DIY Land Management

Recent studies show that mowing perennial food plots actually reduces the total amount of high-quality forage for whitetails.

If one of your whitetail food plots is failing, early September is the time to save it. Here’s how.

Mid- to late-July is the right time to kill weeds in preparation for planting fall brassica food plots.

When it seems as though the deer on your property just vanish after opening day, you need a strategy to draw them out of hiding. Try planting a small, hidden food plot off the beaten path.

As a whitetail hunter, you’re already thinking about ways to help your deer herd. But is spring the best time to plant clover food plots?

Because whitetails love persimmons, you should consider whether they make sense in the overall nutritional game plan on your deer property.

Planting your food plot acres in the right mix of cool-season perennials, cool-season annuals and warm-season annuals will give your deer year-round nutrition.

If you own an ATV or side-by-side with 500cc or larger engine, then you could be installing top-notch food plots for whitetails with the Firminator.

Hinge cutting is a quick, inexpensive and relatively easy way to improve deer bedding and browsing habitat on your hunting property.

Ani-Logics Outdoors, makers of high-quality nutritional products for whitetails, recently announced a partnership with Lee and Tiffany Lakosky, and specifically a lineup of offerings carrying the CRUSH branding.

If deer season has ended on your whitetail property, then it’ time to begin thinking about habitat improvement projects, including forest cuttings. Do you know which trees to cut?

Does it make sense to reduce the doe numbers on your property? One Midwest land manager says “no.”

Evolved Harvest 5 Card Draw seed blend combines the growing powers of oats, wheat, white clover, turnips and chicory for a food plot that’s diverse and uber-attractive to deer.

Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to food plots, and for that matter, you shouldn’t be making them in a perfect rectangle, either.

For the first time this late summer and fall, the author plans a layering winter rye system to lure Wisconsin whitetails.

Bob Wallace from Chestnut Hill Outdoors shows how to properly plant and care for chestnut trees.

The Firminator is a food plot implement designed to disc, plant and cultipack all in one machine, which ensures all seeds have excellent seed-to-soil contact — highly important for good seed germination.

Use the positive effects of hinge cutting to improve whitetail habitat on your property.

Create a feed and forage plan with each season in mind, and then set the table for the deer on your property.

Soybeans and other legumes not only provide high-protein nutrition to deer, they also replenish soil with free fertilizer, too.

Do you think food plot shape matters for whitetails, or is it all about the total acres available?

The author has planted soybeans for many years in his Midwest food plots, but that stops in 2020.

The more thought and elbow grease you put in your whitetail land management efforts the greater your likelihood for success during the hunting season — and that means arming yourself with the best tools for the job.

Don’t let your hard work, time, energy and strict whitetail harvest criteria disappear with the simple jump of a fence.

Built to withstand rugged environments, the Plotmaster Hunter 300 is an all-in-one planting system that can be pulled with ATVs and UTVs.

If you need to increase the amount of forage on your land to maximize whitetail body size and antler growth, then consider adding Whitetail Institute Imperial Whitetail PowerPlant to your annual food plot plans.

Six tips that make it harder for a poacher to target your whitetails.

Food plots are great, but sometimes nothing beats water for luring whitetails into pointblank bow range.

Help your fawn crop now for better hunting down the road.