IF YOU OWN OR CONTROL YOUR DEER HUNTING AREA, THERE ARE A FEW THING YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR DEER HUNTING AREA.

Gary’s 7 X 7 BUCK

THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TO LOCATE DEER TRAILS, AREAS WHERE THE DEER WERE COMING INTO AND OUT OF MY LOCATION.

THOSE THAT SHOWED PROMICE, WITH NUMEROUS TRACKS, RUBS AND OTHER DEER SIGN, I OPENED UP MAKING THEM WIDER AND CUTTING OVRHEAD BRANCHES HIGHER IN THE AIR.

AS BUCKS AREN’T REALLY FOND OF BANGING THEIR RACKS AGAINTS LOW HANGING BRANCHES, MAKING IT EASIER FOR THEM TO MOVE THROUGH THESE WIDER AND HIGHER TRAILS.

FOR TRAILS I DIDN’T WANT THE DEER TO BE USING, I BLOCKED OFF WITH BRANCHES AND LIMBS, CAUSING THE DEER TO ABANDOM THEM AND USE THE TRAIL I WANTED THEM TO.

I ALSO PLANTED FOOD PLOTS WITH THE TRAIL I WANTED THE DEER TO USE TO GET TO THEM, ADJUSTED THEM AS MENTIONED ABOVE, ALLOWING THEM TO EASILY ACCESS THE FOOD PLOTS.

GAME CAMERAS, ALLOWED ME TO SEE WHAT WAS COMING INTO MY PROPERTY, SHOWING ME SEVERAL 4 x4 OR BETER WITH MY BEST DEER BEING A 7 x7.

IF WATER ISN’T AVAILABLE, A SMALL PLASTIC TANK CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM, I FILLED A HUNDRED GALLON WATER TANK, THAT I FILLED FOR LITTLE OR NOTHING FROM THE CITIES WATER SUPPLY AND HAULED IT IN MY PICKUP TO WHERE MY TANK WAS LOCATED.

I HAD DUG THE WATER TANK IN THE GROUND ABOUT HALFWAY, MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE DEER TO DRINK FROM IT.

DEER FEEDERS, ALSO WORKED WELL FOR ME, NOT ONLY FOR DEER, BUT ALSO FOR TURKEYS, USING CORN OR SOY BEANS IN THEM. 

MINERAL BLOCKS ARE ANOTHER ITEM I SWEAR BY, AS I HAD BUCKS DIG DOWN 18″ TO GET TO THE REMAINING MINERALS.

RAKS MINERAL LICK

 I HAD MY BEST LUCK WITH RAKS MINERAL SUPPLENTS, AVAILABLE ON LINE AT RAKS MINERAL.COM.

BECAUSE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS I MADE MY HUNTING AREA INTO ONE OF THE BEST AREAS AROUND, ATTRACTING NUMEROUS BUCKS AND DOES, AS WELL AS A HUGE FLOCK OF TURKEYS.