The Easiest Way to Create Deer Habitat (and You Can Make Money Doing it)

[@Make-3250-Weekly]

Every time I watch your videos, I leave feeling empowered. Your ability to simplify even the toughest concepts makes learning feel possible.

[@PFHabitat]

@Make-3250-Weekly great to hear, thanks for watching!

[@deerslayeraudio2441]

Nicely done!! This is the goal on my property.

[@PFHabitat]

Good luck, it's an exciting day when the logging equipment rolls in

[@garyfuhrman9468]

Hi Sam, I learn a lot from your videos, thank you for the information. My property in PA was logged in 2017. The south slope was over taken by multi flora rose.

[@PFHabitat]

@garyfuhrman9468 shoot, sorry to hear that. We don't have MFR where I'm at thankfully

[@jamesfarrow2130]

I hate multifloral rose! The deer love to brouse on it and you can too, also use the rosehips for tea. Ends of the stems taste pretty good! The Missouri Dept Conservation has an excellant short article on which sprays you can use that doesn't hurt natives so bad< I just spray or mow them but I left enough trees that it wasn't a huge problem . Good luck!

[@StevenSmith-7t391]

I have the same situation after 1 year of logging. There’s lots of trash but the deer manage to go through it. Your trails are what I need to work on this year. Fighting invasives now but making progress. Amazing amount of spotted touch me nots in mine. Deer love it. Looking forward to the coming years.

[@PFHabitat]

Trails would be a great idea. They're a lot easier to do before the woody regen really starts to get thick

[@daveguttormson6315]

Looks great Sam!

[@PFHabitat]

Thanks!

[@Calebott01]

Another great video!!

[@PFHabitat]

Thank you!

[@stevedenoyer5956]

Good news on the thistle, i had some (a lot) was 6' tall throughout my TSI , good to know it gets over taken!

[@PFHabitat]

@stevedenoyer5956 yes just requires a lot of patience

[@CentralMississippiWhitetail]

Great video. Thanks!!

[@PFHabitat]

Thanks for watching!

[@transamguy9073]

Would like to see how thick it looks in the winter. And question when you clear cut. Is there a certain height that you leave the stumps or do you cut them flush to the ground

[@PFHabitat]

In my next video I'll be standing in this area for a portion of the video. I shot the video a week ago. I tend to flush cut pretty close to the ground with a few higher, chest level cuts mixed in for higher stump sprouting, overhead cover

[@longranger99]

Looks great! For perspective, how many acres were you showing?

[@PFHabitat]

@longranger99 this wood lot is around 12 acres

[@longranger99]

@ Great! Thanks. I have about a 10 acre area that I want to create something similar as yours.

[@PFHabitat]

We have 5 different wood lots on our farm and they're all around 10 acres. It's crazy how many deer they can hold now even though they're just 10 acres.

[@stevedenoyer5956]

Your stem count is amazing. it does take a few years to start growing and get the visual. Im in year 2 and you can see the little saplings coming up and the stem count will be very high. probably will have to cut trails through

[@stevedenoyer5956]

do you use ground clear on your trails?

[@PFHabitat]

Yes in a couple years you should have great bedding structure. Yes ground clear works very well for trails and spraying out deer beds

[@ClintBentley]

Did you remove the tops and all of then"rubble" after it was logged?

[@PFHabitat]

Nope, just the logs. Left the tops

[@kevinholstine6715]

What did you use to attack the Canada Thistle that you talked about? What chemical? When did you spray? Multiple treatments? I've had a horrible time with that at my place so appreciate any help.

[@PFHabitat]

I just let the woody stuff out compete the thistle. In my open areas where I treat it I use stinger which works well

[@bvsproductions9021]

We just logged our woods in Michigan last year. It was all 10’ tall poke weed. Will that eventually get shaded out as well?

[@PFHabitat]

The woody stuff always seems to win eventually so I would be confident it would. Pokeweed is a nice native to have though while you're waiting for the woody regen to come

[@stevedenoyer5956]

@@PFHabitat yes deer forage on it

[@kwilj]

How many of these you got in the can?! I'm glad you did it - thanks!

[@PFHabitat]

Haha almost tapped out from the summer videos. Thanks for watching!

[@stevedenoyer5956]

did you just leave all the tops and debris where it laid?

[@PFHabitat]

Yes sir. Just cut trails and pockets through it post-logging

[@coldsteel1648]

I may have missed it; how long ago was this property logged?

[@PFHabitat]

Summer of 2020