Beasts Of Burden

In this episode I talk about why I did not talk about prescribed fire in the last episode. I then talk about the struggle of ego deciding equipment purchases. What makes you more? A :$300 chainsaw or a $100,000 tractor?

In our series of the Habitat Buisness we cover native prairie and native prairie gardens. How to market, charge, and what to look for.

In this episode we go over an important aspect of the Habitat Buisness: spraying and mowing. Spraying food plots, clover, CRP burn downs, or invasive species control is all demanded as a habitat manager. Learning what different hebicides do and when to use them can earn you a good pay day or a major deficet if used incorrectly. Also what kind of tools: backpack sprayer, ATV sprayer, tractor spraye...

To kick off our Spooky Season Series we have very special guests: Bob Hicks and Brittani Clark of Tales From the Dark. A podcast that follows all things high strangeness. We talked about a variety of things such as: magick, hunting, Gaelic heritage, and so much more. It was a true honor to have this legendarty duo on and a great conversation! https://www.spreaker.com/show/talesfromthedark

Ok life has gotten busy and I've left this sorry excuse of a podcast linger in limbo long enough! Another catch up episode and introducing some new content for the spooky season!

We cover a lot in here so just sit back and relax! Mostly my trip to Idaho, nutrient genome, and getting equipment organized!

In this episode, we talk about how to read a soil test. I am not a soil scientist I have a basic understanding what our macro and micro nutrients do for our food plots, but still learning all the details. As I explain how to read the test (which I hope I explained it clearly) I hope you see the attraction of polyculture or diverse green cover crop mixes for deer have a higher ROI than an monocultu...

Hey folks, sorry for the absence been a busy spring and summer with CRP, food plots, and the like. Quick update and where we're going from here

In this episode we talk about the different styles of food plots you can do for clients and different systems you can create for your business. Either an In and Out style or a Maintenance style.

In this episode we focus on the real money in habitat management: timber. If you're not a forester it will be a little bit harder. However, if you are willing to learn and the put the time in you will be successful as a habitat manager. "Opportunity comes in the form of sweat and overalls"

In this episode, we have our awesome guest Hunter Johnson of Arkansas! One topic that is often discussed amongst turkey hunters is: predators. Many fingers point to these furbearers as the culprit for our low turkey numbers. But is it? Hunter and I explore this along with our habitat tools to improve turkey habitat also at the same time advocating for trapping. Trapping is necessary to manage the...

In this episode, we start with a brand new series I am conductiong focused making a living in the Habitat Business. This episode we talk about some basic information: getting an incoorpration started, focusing on timber work, starting with an atv, chainsaw, backpack sprayer, ect Also we talk about customers, having other or more primary income streams i your business is slow.

In this episode, we had the great honor to sit down and chat with Dr. Bronson Strickland of Mississppi State Universtiy specifically the Deer Lab! We originally intended to chat about early sucessional habiat, but ended up talking mostly about deer behavior which I found equally or more fascinating! https://www.msudeer.msstate.edu/people.php MSU Deer Lab Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ch...

In this episode, we had Albert Tomechko co-founder of Vitalize Seed discussing the foundation, principles, and goals of Vitalize seed in partnership with the Habitat Podcast! We also discussed about soil health and the complimentry groups neeed for legumes to fixate Nitrogen more effectivley! https://vitalizeseed.com/ https://instagram.com/vitalizeseed?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

In this episode, we talk about the fumbles of turkey season. From how my abnormal regular bowel movements delay a hunt to storming through the timber to get to the blind quicker.... time to slow down and think of our actions, but also not to fall into the entrapment of negative thinking and instead to problem solve, find solutions, act on it! Also we dicuss the irregualr cool weather pattern we ar...

In this episode we have the one and only Kyle Lybarger of the Native Habitat Project. Kyle and I talked about where his passion for native habitat started, the why, the importance of native habitat ecyosytems, and more! You can find Kyle and his pages at the link below: https://www.facebook.com/NativeHabitatProject/ Native Habitat Managers Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/224100792703...

In this episode, we scrapped the previous episode this is episode 66(2.0) to bring up better talking points about listening for problems in our lives to solve so we can solve bigger problems in the current world. Also we talk about getting geared up for turkey season for archery and our burn!

In this episode, we go over what I've been up to and an epiphany I had recently about how I and others bring value to people.

In this episode we talk about what makes quality deer bedding. Is it only hinging? TSI? Fire? Or all of the above?

In this episode we get the chance to chat with Zach Hass our northern member of the Habiat Podcast Land Management Team! Zach has his own buisness called Creek Bottom Land Management and his specalties are in aquatics! Zach has learned with his aquatic biolgoy background how to incoorprate smaller ponds for wildlife improvement and hunting stratedgy! https://www.creekbottomlandmgmt.com/ https://ha...

In this episode, we interbiew one of the hosts of the Habitat Podcast: Brian Halbleib. Brian is one of the Habitat Podcast Land Plan Team. We mainly visited with Brian to learn more about his career in the air force and local police force. We also explore his career as a writer and how writing is therapeutic for the outdoorsmen. If interested in Brian's land consultation expertise click the link b...

In this episode, we have a fantastic guest: Hunter Jonhson! Hunter is one of the few doing the do in habiat management. Hunter manages a 5000 acre farm in Arkansas for whitetail deer, waterfowl, turkey, and quail. Hunter has years of experience in practical habitat management. If you wish to contact Hunter you contact him on Facebook or other Facebook groups: Turkey Hunters-Reversing the Decline h...

In this episode, we discuss the wild wild west approach to brush management. While timber management is more of a hammer and chisel approach; brush management is a hammer approach. We go over cost share, the few, but effective methods, and the creativity is allows.

In this episode, we had on another member of our Land Plan Team of the Habitat Podcast: Phil Lincoln. We learn about Phil's life, passion for training dogs for upland game birds, and his stratedgies for whitetail deer. https://habitatpodcast.com/landplans/ Here is Phil's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/The-Habitat-Guys-100243998532035/

In this epsidoe we interview world renowned wildlife photographer Cody Altizer. In this episode talk with Cody about his humble beginnings hunting whitetail deer in the mountains of Virgina, how he became involved with wildlife photography and filming, and ended the conversation regarding the goals of the Dear Hunter Project podcast and film series. The Dear Hunter Project https://www.youtube.com/...