My food plots did terrible this year compared to last, and it was a huge difference in deer activity. Next year i will be planting earlier and will need the weatherman to actually get it right with his forecast!!! Lol

Killing deer from the couch and waiting for right winds is the simplest and best advice ever ! Happy Holidays ☃️🔫

Access is always the toughest part of the equation for me. Merry Christmas & happy New Years everyone!

Thank you for small parcel video, I have a 10 acre parcel in SC with neighbors that just grow timber trees and never there and I get lots of deer including couple nice 8 points this year, more day than night deer activity, so small parcels can still have great success when you have best food sources around

What's up boss heading to camp for the last 5 days never been more excited cause of your motivation thanks for a great year both my sons killed nice 8s best year ever for me

Great stuff like always Jeff! Thanks for what you do!

Jeff, happy holidays to you, your family and the WHS team. We can't thank you enough for all the content you put out on your channel. We will be enjoying the last few weeks of the season in Central Wisconsin, then will start our scouting and planning habitat improvements. Looking forward to reviewing and following the new monthly deer chores videos. Thanks again and have a great new year!

Hey Jeff just wanted to take some time and say thank you for all the information you have put out. Have a happy New year!

I love how you combine private and public land hunters in conjunction with your information, it really does shine a light on those questions of how can I improve this over looked peace that seems to hold deer. To me a small piece of land, be public or private is somewhere in the 100-250 acre parcel.

I got 309 acres and with all your videos and advice I’m determined to turn that into a excellent hunting parcels. And if guys would come to Ontario Canada I would pay any price. And that is cool for your new web class I wish I could invest into them. Thumbs up 👍 Jeff thank you your number one in the whitetail business

Happy holidays WHS-! Thanks for a great year of videos and information 👍

Watched 2 buck run to the creek last night.Saw 15 feet of ice on the bank,and turned around and walked back where they came from.

Thanks Jeff for another great video packed with information. Happy new year!

Merry Christmas Jeff to you and your crew and Family. God Bless

Thanks again for all the info. Really look forward to this excellent info. Happy holidays

Excellent information Jeff as you always provide.happy holidays to you and your family and the crew.

Love the video Jeff. I just bought 20 acres at the end of September 6 miles south of Battle Creek, Michigan and shot my biggest buck so far the Friday after opening day gun season using you tips of staying unseen traveling to my stand. I have a couple 1 acre fields I didn’t get a chance to do anything with it this year. Maybe if you come stay in Battle Creek again I can buy you some dinner and pick your brain about what type of food plot to put In to keep deer around in the winter. Appreciate the content you put out!

Jeff, this is a great video. Thank you

I had Jeff out on my 34 acres in southern Michigan soon after I purchased in 20016. If I could post pictures you could see the progression year to year of more and bigger bucks as a direct result of his recommendations.

Morning guys.Might grab my bow and head to a stand this afternoon

Always look forward to them, thanks once again

Great video ! TY so much for helping us all... i just wish every deer hunter would follow your advice !

Lots of good info here. I am on my own 40 acres here in Western New York. Had this property for 35 yrs now. I just sat with Muzzel loader this afternoon in 14 degree weather. Saw nothing but feel good for trying. I passed on a bunch of little Bucks this yr. Still looking for a shooter. I may buy some Switchgrass seed next year. We had another bad year this year with Gipsy Moths stripping all the Apple and Oak trees. Not much food at higher elevation where I am.

Hope you guys had a Merry Christmas! Went out rabbit hunting this morning on our parcel just a few more weeks left and ready to start scouting!

Thanks Jeff And Merry Christmas! Heading out this week during Christmas break to take the climber out!

Great video. This type of content is really helpful to me.

Thank you Jeff and Dylan for the great advice! I love watching the videos and I have read 4 of the books. My brother and I are big fans. I hunt western Pennsylvania in high pressure areas and I was able to shoot a nice buck this year following your principles. My brother and a friend each shot a nice buck on public land! I’m interested in taking the how to design your deer hunting parcel class. I was curious if after the class do most of your clients feel confident in there own design? On the fb group do people share there property designs? Im nervous making lasting changes without someone looking over my plan. Thanks!

Can’t wait to watch this I have a BIG access issue I think and I think the past hunting practices used by everyone in the area who hunted this parcel without worrying about access plus the lay of the land. I think there has been a well developed and ingrained mindset of the deer and there are “sentry deer” who when hunters access the first day of the season they instantly clear the whole area that I’ve identified as a bedding area. This are is about 5-8 acres, which may be oversized I don’t know. But I’m examining the topo’s hard and putting in some leg work once I get my knee repaired from this season. I need to find their exit points and entry points to the “bedding area” I found one “sentry bed”. The one big buck followed me in first day and found me and blew and blew and blew and blew and blew! Hunted the area was dead for months after that. Gotta avoid that guy this coming season. As he is still showing up on my cameras. I gotta figured out to access his travel route undetected

Thanks for another great instructional video. You mentioned that it is easy to turn food into bedding. How is that accomplished? Do you have a video that covers that?

I think I’ll be moving my food plot next year. I have a rectangle 13 acre lot that borders public land on two sides. I walk through the property to get to my food plot. The property is surrounded by cedar swamp, the deer are bedding on the public land and traveling through the swamp to my property. I’ll likely create a new plot closer to the top of the property and turn the old plot into bedding.

Jeff, Dillon and team!, thank you for everything you guys do and all the knowledge you share online. I look forward to your videos every time. It is so funny when I go on youtube and go to learn how to replace a part on the truck... I think to myself..damn it why isn't Jeff doing this how to video in their grade A format lol

Merry Christmas WHS family

I hunt a 10 acre parcell. I have much movement. It is more of a pass through. Attempting to apply these tips to keep them in the area.

I’m in South Carolina with very little public land (and there are accidental shootings yearly on what little is out there so I’m very hesitant to use it). I have permission for a 6ac parcel and happy to have it but with the growth toward my area I’ll probably have to move on in 3-5 years

Hope you have a merry Christmas. Killed a 9.5yr buck i called warrior of your advice. Getting ready to start scouting some buck beds.

I'm pretty lucky to hunt a 16 acre Reduction Zone area right about 100 yards behind my property. Only the owner and I hunt it. And he might go a handful of times a year. It's in-between a bedding area and a couple of ag fields. And there are 4 lane highways for deer trails. I have 2 hanging stands and I have a ground blind and a climber that I use for bad wind days for the stands. Gonna try to beat Chris Bee's 5 deer in 20 minutes record.

I have a tiny parcel 2.5 with a house on the property!!! Would like a video to help people like me with that 1-3 acre parcels💯

You guys ever need a bed in Jackson Michigan, just holler. Thanks for the education. Thanks for the willingness to nicely bust myths in the Whitetail world and share the truth of your experience.

Jeff how do You set up Food Sources on the Outside Edge of Your Property when Neighbors are hunting the property lines

Nice. Shoutout lapeer!

Thanks Jeff here is Maryland!

Do a video on ground hunting, rarely do I go elevated after my fall in 2019. I've been leathal from the ground but I am sure I am missing something you aren't.

I live in Lapeer area! Going to buy property soon and can't wait.

Merry Christmas! I watched a few of your videos.... the property with the road in the middle, you said to put the food in the middle to draw them in further onto the land correct? A few of your videos you mention to put food plots parallel to your borders.... so when the deer come onto your property, then travel further and stay longer on the property. Just curious 🤔

I have 8 acres in the middle of farm land. 4 of those acres I'm converting to a small hunting parcel. This past season I had at least 9 doe and 6 bucks ranging from spike to a 9pt bedding down during the night. By hunting season there is isn't a fall food source and my land lacks the cover to hold them. I harvested a few thousand box alder maple seeds to plant this spring as well as ordering switch grass and red osier dogwood to start building cover. This small parcel is for my kids to hunt for youth and rifle season. I expect a minimum 3 years before I start seeing results.

Hope everyone had a great Xmas

I see alot of bad food positions...most everyone i know...some folks ya just cant reach, ...😜...im on my first lease now couple years...been waitin my whole life for it...finally in my later years i can squeak out the payment...didnt know anything bout foodplotting...i mean i can grow ag....i just didnt know what i could actually grow well with zero tillage...luckily....the 9nly thing i did know bout plotting was that you can mess a piece of land up if its in a place you cant get in and outta undetected..been an entry/exit freak a long time on public and that helped..found the intel i needed for seed here..although they eat my dang buckwheat im still havin great success growing small seed stuff..i do have to re seed some spots that i prob wouldn't if theyd leave my buckwheat alone !..pretty much makin my own mixes...all small seed..all plots same...section of brassica thats several dif types...a section of grain...rye oats and wheat and a clover section thats 3 dif types of clover...9 dif types if food on each plot....im sucking in deer from all neighbors now and they are starting to complain and hunt my borders hard...lol...the more they hunt it the longer my bucks hang out before they release at night 😜 ..we just goin into pre rut here now...2nd year of plotting...holding 2 gorgeous 4 year olds ...1 of wich is truly special that im tryin to keep alive...fingers crossed...thanks for tha intel...

Hi Jeff, I have a question on the depth of cover. You always talk about having depth of cover but you don't really say how much is considered enough. I have 40 acres with some small food plots, total around half an acre, on the south border just in from the road and another one that is about one acre in maybe 75-100 yards from the road on the southwest side of the property. The whole west side and north end and most of the east side are all sanctuary and is low land that is really thick. There is a few does and a couple of young bucks using it now and coming out to the food plots at all times of the day. There wasn't a mature buck here this year, last year i had one that hung around from late Oct. to mid Feb.

I have 15ac that is an outside corner. I put food in the middle because it’s open ag on 2 sides. Is it ok to put a plot next to the open ag? It’d be fine when the corn is up but wide open when it’s cut.

How far was food plot from road after moving it at 13:15?

So I have 150 acres but only 3 are woods. I hunt it with bow, after firearm comes in I don't touch it again. It's a back corner so I'm not even around. Am I doing anything or am I just not hunting the woods? Lol

Lately watching your videos reminds me I would rather enjoy my property then shoot a big buck once in a while.

Had the same problem. lived this situation. Proper placement of food, bedding, and stands very important.

Hey buddy love watching your videos would love to get in touch with you looking for advice

We have 13 wooded acres in Battle Creek!

I've got 150 acres. Which is small to me bc 3 of the neighbors have 300+ around me.

Hi Jeff 👋 we need switch grass seed . Are your prices as is for this year 2023 ? Or will they go down a bit ? You mentioned last year your prices were high and going down moving forward. Please advise 🙏

That Joe guy… he’s something else lol

How am I supposed to add enticing bedding cover on my land when my neighbor has a 10 year old 40 acre clear cut that never gets touched? Left all the white oak in it as well. I’m in a big woods setting so wouldn’t it make sense to let the deer bed there and just bring them to my land with high quality food?

Do you folks have any hunting land for sale?

How much do you guys charge when you go to someone's property

I completely understand you just need alot of money..time..no job and no wife and kids lmao.Good luck with all that everyone.

A lot of public land isn’t hunted because it’s land locked and the surrounding private land owners won’t grant access to it from their property. I can canoe for miles to get to it or trudge for miles through marsh to get there. It takes a real effort, especially in the dark. Everyone hunts the parts that have reasonable access.

Crap...looking at #6, now I have to get a pool ;)

Got a 5 acre tract of oak .. we put in a 25 fruit tree orchard and a cabin by the top deer coming in through the bottom how can I make them comfortable coming into to fruit orchard 100 ft from cabin .... no deer shot on land since we've been here ... also what can I plant for cover under the oaks ..

I have 25 acres I believe i can only have one thing either food or bedding, which one should I have?

my small parcel is 1.3acres

What's your thoughts about clear cuts?

I'm gonna put up a mile of deer proof fence

So small parcel means large acreage for the average person. Some people have absolutely no idea how good they have it.

Poor access & no sanctuaries/bedding thickets are the biggest fixes most folks could make.

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me who hunts 5 acrs...

100 acres is a small parcel? People out here clicking on this are thinking you mean 10-20 acres... If 100 acres is a small parcel, I'll just pass on having the silver spoon up my ass like the people who can afford 100 acres already do... I've hunted since I was 7. Seeing all these people from out of state, and new to the sport hunter, angers me.

Small parcel? 11 acres.......

I kill more mature big ass bucks along fence rows and open fields than you can in the woods. Big Bucks will bed down along fence rows and open fields and hold does down out in the open. I keep fence rows along our farm just for deers.