Ep. 114 Chemical Warfare 2.0

In this episode, I started off reading one of my favorite essays from Aldo Leopold from his collection of essays called, "The River of the Mother of God". The Ecological Conscience was a collection of personal examples Aldo Leopold experienced under the guise of conservation. After reading this, I came unglued. I was angry. I have my patience with the current status of so-called conservation in this country. God bless to the landowners either in state or out of state that work with locals to give them access to land. God bless those that take a kid or a veteran or disabled hunting. God bless those that are tired of the status quote and fire up a chain or light a drip torch. God bless those that listen to the scientist getting the funding to fund a fire ecology study or early successional studies. Thank you to the ones that care for the next one's turn.
60 Year Prescribed Fire Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjww5GYne7Y
Doug Duren's Sharing the Land
https://www.sharingtheland.com/

Correction: I did mention about this 60 year Prescribed Fire Study here is the correct amount of browse per acre depending on the intervals
1 year intervals: 200#/acre
2 year interval: 400-500#/acre
3 year interval: 6000-800#/acre
Never burned: 25-100#/acre
But this took place in Florida with more denser plant communities and longer growing season. It would be interesting to see the amount of the browse from these fire intervals in the Midwest or New England

In this episode, I chat with a good friend of the show Al Tomechko of Vitalize Seed. Al is a driven citizen soil scientist who has developed food plot mixes with the focus of soil health and quality forage for wildlife ecspecially whitetail deer. In this episode, Al and I talk about Vitalize new products such as the "Fish Fertilzier + Humics", the Seed Feed, and the "All Natural Seed Armor + Inoculant". Al and I focused on the importance of thinning doe numbers to help draw whitetail bucks, reduce browse on early successional habitat, and so you can actually have a food plot for hunting season! I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did!

https://vitalizeseed.com/

In this episode, I had the priveledge to speak with Timothy Youngquist of Iowa State University. Timothy is a Farmer Liason for Science Based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips or STRIPS. Timothy and I discussed the reality of the relationship of prairie and agricultutre, how the two can bump heads, but also how the prairie benefits the farmer. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I have!

In this episode, I have on a good friend of mine Brian Halbleib of Copperhead Unlimited and the Habitat Podcast. Brian and I discussed not being stuck on one-species hunting (whitetail hunters LISTEN UP) and how pursuting other game can take the pressure off of whitetail season. Brian and I also discussed his hunting seasons in different states such as Ohio, PA, Michigan, and Texas. Brian and I talked about the importance of doe management as well. It was a great conversation always a pleasure to have Brian on. Check out his instagram: @copperheadultd View this profile on Instagram Brian Scott (@copperheadultd) • Instagram photos and videos
and YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CopperheadULTD

Lock up your daughters. Lock up your wives. I have the one and only, Joshua Hickenbottom. My brother in law, whom I have adopted as my little brother. Josh is a cinephile (movie lover), a talented photographer, a hard working farmer. Josh and I talked about his work on the Hickenbottom farm, we talked about his love for movies, what captivates him about movies, and also his work in photography.
Josh has been there to help me get jobs done or pick me up from jobs since we resurrected Dbltree. I'm proud of Josh and it's an honor to have the one and only, Joshua Hickenbottom.

PS Folks my daughter was with us and she is 3. She was having an off day. There was some noises in the background and I do apologize.

In this episode, I interview Chase Burns of Dogwood Land Management, real estate and broker of Land Guys, and podcast host of Land Your Ground. Chase and I discuss his career graduating with a degree in wildlife biology he founded Dogwood Land Management in Western Illinois. Chase primarily managed properties focusing on forestry practices. Chase and I discussed how he moved from land management into real estate. Chase and I discuss the goals of his podcast, Land Your Ground is focused on the stories of landowners and their goals with their properties. Chase and I also disucss the homesteading movement and how it might be a radiant hope for Rural America.

Land Your Ground Podcast
https://www.landyourground.com/

Land Guys - Chase Burns
https://landguys.com/about-us/chase-burns/

Dogwood Land Management
https://www.dogwoodoutdoors.com/page5

In this episode, I had the privelege to interview my good friend and long term mentor, Kevin "Bobcat" Andersen of the Iowa DNR Private Land Biologist. Kevin and I discussed the brutal reality of how snow affects our upland game birds such as quail and pheasants. We disucss the difficulty hunting 2023 bow, dove, and duck seasons. Then we discussed the word load of 2023 for Kevin. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.

If you are a resident of Iowa and have a question for Kevin Andersen: kevin.andersen@dnr.iowa.gov

https://www.iowadnr.gov/portals/idnr/uploads/contacts/staff_privatelands.pdf

In this episode, I have had the honor to interview Dr. Dwayne Estes of the Southeastern Grasslands Institute. We talked about Dr. Estes upbringing, what led him into acedemia, and what led him to co-found Southeastern Grasslands Institue (SGI). SGI goal is to bring awareness and reclaim the forgotten grasslands of the south east part of the United States. People are not aware, but the heavy wooded landscape of the southeast was no different than the Great Prairie States. When fire was king and the bison roamed what is now pine plantation was prairie. I hope you enjoyed this conversation as much as I did.

https://www.segrasslands.org/

In this episode, I chat with my good friend Bob Hicks host of Tales from the Dark podcast and Youtube Channel and new host of Missing Persons Msyteries.
Bob and I chat about mysterious disappearances of people in our National Park system and other places as well. We discussed about what could be happening that is the most logical explanation, but also explore the paranromal side as well. Bob and I also expressed what 2020 did for our podcast careers in exploring the mortality of life has prompted us both to jump into our intrests and drive.
We also finished the episode talking about UFOs and how to find joy after being submerged into the darkness of the missing person's world.

Tales from the Dark Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/c/TalesFromTheDark

Missing Persons Mysteries Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@MissingPersonsMysteries/featured

Folks I made an attempt in talking about health and wellness on this episode. I will be brutally honest I went off old notes and my chicken scratch got the best of me. The seed oil section was rough and I apologize, the segment on phthalates was better. I did misquote a tad, but bare with me. I should do this episode over again, but I deciced to post it as a reminder to improve. I will continue to improve for my family, you my listeners, and myself. The point of this episode is to help others see how dependent we are on a fragile system and to encourage to become more self-sufficien to become more physically whole and spiritually whole.