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Jeff,
Good seeing you again at the QDMA seminar.
Brian has a really nice place.
Good thing it was cooler and bug's wernt too bad.
I can really relate to this blog, sure iis fun hunting those rolling hills in SW Wi.
I hope you get a shot at one of the big ridge runners this seaon.
I'll be over at my place the first 3 weeks in November.
Good Luck, talk to you soon.

Terry

Posted 09-03-2010 at 07:35 PM by Trapper57 Trapper57 is offline

	Mature Buck Tactics For Doe Harvest Success Thats a great blog!
	Posted 09-02-2010 at 09:56 PM by vanceg

	Mature Buck Tactics For Doe Harvest Success Quote: Originally Posted by QDMAMAN Good stuff Jeff. I've employed this approach with success many times. I bet you have Tony!! Hope you are seeing some big ones
	Posted 09-02-2010 at 07:43 PM by NorthJeff

	Mature Buck Tactics For Doe Harvest Success Good stuff Jeff. I've employed this approach with success many times.
	Posted 09-02-2010 at 07:27 PM by QDMAMAN

	Complex Property Design I Quote: Originally Posted by ky_madman Another excellent read. Can't wait to read the other two! Thanks again madman! I'm writing a different one right now called "bedding by sex", hoping the title is at least catchy. And then I will come back to part II. Will write another..and then back to part III so I don't get too bored
	Posted 09-01-2010 at 01:47 PM by NorthJeff

	Complex Property Design I Another excellent read. Can't wait to read the other two!
	Posted 09-01-2010 at 01:14 PM by ky_madman

Complex Property Design I

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Originally Posted by jmk415203

North Jeff,
Just wanted to drop you a line. I registered at Michigan Sportsman today, and really, your blog is the reason I registered. I felt that I had to post a comment and the site wouldn't let me without registering first. Well, here's my comment "THANK YOU!" Your blog is great. Very, very informative, very, very interesting, and very motivational. I would love to have you to my property to evaluate it and to work with me to develop a plan.
You should really incorporate these blog entries onto your wildlife solutions website. Once prospective clients read these posts, I'm sure they would be more apt to hire you for a consultation. By prospective clients reading these posts, they would be more comfortable with spending the money to have you come to their property for an evaluation, it's almost your way of validating the price because you are "showing them" what you know.
Thanks again and drop me an email.
Jason

Jason, thank you very much for the comments!! I also appreciate the advice with my site. I have the blog tabs on there that get people back to here, but I my site is long-overdue for a makeover. I also have some video clips that a film crew is editing and putting together right now for another site I am involved in and those clips will eventually be on my site, along with changes to wording and blog information. I like your idea and what I've always found is that if I can write about as much as I know, and prospective clients can read what I have experienced, then they can make a more appropriate choice for my services.

Again though...thanks for the thoughts and I'm sure MS thanks you for becoming a member!

Feel free to call me anytime @ 906-630-3105. That's my cell, work, and home #...also, if you email me from my site or text you can get in touch with me as well.

Thanks again,

Jeff

Posted 09-01-2010 at 01:02 PM by NorthJeff NorthJeff is offline

Complex Property Design I

Posted 09-01-2010 at 12:40 PM by jmk415203 jmk415203 is offline

	Why you shouldn't shoot a skunk thts always a good time hahaha
	Posted 08-26-2010 at 10:09 PM by jakethesnake

	Patterns of Use Makes total sense Jeff. Great post! Will definitely help me think through some of my food sources. Most are setup for all season and in some cases, all year long use, but that was a good blog post to help us. Koz
	Posted 08-24-2010 at 09:33 PM by koz bow

	Paralleling Habitat Features for Small Parcel Success I really like helping with the "concepts" of small property management...they don't change no matter where a whitetail lives across the country, only the components change as dictated by the habitat and local needs. Hey btw, the mountains of Eastern KY sound pretty cool too, bet that's a pretty wild area!
	Posted 08-23-2010 at 02:41 PM by NorthJeff

	Patterns of Use Thanks again ky madman! I'm trying to make it back to my camper to finish a couple by this evening...we will see! I have clients the end of this week that popped up so I'm really trying to cram a few in during the next 3 days, hope you like them!
	Posted 08-23-2010 at 02:39 PM by NorthJeff

	Progressive Foodplotting Thanks a lot...pretty cool!
	Posted 08-23-2010 at 02:35 PM by NorthJeff

	Patterns of Use This kind of ties in with "Thin is in". On a small property, would you try to work with one wider line (say 30' wide) through the property or two lines coming into the season at different times? Keep em' coming. Another great one!
	Posted 08-23-2010 at 12:32 PM by ky_madman

	Paralleling Habitat Features for Small Parcel Success Thanks Jeff, I've read all of the blogs so far. This stuff will work great for me. Even though I'm not located in the UP, your management ideas will work great in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. Can't wait to read the others, you've got me checking in several times each day!
	Posted 08-23-2010 at 12:14 PM by ky_madman

Progressive Foodplotting

Here's a link to some, you can find them all over the internet.
I guess they actually call them "Brush Grubber". I've read, actually downloaded the other blogs. Had missed you over on QDMA, but see your posting there again too. God Bless you & your family!

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...=than&Ntx=mode matchallpartial&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=brush grubber&cmnosearch=PPC&cm_ven=PPC&cm_cat=Google - K70&cm_pla=generic&cm_ite=brush grubber

Posted 08-22-2010 at 09:40 AM by ky_madman ky_madman is offline

Patterns of Use

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Originally Posted by OSXer

Interesting concept overall and I've certainly gained new insight. Being a "small property" owner, I've tried to lay out a pattern through the length of the property, but I'm finding that the deer still stream in from wherever along my perimeter and straight to whichever plot is in season. I've currently got things broken up as perennial clover/chicory plots towards the outsides and grains towards the middle, but perhaps I should put in a a series of plots that all have a similar mix rather than break them out like I have.

Most definitely you should...the only way to them to follow the movements you want them to take is to not have any holes in attraction. It is a very common though...there is so much written just as you describe but that's not how deer like to forage...they will move along on their preferred food pattern and when they hit hit the end of the line they go find it somewhere else, they don't just lower their taste buds and eat something not in season, dormant, of lower quality. Keep all those levels the same in each plot and then they will follow the script. Also, when that happens they will also enter and exit thoselines of movement in mor predictable patterns. If you have a stray trail they use you don't want them to...block it off.

Hope that helps...thank you very much for reading!

Posted 08-20-2010 at 09:41 AM by NorthJeff NorthJeff is offline

Patterns of Use

Posted 08-20-2010 at 06:05 AM by OSXer OSXer is offline

	How Bad Do You Want It? Quote: Originally Posted by BuckFeverLodge This article kept me glued the whole time, probably more than any yet. Probably because I can relate in several ways to the "obsession" thing, and sometimes lost sight of what was important. I'd like to think we all have...that was one my ex actually liked reading, probably could relate pretty well!
	Posted 08-19-2010 at 10:42 PM by NorthJeff

Stand Timing for Mature Bucks

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Originally Posted by BuckFeverLodge

So true on the "timing" of a stand. When I go into work, I know when someone has been at my desk during the night shift because it may not be as I left it. Deer are much more sensitive to strangers in their area than we are, so stay out, and time it right. I like it and am learning as I read. Thanks again.

Good...that one is so critical! I love waiting until late Oct. to slip into an incredible morning stand that I haven't been to since May...I have to admit I've had a hard time finding those stands at times!!

Anyways glad you liked that one, thanks.

Posted 08-19-2010 at 10:40 PM by NorthJeff NorthJeff is offline

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