Land & Legacy - Habitat + Hunting

Bedding thickets and need for providing secure cover is the backbone of a solid hunting property.  In the timber it takes a distinct strategy to create these dense thickets. However they can’t be too thick that only the edges are used. These units also have to have 80-100% sunlight allowed in. So this week we answer the question of how to manage the canopy while managing the debris load of each un...

Not every consultation is created equal. Recently we travel to North Mississippi to work a bottom land floodplain forest property. These sites always have their challenges but we were in for a exciting spin on managing Bottomland forest this week.  After spending several hours on the property, we were stumped the time being. Understanding the function of a property is critical to then making quali...

In this episode we discuss what to do when the typical approach doesn’t work, when it doesn’t make sense to spend the money to fight what you have, working with your property instead of against it & managing your time and money for a higher return.

We talk habitat management 365 days a year because it’s critical to optimizing a landowners success. However, so is a well developed and executed hunting strategy for that specific farm! We tour farms weekly and find most hunters are hunting a farm all wrong! This can easily derail even the highest quality habitat or decrease your success in a great neighborhood with ample mature deer to chase.  D...

They are known as man’s best friend and quickly become a part of the family, they love us unconditionally and their only goal is to spend more time with us. Today we pay tribute to Piper as Hunter talks about his recent loss with her as well as many other four legged friends that have gone too soon.

Kyle and Frank discuss a few herbicides that should be kept on hand at all times for landowners. They also get into the specifics of various herbicides and different times and ways to utilize them. They examine the issues with not only invasive species, but also thick grass, stump treatment and more. Tune in for some tips that might help on your farm this summer.

Creating Brood Rearing habitat in ways other than dormant season fires and disking!

New team member Alan Summerford is doing a fantastic job of managing habitat near his home in Alabama. This cattle farmer has grasped the the concept of managing early successional habitat for wildlife and is literally “setting the woods on fire”.

 How about the fact we’ve lost 3 out of every 4 meadowlarks since 1970?  This is not just a problem for songbirds.  Bobwhite quail, prairie chickens, even deer and turkeys are hurt by the decline of grasslands.  All is not lost, however, as native grassland habitat can be easily restored across the Midwest and South and now is the time to act.  In this episode, Kyle and Frank discuss grassland con...

Using onX features to improve your farm lay out and hunting success!

Sometimes there is a fine line between things we do to take more wildlife and things we do to make more wildlife. Today we are joined with our friend Greg Berndtson take a look at how some of these practices vary from the Southeast to the Northeast.

That means groceries should be abundant across the landscape. Fawns and getting ready to drop and antlers are well on their way to developing. Hunter's minds are shifting towards food plots to  determine the need to plant, just go fallow, or return during the fall to plant.  During this podcast, we go through the different scenarios that way we face on our food plot acres. The approach is differen...

We're discussing the importance of not always following the guidelines!

From the birds we love to hunt, to deer, cattle and even criminals fleeing from the law, they all depend on habitat and we are covering it all today.

What is HuntWorx? Tune in to find out!  Many of you will remember out podcast from August 2022 when we discussed what was in store for the future of Land & Legacy hunts and hunting content in collaboration with Greg Glesinger and Kasey Morgan. #ForLoveoftheLand 

Our perspectives cause us to view things differently and that’s a wonderful thing that helps us be unique and diverse. But in specialized subject matter ignoring training, education, research, science, and historical evidence and information is frustrating for each individual’s viewpoint. Let’s get connected as we discuss bridging the gap to help hunters see things from a habitat managers perspect...

A discussion about the millions of acres of sod forming grasses across the southern US and Thomas tries his hand at politics on the new burn bill to make sure it remains friendly to individual landowners that need to create habitat.

In the Bible, Jesus uses the parable of fruit production in regards to healthy trees and diseased trees. Buckle up! We're applying it to land management!

Brood habitat has been determined to be one of the number one limiting factors across the landscape. Let’s work on fixing it together and have some fun in the process.

Turkeys aren't doing well in the south east but not according to Alan Summerford

Today we are joined with Jeff Craig and Arkansas Game & Fish Commissions Turkey Program Coordinator Jeremy Wood to talk about the status of turkeys in Arkansas. We took a bunch of commonly asked questions and and discussed them to try and address your concerns. If you care about having more birds in Arkansas, or most any state in the Eastern’s range, you should tune in!

We've all heard the importance of how access is regarding recreational property and a solid hunting strategy, however, despite the importance we often meet with folks who are hesitant to change or alter what they have been doing for years. "Old habits are hard to break", couldn't be more true when it comes to access for hunting purposes.  During this episode, we discuss the value of a clean slate...

 We are reviewing a prescribed fire from three weeks ago. We walk through 3 different sites within the prescribed fire units and discuss exactly what we see. We address if we reach our stated goals or not.  As you listen along go checkout the photos posted on our social media channels on April 5th, 2023. These photos will guide you through our conversations and the details in which we see them. We...

Is it the scale in which they live or perhaps the fact that they don't sport unique antler characteristics? Today's podcast is centered around a 365 day approach to turkey management and what a landowner should do to encourage a turkey factor.  We break down the four seasons of a year and specifically the foraging habitat and vegetative communities that support that system. Forage is crucial to co...

This week we take a deep dive into the details of each farm, each region, and the current status of each vegetation type to devise a plan to maximize that land's value for wildlife. There is literally nothing cookie cutter from these visits. Each parcel has its own limiting factors, and limitations, and layout specifics. These variables are the largest considerations when making a well throughout ...