Mature Deer feel Safe When You use Strategic Habitat Management
Recently I saw a question on social media posted by a MI hunter that stopped me in my tracks. He wanted to know what mineral he should use to draw deer in and what setting to use on his grunt call. Those are questions about tactics…not strategies. What’s the difference? Tactics are what you see being pitched in TV commercials and during hunting shows. The newest bionic corn craze in a bag, the 17 in one grunt call, the big secret 100% pure doe-in-heat buck lure…shhh don’t tell anyone. So in an […]
Continue readingUpdate on the Habitat Improvements to the 50 Acre Project
Ahhh…the smell of chainsaw exhaust in the morning. Nothing like drowning out the singing of birds chirping in the woods before sunrise with the roar of a Stihl 201T. Watching trees go horizontal with a crash while staying connected to the stump to make the perfect hinge is what gets me outta bed at 4:30am […]
Continue readingQDMA Invites SMB to Give a Hinge Cut Demonstration at Their National Convention.
Jim Brauker and Jake Ehlinger presented a workshop on hinge cutting at the Quality Deer Management Association’s National Convention. The workshop covered the basics of safety and control as well as fundamentals of the 3 main types of hinge cutting for deer habitat. Bedding, Barriers, and Transitional Zones. This demonstration was done on QDMA’s property […]
Continue readingDeer Browse on Hinge Cut Trees in Winter Like It’s Candy
Jake and I were lot doing some chain saw work a few days ago and Jake came up with the idea of documenting how important woody browse is to deer in winter. We dropped a good sized maple tree all alone about 100 yards from where we were doing the rest of the hinge cutting. […]
Continue readingHinge Cutting Trees Safely – Angle Cut or Flat Cut
Chain saw season is here and Randy and I are preparing a video on how to safely hinge cut trees and control the direction of fall and stability of the hinge. In the meantime, In the interest of safety I want to demonstrate how important it is that we never do an angled cut when […]
Continue readingHinge Cutting Trees: Safety and Control 101
Before starting your own hinge cutting activity, please read the article below and watch the videos closely on the Hinge Cutting page while Jim explains the correct way to hinge cut trees safely and points out some of the possible hazards involved. The See More Bucks team’s videos and articles involve the use of […]
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