Buck Bedding Bench Creation
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- čas přidán 29. 03. 2023
- Do you have elevation changes from 20' to 500'? Then here is how to create buck bedding areas in hill country, specifically focusing on your bench systems. From food plot edge to inner benches, this is how to create a buck bedding area...
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Bring Spring !!!
Bring it ON!!
Hi Jeff! I really like the aeriel views and the map layers to really show the terrain! Since you bought this property and started showing videos on your land I have a much better visualization of what your doing!
Thanks a John we will continue to do our best...Dylan does a great job sticking those pieces in there!!
Jeff, it took me a couple years to break the mentality of not cutting oaks. But I found that if they are blocking sunlight in my bedding areas, they need to come down. I have plenty of oaks scattered about the property. Speaking of logging roads, my property has an 800' elevation change on the front and back of the property. Bucks definitely gravitate to the logging roads for bedding. It's no coincidence that a lot of the logging roads follow the path of least resistance and along benches, just as the deer trails. Hunting such an extreme elevation is challenging, but man, it can be the very best deer hunting possible.
Man that is extreme!! So many save oaks at all cost at a detriment to the wildlife on their land. It's a shame but I hope more will understand!
My favorite places to hunt whitetail 😊
Not sure how to comment on the podcast, but number 15 was awesome! Happy belated birthday, Sturgis family! My B-day was the 27th! Jen, I love your personality. With your Dangerous skills you da
Wo Man!!! ❤😂🎉
That's awesome Naomi! Jen laughed...she really appreciated your comments!! We have fun with it and I can always count on her when I put her on the spot 😁
Good morning all
Good morning Ben!
Good morning 🦌🦃
Good day!
Good morning!
Sunlight is definitely key for regeneration. Especially for species like aspen and briars. Love the videos!
Oh for sure Peter! You would be shocked at how many shaded cuttings we see...a lot!
Have the same layout on my property in VT, smaller food plot but basically the same layout. Your help through your videos and your book Food Plot Success By Design has helped turn what was once a stagnant piece of property into an area where I know I can fill my tags on opening day weekend of both bow season and firearms season. Thanks for all your help, keep on keeping on!
Chris
this is a good one - thanks as always!
That's good to hear...thanks a lot William!
Jeff, I'm trying to drop all the dead and dying Black Ash on my property,,.do I ever to worry about Honeysuckle or Buckthorn exploding and choking out hardwood regen ?
Hi Gary! That Buckthorn is no good but the honeysuckle will be "ok". It likely depends on which area of the land you are on for what species comes in. When it comes to ash tho, the regen shoots up so fast and tall! I believe it will overtake an shrubs growing there at the time...
I hope the land is looking great!!
Looks like your set for the browse to explode this year. 👍
Oh man Kurt...we have cut so many new areas! I believe 16 new locations and will add around 2 to 3 more this weekend. All complimenting stands, waterholes and movements. We have hit some Aspen areas hard! Along with other areas. Really excited!!
Hopefully, we don't get too much snow Friday into Saturday. It should all melt by Sunday, though.
Love the drone shots! I got a drone to do the same thing for my property, being able to scout it out from the air! So much fun!
It's awesome Isaac! Love that Dylan sticks those clips in there!
3rd
Great job 😁
Looks familiar Jeff!!😎
Ha...for sure Brian 😁
Jeff, I tried 150 white pine stabbed into my ridges last spring. I have zero left this spring. The deer ate every one. Just FYI
That's a real bummer! Did you stab them into the tops and logs where deer won't reach them?
Another great video, I cut a lot of Aspen today, and took down a lot of canopy, working on my bench system tomorrow, I have about 100 ft elevation difference
That's perfect Fred!! Hard work will be rewarded 👍😊
Great info
Thanks a lot Jarrod!
Thanks Jeff you really have done a lot with your new property. Episode 15?
It's been so awesome! So much "fun work" 😊 Episode 15 is now OUT! Hope you like Jen's jokes, haha
www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/podcast/episode-15
Thank you for all your videos man I’ve learned a lot of from you over the years from your videos. I’ve recently purchased a pease of property and I would like to know how to make it better for deer is 16.5 acres with a pond on it and mostly open old cow pasture with a few trees but not a lot of hard woods of thick cover.I was thinking of putting the n food plots on the north and southwest ends of it like strip food plots but I’m not sure? I would say half is open old cow pastures and the rest is pine,some hard woods and just junk stuff and heavy deer pressure from either side of the road. What would you recommend to do?
I really like out in the field videos I true hands on examples. I don’t have no hills on my property would this work also on flat land with heavy timber
Jeff- I'm just in the process of creating some diversity pockets bedding in a pine plantation per your suggestions. The logger left all the tops and branches in the openings, now it's 3' deep in slash. I should have someone come move all that slash out so we can get light to the ground right? Pile it up or forestry mulcher?
Hi CS! I would remove them just because they keep habitat from growing. They also rob nutrients...or pile and burn?
Good Morning Jeff, would putting a bag of switch with high hard-seed count in the freezer in and out a couple times be a good way to help it to all germinate like soft seed?
Hi Gerard! There are definitely ways online to do so but I do not know the process personally because I have always used or sold a low hard seed count blend. I know you can tho!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Alright, thanks for the input!!!!
More great advice from the master👍
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Jeff, do you think the freezing would harm them at all?
I freeze leftover seed for following year use and it grows fine... heat and moisture will ruin it over time.
What do you do with all the cut logs? Can you just leave them? Will that effect the deer?
4rth
Almost, ha 😊
Get a new camera? Video was really sharp.
Same stuff I think but Dylan is always upgrading!
Any recommendations for more urban areas?
Boy so many ingredients of habitat, layout, food locations and others to consider!
So your buck bedding areas are approximately 100-125 yards from your doe bedding areas?
In this case 150 yards or so 1 way across a deep ravine and around 250 yards across a deep hollow other. Maybe 200 yards of surface area and 300 yards?
The separation with the ravine allows them to be sandwiched s little closer. In open hardwoods up north you would need 300 to 500 yards+. In a heavier ag region you could get that closer to 100 yards...
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thanks for clarifying another piece in my parcel design. Now, if I could just get the snow to melt so I could get to work!!!! 5-7” more snow tomorrow 😤
your water hole in this video at min 13:20
11” above ground from what i can see..
That’s fine ??
Hi Carlo...that's not a waterhole we have...I think random B roll? Not sure tho. Sometimes we have waterholes that heave out with frost...we re-dig and often replace. That's a smaller one too ..110 gallons? We have slowly been converting to all 300 gallon waterholes, and then make sure to dig them flush.
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I believe so!
Good job!
639 th, lol
Y E S!! 😁👍