In this Episode, Colin is joined by Sam Tumberg, Owner of Purpose Filled Habitat Management based out of Minnesota.

Sam talks about his background how he grew up hunting on their family dairy farm as a young man, and his journey as a bow hunter and habitat manager. Colin talks about how both of their farms are very similar in many different ways, and both have done similar habitat improvements.

Sam talks about switchgrass planting methods, what his main goals are when using switchgrass, and some of the ways he has enhanced his switchgrass for bedding. Sam and Colin discuss some of their experiences after visiting with many clients who utilize switchgrass on their property and talk about their observations.

Sam Talks about old field management and how to go about killing and managing cool-season grasses to promote more forbs and woody browse within these open areas on his property. Colin Talks about planting pollinator blends in areas where there are very little native seeds in the seed bank, and also how to fallow some areas to reduce his herbicide use on his farm.

Sam discusses his techniques while using edge feathering on his farm and explains the benefits it has for adding depth of cover, screening, buck sneak trails, and other benefits for many species of wildlife.

Sam closes out the discussion with a story of a buck he killed two years ago on his farm that ended up scoring just over 180", and how he got to reap the rewards of his hard work building habitat on their farm. https://www.pfhabitat.com/ https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCJISSzxSOTMtVBhGIT-fFrQ https://www.legendaryhabitat.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@legendaryhabitatllc7649/videos https://www.instagram.com/legendary_habitat/