Be the first to secure your seed for Spring 2023 Food Plot Season. Nitro-Boost, the Vitalize Seed Spring Mix is open for ordering now. The orders will be fulfilled and shipped in Early March. Order here: https://vitalizeseed.com/product/nitro-boost/ 01. NITRO BOOST Spring / Summer Planting *Broadcast – increase by 10%-25% – depending on the thatch layer […]
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Habitat Podcast #208 – Sam Carrozza joins Jared, Brian, Al & Dave to tell the story of a New Farm Success! Kick back and enjoy the story of this great IL hunting property. A very nice 8 point. We cover: The story of a Huge 8 Point that took a 3 yr. Chase, Bow Kill!
eGift Cards now available at https://vitalizeseed.com/product/gift-card/ Perfect last minute holiday gifts that can be sent electronically. Don’t forget to grab a T-Shirt or some Ward Labs soil tests for 2023 food plot season! Our Spring seed mix (Nitro Boost) will be available soon. Merry Christmas! eGift Cards now available at https://vitalizeseed.com/product/gift-card/
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Soil chemistry can be overwhelming and complicated. This does not dilute the importance of our need to understand as much of it as possible if we want to grasp what is happening in our fields. If you are following the blog posts, you see my weekly attempt to explain, in detail, the soil structure and
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Habitat Podcast #187 – Daniel Taylor is back for round #2! Dan was on last week on EP 186. As a die hard whitetail hunter and cash crop farmer, quality soil is near and dear to Dan’s heart. Soil health and nutrient efficiency concepts have really perked his interest in the last couple of years
One of my favorite things to do is pull soil samples and send them to Ward Labs for analysis. I have been blessed to manage the same farm for over a decade. The fields, and results – although improving – are far from surprising. This year was different, this year I got a chance to
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Integrating Livestock – But we only have Deer One of the 6th principles of soil health revolves around integrating livestock. I’d argue this gets most often overlooked as most don’t have livestock to graze. What if we do have whitetails – can we make this work? Often it comes down to grazing pressure. Various studies
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Soil Health Friday It is not uncommon for habitat managers to list their favorite food plot species, only to have the next manager say, “my deer won’t eat that!” – this can make for some interesting debates around the campfire! After years of wondering “why?” I have finally come to a hypothesis, and that is……it
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Habitat Podcast #172 – Troy Fowler aka the Ranch Fairy joins Jared and Brian. We have a great entertaining conversation on all things archery arrows! Troy is a very nice and funny guy and was great to meet in person. We cover: Hunting Arrow Strategy – Hunting with neighbors nearby can affect how far you’d
Habitat Podcast #167 – Jack Hodorff joins Jared and Cory Franceus on an awesome Q&A style episode. Not only do we cover Jack’s habitat history, we get to have a back and forth discussion on all things habitat management for deer and turkey! Cory helps a lot with his point of view too. We cover:
