This is a question that plagues the deer world this time of year. The temperatures are cold in most of the whitetail’s range, seasons have come to a close, and hunters are anxiously awaiting Spring to chase turkeys and plant summertime food plots. As the cabin fever sets into overdrive, the internet fires are stoked […]
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Understand soil has truly impacted how I look at planting my food-plots, positively. Jon Stika, wrote – “A Soil Owner’s Manual”, and my journey for more knowledge was started. Jon does not spend time in this book talking about synthetics and heavy soil amendments, alternatively, Jon, explains how the soil functions and how our native
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As deer seasons draw to a close, it is time to start focusing on next season- don’t tell my wife!! So what are a few winter time scouting tips that you can implement this year? Study the browse During the winter, it is easy to study the farm and property for browse levels. As you
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1998 – What a year! I was a kid and specifically remember loving baseball. Not just the game but the comradery that came with America’s pastime. Often, in those days, I would watch it with my grandpap, I can still smell the Copenhagen Wintergreen as he yelled “that’s gone!!” after some player jacked another out
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As hunters, “bigger” always seems to be better. Over the years, I have found – that is not always the case. Recently, I have been able to gain access to several small properties for hunting whitetails, specifically with a bow. These properties have ranged from 5 to 15 acres, so relatively small in comparison to
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Summer is in the air! We as whitetail bowhunters are spending our days planning out our food plots, prepping mineral stations, figuring out our new stand locations, and hopefully starting to shoot the bows! As Bowhunters, we are seemingly never satisfied with our setups; always finding ourselves chasing the next fad or claiming we are
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Recently, I was honored to be a guest on friends’ podcast (Habitat Podcast). As we meandered our way through a series of topics, we found ourselves (through my ramblings), comparing Habitat vs. Hunting, and how these are not always so closely related. I made the seemingly bold statement that they are, “polar opposite of one
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