3 Best 10 Acre Deer Habitat Setups
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Here are 3 proven small acreage deer hunting and habitat setups for 10 to 40 acres or less. Just because you only have a small parcel, doesn't mean that you can't have great hunting like the deer hunters on large parcels. These three 10 acre deer habitat micro parcel setups can provide a magnet for the local buck herd, and can be matched to just about any variety of deer habitat that holds whitetails. From food plots to hinge cuts, here is how you can create the best small hunting parcel whether you hunt on a big woods, mixed ag or heavy at location.
After 3 years of hard work on 7 acres shot a 160" 11 point, have been using all of the tips from these videos. The most fun I've been having hunting has been seeing the progression of the land and herd.
Hardwoods, open field or mixture of both?
Maybe I’m crazy, but I think it’s as much fun working my land, driving my tractor and running a chainsaw; as it is hunting.
Same man on 10 acres this dude knows his stuff. 👋
very cool man! i just got some land myself and going to try out the tips from his videos
I love these videos, because they apply to the land size most of us own/hunt. So practical. 👍
That's great to hear Mike...really appreciate it and that is for sure my passion. Not your typical Outdoor Channel setups 😁
Just wanted to say thanks I have implemented just a few of your practices and have seen and gotten more video than in the past the hardest thing I have is access without spooking deer cuz they use most all of my land so I have more work to do to dictate their movements thanks for the Info
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 anyway I can pm you about my property could really use help
Thanks Jeff, I have 24 acres with some great surrounding property. I'm so encouraged and have begun managing my property due to your wisdom, sincerity, and great lessons you give with every video you put out. I've hunted whitetails for 38 years, since I was 13. Harvested upwards of 75 deer, and I've been more excited about bow hunting now since I've been watching your videos than I think I have ever been. You are such a great and enthusiastic teacher!
Thank you Jeff, I'm so inspired to turn my meat harvest into an exciting year long adventure!
"It's steep, it's Rocky, it's wet"
*Everybody in Tennessee starts listening*
Willie Clark east of Nashville maybe haha
Southern WV too
My brother and I have been following you Jeff since the early 2000's. You recommended Rye back then and we tried it on our 13 wooded acres near Battle Creek. It works! The deer are drawn to it like a magnet. I like to add some Dwarf Essex Rape with it and at times, the deer will selectively eat the Rape out of the plots. Rye is so easy to grow on almost any ground and is inexpensive for the landowner. Enjoy seeing your videos on small parcels Jeff!
I think you were reading my mind. I just bought a house with 13 acres. I’ve been trying to figure out how to set it up for hunting. I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me, but I’m excited to start. Thanks for video!,,
Love your videos Jeff, no nonsense approach, no fluff and stuff to sell items, and no fake hype! I have only 1.5 acres in GA but utilize the bad habits of neighbors to maximize my harvests!
Thank you very much that means a lot to me...but really cool you are enjoying the 1.5 acres- that is awesome! Helps to have neighbors with bad habits too 😁
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I don't complain to them a bit !!! It may not be right, but sometimes I encourage it! I've been able to pattern the deer by them.
My man. Your from top to bottom a leader in this game of our passion. It's so much more than just a kill. The respect for wildlife management, honoring the animal of of the outdoors and wholistic friends and family involved in the adventure👍
Such true words William...there is so much deoth to our way of life...amen!
And thank you very much for the kind words...really appreciate them and I really appreciate you watching!
I've been watching these videos for more than a year and have read, and reread one book. It does take time to connect all these ideas and time to implement them. At least for me it does... Nice talk.
Thanks a lot Rick, I truly hope that all the info helps! Always appreciate your feedback ☺️
I have a 15 acre property of which I only “hunt” 1 acre. I don’t want the deer pop to live there, only access moving through between water and feed.
I see doe year round and buck during the rut. Perfect for small hunting.
This is exactly what I needed, 22 of my 32 acres I hunted on just got sold!
Oh boy...sorry to hear that but great to hear the info hits home! Best of luck this year!
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Immediately forwarded this to two friends who have 20 acre parcels!
Thanks a lot, I really hope it helps them out!
I love how in these videos he goes over all of the situations not just prime deer habitat and big areas of land. I shot a 10 point this year because of some of theses tactics
Your videos in my opinion are some of the most knowledgeable and USEFUL tips and tricks around. I harvested my 132" 8point on my 15 acre parcel. Thanks jeff greetings from muskegon county Michigan
I've always loved the attention you give to small parcels. We live and hunt on 10 acres butted up to a few acres of Corp property, and your advice has drastically improved our herd and harvests. In my area, not a lot of bucks getucg over 100 inches and I've gotten two 120 classes and the 12 pointer this year I believe will hit 130+, so thank you for all of your advice!
This video has basically changed my whole perspective on my property and the potential it has. Thank you.
Im north west Arkansas in the ozark mountains. I layered my rye on a 1 acre food plot. Hardwoods cover my 40 acres. I had extra rye and I broadcasted it in the hardwoods before the leaves fell. I have rye growing in the hardwoods as well. The 1 acre food plot is feeding many deer and the deer are feeding in the hardwoods on rye as well. Rye grain is the single best hunting food plot I've ever witnessed. Thank You Jeff.
I look forward to watching this video when I get off work, it’s great to find someone that understand a average guys resources and property’s they have . Thank you
John Cholin
It took me 40 years to save up enough to get my piece of God's country, 28 acres in eastern PA. This video gives me the concepts i needed to design a high-probability of success hunting parcel. Thank You! I have taken your course - SUPER! I have bought and read the books. All Great! But when you have a small parcel and adjacent property owners who are inclined to trespass I needed a strategy to give me a focused movement pattern with cover surrounding it. this video has really clarified the critical design concepts. I'll get "Top-Gun" next year using this content!
JMC
Blows my mind every time I think you basically covered just about everything there is to know you come with a video like this one keep em coming love it & thanks for sharing your experiences with us it’s PRICELESS
I just commented on another video stating I wish you’d do a video on a 10 acre parcel..... well, here I stand corrected lol. Thank you!!
Thank you very much for a video of this nature. Our home is on a 7.34 acre parcel and I have killed two does on it since we moved here after retiring from the Army. This information certainly helps with management efforts and ideas. You are a blessing to many people.
I have 15 acres, 3 of that is my parents yard lol, 5 is ag field planted to food plot. November 15th I had 6 mature bucks on my land. We are surrounded by heavy pressure in northwest Ohio and your strategies just work, period. You dont need much land if you give them food cover and dont pressure your plots. Thanks for making me a better hunter. The only problem with your strategies I have is that I tagged out really early and miss sitting in the tree stand lol
About to close our deal on 18 acres with my step dad and I. These tips will stick with me. Thank you for sharing such beneficial knowledge. You’re making a difference for many!
My buddy sent me this video. Fantastic! I have 17 acres in upstate NY. This video is now my guide!
Your advice has change the way I hunt and when I hunt! Thank you for all your advice and input.
So awesome to hear Jeremy...thank you! And you are very welcome 👍
Whitetail Habitat Solutions Any Idea where I can find a small plot lease in Illinois? I can probably afford 100 acres or less.
Jeff, "long time listener/first-time caller," just wanted to publicly exclaim my appreciation for the valuable information you provide. I applied your "precision hunt" methodology this past season and only hunted when "conditions were right" coupled with your food plot strategies and was able to harvest an early archery doe (10-mins on stand during one of your optimal times to harvest does) then Doubled on 16 Nov with a doe and biggest-bodied buck to-date! 2 hunts, 3 harvests--freezer full, mission complete! Wife, lil' kids & new baby were very happy that Daddy wasn't a slave to Nov (as is typically the case). I'll be employing your 2nd setup discussed in this video as my 10-acre SW MI parcel sets up just like you described. I'm up'ing the stakes this year--be tagged-out 'before' the lead flies! #StayStrong
Ill echo what many have said, thats for tailoring info about land management and hunting practices to those of us that own/lease "micro" properties. We have less margin for error and your guidance has proved invaluable to producing quality habitat and minimizing mistakes
This was a lot of information, I had to watch it a few times, Thanks for sharing Jeff, I appreciate it.
Man you are so welcome...that is great to hear!
Another great video. We moved from NE Wisconsin down to Southern Illinois, which is actually farther south than the North tip of Kentucky. Here we are December 28th, 2021 and they are still pounding my clover plots. Of course I do the same as you I plant wintergreen's like winter rye, wheat and oats alongside my clovers and at least down here in this Mid-South climate that gets us through the entire hunting season. Keep up the great work thanks man
Great video Jeff, this is really right up my ally, we have 12.5 acres and are adding 3.5 to it this summer. Not a huge parcel but these videos help so much. I have 3 small plots that held deer for a majority of the season but I noticed this year that once the leaves fall you can see thru the whole property. So they leave to find cover. This years focus is creating as many thick edges as possible using tall shrubs and switchgrass. And cover cover cover. Thanks for the great video sir!
Always a good morning when I get to watch one of your latest videos! This one was very helpful for me because the northern property you described is exactly what I have to work with. As always thanks for the great info!
Thanks Tesha that is great to hear! Always appreciate the feedback that the info is hitting home. Thank YOU ☺️
Excellent information on wooded areas, I have been following your advise to start my small parcel this year and lucky you post this before I went all out.
Great to hear Ruka! Really good timing, eh? Best of luck for the off season planning...
I followed the tips on this video the best I could last year added a little cover but mostly focused on Fall/Winter food. This year I got my first buck, 10 point over 200#
I rewatch this video several times to give myself ideas on what to do next.
These videos are greatly appreciated! I moved a few years ago from Iowa to Maine. I grew up hunting several Midwestern states and Maine hunting is a WHOLE different world! I have a small 13 acre parcel here in Maine that is mostly woods. The only cleared area that I have is my backyard which is about 1 1/2 acres. I have several apple trees that the deer like but I am wanting to plant a small food plot at some point as well. It is kind of a hard property to hunt also since I have to access it from the North, which is bad for the wind most days. Still trying to figure out how to utilize my property in the best way, and these videos are a huge help. Thank you!
So so true I have just over 10 acers and I got some nice bucks but with all info I got from you this last hunt season 2020 will b so much better I hope lol so pumped up for it the next hunt thanks sir
Well u hope so too Bill! It doesn't take much, that is for sure! Enjoy the off season planning...1/2 the fun ☺️
Great info again!!! I hunt a 40 acre parcel with only access to 10 or 15 because of the thickness of cover so I hunt it as a 10 acre parcel. It is surrounded by 40 acres with no hunting allowed so this makes much sense about how and where to plant. By the way watch all your videos and can't wait fir the next and so far this one just made a lightbulb go off.
How am I not paying to watch this. Great tips
I truly hope that it helps you out a lot!
Great B roll showing examples. Really liked discussion on food corridor, would like to see more on this. Would also like to see some more detail videos this winter showing your chainsaw work... travel corridors, bedding (doe and buck), TSI, etc. Thank you!
Thanks Sam! Always keep in mind buck and doe bedding cover is the same...but without doe bedding next to food, there will be no buck bedding. Also, make sure to check out my 33 deer bedding habitat vids on the channel ☺️
czcams.com/play/PLmV8Ilexgmhc22FJJNrBPi-BIpcOZRMLT.html
I am sure that we will have more this season too 👍
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thanks for the reference on the bedding playlist, I'll check it out. More specifically what I was trying to say is that I find a lot of value in the 'property tour' type videos where you explain what is in front of you, vs explain with B roll and winter being the best look at the improvements. Thanks again for what you are doing.... very helpful and appreciated!!!
@@sambilhorn9282 thanks Sam!
@@sambilhorn9282 yes I agree would like to see color pics of land layouts
@@davidbarrigear1266 Thanks David, I agree! Awesome to see Jeff share a plan layout example of how design features fit together!!
Jeff, excellent information based on amount of acreage to help retain deer on your property! Always find a good takeaway from your videos. Thank you!
You should do some plains states videos for us north dakota folks. I bet south dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas viewers would benefit as well.
WOW!!!!! Another great video, you covered it all in a short time, very informative and extremely interesting.
Thanks as always for sharing.
Bob
Thank you very much Bob..really hope it helps folks out a lot! I need to stick with 3 points instead of 10 😁
I got 140 acres. 40 tillable. We use farm income to offset some cost of farm ie. Taxes. We keep 2 seperate acres standing. When can I start seeding winter rye/wheat into beans so after harvest I now have established several more acres of food that otherwise would be gone. I will also seed into beans I leave standing for double crop of food for deer. Thanks love your show
I got 6 acres. Love these videos!
Thanks Chris that is perfect, should be a great fit!
How have you done on your 6?
@@ophiophagus9933 I harvested two nice bucks in the 4 years I've owned it. Hit a tree branch this year on a nice 8 pointer. My fault. It's also located in a great county so that helps too. Lol
Chris Heinen nice lol it happens
@@ophiophagus9933 still hurts. Lol
Started hunting a small property of 38 acres in 2010. Small parcel I hunted many yrs ago with some friends when I was a kid. They invited me back and I’ve e seen and killed more mature whitetail bucks there than the 200 acre private land I have access to. If done correctly the small parcels are very productive as you demonstrate in this video
I sincerely appreciate this video. My imagination is on fire now. Thank you!
That’s awesome, keep up the good work ya’ll
Thank you!
Love the information you bring to the table. Living in fort wayne indiana, its been hard these past 3 years on public land finding those hard cover areas without getting through 30+ yards of thron bushes.
Thanks for talking about smaller acres.... Getting 14 acres tomorrow with rover running through it
Your method is absolutely right. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Since I've started watching these videos I've had more mature bucks come into my property.. I used to have a closed canopy forestry. I've made a 60yard by 30 food plot on the back side of my land..I've planted Apple trees and chestnuts with wild persimmons already on the land.. I don't feed corn anymore I have hinge cut trees for more winter browsing and better cover on my land.. I've got it where I want it now just maintaining the plot and keeping my trees healthy. Still seeing a lot of deer and bucks are already coming back into the plot..looking to see who survived and any new bucks
11 acres with 3 cleared by house. Vacant lot next door at 13 acres that’s a mix of hardwood and creek bottom grass and brush.
We have our regular hunting land that is 140 acres with 30 acres of trees total on it. We are planning to put in 500 hybrid poplars. But anyways we also have 3 acres in the river bottom. The nice thing is in that 3 acres we have bedding and a ridge the deer follow to go to the neighbor’s food plots.
This video is useful for me because on a map my 140 is all connected but I have an easement rd that separates 9 acres. A wierd 7 acre rectangle that is surrounded 3 sides by nieghbors and a major creek that separates 15 acres. My core farm is 109 with 40 tillable. So that leaves me with 59 acres of core cover. I'm trying to provide as much inner food to draw deer in to core area and out of my edges. Thanks.
I have just under 3 acres just NE of Indianapolis. Surrounded by open ag, on a creek, with cover connecting larger wooded areas. I have have high traffic with a couple 6 and 8 pointers passing through regularly. The doe movement is countless.
Ive been hunting for some years now and i never realized how lil i actually know about mature bucks finding your channel is going to be top 5 best things to happen to me in 2019. I cant tell you how much i wished i found u years ago best channel on utube hands down just keep the info coming great job
Hey you and your family put a lot of work in on your hunting places. Youns deserve more than what youns take every year. My lease is goin to be a lot different this year. Plots goin in soon as possible.
Great video! I’d love to see more videos on managing micro parcels!
Great video Jeff once again! I know once the farmer next door cuts his crops, it is tough hunting the deer because there isn't food around. I'll be working to get food plots in this year focusing on plots that last through the later archery into the late seasons here in PA. And this video solidified some thoughts I had! Thanks!
I’m working with 3 acres backed by about 30 of public in northern MN. I’m going to give the layered rye a shot
Hello brother I’m having health problems this week is why I’m late watching videos.
Looking forward to applying the advice in this and your other videos this year. Lots of good advice for "the little guy/gal".
I have a 5 acre lease. Crappy, thick, overgrown land. Every year I get a deer and see good bucks in camera. The deer dont have to live there. I just need one to cross it. However, management is tough if people around shoot whatever they want.
Cant wait to try it on my new hunt land got 15 acres 5 field rest is woods going put a long food plot right in middle of the land where goes from think cover to open timber
Great video Jeff. Thanks for your time and work that goes into making these videos.
This guy knows what he is talking about !
Thank you. I have so many questions for my 12 aces in Southeast Wi. Really, thank you for this video it really help me understand a little more on what to put into my property like ryegrass.
Cereal Rye.........do not plant rye grass.
Hey Jeff ,i have been waiting for THIS video.Since my 90+ acre lease was sold i'm down to 23 acres counting the narrow 10 i park on. The former lease holds deer(large bedding area)not heavily hunted.Planning to implement these suggestions on1 acre grassy field that was once a vegetable garden.Has good unseen access.will put my plotmaker to work this spring! Thanks So Much!!!
I learn so much with every video you post. Thank you for spreading your knowledge. I ordered your food plot by design book. I'm anxiously waiting for it to come in.
I live on 3-1/2ac and we hunt on it as well. We got 7 deer here last fall.
Hi Jeff, I have 20 acres all switch grass, mostly wet, 20% hardwood cover and food plots on neighbors lots. I can see the does as they travel through the land, but would like to improve the land so that it draws the big guys enough that I can see them, Fowlerville Mi area
This is the best video yet! Thank you very much!
I have 120 acres and quite frankly id rather have just 5. I dont even know where to start on the 120 and we've had it over a decade. Over half of it is damn near inaccessible due to some cliffs; it's a great problem to have but a problem nonetheless. It used to be cattle pasture probably 30 years ago, you'd never be able to tell, maybe only one section of wooded area has decent 50-75yd visibility. It is otherwise 120 acres of forest with a small clearing in the middle maybe 1/4 of an acre.
Jeff, thank you for doing this video on small properties this is excitedly what we have in Adams county Wisconsin. Great information Sr. We will be applying your tactics on our property this year. Looking forward to the 2020 hunting season..
Very good video and advice, you a mountain of knowledge and we appreciate it
I've watched many of your videos...one video said dont plant rye grass bad idea....this video says plant rye!! Is this rye grass or rye grain your talking about? Love your videos!! Its helping my 5yr plan of growing a deer heard on my 26 acres
I have 10 acres (330'x1300' or so) behind my house that unhinge cut around the perimeter... Its a horizontal visual barrier for the blaze orange neighboring eyes... My entire front yard (330'x330') is basically an old hayfield and my yard is full of clover... I think of it as a small sanctuary because I don't hunt my yard & I've had some big bucks die of old age back there... I would like to possibly create some more native browse & vegetation instead of an old hayfield however
We're heavy ag, Arkansas Delta lol. Right side has tones of switchgrass within the perimeter left side is is fairly wooded
Great video with a lot of information. Thanks Jeff.
Thanks for this video. I have 5 acres all hardwood i have been hunting the deer are always passing through i been thinking about planting a field. I just harvested a tall 7 point that was passing through
Great video brother as always. Be safe out there and GOD BLESS you and your family brother Amen 🙏.
I would like to find out more about layering rye grass Jeff.
www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/blog/winter-rye-layered-food-plot-progression
Great video thanks so much for sharing
Thanks a Jerrod! You are very welcome ☺️
Love the videos!! I used to frequent the old QDMA forum before they shut it down. I appreciated your contribution there too!
My father has a small property that is mature timber in the hills of Mississippi surrounded by clear cut. I started plots in the only ground area (about 1 acre total of 15 that can be planted. The neighbors do have plots on the ridge tops and feed stations. He has TONS of bucks on camera early season but then they vanish. Pretty much what you describe is the OPPOSITE of what you want.
He has only nocturnal activity and a portion of this is he has too much activity on his parcel.
Besides reduction in movement (human scent and activity) on his side what can we do to improve the property? I discussed with him opening the canopy and providing more cover. The deer bed on the side of the hill in the cutovers next door. I don’t think very far from his property but still not on it. I see no reason why the deer would prefer his property over the neighbors that have a sea of cover and browse as well as are feeding with corn and bran and have some plots.
Your buddy went to AL to check out a property. Talk about southeastern ideas.
The term you used in this video really struck a chord with me: “precision hunts”. That’s gonna stick with me when I’m watching the weather for a possible hunt.
Oh for sure Kevin...so important that hunters rely on the concept of less being more! Hope it hits home for you this Fall ☺️
Jeff, I hunt Hillsdale county, 20 acres we purchased this year, my bedding area is mainly buck root , thick, gnarly and entangled, almost 5 acres of it, thought it would be good for bedding but now realize it is to thick and deer cannot pass through. Would you bulldoze it and remove it and let it go natural for bedding, or would you just trim it out for travel corridor and bedding. Man I wish I could show it to you. It's kind of why I bought the land. I am ag all around it. Thank you, and best wishes this season. As always, love your content
I have 11 acres near Norwich ny. Big woods not alot of cropland, my property is mostly hemlock. I have 1 spot i put in clover less than a quarter acre, not really any good areas to put in more due to muddy areas and very rocky area. Kind of at a loss of what to do, alot of hemlocks are quite large, and not enough there to interest any loggers and no distinctive deer patterns, they just wander through every so often.
Successful hunting is a learning process, thanks for being an outstanding teacher. Question, what is the effect of fences on deer movement? Will deer cross a fence to get to desirable food?
Thanks, Rick (Tomah)
He has a video of fencelines. And yes they are great things. I hunt a huge chunk of public land. The bigger deer seem to like those fencelines but have to cross them to get to Ag fields that are on public. There are even a few old fencelines inside the public and I seem to see more along there too.
I wish I could post a picture of the 11 acres I hunt. There is a big 6 point out there right now super elusive. I can't do much manipulation of the land because it's not mine but it's tough with only one spot to hunt on it since the deer have made two highways for themselves on it. 11 acres but only 6 or 7 huntable
I have 8 Acres that I own but there is 330 Acres that my property butts up against and it's a tree farm nobody hunts it have several mature bucks that walk through my property and my wife has actually gotten a 136 inch 9 point off the land I work a lot so she hunts for me Lol.
Watch all your videos, great stuff, what's your advice when all neighbors are using bait?
Awesome!! This helps me a lot. I only have 5 acres.
That's great to hear...I truly hope that it helps ☺️
Saw a bachelor group of Bucks with some really big bucks in it, and since I've gotten buck feever😂
I've got five acres in Saginaw County, Michigan. My house sits on about an acre and the remaining 4+ is wooded. As a matter of fact every house on our rural road has the same layout... very narrow frontage and very deep lots with the last 4+ acres wooded. My immediate neighbor bordering my property on the east does not hunt in effect giving me 10 acres of habitat. Bordering on my west is a power line right of way and behind everything is about 60+ acres of farm land. My woods is very dense with brush. I'm not sure if any of is is prime browse but with the farmland adjacent to my property and everywhere else very near I don't believe adding food plots will do me much good. Putting in a water source will probably not help much either with two rivers within a mile... one to the north and another to the south... plus three ponds on nearby properties. I'm not sure there is anything I can do other than try to find optimal stand placement and cross my fingers.
Great advice.
I hunt 40 acres. Out of the 40, 3 acres is woods, 5 acres is a tall grass area where I know does like to bed down, and the rest is cornfield. My neighbors have a nice sized woods at the back of my property but the rest of the area around my property is corn field. Would it be smart or dumb to put a small food plot in the tall grass and how much would it cost because I don’t have a lot of money or machinery to do it? Thanks for the awesome content!
None of the big guys ever talk about southern state hunting like Arkansas I think it’s because it is a completely different sport. And a lot more difficult.
I've been hunting on 4 acre and see deer everyday.
Great videos. I am from the West Coast and am currently restoring 10 acres of Oregon White oak habitat to its native form. A lot of your advice benefits other animal species as well which is good to see. Human hands have sculpted ecosystems for thousands of years and now more than ever we need private property owners who manage their land well, not just for themselves or deer but the game birds, milkweed for monarchs, etc. Native plants support native bugs which support native birds to hunt, etc. Curious how our blacktail compare to your whitetail in terms of your hunting layouts on small parcels? Blacktail are more of a browsing / shrub deer, little grass.