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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Albert Tomechko (Vitalize Seed) discuss the importance of soil health and an equation that will lead to bigger deer. Albert discusses the issues with soil samples and the benefit of the soil probe, taking gps coordinates, and being consistent when taking soil samples. Albert and Jon discuss soil report cards, land use, infiltration.
Al and Jon discuss a client’s soil test and evaluates CEC, magnesium, calcium, pH. Al gets into the details of what amendments to use, like dolomitic lime. Al explains base saturations, and Jon discusses amendment toxicity. Al breaks down options for low potassium levels that are low and Jon explains some natural ways to remedy soils. Al and Jon discuss micronutrients and how to benefit plants and create more attraction for deer. Jon discusses ways to increase protein levels within adequate levels of molybdenum.
Al and Jon discuss food plots, why corn and soybeans are not always the best option for clients and think independently from traditional ways that don’t necessarily align with the climatic conditions and actual deer demands. Jon discusses increasing biomass and more food for deer on his client properties.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Travis Harmon (Creative Habitat) discuss a project of restarting an area for pollinator blends and the individual steps that a landowner can take when thinking through the process of establishing flowering plant species. Travis explains the importance of understanding when nature drops seeds and trying to replicate seed drop times to align with planting processes. Travis explains a better way to develop a pollinator blend and utilizes his nursery to expand and provide better plants to his clients. Travis discusses rooting hormones to support better plant development.
Jon discusses an ancient technique to help better propagate plants across hunting properties. Jon discusses easy ways that support an increase in raspberries, blackberries, red osier dogwood. Travis discusses other ways to develop plants and ideas around developing better plants that have higher survival. Jon and Travis explain the benefit of using fabric to reduce weed competition and
Travis explains his new property and activities around enhancing each area and ways to make changes on a new hunting property. Travis details current federal programs, and improvements surrounding upland birds, Wetland Reserve Program (WRP), and row tree planting. Travis breaks down his new property and areas that are problematic and plants like cattails, and limitations related to the WRP program that are impactful. Travis details the steps of adding fruit trees, food plots, tree plantings. Travis discusses removing cottonwood trees and cattails. Travis discusses turning a property around that has very few deer.
Travis goes through the steps of removing cottonwood, and why it's necessary to reduce species that over compete other preferred plants. Travis explains mistakes he has made with removing trees and what chemicals work best when removing certain tree species. Travis discusses designing a property around fire and how if its not done properly it can limit your ability to maintain a property. Travis discusses wetlands, the importance of removing non-preferred plants to support an increase in duck interest and feeding. Jon discusses beaver areas and the related benefits after these animals disband these areas. Travis explains the importance of emergent wetlands and overlooked plants in these areas. Travis and Jon discuss tree plantings and replacement plants for cottonwoods, such as chokecherry, dogwoods, elderberry.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Todd Shippee (Empire Land Management), discuss upcoming projects. Todd discusses ways to restart areas that are not productive and uses a leaf blower to address leaf litter and resident debris. Todd explains the use of a seed blowing tool https://extremeblowerproducts.com/ that provides an option for quickly adding in clover, switchgrass, etc. to an area. Todd explains ways to decrease pressure on regenerating woody material. Todd explains methods of cutting, the importance of basswood. Jon and Todd discuss removing trees, hinge cutting, felling trees, using treetops as fencing.
Todd explains his preferred oak trees to plant on client properties. Todd discusses his favorite conifer tree and methods of planting that support hunting and better deer movement. Todd explains converting an agriculture field for habitat, putting in tamaracks, burning reed canary grass and leveraging native plants to enhance deer interest. Todd discusses taking land out of agriculture production, and the ways to work with farmers to ensure relationships remain intact and tax considerations.
Todd explains using fire to ensure that wet areas become more productive and ideal conditions to burn. Todd details building bedding areas and tree species to consider when heeling in bedrooms. Todd details precisely how to build humps and hammocks in wetland and conifers and deciduous trees to introduce. Todd and Jon discuss developing nurseries on the properties for supporting plant needs and other techniques to promote more plants. Jon discusses beavers and wetland areas and related enhancements. Todd discusses travel corridors, shaped bedding areas, and extreme work activities that will yield better hunting.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Jake Ehlinger (Habitat Solutions 360) discuss burning, observation, landscape design, and deer socialization. Jake and Jon discuss working on a hunting property all the time and the approach to putting pressure on the property and the impact it has and the way to approach improvements all the time on the landscape.
Jake explains the importance of bedding areas, timber stand improvement, rotations of change, early succession, travel corridors, licking branches as he details his own property. Jake explains an observation treestand setup that has given him key information to witness how the deer use his property. Jake discusses how deer remain spaced out on a property and how he can identify individual deer and deer groups. Jake explains with his known setups and bedding areas how to create more predictable deer activity and travel throughout his property.
Jake explains the importance of cover and how food relates to cover and the ideal setup to ensure deer are using travel corridors across the property. Jake discusses how deer relate to each other and the relationships that are present every day that we need to be keen on to better understand deer usage. Jon explains cutting bedding areas to manipulate wind patterns for better movement. Jake explains how deer use wind to support movement and how that might change in pressured hunting areas.
Jake and Jon explain how to build bedding areas and how to stack more deer in bedding areas and develop better cover. Both have further discussions around equipment to build bedding areas. Jake explains observations around buck behavior, individual activities, breakup periods, and how mature deer act during the hunting season.
Jake and Jon discuss the importance of starting with building habitat as a foundation to make a change. Jake discusses the experience of hunting, hunting pressure, gun season, and how to account for hunting pressure when developing a hunting property. Jake explains changes on his personal hunting property that connects food plots and travel corridors.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) discusses his upcoming Deer Habitat Master Class. Jon discusses the benefits and negatives of hinge cutting. Jon discusses the application of hinge cutting and why those that are naysayers are missing the benefits of cutting timber with different techniques. Jon discusses soils how to ensure
Jon discusses adaptive design management and solving issues like drought, what you can do from a design standpoint to reduce the impacts of low rainfall. Jon discusses plants that survive in drought and what plants we want to use in our food plots in these scenarios. Jon discusses rules surrounding soil management and how to create more water retention through earthworks. Jon discusses irrigation and watering principles that will help support plants all year long. Jon discusses windbreaks and how these features will support deer, habitat, and food plots. Jon discusses cold air dams and planting fruit trees in low lying areas. Jon explains how to evaluate microclimates and the benefit of adding water resources and ponds to key areas.
Jon discusses his Master Class in New York and the benefits and related content. Jon explains how to design properties around highly pressured hunting and ways to stack mature bucks throughout your properties. Jon details having multiple mature bucks spending weeks at a time on a property in the midst of other pressured areas. Jon discusses deer population, food, and how to ensure big bucks stay on our properties more consistently.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Kyle Hedges (Land and Legacy) discuss building a better habitat for quail and management strategies to support the betterment of the species. Kyle explains the problems with forest, fields and farming management or the lack thereof that have impacted quail and limited the bird’s expansion and existence. Kyle explains the land use changes and farm use that have changed the landscape
Kyle discusses quail ecology and how this short-lived animal reproduces and sustains itself throughout the year. Kyle explains when the habitat is right, reproduction opportunities increase. Kyle explains the yearly life cycle, production, brooding periods, and home ranges. Kyle and Jon discuss weather impacts on quail and turkeys, and how dew can be problematic to survival. Kyle discusses problems with heat intensity, cold conditions, and overwinter survival.
Kyle explains what quail prefer to eat and how their diets transition from bugs to seeds. Kyle explains why diversity is critical to seed sources. Kyle details the most critical habitat features and why quail rarely step foot in forest. Kyle explains the importance of grasslands, disturbance, and bare ground. Kyle and Jon discuss the best vegetation types associated with Pine and Oak Savanna areas. Kyle provides specific examples of habitat practices that create ideal conditions for quail.
Kyle explains how to develop a property and create conditions that support high levels of breeding and interaction amongst quail. Kyle provides specific plant species that are helpful for quail to benefit from that support insect attractors and physical protections. Kyle explains the importance of fire and how to ensure the intervals align with better habitat for quail. Kyle discusses predators versus habitat and the importance of understanding where time is best spent.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Moriah Boggess (Whitetail Investments) discuss management strategies for large and small hunting properties. Moriah discusses the starting point of property management and focuses on better nutrition or hunting purposes. Moriah discusses food plots, habitat, and old field management. Moriah discusses maximizing both cover and food, and why balancing their food preferences and creating a wide variety of options increases deer activity and health.
Moriah discusses pine management and how difficult it is to get timber brokers/loggers to consider cutting certain pine stands. Moriah discusses thinning pines and how sometimes reducing basal areas to a very low number allows for ideal forage locations. Moriah discusses the use of fire and herbicide and the timeline associated with either option to ensure vegetation remains in an ideal state. Moriah discusses what security and escape cover looks like across clients’ properties and how to produce more of it. Moriah explains how sanctuaries are developed and where forage stands exist to ensure deer movement is ideal. Moriah explains perennial plants and annual weeds, and why it's important to balance both on the landscape. Moriah explains what plants are most nutritional on the landscape.
Moriah and Jon discuss managing hardwoods for deer, and why implementing Forest Stand Improvement and fire can be an ideal technique for quickly remedy. Moriah discusses economies of scale and size of areas that will be burned. Moriah discusses fire return intervals for ideal conditions for food and cover.
Moriah and Jon discuss the differences in management tactics in the north and south. Moriah discusses maximizing deer on the property versus quality of deer on properties we are trying to manage. Moriah discusses managing habitat versus deer densities. Moriah discusses how to create an ideal environment and what information is critical in our recording keeping to understand if we are reaching a point of having better quality (animals) on the landscapes. Moriah suggests keeping record of body weights, fats on body, and a strategy of overwhelming deer with food to exceed the demands of the resident deer herd to ensure better body conditions throughout the year.
Moriah discusses why he does not become overly concerned with trying to measure the actual deer numbers, and why immigration or emigration is a balancing act but is uncontrollable. Moriah discusses the attractive value of designed and managed hunting properties and why it's important to work with neighbors to help support harvest and ensure numbers in the local areas remain balanced.
Moriah and Jon discuss trophy deer management and quality deer management. Moriah evaluates and explains when to practice quality deer management and the shooting prescriptions that a landowner can apply. Moriah and Jon discuss trophy management and the steps required to reach the point of managing a property. Moriah explains the most important thing to do when practicing trophy or quality management.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Austin Delano (Mossy Oak BioLogic) discuss food plots, their recent radish variety. Austin discusses crop fertility, pH, and developing a plan for higher production of food plots. Austin breaks down the specifics on necessary steps and how to address issues with soils and plants.
Austin and Jon discuss more on soil types and related deficiencies. Austin explains customer issues, especially rainfall and how nutrients move through the soil profile. Austin explains why food plots are productive for a few years and as time goes on organic material declines. Austin and Jon discuss the decomposition of plant material, rain, and tillage. Austin discusses amending pH and when looking at macro and micronutrients.
Jon and Austin discuss ways to adjust soil pH, the type of amendments and alternative to limestone that can improve and neutralize, reducing acidity of soil. Jon provides some alternatives to limestone. Austin explains long term changes versus short term food plot examples. Austin and Jon discuss various seed options like mung beans, soybeans, sunflowers, sorghum that can be employed in the field that provide microhabitat and food, and improve soil. Austin explains why planting the same seed every year can be problematic and certain plants can experience soil-borne disease (club root).
Austin and Jon discuss foliar sprays, secrets to amending soil and simple methods to increasing attraction to and around food plots. Austin and Jon dialogue how they design and layout food plots including quick methods to increase food plot production.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Matt Williams (myco-habitat) discuss other food options in the fungal kingdom that benefit our deer. Matt explains the wonderful world of fungus and how to incorporate mushrooms into the habitat on the landscape to attract deer and benefit other animals, and vegetation. Matt and Jon discuss ideal locations, soil, and related conditions to support ideal mushroom food plots. Jon comments on the nutritional benefits and the related health benefits.
Matt explains the type of mushrooms deer prefer and how to utilize existing material on the landscape to support mushroom growth. Matt provides options to expand mushroom food plots and Jon detail’s locations to place mushrooms to get higher interest. Matt explains the benefits from a health and human standpoint and how fungi drive our ecosystems. Matt discusses the functionality of the fungi and why we are missing out on quality food (shiitake, portabella, oyster). Matt describes the physiology of the deer and why they are designed to ingest mushrooms.
Matt and Jon explain adding clover to mushroom food plots, how deer see mushrooms, and the benefits of mushrooms to the water cycle and related rain. Matt explains how mushrooms build the best compost materials, which can be used to support other adjacent plants. Matt discusses putting mushrooms in and around food plots, and the related benefits, including fertilizer reduction. Matt explains the additional benefit to tree growth by adding mushroom plots nearby. Matt and Jon discuss concerns related to slugs and why we want to ensure naturalized predators are anticipated and supported on the landscape.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Roger Samson (REP-Canada) discuss improved warm season grass varieties that are available to habitat managers. Roger explains his experience and natural grasses. Roger goes over the history of Switchgrass and other varieties like Cave in Rock and Blackwell. Roger details the original focus of switchgrass and benefits of cattle, mining locations, reclamation, mulching, and biofuels.
Roger explains the evolution of switchgrass, prior switchgrass problems such as slow emergence, morphology, seedling vigor, etc. Roger worked to solve these issues, taking 30 years to establish a breeding program that created taller, erect, and quick emergence grasses. Roger and Jon discuss wildlife uses and the benefits to our soil, and soil habitat.
Roger explains the advanced developed varieties of switchgrass, RC Big Rock and RC Tecumseh, and the benefits compared to prior varieties. Roger explains the differences in physical characteristics and the purpose behind each, and what varieties would be adapted to specific site conditions (rain, heat, etc.). Jon and Roger dialogue about developing plants that can stand taller, more erect, and withstand ice and snow loads.
Roger discusses new planting methods and a new variety of big bluestem variety that will soon be in the market. Roger details specifics on plant spacing and why solid seeding stands may not be the best option. Roger discusses options for planting that provides ideal spacing for ground birds (turkey).
Roger discusses the cost variances of switchgrass versus other options like miscanthus, specifically miscanthus giganteus. Roger explains the performance variances versus miscanthus and the morphology as compared to other non-native plants. Roger details all the benefits of switchgrass why these next generation varieties outcompete other grass types. Roger explains more on herbicides, combinations of plantings and frost seeding as an option.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Matt Ross (National Deer Alliance) discuss what we can do to better our landscapes and considerations for improving deer health into the winter months. Matt discusses his history at Quality Deer Management and the NDA, his background and land management strategies that support our deer herds. Matt discusses factors that land managers can control and what is most critical this time of year. Matt focuses on food sources in the summer and fall to support our deer through the winter.
Matt explains deer biology and what is essential to support deer health leading up to winter months. Matt discusses deer’s metabolic state and what behavior changes happen through the winter months. Matt explains a misnomer that most are unfamiliar with as it pertains to a deer’s diet. Matt discusses weight loss and how deer sustain themselves through the hardest months of the year.
Matt provides explanations on how to techniques to measure deer health with evaluating fat content to determine current body condition. Matt and Jon discuss winter severity and impacts on the deer, and how to measure this on your landscape. Jon provides an explanation of how he attacks the winter improvement to support deer and what calculation he uses to evaluate deer numbers and impact on the landscape.
Matt and Jon discuss food preferences in the winter. Matt details specific plants and provides a rule to help support/ensure that your deer meet the baseline diet, and what we can do to increase the gains in the summer months. Matt and Jon discuss what foods, trees and shrubs deer prefer in the winter months. Matt discusses natural ecology and the examples of techniques you can use to benefit your deer and the resultant landscape. Matt and Jon discuss deer fecal matter, and explain methods of how to use pellet counts to measure deer and the volume of fecal matter. Matt and Jon talk about what plants deer should not be eating and plants that are indicators of poor-quality habitat.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes), discusses a hat giveaway this week from Whitetail Company. If you want to get in on the giveaway, please email me [email protected]. This week Greg Berndtson (Berndtson Timber Management) and Jon talk forestry, logging, and deer. Greg is a forester and logger, and provides his background and management tactics that are intended to evolve properties as we know it. Greg explains the equipment he uses afield to manage his jobs to ensure he can perform and work is done efficiently.
Jon discusses ecological restoration, low grade timber and goal setting. Greg explains how to approach valuing timber and future potential. Greg explains what is good versus bad timber and what tree species we may want to keep or get rid of your property. Greg talks about diversity and what species in his region are considered low grade and explains the market option for low grade. Greg talks about steering the forest in a healthy direction and what you can do as a landowner.
Greg explains the human dynamic of property management, evaluating a property and why our forests need good work to ensure that commercial harvest creates better quality down the road. Greg explains the step-by-step process to changing the forest, and how he approaches the understory and overstory of our woodlots to improve areas for silviculture purposes. Greg mentions the legacy impacts of deer browse and harm it creates to better quality habitat that most are trying to develop.
Greg and Jon discuss forest health and looking at individual trees to determine what trees we want to keep on the landscape. Greg provides a formula on general and specific tree species to consider when making decisions to cut or leave. Greg explains the volume (in tonnage) that he would consider reasonable for considering a low-grade timber job. Greg the benefits of his business for clients and what doing good forestry means to him. Greg and Jon end with discussions around building a better property around an equation of smart timber management, resulting in better deer and deer habitat.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes), discusses the failures in not asking the necessary questions when hiring a consultant. Jon provides explanations on what questions to ask a consultant and details failures of both the consultant and client and how to avoid those. Jon provides information on his master class and future giveaways.
Jon provides an explanation of the significance of designing and laying out a hunting property, specifically building bedding areas. Jon explains the importance of defining goals and objectives for landowners and using those as a basis to start a property design. Jon explains tree species to cut and how he has designed forest land to act more like shrubland and details a specific area that he designed to kill his target buck.
Jon goes into detail on how to keep deer longer in bedding areas, what deer need and how to take your property to the next level to harvest mature bucks. Jon explains how to manage bedding areas and how to influence interest by deer, comfort, and wind manipulation. Jon provides general guidance on what deer want in key areas on a property and how the design tactics used will create a better chance to harvest deer.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Will Gulsby (Auburn University/ Wild Turkey Science Podcast) discuss coyotes, land management, coyote removal, fawn recruitment, and predator-proofing a property. Will discusses coyote ecology, and the purpose these animals serve on the landscape. Will describes the biology of predators and how coyotes serve to the betterment of our landscape and how we sometimes paint a bad picture of their role. Will explains the historical relevance of predators and the evolution of coyotes as it pertains to their specific role in the wildlife community.
Will explains small predators, competition of food sources and the niche role coyotes can play in developed areas that have overpopulation of deer numbers, where fawn recruitment is high. Will introduces social carrying capacity and balancing deer numbers, hunting, and focuses on what many misinterpret as myths to the significance of coyotes. Will discusses coyotes’ diet, and the evolution of change as wolves have left the landscape. Will explains the variation in diets seasonally, and the misinterpretation of coyote kills based on scavenging verse predation. Will discusses primary winter diets and the transition to summer diets, specifically plant material. Will discusses scat surveys that he does with coyotes and how to better understand diets throughout each year and what scat reveals about a coyote.
Will discusses game birds (i.e. turkey) and the mortality that may persist on the landscape because of various predators. Will explains how difficult it is to evaluate predator kills, scavenging and the impact of coyotes on turkeys and the related population. Will and Jon discuss foxes, racoons and other predators on the landscape and the ecological roles. Will explains indiscriminate killing, if killing coyotes in small- or large-scale matters and if reproduction increases and what other factors like resident or nomadic, type animals are relevant to decisions to manage coyotes. Will explains compensatory immigration and how removing coyotes may be filled by other coyotes, with the potential to increase population. Will provides the scale and size of movements of coyotes and some coyotes can travel far greater than many would think.
Will discusses more on predator control programs, and factors that are relevant to assessing the impact of trapping and killing of coyotes. Will explains ideal conditions in trapping coyotes and efficiency in scale and size on the landscape. Will details annual verse occasional trapping and hunting. Will introduces the concept that habitat management is also a predator management tactic, and habitat impacts predation rates.
Jon and Will discuss habitat management and the tactics surrounding design options and how to look at properties on a large scale. Will discusses a relevant study that details forest types and age classes that is relevant to fawn survival. Will dives deeper into landscape design philosophies and options to ensure that better habitat can exist supporting our resident deer herd. Will and Jon discuss fear ecology and the impact on deer. Will explains how this has been studied and deer behavior as it relates to predators.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Perry Battin (Drury Outdoors) discuss deer management, harvest strategy to assess deer numbers to improve quality habitats and grow larger bucks. Jon discusses time of year and winter severity indexes that impact deer in the north country. Jon discusses carry capacity and what significance this has on our deer populations, the mouths we are trying to feed and how to evaluate disease issues that reduce our deer numbers accordingly.
Perry breaks down the volume of food on the farm he manages, numbers of deer on individual farms and assessment on the volume of deer and the right approach to evaluating the number of deer. Perry talks about buck to doe ratios, doe, and fawn. Perry discusses drought in the Midwest, Southwest, West, South of the United States and the impact on deer and antler growth. Jon explains techniques to evaluating deer numbers and how to relate that to the properties we hunt. Jon explains how drone imagery may paint a false picture and the relative deer numbers change daily. Jon explains GIS options for vegetative plant value assessment.
Perry explains food plots and other food options to increase deer numbers on the landscape. Perry discusses hunting observation and the method the Drury’s are using to collect deer numbers. Perry discusses EHD and how that has impacted the overall deer population. Jon and Perry discuss doe to fawn ratios and recruitment rates for deer areas across the US.
Perry and Jon discuss social stress and the impact on deer herds when numbers are high. Perry discusses the real issue surrounding antler potential and some of the likely factors that impact deer on the farms in Missouri. Perry discusses lowering the population and buck to doe ratios, and the results of quality deer and related hunting. Perry explains how disease has potential to reduce deer numbers and the net result on the herd and the potential for bigger bucks down the road.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Colin Koskinen (Legendary Habitat) discuss hunting season and complications that exist when hunting highly pressured ground. Colin details his soils, tree species and vegetation types that are in Michigan and how he breaks down this property. Colin explains mapping land and where big bucks exist. Colin discusses the benefit of succession and the combination of old field and young forest settings.
Colin discusses holding deer on small properties, busting through a buck age class ceiling, and working with neighbors and other hunters to be more successful. Colin explains his approach to tying hunting pressure to habitat improvements. Colin discusses buck and general deer bedding locations and how they use terrain features to advantage themselves. Colin explains the benefits of terrain and Jon explains how terrain can establish interest, bedding and movement.
Colin explains the importance of travel corridors and the significance of connecting deer in one location from the other. Colin discusses how to cut and add improvements in travel corridors to ensure deer are more resident and able to socialize and allow for better hunting opportunities. Colin discusses goals for his small property and how that aligns with each feature he is trying to amplify for interest and movement.
Colin explains how to build layers into a hunting property and what plant he uses to establish ideal conditions for deer to use and travel in preferred areas. Jon and Colin discuss water resources, vernal pools, natural springs, and the benefits of these areas on properties. Colin discusses non-native plants in wet areas and options to consider to remove these plants (i.e. reed canary grass). Colin and Jon discuss replacement plants for non-natives for higher deer interest. Colin discusses bedding and stacking deer across a property to increase the hunting opportunities.
Colin discusses walls of cover for deer, hinge cutting and an example of how to apply walls of cover for hunting reasons. Colin explains how to cut walls in bedding areas versus locations around bedding areas. Colin and Jon explain buying land, deficiencies on hunting properties and how to be smart with your buying decisions. Jon discusses picking a consultant and a good process to find someone you can work with best.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Jacob Newton (Hillside Farms) discuss farming operations and integration of livestock. Jacob does not use any synthetic fertilizer and is able to develop healthy livestock, crops, and soils. Jacob explains his farm setup and management on how to integrate cows on the landscape and how to increase pasture quality on the farm.
Jacob goes through his rotation process and answers the question how often to move cattle to ensure areas are not overgrazed, and how introducing cattle benefits our soil and soil health. Jack goes through the process of explaining how to measure ingestion and amount of food on the landscape. Jon explains observations and techniques for evaluating manure and its benefit on the landscape. Jacob explains how quickly cow manure is consumed by insects and what indicates quality crops in his operations. Jacob and Jon discuss flies on the farm and options to reduce the impact of flies on animals and humans.
Jacob breaks down the physiology of cattle and Jon compares the physical assessment to deer and how to evaluate a deer’s health by looking at certain aspects of deer. Jacob discusses chickens and turkeys on the landscape and how to increase fertility in pastures and introduce livestock to poor soil areas and how quickly there is a positive impact to pasture land when adding animals. Jacob explains that in just a few years poor ground and be changed into superb crop production.
Jacob and Jon discuss adding chickens into the forested land and how to integrate animals into the interior of forested areas to increase fertility. Jon discusses a project that he worked on where they added pigs and Jacob explains the general goals of adding pigs and the related benefits. Jacob explains the forest type and the method to add pigs into the landscape and what not to do when adding pigs.
Jacob explains the timeline of grazing animals, supplemental feed, and ensuring cattle are not pugging pasture ground. Jacob discusses building composts. Jon explains ideas of how to introduce compost and bale grazing into the forest setting and reducing the amount of vegetation and increasing soil fertility.
Jacob and Jon discuss building a property around deer hunting and livestock operations. Jon discusses agroforestry and how layouts can be integrated into designs. Jacob discusses new projects on his farm that surround silvopasture that will benefit the land and animal’s long term. Jacob explains the importance of biodiversity and how his business works with consumers to improve knowledge and interest in better food and health.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Skip Sligh (Iowa Whitetail) discuss Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), Deer Health, Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD), Baiting and Supplemental Feeding. Skip discusses deer fertility, antler and body size and the benefits of supplemental feeding. Skip is pro-supplemental feed and anti-baiting, specifically against feeding corn from a bait pile. Skip discusses his rationale and why this may be harmful to the overall health of our deer herd.
Skip explains the biological and scientific detriments of corn and how to supplement feed the right way to ensure deer health is preserved. Skip explains his opinion on bait piles versus food plots. Skip details the timelines related to his food plots and how the food remains available to deer all season. Skip explains the most nutrient dense food source for deer. Jon discusses options to utilize baiting and what you can do to help yourself or limit your neighbors.
Skip discusses the areas of the north with large vast forests and describes the best practices to attract and feed deer. Jon discusses tree species and what deer want in various trees and shrubs. Jon explains an option that creates greater interest than soybeans for deer on the landscape. Skip and Jon discuss the process of timber stand improvement, Skip describes how to set up your property and why certain setups allow you to hold mature bucks.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Steve Sherk (Sherk’s Guide Service) discuss post hunting season planning and recent success. Jon explains the differences in hiring a consultant that has experience in highly pressured hunting areas and how that creates a different atmosphere of understanding and knowledge. Steve discusses a particular deer he planned to harvest and explains multiple encounters with this deer and his process to dialing in on one individual deer.
Steve dialogs about hunting New York and Pennsylvania, and his expectations of shooting a deer in his home state. Steve details the location his target deer spent much of his time and the related weather conditions and hunting pressure that created the ideal location for the deer to remain in a specific area. Steve details why deer shift into areas on how to concentrate on predictive planning to stay ahead of deer movement. Jon explains the specifics and considerations on where deer go when they are pressured and the attention given to temperature changes.
Steve discusses how deer act during post rut activity and what conditions put deer into specific locations when pressure is high and deer need to recover from rutting activity. Jon provides the top several considerations when looking at the landscape for deer activity during post rut. Steve talks about getting close to a mature buck and how to dial on a bedding location and individual beds. Steve explains a tracking technique that will help with a wounded animal recovery.
Steve discusses finding buck beds and why mature deer use specific areas. Steve discusses wind-based bedding and when deer use specific landscapes types. Jon explains habitat preferences on the landscape and how to produce ideal conditions for seasonal, winter habitat for deer. Steve explains his process going into winter planning season and what he anticipates for the next hunting season and provides a story on the individual deer he plans on hunting.
Steve and Jon discuss postseason planning and looking at trail camera data and using this information to kill your buck next season. Jon explains specifics on deer activity and how he individualizes deer and looks at sociobiology and social behavior. Steve explains his data analysis plan and diving into a specific deer he plans on taking next season.
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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Rocky Burrus (SA Farm Management Service) discuss next level habitat and hunting techniques that allow you to kill the biggest bucks in your area. Rocky discusses off season work and opportunities he creates to improve properties and gain access to new land.
Rocky provides secrets and intimate details on what separates the properties he improves for habitat. Rocky explains how to best work with neighbors and what information he provides to ensure neighbors are considering his technical approach to managing for larger bucks. Rocky and Jon discuss the examples of why and when to pass deer and how the mindset to get to the next age class requires building a property and the deer quality.
Rocky details hunting less and sometimes the best advice is to not hunt your property for several years to build deer interest. Jon explains the concept of building a bank account for deer to improve the property from a long-term standpoint. Rocky details the strategy to harvest a single deer with multiple years of intel and why he doesn’t rely on apps to help support his decision to hunt an individual deer. Rocky and Jon explain client mistakes and be more aware of your decision making process to improve your property to ensure it benefits your deer.
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