Thornapple Township Deer Managment Cooperative

03/02/2016

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02/05/2016

When you die and go to deer hunting heaven...

01/08/2016

I highly recommend Jake as a habitat consultant and food plot resource. I have learned more information from Jake than any other source plus he is a joy to work with and loves what he does especially your success from his input.

I grew up in southern Michigan small game hunting, trapping and fishing in my neighborhood woods, fields, pond & lakes. I’ve always had a fondness for sitting in the woods and watching the creatures awaken to a morning sunrise. I started bow hunting at the age of 12 and to this day nothing stirs my…

01/01/2016

With deer hunting seasons coming to a close, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources wants to thank the important partners who have emerged in the ongoing fight against chronic wasting disease (CWD) – a neurological disease always fatal once contracted by deer, elk or moose.

12/13/2015

http://HabitatSolutions360.com Jake Ehlinger shows one way to create great predictable deer movement by creating pinch point funnels using hinge cut trees to...

11/30/2015

Any success pics from this year, trail cam or harvest, please feel free to post and show your success in managing to create a more diversified age class of deer in the area.

11/12/2015

WEEKLY SURVIVAL WEDNESDAY!: There were no collared deer mortalities this week. Each week we monitor adult doe and fawn survival to identify cause-specific mortality sources. Doe survival remains at 73% (24 of 33 alive), last doe mortality was on the 25th of April. Fawn survival is now at 37% (10 of 27 alive), last fawn mortality was on the 26th of October.

09/15/2015

QDM works! Look at what this large hunting club in Tennessee was able to accomplish by protecting most yearling and 2.5-year-old bucks. QDMA members can get the full story in the newest issue of our magazine, Quality Whitetails.

09/12/2015

If you know your way around a knife and a deer’s anatomy, it should take more than 30 minutes or so to cut up a deer and prepare it for the freezer. Right: It’s hard to beat a maiden doe for venison quality. But even the venison from a doe has to be processed properly to enhance its taste and textur…

09/09/2015

09/08/2015

Before revealing several strategies for how to hunt a deer bedding area, should you even be hunting a deer bedding area in the first place?

09/07/2015

Understanding the fine movements of wind at your stand location can give you an advantage over mature bucks, as I explained in my article on revealing the wind. A big part of this strategy involves awareness of thermals.