Land & Legacy - Habitat + Hunting

We're back at the woodlands this week discussing the recent success that was had on a 5.5 year old buck we called the Big Ten. We watched this buck grow up! He's gone from a triple beamed 3.5 buck to a giant 10 point buck. This is just another great buck that is a product of habitat ad trigger management, 

This week we have a remarkable story for you and a returning guest to the Land & Legacy podcast. Mike Hinkle is a client and great friend. He is also a dedicated land manager, hunter, and conservationist.  Mike recently harvested a new record deer for his property in North Missouri and is here to share the story of the hunt, but more importantly, the journey to get here. A popular podcast Mike joi...

“It won’t work!” We constantly hear this from cattle farmers across the country. Tune in with us as we join Ryan Parker Quail Forever, Grasslands Coordinating Wildlife Biologist. We discuss grazing natives and the benefits to cattle and wildlife.  Folks don’t know why it won’t work but they know they’ve never seen it done. Did the Buffalo graze fescue to be healthy? What did cattle farmers do befo...

This podcast may hit home for you or encourage you, but you will for sure feel something. It’s the middle of deer season and the results of other success is all around you. Big buck after big buck as your scroll through social media, but the question is are changing your standards at this point or looking for validation? “The mentality that something far less desirable is better than the possibili...

Finding time to improve your farm while having kids and living nearly four hours away can be very difficult, and Jay Dirks won't try to tell you any different, but there is a way!  Jay is a Land & Legacy client from way back and he's seen his property change completely! From timber thinning, burning, and more timber cutting the place has come alive! 

This week we visit with Matt Martin and get a unique perspective from a guy that has been on all sides of land management.  Matt worked for the NRCS, has been a landowner with a NRCS EQIP contract, and now owns a land management business where as a contractor he works for others trying to develop their land   

Hunting the Rut can be tough but it can all change in a instance.

In this podcast we sit down with Ryan DeSantis of Oklahoma State University to discuss forest health. This episode is all about the importance of active forest management. We discuss this from three major angles! First we discuss why forests need to be managed for their overall health. Single aged forests are one step away from being devastated, but diverse aged stands can withstand disease or win...

Time and time again we get asked after we write a management plan what are the next steps. It's a loaded question but the general theme is the same. Start working! Do we do the work ourselves, do we hire contractors? Should we sign up for government cost share? All these questions and more right here on Saw Dust & Fire 

Land & Legacy client Aaron Jordan has had a season to remember! Laying down a 181" Kansas giant is not simple task. This didn't come from accident though, this comes from years of work, planning and habitat restoration. Land & Legacy consultant Kyle Hedges worked with Mr Jordan back in the winter and put together a game plan to start the complete restoration of habitat to not only grow more deer b...

We've all asked that question when running into a buck  we didn't want to leave our farm. Does he stay and just go nocturnal or does he leave the area completely? That's where today's research and podcast topic are crucial in understanding the  needs of whitetail deer and how we can lay out our farm to benefit ourselves in high pressure neighborhoods.  You make think you have thick cover but liste...

We recently asked landowners to reach out to us and tell us about your habitat work. Today we are joined with Cole Shealy from South Carolina to discuss his property, the habitat work he’s done and the results he is seeing as well as the benefits of a prescribed burn association that he’s recently helped start.  

You've heard the talk, scout before season, scout during season, scout while hunting! Blah, Blah, Blah! Most of us don't have the time to scout and play defense with the deer. Good land managers lay out a plan, implement, and reap the rewards.  Zack and Issac Coy have been working to improve their property for years so we discuss the natural transition from food plots to burning. This is a great p...

There are two things that always coincide with treestands, that is safety and comfort. We can all agree on that at least. Every farm has several locations that are always dependable, each and every season. These are perennial stand locations that may require long sits in the tree safely and comfortably.  Vertical Treestands is a newly launched and emerging treestand company that is offering new te...

This week we are joined with Mr Donnie Deaton from the pine thickets of south Arkansas to talk about how to recover from a bad hit on that deer we’ve been targeting. We discuss shot placement, wait times before searching and yep, you guessed it….blood trailing dogs. We even talk about ole Lanky, the dog that chose his human.

This weeks podcast we review the three main ways we hunt and setup farms to be hunted. There are a lot of die hard hunters who cling to stereotypes such as, saddle hunter or rifle hunter. But let’s be real, we do it all, we are hunters!  Specifically on managed private lands, there are three main scenarios you can find yourself in. The first is mobile, that requires a tree saddle. Not every locati...

Rut Predictions are lame. We are basing this on the science, the cold hard facts! The rut happens the same EVERY SINGLE YEAR AT THE SAME TIME!  Sorry to burst the bubble, but it's reality.  This week we break down our rut predictions from the pre-rut phase, lock-down, and the post-rut. We discuss how weather also impacts deer behavior during these time frames and how the moon phase really means no...

Today we are joined with Private Lands Supervisor Ted Zawislak from Arkansas Game & Fish Commission to talk about putting more prescribed fire on the landscape. Prescribed fire is is one of the number one tools in the habitat management tool Box and is essential for creating and maintaining turkey and quail habitat. In this weeks episode we discuss learning to burn and forming PBA’s to help us saf...

Remember that phrase, "You can't kill them from the couch?" That was probably spoken by guys who hunt every waking moment they can and likely put way too much pressure on their farm early in the season. On this podcast we discuss the technique of knowing when to pick the days to hunt and the success that follows. Also, what should you do to clear the field at the end of a hunt in the evening? Tune...

Every year, the term “October Lull” is thrown around as a time frame during a portion of October that some believe mature bucks don’t move within this timeframe and especially not during daylight. This is however false! Mature bucks do move daily throughout October, but we breakdown during this podcast, where, why, and how they move throughout your property. Pressure, heat, food source changes, sc...

None of us like spraying herbicides and we really dislike having to purchase it these days. In this weeks episode, we dove into some of the herbicides we commonly use on our farms and discuss the in’s and out’s that help us save a little money, mix properly and get this not so glamorous job done efficiently and effectively.

We're very excited to share the recent western trip to the mountains and future plans with Rolling Bones Outfitters. For more info on this hunt and application process check out https://landandlegacyhunts.rollingbonesoutfitters.com/ . Chainsaw Chad is still batting .1000 in the mountains going 3/3 on bulls. Stay tuned for his story and what happened with Adam in Utah. This is a first for Land & Le...

Yes, you read the title correctly. It is possible and during this week's podcast, we discuss how the proper trail camera placement will reveal consistent patterns from your target bucks, year after year. This is what we refer to ask "historical information". This past week we've seen our trail cameras light up in certain areas of our farms that don't normally have routine photos of target bucks. T...

Join us as we cover a topic a lot of habitat managers seem to struggle with. We cover easy sprayer calibration, sprayer setups and mixing herbicide for the habitat guy. It’s all way easier than you think!

This podcast covers the full story of a 7.5-year-old buck named Dove Creek 10. Seth Harker has been after this buck for several years and finally, as the 2022 season rolled around, this buck was a regular during daylight. The key takeaways from this hunt were entry and exit, ridge top with consistent winds, annuals/perennial food sources, beating the acorn drop, and shade lines. We will break down...