It will take at least three years for the deer to become used to your food sources and for you to protect a few bucks before you will feel like you are improving the deer hunting on a new property Hey Bill, my dad and I just recently bought some land. It has a lot of hardwoods, 15 year …

Jake from Illinois asks: How to Fix Yellow Leaves in Big N Beasty? When your Big N Beasty starts to show yellow leaves, it is generally due to a lack of soil nutrients. A quick shot of fertilizer should fix the problem. I planted the Big-n-Beasty in 1/2 acre plot and it’s growin …

When you see rain coming, it is important to get fertilizer out on your plots if you have not done so already. You need to make the most of every rain and every growing day when facing a drought, and fertilizer helps with that. Hey Bill. I am looking forward to this next season of Midwest White …

J.R. from Ohio asks: Best Cover Crop for a Clover Plot Winter Peas can be a very good late summer planting that will serve as a decent cover crop for clover. It won’t come back the next spring. However, winter peas are susceptible to deer browse pressure when they are establishing. If you have …

Planting Plot Screen is the perfect way to create an ideal entry and exit route in an otherwise open area. Well here we are just a few weeks from the official start of summer and I have been working on finalizing plans and getting some work done for the 2017-18 deer season. I primarily hunt …

This past weekend, I took on the task of making micro-plots on my Ohio farm, two small ones and one medium sized plot. The micro-plots are to hunt over while the medium sized (approximately 2/3 of an acre) plot is to increase the amount of food in the middle of the property. I planted all …