Notes & Suggestions from the Powerline Property Key: Red: Property Line; Orange: Entrance Route; Yellow: Current Logging Road; Purple: Suggested Trail Improvements; White: Defender Screen; Neon Green: Food Plot; Light Blue: Food Plot; Green (between plots): Fall Focused Plot Suggestions: -If possible, get permission from the neighbor to access property on the north side of the old railroad bed. -Improve deer travel corridor on the south end of the property (purple) with tree removal and hinge cutting. Create a new travel corridor to north plot (purple) from the current logging road. Improve logging road by planting Shade Mix around Labor Day weekend. If needed, hinge trees on the west side of the trail and drop them towards the food plot...
Here’s a breakdown of a recent parcel we checked out: This particular field is approximately 8 acres. The red line is strictly just the outline of the field, it doesn’t represent a particular planting. Deer bedding is on both the east and west side making the entry to this plot strictly from the north and south. The lightly shaded area between the red outline and the yellow, purple, and black will represent tall grasses. This is currently a fallow field with all overgrown grasses. We’ve suggested leaving those fallow grasses in these areas or adding Native Bedding or Defender depending on entry/exit. Mowing a few lanes and planting some perennial clover in particular areas we know deer use heavily to...
Food plots offer an incredible opportunity to attract deer when hunted properly. With a non invasive stand approach and adequate bedding cover nearby, having a high quality food source is sure to attract a good number of whitetails. If you're not seeing daylight movement in your plots it's likely due to over-hunting. Introducing a high quality kill plot is a strategy that could greatly improve your chances of seeing more mature deer on your property. Strategic Kill Plots This 350 acre parcel has a restored prairie planting on the northwest side, multiple secluded ag and food plots locations, and great bedding opportunities throughout the property. After a property tour we decided to leave the centralized 20 acre woodlot into a sanctuary...
Basic Necessities During our property tours, there are 3 main things we look for during our walk through: 1. Cover: Where do the deer bed? Is there adequate cover to hold deer? Is there a sanctuary area in place? 2. Food & Water: Is there adequate food on the property? Is there a secluded food source? What’s the main source of food the deer are eating? Is there adequate water on the property? 3. Stand Placement: What’s the prevailing wind? What’s the enter/exit strategy? Here are the notes and improvements we plan to make for this clients for this season. Cover -The property sits next to a 2,000+ nature preserve. The preserve offers plenty of bedding opportunity but no readily...
Part 3: Putting Your Plan To Action Now that we've discussed all of the various planning stages, its time to start putting the work in. Hopefully you've started collecting some pictures of your target bucks for the 2019 season and are ready to hit the ground running with your habitat improvements and food plots! Today, we will show you exactly how we plan to improve one of the properties we hunt! Property Overview This particular parcel is approximately 16 acres. We really don't have much in terms of topography change, meaning this property is fairly flat. At ground level, the Northeast corner would be considered the highest point, and the Southeast corner being the low point that actually does hold...
