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Food Plot and Natural Vegetation Layout and Design Strategies To Increase Harvest Success
Mark W. Thomas Certified Forester, Certified Wildlife Biologist Member QDMA National Board of Directors
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Enhancing “Huntability”
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Food Habits of the White-tailed Deer
Preferred Foods Moderate Preference Japanese honeysuckle Greenbrier Alabama supplejack American beautyberry Smooth Sumac Emergency Foods American hornbeam Eastern redbud
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Common Deer Foods in the Southeast
Forbs Shrubs Vines Am. beautyberry Chinese privet Wild rose Ragweed Pokeweed Desmodium Honeysuckle Kudzu Greenbrier
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Seasonally Important Native Foods for Deer in the Southeast
Spring Summer Fall Winter Am. beautyberry Grasses Blackberry Greenbrier Honeysuckle Wild grape Yaupon Supplejack Blueberry Hawthorn fruit Plum fruit Beautyberry fruit Fringetree fruit Grape fruit Acorns Forbs Beechnuts Pecan nuts Dogwood fruit Persimmon fruit Tupelo fruit Acorns Beechnuts Holly Assorted fruits Yaupon
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Interspersion Enhancement
Interspersion – intermixing of habitat components Ecotone – transition between two adjacent habitats
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Results of Native Plant Enhancement
Before Treatment After Treatment
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QVM = A Native Smorgasbord for Wildlife
QVN QVM = A Native Smorgasbord for Wildlife
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Shooting / Viewing Lanes
Wildlife Habitat Corridors Feeding Lanes Travel Lanes Escape paths Stalking Lanes Sanctuary Lanes Archery Lanes Blind Corner / Herring Bone
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Stalking Lanes
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Wildlife Stand Improvement
“Hack & Squirt” Technique
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Agroforestry
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Deer Management Strategies
Traditional Deer Management Quality Deer Management Trophy Deer Management
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Traditional Management is…
The approach under which any legal buck, regardless of age or antler quality, is harvested and antlerless deer harvest is restricted.
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Traditional Deer Management Harvests
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Quality Management is…
The approach under which young bucks are protected from harvest combined with an adequate harvest of female deer to produce healthy deer herds in balance with existing habitat conditions.
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Quality Deer Management Harvests
Middle-aged to Mature Bucks Adult Does
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Four Cornerstones of QDM
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Herd Management The most important half-inch in deer management
Summarize first two Bullets: Governo and Shea, using dental impressions from 2 different captive herds, found that by measuring the total length of erupted dentition, date of birth could be determined with relative accuaracy. Their model predicted from 50-75% of test mandibles to within 7 days of actual age.. This technique worked well for deer between the ages of 14 months and 20 months. However, for deer younger than 14 months and for deer older than 20 months, the reliability of this technique was greatly diminished. We used their technique to analyze 677 jawbones from yearling bucks harvested on Alabama WMAs. Based on TLED measurements, we placed deer into birth months ranging from 4 (april) through 11 (november).
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