Mark Buxton - Southeastern Wildlife Habitat Services

Mark Buxton - Southeastern Wildlife Habitat Services Producing top end bucks throughout the Southeast for 30 years I have planted and maintained more than 11,000 acres of food plots.

Known throughout the Southeast for improving deer herd quality and turkey numbers by improving habitat and nutrition quality. Previous instructor for Deer Steward I and Deer Steward II courses. In 1989, before it was thought possible, I became one of the first deer managers in the Southeast to implement a harvest strategy based on aging deer on the hoof. Clients throughout the Southeastern states with written management plans on properties ranging in size from 50 acres to 25,000 acres.

Planted this mix on Monday and already a good stand.
06/13/2026

Planted this mix on Monday and already a good stand.

Should you mow perennial clovers? Some of the big name guys say you don’t need to and some of them say you do. What do t...
06/13/2026

Should you mow perennial clovers? Some of the big name guys say you don’t need to and some of them say you do. What do they never talk about? Deer density and carrying capacity! It’s site specific like most things in deer management. This is a two acre field and if 30 - 40 deer were using it every night it would probably never need mowing because the deer would be your mower. As it is, this is a well managed property with a high carrying capacity so deer can’t keep up with the amount of forage produced. Based on my years of growing up on a dairy farm it will be clipped at some point to maximize forage production throughout the summer. If you have attended some of my most recent seminars we show fields like this that are clipped at the proper time compared to not clipped at all. Next up biennials.

Deer hammering poke w**d even though it’s surrounded by ragw**d. Deer like diversity.
06/12/2026

Deer hammering poke w**d even though it’s surrounded by ragw**d. Deer like diversity.

I’ve been a paid wildlife manager for 40 years and for 40 years clovers have been the mainstay of my program. Not bad fo...
06/12/2026

I’ve been a paid wildlife manager for 40 years and for 40 years clovers have been the mainstay of my program. Not bad for mid June.

This hardwood bottom was thinned two years ago. All the junk trees like sweet gum, ash and hackberry were removed. It wa...
06/11/2026

This hardwood bottom was thinned two years ago. All the junk trees like sweet gum, ash and hackberry were removed. It was burned last year at a proper time. After canopies increase we will go back in a few years and remove any oaks competing with each other and end up with a desired basal area. So a dense hardwood bottom now excellent deer habitat. We want every acre of a property doing something positive.

06/11/2026

People love to see big bucks standing at a feeder, but my clients who get it want to see this. After several years they now know what they can produce without them standing at a feeder all summer. They also get to keep all that money in their pocket.

Another one who no longer has to supplemental feed during the summer.
06/11/2026

Another one who no longer has to supplemental feed during the summer.

Riding the South Alabama Kubota and Rental LLC RTV through a property with my wife is one of my favorite things to do. I...
06/11/2026

Riding the South Alabama Kubota and Rental LLC RTV through a property with my wife is one of my favorite things to do. I’m a lucky man because it’s one of her favorite things too.

06/10/2026

Just an old man and an old Kubota finishing up summer mix planting. We might be old, but we still get it done.

He might end up being a good one. Exactly where you want them this time of year. No supplemental feeding.
06/10/2026

He might end up being a good one. Exactly where you want them this time of year. No supplemental feeding.

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