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  • Hinge cut maintenance

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Hinge cut maintenance   In one way or another, annually is generally the case. Assuming one makes all the “sidewalks” and doe bedding areas in late winter, the easy walking portion of the “sidewalk” often starts growing in with weeds, briars and saplings…

  • Habitat planning for deer notes

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine I let the habitat tell me how to section off a property. That said, if the habitat allows, I’m going to try to create 2-4 sections on properties ranging from 40-80 acres. I’m under no illusion that I’ll have 2-4 mature, dominant bucks…

  • Edge feathering

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine   Edge feathering serves 3 purposes Edge feathering for screening Edge feathering can create a partial screen between the food plot and the woods. This helps further encourage bucks to enter to food plot to check for does and rival bucks. It also…

  • Hunting pressured bucks

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Hunting pressured bucks After finding Mr. Big on pressured grounds, I want to setup in that area he problems viewing web cams feels safe during daylight hours. There isn’t an exact formula for this and it seems to vary most on how big…

  • Habitat Consultants

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Habitat Consultants No 2 pieces of property are the same, and every property has multiple opportunities to increase the quality of it’s habitat, deer herd, and most importantly, it’s hunt ability.   Size, pressure, latitude, composite, terrain features and on and on make…

  • Too many does

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Too many does I know overpopulation doesn’t apply to a lot of you here, which is why I tackled the low deer numbers portion first. still, it no doubt does to some of you. So, here’s how I try to manage the high…

  • Which doe do I shoot?

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Which doe do I shoot?   After deer get above 6.5, I don’t trust my teeth aging skills at all, and I’m not going to guarantee that I’m not off by a year either way up to that point. At the same time,…

  • Licking branches in food plots for deer

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Licking branches in food plots for deer Someone asked about timing. If you’re going to rub/scrape route, like Big8, I can see how it’s matter when you “planted” them. My route, not so much at all. If planted in April, it sticks out…

  • Dogs nose is not a deers nose

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine IMO, I think both occur, Art. I know I have a friend that I’ve hunted with many times. He’s had me review what he does for odor control more than once and he gets winded regularly. I can’t find anything that he’s doing…

  • Too many deer

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine My first step in managing an overpopulated piece of ground is focusing on does. As I’ve stated earlier, I want a lot of does on my properties. Because of the buck management end, I want a 1:2-2.5 ratio of bucks to does, and…