Land & Legacy - Habitat + Hunting

Although this podcast is focused from the SouthEast United States, we expound on the necessity of woody structure in your habitat for encourage daylight deer activity and security. Be sure to follow along as discuss in full detail the pit falls of managing a long term monoculture crop while trying to improve wildlife habitat. After several trips this spring to state such as North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Georgia, we have to discuss ways to improve these vast areas of poor wildlife cover. We understand and address the need to still produce an income from your pines, while trying to address the lack of food or cover in these units. Be sure to follow along, you may be surprised some of the recommendations that you hear this week. Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On this podcast, we have a cross-over guest, both food plotter, farmer, and agricultural consultant Caleb Traugh from Southwest Georgia. This week we discuss how to understand soil basics and prioritize soil health on your recreational farm. There are so many aspects to the broad term soil health, but it is important to understand how it plays into your role and goals for landownership. Caleb Traugh has managed thousands of acres of recreational land with ample food plots as well as assists agricultural producers across the south to get the most out of their soil for their goals. In this podcast, you will hear testimonials, advice on planting equipment as well as roller crimpers. It is important to listen with an open mind as we are relating Soil Health back to recreational landowners and food plotters. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On this week's podcast, we bring on turkey hunting enthusiast and Land & Legacy Consultant Kyle Hedges to discuss a fun hunting and habitat management strategy for strutting gobblers. Throughout this podcast, you will hear of many different ways to create strut zones for wild turkeys. Yes, these are specifically managed areas in certain locations that provide both attraction and advantages to strutting toms. These areas can be created in various habitat types including timbered ridges, food plots, pastures, hayfields, old fields, and CRP. We want to create areas that gobblers routinely come to after flying down to display their dominance, but also vocalize it! So terrain features and habitat comes into play when creating these areas. If done, properly you may just be creating nesting or brood-rearing cover at the same time as spring rolls into summer. So these are great tips to get the most out of turkey season. We hope you share with a buddy who is looking to keep have a successful roost hunt! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

What do you do when you receive the results from your recent soil test? It's a question we certainly get all the time and we know it's a common problem for land managers. We sit down this week to discuss soil sampling, soil health fads, and best management practices to improve your soil fertility, grow healthier food plots, and avoid time consuming mistakes. Mitt is an owner of Southern Ag Consulting and assists crop farmers across the south to improve yields and limit costs. Their company has over 90 years of experience assisting landowners with crops, soil fertility, weed control, and many other practices to help improve crop yield. We walk through the steps of what to do once you receive the results from your soil tests. Mitt covers the steps he takes to make the quickest improvements on soil fertility and how in just one growing season he can change the soil's potential! We also discuss the difference between macronutrients and micronutrients and how you should understand them before working to improve them! Finally we discuss one of the biggest principles in soil health, liebig's law of the minimum. It's always important to ask tough questions about our practices, thoughts, and future plans and with soil health it's no different. If we improved the soil organic matter by 2% over ten years what would we notice happening? Would we notice any changes or better yet would we notice any improved health of our deer? These are tough questions we must answer before we waste time doing things that don't have great returns. #Forloveoftheland Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

After two weeks of deep conversations with two of the top wild turkey researchers we cover the importance of turning research information into well-managed habitat. Often times we find some folks have difficulty translating the podcast information directly into habitat plans. This is where the podcast will focus on ways that leading research can assist landowners with boots on the ground habitat enhancement. We talk about dormant season discing, timber management, prescribed fire, brood plots, invasive species removal, and overall neighborhood collaboration to strongly influence turkey populations. If you want more turkeys on your property give this podcast a listen and a share, then pick up your chainsaw and drip torch and get to work! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

During this podcast, Frank sits down with Dr. Bret Collier of LSU to discuss the latest information in wild turkey research. These two are great conversation starters as both are passionate about hunting, management, and the research of the wild turkey. During this podcast, Frank and Bret discuss how to turkeys move across the landscape, and what type of movements landowners can expect to witness. In addition, they discuss how and why turkeys use different habitat types. This has serious implications for the conservation-minded landowner. Do you want to grow turkey numbers in your area? Do you want to hear more gobblers in the spring or see more poults during the summer? Be sure to listen to this podcast closely and pick up on the latest research data on the wild turkey. Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

During this podcast we discuss how to yield actual results from your work on the landscape. After a day of prescribed fire, we have many stories to tell of our insights from the field. Often times we see folks taking the right steps but in wrong orders. This can be potentially harmful and not helpful. Being able to develop a plan that will reach clear objectives is first and foremost. Next comes implementing those steps as designed. Taking shortcuts or getting steps out of order often takes habitat improvements into a stalemate. We want more for you, the land, and the wildlife. There is more to experience than staus quo habitat manipulation. It's time to be intentional with our goals and the steps we take to achieve them. If you want to create a successful business, you need a plan, and you need to take certain intentional steps at the perfect time to achieve success, habitat management is very similar to his! We hope you learn how to attack your property properly during this podcast! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

During this week's podcast, we catch up and discuss some of our recent finds during our consulting trip. These finds all come back to a central theme of what should be the "Standard Operating Procedure" for each individual property. This Standard Operating Procedure revolves around how to make the best impact in the most efficient way possible. We discuss during the podcast two different approaches we recommended on recent consulting trips on how to attack non-native invasive species such as bush honeysuckle, autumn olive, and multi-flora rose. In addition, we discuss a common theme of that many landowners take by not improving the property for fear that it help the neighbors, we break down this philosophy's flaws and how it could be contributing to your lack of success. Every acre needs attention! We hope you enjoy this podcast and learn that there is a "Standard Operating Procedure" for your property, do you know it? Are you aware of how to follow it? Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

As we promised, we were going to bring on the expert turkey biologists during our Turkey Management Podcast Series. This guest has been researching and following turkeys for over 25 years professionally. Please welcome, Dr. Mike Chamberlin to the podcast this week where he brings his professional research expertise to the topic of habitat management specifically for wild turkeys. With all of the knowledge and data points collected on this fascinating wild bird, we find that Dr. Chamberin's biggest suggestions revolving around thinning the timber, prescribed fire, discing, and old field management, and removal of non-native invasive species. This should be reassuring to our listeners who are implementing this same exact practice. These sound techniques yield results, it's not opinion, but fact. There must be something to these practices if a top research biologist who knows wild turkeys inside and out are promoting the exact same practices that we promote weekly. Follow along as you will find out more about wild turkey behavior and movements across the landscape than ever before. If you want to hear one of the greatest minds in understanding turkey management, then follow along with this podcast. Share it with a buddy who is struggling to manage turkeys consistently on their property. Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

This is the story of a giant buck on our home dirt and how he went from a mediocre 3.5 year old buck to a world class stud. Over the course of time many hunters have encounters of pictures on trail cameras of a large buck that haunts their dreams and is talked about for seasons to come. This is a podcast devoted to a buck we called "Donuts," and the story about his life and what we can all learn from his pattern, growth, and habitat management around his home range. Keep in mind this buck lived on a property that Chad and Adam have managed for years, and just two years before Donuts was 3.5 years old there wasn't a single buck living on the farm over 4.5 years old on a total of 900 acres. This isn't known to be a big buck area, this is a vast landscape of poor habitat and low quality deer hunting. The Keith brothers have set out to try and improve the habitat and see just what happens to the deer herd, so far it seems to be working! After a large timber harvest and prescribed fire the place is beginning to turn around, but with less the 25% of the overall work being done on the farm it's safe to say we're only at the beginning. Listen up to hear the story of a buck that should encourage us all to look past the food plots and begin to manage the entire landscape. #ForloveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On this second installment of the Wild Turkey Podcast Series. This week Matt and Frank review the life history traits of the Wild Turkey from nesting, brood rearing, breeding behavior, and diets. These discussions will provide you with a detailed baseline of the wild turkey, this podcast is a foundational podcast for the weeks to come. If you have experienced the thrills of a spring morning and gobbling toms this podcast will provide you with a more in-depth look at the details behind the behavior and ways those memories can be experienced. During the late 90's and early 20's hunters generally saw a strong upward trend in turkey populations, but as of late turkey numbers have decreased which has lead to more research on this amazing bird. We discuss in detail the current trends and ways biologists, land managers, hunters, and conservationists can rally together to share the education of the wild turkey and habitat specifics to improve the land to hold and recruit more turkeys each year. We hope you enjoy this podcast devoted to understanding the wild turkey! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On this podcast we sit down once again with Kasey Morgan of Drury Outdoors. Kasey has a unique work resume that covers outfitting Ohio to managing properties in Iowa from frequent podcast guest Greg Glesinger. If you listened to the podcasts this fall with Greg you know what's happening on their farms is almost unmatched across the country with Three, 200" is greater bucks being harvested in the last four years. We cover a wide range of topics, from how to clear a field without educating all the deer, what buck beds mean to them, how they utilize access routes and more. When it comes to hunting layout and utilizing habitat improvement and hunting strategy together it's hard to find a better duo than Kasey and Greg. Don't miss this podcast! #ForLofeoftheLand LAnd & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

We're kicking off another podcast series this week that will carry us into April and it's all devoted to turkeys! Whether it's the latest scientific research about improving turkey numbers to the calls we use to fill more tags this will be a fun series for us! As many of our listeners are land managers we'll lay the groundwork out to help each landowner know what steps and practices they need to take to benefit the turkeys immediately as well as years to come! This will be a series full of guests and common hear say that couldn't be further from the truth. Let's be honest, turkeys are struggling through much of the United States and the common opinions we hear aren't going to fix it! We'll never trap our way to more turkeys, but we can do the habitat work to help them come back! Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

With the recent extremely low temperatures that gripped much of the country, it's only fitting that we discuss the ways you should be reading the health of the local whitetail herd. Without proper habitat in place, you may notice deer drastically changing patterns and adapting to these conditions. We dive deep into the ways you as a land manager should be working with the farm to prepare for harsh conditions. If you are finding deer consuming low preference food resource such as ornamental landscaping you should be alarmed. If you can't find deer using your property during these times, you should also be alarmed. These are some of the few signs that you should be aware of. Habitat management is intentional, not accidental! We need to be placing certain features on each property to offer the necessary habitat. To learn more about how you can prepare your property to maximize wildlife usage, tune in to this Land & Legacy Podcast. Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On the final podcast of the prescribed fire podcast series, Frank and Kyle host as they share their extensive knowledge regarding the usage of prescribed fire. Frank and Kyle go in-depth about the different ways that you can ignite a fire. The way fire moves across a landscape from residual heat, flame height, the direction of the wind all help to determine the plant response. There are several key ways to ignite a fire. In this podcast we cover the following in-depth: Backing Fire, heading fire, ringing fire, stripping fire, and flanking fire. These different firing techniques will be used based on the changes in the terrain as well as the desired effect of the fire. A backing fire cannot produce what a head fire can, just the same as a flanking fire is different from a stripping fire. If you ever wonder how you should be using prescribed fire to alter the plant communities growing on your property, this is the podcast for you. Enjoy.Learn.Share! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On this week's podcast Frank and Matt discuss a new farm setup in Mississippi. This farm has lofty goals that will take a precise plan to accomplish. During this podcast, we cover how we plan to attack it. This property wants to produce a habitat that will not only sustain but improve bobwhite quail numbers. This habitat is primarily covered in planted pines of varying ages from 3-year old clear-cut, 13-year-old unthinned pines up to 20-year-old thinned pines. These varying stages and habitat types create a complex arrangement of plans to create the desired habitat. First and foremost, we will be thinning the canopy and then adding prescribed fire across much of the property. Although this may seem simple, it is a very detailed puzzle that when put together will have flocks of wild turkeys and coveys of quail on each unit of the farm. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On this week of the Prescribed Fire podcast series, we get down to the nitty-gritty of prescribed fire. Often times prescribed fire is thought of a as a broad brushstroke of improvement for a property. This can be true for some, but oftentimes this is when we see fire being misused. When a landowner begins to implement fire, they should have a clear goal for what the intended result is of a fire. Ideally, what is the response, if a landowner can not answer this, then we have issues! Fire, based on its fire return interval, the season of burning, intensity, and amount of sunlight on the unit all combine to determine what the plant response will be. During the podcast, we share with you the different ways scenarios and potential fire return intervals that we would use and recommend to get a certain desired result. We hope you learn and enjoy this podcast. Share with a landowner who is looking to improve their land for wildlife. Land & Legacy Is Powered by Simplecast

Dreaming of buying ground is a very popular dream for almost anyone who enjoys hunting, but if you're like Adam and his brother Chad the dream consists almost entirely of buying land that borders the family farm. In 1952 their Grandpa purchased what is now the family farm, but after last week we've managed to expand the size and are looking forward to the future restoration! Using a creative approach they were able to utilize a farm loan set up by the Farm Service Agency to establish a plan to run the farm where it almost solely pays for itself. By incorporating cattle, timber management, and replicating nature this farm will be unlike most farms you'll see. From dry arid glades to wet beaver swamps, they have plans to push back the normal and create a template for future landowners to build off of and restore landscapes in your next of the woods. Tune in this week to hear all the plans they have to bring back the Bobwhite quail, grow MORE 190" bucks, and work the ground with a business mindset to avoid those costly mistakes. You don't want to miss this one! #Forloveoftheland Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

During this week's podcast, we continue with our Prescribed Fire Series. Last week we covered all of the tools you will need to get started burning, so now that you are fully equipped, it's time to cover how to implement a fire. This week, we cover how to burn within the timber. Some new research out of Auburn just found that a reduction of the canopy by 30% and a follow-up fire will result in a 500% increase in deer food per acre. So, now that we have your attention, it's important to burn your timber, but it should be done properly. This week we discuss the ideal conditions for burning in the timber as well as different firing techniques and how to prepare burn lines. If you've dreamed of using prescribed fire to improve your habitat, but haven't actually implemented it, then this podcast is for you! We will take you from start to finish on how to use prescribed fire on your property. Let us know what you learned this week from this podcast! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Welcome to a new podcast series. Over the next few weeks, we will be discussing all things prescribed fire. This week, we cover the tools needed to get started and discuss why you need to be burning if you want results. Prescribed fire is an age-old tool that is both natural and does not discriminate. We go deep into why this tool should be used to manage landscapes for improved health, not for its detriment. Prescribed fire is a necessary tool that each and every landowner needs to be an advocate for. We ask that you learn why first, then follow us for the next few weeks to learn how you implement this. By the end of the series, you will be itching to drop a match responsibly. Please follow along and learn how and why you should be using prescribed fire on your property that you manage for wildlife. Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

We are rolling out a new learning opportunity for 2021. Welcome to the Land & Legacy Workshop series, coming to a region near you! For 2021 we are offering two workshops, one located in Michigan and the other located in Alabama. We have been waiting to release this opportunity for several years now, but it is finally here, the opportunity for you as a listener to come and see first hand the work we have discussed for years on the podcast. We will be hosting in-person demonstrations, presentations, and seminars all weekend long regarding habitat management. This is a perfect gift for Father's Day or for the young eager up and coming wildlife biologist. If you are interested, please register for this event at www.shoplandandlegacy.tv. We will see you there! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Welcome back to a new Land & Legacy podcast! We are discussing and wrapping up the month of January by reviewing one of the more trendy habitat techniques out there right now, edge-feathering! This technique is in its simplest form, a recreation of nature properly-functioning when fire was apart of the landscape. During this podcast, we talk very clearly as to why you should be actively using the technique around the edges of your food plots or crop fields. We spell out 10 very important reasons that can greatly impact the wildlife, hunting, and habitat. Most people only think it's a way to steer deer into bow range, but this habitat technique goes well beyond that! We can create woody browse, visual barriers, improve food plot success, improve hard mast production, and much more! We hope you enjoy this podcast and learn why edge feathering should be in your arsenal of tools to use on your farm. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

This podcast is devoted to those wanting to work in the field of wildlife or land management. We often get emails, messages, or phone calls from folks who are looking to learn how they can have a similar job in the wildlife field. Over the course of several years, we have seen many new land management companies get started and then fade away for various reasons. This podcast is a story of Land & Legacy, our humble beginnings, journey, and advice for those looking to prosper in this same field. Land & Legacy literally started on a prayer and hasn't stopped since. When pursuing a career in a field of passion, we found success not because we loved what we did, but because we feel called to do so. We are convicted to share this passion and knowledge that we have about Creation and the natural world with others. We have found success based on following through and listening to the direction God called us both. We encourage anyone in any field of study to pray through their career choice and pursue what you are called to do. Follow along on this podcast as we share personal stories of sacrifice to get to this point today. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On today's podcast we wrap up the last part of the Understanding Vegetation Podcast Series. We dive super deep into all things Trees. Often times, trees are certainly overvalued by many hunters. They consider them to be cover or perhaps all mast producers when in reality, many trees are dying or growing in severely stifling conditions. We break down the differences between hard mast and soft mast trees. From there we discuss how God designed the Red Oak trees to be on a two-year cycle production as opposed to white oaks being on a one-year production cycle. From here, we then discuss observing tree health. This is an easily learned skill, but one that makes managing the timber for wildlife a necessity. Let's just say, we spend a lot of time on how to create a landscape that thins the bad trees and promotes a robust understory of plant vegetation. You will want to listen closely to this podcast if you have any amount of timber on your property. It's time to start actively managing your timber! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Chainsaw Chad went down to the wire with a late-season bow kill by deploying some unique strategy. This buck was on the radar all season, but once the weather got right and the proper plan was put together, the last two hunts of the year provided him with two shot opportunities on the 158" whitetail. During this podcast, Adam and Chainsaw Chad discuss in detail the approach to put this Missouri buck down. Most late season hunts are typically over large destination food sources, however, this hunt went do very close to bedding. We break down why this was the only strategy that could be used to intercept this buck during daylight, despite the late season drive to food most deer have. Don't miss this archery hunt breakdown from a saddle! You will enjoy learning how to repeat this success yourself! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

As many hunting seasons are coming to a close around the country, landowners have the options of what they will focus on next. Often times, we see folks choosing "steel" traps over the "Stihl" chainsaw for the purpose of improving the land for game species - WRONG MOVE! The research is clear and the long term benefits of working diligently on the habitat far outweigh the temporary void created by removing a predator. If we want to make a difference for game species, we have to be honest with our evaluations of the habitat and how we utilize our time in the field. Grab the chainsaws and get to work! Time to impact acres for years to come! Be sure to share this podcast with someone who needs to hear this deliberate message! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

After following up the podcast form last week, where we discussed in full detail the value of forbs on the landscape, we climbed the vegetation ladder and covered shrubs this week. Shrubs are the multi-tool or swiss army knife of vegetation devoted to wildlife value. During this podcast, we discuss upland shrubs, wetland variety, and also differentiate soft versus hard mast shrub producers. The role of these shrubs often times produce year-round food options as well as dynamite cover opportunities. If you want to improve your property for wildlife, you have to know and promote native shrubs! Learn all about them this week! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On this week's installment of the Understanding Vegetation Podcast series we discuss Forbs. Yes, that is right, we nerd out about broadleaf plants for over an hour this week. To understand wildlife, you have to understand the significance of forbs. These are the forgotten plants of wildlife management. We discuss in full detail the role that forbs plan and how they work from annuals to perennials. We even discuss protein content and what Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF) means when evaluating the cellulose/lignin material of vegetation. In addition to food value, we spend a lot of time discussing the value that forbs bring to cover as well. They grow during key times of the year for important life-history events such as nesting, fawning, brood rearing, lactation, antler development, and more!Tune in next week as we discuss the next vegetation class! Hope you enjoyed this week's podcast all about forbs! Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

If you're in search of quail on public land you know that sometimes they can be very hard to find! During this podcast Kyle and Frank discuss tips and tricks to find upland birds on heavily pressured public land. It doesn't stop there though, these strategies can help you be successful even on private land. Have you ever considered quail feeding patterns in your hunting strategies and defining whether you're hunting woody cover or cut grain? Determining the attraction and or the habitat features will create more successful hunts in your future. Are you willing to put the work in and walk to that back corner of a walk in hunting area to check a shrub row for quail? These are areas often overlooked due to their size and distance from the road but they could be the answer to your question, "where are the quail at?" Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Welcome back to the Vegetation Podcast Series with Land & Legacy. This podcast series will give you the leg up on all other land managers by learning the basics of each type of vegetation a true wildlife manager would need to know. In the first week of the series, we are going to be working through grasses. It is not uncommon for various types of grasses such as warm-season grasses to be glorified by wildlife managers across the country. Why is that? Are they right? Or will you find out that is just fluff?To start the podcast, we break down the various categories grasses can be placed based upon their specific features, such as cool-season versus warm season, native versus non-native, and bunchgrass versus sod-forming grass. This gives information gives the ability to make the proper decisions moving forward on how to properly manage the grasses growing across the property. In addition, we highlight the food and cover value of grasses for animal species such as whitetail deer, turkey, and bobwhite quail. If you want to learn more about how to properly manage land for wildlife game species, it starts with having a complex knowledge of what is growing on the land. We hope you will continue to follow along with the podcast series, next week, is all about forbs. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On the second podcast this week, we review a recent consultation from eastern Missouri along the river breaks of the Mississippi River. This 100-acre parcel like many along the river breaks had some severe topographical features. The steep terrain and limited access become the foundation of how the property will be managed. As we commonly discuss, access to a property is fundamental aspect of the property. It is imperative to have good access to manage the land and hunt appropriately. This property had one way in, through the Northeast corner. A small narrow ridge was the main travel corridor for access throughout the entire property. With up to four hunters hunting at once, we describe how this property will not only be managed but now accessed differently for deer and wild turkey hunting. Some of the suggestions may surprise you! To learn more about these changes and transformation, be sure to listen and follow along with this podcast! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

For years now we have done podcasts on various subjects touching every category included in land management practices. But we continue to learn how people best learn from podcasts and the topics of land management. So as we enter into the land management season for most hunters, we thought it would be best to start a new podcast series explaining from start to finish the different vegetation types you should be managing, starting with grasses, forbs, shrubs, trees, and invasive species. This week is the introduction to the new series! We will take a category and tackle it each week, so for instance, the next week, we will talk all about grasses! We will break down the roles that grasses should play in wildlife management and what roles they do not. In addition, we will discuss how to best manage them and what composition they should ideally be found in. By the end of the podcast, you will know what grasses do and what their significance is, as well as some grass identification tips! Be sure to follow along each week to get a firm understanding of the different vegetation types that each land manager should be able to easily identify and manage properly. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

With everyone sharpening chainsaws and preparing to get some work completed, we wanted to take a moment to discuss what is impactful and what is not. There are so many time wasting techniques out there that seem to grab the attention and distract away from sound habitat management practices. The goal while working on a property is to improve the deer herd and its top-end quality, so to do that, we can't waste time on techniques such as, mock scrapes, water holes, monoculture grass plantings, and kill plots. These practices may just help you kill what deer are already on the property. However, practices such as old field management, timber stand improvement, prescribed burning, edge feathering, and destination food plots actually provide the local deer with more resources to improve their fitness. These practices are impactful and should be implemented during this habitat season. Please make a difference this winter! Run the chainsaw just as much as you run trail cameras. Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Get ready for a rocking podcast to set the tone for the coming New Year. Have you struggled with seeing results or accomplishing tasks on your property? Do you constantly have analysis paralysis because of information overload? We've found the reason why and share it here on this week's podcast. After polling podcast listeners, we determined the most people are not able to create achievable property goals. The foundation of property improvement and success is missed because the initial goals for a farm are not obtainable, measurable, or way too vague to ever know where you stand. This podcast will likely make you take a step back and re-evaluate your goals. This is the perfect time as the New Year is just a few weeks away to prepare for you getting started during land management season on the right track. This to this podcast with open ears to achieve more than you ever have on your farm. Reach your goals by re-evaluating and creating well-defined goals that are measurable. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Merry Christmas from the Land & Legacy team. We want to provide you with a long list of Christmas gift ideas for the land manager. So, share this with loved-ones as the perfect gift ideas for you. These ideas range in value from just a few dollars to a few thousand. However, they have all saved us time, energy, or allowed us to become more efficent in the field. The list of the perfect land manager Christmas ideas includes some of the following, Bluetooth headphones, chainsaw hip pouch, chainsaw gear bag, 2" rigid water hose, Danner boots, Ozonics, Stihl MS261-CM, and much more. These gift ideas will not bring disappointment to anyone on Christmas morning. We hope you enjoy this holiday-themed podcast. We wish you the Merriest Christmas and hope each of you seeks the true gift of salvation during this season. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Welcome back to another Land & Legacy podcast! We are getting back into the swing of things with the habitat talks. The majority of rut hunting is over and the questions are rolling in regarding habitat improvement projects. So we take time this week to cover some viewer questions and build upon last week's podcast when we discussed the difference between bedding thickets and sanctuaries. Security cover on a farm is a non-negotiable necessity. However, security or the lack of intrusion is NOT often limited in most neighborhoods. There are always tucked away places on farms in your neck of the woods that will experience very little human intrusion. However, what is lacking is the presence of quality cover that is secure. Deeming an area as a sanctuary doesn't set you apart from neighboring farms. Quality cover that is secure gets you way ahead! Holding deer during daylight hours is the name of the game. This is how you win at controlling the local deer herd.It is time to start getting the chainsaws sharp! Trees need to drop and the sunlight needs to be reintroduced. Wildlife need to thrive, not simply survive. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered Simplecast

When it comes to the hunting heritage in the state of Pennsylvania the roots run deep. Hunters flock to the woods during the firearms season in numbers that few states can compete with. The sheer amount of hunters headed to the woods creates a landscape where deer are conditioned to hunters and pressure. Nocturnal deer movement and the chance for older age class bucks are a struggle for many who wish for better hunting. Land & Legacy client Will Russell has worked hard on his property since our visit in 2019. From timber thinning, young forest openings (Bedding Thickets), edge feathering, and old field management are at the top of his list to improve the farm. By utilizing a logging operation he was able to complete much of his timber work in less than two years and the wildlife are already showing drastic improvements. With all this work being done it's provided a great opportunity for his family to enjoy. WIth his six year old son joining him in the stand and his dad making his first archery harvest in over 20 years its been a season to remember! Tune in this week to hear the story of how we're changing the habitat and the perspective of deer hunting in Pennsylvania! Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Time to set the record straight on terminology. Some of the most common phrases in the world of wildlife often get used incorrectly and then rarely implemented appropriately. The term bedding thicket and sanctuary are NOT interchangeable. Sanctuaries are often large vast areas that receive little to no human intrusion. The lack of human intrusion then begins the assumption that the area is secure and holding deer. A secure area doesn't necessarily hold deer, but an area that offer secure cover does! That is the main difference between a sanctuary and a bedding thicket. The presence of actual deer cover is critical to see wildlife actually respond to it positively. You will certainly want to join us on this podcast as we break down the important differences between these key terms in property layout. Enjoy. Learn. Share! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Land management can take years to show improvement right? Wrong! Land & Legacy client Louie Zinn had a season to remember this fall. Adam worked with Louie in January of 2020 on his farm in western Illinois and they addressed the main habitat issues he was facing. Like many people in the midwest he was missing some key features to bring his property to the next level. Quality cover is something that is greatly overlooked and isn't hard to create. With Eastern Red Cedar encroachment occurring throughout the farm this was louie's first project. By adding diversity and cutting the cedar trees Louie found immediate results and the deer were taking advantage of it! By utilizing a chainsaw and cutting cedars and thinning outer undesirable species with a mix of hinge cuts and flush cuts woody browse and cover were quickly added to the farm. Through habitat restoration and property architecture Louie and his friend were able to tag two giant bucks on his farm less than a year after running the chainsaw! He's just getting started! Tune in to hear his story and how he's looking forward to the future! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

If the week couldn't get any better, the same morning that Michael Schupbach (brother-in-law) killed, Adam Keith also tagged out on a fine Missouri 8-pointer. This buck came in right at daylight and worked a scrape over hard. Thrashing antlers, breaking limbs, and pawing the ground, he did it all at just 35 yards. After looking over the buck Adam decided it was an go-time. A well-placed shot with the Deer Season XP Copper Impact only allowed the buck travel 35 yards. After we all were able to get hands-on this buck, we identified him as a buck Matt had an encounter with last year during late bow season. Although the encounter took place close to where he was harvested, the buck has been seen on camera many hundreds of yards away and by a surveyor, as this buck chased does in the pasture in the other direction. We know very little about where this buck summered, but we know the last two falls, he was a regular, but a regular with a big range! It was anyones guess which camera location this buck would show up at next. It's always enjoyable to have success each season, but it's special to connect the dots with a familiar buck! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

During this episode, we review the first few days of Missouri Firearms season. To say it went off with a bang would be an understatement. Matt was fortunate to find success on the third morning of the season as a familiar 10-pointer showed himself. We break down the hunt, topography features, behavior, previous encounters, and hunts, that lead to this success. The buck barely covered 60 yards before piling up insight. This action was pretty fast, but, we captured it all on film, so be sure to follow along on the Youtube Channel to catch that action. Just two days after Matt's success on the lease, Matt took Michael Schupbach (brother-in-law) out for his first hunt in many years. With limited time to be in the woods, Michael wanted to put his tag on some venison, little did he know, this first deer of the morning was a 20 inch wide 6 pointer! This buck almost got away, but Michael got the green light and delivered a lethal shot. This happened to be Michael's first buck! So we were thrilled to document the hunt and help a beginning hunter seal the deal. You will want to follow along to hear the details of these two awesome hunts. Bucks were cruising hard and covering lots of ground this week! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

During this podcast, we speak on the tradition and heritage of firearms season. In addition, we discuss our own personal outings to the woods during the season opener! Although the weather was not cooperating we still had buck encounters and Adam heard more turkeys gobbling than during the spring! Here in the state of Missouri, we have an 11 day gun season that is situated right during the middle of the rut. If you ask any serious bowhunter, you will hear how this does not often sit well with them. Despite mixed reviews, firearms season is a time for increased opportunity. That means opportunities for new hunters, youth hunters, disabled hunters, and folks with less time to hunt. Our dynamic as hunters and the world of conservation would drastically change if firearms season was altered. We need to open our minds and thoughts to every opportunity we have to increase hunter participation. Stay safe in the woods! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

During this podcast, we catch up with Land & Legacy's client, Ryan Kirby to discuss his recent hunting success. Ryan recently made his annual voyage back home to Illinois to bow hunt the rut during November. This year was different than most as he was able to harvest a 200" inch whitetail on his family's farm. This buck is a giant whitetail, whose mass is out of this world! The fourth mass measurement was over 7 inches! In addition to hearing the story of how Ryan harvested this giant whitetail, you will hear the hunt and habitat break down for a 154 inch 9-pointer that was taken by Ryan's friend on a 40-acre parcel that Ryan owns. Land & Legacy assisted Ryan in the development of this property. It's no wonder after hearing this story of why this giant 9-pointer was harvested downwind of a bedding area. This specific hunt and story is the picture-perfect reason behind why habitat needs to be manipulated. We took a transitional property and total changed it to hold deer. If you like what you hear and want to create something like this on your property, please contact us at [email protected]. We hope you enjoy and create memories like this on land you own. Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Following up last week's podcast when we dove deep into habitat and whitetail deer movements during the rut. This week, we review a bow hunt that eventually leads to a mature buck stepping into range for Adam and Chad. As we noticed consistent daylight movement on a specific ridge on the Keith farm, we moved in mid-day to hang a new treestand to take advantage of the upcoming winds. This stand was positioned just off the edge of thick cover overlooking a few fresh scrapes. On the first sit, the buck they went in after, appeared with 5 does. The setup and plan were becoming a reality. You will have to find out what happened next by listening to the podcast! This story is a culmination of years of habitat work, a three history with a specific buck, a lifetime of learning a property, and the predictability of November rut behavior! We hope you enjoy the podcast. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

During this episode, we sing the warmer weather blues with Greg Glesinger and provide you with some hot tips for getting in front of mature bucks despite the above-average temperatures. Greg also provides a hunt recap with Kasey Morgan as Kasey harvested a great Missouri buck over a decoy setup. Hunters are taking to the woods as the calendar has flipped to sweet November. Although temperatures are in some areas are 20 degrees above average. Without fail bucks are still pursuing does as does are still coming into estrous, as photoperiod dictates these physiological processes, not the moon nor the day-to-day weather. In the podcast, we provide you with some great hunting tactics to put the odds back in your favor during this time period. Although temperatures may be restricting movement to dawn and dusk, you can still be successful with archery equipment. Be sure to give this podcast a listen! Greg's insight he delivers is sure to give you an edge and an education on chasing whitetails. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On this weeks podcast, we discuss the necessary habitat and security cover requires to attract, hold, and hunt mature bucks during the pre-rut stage. This podcast will get you excited about hunting chaotic times of the year. We break down why whitetails do what they do during November and how habitat is very strongly correlated to their movements. Secure bedding cover is like an magnet for deer during this time. Creating it can be easy, but location is key. You have to be able to access these areas to hunt them effectively. Don’t worry we walk you through this during the podcast. Best of luck in the woods this week! Enjoy and Share! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

This is a bold statement, but it’s true, especially during this time of the year. The pre-rut is a great time to get some fascinating deer behavior captured on trail cameras. But with all the intel you can gain, does it paint a full picture? On this weeks podcast, we break down some crazy buck management that we captured this past week. In just 24 hours we captured over 1.5 miles of straight line movements! This deer was traveling long and far, but is this the normal? Trail cameras tell you what already happened, not what is going to happen. Learn how we interpret trail camera information during this time of the year. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Guess what, it's about that time! The buck activity is ramping up all across the mid-west as we record this podcast. What a great time to be a bowhunter. Although the activity is escalating, that doesn't mean you should go in "guns blazing", you still need a plan and guide to put yourself in a likely setup to cross paths with a mature buck. On this week's podcast, we break down how to read the sign and behavior you may be seeing on your trail cameras or field observations. Are you seeing bucks working scrapes in the daylight or are you seeing solo fawns wandering around aimlessly? These are signs of the stages of the rut and activity in the whitetail breeding season. In addition, we discuss what the next steps are for treestand selection. Travel corridors or pinch points are fantastic during this time of the year. The progression of young bucks to older bucks of chasing is in full swing. If you want to make the most out of your hunting season for the next two week, give this podcast a listen! We share the activity level of bucks on our cameras, hopefully, soon we will be a full draw! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

Recently, Kyle, Frank, and Matt headed south to central Florida to work on a new farm. The property owners were looking to improve the overall function of the property, habitat, and wildlife. We went in with high hopes and we weren't disappointed with what we saw. This property had less than drastic terrain features, yet the habitat types were extremely numerous and ever-changing. In total, the property's highest point was 46 feet and the lowest was 32 feet in elevation. The amazing part about this farm was the amount of cover it produced for species like quail, turkey, and whitetail deer. The cover was everywhere, almost too much! So we prescribed thinning certain areas and adjusting the composition of the cover. Overall the property in Florida was game rich and we break down all the reasons why! We hope you enjoy the lessons in land management that this property has to share. Even central Florida can be turned into a sportsmen's paradise with sound land and wildlife management techniques. #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast

On this week's podcast we have returning guest Seth Harker to discuss his recent harvest of a mature buck over acorns. This is usually a very tall feat for most as trail cameras played a small role and woodsmanship skills are left to pick up the rest of the pieces. This story is exactly that! Seth watched this buck throughout the summer months almost daily. He knew the area well that this buck was frequenting. Once season opened, he was high on the target list. With only 1 trail camera image in two weeks, Seth managed to stay on this buck's trail by observing natural food sources. Black oak acorns were falling and the deer and turkey revealed their desired food source at the time. A middle of the season scouting trip found the best location to intercept this buck! Listen as Seth tells the story of the hunt and be sure to watch it all unfold on the Land & Legacy Youtube Channel. We hope you enjoy and learn somehting about mid-season scouting techniques. Trail camera images didn't reveal this pattern, scouting and knowing desired food sources sealed the deal! Enjoy and share! #ForLoveoftheLand Land & Legacy is Powered by Simplecast