Lee and Tiffany Lakosky Deer Hunting and Management: "Feed the Beast" - The Management Advantage #90

When you think of people who hunt and kill giant whitetails, Lee and Tiffany Lakosky are a part of the conversation. Year in and year out, they produce and harvest an abundance of high scoring deer on their farms in Iowa. What’s the key ingredient to their success? Food and not just food plots for hunting. They look to provide food for their deer 365 days a year.
The Lakosky’s used food as a key component for Lee to harvest his favorite deer to date, “Gnarles Barkley”. After purchasing the farm, his sheds were the first they found, but he was never spotted the following season. The next spring, Lee found "Gnarles Barkley's" sheds again in nearly the same spot as the year before. With only this single location to go by, he used food to finally harvest this giant whitetail.
Many hunters think that since they live in agricultural area, their farm has an abundance of food. While that is the case during the growing season those food sources are gone after the farmer harvests them. The key is filling the gaps in the calendar year when food becomes scarce. Watch to see Lee talk about his history with “Gnarles Barkley” and when he says is the best time of year to have food on your farm. The answer might surprise you!
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[@_jurist]

Lee, You do the work but you got what you got because of Tiffany...! Good looks trumps hard work...

[@jacobmullins3644]

Nice shot on a nice buck.

[@brianeisenga882]

Awesome. All the work pays off. Gotta love that thwack of an arrow hitting home.

[@brentspooner5289]

cool buck!!

[@millieatr]

What a brute,,,, cool to have his previous years sheds

[@ManagementAdvantage]

Yes it is!

[@rackem6991]

Speaking to my Left ear

[@matt_golba]

I started passing deer two years ago on a small 4 acre property with a 50 acre hay field on it and they would bed in a briar patch on the field edge and move right into the field and after leaving it alone and hunting smart my neighbors saw less and only killed one spike all season and I saw more deer than I ever did and killed my biggest buck to date. A 3.5 year old 120" 8 point. This summer I'm seeing more big bucks around than ever so I'm going to try to get my neighbors on the same management plan!

[@bekkadahl9316]

nice

[@michaelconnell8666]

Great show as always. Lee is great with habitat development. He is always willing to help fellow hunters with advice and will give it to you straight.

[@SouthTexasLivin]

What about waaaay south texas where we have red sand and no good soil for food plots?

[@HowieDewitt7575]

I need a lottery jackpot bad!!

[@alanthomason1753]

Am I wrong did the mount have a drop tine and when he shot it I didn’t see it

[@richardbennett8027]

Yes, I noticed also. Right at the base of the deer's left antler.

[@SchmitzGoPro]

Another great video guys. Keep it up!!!!!!!

[@ManagementAdvantage]

Thanks!

[@TSNOutdoors]

This dude was using a Mathews drenalin in 2016 ... my dude

[@billkerr2060]

Lol thanks I got 10 acres and I spend all my time on it and pull out some monsters deer will stay where they have it all and they think they are safe you don't need 200 or so acres of land just b smarter then them and you see a lot of cool ahit too win win thanks for the vid and tips

[@tmtdaddy]

Good episode this week boysThis is why I fallow you guys and another reason my hunting is at another level than what it was 5 years ago

[@ManagementAdvantage]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy it!

[@pkdout2059]

Thats Sweet! Check Out Our Latest Video!

[@roseco581]

OMG look at that tractor and roto tiller, yikes!! 1000's of acres... wouldnt all that be just nifty?

[@tcp30301]

You can also do it. Work for it

[@Joe-fc8ne]

If anyone sees this, give me your guess on how old this buck ended up being at the time of harvest.

[@swalker9482]

7and half. Maybe older. They amount of mass from 3 years before he was killed says he was at least 4 then maybe older. Deer don't get mass like that until they age

[@mgarc05]

So the tip was...."plant food."

[@gtbowhunter9086]

and most of us dont have sponsors and unlimited funds to plant 300 acres of winter forage. maybe one day tho

[@joypostema1]

Way off topic but I’m just starting to want to hunt w my bf and I really look up to you as a couple hunting but every video I’ve watched so far Tiffany hunts w a crossbow. Does she ever gun hunt? My bf is trying to get me to gun hunt and I need a female role model. Thank you 😊

[@MrPaulluma]

What a cool looking buck. Normally im not a huge fan of non typicals but that one is badass!

[@ManagementAdvantage]

Definitely has character.

[@stanwebb2272]

More....More ....Please... Life is a Deer....Big Buck... Look for other bucks with his antler characteristics and will find his sons not perfect matches but close.... let a few bucks live to be older like this one.....

[@tylersoutdooradventurers4223]

his antlers kind of look like a mule deers

[@ManagementAdvantage]

They're definitely unique!

[@jbrown1971]

Has nothing too do about management it's all about what you plant an how much feed you keep out.

[@larryperez4789]

All about how much money you got .all become to commercial. Said it was going to happen years ago I watched it happen. Tv big commercials hunts no disrespect I'm tell the truth correct. Don't watch hunt shows that are high dollar hunts sorry fake my opinion

[@JayMac]

Larry Perez you clearly have no clue about Lee or his story.. He started this with nothing on his own. Look up there videos. It's impressive

[@rep1989]

This was good but it needed more tiffany lol.

[@Thisshitcrazybruh]

She sure is something!

[@amjorgy1]

This video and the video about Lee being driven have a number of contradictions. In the other video Lee's sister tells a story of Lee killing his first buck when he was 12, but in this vid Lee's says he was 16. In the other vid they talk about not having any equipment or any money when they moved to Iowa but somehow end up with a dozer to doze in a food plot. In the other vid lee talks about doing it all by hand. Things just aren't adding up with the storyline.

[@jerryhibdon3887]

Like the show...and you guys are great. BUT, if we all had property and endless money rolling in we could all do this. Deer hunting has become to commercial now days. I have been hunting whitetails for 46 years. Started at the age of 9 with dad of course. My entire family hunts deer, turkey, pheasants, quail, doves...whatever. But it used to be about the campfires, the stories the laughter, the bond and memories. Now days everyone wants to shoot a boone and crocket deer ! And that just ain't the case in the Ozarks of Missouri. It's nice if it happens.....but really it can't be done without the property and funds to do it. My biggest deer to date with a bow is 153 0/8. And to us that's big. I just wish these shows would tell the real truth about deer hunting. Heck if you have the money you can purchase deer or samples from deer farms that grow big deer. Is this really hunting ? Not in my opinion.

[@johnblakewatson7083]

They moved from Minnesota in the early 2000s with nothing. They built what they have from the ground up. Haters gonna hate I guess.

[@duggaboy]

Don't be a jealous fuck, Lee built what he has from hard work and determination not being an armchair hater like you. Find the KZbin video about what he started with and fuck off.

[@dougwallace2210]

AS WITH MOST THINGS IN LIFE, IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO ONES MINDSET, - the motto " if you thing your right, or, if you think your not " either way you'll be right.

[@timanderson8609]

eric s get a life

[@ajlynch1919]

tbh the bucks antlers kinda has the charteristics of the Joe Franz buck

[@ManagementAdvantage]

Yeah they do a little bit.

[@jimfarmer1994]

I would like to know why the video of the Harvest Gnarls Barkley never had a drop tine and on his sheds from the previous two years he never had a drop tine but on his mouth he has got a very large drop time right in front of his ear on the side with the curled up main beam why would you add something to a deer like that that needs nothing

[@christianoverholtzer3188]

I thought it was a drop for a second too, but look again at 11:20. It's just a stick or something that's part of the landscaping around the mount. Nothing was added to the deer.

[@jimfarmer1994]

Yeah I seen that after watching closer but man at first it did look just like a drop tine then guys are awesome they know their dear that's for sure would love to be at that point someday

[@GregShieldsOutdoors]

I laugh when I see all these rich people that think cause they can buy the deer world that they are world class hunters. Son...I hunt in the Okefenokee Swamp with a lowly population of 15 deer per sq MILE and still get my limit every year. Try that shit and then Ill respect your all world hunting videos. But good luck and God Bless you and Tiff anywho. It just aint reality.

[@chaserodriguez8859]

What did the deer end up scoring?

[@ManagementAdvantage]

197"

[@davidgaston6859]

What were the main beam lengths?

[@johnfiske6672]

Talk about GMO.... I'd like to see y'all come up to Vermont and try to find that one buck in about 100 acres. I've been hunting about 45 years seen two unforgettable Bucks. It seems to me out your way you see more deer in one day than I have in 20 years. Whatever happened to good old-fashioned hunting. Now you all have war rooms with multiple monitors, cameras and vehicles. And I'm sorry but feeding them deer frankenfood, there oughta be a law.

[@deerhunter7482]

Feed them and they will come but you don't have to shoot them . Let a young hunter take a nice buck and help them get addicted to the incurable disease of whitetail addiction!

[@bradpittman9091]

Didn't shoot you first deer till you were 16? Get your story straight? Watch a "White Tail hunters dream". Claimed to shoot your first deer at 12. Makes all your story a bit off