Thanks appreciate the help.
Same to Blargon and everyone else. I appreciate your advice very much!
Tips for getting more deer to my stand and feeder
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Thanks appreciate the help.
Same to Blargon and everyone else. I appreciate your advice very much!
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Get some cheap apple trees and plant them. You'll have to protect them from nibbling animals when they're small, but as they grow, you'll have a long-term food source that burns into deer brains as a must-visit every fall.
THEN
When you're getting ready to hunt, find yourself some cider mash. Throw that stuff out for bait. Some deer like the taste, some won't, but the stench of all that apple juice in the air will bring them in quickly. The biggest bucks I had on camera last year came within hours of me spreading that stuff around.
Finally: Some others have alluded to this, but it's all for naught if you can't get into your stand undetected. Figure out how to scent-proof your blind once you're in there. I try to hunt with large rivers/lakes at my back, so when the wind is in my face, I know they can't sneak behind me to scent me. If that's not an option, then maybe look into a pit blind.
THEN
When you're getting ready to hunt, find yourself some cider mash. Throw that stuff out for bait. Some deer like the taste, some won't, but the stench of all that apple juice in the air will bring them in quickly. The biggest bucks I had on camera last year came within hours of me spreading that stuff around.
Finally: Some others have alluded to this, but it's all for naught if you can't get into your stand undetected. Figure out how to scent-proof your blind once you're in there. I try to hunt with large rivers/lakes at my back, so when the wind is in my face, I know they can't sneak behind me to scent me. If that's not an option, then maybe look into a pit blind.
I've watched bucks walk right by feeders and not even stop when the rut is on. However they will poke around if the does are feeding. Sometimes you have to work with what you've got, especially on small acreage. I've shot some big bucks, but mostly 6 or 8 pts are the ones near the feed. My new gig is guiding for my 13 yr old daughter.
If you have does, there WILL be bucks around.
Do some reading on what to plant to get the deer to associate your sanctuary, with pretty much year round food.
Beans Peas, and other legumes, like alfalfa and clover, and such are OK in the early seasons, but some of the Brassicas, cabbage, brussel sprouts and the like, will hold on well after the freeze.
If you are going to go through the trouble, look hard at what you are going to plant, when and where. Some of the plants are pretty sensitive to seasonal variations, others are good for lasting long after any other greens are available.
Having some fruit or nut trees around, is never a bad idea anyways. Some day it might be you eating from them!
Do some reading on what to plant to get the deer to associate your sanctuary, with pretty much year round food.
Beans Peas, and other legumes, like alfalfa and clover, and such are OK in the early seasons, but some of the Brassicas, cabbage, brussel sprouts and the like, will hold on well after the freeze.
If you are going to go through the trouble, look hard at what you are going to plant, when and where. Some of the plants are pretty sensitive to seasonal variations, others are good for lasting long after any other greens are available.
Having some fruit or nut trees around, is never a bad idea anyways. Some day it might be you eating from them!
