Jason talks advanced trail camera tips with Rich Howell of trailcampro.com Rich details the intensive testing program that his company puts all trail cameras through and he reveals his overall first choice of trail cameras. New information is revealed about the best battery type to use and how to save money and improve photo quality with battery selection. Listen to the entire podcast as Rich offers Drop-Tine listeners a fantastic deal ONLY in the month of March! Trail camera accessories and mounts that you GOTTA have.

Jason and Tim talk with Jeremy Moore of Dog Bone Hunter about the increasing popularity in training dogs to find shed antlers.  Jeremy shares his tips and strategy for working with shed dogs from day one.  Jeremy details the difference between "raising" NOT "training" a dog.  Discussion turns to the shock collars and Jeremy's opinion on them might not be what you'd think. Which breed is best? Jason discusses shed dog training products.

Jason and Tim talk with Dr. Marcus Lashley to set the record straight on hinge cutting and the hot new topic of "mineral stumps" for deer. The discussion compares the most popular habitat improvement projects that every landowner can tackle: mineral stumps, hinge cutting and hack and squirt. The "deer guys" discuss when to apply each practice and Dr. Lashley shares his ground breaking research showing massive upregulation of key antler growing nutrients from the roots of freshly cut trees to the mineral sprouts are readily accessible to deer.  The why, when, how and science behind mineral stumping for deer. Increasing carrying capacity for deer.

Bonus episode-interview with Christian Berg, Editor of Petersen's Bowhunting.  Christain shares his favorite new bowhunting gadgets and bow technology for 2018; Primos Surround View ground blind,Glory Nock lighted nocks,Garmin Xero bow sight with built in range finder and adjusting aiming point. Mathews Triax, Hoyt Carbon RX1,Prime Logic, Bowhunting's March NEW Gear Guide, www.bowhuntingmag.com,Facebook.com/cbergbowhunt

Jason and Tim chat with Drop-Tine client Joe Switzer about his whitetail property.  Joe hired Jason to help him develop his property, part of which was a beautiful 9 hole public golf course that Joe wanted to transform into a hunting property, irrigation and all!  Joe shares his "game changers" that have afforded him the opportunity to hunt big, mature bucks in a state that is not known for selective hunters.  Joe discussing soil samples, food plots, fertilization and his love for hunting from his Redneck Blinds.  Jason discusses "maternal effects" or the phenomenon often observed on well-managed properties that results in whitetails that express their full genetic potential. Joe tells of his success in managing his clover plot long term and his desire to keep it going forever.  Winter hardy clover; frost seeding; Organic fertilizer and hunting giant whitetails with the bow in eastern Montana.

Jason interviews Brad Doyle http://www.eagleseed.com/ from the legendary soybean company: Eagle Seeds.  Get your cliffs notes PhD in plant breeding as brad shares the differences between forage soybeans and conventional ag beans and how that relates to our whitetail food plot needs. Brad explains how you can double the total number of branches on a soybean plant (more grain!) and produce larger leaves that equate to more biomass for deer.  More biomass equate to larger antlers. Learn about soybean maturity groups and which is best for your application. Brad and Jason discuss why soybeans that are bred to be green long after your farmers are brown and harvested equates to larger antlers and a forage crop that is known as the "King of Protein." We tell how tall, vining forage soybeans also serve as cover for mature bucks.  Maximizing a bucks genetic potential for antler growth with forage. Some soybean companies advertise their products high oil content but brad discusses the physiological evidence that high soybean oil comes only at a cost of lower protein content: an inverse relationship! Learn about shatter resistance and does it really matter? Learn about deer research by Dr. Steve Demarais, Dr. Bronson Strickland and Dr. Marcus Lashley. Learn why its important to read seed bag labels.  Maternal effects in whitetails. Jason discusses why he dislikes the over use of the "P" word: Preference.  Brad offers the science behind why showing preference is a little more complicated than sitting in your stand and observing whitetails.  Eagle offers conventional ag beans of all maturity groups as well as their famous forage beans.

Personal and professional backgrounds of Drop-Tine Podcast hosts Jason Snavely and Tim Kocher.  Jason explains WHY he decided to jump start this new platform of chatting about everything whitetails.  Jason and Tim further discuss the similarities and differences in their backgrounds and how they came together to build the Drop-Tine Podcast.