Food Plots: What to Plant Part Two

Food plots are your key to hunting success! United Country Midwest Lifestyle Properties hunting Land Pro agents know the key to developing a great hunting property comes with time and effort spent in developing food plots. Without producing plots, your chances of attracting and keeping deer and other wildlife will fail. In our final article, […]

Food Plots: What to Plant Part One

United Country Midwest Lifestyle Properties hunting property agents know it’s important to plant the right crops to keep your food plot active through a variety of seasonal plants. ‘Food Plots: What to Plant’ gives you some expert advice from on what to plant, giving you real-time advice and success! If you’re just joining the ‘conversation’, […]

IDENTIFYING OAK TREE ACORNS: DEER’S FAVORITE DESSERT

Fall is just around the corner. Hopefully, you’ve done your summer scouting homework and found yourself some Oak trees with acorns. Oak trees make excellent spots for setting up your tree stand as well as great places to set up trail cameras. Now is the time to go back and check on the acorn crop. … Continue reading IDENTIFYING OAK TREE ACORNS: DEER’S FAVORITE DESSERT

DEER NUTRITIONAL NEEDS

Don’t drop the ball on your hunting land investment by not developing food plots. Food plots give your deer a “nutritional” leg up and hopefully, you’ll be harvesting some big bucks in the near future. You shouldn’t think solely about the bucks. Without a healthy doe, there are no healthy bucks. As you’re designing and … Continue reading DEER NUTRITIONAL NEEDS

Hunters are Chomping at the Bit Waiting for Fall

The recent warm weather has been encouraging to local farmers, but discouraging to hunting enthusiasts. Even my hunting dog senses something isn’t quite right. Deer, Duck, Goose or Pheasant, hunters are chomping at the bit waiting for fall. Generally speaking, my Chocolate Labrador Retriever Tucker, is wise to nature’s cycles. It doesn’t take many cold […]

DESIGNING AND PLANTING A SHELTERBELT ON YOUR HUNTING PROPERTY: PART 1

Designing and planting shelterbelts on your hunting property should be in your top three of the “things I have to do” list. Shelterbelts provide wildlife with four basic needs: a place to nest and raise their young, an area that provides food and allows them to safely eat it, protection from the weather, and an […]

PHEASANTS: THEIR HISTORY AND LIFECYCLE

In 1881, Owen Nickerson Denny introduced the Chinese Ringneck Pheasant to Oregon. Owen’s own introduction to the Chinese Ringneck Pheasant began with his career as a consul-general for the U.S. in the city of Shanghai, China. On several of his trips to China, Owen fell in love with the Chinese Ringneck Pheasant. Securing around 60 […]