65 Acre MI Whitetail Property Design 

We always do a few the first part of the year..."design season" 😊 Definitely will do more in the coming months ...

You are welcome Jeff!

That's great to hear Bradley we will probably have more than that 🙂

Thanks a lot Greg...really means a lot to me and makes me definitely want to keep them up!

Sure thing! The parcels will never be featured unless North is up. Also, the predominant wind direction (35%) is always sse to ssw in the majority of the North 2/3rds of the country. Also the predominant wind plays no roll in a parcel design...all winds need to be accounted for. Hope that helps! You want to have a fairly equal number of stands for all winds, if possible.

Great to hear Scotty! Those long skinny plots can really help you to establish depth, by teaching does to bed in a linear fashion. Hope it helps you out a lot!

Also, my son shot his first buck on our place this year and I shot a nice mature 8 point on a cold Nov 3rd snowy morning!

Love to hear it all Adam...especially about your son! So dang cool...always appreciate your comments, hope you are having a great weekend!

Great to hear KY! Plenty more to come 🙂

You are very welcome Matthew!! Really appreciate you watching...

Ag fields, neighbor's food plots, neighboring bait piles, open hardwoods, open fields, golf courses, subdivisions, etc...so many night time food source options

Really appreciate your feedback...makes me want to do more.for sure!

Really appreciate your comment Tesha! I will share a variety so I can help as many folks out as possible.

That is great to hear Derek...thanks a lot for watching!

Ha, thanks Brett 🙂 It honestly does create an unfair advantage for folks.

That is great to hear Carver...really appreciate you watching!

You are very welcome John...good luck with the journey!

Hi Mike, that depends on so many factors that I wish we had time to discuss on here! Amount of sunlight, deer density, neighboring food sources, soil, equipment, time, money...quite a few things to explore.

Hopefully if I can get Dylan up here we can come up with a plan. Only gave 25 acres but a lot of diversity. Hardwoods,swamp,foodplots, a bunch of red osier dogwood. I cant wait to figure it out

I will definitely do that CK, thanks for the encouragement!

Thanks Brennan I love to hear that! I will do my best to keep them coming...

Thanks Mitchell that is great to hear. I have plans for a lot more to come!

Thanks a lot Don...your wish is my command 🙂 Shot another one on Friday

We will be doing even more than that 😊 Shot another one with a property design yesterday

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 i really appreciate all the time you take trying to help people ,i hope no one ever calls you lazy

I will try to do that Kurt!

Like I said in the video, due to the linear food plots, doe bedding takes place in a linear fashion against the food...leaving significant depth of cover to the west and west center of the land. That also allows for the food to adequately support the entire parcel.

Great question! Impossible to stop all deer traffic, BUT there is big difference between deer trails and hunter trails. Hunyer trails should be long, straight and as wide as possoble...up to pickup truck width. They don't connect to deer bedding, food sources, mock scrapes, waterholes or cruising cover. So by position and size...completely different. The more defined deer travel is created and enhanced, the less deer will have reason to use hunter access trails...especially when the hunter access trails are wider, straighter and unconnected to deer features. Hope that helps Quinn!

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thank you for the information! Will definitely help.

That's great Jacob will definitely try to keep them coming in a variety of ways!

That is great to hear Kurt, you are very welcome!

I would just stop raking the leaves and cut wood saucer’s to walk on, or place rocks! Pile brush to block your path

Hi MD! Hunter access trails should be wide and straight, and I never rake them...just clear sticks. Main access trails should be as wide as a truck if possible. The great thing about hunter access trails is that they do not connect habitat features of mock scrapes, waterholes, food plots, staging areas and bedding areas. The more you define deer movement, create great deer travel corridors and build true people trails...there will be a much clearer separation of attraction for deer. I hope that helps!

Ha, so true 😁 Nothing like smelling ATV fumes on the way up the tree, ha

Hi Kurt! The linear food plots created linear bedding...making more room for bucks

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I still have stuff to learn ! Thanks for all the great tips and info!

That is great to hear Bobby...definitely more to come to further help you out!!

Thank you very much!

Ha, yes D...I love my Victory arrows 😊

Thank YOU Travis, you are very welcome!

Thanks Buck...hope you like the rest - a lot more to come!

Unfortunately because I do this for a living, 70-80 hours pet week, 7 days per week...you may have noticed I didn't answer questions all afternoon yesterday while I spent time with my wife for a valentines day extended weekend. I focus on questions too, where it is obvious the person asking the question has searched for the same answer in other comments or within the video itself, first. I tend to ignore questions that have been already asked so that I can focus on new questions that help the most folks within the time I have dedicated to actually answer questions. Last RU-vid tells me I answered 27,000 comments eothin the 208 videos published in 2020 and I focus on the commemts that help the most folks and are the most concise. This of course after visiting roughly 100 clients in person, finishing a web class, another book...and working on my own land and hunting. I would say very easily, there is no other channel that even comes close to answering as many technical questions...

Thanks Josh that is great to hear! I look forward to publishing more...soon!

Great to hear Jeremy...appreciate the feedback a lot!

I will try to do that Joel...really appreciate you watching!

Thanks Page, really appreciate it...definitely more coming soon. We even shot another one yesterday 😊 Really hope they help!

Also for long hunting plots how do you plant two things in them? It only 15 feet wide or so can you really fit two separate strips to help with food plot rotation?

Hi David! I liked my CE Reds, but availability at the local pro shops and the quality of the Victory arrows forced the change. BTW, I am not sponsored by Victory and they are like a lot of products I use...find the best first and if they want to form a partnership great and if not I will use them anyways. I believe Victory is a GREAT arrow company. Hope that helps!

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 didn’t mean too infer anything, just curious. I used Beman in the early 90’s then couldn’t get outsert. any more had to switch! I find your info very helpful! Like gear info also!

150y by 600y rectangle in big timber. Primarily oak and beech.

Hi Oli that land had bad access to begin with, but defining deer travel at a higher level leads to great deer hunting access. But the deer movement has to be defined first...

Hi Colton I really do...will make sure to include one some day soon. When possible, I love to inorporate existing creek crossings within the plan!

Whitetail Habitat Solutions sounds great to me! Got me stumped for the most part, looking forward to it. I also saw your comment the other day, and have already worked in some of the ideas into my plan! Much appreciated 🤙🏻

Really depends...so many options depending on resources, neighbors, type of road, location and variety of habitat...unfortunately could never answer that question appropriately online.

Out to the road and around is safest....red lines are access lines...hope that makes sense!

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thanks Jeff, they are fortunate to have roads to utilize but that’s not always the case. I struggle getting off my cabin deck without spooking deer in the morning so I’ve found its best to not hunt the morning which pains me but you can’t educate mature bucks! Trying John K screening mix can’t remember what it’s called and built a berm to hide the cabin and I have found I have to wait until grey light or later to get to my morning stands. Appreciate your help that you offer all of us more than you know!

Great to hear John, will definitely keep them coming if folks like 👍

Sounds like your in-laws are hunters too. I’m guessing they/he would love Jeff’s ideas and videos and benefit greatly from them. It’s worth the try exposing him to them-

@@kurtpearson8597 Tried... He Called him a rich *itch. Is what it is like I said lol.

Amen to that D!

Yes it can...on any device

Great to hear Mike, thank you!