Land Management

REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

Watch and read along as some of the world’s most knowledgeable and experienced hunting land managers show you proven strategies for turning your property into a hunting paradise. Get expert tips on everything from seasonal food plot placement and plant species selection to the state-of-the-art equipment that helps you to tend it.

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What is Your Legacy?

My point here is that planting trees is about more than just the act of planting trees, it’s the memories made that go along with it.

Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries

Green Field Plantings for Extreme Weather

If you live in an arid area and want to plant a green field that will withstand high temperatures and little rainfall, I’d suggest planting LabLab. Remember that you need enough moisture in the soil to get the seeds to germinate and start putting down a strong root system. So, prepare your soils by doing a soil test, putting out the recommended lime and then watch the weather.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak

What to Plant When and Why

If I only have one food plot that I can plant, I’ll probably plant an annual. In the spring, I’ll plant either BioMass or LabLab. In the late summer or early fall, I’ll rotate the crop into a cool season planting like BioLogic Maximum or BioLogic Outfitters Blend. However, if I have multiple plots, I’ll plant some of the fields in perennials, like clover, chicory and alfalfa. I’ll use my other food plots to plant

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, BioLogic, Mossy Oak

Food Plots in the Land of Plenty

I have been asked many times why I plant food plots when I live in North Dakota. “North Dakota is one giant food plot. The deer have everything they want and need!” The answer is,“That’s exactly why I plant food plots.”

Big Game, Deer, Turkey, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak

Putting On The Feedbag

As this runs, the rut in the north is, for the most part, finished, but things are still “happening” in the south. For whitetails, this time of year is all about perpetuation of the species and putting on enough weight and fat to survive the winter. Even though bucks cut their food intake for a period surrounding the peak of breeding, does continue “putting on the feed bag” throughout the fall months and into early

Big Game, Deer, Land Management

Good Records For Better Hunting

Hunting season is well underway in most states and the rut is almost here for much of the north and Midwest. Make sure to take the time to record body weights, age from jaw bones, and any other information you can gather from the deer you harvest this year.

Land Management

The Best of Both Worlds

As the bucks are transitioning into their favorite time of the year, I would bet that you are wondering if the choices you have made for their primary food sources were correct. You are not alone when having doubts as every GameKeeper sometimes second-guesses their yearly game plan. Hopefully we can help define what we feel is a very important part of that plan and help make a great choice for that perfect fall attractant

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Water Soluble? Drought Solvable

Rainfall has been hit or miss for a lot of food plotters this fall. Feeding your plants through the foliage can give an instant boost in growth and health of the plant.

Land Management, How-To, BioLogic

Tes and I adopted a motto during last summer’s ordeal—“If they stay, they gotta pay!” For now the battle against feral hogs is an ongoing effort. It is hot, dirty, hard work. We continue to learn ways that make the job a little easier and our efforts more efficient. Is it worth it? Yes! We have no choice. We like our land the way it is. We like what we have been able to accomplish

Big Game, Land Management, How-To

Detour Around Mother Nature’s Oven

Let’s face it, sometimes planting during the late summer through the early fall can be tough. The ideal planting time for cool season food plots coincides with some of the driest months of the year (July-October) and topsoil moisture, or the lack of it, will be the most important detail in the success, or failure of your plots.

Land Management, How-To

The Rewards of Food Plots are within Your Grasp

Year after year we are asked if there is a new “magic bean” that will “do everything,” “work everywhere” and do everything a land manager needs. Well unfortunately…the answer is consistently, “no.” And it’s not likely that one will suddenly appear. I can assure you that BioLogic and several other seed companies are scouring the globe looking at different forages and how they may fit into the wildlife world. If it’s out there rest assured,

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Duck Accommodations

Learn how to attract ducks and other migratory birds by sustainably managing your property, reducing predation and controlling hunting pressure.

Small Game, Waterfowl, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries

Candy Crops for Hunting Plots

Make the most of your late summer/fall food plots by planting crops deer will love. Learn more about how to attract deer to your hunting plot.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

A Time and Place for Mast Trees

In a nutshell, it’s all about the species of trees you choose to grow, and most importantly where you plant them that can make such a drastic difference. At Nativ Nurseries, we raise a wide spectrum of species– all beneficial for wildlife, but again it’s about where you put them that is so key when it comes to improving huntability. Most of us have learned by now how to grow and hold more mature bucks

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, How-To, Nativ Nurseries

The Strategies of Hinge Cutting

Hinge cutting is an easy to do habitat modification that has been gaining popularity over recent years because of the increase in the micromanagement of land to hold more wildlife, improve the hunting experience and increase the odds for hunting success. Most hinge cutting techniques involve cutting partially through a tree and laying it to the ground to create a living, horizontal habitat structure. This technique may be modified and placed appropriately to produce different

Land Management, How-To