Steering your game...

[growalot]

Well you already know I use the brush pile fences, and the long winding trail plots that connect mini plots together. But another way in a woodlot is to plant mini "openings" plots...start out with an area that you know they already walk through...,that gets some light...clear off a small spot and plant anything that will grow in low light but most important GREEN UP. Then figure out how you want them to walk the property and scan the area from the spot you just planted...is there a spot you see with sun getting to it? Go there and repeat. ...The point is visual aides...Green will attract them ...there are different grasses and yes low light clovers you can plant...even chicory and turnips or some other low light greens. Deer browse. They like variety and cover. Have water...then add a green patch near that ...Under your oak trees,hop-horns near other natural foods...Hop scotch them around your place and off the neighbors. These take less time, lime, and fertilizer...if you find you like the results and deer respond...then make them bigger.

Edited February 20, 2017 by growalot

[sailinghudson25]

I also maintain the local shrubs.  Put a bit of fertilizer and lime on the ones the deer eat.  I do this for oak trees too.

 

Also, I cut down maple trees a few days before muzzleloader season.  Then come by a few days later to cut the higher branches to the ground.

 

I also spot fertilize the mushrooms.   works great for the early adirondack muzzleloader season up north......