Over 40 Things to Do to Get Better Deer Hunting In Pines (
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- Deer hunting advice for better deer hunting from GrowingDeer.tv! Over 40 tips in this video to help hunters improve hunting opportunities in the pines! Recommendations designed to attract and hold turkey and deer, the best food plot locations and types/varieties, timber harvests, prescribed fire, food plots in the thinned row pines, managing sweetgums, and much more! Watch to see the details as Dr. Woods lays out the framework for the best wildlife-oriented habitat management plan focusing on forestry and food plots for better hunting. #TeamOutdoors #DeerHunting
If you deer hunt amid the pine plantations of the south you'll want to watch this video! Share it with your hunting buddies! - Sport
This was very informative thank you for sharing
That tip on pine roots was really cool. That opens up some new options.
Great! Let me know how it goes! - grant
So many videos posted lately, this is awesome!
Thanks! We've been busy in the editing studio!
I loved this video. Thanks for sharing.
Ryan - Thanks for sharing the kind words! - grant
Y’all have helped me a lot thank you
What' do y'all plant for summer and fall in your Florida property? In my North Florida property, I can't get many crops to consistently grow, and the ones that do are mostly ignored by the deer. I lime and fertilize my plots as well.
Great episode, definitely applies to me
Thanks! - grant
Great advice in today's video! Gave me some things to think about as I change and develope the wildlife food on my property. And being from and in South Carolina made me enjoy it even more!
I lived in South Carolina for years and still have many friends there. I lived just above Clemson and by Abbeville. - grant
@@GrowingDeerTV I lived in Greenwood and worked there and Abbeville counties for NRCS. Now I'm in the coastal plains about 45 minutes from Myrtle Beach in Marion SC. Keep hoping to make it out to one of the GrowingDeer field days, my schedule just hasn't worked out yet.
Very informative and helpful info.
Thanks for the encouragement!
Excellent video. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
wow, Great episode!
Thanks! - grant
Awesome
Thanks!
Good video. We deer hunt here in north Louisiana...lot of pines, lol.
Thanks for the kind words! - grant
3:16 Looks just like many parts of my property in North Florida. The one big difference is that all the pines are much younger and smaller than those (due to the timber company that owns the land, harvesting em and replanting em before they get that big), and the planted pines on my property are MUCH closer together. The woods are FAR denser than those woods. The underbrush looks very familiar though
Brian - The same management tips will work in your area! - grant
This property is identical to the one I just got it was just thinned and has a clear cut on one side and there are sweet gums coming up thru that I need to control so this episode was super helpful! Maybe I could set up a meeting like that with y’all sometime...I could map the property out and show you bedding and travel corridors but I need help with food plot design and how to get the deer using the property to my advantage.
Aaron - Congrats on the hunting property ! I hope our paths cross and we can talk deer and deer habitat! - grant
GrowingDeer.tv that would be awesome
I have thinned pines as of this summer - a couple acre spots I had clear cut to establish food plots. How do you deal with the stumps that are left when going to plant for the first couple of years before they rot?
It's best to have the stumps removed. The will rot - even below the soil and then there will be holes in the plot. If you do this, be careful driving a tractor or UTV in the plot! - grant
Epic
Thanks for watching!
Hello Dr. Woods. Thank you for this video! I have property in SC but MUCH smaller-20 acres. I also have relatively closed canopy from thick pines and collection of pine needles/straw on the forest floor. I am in process of getting sun in by drilling and killing with glyphosate and will be downing trees soon. I have no desire to harvest any of the pines for profit. I am, however, unable to burn so would like to know will clearing pines and opening up for sunlight result in good growth of native plants on forest floor without burning?? Thank you!
Johnathan - Fire, even small fires are the best and most natural way to remove needles and release their nutrients to the soil. If even small fires won't small areas can be raked but this will have limited impact.
We have two big fields of beans and 1 smaller field with corn, we have 3 little plots in our woods, would you recommend clover, or something else?
Evan - beans are great warm season forage and pods for the cold season. I'm not much of a corn fan unless there's ample land for food plots. Corn takes up space all summer without providing food. Beans feed deer all summer and produce grain (pods) for the winter. I'm not a perennial clover fan. I prefer an annual clover in a cool season blend. I use the Fall Buffalo Blend - grant
A little late on this video but if you plant the thinned trees with food plots or leave cover then where do you replant your pines?
The food plots are perfect for landowners that focus on wildlife habitat. For those that prioritize timber production, the plots can be planted with pines the next rotation.
Dr. Woods, I have a problem with invasive Russian olive saplings at my property. My property is in Western New York near Buffalo. The area is too dangerous to use prescribed fire because it's a pine thicket. How do I get these Russian olives under control? Thanks - Jeremy
Jeremy - Russian olive is very invasive! It can be controlled with a 2% solution of glyphosate applied to the foliage or a 20% solution applied to the bark at the base of each stem. Russian olive makes a bunch of seeds so I suggest treating as soon as practical! - grant
What would be best forage plants in the thin rows of pines for South Carolina? Great segment! Thanks
Tom - I've planted soybeans, clover, small grains, etc., in thinned rows of pines. The more sun reaching the soil, the larger the variety of crops that will work. I also consider what other forage crops are available in the area. This fall, I have friends planting Eagle Seed's Fall Buffalo Blend in thinned rows among pines. This is a great habitat improvement and hunting technique! - grant
In early growth pines where pines are not thinned yet would planting between rows be beneficial. Looking for options for hunting on timber company land. Not any options of thinning or cutting.
Good Afternoon Mr. Woods. Will this work on a pine stand that is only about 6 acres? What is the best way to open that up to get some sunlight to the ground? Would it be better to just do a burn to get things growing in there. I have onX and I can send you a link to the map
Devin - Plants must receive sunlight to grow (they must photosynthesis). If the pines have a closed canopy there will be minimal benefit from a prescribed fire. The best plan will be to thin and then burn.
@@GrowingDeerTV thanks so much for your reply
I have not been able to find videos on planting in thinned pines. Do you have advice for what system to use to plant the thinned rows? No plow drill?, No Tool? what kind of seed does the best in these locations (Hard to get to Locations, with cut pines throughout). Can we use the Buffalo Blend? We hunt in an area of the state that Timber companies own most of the Hunting Leases that are available. They allow very little acreage dedicated to food plots. Any video that you may have or consider making dedicated to this category of land management would be appreciated. Thank you for your videos, I truly have learned from each and everyone you have shared.
Robert - I've assisted a lot of landowners where they could only plant in rows of pines that have been thinned. No till is always better disking, etc. Most crops will grow well that setting. The more sunlight that reaches the soil, the better the crops will grow. Hence, as the crowns of the residual trees expand, the less light will reach the soil and the crops won't grow as well. We have a few episodes on this subject you should watch. Let me know if you need help finding them!
@@GrowingDeerTV Thank you so much for responding. Any direction to videos dealing with Strip Pines or Timber managed Leases would be greatly appreciated! I cant say enough about your videos! I will be changing the way I manage and hunt based on information in your videos. Thank you again and God Bless!
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How do we go about doing a phone call on property plans tips ideas and tricks?
Joseph - We do offer a service to assist folks with habitat and hunting improvement plans. To learn about the cost, send the property size and location to info@GrowingDeer.com
hey grant. looking into doing something similar to you as a career. can you enlighten me to the degrees you have ?
Tracy here to answer your question as Grant is out in the field today. Check out these links. They'll provide much more info here than I can write in the space allowed for comments: www.growingdeer.tv/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Professional-experience-for-Dr.-Grant-Woods.pdf and here's a link to lots of advice he has given to others over the years that are considering wildlife as a profession: www.growingdeer.tv/?s=career+wildlife&post_type=page Let us know if you have any more questions! Thanks for watching GrowingDeer. - Tracy
What about long leaf pines ? do deer and turkey like it them?
Charlie - If they are managed to allow plenty of sun to reach the soil's surface and quality native vegetation is growing.
Are there quail on the proving grounds?
Unfortunately there isn't a real strong population. Occasionally we will hear one...and that is super special. - Tracy
Why did yall quit using dead down wind? Did they have some bad chemical in them?
Saylor - Dead Down Wind is based on enzymes. They don't work well below 30 or above 80 degrees. I'm always looking for the best scent control products and landed on DCode! - grant
@@GrowingDeerTV thanks!
Man do I wish I could own some land. Sadly I am not rich and no one in my family owns any. Oh well still fun to imagine....
Andrew - I grew up hunting on public land. That's where I learned to hunt! - grant
Andrew - while I do not know your financial situation, you don't have to be rich to own land. If you have a buddy to partner to share the cost and you spend the time and find the right piece of land you can own land. Look for a piece that has been clear cut but has water on it even if it's a little stream. You can put pines in pretty cheap.
Do what I did. Work your ass off save. Ser aside an account and put a set amount in EVERY WEEK. More if you have a little extra. I'm not rich but managed to get my land after 12 years of saving for it. Just do it👍
You will be surprised at what the good Lord can do. Keep an ear out for opportunities that you may feel an urging for. I was thinking that no new opportunities would come, and I was just saving money basically for retirement, and getting rid of debt. One day I saw the property adjoining mine come up for sale, prayed about it, signed papers a week later. If I hadn’t gotten rid of debt and saved that money, I couldn’t have paid the 15% down, well, it would’ve been much more difficult, and not as smart. I’m the steward now of 30acres with two small creeks running through it. It was a pine plantation with oaks lining the creeks. I’m so thankful, I enjoy it so much.
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Thanks Austin!
Doing all that it’s gonna cost The landowner a fortune for what To kill a turkey
Why? Pines grow much faster when there's less competition.