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Looking to hire a whitetail habitat consultant? Give Dave a call to discuss some of the goals you have. Dave can help guide you in the right direction with the no BS approach.
Designing a quality food plot program is essential for having success on private land. Planting specific species of plants at certain times of year to make sure the food plot peaks in palatability when its needed to attract and feed year year round.
Having a quality food plot and deer herd all starts with quality soil. Quality soil starts with a soil sample. The healthier the soil the bigger potential you have of whitetails reaching there full potential.
Considering hiring a whitetail habitat consultant?
Attracting deer to your land takes hard work and dedication. Depending on the area you live in and your goals each area has the potential of producing a different quality deer herd. You cant shoot what’s not there. Having realistic goals is what I teach.
On smaller acreage parcels its very important to dictate how the deer move around your land. Creating travel corridors that connect bedding to feeding is super critical. This allows for more stand locations to catch deer traveling from bedding cover to a quality food source.
Quality food plots does not need to be difficult. Lots of people tend to overthink everything and my services take the guess work out of it.
Habitat Features That Make A Great Property
Entry & exit routes ideally on all sides of the land
Bedding areas that match the habitat
A quality food plot program
Having the least amount of hunting pressure
Having a positive mind set
Quality habitat features need to be done in precise areas to allow hunter access around the property. Depending how the property is laid out will determine where food and bedding need to be places in order for the hunter to access stands without spooking deer.
-Pricing for property visits-
Starting cost is $1850 a day for 100 acres or less plus travel. Properties that are larger then 100 acres may require an additional day depending how the property is laid out. If additional days are required the extra days will be reduced to $1250.
-Hinge cutting, travel corridor creation & TSI work-
Cost is $1250 a day plus travel. This would include creating travel corridors, designing bedding areas, hinge cutting and various other habitat projects. We can also do skid steer work to clear out food plot areas and helping to create access routed and travel routes. “client would need to provide skid steer and any attachments needed”
Currently consulting in states Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, Kentucky, and several other states in the north east..
How to grow bigger deer
The right location! Hard pill to swallow. If you are in a location where your property is boarded by other deer hunters that are shooting everything they see your hard work will have little reward. Everyone needs to be on the same page (in general)
Having high quality soil. This means doing soil samples and working to improve it. The soil is the base of healthy deer. The nutrients in the soil give the plants nutrition which is then given to the deer when they consume the plant. The healthier the soil the bigger the deer.
A high quality year round food plot program grown in that high quality soil you have been working on.
Having the patience of giving the deer birthdays & being ok eating tag soup for a couple years.
Not pressuring the deer to the point you push them off to the neighbors and they shoot them all.
Setting a realistic goal for your quality of deer in the area you are deer hunting. Each area will produce a different quality buck depending on quality of food and genetics.
Dave Richmond
Dave has been deer hunting since he was 14 years old. Dave created his first food plot at age 14 in his parents back yard. While creating food plots he found that food plots are only a small portion of what it takes to design a quality whitetail hunting property. Over the years Dave has found his own way of doing things. He calls it the no BS way. You cant kill what’s not there!
