Show Notes:

For those who hunt the same areas year-after-year, it is common for the number and quality of deer in the area to diminish over time. On this episode I talk about why this is a normal occurrence and what you can do to reverse it!

Take Aways

• Great whitetail habitat will do one thing if left untouched for decades, become bad whitetail habitat.
• Most of the time it is not the fault of the game commission, too many hunters, too many tags, etc.
• There are more whitetails in America today than there were 50 years ago, 100 years ago, or the day Columbus stumbled upon the continent.
• The number of hunters also generally decreases year after year.
• Deer do not leave an area without reason and they are not attracted to a new area without reason.
• Deer are creatures of edge. They need food, cover, and bedding.
• Thick cover will eventually become open forest, young forests will become old forests. All of this is bad news for deer.
• The number one simplest way to improve failing whitetail habitat is to get sunshine onto the forest floor. This creates cover and food.