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Habitat Podcast

321: PROOF That Hinge Cutting Is The Best Way To Create and Improve Deer Bedding Habitat with Thomas Rovery

Habitat Podcast

Jared Van Hees

Sports, Wilderness

4.9584 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Habitat Podcast #321 - In today’s episode of The Habitat Podcast, we are back in the studio with Thomas Rovery. Thomas is from the University of Tennessee Knoxville and works closely with Dr. Craig Harper. We discuss: The practice of hinge cutting and its effectiveness in creating deer bedding Effective hinge cutting techniques The importance of creating clear paths and bedding areas for deer Strategically laying trees to form V-shaped structures Achieving at least 50% sunlight penetration in bedding blocks The importance of preserving dominant, mass-producing trees The importance of cutting a significant number of trees to see substantial results Predator behavior in hinge-cut treatment areas The potential drawbacks of introducing prescribed fire into hinge cut areas Effective hinge cutting techniques for hilly terrains And So Much More! Links to NDA Articles Referenced: https://deerassociation.com/hinge-girdle-fell-or-leave-a-guide-to-50-tree-species-in-deer-habitat-management/  https://deerassociation.com/do-deer-use-hinge-cut-bedding-blocks-new-study-results-out/  PATREON - Patreon - Habitat Podcast Brand new HP Patreon for those who want to support the Habitat Podcast. Good luck this Fall and if you have a question yourself, just email us @ info@habitatpodcast.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patreon - Habitat Podcast Latitude Outdoors - Saddle Hunting: https://bit.ly/hplatitude Stealth Strips - Stealth Outdoors: Use code Habitat10 at checkout https://bit.ly/stealthstripsHP Midwest Lifestyle Properties - https://bit.ly/3OeFhrm Vitalize Seed Food Plot Seed - https://bit.ly/vitalizeseed Down Burst Seeders - https://bit.ly/downburstseeders 10% code: HP10 Morse Nursery - http://bit.ly/MorseTrees 10% off w/code: HABITAT10 Packer Maxx - http://bit.ly/PACKERMAXX $25 off with code: HPC25 Exodus Outdoor Gear - Use Code: HP - https://exodusoutdoorgear.com/discount/HP First Lite --> https://bit.ly/3EDbG6P LAND PLAN Property Consultations – HP Land Plans: LAND PLANS Leave us a review for a FREE DECAL - https://apple.co/2uhoqOO Morse Nursery Tree Dealer Pricing – info@habitatpodcast.com Habitat Podcast YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmAUuvU9t25FOSstoFiaNdg Email us: info@habitatpodcast.com habitat management / deer habitat / food plots / hinge cut / food plot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.5

And now, your host, Jared Van Hees.

1:01.7

Welcome to the Habitat Podcast.

1:04.1

I'm your host, Jared Van Heese, and we are here to become better habitat managers.

1:07.7

Guys, we have a smoking new episode for you here today.

1:10.7

We have Mr. Thomas

1:11.9

Rovery from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, one of Dr. Craig Harper's partners in crime

1:18.1

going over hinge cutting, creating deer betting, and the proof that it works. Guys, this is an

1:24.9

awesome podcast. There's an article in the show notes that the NDA

1:29.2

released about two weeks ago or so with data showing how hinge cutting does really well.

1:36.6

Hinge cutting is a very polarizing term. As you guys all know, we are a fan of it here at the

1:42.2

podcast. I've done it for years. I've seen a lot of great

1:44.8

examples done. But this is a little bit different even. This is not as big of a mess, which you'll

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