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Mark Haslam

Mark Haslam

Mark is a deer hunter and land manager from Georgia. As a property consultant, he helps fellow landowners improve their habitat and hunting setups through timber management, trail cam surveys, and more. He was named the 2020 National Deer Association Deer Manager of the Year.

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How to Use a Doe Decoy During the Rut

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How to Use a Doe Decoy During the Rut

Deer decoys aren’t just for the Midwest. You don’t have to be immersed in agriculture fields or extensive, well-manicured food plots (but they can certainly help). From my experience, pinpointing your local peak breeding window and exactly where does will be in late October and early November are...
Mark Haslam Oct 28, 2022
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How to Find Pressured Bucks

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How to Find Pressured Bucks

Pressure may be the most difficult challenge a whitetail hunter faces each fall. Stand selection, access, adjacent landowners, shifty wind, it all adds up. Hunters blame "being skunked" on a variety of excuses: moon cycles, unseasonably warm temperatures, barometric pressure, and the various phases...
Mark Haslam Sep 27, 2022
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How to Increase Daylight Movement on Food Plots

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How to Increase Daylight Movement on Food Plots

Summer is the time to grind and prepare food plots for the season ahead. Most hunters and land managers know the power of sweat equity. Permanent deer stand sites can become stale if not set up efficiently or adjusted over time. Whitetails relax during the offseason but promptly shift back into...
Mark Haslam Jul 27, 2022
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How to Create Ideal Fawning Cover for Whitetails

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How to Create Ideal Fawning Cover for Whitetails

The future of any whitetail herd is in the success and survival of each year's fawn crop. Deer are exceptionally adaptive but certainly require adequate cover for safety. Trying to grow "giant bucks" is futile if you fail to maintain a positive fawn recruitment rate. What is fawn recruitment rate...
Mark Haslam May 13, 2022
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