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Old homestead
Package: Rut Ready
Property Size: +/- 80 Acres
Strategic Improvements: Custom food plot installation, spring/summer mineral sites, stand placements and installation, camera installation
In the 2018 and 2019 offseasons, the 402 Habitats team strategically improved a South Central Nebraska property that historically saw few mature bucks in daylight. By simply implementing small hidden food plots and mock scrapes the number of daytime buck sightings increased drastically. Combined with the strategic placement of multiple stands and trail cameras, Jake harvested two pope and young bucks of the property with his bow in the following seasons.
Last Light Farms
Package: Rut Ready
Property Size: +/- 65 Acres
Strategic Improvements: Custom food plot installation, stand and blind installation, camera installation, trail system design and build
In the 2024 offseasons, the 402 Habitats team had the opportunity to turn a very raw piece property into a turnkey whitetail haven. This property offered a good amount bedding habitat for deer but lacked the means to access key locations. The team designed a strategic trail system to access blinds and stands without disrupting deer. The trail system also helped to funnel deer movement through thick habitat towards the Red Neck Blinds the team installed that summer. The combination of the peas and winter rye, planted in the late summer, proved to be a lethal attractant for the three mature bucks Charlie and his family harvested this season.
Southeast Whitetail Paradise
Package: Rut Ready
Property Size: +/- 76 Acres
Strategic Improvements: Custom food plot installation, trail system, strategic stand locations, tree removal and trimming, mineral sites and mock scrapes, trail camera placements.
In 2023, the 402 Habitats team received the green light to provide the Rut Ready package to a landowner with a property right in the heart of whitetail country. After strategic map analysis, the team decided to clear a food plot in an optimal funnel between bedding and feeding areas. Brassicas thrived in the plot and provided the herd with steady nutrients late into the season. The placement of a mock scrape and mineral sites created a welcoming communal area for the herd as well as provide trail camera photos. This fall, the hunter had a very successful season, harvesting two mature whitetail bucks.
Quail Haven
Package: Upland Revival
Property Size +/- 100 Acres
Strategic Improvements: Custom food plot installations, Quail introduction
In 2021, the 402 Habitats team took on the project of creating optimal quail and grouse habitat as well as raise and release the quail onto the property. Using surrogators, over 400 quail were raised and released. Through our work of adding native grasses and shrubs, the quail were able to establish themselves after their release and even produced naturally in the years to come. These habitat improvements also saw increases of grouse and pheasants on the property.
Three Oak Ranch
Package: Habitat Restoration
Property Size: +/- 160 Acres
Strategic Improvements: Cedar removal, noxious weed removal, controlled burns, native grasses, pollinator garden, feed and mineral sites, trail system, fence and gate work, culvert, trail camera management
On a beautiful property off of the Niobrara River in North Central Nebraska, the team took on the challenge of restoring the habitat that had been strangled by cedar trees. Working hand in hand with the Nebraska Forest Service, the team created and executed a plan that removed cedar trees. Other work included control burns and the planting of native grasses, planting a pollinator garden, creating a trail system, adding a culvert, and deer and turkey mineral and feed sites.
Central Nebraska Waterfowl
Package: Fowl Grounds
Property Size: +/- 40 Acres
Strategic Improvement: Duck blind installation, minor tree work
In 2023, the team took on a small but rewarding project in the heart of the central flyway. On a smaller property located on a warm water slough, the team established a prime position to place and build a duck blind. Factoring in possible winds, waterfowl pattern, and minor tree work to create a larger kill hole, the build was put in the best position possible. Throughout the year, the hunters had great success both in harvest and comfortable experience in the new blind.
Western Nebraska CRP
Package: Upland Restoration
Property Size: +/- 80 Acres
Stategic Improvements: Pheasants Forever CRP Program, Shrub additions
In Western Nebraska, the team worked closely with a landowner to implement a program through Pheasants Forever that encouraged the management of pheasants and their habitat. Registering the acres in CRP earned the landowner passive income for an otherwise unproductive portion of his farm. Conservation practices are a top priority to ensure that the next generations is able to enjoy the hunting opportunities that we have today!
