| I will be sharing with you on how I made my | | | | alfa, wheat, chicory, rye, corn, beans, brassicas, |
| property into whitetail paradise, and what still | | | | and many others. I clearcut 10 acres and did |
| needs to be done. I own 150 acres in southwest | | | | some logging, added a pond and started to plant |
| Michigan, which I bought in 1989. Up until 1995 we, | | | | pines around my open fields. |
| me, family, and friends shot every buck that | | | | I also put in about 25 apple trees, my property |
| gave us a opportunity and did not shoot does. All | | | | was now the whitetails favorite property around, |
| that change in 1995 when I shot a buck that | | | | I started to draw deer from my neighbors that |
| scored in the 120's. After that day I stared doing | | | | had the best bedding ground. While his land was |
| research on how to get bigger deer. | | | | getting more open I was creating thicker cover. I |
| The following season I started putting in new | | | | also added a few mineral licks. |
| ideas and concepts into my property. My first rule | | | | My future plans include to add cover for travel |
| was if you shot it you had to mount it. This took | | | | routes though my open fields to the neighbors. |
| care of the people that just want to shoot | | | | Put in a pine stand in the middle of an open field |
| anything. I placed 20 acres in a safe zone. We | | | | and then plant cover around that, this will be a |
| also started to shoot does. After a few years we | | | | safe zone plus winter protection. I also plan on |
| started seeing alot more 2 1/2 & 3 1/2 | | | | planting about 10 acres of switch grass. |
| years old and were killing nice bucks every year. I | | | | During this time we have shot 25 bucks that |
| then went to neighbors and tried to get them on | | | | have scored 120 or better, the best being a 165 |
| board. | | | | 9 pointer. I believe that I'm getting closer to have |
| During the next time period I started to add food | | | | a Boone & Crockett running on my property. |
| plot and create better habitat. I made sure that I | | | | During this time I enjoy creating wildlife habitat |
| had food available for deer all year. I had clover, | | | | and food plots just as much as hunting. |