Deerhuntingbigbucks.com » Preparing For Deer Season http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com Deer Hunting Big Bucks Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:17:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Whens The Right Time To Plant Your Deer Hunting Food Plots? http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2011/04/25/whens-the-right-time-to-plant-your-deer-hunting-food-plots/ http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2011/04/25/whens-the-right-time-to-plant-your-deer-hunting-food-plots/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:01:48 +0000 admin http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/?p=894

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Deciding when is the right time to plant the seeds for your food plots can make a big difference.

Have you planted your food plots? It is about that time to get your spring and summer food plots planted on your deer hunting property. I have heard of some people who have already planted and others who have gotten their sites ready and are just waiting for the right time to put the seed in the ground. Their is still some cold weather here in the mid-west and it might not be a bad idea to wait a little while to put the seed in the ground. If you plant to early and we get several days of cold or wet weather or both it could affect the seeds and you might not get as thick of food  plot as you would if you wait until the cold weather is gone. It is a fine line though because you don’t want to plant to early and you don’t want to plant to late either. Also to much rain can wash away your freshly planted seed. So timing when you plant your seed can be tricky but by watching your local weather forecast you can plan when you plant you seed and hopefully make a smart decision. A lot of universities have agricultural extension offices that provide basic information on best times to plant what in your region for free. You can also seek advice from a wildlife biologist and a soil scientist. By using some resources that are available to you , you should be able to make smart decisions on when to plant and what to plant and get the most out of your time and efforts. Before you know it it’ll be time to go deer hunting.

Having food plots on your deer hunting property can improve the health of your deer herd.

If you do a little homework you will be so glad you went the extra mile to improve your deer hunting property by planting at the right time and maximizing the food sources for the whitetails where you hunt. This year I am wanting to talk to the landowners on a couple of the properties where I hunt and on one of them I want to see how much it would cost me to get the farmer to leave about a 1/2 acre to an acre of standing corn or soybeans and don’t cut it at all. I know having standing crops during the winter when there is snow on the ground and most of the other food sources are gone can be a huge plus and attract whitetails from miles around and make for some hot late season action. I would definitely recommend leaving some standing crops if you can on your property to greatly improve your late season chances of getting one of those big bucks.

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Continue reading »]]> It was really nice here in Kansas yesterday so I got out and did some shed hunting.

This antler was found on a recent shed hunting trip in Kansas.

I also put out some mineral/vitamin supplement and block and put put my favorite trail camera which is a Moultrie. I did a lot of walking and was able to find a nice little shed, it was a little 8 pointer that I had several Moultrie trail camera pictures of.

This is the buck I got on my Moultrie GameSpy that I found his left side shed.

I didn’t find any big bucks sheds but it was a successful trip never the less. I don’t know where all those big sheds are but I plan on going shed hunting again real soon and finding them. I know they are out there. I have some friends that have been doing some shed hunting and they are finding some really nice sheds. I have got several more places that I need to get out and check for sheds and also establish some more mineral licks. I also plan on getting another Moultrie Game Spy to put out. I am also thinking of doing some small food plots behind my house. I want to plant some corn and soybeans to leave standing so during the harsh winter months they have here in the mid-west once most of the other crops are harvested I’ll still have some standing food sources that the heavy snow fall won’t cover up and the whitetails will stay in the area. Having standing food during the winter months should really attract and hold the whitetails on the property. If you have standing crops during the cold winter months it can be as or more action packed as when the rut is in full swing. When it is cold the whitetails must eat so they will be hitting those food sources hard. So now is the time to start thinking about what you can do to improve your deer hunting property to better your chances of harvesting that buck of a lifetime this deer season. And you can plant some small fairly inexpensive food plots that will make a big difference in getting a chance at a buck of a lifetime. You will thank yourself if you do plant some small food plots when you are still seeing deer late in the season when everyone else says they are not seeing as many deer as they were earlier in the season. I saw a great hunting show last night that was talking about this very thing. Midwest Whitetail which is one of my favorite shows had a very good show about micro plots. Midwest Whitetail has a lot of great shows and their website is very good as well. So if you get a chance check out their website Midwestwhitetail.com.

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Continue reading »]]> I was able to get out the other day and do some scouting and shed hunting.

Post season scouting and shed hunting is a great time to start putting the pieces of the puzzle together and improve your chances of getting that big buck when it comes time to go deer hunting.

I walked the property that I have permission to hunt behind my house which is about 80 acres. I didn’t find any bone but I did find some nice rubs that I had overlooked when I was deer hunting.

Big Rub

When you are out on your deer hunting property looking for sheds it is a great time to do some post season scouting.

I wasn’t able to hunt the property as much as I would have liked this past season mainly because I was focusing on another piece of property but I know there are some really nice bucks in the area and there should be some sheds out there. It was nice to find several big rubs that I hadn’t seen before and it just confirms what I was already pretty sure of, that there where some nice bucks using the property. Tomorrow I am going to look for sheds on another deer hunting property that has some really nice bucks on it and I am hoping to find the antlers of one of the big bucks that I missed during bow season. Have you started shed hunting? Are you having any luck shed hunting on your deer hunting property?

Also I wanted to remind everyone that now is a great time to establish salt/mineral licks and is an effective practice of whitetail management.

Establishing mineral licks is a effective whitetail management practice.

The big bucks will be growing their antlers very soon and the minerals will help provide them with the essential nutrients to grow nice big healthy racks. Today I went to Cabela’s and bought a 20 lb. bag of Imperial Whitetail mineral/vitamin supplement and a mineral block. Tomorrow when I go looking for bone I am going to be post season scouting as well and I am going to establish a mineral lick and start a little early whitetail management. The way I am going to do this is I will locate an area where two or more trails intersect and I will dig a hole about two feet in diameter and several inches deep. I will mix 5lbs of the mineral/vitamin supplement  with the dirt and put it back in the hole I just dug then I will top it off with a mineral block. I will be placing my Moultrie Game spy on a nearby tree and then we will be able to watch the bucks grow their antlers from the very beginning. It should be fun to watch their progress. Hopefully some of the same big boys will be back this year. Time will tell. Do you do any whitetail management where you hunt? If not you might want to think about it. You can make a difference in the quality of the bucks on your property by doing a few things and even if your funds are limited you still can make a difference. Establish mineral/vitamin licks. Let the small bucks walk. Shoot more does if your buck to doe ratio isn’t 1/1  or 1/3. If you do just these three things you should see some improvement in your quality of bucks in the very near future.

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