How To Hold More Deer On Any Parcel Size

[@rolfnilsen6385]

I have invited friends to come and cut firewood to increase the browse. Sure helps when there are four households who cuts firewood instead of just one.

[@HobbyHarvest]

That's a great way to do it!

[@floydalsbach5749]

Fertilized everything this year. Hope it helps.

[@StevenSmith-7t391]

Lots of good points Ken. Any thoughts on using Egyptian wheat for screening?

[@HobbyHarvest]

It's great if you have a place that needs screening and gets a lot of sun. Downsides are it doesn't stand up well later in the season if you're far enough north that it's going to see snow and you need to plant it every year.

[@matthewwichtner2935]

Does switch grass come back every year?

[@matthewwichtner2935]

And if so, does it expand and take over, so to speak?

[@HobbyHarvest]

It does come back but it spends most of its first year to establish its roots and then really takes off in its 2nd to 3rd year. Please please please watch all of my switchgrass videos and the switchgrass videos of other creators if you want to go that route because it will save you from wasting a year or two trying to get it started. I haven't noticed it spreading but it is right against my food plot on one side and woody browse on the other.

[@matthewwichtner2935]

​@@HobbyHarvestI will definitely do that. Thanks Ken

[@matthewwichtner2935]

Is there something else you might recommend, besides witch grass? That gives you that same type of effect. I have some open area, I'm going to plant conifer type trees and probably some Aspen spin-offs. But want to create a buffer/corder for the deer in the meantime. Thoughts? Appreciate it my friend. Thanks much

[@gsquared2394]

Fertilizer will not help oak trees increase production at all, releasing their canopy will do much more for the effort and money. Fertilizing fruit trees is a different story.

[@keithknechg3217]

My deer blind is my office at the rear of the house overlooking my 1 acre food plot.6 acres of sanctuary forest mostly oak adjacent to the food plot.call me lazy if you will but i,m not out there stinking up my forest or my food plot.just seemed logical.not sporting? I still spook deer and miss.🙄 if i was in a stand id be eating chicken and pizza not venison.health isnt what it was a few yrs ago covid + pneumonia end of 2022 and pneumonia last september clinically dead for 2+ minutes.id prefer to set a blind or stand ...extended hospital stays suck.i just spend that money on tilling fertilizer and seed.probably do need some forest mggmnt.will plant road screen this year as well.