Entries Tagged David Hart

The war on feral cats rages. Are hunters the best defense?

Forget hunting predators in open pastures. Hit up thick pine plantations for hot action.

Proper use of herbicides can help prevent weed growth in food plots, resulting in more high-quality food for whitetails.

Too many does on your property can lead to a long, drawn-out rut. That not only decreases the intense rut-specific behavior so many hunters live for, it can also lower deer populations down the road.

When and how to mow, disk and spray your whitetail food plots to keep weeds from taking over.

A controlled burn can be extremely beneficial to your land if you do it the safe and right way.

Surprisingly large black bears aren’t just turning up more frequently. They are being killed in places that didn’t even have a stable bear population two decades ago.

Soil test results will include recommended application rates of lime and nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium (also called potash) for the specific plants you want to grow.

Non-native, invasive plants don’t just overwhelm native plant communities. They rob deer habitat of valuable food sources.

Say you only have one precious week’s vacation this fall, and you plan to cash it in chasing whitetails. Schedule accordingly so you're in the woods during the best time to deer hunt.

Acorns made up three-quarters of a deer’s diet when those nuts were available. However, that means one-quarter of their diet was something else.

Nah, no way. Scouting too much isn't possible, right? Truth is, it's not really about how much you scout in August and September, it's about how you do it.

Get late-season plants for deer in the ground now. They'll attract whitetails after the clover has shriveled and the acorns have been gobbled up.