Where it all began

At just a young age, I learned from one of the best when it comes to the whitetail woods, my dad, Rodney Polk. I would always find myself, in school, mapping out our previously owned 40 acres, drawing shed antlers and big bucks in my notebooks and not paying attention to my teachers.
The obsession began at a young age, and it never stepped! My dad and I have now hunted together for years, with some really good bucks on our walls. Now, we have both turned our dreams to a reality by helping other landowners and hunters chase giant whitetails too! We bring strategic planning when it comes to access/exit points, stand, food & water locations.
What sets us aside from all the other whitetail land management consultants out there? Our PWM management plans will be 110% unique to just your property alone! All of our ideas and information will be strictly for the benefit of you and your hunting property. Our management plans are realistic to each and every one of you. We will provide whitetail management strategies that will last a lifetime!

Mid-Summer Mock Scrapes

Why are mid-summer mock scrapes such a success? Why do we utilize them so much? The answer is simple. Bucks absolutely LOVE them. Bucks will smash these, with the correct scents, almost all summer long and into your hunting season. If you aren’t using these to your advantage, you are 2000% missing out! Call us today and we would love to help you with many of these strategies on your farm!

“They came fully prepared with pre-scouting plans, did a full walk through of both of our hunting properties, and created detailed written plans for each location. Extremely knowledgeable and detailed.”

My mom with her 2025 gun buck! We had two years of history with this buck we called “Limp Bizkit”. During the fall of 2024, he sustained a pretty serious leg injury, earning the name. He was a big bodied deer and I am extremely happy my mom got to put her hands on him!

Small Property Success

What goes into a PWM whitetail management plan?
1. Client/Consultant Sit Down Discussion
2. Entire property walk-through
3. Design & write a highly detailed management plan unique and specific to your property only
4. Implement your management plan for you if need be (pH tests, food plot work such as tilling, planting, brush hogging etc.)

Areas of whitetail management that we focus on:
1. Eliminating property pressure (HUGE!)
2. Access/Exit points
3. Proper food & water source locations
4. Proper stand locations & their preferred wind directions
5. Short & long term property improvements
6. Bedding area/sanctuaries
7. Bringing the big bucks to you!
8. Making those bucks grow with proper nutrition, and giving them what they need to stay

Are you ready to start seeing more bucks, bigger bucks & shooting bigger bucks? Call us today and we would love to help you fulfill all of your whitetail land management goals!

SHED HUNTING: Don’t go toooo early!

We all get anxious to get out in the woods to look for that white gold. (I am probably the worst one of us all!) It’s really tough, I totally understand. However, we are firm believers in keepers as much pressure off your land as possible. When we preach “eliminate your property pressure”, we aren’t just referring to the times you are out in the woods with a bow or rifle in hand from September to December. We are also talking about late season as well. You are allowing your deer (bucks especially) to live stress free. Stress free bucks tend to stay on your property because they feel no danger, especially from too much human intrusion. Run your cameras until you know your bucks have all dropped. You’d hate to push into a shed hunting area on your parcel and push the mature big boys off onto the neighbors. Even though they may come back in a few days when they are ready, they may have already dropped their head gear somewhere on a neighboring property. Moral of the story is, be patient! When you do walk, walk slow and cover a lot of ground. It’s sometimes more than okay to walk the same trail more than once. I do that all the time and it can definitely pay off! Where are some of my favorite areas to shed hunt?! Bedding areas, food sources, transition areas from bedding to food. Look everywhere! You just never know where those giant sheds may be laying out in the timber. Good luck!

Proud Partners

PWM is proud to be partnered with and dealers for Monsterbuck Food Plot Seed out of Elk Mound, Wisconsin. If you are interested with some of the best seed available, please let us know!

PWM is also proud to be partnered with Rogue Productions out of St. Paul, MN. Rogue is by far the best production company we’ve ever seen! If you are a company looking to improve or expand your video marketing, give Rogue Productions a call. You won’t be disappointed at all.

Small Property Client Success

NW Wisconsin Client with his first bow buck, and a danggg nice first bow buck too! Congrats dude!

Central Wisconsin Client

Central Wisconsin Client

NW Wisconsin Client

Northwest Wisconsin Client

Testimonials

“We had them out this past January. They had already done a lot of research about our property ahead of time. They sent us a very detailed report. Highly recommended. We will be buying seed from them. Looking forward to this year and the years to come.” Jim P. – NW Wisconsin

After not seeing many nice bucks on his land, Jim P hired us and these were some of the results after two years of our PWM program. Jim’s son shot his biggest buck during the 2022 Wisconsin rifle season!

“First year going with Polk Whitetail Management. They came fully prepared with pre-scouting plans, did a full walk through of both of our hunting properties, and created detailed written plans for each location. Extremely knowledgeable and detailed. 5 out of 5 would recommend. Also very reasonable price for the amount of planning and work done. Looking forward to the results this fall!” Steven B – Central Wisconsin

“Polk Whitetail generously donated a package to a charity auction for Hometown Hero Outdoors. Our cabin bought it. They did awesome pre-research, a couple of walk throughs and gave us a very well thought out, detailed plan. Now to implement the plan. I am very pleased with the knowledge and detail of their work.”
Doug W – NW Wisconsin

“I met Jake through Neil Hauger at Whitetail Properties, who suggested I contact Jake as I’d purchased a small farm from Neil and wanted to maximize the hunting opportunities. I’d been on the land a number of times and have been deer hunting for most of my adult life but knew there was so much more than guessing on strategies and tactics. I talked to Jake a couple of times and was really impressed by his knowledge and enthusiasm. He asked to walk the property and the opportunity to come up with a plan. We then walked the property together and went over Jake’s suggestions. I can’t be complimentary enough about Jake and his plan. Jake’s understanding of deer, terrain, crops, strategies and maximizing the property is astounding. I’m blown away by the specifics of the plan! For example, he gives input on not only stand placement, but when and under what circumstances to hunt each stand. Jake gave a thorough review of the current status of the property, but then gives long and short-term improvements and how to execute them. I’m not sure what the average length of his plans are, but there are over 20 pages of specifics and maps that are annotated and full of information. On top of it all, Jake is available to re-look at a property and offer further ideas and strategies as the conditions evolve. I was a little hesitant at first to work with someone about whitetail management, but I am so glad that Neil suggested Jake’s service and how top-notch the service is. I’m looking forward to getting into the woods and starting to implement the plan! Thanks!” Chris P – NW Wisconsin

“Polk Whitetail Management is truly a class act for all your whitetail property needs. Recently had Jake out to my property in Minnesota last spring. We walked the property and he explained everything that he thought I was missing or had going for me, and how to help make it better. Let me tell yah the man knows his stuff when it comes to how those big bucks think and work. I was able to use the plan he drew up for me and put it in action. A few short months later I was able to harvest my biggest buck to date all things to Jake and the team at Polk whitetail management . I cannot say enough good things about these guys and how thorough they are on everything from a phone call to a walk-through of the property. Highly recommend them to anyone who is looking to turn your property from a rest stop to a destination they will stay at.” Chris F – Eastern Minnesota

Polk Whitetail Management Pricing

Polk Whitetail Management Program

PWM Programs includes: complete property walk-through, highly detailed 15-20 page management plan and the ability to call, text us anytime, forever. “Once we design your management plan for you, we don’t just go away.”

Pricing depends on property size:

0 – 100 Acres = $1,200

101 – 249 Acres = $1,500

250+ Acres = $1,750

All of these prices will have an additional $0.65 per mile for any farm 100+ miles away.

Please see below for our contact information such as phone numbers & email.

PWM Property Visit

PWM property visit includes our recommended ideas for access/exit strategies, stand, food source, watering hole locations & so much more while walking your entire property with you, the land owner! (This is strictly just a property walk-through. Program not included.)

Pricing depends on property size:

0 – 100 Acres = $300

101 – 249 Acres = $500

250+ Acres = $750

All of these prices will have an additional $0.65 per mile for any farm 100+ miles away.

Please see below for our contact information such as phone numbers & email.

Meet the Team

Jake Polk – Land Management Specialist

(608-697-4893)

Writes, designs and explains whitetail management plans to hunters/land owners. Jake excels in writing our management plans that are completely unique to your deer property needs.

Rodney Polk – Field Operations

(608-697-0942)

From brush hogging trails to tilling food plots and planting, Rodney is our specialist when it comes to making sure everything in our fields are perfected. He will make sure your access/exit routes, food plants and trails are maintained and perfected!