Sportsmen's Nation - For The Die-hard Sportsman

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Mark Haslam (Southeast Whitetail) discuss upcoming land management strategies for handling high deer populations. Mark explains the importance of evaluating food and health status of deer post-harvest and comparing that data to local information. Mark discusses fawn recruitment in high deer populations and factors that he uses on his property to support deer on his farm. Mark discusses tactics to maintain deer populations and relative food in densities over 150 deer per square mile. Mark explains the importance of food plots and a strategy that plays off neighboring agriculture crop production. Mark details local crops and his tactics to promote interest on his property to ensure deer remain interested on hunting property. Mark discusses hunting tactics around mature bucks. Mark explains when to take does, what age class he prefers and his tactics around shooting does early and often. Mark discusses what locations to take deer to ensure hunting locations