New Deer Habitat Improvement Concepts

Whitetail Landscapes - Hunting & Habitat Management

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Matt Williams (myco-habitat) discuss recent projects and experiments. Matt discusses hiring a forester. Matt explains new plants he’s trying to options on his food plot. Matt and Jon discuss plants they don’t want to see in food plots. Jon discusses fertilizer and amendments and creating more opportunity for air in the soil. Matt introduces intercropping and adding oats and peas to existing food plots.

Matt explains how he manages soybean, and additives that keep deer out of his plots. Matt discusses corn and his purpose behind utilizing corn, size of food plots. Matt discusses building a food plot from scratch with limited equipment. Matt discusses how to remove stumps from food plots. Matt explains mushroom cultivation and new techniques in and around food plots with increased utilization.

Matt explains access areas, sacrificing areas and thinking economics. Matt and Jon discuss black walnuts and what plants will grow in and around walnut trees for wildlife. Matt and Jon discuss building a food forest and plants that work well in fire regimes. Matt discusses wild grapes, scraping activity and some special ideas for mineral sites and acclimating deer to human presence.

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