Hunt The Land

This podcast is devoted to all the gear purchases we've made in the past and have come to regret. We flip-flop back in forth in this episode highlighting our most regretted gear purchases including trail cameras, arrows, attractants, camo, and much more!

This week is all about trail camera strategy. First we break down our trail camera strategies for private land from September through late-season. We then talk about our current and future camera placement on public land. Sit back and enjoy as we tackle another subject in anticipation of deer season!

Being able to age bucks on the hoof is very important to fulfilling harvest management goals. We are talking all about aging bucks this week. First we break down what body characteristics should be used in each age class of buck and discuss the best way to tell them apart. We finish with tips on making accurate age estimates and common mistakes to avoid while aging deer.

We are catching up after a weekend full of trail camera checks, food plot work, and dove hunting. Discussion includes updates from Moriah's NC trail cameras, stories from the annual Turner farm dove hunt, and much more.

This week we are talking about Moriah's recent bow limb malfunction that has lead to a bow switch for this season. We also cover at length our experience with different bow sights, the releases we will use this year, our favorite arrow rests, and other archery gear essentials!

This episode is all about treestands. We cover stands that we use on public hunting ground as well as our favorite stands for private land hunting. Don't forget your safety harness and accompanying equipment, we are discussing safety gear and how we use it too!

Today we are talking all about the harvest decision for bucks and how we have arrived at the buck harvest goals we have on public and private property. Everyone has the right to decide whether or not they want to harvest a legal buck or not. We are talking about this decision and the dynamics between hunters and their different views on passing bucks. To finish off the episode we talk about the bucks we are watching for this year and what it will take to make us pull the trigger on a buck.

Everything you need to know to prepare and plant your fall food plots! We are covering what our favorite plantings are and why we choose these over others. We also discuss annual and perennial mixtures and the pros and cons of each as well as good planting techniques for establishing both.

This week we are discussing the pros and cons of different broadheads we have used and why we use Swhackers and Rage Broadheads now. We also cover our most recent public land scouting experiences, dissecting buck bedding areas in swamps, marshes, and hills.

In this episode we cover the process we follow when selecting and scouting public hunting properties during summer. We discuss using Google Earth, GPS, onX Maps, trail cameras, and boots on the ground to find that perfect tree to hunt this fall along with some examples from recent scouting trips of our own.

In episode 2 we dive into public land scouting in the Mississippi delta, recent velvet bucks on trail camera, tips on making your food plot a dove killing field, and how to set doe harvest goals. We cover, in detail, the reasons to record trail camera, hunter observation, and harvest data, plus we tell you how to collect this data for yourself.

This week we take an in depth view of our 2017 hunting seasons examining what we did wrong, what we learned, and how we can apply these lessons to the 2018 hunting season.

In our first episode we introduce ourselves beginning with our hunting histories and how we became interested in wildlife management. We cover the creation of Hunt The Land and share our vision for the future of the podcast and blog.