Extreme Deer Habitat

12/01/2025

The December rut is coming soon.

The December Rut. It happens every year. I sometimes hear hunters speculating about the December Rut in my home state of Michigan. I don't have to speculat...

10/30/2025

Being confined to a wheelchair makes it very difficult to hunt for whitetail deer. Ron Bates is a devoted hunter who is a quadriplegic and is confined to a ...

02/16/2025

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1WtQvC1KQx2yGhnBFovPT6?si=8ftefANmThGjWx71FOjTow

Legendary Habitat · Episode

09/26/2024

I am pretty sure nothing else in a kids world can beat this. https://fb.watch/uRhfNS3eKo/

09/11/2024

With habitat season ending it is time to think about our goals for buck harvest this season. I seldom end up shooting one myself just because of my threshold for trigger restraint but I like to think about it. Understanding the life cycle of a whitetail buck can help you set those goals for your area. This is from a presentation on the life cycle of a whitetail buck I did to a fishing group a few years ago.

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09/11/2024

The things we do to create great deer habitat.

09/11/2024

My neighbor recently had his woods logged but it is not going to be nearly enough to encourage daytime deer usage. This kind of canopied woods is the last place you are going to find a grownup deer in daylight. On the other hand, deer are moving about in my heavy cover all day long. This (providing regenerative growth with a chainsaw) is the number one thing you can do to improve deer hunting on a small property.

08/19/2024

I should listen to myself more often. Well, at least it’s not a severe case…

03/17/2024

This is the 11th and final video in a series comprising a discussion between Jim Brauker and Jim Ward while walking Jim Ward's 137 acre south central Indiana...

03/16/2024

Part 10 of my video series, A conversation about deer habitat with Jim Ward. In this segment we discuss his pollinator field, how to manage cool season grasse3s, and how to manage oak trees. To many landowners are afraid to cut oaks, but to have good oak timber growth, and especially good acorn production, it is necessary to make sure trees are spaced appropriately. Too much competition is bad for both timber and acorn production. You have to cut oak trees to grow oak timber, and you have to cut oak trees to grow acorns.

This is the 10th in a series of videos comprising a discussion between Jim Brauker and Jim Ward while walking Jim Ward's 137 acre south central Indiana white...

03/16/2024

Part 9 of my video of my conversation with Jim Ward about his deer property in Indiana. This video shows what I consider to be the most perfect deer food plot I have ever seen.

This is the 9th in a series of videos comprising a discussion between Jim Brauker and Jim Ward while walking Jim Ward's 137 acre south central Indiana whitet...