"someone with some sense", lol...my wife is sitting right next to me and laughed pretty hard at that 😁 Tell her that really means a lot to me...and also great luck this season!! Made my morning 👍

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 The moment I knew she was really hooked on your videos: We're getting ready to head out back into our blind. We're not even 10 steps out of the garage door and she bolts stiff as a board in front of me, so naturally I stop... She turns around and says in the nastiest whisper I've ever heard from her, "daddy, I hate to pull a Jeff on you, but you're gonna have to quiet down your clunky footsteps and roll your foot, or there's aint gonna be no deer left to hunt!" 😠 Yeah, I knew right then and there that she's been watching your videos hard! Hahaha Good luck to you guys this upcoming season too! Thanks so much for the good content with great tips and advice. Just know you're making a much bigger impact on people's lives than you know.

Thanks a lot, you are very welcome!!

Maybe some day and I really appreciate that!

Ha, thanks a lot Norm...hope that you can tell I love this stuff ☺️ I hope that you have a great weekend!

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Jeff, who would you say is your equivalent for the south? All your videos appear to be mostly northern centric. The climates and timing are different as are some of the deer’s behaviors and preferences.

Thanks Ragnar, hope the video helps!

That's great to hear Joseph...enjoy them, I sure do!

Hi Adam it's been working for me since the late 90s...awesome tactic! Thanks a lot too...will try to keep em coming! I love these Summer cold fronts...love the uptick on the trail cams too!

They can be great as long as deer don't feed on them and you don't have to walk on them while deer are feeding on them, to stands. Something to consider is that in areas with more shade and moisture and a need for ground cover...perennial rye grass blends are a .uch netter choice than clovers. For example in our hills around shore, clover is a bad choice because it creates a much higher risk for soil erosion. Thr good thing is the deer eat it down to the dirt in small areas.in the UP of MI I used to plan it in trails because I could count on the deer not being there when I accessed stand locations. In some areas clover on trails can attract deer to hunter success which is always a very bad thing. Just depends on shade, region, erosion concerns, etc.

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thanks for perennial rye tip, I might give that a shot.

update Jeff... My plot is getting hammered... not only have they demolished the peas and beans side... but they have done the same to the turnip and radish side. I applied 100 pounds of winter rye this weekend and will do so again in 3 weeks as your prescribed in another blog. How do you feel about the electric fencing in order to get the plot up to size before allowing the deer to graze? Are there negatives to doing this? I assume you do not recommend this because I have not heard you mention this as an option.

Good tip on the chicory. I always thought the chicory was more 4 turkeys but having something around other than brassica to help 🍀 getting established is always an ace in the hole.

Thank you very much Mark!

Watch his no till videos, good info on there. He uses 41% glyphosate mixes. I used for first time this year, it works!

Hi Bradley no it is not possible. It is if you disc them into the ground and then cultipack, but the buckwheat takes the place of that, builds the soil, aids in moisture retention, combats erosion and smothers weed growth. Still time to get buckwheat in the ground! I am planting mine today in WI and MN...

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Hi Doug...pumpkins can work but there are a lot better options like corn. You also need to have green to establish a pattern of use in late August and September. I like clover in locations where herd building needs to take place thru Summer doe fawning residency. But even then there are better, more attractive options like soy beans. However in most areas the Summer food contributes to high doe numbers/low buck numbers. Even on my land in MN they used beans to build a solid Summer buck herd and deer herd in general, but then the beans were gone early and they lacked the power to hold bucks. You can always find better volume than clover during the hunting season and you avoid the Summer doe factory risks. I used clover for 15 years extensively. Originated various clover rotations with cool season annual combo plantings in the 90s and published the results in the Quality Whitetails magazine in the mid 2000s. But, I had enough experience to realize that there are far better options and haven't really planted clover other than for soil building plow down options...for roughly 12 years now. I do recommend clover occasionally to clients when it fits...maybe 10 clients out of 120 per year? But my goal is to design a food plot program that will fit the best for them and provide the most explosive, high level qualities...clover doesn't fit to often. Which is why I just burned down roughly 7 acres of clover and alfalfa on my new land and am replacing with corn and Switchgrass in those areas. The perennials were holding the previous landowner back on this land...can't wait to see the changes this Fall ☺️ Clover is a fit at times...but even then there are far better high volume options with a higher power of attraction in the Fall, nearly all of the time. Coming from someone who managed clover on a professional level for a long time...up to 8 acres per year in just 1 parcel. Let's out it this way...if my neighbors all have clover this year...they will rarely see a mature buck during the daylight. They don't because the know better, but just saying...

Whitetail Habitat Solutions Jeff how do you plan on planting your corn? Broadcast or drill?

You need need to specify in aloy of your videos that roughly 90% of the methods you preach apply to northern US regions. The things you try to teach will work okish where I'm from in a few small areas and some will put you behind the curve big time!

Ha, love it...good way to look at it 😁

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Hi Justin tha k you and I would have never said lose weight! But, man what do you struggle with the most...getting into the woods, climbing into stands?

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I am using 2 man ladder stands hunting solo. No matter how I have brushed them in I can't stay hidden. I switched to shooting seated at your recommendation and that has helped. But when I am waiting for non shooters to pass , I get busted alot, and they are upwind of me.

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 also using clean clothes and your recommendation for dressing before walking in. I can fill gun tags, but even with water holes and vine mock scrapes only does and young bucks. The 4+ year old bucks will turn 50 yards out and go around me. With a gun, he done, with a bow, it's like he is saying "I'm here, and you can't reach me. Lol

Same cameras and lenses but Dylan does his thing well! I was back away from the camera in this shot and that helps to add depth and color too...

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Jeff seems to be northern focused. What works in the north doesn’t always work in the south. There’s some key differences. I would check with your local experts and university wildlife biology deer experts.

In most areas there are a dozen plantings that will help you and the herd more in the Fall, than clover. BUT, you would have to kill the clover now and make sure the area allows for good seed to soil contact. Just seeding into mowed clover will not allow the brassica to find enough sunlight to grow. It has to be tilled, killed or both depending on the timing of your first kill.

Her is my opinion... given the size of your plot, the deer are most likely "mowing" your plot for you. If you see growth as high as 8 inches, I would mow. Anything less that that, I would not mow.

Without a decent amount of discing there is really nothing that you can seed into alfalfa. Alfalfa is also an extremely poor choice for whitetails in about 95% of all situations...but again tho whether it is alfalfa or clover there isn't anything you can seed into either without some dirt work. Even then you only end up with a partial crop going into Fall.

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 good to know, currently renting out the alfalfa to a farmer so will have to look elsewhere. Great content Jeff

Whitetail Habitat Solutions Why is alfalfa an extremely poor choice for whitetails?

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Hi Eric! If you have to choose 1 or the other...always choose Fall 1st as a huge priority. 1 thing I recommend in herd building is to plant the entire plot system in a clover mix (the chicory doesn't add too much), and then take 1/2 and plant a brassica/clover blend in the Fall. You have to till and replant tho...or spray and wait appxomately 4 weeks. However, you can not plant the brassica straight into the clover unless the brassica is weed free and doing poorly with enough exposed soil. I discuss those rotations quite a bit in my 2014 food plot book.

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thank you very much! I loved your Whitetail Success by Design book. I will have to pick up that one as well! First year doing any sort of land/herd management and you've certainly been a great inspiration and mentor along the way.

For sure...I won't ramble on with any details, been doing it for over 20 years 👍

Whitetail Habitat Solutions cool looking forward to trying it thank you

Works very well!

Hi Robert you can not. The clover shades out the rye and kills it ...same with any other seed. You have to kill the clover or throw seed down when it is already eaten down to the dirt so soil is exposed

Thank you so much

Very marginal...not to a very high level of satisfaction

No...the rye needs to be planted about 4 to 6 weeks later than the brassica. Clover can be planted with either...

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 great thanks I love all your content it has helped me alot own my property in north Carolina and as a hunter in general thank y'all

Lol...is this my wife?

Whitetail Habitat Solutions lmao don’t take it as insulting, your intellect let’s you speak about this stuff like an everyday conversation, it’s impressive

178 Acres...got extremely lucky!

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 That's awesome congratulations

Thanks again Jeff.

I like blends for clients because often folks don't match their soil conditions to the variety. Ladino is great...with great soil. Alsike for wet. Med red for a quick till under crop. For me personally...I haven't planted clover in many years.

How lucky is that? 😊

Some people like depth...some just like the fluff 🙂 I try to offer a balance as best I can...