How We're Going to Get TONS More Food and Cover for Better Hunting (602)

[@vedha6273]

Good information

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Vedha!

[@stevebrown3408]

Thats what I'm going for is a hardwood savanna .

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Steve - Savannas are very productive wildlife habitat - including for deer and turkeys!

[@joshb5373]

Do you enroll in EQIP for this TSI project?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Josh - We did.

[@gavinsmith1379]

Should you burn an area before or after you open up the canopy with either clear cut or hack and squirt

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Gavin - Burning after a timber stand improvement project is often best so there's ample fuel. However, there are lots of variables.

[@jerryhill7065]

Cosh I love this channel

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Jerry!

[@jackbubnikovich1363]

I always like these videos they teach me things I can do to my property.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Jack!

[@johnnyandrowdyoutdoors8025]

Keep up the good work

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks!

[@popejohnson5378]

You sound like a genus great job you have helped me a lot thank you

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Pope - Just a hard worker that enjoys what he does.

[@deerhuntingdadstv9278]

Smart man!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Public!

[@trevorthefortnitegamer2236]

Thank you for responding to me

[@GrowingDeerTV]

You are welcome!

[@colino21]

Love your videos!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Colin!

[@haroldturner1946]

Great video again grant thanks for the knowledge we have been following your techniques for several years and we can tell a difference in our deer herd

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Harold - Sounds like you are a good wildlife manager! I hope our paths cross soon!

[@FL1911]

DR. Grant, in my county in KY they won’t allow me to burn unless I am 120 feet away from hardwoods. If I cut smaller trees around Oaks, what other options do I have to achieve similar results?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Wow! I do a lot of work in KY and but haven't heard of that regulation. Prescribed fire rarely kills hardwood saplings unless there's repeated fire in the same location. It may top kill them but the roots survive and will sprout back. However fire does a great job of removing the leaf litter, reducing tick populations, etc. I suggest double checking the regs in your area. There's often prescribed fire councils in states and those are great groups to support!

[@911Getsome]

Dr. Grant..... Thanks for all of your videos. I have learned a lot of valuable info from you. We are excited about trying the buffalo system down in the mississippi delta. We have great soil here and we are looking to try no-till plots. My question is ... Can we crimp a wheat only field in prep for planting large ladd beans ? Thanks for all of your help !

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Kirk - crimping will work fine if the wheat is in the dough stage and there aren't many weeds. It' usually best to broadcast or drill before crimping.

[@vonadkins8571]

Great show again, Dr Grant! My wife and I are using some of the techniques we’ve learned from your videos and have experienced tremendous habitat improvement on our small 20-acre parcel in east central Georgia. Thanks also for reminding us in every show to keep first things first by focusing on the Creator more than the creation. God bless you and your team!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Von - thanks for sharing the encouraging words and I hope our paths cross soon!

[@Brandon-uo1rv]

If I am not comfortable with a prescribed fire in my area should I consider just cutting the cedars as you have? Would you adjust your plan of how they were cut, location after cutting etc?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Brandon - Many state wildlife agencies offer prescribed fire classes! Fire is a very important tool to manage and improve native habitat.

[@richarddean3154]

I am looking forward to using some of the habitat improvement techniques on our land in Wisconsin. Thank you for the excellent content. God bless you.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Richard - Excellent! I'll be in Wisconsin later this year assisting a landowner.

[@adamizokovic8468]

Should I use this same strategy for Holly trees?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Adam - Thinning Holly trees can be a good plant but you'll need to use the correct herbicide. Simply cutting a Holly tree results in lots of sprouts!

[@huntergray1554]

The deer on my land bed under the cedars by the pond

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Hunter - Deer wil bed under cedars if that's the best cover around. However, if you get under a cedar when it's cold, you'll find it's colder in the shade of cedars.

[@huntergray1554]

@@GrowingDeerTV oh there is also briars growing around and in between the cedars and alot of grass

[@Blackpanther_risen]

Dr Grant, wouldn’t it make sense to select cut the cedars so you can create bedding areas to hold deer?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Cedars make gads of viable seeds and residual cedars would shade out more beneficial growth.

[@ChrisSmith-wt4xe]

How do you feel about using forestry mulchers to remove unwanted trees, etc...

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Chris - That's an option. It cost much more than using a chainsaw and creates open habitat as the mulch will keep grasses and forbs from growing for a few years. A mulched trail can make a great stalking path!

[@BrothaAustin]

Just back into deer hunting after 10 years.That was all either dog hunting or just go sit in the stand I was told to.Here at this public wma I havent scouted the woods but by topo map and driving the roads.There doesnt seem to be much pressure here.In about 4 days of driving and two days hunting the most vehicles ive seen in a day is three besides me.Fri and Saturday was my first days hunting and both spots I sat I found rubs and what I think is bedding within 50 yards of spots I thought were good on the map.Heres my question.I figured it'd be best to avoid grass patches but there doesnt seem to be much pressure to me and there are a LOT of small to medium grass patches.Im not looking to kill only big bucks.When,if at all, should I sit a grass patch on public?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Austin - There are too many variables or unknowns for me to answer your question. However, if there's deer sign and no hunting pressure I'd hunt there!

[@thistledewoutdoors3331]

In northern WI here the deer love the cedars & pines when it rains/snows..... I did a bunch of hinge cutting along my property line & that seems to not hurt anything - the deer are still there... The biggest jump in activity I've seen so far was to take the backhoe and taper down the creek bank so it's not steep - It became a highway !!!!!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thistle - Making it easier for deer to cross an obstacle is a good plan!

[@wesleyriggs5139]

Do you have a lot of quail in these savannah restored areas?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Wesley - I believe we would if there were quail to move in. My place is surrounded by fescue pastures and high graded hardwoods. This is not a build it and they will come - as there's no quail in the neighborhood.

[@jaredmclemore1340]

Has the quail population improved around these burns or at the 50 acre glade?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Jared - There's great quail habitat here but none to move in. We are surrounded by fescue pasture and high-graded hardwoods!

[@marcharris6313]

Thanks for the great video grant. I have allot of ceader on my place but I feel like it is to dangerous to get in with a chainsaw and cut some of them down is hack and squirt an option in these areas.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Marc - Chainsaws can be dangerous! However, there are many great online classes, etc. Cedars are very difficult to hack and squirt due to the limbs. In addition, standing dead fuel is somewhat dangerous.

[@1kingchevy]

Would forestry mulching be a good alternative to cutting the trees with a chainsaw?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Michael - It's much less expensive to use a chainsaw and native grasses and forbs will cover the area much faster if there's not a deep mulch bed.

[@1kingchevy]

@@GrowingDeerTV Thank you for the reply and thank you for the great content you continue to put out. Your techniques and information have helped a ton in working on my property.

[@TheEverLovingOutdoors]

you forgot to add "for our own interest" in the Title

[@lukedog7028]

Certainly didn’t improve things for the cedars.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Cedars are an invasive species so in the interest of game and non game species, allow more water to infiltrate the soil, etc. it's a great conservation plan.

[@rydaddy2867]

@@GrowingDeerTV I've heard the citation that a mature cedar can consume 10 gallons of water per day. I do know that after a wildfire burned through a friend's ranch in Kansas, killing the cedars, his 20 acre lake filled back up to full overflow capacity (20 ft deep) in a couple months, a lake that hadn't been more than a pond in a decade!

[@smellygoatacres]

I have a mental block when it comes to cutting down trees. I don't know why, but I hate cutting down trees. Really need to get over it. Of my 30 acres, 5 is cedar.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Smelly - Trees are great! However, they need to be managed like all other species.

[@Ghillie-bp6tl]

Sign me UP for the follow up vid for this burn!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Ghillie - It will be fun!