Drop-Tine Podcast -The official deer management, food plot & habitat podcast

Jason talks with Daniel Vitalis, creator of WildFed about foraging for wild edibles where you hunt and fish. Controlling your food supply has never been more vital than now. Foraging for nutrient dense wild edibles offers medicinal and health benefits that ensure a robust immune system to tackle all diseases.

Drop-Tine Seed Co. is leading a paradigm shift in the way wildlife food plots are established and managed. This all starts with restoring soil health. Furthermore, the "WHY" behind soil health and high species diversity is covered in depth in this podcast with Keith Berns of Green Cover Seed. Jason and Keith discuss the joint venture between Drop-Tine Seed and Green Cover Seed and they get into each of the regen blends from Drop-Tine as well as Jason's pasture cropping system with the Reload seed blends.

PLANT THIS-NOT THAT! Why has the food plot industry missed the mark for so many years? The ONLY deer nutritionists are the deer themselves. Jason talks with Dr. Fred Provenza, author of Nourishment, as the two of them reveal why diverse, polyculture and complementary plantscapes are the key to nourishment and why monoculture food plots are failing to fully nourish and attract white-tailed deer. They discuss why Drop-Tine Seed Co. introduced the Reload series of plantings, and others...

Starkville, MS. Jason talks with Dr. Bronson Strickland, MSU Deer Lab, about the pitfalls of antler restrictions & high grading. They discuss slot limits and perpetual protection of smaller antlered, mature bucks. Beyond QDM - advanced buck harvest strategies - Managing The Thirds

Jason & Grant Snavely discuss a paradigm shift in regenerative wildlife agriculture with Gabe Brown; ND rancher & author of Dirt to Soil. Gabe and Jason discuss the benefits of high diversity cocktail forage blends as opposed to monoculture agriculture. They delve into soil health, soil biology and Dr. Provenza's work on ruminant nutritional wisdom. They discuss the creation of Reload seed blends from Drop-Tine Seed Co. and other soil health building blends.

Starkville, Mississippi. Jason talks with his former college Advisor/Professor and world-renowned deer researcher Dr. Steve Demarais from the MSU Deer Lab at Mississippi State Univ. Jason and Dr. Demarais discuss several instances where on-the-ground observation & university deer research cross paths. Does your buck roam or is he loyal to your hunting property?

Starkville, Mississippi. Jason talks with his former college Advisor/Professor and world-renowned deer researcher Dr. Steve Demarais from the MSU Deer Lab at Mississippi State Univ. Jason and Dr. Demarais discuss several instances where on-the-ground observation & university deer research cross paths. Does your buck roam or is he loyal to your hunting property?

Pennsylvania - Drop-Tine Seed Co. discussion - Jason talks with Tim Kocher and Lenny Lottig about his experience in the wildlife seed industry. Jason explains some of the events that led him to realize that a new seed company, with fresh goals and a transparent understanding of how the industry works, was in high demand.

Temple, TX. The standard chemical soil test completely ignores the organic forms of expensive fertilizer inputs and the microbiology: Organic C, Organic N, Respiration. If your corn food plot only needs 66-0-0 to produce 150 bushels/acre why would the soil lab recommend you spend your money on 126-0-188? It's commonly said that soil testing is inexpensive. Jason argues that standard soil testing is costing us much more! Listen in as Jason talks with Dr. Rick Haney about gaining confidence in your soil biology.

Kutztown, PA-Healthy Soils=Healthy Food=Healthy Deer. Soil biology. No-till food plotting. Jason chats with international speaker/traveler Jeff Moyer of Rodale Institute Kutztown PA. Reducing tillage, Managing weeds, Roller Crimping and no-till drilling food plots. This is a rare peek inside one of Jason's conversations with an early adopter in the industry.