Start Preparing for Hunting Season, Now!!!

If you want to land that trophy Buck you need to rely on skill and management not luck. The time to start getting ready for Whitetail hunting season is now. Some of the things you need to begin doing with your property is planning your food plots, looking for sheds, getting soil samples, and monitoring your herd. Having a plan going into the season will pay huge dividends in the quality of bucks you will harvest. Below are some items to think about as you prepare for the fall.

• Start thinking about food plot placement. Look for places that coincide with the natural movement of deer. Make sure the areas are safe for deer to feed in so they don't feel threatened. Deer will utilize more of the plot if they feel safe.
• Take soil samples to make sure you get the proper application of fertilizer. Your local extension office can help.
• Start looking for sheds on the property. Hunting sheds is a great tool to see what bucks are left from last year.
• Track and monitor your herd. Use cameras and maybe some video to help determine patterns in travel and feeding.
• Establish a sanctuary on the property that you can use for a bedding area. Once establsihed make sure you stay out of that area!! You could set up game camera's on the travel corridors going in and out of that area to help monitor the deer bedding in that area.

If you will use these tips and start today getting ready for the fall you will increase the chances of landing that huge buck. Keep in mind that harvesting quality deer takes proper management and a little bit of luck! However, if you use proper QDM practices you can increase your odds of harvesting the Trophy Whitetail.

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