How To Build Better Buck Bedding 

I bet I've watched 400 of your videos and here in WV the deer season ends TODAY. I am ready to head into the woods to begin my plan. I've been picking out areas for canopy reduction and will also expand upon current good browse areas with maintenance and additional clearing/expansion plus a little hinge cutting. 2024 is going to be amazing......... and I Thank You!

Jeff! I've commented before on the knowledge you've selfishly been sharing on here which has been game changing for me in my quest to be a better mature whitetail hunter. Well that all culminated on 12/30/23 at 4:10pm. A stud 8pter came out to the field edge I was sitting in and was fortunate to drag him out of there. I firmly believe that the fundamentals of your videos contributed to my largest deer harvest to date. Focusing on my access, pressure, wind and location gave him zero clue I was there and provided a great shot. Cheers Jeff on to habitat management to improve on this season in 2024! - Corey from Central Ontario, Canada

My season here in NJ ends January 31st and then the Habitat Games begin! Enjoyed your video as always. Thank you.

sharing: we have a lot of eagles in our area and I have watched a large eagle try to take down a large doe on a power line...it nearly succeeded. I think a little overhead cover is a good idea in my neck of the woods.

Love habitat season! It’s been a great winter so far up in northern Wisconsin for doing woods without the snow cover.

Thank you for all the tips and guidance, i really appreciate it. Wish you were closer to deep east texas

Not so fast Jeff! WI DNR gave some of our target bucks another month to tease and outsmart us! I have a big 10 pointer that likes to do that😄

Thanks Jeff

Appreciate your videos i hunt a large chunk of public its unmanaged and the deer herd has suffered over the last 20 years due to overgrowth and food loss im about to do the right thing and fix those issues where i can hopefully i stay out of trouble i planted 400lb of clover last spring and i didn't hunt within a mile of that area this year others did with success i just want my hunting area to be back how it once was

Happy New Year to all of you.Still trying to get a logger on my land.A lot of hemlock.Get it out.But leave some for stands.Love the cover and smell of them.

I’ve been watching your videos for 3 years now….. 2 bucks this year…. My first actually ever this year….thx so much for this content…. Please keep them coming … all the best in the new year WHS

Talk about great timing. I’m about to head out and do some sawing this morning to create more defined bedding on our hunting property. Wishing everyone a happy new year!

Happy new year WHS! Hope springs eternal in the whitetail woods. Bedding is key. Thanks for the great content

Jeff I have alot of White Pine more so then Hard and Soft wood trees, would cutting some of them down help for establishing good bedding area, and should they be Hinge cut. Thanks for all the great information Happy New Year Everyone 👍🏻

Happy New Year Jeff, great video. Looking forward to habitat season.

Amen to side cover! I stopped myself from cutting a bunch of dead lower pine branches on ridge right before it changes to oak. I put a 300 ga water tank at a trail intersection in that thick pine and have taken two archery bucks the past couple of seasons in there. Looking forward to adding in some switchgrass and red osier dogwood in the open pockets in those pines to further thicken it up.

I saw a snow flake in WNY yesterday and at first i didn't recognize what it was lol Happy New Year 🎉

Great video

I have a property with alot of holly trees should I cut them down or hack and squirt them?

Wishing you at whs and your wise followers a very happy and prosperous new year

I watch a ton of your videos, even bought a class. It would help a ton if you talked about the pictures you post when running down the list on the board. Example in this video, you where talking about buck bedding and you showed an over head with you cutting like 6 trees. Was that the final size of that bedding or just the start? Not sure if that makes sense..

I have A LOT of Basswood canopy that needs to go away. If I drop a bunch later in the winter, is that something the deer will browse on?

Hey Jeff, I've run into a bit of a puzzling reaction by the deer on a new property. We dropped some big crowned beach trees and did a bit of hinge cutting in pockets, keeping in mind to make plenty of escape paths as we have found the deer in this particular area do not tolerate tight spaces. Yet the deer numbers dropped by more than 50% this season. Have you ever experienced this?

I like those black hats with the small logo on the front left panel, will they ever be available again?

I have a video idea for you. I've heard you talk about checker board areas. The area I'm in I would consider extreme. How do you make depth over cover when it's 5 acres pieces with food on at least 2 sides. It's like this for miles all around my area

Hello Jeff and Team, How close/far to/from one another do you try to create your buck bedding areas?

Jeff, people are saying its okay to access thru the middle of your food plot in mid day, but make sure you exit along my property line in the dark. (because alot of deer bedding along the property line, neighbors etc). their reasoning is i will spook deer along the property edge accessing during the day. your opinion?

What’s your opinion on beech nut? They take up so much sunlight. I don’t believe deer even need the mast crop from them. Eliminate or leave alone? Timber value is also zero. Except for firewood.

Hey Jeff I’d like you to take a look at my land and give me some tips.

Always watching and trying to implement your strategies. What about in a setting where we have a cut over cedar lowland. Now filled with low shrubs, tag alder, and it’s thick as heck. How do you go about making buck bedding in there? Would you clear that thickness in pockets?

Hey Jeff what do you need a license to be a whitetail councils or not I'm thinking of starting one of these business with a friend

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