In this episode Colin talks with Dr. Jim Brauker Owner of Extreme Deer Habitat.

Jim talks about the biggest mistakes he sees landowners make while improving their property for better deer habitat, and how to avoid these mistakes while implementing habitat improvements.

Colin talks about some common things he sees while visiting clients each year, and things he has learned while going back to client properties.

Jim Discusses the importance of understanding what your goals are, and the different objectives within these goals.

Jim discusses Hinge cutting and how important of a tool it is when used correctly and enough is done to let sunlight in to the forest floor.

Colin discusses different hinge cutting tips he uses while cutting on client properties, and the ideal amount of sunlight he has found best given the landowner goals and property layout//soil quality.

Jim talks about starting a deer hunting co-op and how he has had personal success while being involved in the Bean Creek co-op. He also talks about how to approach neighbors and how not to approach neighbors in order to get more hunters on board with the group's mutual goals.

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In this episode Colin talks with Jaden Bjorkland owner of Northland Habitat.

Jaden Talks about starting with what your goals are as a landowner and hunter, and how to create a plan to fit those goals.

Colin talks about how he recommends clients go about managing clear cuts, Jaden talks about what he sees on properties he visits, and what works and what doesint.

Colin talks about managing new growth in these clear cut areas within high deer densities and how he's found ways to help that.

Jaden talks about setting realistic goals for clearcut diversity and growth depending on soil and moisture. He also talks about how to stack diversity within the timing of the cut.

Jaden talks about the importance of managing invasives in these areas so they don't become bigger problems down the road.

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In this Episode Colin is joined by Lee Vanderbrink (Part owner/founder of Aerial Wildlife Solutions.

Lee Breaks down how he got started in the hunting industry, and how it has progressed him getting into drone services and what his goals are for the business.

Lee talks about what sets Aerial Wildlife Solutions apart from others, and how they can offer some of the highest quality maps for your property.

Colin discusses how useful maps are while consulting, and how they enable us to see details and changes from year to year while developing a hunting property.

Lee talks about their Herd Surveys and what they have learned from them while flying properties during the offseason.

Lee & Colin talk about their hunting seasons, and the challenges they faced, and how they learned from them. Colin Talks about key hunting observations, and how trail cameras can sometimes be misleading.

Lee talks about what's next for AWS, the new maps they are offering for 2025, and how they have adapted to better fit their customer's needs.

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In this episode Colin Koskinen is Joined by Kip Adams who is the Chief Conservation Officer for National Deer Association.

Kip discusses the biology behind the whitetail biology breeding season and when it happens in each region of the Midwest.

Colin talks about some buck/doe ratios observations and what he has seen on his northern MI farm. Kip talks about ideal radios that we should strive for on small properties.

Kip talks about buck excursions during the rut and what research has shown on how far these bucks travel.

Colin talks about how he tries to build properties that can have great pre rut stand locations and build habitat to hold doe family groups and also relive social stress.

Kip talks about how overlooked the aspect of social pressure is between bucks and doe's and what times of the year are most critical.

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In this Episode, Colin Koskinen and Joe Allera AKA "The Boogieman" discuss pre-rut strategies and current observations on private and public land.

Joe breaks down his small property where he has done extreme habitat work, and how it has improved his overall hunting. Colin asks some follow-up questions since he was out on the property cutting timber for Joe in the spring.

Colin Talks about some recent Research out of Penn State University showing some studies on buck travel distances during the breeding season and how that can both help or hurt you on a small property.

Joe discusses his strategies on his home property and how he has consistently killed big bucks by hunting the fringes and only going in when he knows his odds are high of killing a good buck.

Colin talks about how trail cameras can often give you the full representation of what deer are doing on your property, and how important key deer behavior observations are from the stand.

Joe Talks about his Public land strategies and how he works around common challenges many of us face when hunting public land. Joe talks about how to be aggressive in some situations and when to play it safe.

In this Episode, Colin Sits down with Brad Harper Owner of Harper Growing Solutions. They talk about spring food plots, Improving Soils with cover crops, using liquid fertilizers to improve soil quality, and planting spring fruit trees.

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In this episode, Colin Is joined by well-renowned Michigan whitetail bow hunter John Eberhart.

John discusses how he breaks down both public and private land hunting locations. John goes into detail about what to look for when scouting these areas, and how to hunt them with many outside factors that are continually changing.

John talks about the Importance of Security cover and details how to hunt these bedding areas, and how many times he hunts them before moving to a new location.

Colin discusses with John how security cover can be too thick, and deer will not want to use those areas. Colin Gives an example of similar situations on personal and client properties.

John gives an example of a property he was scouting for another landowner and how important the surrounding properties play into your hunting success.

John goes into some things he uses E-scouting for, and also the things that cannot be seen just by using E-scouting.

Colin talks about situations where boots-on-the-ground scouting or consulting is critical for a client's success and his ability to give solid recommendations to a hunter/landowner.

In this episode, Colin is joined by a good friend and Whitetail Habitat Consultant Jake Hendrickson.

Jake tells the story of his most recent mature buck he harvested on his highly managed Michigan property, and how he strategically created a game plan to get this buck in daylight and have an encounter with him, and his plan was executed perfectly.

Colin Gives an update on how his season has gone thus far, a recent encounter with a great 3-year-old buck he calls "Crab Claw 7", and several other Hunting observations he has made on how the deer are using new habitat improvements on the farm this year.

Jake and Colin Discuss some of the observations they have made about buck's core areas and home ranges, and how that is very dependent on your buck to doe ratio, habitat quality, and hunting pressure.

Colin Discusses Hunting Scrapes and some key things to be looking for right now with collecting the most recent data and observations. Jake and Colin talk about several situations were having lots of mock scrapes on your property can really increase daylight mature buck activity on your property.

Lastly we wrap things up by discussing what might be one of the greatest weeks of the season, breaking down why this weather front is so good, and some other key tips when breaking down weather for mature buck activity.

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