Landowners should avoid mimicking practices from other regions or media if they do not align with their own local deer density, soil, and environmental conditions.

“They watch this stuff on YouTube and they take everything so literal. Oh this guy did this so I have to do it on my property this way because it worked there. man, every farm in every area and deer density, it's a case-byase basis.”

Modern society has lost connection to meaningful, hands-on work like land management and trade skills.

“I do think with society sometimes we took a very errant path out into like existence, you know, like this like you know, and I think there also became like a greed you know, there's this a greed has a lot to do with that I think when somebody wants to keep leveling up, you know, so but I think I thi”

Clearing and improving property is a creative, relaxing, and valuable endeavor.

“you're just constantly creative, cuz there's I mean, everything you do is making the land more valuable, you know?”

A poor-quality food plot in a secure, well-screened location is more attractive to deer than a high-quality food plot in an insecure or open environment.

“what I will tell clients is a poor food plot, a lower quality food plot, you know, a crappy throw and grow type system, um maybe there's a lot of grasses in there, relatively poor soil, but a poor food plot will in a good location, a secure location will trump a really good food plot in a less secur”

Deer activity on a food plot is heavily influenced by how easily a hunter can access the plot without being detected by deer.

“Access is a big one. How do you get there? How do you get out without alerting deer? For instance, I I never step in my food plot ever during season unless I'm tracking a deer or going to get an arrow that I shot under a buck or something like that.”

Clover and chicory are the most cost-effective and reliable options for food plots, particularly when frost-seeded.

“we're going to go with clover and chory right off the bat. I'm just going to be honest with you. That's least expensive, easiest to plant, most failproof thing that you have”