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This week we shot footage of some great bucks! Hint: This time of year, nothing beats young beans as a great place to find deer. Check out 80 plus deer in one field!

In this episode Adam and Brain climb into the Redneck Blinds to see if they can video some velvet in the beans. Adam gets rewarded at last light. Plus, I take a look at some management practices for drought conditions and hunting hot spots. Thanks for watching!

An old favorite buck showed up…but something is different! Plus, designing critical fire breaks and how to make your pond hold cool water in hot weather.

A cool, new buck shows himself at a Reconyx trail camera station…and we’ve learned a secret about his travel pattern! Quick, he needs a name. Give us your idea on Facebook. Plus, will this fawn survive? Watch this episode now!

It’s called Growing Season Fire and why you need it. Plus, Dr. Woods walks a great hunting property tweaking food, cover and water along the way. Good tips everyone can use.

Food plot tips for hot temperatures. Seriously, extra water for your over-heated food plot. More water. Bigger antlers.

Growing Deer together,

Grant

Clover can be a great addition to any wildlife manager’s tool bag in providing quality forage and hunting areas. Watch right here to find out everything we do to keep clover in our plots for years to come! Also, we do a little scouting and find a new location to put up our Hot Zone fence to make a killer spot this fall!

Watch this episode as Heath and Lindsey Martin visit us here at The Proving Grounds where they work to keep their shooting skills sharp by Groundhog hunting! Lindsey proves she’s got what it takes come deer season by taking out not one, but two bean munchers! While they are having fun hunting, the Quality Deer Management Association visits us as part of the Deer Steward II coursework. Watch to get a glimpse of this challenging and beneficial course along with more summer food plot tips from the team here at GrowingDeer.tv.

Growing Deer together,

Grant

Heath and Lindsey Martin decide to take advantage of the long lasting turkey season in Kansas where Lindsey finishes strong! Back at The Proving Grounds we’re staying busy with food plots. There’s more to a successful food plot program than just planting. This week I share how to handle two common food plot pests, groundhogs and multiflora rose. Watch this show as we continue to share hunting and habitat management tips that will help you have better hunting and bigger antlers!

Growing Deer together,

Grant

For those of us that don’t hunt near row crop fields, food plots are a great tool to allow bucks to express their full antler growth potential. Sometimes the topography, leases, etc., limit the amount of food plots that can be created. This week I describe some techniques to reduce the browse pressure on food plots while providing quality food for deer.