Entries Tagged DIY Land Management

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

Whitetails love chestnuts, and Dunstan chestnut trees require minimal maintenance and provide mast sooner than oaks.

Don’t overlook adding beneficial water sources to your whitetail property management scheme.

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.

ATV sprayer coverage calculations are confusing, but thankfully there’s a simple way to learn how much water and weed killer to spray on your food plots.

If you don't have food plots on your property or don't want them, there are other habitat improvements you can make that keep deer hanging around.

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

Without more deer hunters, deer numbers surge. This cause-and-effect also allows invasive plants to thrive, enables the spread of Lyme Disease and, remarkably, even changes how things sound in the woods.

Successful land managers view properties not as a block of individual microcosms, but as a single, living organism with soft edges to improve deer habitat.

How many times have you made the call of shame to ask your buddy to bring the chain? This isn’t a rare occurrence for hunters putting in food plots this spring. Here are ways to avoid that moment and tips to get unstuck if you don’t.

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.

Social media is, well, social. But it can be instructive too. Such is the case with social media for land managers. Ask questions, get answers and learn how to better manage your hunting property via Facebook.