Hi all, I was hoping to learn some of the first major go to things when trying to improve deer herd/a piece of land for hunting? I have lived on a large family farm in western Kentucky my entire life and up until about 8 to 10 years ago it has been managed fairly well by some family friends who lease it every year. Although they still lease the ground, they removed their last stands from the ground about 2 years ago and stopped planting food plots and managing the ground about 8 to 10 years ago. Knowing this and speaking to them and knowing they may not lease next year I am wanting to really get the farm into good shape. Im a 20 year old and though I would like to think I know what would do, I have no clue where to start on deer herd or land improvement. The farm is an old cattle farm and has a mix of hard timber and some scrap timber that has grown up in the old pastures over the years. I mean there are parts of the farm we cant even get to due to over growth. But my main question is where should I start? Regarding deer herd, we have produced amazing deer in the past but ever since the farm has stopped being managed as well, the more mature deer have moved to the neighbors ground etc. I genuinely want to learn what the best thing I can do is so I can transform and keep this already good piece of hunting ground to an amazing area that the family can enjoy for years to come. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
*Added note, I have access to heavy machinery and have thought of dozing some access paths back on the ground and creating some open spots within the scrappy timber for food plots but didnt want to do so until I got some advice from people who know a lot more about it than me.
*Another added note the acreage is somewhere in the 800-900 area I believe is what I was told.
*Added note, I have access to heavy machinery and have thought of dozing some access paths back on the ground and creating some open spots within the scrappy timber for food plots but didnt want to do so until I got some advice from people who know a lot more about it than me.
*Another added note the acreage is somewhere in the 800-900 area I believe is what I was told.
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