Bottomland
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I'd like to hear some opinions on what the ideal distance is between bed and food? Excluding topography and hypothetically in a heavily wooded environment.
I have some areas on my farm in SW MS where I would like to improve bedding cover. A major problem we have in that area is not lack of bedding, but an extreme over abundance. Since the vast majority of our property and the surrounding lands are wooded with the only openings being roads and fields, deer can lay down almost anywhere. We have already created some clearcuts and select cut areas on the interior our farm that are super thick and serve as sanctuaries, but many deer still come from off the property in to food sources. I am looking to take some open hardwoods between a major deep creek system and my food plots and do some chainsaw work to create some "satellite" bedding. These areas will be 75-175 yards from two of my food plots, which are 1 and 2 acres.
Do you think it would be beneficial to create prime bedding that close to my major food sources or could it have negative effects? Basically, do I want the deer bedding that close or no? Will it increase daylight activity or cause the deer to move later since they are more adjacent to the food source?
"I believe the good that men do lives long after they're gone." -Mr. Fox Haas
I have some areas on my farm in SW MS where I would like to improve bedding cover. A major problem we have in that area is not lack of bedding, but an extreme over abundance. Since the vast majority of our property and the surrounding lands are wooded with the only openings being roads and fields, deer can lay down almost anywhere. We have already created some clearcuts and select cut areas on the interior our farm that are super thick and serve as sanctuaries, but many deer still come from off the property in to food sources. I am looking to take some open hardwoods between a major deep creek system and my food plots and do some chainsaw work to create some "satellite" bedding. These areas will be 75-175 yards from two of my food plots, which are 1 and 2 acres.
Do you think it would be beneficial to create prime bedding that close to my major food sources or could it have negative effects? Basically, do I want the deer bedding that close or no? Will it increase daylight activity or cause the deer to move later since they are more adjacent to the food source?
"I believe the good that men do lives long after they're gone." -Mr. Fox Haas