Will I Spook Summer Bucks?

[@randydunmire]

I trust your advice more than anyone else. Thanks for all you do Jeff.

[@gregoryhunts3006]

I probably should have been in the woods more this spring and summer, but I have been on a trophy quest this year to break all my Personal Best fish record's. I have successfully set new PB record's on 6 different species so far. Time to shift to the deer woods now. I am going to camp on my lease in Readstown this weekend, set 2 new stands, check trailcams, cut a few trails, and do alittle trout fishing on the West fork and The Kickapoo. I really never cared about spooking a deer from January to mid August. I enjoy my land as much as possible and still get plenty of pictures. Thanks for all the great information. You have an incredibly deep well of whitetail knowledge, and the fact you share some/most of it for free is unheard of these day's. Watching you and your video's has made me change the way hunt and I greatly appreciate it. I saw more buck's last season than my last 15 seasons combined.

[@saypuppy]

Awesome coincidence!.. my bro-in-law and I were just discussing this very topic YESTERDAY and I told him I feel like I have so much work to do that I could bother the deer daily for the rest of summer... plot work, chainsaw work, fixing trails, picking fresh berries, etc. You know how it feels when you love the land. You can find something to do out there every day!

[@josephlee9237]

Thanks Jeff I’ve bought a 20 acre property surrounded by miles of private wooded property. By watching your videos I’m learning how to create day time movement added mock scraps and water holes seems to be working well. Had numerous trails down to two major trails hitting mock scraps. Hi from Indiana county Pa Happy Hunting Sir

[@dswish1730]

Love seeing the baby turkeys. My buckwheat looks thin.I sprayed it twice.Everything was dead.Now,the weeds are taking over.Just going to let it grow and spray and roll when the time comes.Those are some great deerJeff.Congratulations.

[@davidvalentine9392]

Jeff, I have a gut feeling you and your family will have quite an incredible deer season this year!!! That property looks amazing!!!!!

[@j.cooper2246]

Spot on jeff....we use labor day here in Michigan as are cut off for intrusion. Just visited property and hung 3 camera's and trimmed up a couple shooting lanes..back in april i moved 2 stands and replaced one.i prefer to do it early before the green up(shooting lanes)so i can see what it will be during hunting season. Putting in a new food plot this weekend ,rain called for Monday and Tuesday..kudos to a Michigan boy.god bless us all..

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

All sounds great J...and you have some rain coming too! Labor day is a great day to begin winding down for sure! My only problem is that our season begins her on 9/19 and in WI on 9/12. I need to get cracking ☺️

[@nyhuntclub6561]

Lunch break from blacktop work....truck a/c and WHS videos! It's 93°; feels like 97°. Some coworkers leave early; but not me. Saving my time for hunting season. Choring is boring. I keep plugging away and smile to myself when I think of deer season. Motivation for summer work is knowing it will be key to any success I have in the Fall. Expecting a seed delivery from Northwoods, today too!!!

[@danbrown4721]

Hey I live in upstate New York always thinking deer hunting 365 days a year save a lot of time off for November as well

[@lucascoppenger3425]

This makes me feel better because even though it’s July I feel like I’ve been back in the woods to much getting food plots ready trail cams etc. Thanks Jeff!

[@marshalllaw6541]

Thanks 1 million Jeff for all your concepts. I checked into the web series the Covid really hit my family hard but I’ll be joining later in the year hopefully. For now I’m just absorbing every bit of information I can from your regular contact

[@mid-michiganoutdoors1505]

This is the same view I hold. I am ALWAYS on my property all summer long. Late Aug/early Sept, I get out. I don't think it bothers the deer at all in the summer when the cover is thick.

[@michaeltepe3573]

Just bought my first property and have to keep reminding myself that i dont need deer in the summer. I keep working on property every week and ive seen the numbers of deer diminishing. Thanks for reassuring me that im doing the right thing. Keep up the good work!

[@cottonmill1970]

I use and enjoy my 100 acres all year long atvs target shooting, skeet shooting etc. Stop 6 weeks or so before season. Killed a nice buck and a doe or 2 every year since we bought the place 3 years ago

[@chrisboyd1408]

Jeff thank you for sharing this valuable information. There is no doubt that every Deer Hunter is obviously very concerned about spooking deer. These insights will help all of us to enjoy the great outdoors more in the summer and get our plans made now so that we don't disturb the deer later thanks again have a blessed day.

[@rfb7117]

Jeff...great comments, it is really important to enjoy one's land!!! We have a lot of weeds in our buckwheat and are going to have to spray it with RU, so it is clean enough to plant in a few weeks. Will spray tomorrow and maybe lightly disc or burn it before planting.

[@jefferylorsung8846]

I have found the same things with mule deer and blacktails. A week or 2 during summer. I check my cams every 3 weeks or so but if you bump a buck mid September good luck finding him again. They will head for the thickest cover possible where they can survive.

[@mikebutler5317]

Good reinforcement of timing Doc because only 7-8 weeks left to get work completed before quiet time here in Michigan. October first opener around the corner and I hope it cools down about 40 degrees. Water holes due to the current heat are very popular and I'm hauling water in Saturday but the conditioning is working. Planting and final stand work is due by month end. Looking forward to October.

[@aaronkorsmo]

Thank you for mentioning the setting on your earthway spreader! As always thank you for the videos.

[@teshagustafson1821]

Thanks Jeff! I definitely needed to hear this! I've got a micro parcel I've been working on and haven't had many buck pics. But I know its because I can't stay out of the woods for more than a day myself even with the bugs! I just love being out there.

[@TheOhioOutdoorsman1]

Great Video! I enjoyed your other video when you mentioned motocross on the off season. We just purchased new property and have been clearing and using your advice. One thing that always came to mind was the ATV, clear cutting, heavy equipment, etc. Thank you for sharing down to earth information.

[@chrisnewton9764]

Great topic. I'd love to hear how you think dogs running on your land effect deer movement. On the off season or even during season.

[@justinbrown819]

Thanks Jeff! Great video. I have a 4 day weekend and will be fishing and working on the hunting spot. Hope you have a great weekend. God bless

[@drewsfunadventures5603]

Thank you for this video! I have often wondered what the time frame should be from when we back out of our movement on the Hunting Property before hunting season opens. Yes, it is probably a little different here in the south (about 50 minutes north of Atlanta), but I imagine the back-out time frame would be the same…about four weeks. Like one of the other commenters, I wait in anticipation to see how all of your hard work pans out. 😊

[@courtofficermcilvaine7928]

I want to keep my big summer time bucks too! Great video. Cris

[@whitetailsup760]

Jeff my 130 is surrounded by ag about 120 is timber and decent bedding area we killed 3 target bucks we had sense the end of July .And I agree with u on about 95 percent of the time hope ur bucks stay

[@southboundeightyone4958]

I started my 1st mock scrape about 3 weeks ago, stealth cam is in position, I can't wait to pull the card and check it out!!!

[@wolfpack4128]

"You can see your impact". If only most folks were this observant. Can't count how many times I've heard people say something along the lines of "I was seeing him in there like crazy before season but since hunting season I haven't seen him and I only get a few night time pictures now. It's like they know when hunting season starts".

[@paulwakefield5255]

Jeff, video idea for you. Identifying non ag food destinations. This is an area that I’m not strong in and need help. I think most bow hunters can identify a corn and bean field . But I think there’s so much more to food destinations than ag. For example oak trees and how to identify both white and red oaks. Honey locusts trees can be dynamite late season. And there’s so many more non ag food destinations for bucks. Maybe top 5 to 10 non ag food for deer and how to identify. Thoughts? And I’m looking at this from a public land hunter and not from a landowner wanting to plant new food.

[@threek2d434]

Makin a list, checkin it twice, gonna keep the bucks that’s bigger than nice !

[@ricks7432]

Would you mind mentioning the settings on the Earthway on a video. Mainly the settings you use for different seeds / seed blends. That would be a helpful one for many people. Thanks for the Videos ....Rick

[@thewhitetailexperience6055]

Nice video Jeff - I would be curious your thoughts on this on the public land side of things ( my channel is public land channel focus )

[@kybucks5086]

Good Morning Jeff great video. I have hunted several properties where the neighbors like to do there stand prep the weekend before gun season opens. It doesnt seem to work well for them.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks Ky! Amen to that, lol

[@chrise4994]

Walk the area before mowing ( if you mow) to scout for fawns.

[@jeremysilcox9362]

Great video as always. I wouldn't want land if I could only enjoy it 3 months a year.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you and amen to that Jeremy!

[@robertfulton2224]

Thanks Jeff! Hope your summer bucks stay. Love seeing your property develop.

[@richstafford1245]

I haven’t seen anything but a few yearling bucks so no worries about spooking anything mature.

[@michaelbogue3675]

I see you upgraded to a side by side. Very cool

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Back to my RTV roots ☺️

[@mestrong]

Another episode of great and useful tips. I love seeing a new episode thanks so much for your time and knowledge! Do you recommend deer feeders on a small property that is a 5 year old cut over? I can’t afford heavy equipment to clear land for food plots but I do have a couple of dead end roads I could put a deer feeder on. Your thoughts please?

[@talonmathis4426]

Jeff I have a 100 acres of very very thick stuff old fields growed up in sawbriars and blackberrys you wouldn't believe. I'm fixing to start a plot on it maybe just 10 acres do you think I still can plant in july and bring in good activity before October?

[@brodycampbell2990]

So theoretically I can have a fall cover property for bucks yet still offer spring/summer food (perennial foods/annual foods) for them as well as fall/winter plots? I’ve just noticed we don’t have big bucks hanging around along with when the doe’s have twins, most the time one is a lot bigger the it’s twin. Trying to produce the best deer herd that we possibly can do.

[@jamesd9439]

Thanks for emphasizing this again. It's been a concern of mine. Btw, you're going to cost me a QuietKat.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

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[@lukiushall5940]

Great video Jeff. What do you do with the poplar trees after you cut them down. Might be a good future video?

[@brendonblank6116]

Another great video! I love how you give explanations for your recommendatios. Any thoughts on grazing some cattle through a grassy & brushy oak woodlot for the month of July in Wisconsin? Could this actually help make it more of a fall instead of summer buck habitat?

[@travisethridge4062]

4th of July we shot skeet on my property where I have a deer paradise, wondering if it will affect my deer or bucks that frequent my property. Doubt it will honestly bc there were guns and bombs going off in all directions

[@charlesshallenburger310]

I feel very lucky to have you to help guide me though all the work, that i have been enjoining. My property is nearly done after studying your videos for about 2 years. Thank you . Can i spay 24d on my switch grass I seeded in march. The broad leaf weeds are out growing it?

[@dbweeks1008]

Charles Shallenburger there are better products than 2 4-D out there. Ask your local extension agent for recommendation.

[@wegert1]

Great vid as usual. Where is the link to the online class you mentioned at the end?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Woops...sorry about that! www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/classes/how-to-design-your-deer-hunting-parcel

[@donaldbowling8620]

Great video Jeff. Question for you. I’m doing your buckwheat no till approach this year and I heard you say that you had way to much down in that field. Will this change your no till strategy in any fashion?? I may have over seeded also. Not sure as this is my first year with this approach. Ty man. Stay safe.

[@mike81399]

Good stuff! Doing some catch up on these 👍

[@Landsteward]

Thanks for the great info. Just was re watching your ultimate no till videos. I have buckwheat that is approximately 3 ft tall. Planted last week of May in NW Ohio. Mostly flowering at this time and starting to get mature seed. Is there a problem letting this go for another week or two before completing the no till seeding and terminating the buckwheat? Should I be worried about the buckwheat reseeding and smothering the fall crop before it has a chance to establish? I appreciate any recommendations! Love your content sir!

[@taylorlarrabee6197]

I have good bucks on camera now, 30 acres 10 planted in beans 20 acres of woods and bedding grass with a creek. The fields will be tilled up and planted in winter wheat in early October. Will I still lose my summer deer during fall and not have deer even with supplemental feeding? Any tips to keep them there?

[@turkeyslayer69]

Hi Jeff! Have you ever harvested the mature buck on the property and then have one of your summer regulars stick around to take over his area the year after?

[@kurtcaramanidis5705]

Thanks for the video, With new switchgrass frost seed, would just leave some circles unplanted for diversity areas?

[@edthompson3353]

Sorry to change the topic but I really need your opinion. The buckwheat started off good but between the deer feeding heavy and the drought the buckwheat is a fail. Should I kill it now or wait till the end of July?

[@potshot23]

I've seen several video's of the hanging vine? over a mock scrape. What kind of attractant are you putting on it, and how early in the season??

[@wyattmielke3110]

hi jeff i was looking into your foodplot system. i was wondering what weed killer to use

[@hookednockedrevvedandloaded]

Vinegar, Epsom salt and dawn dish soap. Look it up. Works great! And only In a few days :)

[@Quinn4999]

I know you typically fill up your year for customers. When’s the best time to book you for the next year? I have a gravel pit approaching my border and it so happens to be taking out the woods leaving me with swamp and corn fields with 10 acres of woods.

[@dualthreatoutdoors]

Will you be at the public land challenge this year Jeff?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I am planning on it 👍

[@dualthreatoutdoors]

Whitetail Habitat Solutions awesome! What state is it in this year?

[@SmallmouthAddict]

Morning Jeff! Does the 1 month rule hold up on scouting public land? I am working on a lower Michigan scouting project and want to make sure that I am leaving enough time after tearing through bedding/etc. Thanks!

[@aaronvaneps7110]

Hey Jeff, you said the link to your web class is in the description but I don't see it. Can you add it?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hello Aaron thanks for asking and I apologise for that! I added it and here it is... www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/classes/how-to-design-your-deer-hunting-parcel

[@duenorthadventures]

Is it to early in the season to put any value in fresh scrapes you find on crown land where the buck can be miles away come fall time??

[@mikebrobst6894]

What is your go-to weed killer for grasses and broadleaf?

[@shawnmyers9571]

Tha kabota side biside seems like a great piece of equipment for u, How do u like it ?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I love it Shawn! Back to my roots of my old Kubota RTV 900 in the early to mid 2000s... Pure work machine...which is what I needed.

[@carsonschulz6498]

Whatever you did to your website last weekend wiped all text content from your articles and blogs.

[@brianjonker510]

I have thought about this issue. OKAY so dont be out daily and give them fellows lots of space a month 6 weeks before hunting season starts. At the moment I have a different question. It is very dry here & second cutting was just taken on the hay fields. There is nothing there but some very short white clover like I see on my lawn. Why do I see so many deer out there grazing? What are these deer eating?

[@travisethridge4062]

I notice that around my property too, they just browse through cut hay fields ( does) I believe they just move and eat whatever is green hiding under the fresh cut and bailed.

[@andrewbrennasykes1813]

Do use switchgrass under power lines?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Yes for sure...perfect! Seeding over an acre this Fall/Winter for frost seeding.

[@timvanvoorhis5732]

We need someone like you for the mountains here in upstate New York , it's a little different but Alot (ALOT) of the things are spot on with even what these deer do . We are loosing farmland everyday for 40 or 50 years now every field slowly going back to forest . So much cover, so hard to even fathom catching a big boy off guard up here where I am. When ya do it's almost luck . Well half luck . ;)

[@joescott906]

I like watching you so I can pick up any knowledge but hunting in Massachusetts is a completely different animal.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you Joe! The cool thing is that same concepts still apply ☺️ That's a very good thing...

[@kevinjessel8809]

I have no concept in my head about what the new land looks like. At least not like the old property. Is the water hole that needs work behind the camera?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Kevin...in due time...don't really need to at the moment, just the concepts that spot to your land ☺️

[@heathschultz9593]

Why put undo pressure on the herd when you already know you already have? Ya not a big fan. Get lucky and you have a name. Congrats to the guys that do it without the publicity! Tired of these out of state leases taking locals out of the picture! $ buys bucks is bs,!