Best Tree Food Plot for Deer - Chestnuts

Pruning our Dunstan Chestnut trees in our orchard as part of implementing a plan for better Georgia Deer Hunting. Our 89 Chestnut trees are approximately 8 years old and have been neglected in recent years. The trees need suckers pruned off as well as branches that are dead or dying from the aggressive deer rubs. With the trees pruned, we need to consider some sort of caging system to keep them protected in the future. We are creating a habitat plan to improve the quality of food for our deer herd as well as Turkey and other critters. Habitat planning is critical early in the year to get the best results throughout the year, especially deer season. Our 180 acres in Central Georgia has much to offer, but we need more consistent and nutritious food options for our deer herd. Our full habitat plan includes prescribed burns and cutting of our timber forest, mulching of overgrowth areas, adding food plots and these fruit tree orchards. Our creek bottoms are loaded with oaks and the acorn crop is strong annually as well. In our last video, we planted 12 apple trees (Red Delicious and Gala) as well as 4 pear trees (Hood and Flordahome) to supplement the food sources during prime hunting season in the fall. Our plan includes some heavy lifting in the coming months. Forest mulching is scheduled for later in March and we are looking for the right weather window to do a prescribed burn on our timber acreage as well as a thin cut. With just 1 1/2 acres of food plots at present, we need to be pushing forward with 13-15 more acres in food plots to get where we want to be. Stay tuned and SUBSCRIBE to see future videos. My favorite hunting partner, my dad, enjoyed getting out to camp and enjoying some hard work, good laughs, family time, and occasionally getting a deer. When dad was no longer able to get in the woods with me, I started sharing brief videos with him. Now that dad has gone home to Heaven, I still enjoy taking the videos, but share them with YouTube and each of you. A lot of the time when speaking into the camera, I'm thinking of talking to dad! I hope you enjoy them! If you are enjoying the videos, please hit the like button and please drop me a comment, I'd love to hear from you. As of the upload of this video, we are at 284 subscribers! The Creek Rise family continues to grow. Thank you for being a part of this outdoor journey with me! My YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU794tS7Gst7k4ht08ZjWng Gear I Use: (Self Filmed Hunt) Camera Setup: * Panasonic HC-V770 * GoPro Hero 2 * GoPro Hero 9 * iPhone Xs Max * Muddy Camera Arm * Joby Gorilla Pod Microphone * PowerDeWise Lavaliere Microphone * DJI Osmo 4 Gimbal #chestnut trees #foodplots #deer