re: Heavy rain, cool front = dead

I just purchased the property in April of this year. I’ve worked my butt off trying to get it ready.

I’ve got cameras everywhere trying to learn the land and what the deer are doing. I’m trying to figure out how they move through the property. It was cut 4 yrs ago and is a thicket in many areas. In the spring and early summer, I brush cut about 12 acres in 4 different places. Most of the brush grew back to 3-4 ft in height and the deer absolutely hammered it throughout the summer into early fall.

We had feeders out in 3 locations with cameras on them and there would be about 15-20 deer per night on the 3 feeders. That changed before Thanksgiving. There are at most a hand full of deer at feeders each day now.

On my cameras right now, I’m seeing my 3 mature bucks with some daylight activity, a fair amount of 1 and 2 yr old bucks, but the does and yearlings have almost vanished.

I’m sure they are bedded and feeding in this this cutover making the bucks work for it.

We are starting a 3-4 yr rotational burn next year. That will open up 40-50 acres per year and provide a ton of quality food for the wildlife.