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Watch and learn as the tips and techniques are shared by industry leaders and the GrowingDeer Team at our Spring Field Days event. We cover strategies for food plots, tree plots, bow hunting setups and habitat management practices. Plus the latest insider information on ammunition, broadheads, filming accessories and game calls.

Click here to register for our next Field Days Event: August 12th and 13th, 2016, here at The Proving Grounds! Come meet Grant and the GrowingDeer Team, tour The Proving Grounds, and talk everything whitetails! This event will get you pumped for deer season.

This Week’s Blog: Matt gives 5 Tips On How To Tag A Tom During The Late Morning

Tip of the Week:

Patience pays off: Don’t give up on a gobbler. He may work in silently to your location. Wait him out and take the shot!

Bowhunting big flocks! Watch as Adam takes the Prime to Nebraska to open his turkey season! Birds were talking but will they close the distance?

Decoying tips! Be prepared for what the spring turkey woods may throw at you. Different turkey hunting scenarios require different decoying strategies. Learn how we use decoys to get longbeards into the kill zone. Conventional and unconventional methods revealed.

Tip of the Week:

Test your soil’s temperature! What does it read at 9:00 am?

If it says 60 degrees, it’s time to plant soybeans!

Spring is a great time to improve the quality of native grass and forb bedding areas! We will show you how we use hot, fast moving head fires to improve this habitat type!

We’ll also share some tips about turkey hunting strategies! Check these out now so you’ll be ready to tag toms soon!

Recently we shared the first step in creating a staging area next to an existing food plot. Watch the second step of that process as we move closer to hanging some Summit stands and preparing for deer season!

Tip of the Week:

Get your food plot equipment ready!

Hook up your implements, grease fittings, and lubricate moving parts! Planting season is almost here.

Warning: This video contains information about prescribed fire which is a management tool for trained professionals using the appropriate tools for the situation.

What is the ideal deer hunting weather? We share some “backyard” research that sheds some light on the most productive days to deer hunt. This data can help you stay successful when your time in a Summit stand is limited.

Bigger antlers, healthier deer and maximum yield in your plots starts with one thing – soil samples! Watch the steps we take to prepare for planting season and a successful hunting season. We get the most out of our food plots. Do you?

This is your last week to register for Spring Field Days at The Proving Grounds. Click here now!

Tip of the Week:

Attract more deer with quality fruit and nut trees.

Now is a great time to purchase and plant.

We use Flatwood Natives for our trees.

Join us April 1 and 2 at The Proving Grounds to get hands on learning. We will walk you through our food plot and hunting strategies! This is a great time to meet and fellowship with other passionate outdoorsmen and women.

Grant and Adam head to the Sunshine State to enjoy the warmth of early spring! Watch as the first morning settled in a Redneck Hay Bale Blind produces some “Prime” bacon.

The Genesis drill is unleashed. This new food plot drill gets put to work! Planting a food plot in a tree plot sounds tough, but not for this drill!

Food plots aren’t the only thing getting attention these days. Learn from the experts at Flatwood Natives how to maximize the production of your fruit trees. Pruning branches means more fruit produced.

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Spring is here, get your listening ears on! Head out into Creation, listen at daybreak for birds gobbling. This information may help you bag a tom on opening day!

Food plots go beyond selecting a seed variety, planting, and hunting! Check out the technique we have found that attracts wildlife, improves their nutrition, and builds better soil! It’s a winner for everyone with food plots!

Are you day dreaming of strutting toms? You aren’t alone! Spring gobbler season is on our minds too! Pre-season scouting can be difficult with tough work schedules, but it can be done! Watch how we use RECONYX cameras to locate and scout birds before opening day.

Want to see these techniques first hand? Join us April 1st and 2nd for Spring Field Days where we’ll demonstrate our food plot and hunting techniques! There are LOTS of giveaways and great prizes!

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Are you ready?

This is a great time to get your Hook’s Calls out and fine tune your sound!

All Spring Field Days attendees get a free bag of Trophy Rock Four65. Plus, attendees will receive discounted pricing on the Genesis no-till drill. Register now!

When do bucks shed? Ever wonder why bucks shed at different times? Watch to learn how sunlight and stress influence when bucks will lose their antlers. Turkey season opens next week in South Florida! We just prepared the Winchester for some serious turkey action this spring. The Long Beard XR’s performance is clearly a winner!

What’s for breakfast after your mornings spent in the turkey woods? For us, the hogs we recently killed in Oklahoma will satisfy our hunger! Watch as we walk you through the process of making delicious homemade breakfast sausage!

Tip of the Week:

Frost seeding is awesome.

Late winter is a great time to frost seed clover. The freezing and thawing of the soil will bury small seed about an 1/8th of an inch which is perfect for clover!

Spring green up is on its way, so it’s time to drop a match. First we will show you the steps we take to ensure safety and success. Watch how our timber ground is improved for hunting and habitat. We increase the amount of native vegetation while reducing the tick habitat. It’s a win win for our deer management plan!

Deer co-ops make your hunting better. Get your neighbors together for food and fellowship. Then learn to manage that trigger finger! Watch footage from the recent Branson Deer Co-op meeting and see how neighbors working together can make everyone’s hunting better!

Register for the Spring Field Days here!

Tip of the Week:

Prescribed fire is a great tool for drawing turkeys.

Fresh food, bugs, and strutting zones.

What’s not to like?

** Avoid fire during nesting season!

Warning: This video contains information about prescribed fire which is a management tool for trained professionals using the appropriate tools for the situation.

This week we’re headed to a western Oklahoma property to review one of Grant’s habitat management plans. This property is looking good, but there’s a BIG problem. Adam, Matt and the Winchester are going to take a shot at a solution. Oh, man, there’s bacon everywhere. Watch this episode to see the results of removing 1,000s of pesky cedars on this Oklahoma property.

Attention Outdoor Enthusiasts! For an opportunity to see several different habitat and hunting techniques, join us April 1st and 2nd for our next Field Event! Come visit with Grant, Adam, Daniel, and Matt, along with several special guests, such as Clint Cary from Tactical Trapping Solutions and James Harrison, who just won his fifth Grand National Owl Calling Contest at the 2016 National Wild Turkey Federation Convention!

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Want to learn about trapping, turkey hunting, food plots, and more? Come to the Proving Grounds April 1 & 2. Click to register!

Click here to register for Spring Field Days 2016!

What’s our best tool for better hunting? Fire is probably the #1 way to make most properties more attractive to deer and turkey. Watch as we prepare to manage hundreds of acres of timber and native grass using ​prescribed fire! WARNING: This might get you so excited you’ll want to run out and drop a match – please don’t. Get some training first.

Preparation for turkey season has begun! Bow hunting for turkeys requires changing your practice techniques. We will show you how we prepare for those close range strutters.

Tip of the Week:

Where to find shed antlers?

Concentrate efforts on travel corridors and late season food sources.

After a fresh rain is a great time to find sheds. Antlers are shiny, leaves are dull.

Warning: This video contains information about prescribed fire which is a management tool for trained professionals using the appropriate tools for the situation.