Finally someone who is straight up about whitetail hunting, strategies, and solutions. Thank you so much! 👍

Great info again Jeff!! You definitely give the most info out of and channel!! Really appreciate it!

You make me feel really good about my property,! Last year from November to February I have more bucks than doe’s! That’s button bucks spikes and mature bucks. So thank you Mr Jeff it’s you that did it!!!

For 2 years I took your advice and because we hunt in totally different areas I was a little worried if it would work but almost 3 years in and I’m more than satisfied. I can’t thank you enough!! You help so many people you just don’t know!!!!

Hey Jeff, I have a micro parcel in Missouri and I was wondering if you could make some more videos about parcels smaller than 20 acres? I know not many people have parcels this small but I would love to draw more deer to my property!

Hey brother. We’ve got the hogs working our bait piles bigtime now I’m waiting on these little storms to move out and I’m goin tonight. Great video as always. Very informative brother thank you for sharing GOD BLESS.

I like your ideas about buck populations in relation to the doe ratio. I'm a small farm backed up to 1007 acres and one side 370 acre farm. When people hunt the other farms we have noticed for the past 20 plus years they line up along our fence and wait for the action. I have no crops or food plots for the deer to feed on but I do have lots of acorns and areas of thick brush. It's mostly hard wood forest and central location pond. When talking to these people that hunt other farms. All of them ask me what we do to attract these bucks to our farm. We have little to no hunting pressure and we stay out of the heavy brush areas, feeding, and bedding as well. During the full rut we see really nice deer coming off the other farms in high volume which the other hunters have noticed as well. This is the trick part of our place. We have very few doe and the ratio of doe to bucks is opposite of most areas. We have not taken a doe off our property in 3 years and have never had what I consider a doe herd. That's the part that puzzles us most and would like your input on this situation! Thanks for the great video and anything you have to offer!

Hey jeff big fan man! Your channel is basically my bible for deer hunting though I'm not a parcel owner myself but I lease and hunt tons of state land. Just giving u a shout out for expanding my knowledge of white tail! Appreciate what you do! Thanks again

I have two small parcels of land and I’ve lived here for 43 years. We never seen or had turkey or deer on this property til three years ago! It’s really rough terrain here in Harlan Ky. It’s butted up next to the Blanton state forest which can’t be hunted! I planted some small food parcels and there’s tons of natural food/ browse. Tons of white oak and red oak on and around my property. I haven’t put any hunting pressure on them and all I hunt with is my bow! I haven’t put in a water hole yet. Still I see very low numbers and very few bucks on my property and the other public properties I hunt here in Harlan Ky. I don’t have a ton of money for equipment but I bought a new PSE Uprising last year, other than that I’m to broke to get scents and multiple stands and cameras. I put in the work and time all year and still have no luck. I feel like if I had the right camo clothing and the right scents a couple cameras I would have a buck this season. I know this is lengthy but I really need some free advice for deer hunting in Harlan Ky rough mountains with no money to spend on products!

Make sense, I had just about 10 does on my 26 acres last year and during October into December, I got a total of 32 different bucks, ranging from 2 year old spikes to one mature 10 point. My only habit improvement was opening up a space for a food plot. We'll see how that turns out.

I never realized the number of does actually effects the bucks that much. Good info and more I will add to my plan.

According to what you are stating is if I have a low number of does and fawns on my property that's a good thing...well then I'm in good shape....I have a few does and fawns on my 22 acre parcel in Adams county WI. I have yet to see any bucks yet this year other than a button buck. I do get regular trail cam pics day and night movement of does and fawns on my property though. I am hoping that the bucks will soon be traveling through my property soon. My property is 22 acres of 170 acres of closed MFL so there is no public hunting and 3 other 22 acres of 170 were recently purchased. Some of the property is pine plantation but on the west side of my property has a lot of hazelnut brush, Red Oaks, White Oaks and an occasional Maple and White Pine. I have couple of natural clear areas where I put in some micro food plots and the deer and turkey seem to like them. I am thinking because of their locations and the security of the hazelnut brush surrounding them. I have a lot of improvements that Id like to do and would like to atleast put in one water hole maybe 2..what do you recommend for how many water holes per parcel and should I put them at the edge of one of the micro food plots or elsewhere?

Jeff, Great comments. We are seeing less does. We have broadcast the buckwheat, sprayed the switch, got the water tanks in are are getting ready to spray the food plots...waiting for planting instructions. Thanks for all the great info...Bob

Real good info and vid Jeff thanks!

Must be doing something right because I have been following you're recommendations since last year have put thousands into a 47 acre parcel and my buck to do ratio is alot better than what I started with I get almost all daylight pics and older bucks as opposed to younger thanks so much jeff cant wait for the velvet season August 24 25 26th my brother and I both have a great opportunity of harvesting our personal best bucks in velvet!

Another great video Jeff, thank you once again! Have you ever done a video, article, or chapter in one of your books on building a new property up from a clear cut property? Or a property that is in the early part of its first secessional stage. An example being a popple slashing you would see in Northern WI or MN?

Exactly what I’ve been doing and the results are awesome

The Law of DOEminishing Returns!

Thanks for the great videos

Thanks for the great info! I am a first time leaser this year (and still very new to hunting) and so far all my cameras have only picked up one small bachelor group of young bucks and tons of doe. It's a bigger parcel, around 1,000 acres. I really don't have enough cameras to cover every area of the property I'd like to look into. Would you recommend harvesting a lot of does in the early season this year to lighten the pressure and hopefully make it more inviting to older bucks by mid to late season or next season even? (My area of Tennessee has a limit of three does a day all season long)

Very helpful topic and information!

Great information . I am a small 40 acre owner and am keying in on what you are laying down. I have watched nearly every video you have made. I have seen the same mistakes made that you talk about on friends properties. My goal is to be the daytime buck spot and herd influencer and your videos help. I have one gripe. Every video has the same buck at the water hole, buck at the side hill scrape and same buck bowshot. I know you must have different footage you can use. It has been to the point that sometimes I stop and wonder if I already saw the video. Keep up the good work, you obviously know what you are doing I’ve seen your walls, wondering what your thoughts are on having mineral licks near scrapes.

If I was buck with free range I damn sure wouldn’t want to be around does year round 😂😂 that’s why you always see bucks in bachelor groups out of rut season

Respect and Thanks

Deer tips: 1. Install a Screech Owl nest box. They will reduce tick hosts like white-footed forest mice. 2. Every five years do a Proscribed controlled burn in April or May. This will release phosphorus and other minerals into the soil and promote vegetation growth. It will kill ticks and pit-vipers. 3. Plant White Swamp Oaks, Chestnuts and Persimmon trees.

Please do a video about parcels on five acres that have people living on them, it would be interesting to see how I could hunt as well as live on our property

Thanks again Jeff. I have 23 acres surrounded by 500 acres medium hunting pressure. I see 3% buck activity on my property until October then it increases due to the rut. Concerns of taking to many doe exist of course. My property is like a bowl Streams in the bottom. Not sure if this is idea anyhow for bucks all year? There are many areas which bucks can hold up on upper surrounding properties which have standing crops throughout the year? 6-10 doe can bed in my bottoms certain times, not sure doe reduction would help me much? During the rut 30 plus differ passing thru bucks,, 2 or 3 local bucks frequent late season outside of rut. You are the most knowledgeable out their for sure. Hoping I can pickup 200 acres soon, may bring you out to maryland. Any ideas would be great

I have two farms that connect. One is a cattle farm with no food plots. It's harder for deer to "escape" each other on this farm. The other is a farm managed for deer and wildlife with warm season grasses, fall food plots, and mixed hardwoods. The numbers of deer are probably the same on each property, but the bucks seem to hang out on the cattle farm until the rut when they switch to the other farm with more does and younger bucks. I can't figure out why they wouldn't be on the farm with food plots and where the deer are less heavily concentrated.

We’ve got quite a few Does on our 323 acres that we lease, but the problem we’ve had for the past two hunting seasons is almost all of the Does had small Fawns that were still nursing all the way through the season. We usually take a couple of Does a year but we haven’t the last two seasons because of the Fawns still nursing and we were afraid that they wouldn’t make it without their Mom? Our rut is so late that they extended the season through February 10th two years ago. I was checking my cameras last week and the Does haven’t started Fawning yet and they look like they are due anytime now? We had our best season this year and we got 3 nice mature Bucks but I don’t want the Doe numbers to get to high and the Bucks start leaving our property?

Good information. The property I hunt I dont see nice bucks until the rut but I hunt does to, so I like to hunt them early archery session & bucks during the rut.

You hit the nail on the head again

As always great info.I started mowing gas lines on my property. I'm going to leave sections of goldenrod and tall weeds.I think the buck feel more comfortable running doe into the weeds.Then they bed down so other buck can't see them.Does that make sense?

Having food plots and too many does were a major problem on my property in N MN. I quit doing the plots a bunch of the does and fawns went away and the bucks came back.

Im doong everything right to limit does on my property. Last year the acorn crop was about 0.00 % on my property. Low acorn production usually leads to big buck kills on my property. Last year the acorn mast was so bad I had doe numbers of 17 to one on my property. The buck numbers were down during daylight and dark. I did kill a 5.5 year old 10 point with 146 inches of antler. I shot him as he was walking off. I did kill the buck during pre rut period. This guy knows what he's talking about guys. I've learned the things he talks about the hard way over 30 years. If you want to shoot big bucks listen to this man's channel.

You should really do some public land scouting stuff!

Another great video with excellent information! What do you consider a small parcel?

Nice

Does not planting summer plots mean ALL your plots are sprayed early and often? Or, do you let the plots grow as is, not plant in Spring, then begin spraying?

This may sound like a stupid question but, Do you just make the habitat improvements and Harvest out some does , or will the girls just move on ? I have a serious doe Factory . I would need a team of bow hunters to kNock out my 28 doe on 29 acres .

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So do you reduce the doe population by increasing harvest each year, or reduce summer food plots to try and reduce how many cozy acres are available to the does?

If I remember correctly, in a previous video, you said (something along the lines of), “unless you have 1,000+ acres to manage and hunt, don’t plant summer food plots because you’re creating a doe vacuum.” With this being said, would it be better to plant fall/winter food sources, to help avoid creating a doe vacuum? Or?

I hunt on 100 acres 40 oil field 15 cows and lots of hogs this is the first summer with very few deer do I need to try to run the hogs ? I use feeders and minerals plenty of water what do you suggest thanks and I have learned a lot from you at 60 years old!

I get what you're saying but what to do about it? Should we be focusing on quality small bedding areas with fall plantings only so the property is pretty quiet in the off season? For instance, i have a property I work on that has plenty of farmland within a mile and a half does can feed on. I have at one end, a great regenerated thick area that attracts bucks with a series of small clover plots leading to a destination plot of 5 acres. I could skip spring planting of the destination plot until mid-summer and put in my fall cover crop mix instead of planting a spring mix and a fall mix. I have one property that has great cover, shade and some clover that should produce bucks but they just don't hang out there. I have no clue as to why other than it lies between 2 roads and is on a lower slope position. The bucks hang out on the neighbor's sanctuary zones with lots of does. I should send you a map of that one and go over it with you sometime.

Love your videos, i have a Question. If you have a creek running through your property will adding a water hole add any value to holding deer?

I have lots of bucks but not any does I haven’t shot a doe in 4 years and still can’t see any when I go hunting I see little bucks sometimes a good one.

I’m wanting to take a hog with my AR. I’ve loaded my own rounds for each of my rifles and pistols. It make me feel great to take something with something I made myself. Put all the time in to research the load that’s perfect for the situation. Just like you on these deer parcels. I understand how you do the research to do what you do. I’ve got people wanting me to load rounds for them but there’s to much liability in it. A factory round can go bad. Anything can happen I just do not load for anybody only my family and a few friends. You know what I’m saying on liability part of that. Great video I learn something from each video brother thank you. Nothing like getting that bow anchored and settling that pin behind the shoulder now. GOD BLESS be safe.

What’s the minimum acres you have to own for this to be valid thanks

Cannot stop watching the videos!!! Have you ever done any work in South Carolina before?

Yes bucks change month from month.

not sure how to not have too many does. DOn't think he explained it in this video, did he?

Does that number change when hunting in ag country? Say if your one of the only ones around with a wooded property and fields surrounding for 3/4 to a mile then maybe patches of other hard woods. Would summertime bucks most likely stick around since it’s not 98% wooded like northern MI?

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