alldaysit
5 year old buck +
Ok, I’ve lived at my location for 6 years. The neighbors kiddie corner to me own an 80 acre parcel with 29 acres of tillable property. The past two seasons of rifle up here in Wisconsin, they have shot the biggest bucks we have on camera. Two years ago it was a 170+ typical 10. Last year it was a 160+ typical 12. I hiked the property last year after it was put on the market for above average price. My hunting property is 3/4 a mile from it and my home neighbors the property. When I walked it, the woods was below average for holding capacity of white tails. Mostly mature woods you could see through. The water source is a river that I also live on. No ponds or waterholes. The stands appeared to be poorly placed. The only outlier was they still had standing corn they leave for the deer.
I have attempted to get late season food sources on my smaller tract but I am chronically unaccomplishing this fact due to my local herd consuming all food sources by November 1st. I have not seen a shooter buck on my properties during rifle season on my tract, ever in 5 years. During bow season I have them regularly and do see them, and when lucky harvest them!
Here is my question for those with late season food sources. How have they changed your property for late season hunting? Do you retain target deer because of the food sources? How important do you feel it is to have late season food sources.
As far as I can tell, it’s very important and a large missing part to my habitat program. Hinge cut Browse can’t make up for acres of a late season food source during rifle season in my opinion.
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I have attempted to get late season food sources on my smaller tract but I am chronically unaccomplishing this fact due to my local herd consuming all food sources by November 1st. I have not seen a shooter buck on my properties during rifle season on my tract, ever in 5 years. During bow season I have them regularly and do see them, and when lucky harvest them!
Here is my question for those with late season food sources. How have they changed your property for late season hunting? Do you retain target deer because of the food sources? How important do you feel it is to have late season food sources.
As far as I can tell, it’s very important and a large missing part to my habitat program. Hinge cut Browse can’t make up for acres of a late season food source during rifle season in my opinion.
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