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Most years, mid July is about planting summer brassicas for bulb production. This is all about trying to create more food available for deer during late season. I accomplish this by tilling under soybeans in my exterior plots that have … Continue reading
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No doubt I would rather have the rain of 2015 so far than the droughts of 2012 and 2013. But the rains have posed a challenge this year in getting food plots sprayed. Three separate times I’ve tried spraying only … Continue reading
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Again in 2015 I’m hitting the soybeans really hard. Out of all my available acres for food plots, I have put in almost 90% into soybeans. Some of those soybeans will be tilled under in July and bulb producing brassicas … Continue reading
Again this year, I wanted to share my thoughts on the past season. It’s always a good idea to take an honest assessment of your hunting season so that you can learn from your mistakes and continue or improve things … Continue reading
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This year my son has taken the only late muzzleloader hunt that I was planning to offer. Starting Friday December 26th, we will be hunting for about 10 days or so trying to get Forest a nice mature deer. At … Continue reading
With the ending of November comes an end to the best hunting parts of the rut. Sure, there is still some rut activity taking place, but rut tactics during late season is a recipe for failure. Take a look at … Continue reading
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Starting in 2015, I will be writing a monthly column for Iowa Sportsman magazine titled Whitetails 365. The column will be dedicated to the year round whitetail hunter and I will emphasize what it takes to improve your hunting grounds … Continue reading
Early season is over, let’s get ready to hunt the rut! I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to get that late fall itch. In only a couple weeks hunting is going to get very good. I wrote an … Continue reading
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Every year, around September first, I spend one last long weekend off from work to put the finishing touches on my hunting grounds. This one last run at it is all about: Fall planted annual green food plots. I plant … Continue reading
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Last weekend we were doing some mid summer work getting ready for that final push before hunting season. This is the time of year to be putting in your brassica plots that you are planting for the bulb/root development for … Continue reading
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In my last post I shared that most of my plots this year were planted in soybeans. I do this because soybeans are a great choice and preferred by deer and because it is easy to control the weeds. They … Continue reading
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Last weekend, May 2nd and 3rd, my whole family participated in the planting of this years soybean food plots. I’ve talked over and over about why I like soybeans as a crop for deer, but I have always focused in … Continue reading
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Late winter and early spring are among the best times of the year for habitat improvements and getting your stand sites ready for fall. Habitat improvements don’t get a lot of attention because quite frankly there isn’t a lot of … Continue reading
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2013 Year in Review Before we get into it, my archery hunter for 2013 sent along a recommendation he asked I share with anyone inquiring about a hunt. I can think of no better way to share it than to … Continue reading
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A new buck showed up! All fall I’ve been getting camera shots of 5 or 6 different mature bucks on my farm. They showed up at different times but have stuck around through fall and into early winter. I checked … Continue reading
So often hunters rely on their game cameras to the point that they don’t realize their limitations. As a hunter, you would like to think running a half dozen cameras or so on your farm would render you a picture … Continue reading
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I was lucky enough to get off this past weekend so I went down to Iowa with Ryan Hyer who is currently hunting with us. We had a good weekend I think. The deer are really starting to make the … Continue reading
Check out an article I recently wrote on the best time in my opinion to hunt mature bucks. When asked when is the best time to hunt my answer is usually whenever you can…but if you have to choose only … Continue reading
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So, this is the time of year that you are not supposed to be able to kill big deer right? Well, I won’t argue that there are probably more active times of the year, but this time of year still … Continue reading
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Winter Rye and Brassicas are good choices for fall planted food plots. This is my third and final stage of food plot planting I do each year. So let’s get started! This year we tried a new electric fencing technique … Continue reading
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Earlier this year we decided to try an electric food plot fencing technique to persuade the local deer herd to stay off a couple of our soybean food plots. The results are starting to come in…. This is also the … Continue reading
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This past weekend my dad and I sprayed our soybeans that were put in 3 weeks ago. If you want to put in some beans this year, it is still not too late. Two things happen when soybeans are put … Continue reading
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Late winter and early spring is a great time to get onto your hunting grounds with ideas for improvements. For me, it is always the best time to hang new stands and trim out old spots…move that stand you’ve been … Continue reading
Check out why I think soybeans should be a part of everyone’s food plot strategy if you have the ground and means to plant them. Go to the articles section or open this blog post and Click Here Now is … Continue reading
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This is late muzzleloader time in southern Iowa. My father drew a late muzzleloader buck tag for this year so I took him out to a spot that showed some promise where deer were digging in the snow for the … Continue reading
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I believe in doing things right. Seriously! So when I started FPO this year I had a choice to make on whether or not I was even going to sell any hunts my first year. After going through summer it … Continue reading
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Is the rut over? Well, technically it is not. But….if you still have your tag left unfilled and you want to keep hunting start switching over from rut type hunting tactics to food sources. If you have some standing beans … Continue reading
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I was at my favorite all around store this weekend and went to the sporting goods area to get some soap. The only reason I get non-scented soap that is marketed as such is it is hard to find non-scented … Continue reading
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Today is October 27th and it is on! Wednesday’s rain and low pressure backed by cold northwest winds on Thursday triggered something in the deer woods. I did some speed scouting Friday popping in and out of some of my … Continue reading
You can sure smell fall in the air can’t you. I spent the better part of the past few days working on some land improvements on my farm in Iowa. I won’t have any hunters on this farm this year…so … Continue reading