Welcome to Mathews Acres— a series built to take you through a step-by-step process of habitat improvements, wildlife management and the overall hunting strategy of a farm.
We’re taking you inside the Mathews lease in Southeast Minnesota for an in-depth look at the strategy behind our approach.
In the first episode of this new series, we’re taking you inside the first steps of building a new whitetail food plot at the Mathews lease in Southeast Minnesota.
High temps, lack of precipitation and clearing timber were more than enough for us to break a sweat as work progresses through mid-summer. The key to maximizing the hunt-effectiveness on this farm is not based solely on the food sources. Providing a water source on the ridge-tops for deer to visit on their way back to bed, along with good, quiet access will vastly expand opportunity for quality morning hunts throughout the season.
The final fall recipe. The crux of the summer so far, lack of rain and blistering heat. The plots planted earlier this year are struggling—to add variety to the food sources in this plot and supplement the lack of beans, we’ve added in a tried and true combo of brassicas.