Join me on a trip to eastern Kansas to help Rob Whitely create the perfect 191 acre deer hunting farm. This is what I do on my consulting visits, but the information applies to any whitetail hunting property. I go through all the steps and decisions I make when managing my own farm as I help Rob make important decisions about how to improve habitat, how to hunt the farm more effectively and where to put his food sources.
I have a few more openings for consulting trips this winter. If interested, you can check out this page on my website: https://billwinke.com/faq/bill-winke-consulting-3322-2/
Chapters:
00:00 Intro.
01:18 Creating an inner edge - Do you need a sanctuary?
5:45 Creating Transition Areas
8:12 How to hold more Mature Bucks
10:27 What to cut for Timber Stand Improvement
11:03 How much to cut on the first round of TSI
14:30 Felling trees vs killing them standing vs hinging
18:24: How to get TSI done - the actual cutting
19:23 Best food sources near road frontage
22:30 How to actually hunt a property
25:47 Hinge cutting to screen road frontage
27:05 Kill plot size for bowhunting
28:36 Hunting from the outside in
30:24 How to manage cedar trees on a whitetail property
34:21 Start slow with TSI
36:21 Start fast with planting - the sooner the better (Go Big!)
36:59 Hunt the accessible stands, forget the rest
40:42 How many deer to try to hold - how many to kill
43:51 Value of staging area plots
44:30 Wrap-up