Well the time is ticking and we are less than a month away from the archery season opener. The stands are set and our hunting lease is secured for yet another year. We took the time last weekend to move a few sets and add a few new ones. We also freshened up all of our Deer30 mineral sites one last time before the season starts. We plan to slip back in for a quick visit before the season kicks off to pull camera cards and confirm what deer we may want to target for the year. Early trail camera pictures have shown some potential for this year and several nice up and coming deer have been seen, we will be targeting those deer in the years to come. We will be continuing on with a doe management plan in an attempt to balance the heard. Using trail cameras to complete an inventory of our heard has shown an imbalance with a high doe to buck ratio and many of the doe being mature. The pictures have also shown that many of these mature doe have produced twin fawns and a few have produced triplets. This will push the ratio even further out of balance. When we entered into this new lease last year we knew it was going to be a lot of work to make it what we wanted. As we enter into year two we have seen improvements already and know that it may take up to five or six years to be exactly what we want. We did have several plans this year that were affected by the pandemic and we weren’t able to do everything we wanted, but I do think we have still seen improvements. We are in a very good place to produce nice deer and with a few more years of hard work and management this farm will be exactly what we want it tot be. It also helps that we are surrounded by other farms where the hunters have similar management goals.
Come along for the ride this year. We think it will be a good one and you will enjoy it just as much as we will. Please feel free follow us on YouTube where we post all kinds of outdoor videos and reviews. You can also follow us on social media on Instagram @jarvis_outdoors. Look for the next update to come soon before the season kicks off. Until then get out in the woods and Stay Safe!
Chris