the great work! RG

[@huckfinn4260]

I love your rants Jeff. Opening up for sunlight for herbaceous growth quite often will usher in invasive weeds, like wintercreeper, Japanese honeysuckle, sericia Lespedeza, bush honeysuckle and multiflora rose. I don't mess with food plots, but I do like planting food trees like apples, persimmons, hazelnuts, and mulberries. Once they are established there is no ongoing cost and little to no maintenance.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks Huck! For sure...although bush honeysuckle around here is a HUGE habitat magnet. I love fruit trees...chestnuts can be outstanding too if south enough! I love food plots tho...really the only way to create a high powered, all season attraction. Really great points tho...so true on some of the worst invasives slamming into a parcel.

[@pensnut08]

I found some wild growing apple trees and crabapples. I went out around this time of year (this was in the People's Republic of New Yorkastan) and gave them a really good pruning. Got all the dead stuff off as best I could. As soon as the ground thawed I went around the drip edge and pushed in Jobe's Fruit Tree spikes. The results were phenomenal!! One of the apple trees produced so much, it split down the middle! Try it!!

[@huckfinn4260]

I've been wanting to plant some chestnuts. I tried pecans, but they didn't like it here.

[@mikebutler5317]

Great stuff, I'm learning a lot. You think as a hunter being out there you know a bit, but never realize how much more there is to it. Sun, wind, PH, lime, fertilizer, weed control, waterholes, mock scrapes, maintaining quiet zones, and positioning stands for entry stealth, the whole site game. Five smaller plots planned for this spring primarily fall plantings all with overall site considerations on a larger parcel surrounded by summer Ag. Going to be work, but also should be good. Jeff, keep it coming and thanks.

[@davidbarrigear1266]

Where can I find more info on wildlife trees u mentioned do u have a video of hardwood browse plants

[@Chalz108]

Your honesty and integrity is what separates you from the other guys. Keep it up.

[@rfb7117]

GREAT COMMENTS, I completely agree. After managing our land for deer, and helping to mix seed blends for our QDMA Chapter for over 10 yrs. I completely agree with you. I have learned a lot by simply doing the wrong thing. One of my greatest failures was planting and failing with sugar beets, and finally giving up. I tried many other products such as... "deer oats, deer peas etc without seeing any differences compared the the genetic products I was planting. Enjoyed the rant!!! Getting snow all day today, stay safe. Bob

[@WHITETAILKINGS]

You're Awesome man! Keep kickin A$$. We appreciate you and your knowledge. I haven't missed an episode in over a year since I found ya on youtube.

[@poimy]

Always spot on valuable hunting info.

[@emanuelpeachey7266]

Thanks Jeff!

[@boneheadsoutdoors6555]

the brutal truth, man you nailed it. glad somebody finally put this out there! rant on

[@59pigman]

Hello Jeff, Great video again. My property is covered in honeysuckle and hard woods. My concern was getting rid of the honeysuckle until your statement of using to the wildlife's advantage. Thanks for your mentoring! I'm just south of you about an hour in SW Wi.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Richard you are welcome and I appreciate you watching! So many times getting rid of Autumn olive or honeysuckle leaves the landowner with less value for wildlife than with either, and leaves the wildlife lacking cover. I can't say where either have been removed and the wildlife have been better off...or the landowner, after the removal. Sometimes a food plot in it's place...but rarely anything else. Often it is best by far to learn how to use it for your advantage and to the advantage of wildlife as a whole...instead of taking a step backwards, towards lower value or failed plantings. I hope the info helps you out a lot!

[@dennysmith2673]

Great Rant! I bought 85 ac. over 20 years ago for my passion . I fell for the hype driven by the Whitetail Inst. Planted 2ac "clover" lime ,fert, spraying and mowing. Thought having 20 plus deer in my field at a time was great. Harvested some nice bucks early on. Needed more help to get bucks back. Turnips,beets rape, chickory and plenty more does and fewer bucks. Only created a doe farm. Now everybody is complaining that the deer are nocturnal . 2 years ago I started timbering off 60 ac of the 85. There wasn't any bedding area to keep the bucks.Now it will start to thickening up . Harvesting of a bunch of does is next. I agree on what your preaching. I've wasted a lot of retirement money doing the wrong things. Pennsylvania is very weedy. I've ordered the switch grass and simazine . Put in 2 water holes also.Thanks so much for sharing your love of this lifestyle . I had almost given it up but you have inspired me . Please keep it up!

[@FredofTulsa]

So now I'm second guessing myself. What really is bedding cover for deer? Should I be making semi-tornado zones where a drop a half dozen trees? Is bedding cover grassy areas with a lot of shrubby stuff coming in? I've mostly been focused on food and clearing acres and acres of red cedar groves (here in missouri) and trying to get some open and flat ground to plant food since there is no Ag and very little food anywhere and it shows in the antler and body size of the deer. The next stage is bedding but now I just don't know what that means or if I should even care about bedding and just make more food since my neighbors woods are the same as mine and if deer bed over there, they are likely to bump them over to me. I just don't know. I've been told a hundred different answers on what bedding is

[@bigracer3867]

Great video, got any pointers to keep trespassers of your hunting property.

[@isaacjoy1512]

I know I'm not really actually Hunter but I'm working on becoming one this year. Just want to say thank you because all your videos are basically preparing me to become a good successful hunter so thank u man

[@dennisb1224]

Looking forward to seeing your picture on a seed bag. Seriously I have learned a lot from you. I’m making a small Foodplot where I never considered until a recent video you put out. Makes sense because my big plot is a night time plot I walk past to get to my stands.

[@George-ro6bw]

Love the rant. So true. The shots you showed of Miscanthus appeared to be too wet to start a good stand. I had trouble getting them to take hold (lost 93%). Those individual rhizomes that did grow took four years to achieve a screen Ø 24” with an average height of ten feet. Controlled burns hack & squirt work well when you have 1500 acres to work with. You can designate acres to summer food & other acres to winter browse all the while keeping the herd on your property. I only have a few acres to put into a hunting area. I have a section of a small plot I need to screen yet want to be able to see into from the house. I’m going to try “Shawnee” switchgrass for that. I’ll let you know how that goes.

[@joexmb5068]

Probably the most informative rant i have ever heard lol! Well done Jeff

[@burakloft568]

Great video. I appreciate your honesty. I hate bing miss lead. I had no Idea winter wheat and winter ray are shade tolerant.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks Jack! Fairly shade tolerant...at least they have a fighting chance!

[@burakloft568]

Whitetail Habitat Solutions I Been planning clover because I know that grows good in the shad.

[@suzmell1]

Thanks for the rant good to let off steam time to time in my although I may speak to other people regarding whitetails & habitat in my opinion you are second to none in ny terms your the MAN that being said gonna be broadcasting the switchgrass seed real soon for screening purposes if everything goes well will provide me cover coming & going from my stand also block some of the noise coming from one of the county roads that run parallel to where I hunt looking forward to another season of habitat management under the tutelage of yes you guessed it jeff sturgis

[@underdogoutdoors]

I watch most of your video's. I've only hunted 13 times this season, and I killed 2 decent bucks for my area & guided my friend on to a bruiser he killed as well (both of mine on video!). I attribute it to you, since they were all post main rut- on high value days- something I knew only a little about prior to watching you. I used to hunt more & see less. I can't thank you enough.

[@seanbarrett657]

I absolutely love what you do! I also love that you talk about this kinda stuff. Seems like everything you watch these days has something to sell. Gone are the days of going out in red flannel and playing the wind lol. Its sad, I've got a cousin who's a diesel mechanic that claims he doesn't need to play the wind anymore now that he has scent lock clothing. Haven't heard any good hunting stories from him lately. Anyways, I'm glad you speak the truth. I know I've gained a ton of knowledge from your videos and look forward to more. Thanks Jeff!

[@americanagothic7851]

John E will just say that your cousin isn't using scent lock correctly, lol. I found the myth busters episode on scent lock very interesting, it doesn't work. Great marketing ploy though

[@seanbarrett657]

@@americanagothic7851 im sure the stuff helps to some degree but you cant expect to work on diesel all day, or anything for that matter and go sit upwind and expect to have a good chance at anything in the woods lol

[@fishing748]

Thanks for rant .

[@bigwilderness3006]

Its about time some one tells the truth about money management and actual wildlife management. Proper habitat is the number one thing that must be understood more then let it go to grow, or food plotting. Good habitat is key

[@oldfatnugly]

ive noticed on the property i take care of that the deer go crazy over the many yew bushes in winter.... anyone ever planted yews for a winter food source?

[@TheMws1]

Would adding water tubs be a waste of money when I have multiple draws that hold lots of water pools year around ?I live on 70 acres with a creek at one end of the property and water hole built with a bulldozer at the other end (about 1/2 mile apart) .I would guess there are over 50 water pools in my draws when we have normal rainfall .

[@MrPooreboy83]

Hey Jeff I love your videos and have all your books. Just a quick question if I follow your advice as closely as possible would you recommend that I buy my seed from my local farm supply store or buy from company’s such as deer creek or whitetail institute. If you recommend seeds from a larger company can you recommend your preferred company? Thanks again for all your advice and efforts.

[@matthewreno8844]

I own 42 acres on the eastern shore of MD and manage the property for deer and turkey. My property is 90% wooded with American Beech being a dominant species that I am selectively removing to open up the canopy for woody brown regeneration. I also have three 1/10 acre plots that I have been planting in clover, but now want to only have fall plots so I don't create a does factory as you state. I have bid ag across the street and a 250 acre sanctuary property next door so there is typically plenty of food in spring and summer. What do you suggest I do for my plots? Also in the woods where I have been removing beech trees, I have been replanting with pockets of soft mast , pines, and some chestnuts. However I am thinking of also seeding the areas with switchgrass to provide cover and concealment from hunter access. Is this a good idea?

[@jamesmoore1124]

You’re the man! Thank you for telling us the truth and not trying to be a industry “Willy Wonka”.(you don’t sugar coat B.S.) Do you have a topological deer mapping service. I don’t have time during the year to scout thousands of public land acres. I am trying to learn how to read maps but no one around here knows how to and I can’t ask if I am correctly doing it. I can’t afford a lease and no one gives permission to hunt privately owned land anymore. I live in Cullman,Alabama and mainly hunt Bankhead National Forest/Black Warrior management areas. It is extremely difficult to hunt because of the terrain and wind direction on hilly land. I would like to have some one to go over that area on topography maps and show where I should be putting boots on the ground and not waist my time. Thank you very much sir,James

[@870wingmstr]

He has some videos on hunting public land. Go to his channel and search it.

[@dennisoosterbaan6872]

Hey Jeff - 2 Rants in 2 Weeks - First blowing out the government Regs and CWD stance and now smacking the hunting industry promoting unnecessary practices. I believe there's hope for you yet. I may have to RANT at you in the future if you don't continue informing us through your rants from time to time. Keep it coming. Say what you mean and mean what you say. THANKS!!!

[@TheElementWild]

Good stuff Jeff! Hey is Autumn olive that you referred to the same thing as Russian olive?

[@benwatson5012]

Very excited to hear about "web series class" I guess more info to come about when and how to sign up?

[@deercamp3479]

This was great information thank you! You are truly helping out the average guy! The only thumbs down you could possibly get with this video would be from an industry insider! Thanks again 😉❗️

[@scudlight1212]

Honey suckle bush must go for more viable options to grow in place. Northeast Wi. Plan on planting American plum elder berry conifers ninebark and hazelnuts instead. Your opion?

[@ollieweir8111]

Jeff do you have some discussions or vids on setting up deer partials in the south (Mississippi or Alabama) seems like a whole different world down here! Love the content always! just like to put some of this to work down here!

[@inthewoods3237]

Watch all your vids, and THP, and The Hunting Beast, And believe me I can’t afford much! I have 50 acres in north central Ohio, but the mortgage on it doesn’t leave much for unnecessary or lavish things! Heck I never had a food plot till I talked a timber buyer into making me about a 1/2 acre after cutting some pines off my place. Don’t have a tractor or anything, after watching you I put oats in it last year early then winter rye in late summer, best so far(poor soil also) this year hoping to do the buckwheat 1st (if my local co op has it?) And am going to keep weeds dead as soon as spring green up starts(hand sprayer) Thanks for all the tips, yes there are ALOT of gimmicks out there!!

[@goodtimekillers3262]

Do timber prescribed fires not increase woody browse

[@lukedog7028]

What’s wrong with ryegrass? I use big boss and it works very well

[@fredhart3984]

good info and spot on - all these Hunting Shows are mostly BS - your is the exception - produce by rich guys with big sponsors pushing all kinds of expensive gadgets and seeds while showing video of them shooting big bucks in the middle of the day...

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Amen Fred and thank you very much! I think hunters are wishing up to that...what happens in some of the fantasy land states is not applicable to 99% of all hunters. Trying to help folks realize that BEFORE they spend their dollars and time ☺️

[@TheEzwin286]

THP is the real deal as well!!!!!!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

@@TheEzwin286 they sure are! Awesome crew 👍

[@myronlaidler8034]

Hey Jeff,Used to buy a new bow or 2 every year,had to have the HOT NEW MODEL.Spent lots of money that would been more wisely used for out of state licenses.I wised up , bought an extra set of limbs for my Rival Pro and used it for many more years!All major retailers want more sales every year,and will go to great extents to sell there products using celebs to push their stuff.Dont buy into the hype!!

[@joeystalin4044]

Amen! Preach Brother!!

[@mikeambrosemd7013]

What type of fast growing tall pine would you recommend for around roads. Area is low area so need something fast growing and tall.

[@chadheybear]

I love your videos!! I hunt in the Atchafalaya Basin in southern Louisiana. It is a vast unbroken section of timber except for rivers and swamps, 60 miles long and 25 miles wide. We are not allowed to cut trees except for the ones around our camp. Looking for advice on what would grow good in shade. Thanks.

[@mikemason9137]

Your suggestions about using cereal rye, wheat, and different brassicas has definitely worked on my food plots. I added triticale to the area in strips to see how it would work as well. The deer have kept it eaten down so the areas have the appearance of a outting green. What fertilizer should I use now to get a boost in early spring?

[@pensnut08]

My rant: Cliches... "We got it done" "We're gonna try and get it done" "We had some great ENCOUNTERS" "He's a good management buck" "We hunted hard and were finally able to get it done". And the NUMBER ONE... LONG-ARMING BUCKS!!! Maybe the long-armers should lay on their bellies about 10' behind the buck with the camera person on their belly, from below the buck.. It'll make that buck look like a 300" buck!!

[@phonecops]

Jeff, Thanks for all the content in your videos. You you really do care about the AVERAGE hunter! What is the smallest area of SG you would plant within an existing field of CRP grass (Big and Little Bluestem) or in a patch by itself? Would 1/4 & 1/3 acre pockets work?

[@RayMalaski]

Jeff, I have watched 100’s of your videos to create our game plan this year and I have no doubt it’s going to be a game changer for us once we start implementing those ideas for that I thank you! You ran past that list of good vs harvestable trees pretty fast, can you list those trees again?

[@Computahguy]

Love the video! My first thought, being from KY, was where'd he run to? :)

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Huh Wayne? 🙂

[@Computahguy]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I live in extreme western KY and have tracked deer with my dogs many times. It's very common for the hunter to say "The deer "rant" over that away." when they show me the direction the deer ran. So when I saw "Deer Rant" on your whiteboard that's what popped into my head. Just a little humor. Thanks for the great videos, I'm typically a silent fan.

[@anthonykreft9471]

Best way to rid a property of buckthorn?? It has taken over my grandfather's property that I've now purchased and I cant seem to get ahead of it...

[@timbailey4069]

Pasture pro if you don't mind chemicals. I do double mix works great best when leafy to spray on.

[@earlgregoire6661]

A possible video idea for you, Do a video on the effects of beavers on deer habitat. I let the beavers get out of control in our woods, for a couple years it was great as they were basically "hinge cutting" and making alot of browse, since I did not manage the Beavers properly they basically ended up killing a huge amount of the browse before starving themselves out.

[@MCNUGGETEXP]

You’re awesome

[@Hoyt727]

Thanks for all your videos. I have learned a lot. Wish I could afford to hire you but will be using all I have learned from your videos.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you Garrett...that is awesome to hear from you! You are very welcome! I will keep publishing as much as possible to help you out as best I can ☺️

[@davefoulkrod]

I'm still interested in audio books. I don't have a lot of time to sit and actually read. I work 12 hours shifts. I'd buy audio books

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Dave...they are definitely in the short term plans...maybe Spring some time?

[@tkclay9996]

I’d like that too

[@johndhead1]

Soooo Just when can I watch your TV program? I'd love it, I'm sure.

[@dawsonnate1815]

Could I put down glyphosate in a plot where clover is already growing

[@carsonschulz6498]

Dawson Nate probably not. Better off spraying something depending on the weeds you have. Google it - lots of info on managing clover. Some people try a dilute mix of glyphosate over clover but you could end up killing it all. If you use it, Spot spray and overseed the spots.

[@dawsonnate1815]

Carson Schulz thanks for the information I may try that if the weeds are to bad in the plot

[@dawsonnate1815]

Carson Schulz what if I sprayed early enough in the year that it oils kill the weeds but still allow the clover to grow

[@carsonschulz6498]

If the clover is dormant but weeds are actively growing, that is where ppl try the 1/2 - 3/4 dose of round up. If you can identify broadleaf vs grass weeds, you can use a selective herbicide that won’t damage your clover. Grass weeds: clethodim. Broadleaf: 2,4-D. Grass weeds has an easy remedy while adding nutrients in Biologics Weed Reeper - packaged for one acre so you don’t have to buy gallon or 5G of clethodim. More expensive per acre but convenient if you don’t need to spray 5-10 acres for grass. If the weeds are centralized to certain spots, use a full dose of roundup and reseed with clover without disturbing the soil (and weed seed bank) before a rain. Hope that helps. My clover all went dormant by Nov this year so planning on the grain/brassica split next year with buckwheat over the summer.

[@dawsonnate1815]

@@carsonschulz6498 Thanks again I will try this.

[@chrismacomber9727]

Thanks for the vids im putting in my first food plot this year ..i always have hunted state lands so food plots are really new for me ...im in NC any recommendations on what to plant? I was thinking 🍀 ...well the buckwheat followed by clover..

[@robertredinger9991]

I am in the tb zone. Been doing food plots for years. Various results, tips from you and friends helping. Have problems with alder brush. Hard to get rid of. Deer will eat new growth if I vet down. Lot of work. Any advice on that? Thanks.

[@59pigman]

A question on switch grass: In a video it appears there is dead grass that one is seeding over. I have a plot that I brush hogged and later rototilled could I plant switch grass now with your procedure of Simazine and roundup?

[@dswish1730]

Those names on those bags are very expensive. Like you said .Lots of filler.Better off buying the seed you want then mix your own. Thanks again for the sermon.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks D! There are some great seed companies out there like www.northwoodswhitetails.com...but many, many companies with worthless fillers and buzzwords to snag hunter dollars.

[@carsonschulz6498]

He’s got great products. Just find his CIR switch a bit pricey. Wish it were 500 for 50#. But a much better product than nearly all you see on TV. It makes me laugh so many TV hunters say they use Evolved Harvest. Perennial ryegrass is in so many “big bag” mixes so you always see something green growing and don’t realize you got fleeced. PRG should make you run the other way. At least DER you get rape and not trash grass growing. Try to never give my money to any of the PlanoSynergy companies. Horrible products (and they degrade the quality when they buy up a company). If the owners poach they don’t deserve any hunters business. Also- If anyone thinks Lakosky plants fields of Evolved Forage beans and not ag beans (or Evolved is why his deer are big or why he gets shots at them) then their sponsor dollars worked.

[@monsterhog1118]

You should hear my RANT on Bows... you gotta have the newest fastest Mathews every season! Biggest con in the bow hunting industry I'm shocked at what people spend. I've been shooting my PSE since 2012 kills em just fine👍

[@kelvin0689]

I'm with you, monsterhog! My $250 Bear kills 'em just fine as well. The amount people pay for a brand-name is crazy!

[@timbailey4069]

So true my old Mathews MQ32 lighter than new bows and not much slower killed two last year.

[@Padruig9]

Deer really don't eat hickory? Have I been lied to?

[@grumpyfacebbq3916]

love the vids and content, think I have watched everything you put out...sent a couple of emails for habitat plan assistance but did not get a response. :(

[@CAB75]

We raise miscanthus and harvest it in late January to mid February. It makes a very good barrier for deer to hide behind or trying to sneak to your stand. If the ground is worked right it is awesome for hunting. If done right it will be full grown and so thick you can’t see through it by the second year. I have actually transplanted it around food plots and it works great. Just my two cents on the subject. What’s good for one is not always good for another.

[@adkbowhunter5140]

Sorry if you already answered this, but when will the online webinars start?

[@randyh.6019]

Excellent Rant Jeff. Whats your opinion on barley as a summer cover crop/food source. I ask because I get it for free

[@billkerr1704]

I dont have a lot of food plot land 1 to 2 acres lots of summer food but need fall to b covered what in what book do ya talk about fall foods dont want internet just want the book your tips help me this yaer love the mock scrape and thanks again

[@prdink9904]

Hmm taught me something today, we use rye grass and winter peas for are food plots! Not so good food plots, south Alabama is where I hunt and red clay everywhere! Is there anything you recommend?

[@gd3160]

Honest assessment! Hope your business continues to prosper. I stopped using the bagged seed when I found your channel. Read Mature Buck Success By Design, amazing how you put out so much free content! Thank you!

[@jjhoran1273]

Thanks for always looking out for us little guys Jeff. We appreciate your selflessness 🙏🙏. I’ll be getting my seed from John Komp this year, there is this new WHS blend he has on the shelf 😉.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I've heard about that WHS blend 😁 Thanks a lot JJ...you are very welcome! Hope all of the info helps you out a LOT!

[@Brandon-uo1rv]

How do you feel about the forage soybean craze vs traditional ag beans?

[@jamesd9439]

I'd like to know what company asked you to say you were using they're product. Lol. BTW, thanks for the website info.

[@kelvin0689]

I think their motto is "undetectable undeniable". (;

[@ashleysmith4191]

Jeff, do you have any content that pertains to the southeast? I have a property that is mostly creek bottom with lots of hardwoods but also massive amounts of privet and sweet gum trees/loblolly pine, just want to see something that would guide me to either cut most of that down or leave it for the deer or manage it for the deer.