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  • Daylight activity

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    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine If you are not getting daylight pictures of your target bucks, they may know you are hunting them.  They will still show up after dark, because they feel safe. We need bucks to feel safe in our woods for daylight activity, and that…

  • “They just are not there.”

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    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine If you are not seeing the caliber of buck you desire on camera, its either your neighborhood, or you may need some help with your property plan.  Access, stand locations, bedding and food should all tie together as a cohesive plan. Make sure…

  • Time to get out of the woods.

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    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Your stands should set, shooting lanes cut, and the bulk of your food plots planted, mowed and ready for fall.  As the bucks begin to turn hard horned their patterns change.  Don’t be in the woods ruining all the work you did too…

  • August – who’s on the list?

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    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine By mid to late August we have a pretty good idea which bucks we have to hunt.  There are parcels where decent bucks come later or they come and go off and on – but for most of us we know which bucks…

  • Late July food plots

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    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Many like to be out of the woods by August first.  As the bucks get ready to shed the velvet, they may relocate, but they wont go where you leave human scents.

  • Have you been there?

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    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine They say even brain surgery is easy after you have done it several times.  Same goes for habitat planning.  Pick somebody who has done it for a couple of decades and your parcels potential is on the rise.

  • July Camera Surveys

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    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Mid to late July is a good time to run some cameras over bait to see what the boys look like this year.  Its like Christmas – but be careful.  Too much pressure can drive mature bucks away or underground early.

  • Residual scent spooks mature deer

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    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Just because you did not get winded on stand does not mean he does not know you were there.  When those older bucks cruise at night, they can smell where you walked and rubbed against brush etc.  Do it twice and he may…

  • Summer bucks and food plots for deer

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    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Summer bucks and food plots for deer Its nice to find velvet bucks on camera in your food plots. Summer bucks and food plots for deer Most will use your parcel in the fall, at the least an appearance. Summer bucks and food…

  • Mid July food plotting

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    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine July can be a rough month to plot.  Soil is dry and rain dissipates quickly.  Young plants can struggle.  Time the rain for success.