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This week on Fist Full of Dirt it’s part 1 of our Halloween special. Listeners have sent in their best spooky stories and we threw in a few of our own. Gather around the campfire with your family and listen together. Listen here: Fist Full of Dirt is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher. To follow
Bobby Cole | Originally published in GameKeepers: Farming for Wildlife Magazine. To subscribe, click here. It’s a fact that you can attract and hold waterfowl if you plant areas with specific crops. We really don’t refer to them as food plots when in regards to waterfowl, but in essence, that’s what they are. Ducks, just like deer
As a landowner, you may ask yourself the question our network of rural land and property specialists is asking daily: “How much is my land worth?” With the rural land market experiencing unprecedented activity due to high demand from buyers wanting more space and a desire to escape, land prices have increased over the past
A Comprehensive Guide to Buying Rural Land Step 1: Why do you want to purchase land? Many Americans dream of owning a place to escape the daily grind and connect with the great outdoors, whether it’s a coastal getaway, a mountain retreat, or a piece of land in Rural America for hunting, fishing, farming, and
Gerald Almy With the flood of informational articles and video material on food plots coming out in recent years, it would seem everything about the subject has been said. Maybe that’s part of the problem, too much information, and not all of it totally accurate. Articles, TV shows, DVDs, podcasts, blogs, books…so much material has
Roger Burge 1. WHAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MANAGING A POND THAT YOU SEE OVERLOOKED? Harvest of bass and crappie is the most important, and often overlooked aspect of pond management. An owner can spend thousands of dollars stocking, fertilizing, liming, and feeding without any positive results if the predator population is too dense.
Acorns produced from the white oak tree are one of the most desired foods by many game species. It’s arguably the best food whitetails have for packing-on fat for winter. Andrew Walters | Originally published in GameKeepers: Farming for Wildlife Magazine. To subscribe, click here. As wildlife managers, we understand the significance of hard mast producing trees, particularly oak trees.
Heath Wood By now, most deer hunting seasons have ended across the country. Whether you are saving money for an upcoming taxidermy bill or warming the pot up on the stove to fix a warm bowl of tag soup, you are probably also reminiscing about the past hunting season and wondering what you can improve on next
The oak tree is essential to wildlife, and Gamekeepers and hunters alike know the value in a producing oak tree. Acorns provide the protein, carbohydrates and fats animals need to survive the winter. Let’s look at identifying acorns, what acorns are most desirable and when acorns are available. NOT ALL ACORNS ARE CREATED EQUAL If you have been backcountry camping,
Provided by Mossy Oak Properties Rural land can be much more than just something you enjoy with your loved ones. Sometimes, Mother Nature contains valuable resources investors or companies are itching to get their hands on. Hence, mineral rights. Also known as a mineral estate, mineral rights are just what their name implies: The right of
