Traditions

Doe Management With the rut in full swing, we hit the Alabama deer woods last week. The last week of the season is a time when Chuck and his father visit the family farm and have done so for the past 35 years. This year, Casey and his brother, Dallas, joined the Sykes’ and puppy […]

Plan and Plant Like You Mean It

Steve Tillman – Wildlife Trends Imagine the following scenario. It’s a weekend day early last fall. The smell of damp leaves hangs in the cool morning air as you step from the truck to make your way to the field. Thoughts of a previous work week full of demands and deadlines retreat with each quiet stride […]

Roots

Planting Food Plots in the South It’s finally time to visit the place where The Management Advantage got it’s start. This week we are in south Alabama on Chuck’s family farm that he grew up hunting. To start the week, we’re planting Pennington Wildlife Seed food plots using The Firminator in a slightly unconventional manner. These plots are being […]

Bridging the Gap

Food Plots Casey had to alter his wildlife management plan just weeks ago when planting food plots. With the poor yields, he had planned on leaving standing corn, but the insurance agency wanted all of it harvested. This called for yet another adjustment to his plans for deer hunting this fall. The standing corn was […]

Setting up the Food Bank

Ross Fogle This is your opportunity to get the most out of your food plots this winter and next spring. My prediction, like many others, is a long hard winter. In the past few weeks my farms have gotten 10 inches of rain. Row crops are at the lowest productivity seen in 24 years. With […]