I don’t think bedding areas have as much of a drawing effect as food does.
Not my claim. But if you have NO deer bedding on your property....(due to no preferred bedding habitat).....how can providing said be a BAD thing?
there are bedding areas that are just as secure as mine, much closer to the crops.
On this property.....I would say that yours and it are equal. So....why not tryo to provide them with bedding area ON this property? You know.......make your property more coducive to holding more deer.
YOUR property, Rybo......it sounds as though it isn't necessary. You HAVE bedding areas. That wasn't the focus of my post.
My question for you is, if you are allowed to make these bedding areas, how do you plan on going about it? Are you simply going to cut down some trees and leave them where they lay or are you going to try to get them to fall in a tight area?
Well I'm certianly gonna do some research......and if I had to do it now.....I'd make my select cuts on select TYPE trees.....and stagger the height of the cuts.....from say 1' to 6'.....felling the trees, still attached to the tree trunk. I'd have to think the trees might still live for a while, this way.....and still provide limb growth (to an extent) and browse for the deer. But yeah.....felling them in a prescribed area (tight) would be my goal. Maybe 1/2 acre areas.