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Maximize Clover Food Plots for Deer with Winter Maintenance Now
Perennial clover is perhaps the most popular food plot planting for deer, and with good reason! Clover food plots provide attraction during hunting season, high-quality forage during spring and early summer, and several years of…
read moreAvoiding Hunting Trip Disasters With Melissa Bachman of Winchester Deadly Passion
Traveling out of the local area to hunt is steadily gaining in popularity. While going on a destination hunting trip can be exciting and rewarding, it can be equally frustrating and disappointing if hunters don’t…
read moreNDA’s Deer Report Finds 88% of U.S. Whitetail Harvest Occurs on Private Land
An average of 88% of state white-tailed deer harvests occur on private land, according to the National Deer Association’s latest Deer Report, released this week. Texas reported the highest rate of private-land deer harvest at…
read moreWinning the War Against Feral Hogs With Alan Leary of Missouri
For decades feral hogs have been expanding their range, creating ecological havoc wherever they show up. Efforts to reduce or eradicate them from the landscape have been largely unsuccessful. However, there is one state that…
read moreFood Plots, Feed or Fire: The Real Costs Per Pound of Deer Forage
Prescribed fire is one of the most useful deer habitat management tools. In our experience, members of the National Deer Association are well-versed at this point in prescribed fire’s benefits. However, there are still some…
read moreThe Science Behind the South’s Odd Whitetail Rut With Jason Sumners
In this episode of the Deer Season 365 podcast, we’re talking with wildlife biologist Jason Sumners about the science behind the odd whitetail rut timing in the Southeastern U.S. Jason studied the impact of deer…
read moreIs Craig Harper’s FSI Cocktail Safe for Non-Target Trees?
You can quickly restore sunlight to a closed-canopy forest to fuel deer forage production – a technique called “Forest Stand Improvement” (FSI). We recommend girdling and spraying select trees to kill them standing using an…
read moreThe Importance of Venison Donation With Josh Wilson and Peter Churchbourne
Did you know that 38.3 million Americans suffer from critical hunger every day, or that one in six children lack the daily nutrition necessary for healthy growth? Imagine a situation where you were forced to…
read moreDeep South Deer Hunting and Using Water Access to Kill Public Land Bucks With Parker McDonald
In this episode of the Deer Season 365 podcast, we talk with Parker McDonald of the Southern Ground Hunting podcast and YouTube channel. Parker dives into how the Deep South differs from other states he’s…
read moreWinter Habitat Projects for Better Fall Deer Hunting With Zack Vucurevich
On this week’s Deer Season 365 Podcast episode, we’re once again talking with Zack Vucurevich of Whetstone Habitat LLC about habitat projects you can start planning or working on as soon as deer season wraps…
read morePost-Rut Deer Hunting Strategy and Venison Diplomacy With Clint Campbell
On this week’s Deer Season 365 Podcast episode, we’re talking with Clint Campbell of the Truth From the Stand podcast about his strategies for finding and killing post-rut bucks. We also dive into Clint’s background,…
read moreDo Whitetail Bucks Ever Mate With Their Own Doe Offspring?
The whitetail rut is a frenzied scramble. Literally, that’s the biological term for the whitetail breeding strategy – “scramble competition” – because a buck’s success at breeding does is determined mostly by his ability to…
read moreDeer Hunting Strategy and the Importance of Staying Comfortable in the Stand With Greg Farrell of First Lite
It doesn’t matter if you have the best bow or gun or have the luxury of hunting great land crawling with big whitetail bucks if you’re not able to put adequate time in the deer…
read moreManage Your Hunting Property by Shooting the Right Number of Deer With Matt Ross
On this week’s Deer Season 365 Podcast episode, we’re talking with NDA’s Matt Ross about deer herd management. Matt explains the art and science behind harvesting the right number of bucks and does on a…
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