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407: He Accidentally Shot a Buck in the Head, Then It Tried to Kill Him with Mike Hlavaty

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#406 - The Highs and Lows of Our Opening Weekend Public Land Deer Camp

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#405 - He Spent 14 Years Perfecting 26 Acres: Heres What Worked with Gavin Sodders

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404: How He Designed 80 Acres In Michigan So That Bucks Never Leave (Virtual Property Tour) with

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403: Fixed Blade Or Expandable: Which One Actually Kills Faster? with Matt Zahl and Cory Franceus

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402: How He Builds Successful Mock Scrapes On Food Plots with Arron Bleise and Kevin Gross

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Return Of The Deercamp Detour: What It's Actually Like On A 14 Day Fly In Alaska Hunt with Justin Curtis

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401: How Janis Putelis Turned 50 Acres Of Big Woods Into A Whitetail Paradise

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EPISODE 400 SPECIAL! The First 3 Things Mark Drury Does On A New Farm

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399: Turning 40 Acres of Worthless Swamp Into a Big Buck Sanctuary with Joe Allera

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398: Is Some Rain Worse Than No Rain At All For Food Plots? with Lincoln Rohn

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397: Does Killing a 170" Buck in Iowa Make You a Better Hunter?

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396: The Real Reason Michigan's New Baiting Law Doesn't Make Sense with Josh Arborgast

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395: What 20 Years of Food Plotting For Clients Taught Him with Kasey Thren

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394: Two Fields, 250 Yards Apart, Completely Different Deer Pressure — Here's Why with Al Tomechko

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393: He Left His 15-Year Career To Chase His Passion For Land with Cory Franceus

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392: The Biggest Mistake He Made Managing 36 Acres In Illinois with Brent Davis

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391: Stop Wasting Money On Food Plot Seed: Do This Instead with Doug Holmes

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390: The 10-Acre Big Buck Factory He Built Around His House with Dave Hoy

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389: After Multiple Years Of Habitat Work, These 3 Things Worked The Best with Jake Bollinger

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388: Tree Tubes, Cages & The Right Way To Protect Fruit Trees with Cory Franceus and Matt Zahl

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387: The Simple Sprayer That Changed His Food Plot System: Liquid Fertilizer, Clover, and Southern Habitat Strategy with Cale Giddens

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386: New Vitalize Seed Mixes for 2026: Native Mixes Are Here! with Al Tomechko

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385: Turning an Ugly Property Into A Big Buck Haven with Max Wierda

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384: The BEST Budget Food Plot Setup for Deer Hunters with Lincoln Rohn

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383: The Truth About Honeysuckle and Declining Turkey Numbers: Why You Need To Burn Your Property Now!

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#382 - Small Parcel Series: Turning Small Acreage Into a Whitetail Magnet

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#381 - Do You Actually Need A Big Farm To Kill Big Bucks? with Randy Birdsong

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380: Designing A Property To Make Mature Bucks Feel Safe with Lee Vandenbrink of Everland Outdoors

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379: How to Make Deer Move Exactly How You Want Them To Do with Will Hastings

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378: The #1 Reason Mature Bucks Leave Your Property with Matt Bullins

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377: What Finding Shed Antlers Really Means for Your Farm with Ryan Lawrence of Antler Anchor Co

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376: How to Design Water Sources Mature Bucks Actually Use with Waylon Meyer

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375: Why Saddle Hunting Might Be BETTER on Private Land with Cory Godar

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374: Do Mature Bucks Actually Use Hinge Cut Bedding? with Sam Tumberg

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373: New Vitalize Products for 2026: Introducing Vitalize Alfalfa Edge and Soil Fertility Consultations with Al Tomechko

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372: Managing for Big Bucks In STEEP Hill Country: Small Parcel Series with Joel Williamson

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371: Using EQIP To Pay For A Clear Cut of Junk Trees: How Government Programs Can Fund Your Habitat Work with Dave Skinner

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370: From Pharmacy School To Whitetail Expert: How Bobby Kendall Built His Whitetail Empire From Scratch

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369: The Truth Behind Managing An Out of State Deer Property with Steve Taylor

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368: 7 Habitat Myths That Are Ruining Deer Properties with Matt Zahl and Corey Franceus

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367: Should You Shoot Does In The Late Season? with Adam Miller and Nate Rozeveld

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366: Why You Should Be Managing for Grouse To Make Your Deer Habitat Better with

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365: The Habitat Strategy Behind Growing a 179” Tennessee Buck with Justin Curtis

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364: What You Can Do Right Now To Make Your Deer Habitat Better with Blaine Becker

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363: Make Deer Behavior Work For Your Property with Nick Pullano

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362: Redemption In Iowa! Hunt Breakdown of Hutchy's 2025 Iowa GIANT

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361: The Annual Van Hees Deer Camp Podcast! Northern Michigan Deer Camp Recap!

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360: HP Double! Hunt Break Downs of Jared's Iowa Buck and Matt's First Michigan Buck From His New Property!

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359: Don't Make This Mistake In The Spring: Why Right Now Is The BEST Time To Order Your Fruit Trees with Frank Brock of Morse Nursery

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358: He Had Tony Lapratt, Jeff Sturgis, and Jake Ehlinger on His Property! Deercamp.Detour at the Steve Taylor Michigan Deer Camp!

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357: Early Season Success: Hunt and Habitat Recap with Al Tomechko

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356: Successful Food Plots In The Big Woods Of Michigans Upper Peninsula with Gerald Casperson

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355: Iowa 101: What To Expect On Your First Iowa Bow Hunt with Arron Bleise | The Deercamp Detour

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354: The 1st annual Habitat Podcast Patreon Hunt in West Virginia!

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#353 - What You Can Actually Do To Combat EHD: Ecosystem Health and Water Quality with Zach Hass of EHDefense

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352: Drought Season Reality Check: When Mother Nature Wins, You Pivot with Matt and Doug Holmes of Downburst Seeders

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351: The BEST Way To Cut Steep Hills, Managing Hill Country Habitat, and Dealing with Autumn Olive with Scott Limer

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350: Soil Testing 101: Why It Matters for Sustainable Agriculture with Dr. Patrick Freeze of Ward Labs

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349: The RIGHT Way To Fix Failing Food Plots with Al Tomechko of Vitalize Seed

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348: Why You Should ALWAYS Clean Your Sprayer Before Spraying Fertilizers, Fixing A Failing Food Plot, and Overlooked Blind Locations You Haven't Thought About with Matt Zahl

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347: Understanding Different Soil Types, How Soil Impacts Tree Plantings, and Creating Bulletproof Access with Jake Hofer

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346: The Importance of Native Plants for A Balanced Ecosystem with Kent & Nick from Prairie Farm Podcast

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345: Using CRP To Turn a Marginal Michigan Farm Into Big Buck Heaven with Jordan Browne

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344: Building A Better Whitetail Property in Iowa with John Mulligan

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343: Brand New Into Habitat Management: David Riley Jr's First Ever Food Plot

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342: How To Effectively Use Cover Crops For Better Soil Health with Kevin Gross

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341: Using Tree Planting Cages As A Funnel To A Waterhole with Angelo Giannoni

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#340 - The Evolution Of Hunting Shows and TV: How Much The Digital Age Has Changed Filming Hunts with Matt Bullins

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339: Summertime Control Burns, Native Grass Plantings, and Deer Season Prep!

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338: From Touring with A Rock Band To Maryland Deercamp: Getting Into Hunting Later In Life with Cj Wilson

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337: Turning Tillable Into Tourism: How Corey Sullivan Is Making Money With A U-Pick Flower Business On His Hunting Property

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336: Fall Food Plot Time Is Almost Here: Till vs No Till, New Vitalize Seed Products, and Putting In Food Plots No Matter What Equipment You Have with Al Tomechko

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335: Northern 70 Update: Cleaning Up The Mess (Still) From The Ice Storm, Improving Roads With A Bulldozer, and The Importance of Safety and Caution with Pat Cross and Greg Van Hees

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334: Michigan Food Plot and Logging Update, Pennsylvania Deer Camp Traditions, and Being a Better Woodsman: the.deercamp.podcast with Beau Martonik

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333: Southern Illinois Food Plots, Logging A New Piece of Property, and Spring Plots vs. Fall Planting Strategies with Jordan Hanks

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322: Habitat Improvement On Family Land That Doesn't Want Habitat Work Done with Nate Rozeveld

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331: Spring Habitat Checklist: What You Should Be Doing NOW!

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330: Habitat Land Plan Before and After: 5 Years Of Results From Habitat Management on 80 Acres In Northern Michigan with Bobby Roop

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329: Shawn Luchtel of Heartland Bowhunter: Adding Water and Native Grasses to his Missouri and Kansas Farms

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328: When Is The Best Time To Plant Your Spring Food Plots and What Amendments Should You Use With Your Food Plot Seeds with Al Tomechko, Jake Bollinger, and Andy Hutchens

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327: Habitat Land Plan Recap: Managing 40 Acres in the Wisconsin North Woods and Building An Off Grid Solar Powered Cabin!

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326: Using NRCS Contracts To Pay For Habitat Improvement, Manipulating Deer Movement With Chainsaws, and Cutting To Create Better Bedding with Al Tomechko of Vitalize Seed Company

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325: The Small Parcel Series: Hinge Cutting on 40 Acres, Creating Travel Corridors, and Using Aerial Maps To Better Understand Your Property with Lee Vandenbrink of Aerial Wildlife Solutions

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324: Holding Deer on 30 Acres, Adding Fruit and Chestnut trees, and the ethics of crossbow hunting with Matt Zahl and Andy Hutchens

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323: Iowa Shed Hunting On A DREAM Whitetail Farm

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322: How to Enhance Land Value and Profitability, Getting Started With Homesteading, and Creating a Community Around A Business with Chase Burns

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321: PROOF That Hinge Cutting Is The Best Way To Create and Improve Deer Bedding Habitat with Thomas Rovery

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320: Why You Should Be Using E-Bikes To Hunt Your Property with Dieter Kochan of Faceoff E-Bikes!

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319: Everything You Need To Know About Trees and Ordering Trees For Your Property, What Cutting Should You Be Doing Right Now, and The Springtime Habitat Checklist with Matt Zahl and Andy Hutchens

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315: The Complete Guide To Switchgrass for Habitat Management: Everything You Need To Know with Roger Sampson

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318: Lincoln Rohn - Food Plotting in Some of The WORST Soil Imaginable, Fighting The Drought, and The Best Damn Food Plot Implement I've Ever Used

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317: Mark Kenyon - Regenerative Agriculture for Food Plots, Adding More Native Grasses, and The Past, Present, and Future of Fish and Wildlife Across The Country

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316: New Vitalize Seed Mixes! New products from Vitalize, New Website, and Spring Food Plot Plan with Al Tomechko

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314: The Small parcel series: Fixing habitat mistakes made on 10 acres in Pennsylvania with Lucas Jones

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313: Creating a deer hunters dream farm in Ohio hill country, Removing Autumn Olive, and The Ohio Forest Tax Law program with Cody Jarrett

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312: What you need to be doing right NOW for habitat management! January habitat management, compartmentalizing your property, and strategic infrastructure with Matt Zahl

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311: Start your engines (Chainsaws)! Off season timber stand improvement and new habitat podcast segments for 2025 with Corey Sullivan

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310: A Complete Guide to Infrastructure and Erosion Control with Chris Howell

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309: The Small Parcel Series: Control burns and screening on 6 acres in North Carolina!