Make Yourselves at Home
Trophy deer may visit your property, but if you want them to stick around, you have to give them shelter. Here's how.
By Gerald Almy

Sure, food plots can attract bucks to your land, but they can't keep them there. Only prime cover can do that. Whitetails need shelter when rough weather comes, and they need security all year round. Without these things, deer-"and big bucks especially-"are bound to take up residence in someone else's hunting area.

If your land lacks prime buck-holding cover, however, you're not necessarily out of luck-"because creating it isn't difficult. With a little careful planning, you can even arrange and customize it to help set up the perfect ambush for an unsuspecting trophy. The following slides describe five ways to get started.