I lost a stabilizer for a tree stand, any ideas on how to make one or put something in place of it that works just as well?


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Complex Parcel Design III

Bedding areas and food plots are two habitat improvements that you most likely hear about the most. The perfect deer bed, the perfect planting… “Perfect, perfect, perfect”. So many strive for perfection in the creation of a habitat feature that I wonder if a lot of folks really miss out on the one aspect...

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Throughout the years I’ve enjoyed getting to know a few mature bucks, as well as being able to be involved in hunting them. A glaring statistic I’ve shared before and I think is worth repeating is that only 1 out of 17 those mature bucks was killed on a food source. At the same time, food sources whether they were natural or man-made, contributed...

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Something I cringe at every time I hear it is when someone says, “Those mature does are impossible to kill”. Now, I will admit they are very wary! A mature doe is a seasoned veteran at avoiding predators, winter severity, cars, hunters, and even the occasional pack of wild dogs. However, a mature doe typically lives in a “doe herd”, which...

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The easiest way to take 10,000 acres of mature public land hardwoods and narrow it down to where the deer are going to be is to look for the most “stems per acre”, meaning, the most vertical growth of saplings, bushes, weeds, etc. Even areas that feature poorer soil that cause the trees to be stunted and smaller in diameter, actually allowing...