Whitetail Landscapes - Hunting & Habitat Management

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Mark Haslam (Southeast Whitetail) discuss upcoming land management projects and get into the details of analyzing hunting season data. Jon discusses leaving trail cameras to collect data. Mark discusses his land management tactics that have allowed eight mature bucks on his property. Mark explains local hunting pressure and dog hunting for deer. Mark explains how to minimize the impact of dog hunting on his property. Jon explains the best time of year to consult.Mark explains post season analysis data that he is most focused on, that many hunters overlook. Fetal aging, in concert with weight, tooth wear aging, fat content is critical information that allows much knowledge of the herd status and health to support critical property management decisions. Mark explains postseason planning, such as timber contracts, discing, burning, timber stand improvement, and food plots.  Mark explains the first consideration he believes any landowner should make before any decision is made to improve a hunting property.Mark discusses his predator focus this year and what his plans are to support turkey population improvements. Mark details the steps he is taking to improve his property, from cutovers to planting. Mark explains food plot planting and essentials, while considering neighbors that benefit your overall strategy. Jon discusses how to get the highest return on investment and the problems with those that are unable to use fire on the landscape. Mark explains some key food plot considerations that will change your food plot game.Social Linkshttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=enSoutheast Whitetail – Habitat, Conservation & VenisonSoutheast Whitetail (@southeast.whitetail) • Instagram photos and videos Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Josh Streichert  (JWS Logging) discuss aggressive hunting tactics that produce big bucks. Josh explains his hunting season, how he finds success and tactics that are ideal per the time of year to ensure you get on a target deer.Rattling deer as an option to pull deer into hunting locations. Using a hunting scout method to narrow down a deer’s movement and get intel. Why does sometimes come into rattling sequences and how to approach hunting near bedding areas. Josh explains why deer are drawn to certain areas and how to take advantage of terrain and pinch points.Josh explains hunting out of state, timing of when to select certain areas. Josh details how he breaks down an area and what he does and does not consider when he selects a hunting location. Josh explains how he evades hunting pressure on public property. Josh explains the non-obvious features that lead to better hunting, and how to assess hill country and strategies that drive decisions to hunt high value areas.  Josh explains why maps and topography are just the starting point to making actual hunting decisions that will lead to success. Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more awesome content!Social Linkshttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=en Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Rocky Burrus (SA Farm Management Service) discuss focusing on target deer, misses and data collection. Rocky explains the difficulties in finding ammunition, and long-distance shooting. Rocky describes his failures and not killing a target buck and having a friend/worker kill his target deer. Jon and Rocky detail their weapon choices and how to care for and handle weapons.Rocky and Jon discuss client success and questions being asked by clients. Rocky discusses the number one question that is asked about managing deer, what we can control as it pertains to deer and age class objectives. Rocky explains the tough decision passing deer and choices he made this season.Rocky and Jon examine aging deer with pictures, the best techniques and thinking more about the time of year and weight status of deer. Rocky explains when the best time to age deer is via trail camera pictures. Jon discusses antler scoring deer in pictures and using this data as a baseline to establish quality. Rocky explains how to get out comparanoia of deer antlers and regions of the US.Rocky discusses late season trail camera strategy. Jon discusses all season trail camera tactics. Rocky breaks down where to hunt bucks and does and the reality of passing deer late in the season.Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more awesome content!Social Linkshttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=enSA FARMS Management Service | Facebookhttps://www.instagram.com/safarmmanagementservice/?hl=en Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Kenny Kane (Generations Forestry) discuss forest management strategies and land improvement. Kenny breaks down his hunting season and his success and failures. Kenny explains a trip out of state and his success on a big Colorado elk.Kenny details the significance of a forest management plan and how to consider short and long term options. Kenny explains problems that persist on a client property and how to attack complications to ensure goals are met. Forest management techniques and changes allow for the opportunity to increase and improve habitat for deer and other wildlife. Kenny explains mistakes that landowners make that can be remedied and options to improve a woodlot. Jon and Kenny discuss how to break down a property into zones. Kenny describes prescriptions to support changes that will make a forest setting more productive for deer and deer hunting. Jon and Kenny discuss bad decisions regarding logging that hinder a property and how money sometimes impacts our decisions too much.Kenny goes through the entire process of analyzing a woodlot. Kenny details each item he considers with a client property, to include what species to remove. Kenny breaks down the option to remove trees, and what are some of the best treatment options to remove trees and brush. Kenny discusses chemical options and methods of hack and squirt, stump cutting, and basal bark spray.  Kenny explains how to remove specific tree species, and how to evaluate the understory and what steps are needed each year to make sure the property improves. Jon and Kenny discuss ways to improve the number of oaks on the landscape and evaluate strategies that will get the landowner ahead to produce more acorns and seedlings. Kenny explains methods to measure light and ensure enough light reaches the forest floor for regeneration. Jon and Kenny discuss balancing goals when thinking through each improvement, forest regeneration and what tree species should be maintained across the landscape for deer.Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more awesome content!Social Linkshttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=enHome - Generations ForestryKenny Kane (@kenjkane) • Instagram photos and videos Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Anthony Barnum (Outdoor Writer) discuss family traditions and recent success on killing a top end buck.  Jon explains his status on the upcoming consultant season and future client work into 2023 and 2024. Anthony details having sons growing up in the outdoors and the details of breaking down the movement of his target buck.Anthony explains more about the standing of this hunting property and logging status. Anthony explains teaching his sons to hunt and having them set goals on their own. Anthony explains his boy’s ultimate goals and mentoring his younger son into the first hunting season.Anthony and Jon discuss how older age class deer may use properties. Anthony and Jon discuss naming and identifying deer. Anthony breaks down a specific deer that he was able to harvest. Anthony explains each step of analyzing trail camera data, and working several angles to capitalize on a mature buck.Anthony explains why logging can be the best thing for your property. Anthony explains his opinion on if logging near hunting season can hurt a property. Jon explains his thoughts on logging, timeframe and a trick you can perform during hunting season that will draw in deer. Anthony discusses the fine work that is now required after logging occurs and how to leverage your logger to ensure the operations aligns with final objectives.Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more awesome content!Social Linkshttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=en Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) discusses success when it comes to hunting big bucks. Jon explains his opening gun season successes and what he perceives as failures. Jon details every aspect of his hunt to include passing up a mature buck and what brought him success on opening day of gun season.Jon explains when to be intrusive on your property and going after mature bucks when the time is right. Jon discusses family traditions, mindset and his own family journey as it pertains to children and hunting. Jon explains goals and what to consider when trying to get most out of your hunting experience. Jon breaks down what he considers the dark period of hunting season and what becomes a key interest area to focalize deer.Jon details property layout considerations for hunting season and what makes a more successful hunt. Further, discussion on vegetation and food sources are critical to the property layout and design. Jon explains key food plot options that will get your deer moving and killable.Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more awesome content!Social Linkshttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=en Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Bill Thompson (Spartan Forge) discuss when to hunt and predictive modeling. Bill upsets the idea that weather is everything when it comes to deer movement. Bill's business and application, Spartan Forge, utilizes Global Position Data (GPS) to analyze deer movement and related trends. Bill explains factors that are analyzed to understand deer as it relates to movement and what data trends he sees generally and regionally that impact his algorithm.Bill's tools analyze trends related to herd status, seasonal status (i.e. breeding), drought and other factors to diagnose movement. Bill discusses when cold snaps matter as it pertains to movement patterns and breaks down regional differences that get deer on their feet. Bill discusses the range of movement for deer and why some deer have preferences to travel miles and various breeding strategies of each. Bill discusses the primary and secondary ruts and trends in breeding. Bill discusses deer weight loss after the rut.Bill explains why he doesn’t prefer all-day hunting and how the movement he analyzes doesn’t fit necessarily into the all-day trends we anticipate. Bill explains why vegetation and related cover trumps terrain as it pertains to deer preferences during the rut. Bill weighs cover versus food as it relates to movement and priorities, especially as it pertains to daylight movement.Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more awesome content!Social LinksSpartan Forge – SPARTAN FORGEhttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=en Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Jake Ehlinger (Habitat Solutions 360) discuss Jake's hunting season. Jake breaks down how he hunts and manages his property. Jake and Jon discuss trail camera data and the use of cellular cameras versus non-cellular cameras, and trail camera placement.Jake explains his hunting season, frequency and timing of hunts so far and how this October has been unique compared to most. Jake identifies how he has improved his food plots and problems he’s experienced based on the growing conditions with soybeans. Jake and Jon discuss habitat improvements during hunting season and why sometimes it's necessary to support productive hunting. Jake discusses water utilization and water holes during dry or draughty conditions and the benefit to property design and hunting.Jon and Jake discuss including observation tree stands locations into the property designs and how these can help survey deer. Jake discusses use of chicory and clover around his switchgrass areas and how food plots direct movement to trail cameras and hunting. Jake converses about individual deer behavior and how certain deer become more challenging based on their habits. Jon discusses aggressive tactics he has taken this season to catch up to a mature buck.Jake discusses agricultural impacts on the landscape, acorns and other factors that impact hunting. Jake and Jon discuss barometric pressure and the ability to hunt specific areas based on environmental factors. Jon discusses strategy around neighboring pressure and gun hunting. Jake explains his concerns related to deer density and how his property produces great late season hunting.Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more awesome content!Social Linkshttp://habitatsolutions360.com/https://www.facebook.com/HabitatSolutions360https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCetSptPTK0gmg0BE5oRnTTAhttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=en Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes), discusses what is occurring this time of year with his business. Jon explains his personal hunting situation, and examples of how he is going after target deer. Jon explains how he is breaking down individual deer and what he is considering at the time he goes after them.Jon discusses hunting private and public land. Also, unmanaged ground is the least preferred by his clients and how they can be optimized to save time afield. Jon explains how managed properties can not only pull in the best deer in the neighborhood but how you can control movement making the hunt more efficient.Jon explains his ideal setups for pre-rut and rut periods and how he plans out each hunt. Jon explains what he pays attention to during the rut and what trail camera data can tell you. Jon recommends that landowners or leases take the time to understand their goals and sit and think about improvements that can be made to improve your hunting property. Last, Jon explains how to create a better rut property with his simple to use tactics.Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more awesome content!Social Linkshttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=en Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes), Steve Sherk (Sherk’s Guide Service) discusses hunting tactics and advanced strategies. Steve discusses his tactics leading into the rut and how to handle the October lull. Steve and Jon discuss trends this October and key movement days noted throughout the month so far.Steve and Jon explain the factors they weigh when deciding to hunt a deer and what is the most considered factor as they approach October through November. Jon explains his opinion on the moon and its impact on deer movement. Steve breaks down his hunts and how he is tracking a few deer he is going after. Jon and Steve discuss calling in deer during the early rut phase and how blind calling may be one of the better options for hunters. Jon explains how to get more bucks on your property and what you can do to design around big bucks.Steve and Jon discuss rut strategies and when they start to focus on scrapes during this period. Steve explains the trends of communication in areas and when scrapes will be the hottest during that initial breeding period. Steve explains the latter half of the breeding and the key methods to finding mature deer. Jon discusses late season hunting and what trends he sees based on gun season periods where he hunts.  Jon and Steve explain why they both hunt and what they have enjoyed over the years and how they would suggest the listeners think through this hunting season.Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more awesome content!Social LinksSherk's Guide Service – Guided Deer Hunts (sherksguideservice.com)Sherk's Guide Service - Home | FacebookSteve Sherk Jr. (@sherksguideservice) • Instagram photos and videoshttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=en Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.