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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 335396" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>The fastest way to see real results in your deer populations in my opinion would be to plant your tree rows about 50 yards north and west of the existing tree rows instead of the long narrow shelter belt you have planned for. The reason for this is snow. A 6 row shelter belt will fill completely with snow being blown in, however if you have two shelterbelts one will catch the snow and the other will provide the cover and bedding. The other option is to plant a solid block of trees say 15 acres. It will do the same thing. Pines are your most important winter cover for deer so plant those heavy and then make provisions to protect them from the deer. Bucks love to thrash small junipers and pines with their horns. I have a solid block of 15 acres of thick trees and the entire north 40 yards gets 10 plus ft of snow in it every year and the 3 row shelter belt I planted gets totally covered with drifts 15 ft high from blowing snow. I wouldn't provide any cover close to the roads at all. The more cover you have there, the better the chances of shinanigans. Then I'd plant the food plot between the tree blocks to keep the deer more secure when they visit. Just some thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KDM, post: 335396, member: 314"] The fastest way to see real results in your deer populations in my opinion would be to plant your tree rows about 50 yards north and west of the existing tree rows instead of the long narrow shelter belt you have planned for. The reason for this is snow. A 6 row shelter belt will fill completely with snow being blown in, however if you have two shelterbelts one will catch the snow and the other will provide the cover and bedding. The other option is to plant a solid block of trees say 15 acres. It will do the same thing. Pines are your most important winter cover for deer so plant those heavy and then make provisions to protect them from the deer. Bucks love to thrash small junipers and pines with their horns. I have a solid block of 15 acres of thick trees and the entire north 40 yards gets 10 plus ft of snow in it every year and the 3 row shelter belt I planted gets totally covered with drifts 15 ft high from blowing snow. I wouldn't provide any cover close to the roads at all. The more cover you have there, the better the chances of shinanigans. Then I'd plant the food plot between the tree blocks to keep the deer more secure when they visit. Just some thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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