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HOW TO FIND AND TAKE TROPHY BUCKS IN THE EARLY SEASON WITH DR. GRANT WOODS

Click to enlargeDon't Forget Food Plots Are Buck Magnets

Editor's Note: Dr. Grant Woods of Reeds Spring, Missouri, one of the nation's leading white-tailed deer researchers, not only has studied whitetails for many years but Click to enlargealso uses the latest scientific technology to track deer movement and learn why deer do what they do. We've asked Woods to tell our readers how to find the bucks of their dreams this year.

Because we've been able to put GPS collars on some deer, we've learned where deer stay during daylight hours. In one of my company's research projects, we had an area that had several really-large food plots on the study site. Click to enlargeWe drew concentric circles, radiating 10 yards out from that food plot. Because we could study the deer's movements for four hours, seven days a week, we learned that most of the deer stayed within 150-200 yards of that food plot the majority of the day (during hunting hours). At night the deer spent most of their time in the food plots and even would lay down in the food plots. But from sun-up until sundown, the Click to enlargedeer bedded-down, they played, and they milled around within 150-200 yards of those food plots. So from this study, I've learned that if your land has a productive food-plot program with really-big food plots, most of the time the deer will stay close to those food plots.

To learn more about Dr. Grant Woods and Woods and Associates, you can go to www.deermanagement.net.

TOMORROW: HOW TO FIND EARLY-SEASON BUCKS ON THE PROPERTY YOU HUNT



Check back each day this week for more about HOW TO FIND AND TAKE TROPHY BUCKS IN THE EARLY SEASON WITH DR. GRANT WOODS ...

Day 1 - How to Scout from the Skinning Shed
Day 2 - Deer Know You
Day 3 - Don't Forget Food Plots Are Buck Magnets
Day 4 - How to Find the Big Bucks on the Property You Hunt
Day 5 - You Still Can't See Them


 

Entry 258, Day 3