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[@beachralph]

Excellent video Jeff your strategies for whitetail wooded area are the best men can’t enough of your video 👍👍👍👍👍

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Ralph... Always appreciate you watching!

[@bigracer3867]

I do stand maintenance in summer. We farm and work a job. They on their own until oct nov and dec. being in southern climate they got to much to eat. Unless it’s Jan and feb. even then there some green somewhere. Seems food plot are really useless. From my research. Wish it did work. They have hundreds of acre’s of corn soybeans. Them deer could be anywhere!! Ask me how I know! Lol!!!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Sp true Big Racer! They actually have an overabundance of Summer food all the way into the Canadian whitetail range 😊

[@whitetailsandwaffles]

Jeff, Love the channel, how much of Your advice will translate to Georgia properties? Thanks

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much!! The concepts are all the same anywhere a whitetail roams...Layered bedding, depth of cover, green food plot bases, paralleling habitat features, summer doe factories, hunting pressure management, the risk reward of food plots, etc...just the habitat varieties change.

[@bowman8316]

Great information 👍🏻🦌

[@cameronhatcher5215]

Recommendations for southeastern NC with sandy soil, food plots difficult to grow? Several low lying areas/swamps. Leased land, and not allowed to cut trees beyond just a few inches in diameter. The property is long and narrow, with public on 3 sides. I haven’t hunted long, and am just getting in to seeing what is on the property. I did harvest a couple does and 2-3yr old buck this past season. Really enjoy your channel and the information you share.

[@josephbennett4442]

You will have trouble growing anything without u having a open area and cutting the mature timber in a spot for the plot

[@leocarr4020]

Great job on this. It help me lot

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

That's great Leo...really appreciate the feedback!

[@williamsimpson5858]

Great, great insight!

[@kinzeroutdoors7893]

Realistic practices for the everyday hunter/landowner. We appreciate u Jeff and everyone involved with WHS.

[@josephbennett4442]

On a 250 acre property I hunt with a friend that owns it , we hold the same bucks in the summer as we do during the fall and winter , we get roughly 50-60 bucks year round and 90% are there feeding and staying during daylight and at night on the property , they have open areas during summer and thick areas for the fall and winter and summer food and fall and winter food , but on my 40 acres it’s different I get some bucks in summer but most bucks I get are October - December , I do have a few bucks that I get year round besides during February or so but it’s crazy that the 250 acres holds the same bucks year round besides a few disappear during fall and winter , but we gain new bucks every year and hold most year round , ig just due to there being 100 acres of fields in different sections of the property so they have open land for the summer but then there is also 150 acres of woods and a lot of it is thick and good bedding with tons of undergrowth , ig since there is summer habitat there plus fall and winter habitat they stay there pretty much year round because there is both types of habitat on the property so they don’t have to travel to another property to find different habitat

[@randyaldridge2870]

Can you do a video on a 10-acre partials down here in northeast corner of Mississippi you know what kind of food can we plant down here

[@sfbowhunter]

I love your content! Ive seen every video multiple times. I would love for you to stop out to my mid Michigan property sometime!

[@dennybirchfield]

Give him a call in 2500 and he'll do it

[@sfbowhunter]

@@dennybirchfield easily worth the money!

[@aaronc1942]

@@dennybirchfield I'm sure Jeff Sturgis VIII will continue his legacy. "If I've said it once, my forefathers have said it 10,560,340 times. Deer eat five times in a 24 hour period."

[@dennybirchfield]

@@sfbowhunter u might wanna call soon tho I'm pretty sure they book like 6 months to a year in advance his wife handles all that side of the biz be sure to specify u want Jeff or Dylan might be the one who shows up which I'm sure is about the same at this point

[@andrewfarquhar681]

Hey Jeff, wondering if you have ever seen someone create some bedding islands in a wet low lying area? I have a skid steer and a bunch of dirt and was thinking of making some elevated bedding islands down in a tamarack swamp. Thanks!

[@sniffum35]

Gotta be careful with altering wetlands

[@DairylandLegends]

Great content, Jeff! Thank you! Because of you I am now dealing Northwoods Whitetails seed! Would have never known about it if it wasn’t for you.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

That's great to hear...very high quality seed! Happy for you and John!

[@DairylandLegends]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thank you!

[@alexpinnow6509]

Great video Jeff, your tactics and strategies simply work. I'm shocked with the number of bucks that are frequenting the small farm I hunt during daylight hours

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

That's great to hear Alex...really happy for you! The good thing is, not many of your neighbors will pull it all together like you 😊

[@alexpinnow6509]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 they won't Jeff. I pulled a few cameras and have bucks I've never seen now, overpowering a 75acre alfalfa field right next to me

[@scienceaddict77]

I have a fair amount of invasive autumn olive and multifloral rose, how can I remove without disrupting the habitat? switchgrass? Girdle and leave standing? Cut and make rabbit huts from the dead?

[@dennybirchfield]

Saturday morning ritual coffee and whitetail waiting on the boy to wrestle at a tournament right now

[@shanekuhn5617]

Really appreciate all the information. Would love to see a video on recommendations for a food plot that was cut out from a section of timber with shale type soils! (Approx. 1 acre)

[@drini021]

Jeff, us Yoopers need a video on placement of bait in regard to the feeding 5 times in a 24 hour period and how it fits into the plan. Obviously no pressure bait, but where does it go?! Between doe bedding and 3rd feeding? Between 3rd feeding and 4&5th feedings? Or does it take the place of the 3rd feeding,maybe set it up to be the 4th feeding? Idk...Thanks for all your info!

[@jasonmeyer4587]

Your thoughts on sweet corn to compete with surrounding field corn and sorghum for late season deer food and winter pheasant cover?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Jason! I wouldn't worry about the variety as much as whatever corn gives you the best volume and lasts the longest. Also as far as pheasants you want a lot more habitat than corn and with corn being fairly open by ewrly winter...pheasants in many corn fields are easy pickings to birds of prey. In most areas sorghum is fairly poor deer food...with the exception being very high deer density or zero ag/quality habitat areas

[@DOGFOODACTUAL8541]

Good morning Jeff. Would you consider doing a video on basic to mid level food plot equipment needed for a successful plot? Brand suggestions that have a proven quality. Things like chemical sprayers for the ATV, seed spreaders, cultipackers, or any other equipment that will help. I don't mind spending the money for quality, however I've already made some poor choices in spreaders and sprayers that needed to be replaced. I'm hoping to, in the future, buy once - cry once, then be set for my future plots without having to replace junk I should have avoided. Thank you for looking. Have a great day.

[@passingiton1340]

Check out Jeff's earlier video. Spend some time on his channel and there is limitless info: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXvbqGhpo7GZpqc My 13 year old got it done on some property I've been implementing these same principles. The work is starting to show some results.

[@lenkurzynske8735]

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[@ryanhietpas1039]

Any recommendations when you have neighbors on 5 acre parcels that shoot anything because “they don’t have the acreage to hunt so they don’t know when the next deer will walk onto their land”?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

There is a lot that you can do with your habitat and hunt to keep deer off of your neighbors...ery few do it. Check out tomorrow's video 😊

[@timhatfield6367]

Sorry..every outdoorsman doesn't have the means to own their own slice of heaven, I own 4.3acres with a small creek that runs through. It's all I have. My wife owns with her siblings just under 1000 acres that I've been hunting for over 20years 85 miles north. So now that her dad and two brothers passed that farmed the ground her sisters and one brother don't want to cash rent cause they don't want to be bothered by all that. They'd rather just rake in a few million. My wife doesn't want to sell cause she wants to leave her part to our kids,grandkids her share. It's all up in the air right now and I'm half afraid to bring it up cause it's not mine even though I treat it and love the property as if it were mine. So it probably won't be long when the only hunting spot I have is at home on my 4.3acres.

[@aaronc1942]

Hi Jeff, Would you be willing to make a video about rehabilitating land that’s been damaged by wildfire? Would you view it as a unique opportunity, or is it too much effort? If you were looking to buy ground, would you avoid land that’s been damaged by wildfire even if it was really good hunting ground before the fire?

[@brianmrozinski5672]

In a big woods setting With no ag for miles should I plant summer plots to take pressure off the browse to save them for the Winter months?

[@kevinleary5244]

Any suggestions for shrub, berry bushes in the northeast? Read alot of great shrubs but there really meant for southern zones

[@dennybirchfield]

U use corn piles in hard winter just to feed ? I'm just wondering cause we still have 4 inches of ice on all plots does it matter that much???

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Denny I dont...and it isn't a good idea I'd deer aren't used to the corn already, in mid winter. Also...there are very few areas where deer experience winter die off or appreciable winter severity...Northern MI, Northern WI and MI...upstate NY. That's about it...the deer will be fine, this is a very light winter even in most of those areas.

[@dennybirchfield]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 glad I asked that would be one of those wasted resources 😂😂😆

[@RoryEllisMusic]

I have a great winter here right now, should I not continue to put feed out throughout the summer and hope they’ll come back next winter?? Thanks! Great content!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Unless you need to build herd numbers I would rarely recommend Summer food...very rarely. I don't plant any and my careet relies on my results 😊 And I can plant summer food for free...

[@RoryEllisMusic]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 great thank you for the reply! If the herd has been coming all winter like clock work (day and night) can I expect them to return next winter ever with the absence of summer food?

[@JR-pp5el]

Can you cage red ceader trees while they’re young in the woods or will that spook the deer?

[@leroyking1750]

Hey Jeff where do you go for switchgrass if north wood whitetails is out of stock?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

They will have it back on stock for sure, but I would keep watching for it!

[@DarkFiredDylan]

Had the same question. Thanks!

[@Buterflycatcher7]

I know y’all have your hands full already but Jeff, myself and I’m sure many others would love to see (and contribute to) a WHS Arid Southwest edition. I’ve managed to implement your strategies down here already by adjusting much of it by 2-3months and using different food types. But there’s a lot missing. I’m still learning how it works down here and thank you for being a spring board of information and ideas to jump from!

[@jackhuffman2268]

Jeff, Thanks for another great video. In he past few days I have begun cutting doe bedding areas near my food plots and I am considering where/how close to each other, to cut buck bedding areas. Do you have a recommendation for distance or separation of buck bedding areas? Thanks again for great content and all of the help that you give.

[@nickperkett4523]

Hello Jeff, I have always wondered if riding horses before hunting season spooked the deer. I let some people in my area ride on the property. Whats your thoughts?

[@TheYoungGun7]

Jeff, curious on your opinion of what to do with a Riverside property with beaver ponds once they are dried out/beavers somewhat controlled?

[@hunterthornton246]

Great video as always. Any tips on how to narrow down when and where to look for sheds from a mature buck without spooking him off the property before he sheds? Last year I found a matching set from a 3 year old that frequents the property and I’m looking forward to finding his sheds this year too. Thanks!

[@dennybirchfield]

He's going to tell you just forget the shed it's too much of a risk you may spook that book if you're going to do that he's going to tell you to do it a month and a half after the season ends I don't know if you run cell cameras around a place where you can have cameras but throw one in there if you got bucks hanging around in there right now it's probably cuz there's food there when the food is gone they'll probably leave

[@robertboston9778]

Welcome to Jeff's 🤣 "Church of the painful truth. "That's the cold hard truth." keep it coming Bud.- putting minerals out here in Mid-OH they're stressed from snow pack and ice since 17 Jan. Local herd isn't used to that. Glad I followed you advice and cut 4.3 acres in pockets an increased daylight woody browse!! Be Well.

[@kurtcaramanidis5705]

If you have switch, browse and nearby ag, you're going to have summer bucks and you can still have a great fall/winter program right?

[@MrRABland]

Will opening an old-growth canopy 30-50% still provide enough cover and shade to attract summer bucks? or do I need to keep pockets of 100% canopy away from any food plots?

[@brookemaxwell6411]

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[@whitetailhabitatandhunting]

Thanks Jeff! Might be a dumb question, I have a lot of thorn trees. Should I hinge cut them if there in the rights spots, or take them out completely?