Deer Habitat Management Techniques

Deer Habitat Management Techniques


This channel is about all things forestry and wildlife habitat, mostly whitetail deer habitat improvement. If you are interested in adding value to your land and making a better place to hunt, you can find some good free advice here.
I am a masters level Forester trained at Penn State University, as SAF certified professional Forester AND a licensed Realtor in the State of Pa.
As a Forestry and Wildlife Habitat Consultant in PA, I have worked on hundreds of properties throughout the Eastern U.S. Much of my work centers around timber management and food plot installations to improve carrying capacity of hunting properties.


March 14, 2024

March 14, 2024

Timber Sale Rescue Part 1

Timber Sale Rescue Part 1

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  • @rescle
    @rescle11 күн бұрын

    that's why I live in south central pa.

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman670623 күн бұрын

    Its looking good so far

  • @davidrule1335
    @davidrule133524 күн бұрын

    If you don't mind can you tell us how much the tree you have your hand on is worth?

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices23 күн бұрын

    Looks like a clen but log, so if there are 250 bf in the tree its $170 -$200. If you get a veneer log out of it, could be quit a bit more

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices23 күн бұрын

    Looks like a clen but log, so if there are 250 bf in the tree its $170 -$200. If you get a veneer log out of it, could be quit a bit more

  • @davidrule1335
    @davidrule133523 күн бұрын

    @@ChilcoteForestryServices Thank you. I'm thinking about selling some of my trees. I can appreciate that there is a lot of things to consider; where are they, how many, how far is the mill?

  • @ncanellos
    @ncanellos29 күн бұрын

    Lambs quarter is super bad in my plot . Also have something that looks kinda like milkweed buy I don't think it actually is ? It's not super bad but the Lambs quarter is Horrible. It chokes out everything.

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices29 күн бұрын

    Deer like it at certain times of the year. If it gets too much you can mow and spray. Perennial plots need maintenance

  • @rachael618
    @rachael618Ай бұрын

    We have old growth forests in the Maine mountains. But this is good advice.

  • @davesteele7144
    @davesteele7144Ай бұрын

    What is the population per acre of whitetail deer on that site?

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServicesАй бұрын

    Zero, thats why the native new forest is growing

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman6706Ай бұрын

    Nope! Nope! Nope! I'll stay in the valley😅

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman6706Ай бұрын

    Awesome forest land management by Chilcote Forestry....

  • @nhmountains5683
    @nhmountains5683Ай бұрын

    Thanks Steve!!

  • @nikaward6048
    @nikaward6048Ай бұрын

    wait omg are you serious? that thing looks huge

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServicesАй бұрын

    2 big ones sleeping off their night feeding

  • @nikaward6048
    @nikaward6048Ай бұрын

    @@ChilcoteForestryServices 😕2 ? yikes

  • @j.p.saverance8972
    @j.p.saverance8972Ай бұрын

    Spring Creek?

  • @CodyVinson
    @CodyVinsonАй бұрын

    250$ per ton of lime here

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServicesАй бұрын

    Yikes, $38/ ton spread is proper.

  • @CodyVinson
    @CodyVinsonАй бұрын

    @@ChilcoteForestryServices what would you charge to break down a soil test to let me know what all of it means

  • @robshelton6374
    @robshelton6374Ай бұрын

    Here in Southwest Missouri- I'm prepping some ground for a plot. Moving forward, I'm thinking I'll plant BWheat mid-June, then mow & rake it mid-August. At that point, my plan is to broadcast and aerate oats, ladino clover, and cereal rye into what I'm hoping becomes a real "honey-hole". I would appreciate your thoughts regarding my plan!!!

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServicesАй бұрын

    Sounds good but i usually dont put in a monoculture. You could add a legume and brassica (collards)as well as cowpeas & sunflowers. You can fit more biomass and mine more nutrients that way. If deer eat it all, just plant a new seeding for fall (cool season plants)

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman6706Ай бұрын

    That's great info Steve...good job.

  • @danielperich5608
    @danielperich5608Ай бұрын

    The thing about corn is, it attracts lot of critters, which is exactly the point.

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServicesАй бұрын

    For a few weeks🤔

  • @danielperich5608
    @danielperich5608Ай бұрын

    @@ChilcoteForestryServices Corn is a lot of work. Sprayed the fields twice now and the damn grass keeps on growing. Worse yet, the damn deer are eating all the corn as it grows. Idiots!!

  • @dparramore5047
    @dparramore5047Ай бұрын

    This video is dated August 2021, so I’m interested to find out if you did interplant corn with peas on purpose and if so what’s your results?

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServicesАй бұрын

    This was interesting because the peas came from the previous cover crop that had them in it. They just decided to show up. The nutrients from the cover crop supported the corn well. Peas can be planted with corn at the same time and i would like to experiment with that

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman6706Ай бұрын

    You got some good prospects going there. With all the rain things will start popping in a hurry. Got a little sun today that'll help some

  • @carterpettinato5830
    @carterpettinato5830Ай бұрын

    Camera man defly smoked a j before this 😂

  • @speed_raycer
    @speed_raycer2 ай бұрын

    It knows there's mice and shakes the tail to bait it's prey into thinking it's a worm to eat. My 6ft boa constrictor does the same thing while she's "hunting" for prey inside her enclosure. Wiggles the colorful tail tip like a worm which in the wild would attract a bird in a tree.

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman67062 ай бұрын

    That's going to be an awesome food plot

  • @chrisgilbert4146
    @chrisgilbert41462 ай бұрын

    Atleast some animals are still evolving.

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    Not much different than how God created them

  • @user-lp2iy6ol2v
    @user-lp2iy6ol2v2 ай бұрын

    It’s not mimicking a rattlesnake. It moves it’s tail that way to either attract prey or divert predators to an expendable part of it’s body.

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    Nah, it sounds just like a rattlesnake when in dry leaves

  • @joshs4109
    @joshs41092 ай бұрын

    If you want to have a corn food plot… Keep in mind you get out what you put in. Don’t try and be a half ass

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    Exactly, it takes a commitment

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman67062 ай бұрын

    Lol that's so funny... Just leave him alone

  • @Usmcpb
    @Usmcpb2 ай бұрын

    Good snake to have around the house.

  • @commoncents9732
    @commoncents97322 ай бұрын

    "Just leave him alone he'll go away".....or he'll find that 1" hole the contractor left during the construction of your house.

  • @jeffstorey9147
    @jeffstorey91472 ай бұрын

    If the snake can get it, so can the mice. If he does get in, that’s bad news for the mice, not you.

  • @commoncents9732
    @commoncents97322 ай бұрын

    @@jeffstorey9147 Im not entirely disagreeing with you but it depends on the species of snake. When I lived in Arizona it was usually bad news for the mice and humans if a snake got in the house considering most snakes there were venomous. A lot of people are also deathly afraid of snakes so while a lot of them aren't venomous and maybe doing good they may also scare people to act irrationally.

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    Spring loaded plow, got it😅😊

  • @nailsbeats
    @nailsbeats2 ай бұрын

    That is not a spring tooth harrow it is a spring loaded all purpose plow.

  • @georgea6403
    @georgea64032 ай бұрын

    How about controlled burn?

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman67062 ай бұрын

    With all this rain you should uave grat germination and quick. And once the sun comes out it should fly out of the ground. Cant wait to see a follow up video. Another great job by Chilcote Forestry

  • @craigadair128
    @craigadair1282 ай бұрын

    How many gallons per acre do you typically apply? I have heard a lot of people shoot for 15 gallons to get better coverage.

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    In this case 13 gallons. Thats how the sprayer is set up.

  • @karma8001
    @karma80012 ай бұрын

    Not a good channel 2 watch. U know what is the best solution in your answer is go 2 your closest feed store and they will tell u

  • @karma8001
    @karma80012 ай бұрын

    I don't know what u have for equipment and where your from but just go 2 your local seed dealer. I live in NE Iowa and it's difficult where u live.

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    @@karma8001 WTF is a feed store going to tell you about a sprayer they dont own? Whats yer problem Karma?

  • @karma8001
    @karma80012 ай бұрын

    I did upgrade my compressor a couple years back

  • @karma8001
    @karma80012 ай бұрын

    Filmco is the best in my opinion. 6 nozzles and fits great on my atv and utv only problem in 6 years is I wrecked going way 2 fast going to my plot and put a hole in the bottom but just used my plastic welder and welded it up

  • @travissmith-wz5nc
    @travissmith-wz5nc2 ай бұрын

    When it gets flooded and cattails are growing in middle

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    Calibratin sprayer

  • @TheWildWestMill
    @TheWildWestMill2 ай бұрын

    The point is to have hardwood bushes not bushes filled with pine all the a high percentage of pine should of been cut

  • @jeremymason802
    @jeremymason8022 ай бұрын

    thought it was a cow pie at first lol

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman67062 ай бұрын

    Another great job by Chilcote Forestry

  • @robertmense8906
    @robertmense89062 ай бұрын

    So is the tree still desirable to harvest?

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    Its ok now but will rot. Its too small now

  • @naturewatcher7596
    @naturewatcher75962 ай бұрын

    Just found a grape vine and wanted to cut it because I thought it's a poison ivy. :) Thank you to show the vine close. Now will look how the poison ivy vine shall look like.

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    poison ivy is highly preferred deer food

  • @naturewatcher7596
    @naturewatcher75962 ай бұрын

    @@ChilcoteForestryServicesNo poison ivy on my property, but still plenty of deer visiting it.

  • @georgeboline
    @georgeboline2 ай бұрын

    Looks nice. What is list price and are OGM’s included?

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    $380k and yes, its not a coal or gas area

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman67062 ай бұрын

    Well one things for sure he wasn't going anywhere lmao

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    Didnt even flop, lights out

  • @user-it7mk6fb8f
    @user-it7mk6fb8f2 ай бұрын

    Good bird Stephen !

  • @robbie3333
    @robbie33332 ай бұрын

    Proud murderers of nature... 😢

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    What have you done for wildlife? Nothing

  • @robschwoyer449
    @robschwoyer4492 ай бұрын

    Congratulations!

  • @JeremyBitner
    @JeremyBitner2 ай бұрын

    Congratulations!

  • @ChilcoteForestryServices
    @ChilcoteForestryServices2 ай бұрын

    How did you make out this morning?

  • @JeremyBitner
    @JeremyBitner2 ай бұрын

    @@ChilcoteForestryServices great had one down at 6:36

  • @Jay-hu1pc
    @Jay-hu1pc2 ай бұрын

    Nice job steve

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman67062 ай бұрын

    Good infp

  • @markc2036
    @markc20362 ай бұрын

    Great video! Thanks for sharing.

  • @jonrossman6706
    @jonrossman67062 ай бұрын

    That's going to be a beautiful food plot