How Not To Create Open Field Deer Bedding Cover

Northern whitetail and wildlife landowners are often faced with the critical decision of re enrolling or enrolling their agricultural lands into a CRP programs. This is often not a good idea for creating bedding cover for whitetails or quality cover for wildlife species. While a CRP program can offer outstanding tax savings, that same program can significantly reduce your ability to produce quality whitetail and wildlife populations. In Northern setting moderate snowfalls can crush typical CRP mixes including big bluestem, little bluestem, Indian grass, various legumes and wildflowers. The resulting lack of deer bedding habitat leads to displaced whitetail herds and the destroyed potential of sustainable small game species populations. While in some cases you may need to enroll acres into CRP to pay the mortgage, I encourage you to seek alternative solutions, consider reducing the number of acres enrolled, or to work with your local CRP administrator to slant your plantings to sustainable wildlife blends that you can learn about on this channel.