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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Understanding Soil pH

Food plots are exciting, but those who jump quickly into the planting phase without doing a little soil research are going to be very disappointed. Soil pH is crucial to crop development and overall yield.

Land Management, How-To, BioLogic, Mossy Oak

Busting Dams for Ducks

As the popularity of hunting these migratory fowl grows, more and more land managers are beginning to tailor their properties to attract and hold migrating ducks. BioLogic’s Neill Haas offers some great advice for those looking to boost their property’s duck appeal, but are constantly battling beavers.

Waterfowl, Land Management, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Managing Moist Soil Impoundments: What Is On Your Land?

What if you could provide a situation where you could bring waterfowl up close and personal? If this type of situation is what you are looking for, then this is the article for you. This article deals with managing beaver ponds, greentree reservoirs, and agricultural lands for the opportunity to be up close and personal to one of life’s oldest creatures, waterfowl.

Waterfowl, Land Management

Please Release Me

Very few things worth having in life come free, still fewer of them seem to happen quickly. As a land manager, when trying to increase cover we have many options available to us and most of them seem to take years to come to fruition. Most of them seem to come with an increasingly steep price tag.

Land Management, How-To

The Basics When it Comes to Weed I.D.

Weeds must be stopped before reaching a mature stage of growth when they will then cause harm to both plantings as well as livestock. Reducing weed growth comes in many forms, with the most basic being the plough, which will devastate the roots of the weed.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Perfect Follow-through

We’ve practice Quality Deer Management for several years on our 80 acres located in northern Wisconsin, and have seen huge returns. We hold many more deer on the property than were here when we first purchased it and we’re now consistently producing mature bucks.

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Planting Success Begins with the Soil

A soil test is the first and foremost step before ever being able to plan out a food plot schematic that is best for your property. Every plant has a different set of ideal conditions, so the type of soil, pH of the soil, and soil nutrients will all have a significant impact on which plants can grow the heartiest when it comes to the location they’re being planted in.

Land Management, How-To, BioLogic

Taking “Let Him Walk” to the Next Level

After years of very selective buck harvest, supplemental feeding, and an intense food plot program, I have grown a true southern giant. While we have been growing and killing above average deer for a long time (for the area), this particular buck was a “man among men.”

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The Creation of Food Plots Begins With a Goal

BioLogic, utilizing science and technological-advances in forage production, have created a line that offers the perfect combinations when it comes to a 100% effective food plot. In addition, a deer manager can go on the website, select his zone/region and the species being focused on and immediately find the correct products they need for their particular location; not to mention an easy-to-use soil testing guide.

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A food plot farmer needs to understand that the fertilizer recommendations on the product’s package, on various websites or the BioLogic Planting Guide, is just a recommendation for the amount of (N) nitrogen, (P) phosphorus and (K) potassium that particular crop can use during a typical growing season under average conditions and a neutral pH. It IS NOT necessarily the fertilizer you should be using! You need to do a soil test to determine “your

Land Management, How-To

Inside Sanctuaries

As the Quality Deer Management philosophy becomes further anchored as the dominant mindset among whitetail hunters, achieving greater numbers of mature bucks is not the hurdle it once was. Instead, there’s another hindrance…killing them. Helping to clear that barrier is the “sanctuary,” a landscape feature that has recently become a familiar part of conversations about hunting tactics, property set-up, and small-acreage management.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management

Hunting Season Ends but the New Sport of Shedding Begins!

More and more, hunters, landowners and property managers are taking an in-depth interest in being able to attract more deer to their landscape, which means finding ways to actively manage their deer populations. One of the easiest ways to do this, to understand the count of the herd and whether or not that count is falling or on the rise, is to search for shed antlers.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management

Planting Dates Are Critical

Compared to last spring’s weather we have a completely different beginning. Does anyone really believe Puxatony Phil on Groundhog’s Day? With the unseasonably warm weather last year, this year is the opposite throughout most of the country. So when should you plant spring crops?

Land Management, How-To, BioLogic, Mossy Oak

Give Yourself an Edge

When evaluating properties and making recommendations to landowners, I am often confronted with a situation that is common to many older, well-established food plots. With the sunlight able to penetrate the edges have closed in over time, and are so thick with brush, blackberry, and many non-native species like Chinese privet, that it impedes whitetail deer and other wildlife from entering.

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U.S. Feral Pig Problem Increasing, Texas Hog Population to Triple in Five Years

It is no question that the nation’s feral pig numbers are on the rise, to the detriment of both farmers and native wildlife. New Mexico recently launched a $1 million project that will involve both wildlife employees and hunters in an effort to quell the hogs’ population boom, but it is outmatched by nearby Texas, which spends $7 on their management programs. Over 5 million feral pigs exist in the nation, and Texas is bearing

Big Game, Land Management