In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Steve Sherk (Sherk’s Guide Service) discuss becoming a better deer hunter. Steve explains his trail camera analysis strategies and how he processes the data. Steve discusses the ultimate factor he finds impacts deer movement. Steve identifies key dates from this past season that he identified as high movement days. Steve talks through this year’s hunting season, how this year’s weather impacted hunting . Steve explains other factors that he believes are overlooked when it comes to deer movement. Steve explains key indicators that allow him ..read more

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Perry Battin (Drury Outdoors) discuss deer management, harvest strategy and property improvements. Perry discusses his doe harvest method and what the Drury team uses to help support this methodology. Jon and Perry discuss how many deer could or should be harvested based on several techniques. Perry discusses when to shoot does each season. Perry explains problems that he has noticed because the lack of doe harvests and how the farms he manages tends to attract more deer. Perry and Jon discuss ideal buck to doe ratios that they b ..read more

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Mark Haslam (Southeast Whitetail) discuss upcoming land management projects and get into the details of analyzing hunting season data. Jon discusses leaving trail cameras to collect data. Mark discusses his land management tactics that have allowed eight mature bucks on his property. Mark explains local hunting pressure and dog hunting for deer. Mark explains how to minimize the impact of dog hunting on his property. Jon explains the best time of year to consult. Mark explains post season analysis data that he is most focused on, that many ..read more

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Josh Streichert  (JWS Logging) discuss aggressive hunting tactics that produce big bucks. Josh explains his hunting season, how he finds success and tactics that are ideal per the time of year to ensure you get on a target deer. Rattling deer as an option to pull deer into hunting locations. Using a hunting scout method to narrow down a deer’s movement and get intel. Why does sometimes come into rattling sequences and how to approach hunting near bedding areas. Josh explains why deer are drawn to certain areas and how to take adv ..read more

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Rocky Burrus (SA Farm Management Service) discuss focusing on target deer, misses and data collection. Rocky explains the difficulties in finding ammunition, and long-distance shooting. Rocky describes his failures and not killing a target buck and having a friend/worker kill his target deer. Jon and Rocky detail their weapon choices and how to care for and handle weapons. Rocky and Jon discuss client success and questions being asked by clients. Rocky discusses the number one question that is asked about managing deer, what we can co ..read more

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Kenny Kane (Generations Forestry) discuss forest management strategies and land improvement. Kenny breaks down his hunting season and his success and failures. Kenny explains a trip out of state and his success on a big Colorado elk. Kenny details the significance of a forest management plan and how to consider short and long term options. Kenny explains problems that persist on a client property and how to attack complications to ensure goals are met. Forest management techniques and changes allow for the opportunity to increase and impro ..read more

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Anthony Barnum (Outdoor Writer) discuss family traditions and recent success on killing a top end buck.  Jon explains his status on the upcoming consultant season and future client work into 2023 and 2024. Anthony details having sons growing up in the outdoors and the details of breaking down the movement of his target buck. Anthony explains more about the standing of this hunting property and logging status. Anthony explains teaching his sons to hunt and having them set goals on their own. Anthony explains his boy’s ultimate goals an ..read more

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) discusses success when it comes to hunting big bucks. Jon explains his opening gun season successes and what he perceives as failures. Jon details every aspect of his hunt to include passing up a mature buck and what brought him success on opening day of gun season. Jon explains when to be intrusive on your property and going after mature bucks when the time is right. Jon discusses family traditions, mindset and his own family journey as it pertains to children and hunting. Jon explains goals and what to consider when trying to get most out of ..read more

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Bill Thompson (Spartan Forge) discuss when to hunt and predictive modeling. Bill upsets the idea that weather is everything when it comes to deer movement. Bill's business and application, Spartan Forge, utilizes Global Position Data (GPS) to analyze deer movement and related trends. Bill explains factors that are analyzed to understand deer as it relates to movement and what data trends he sees generally and regionally that impact his algorithm. Bill's tools analyze trends related to herd status, seasonal status (i.e. breeding), drou ..read more

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes), discusses what is occurring this time of year with his business. Jon explains his personal hunting situation, and examples of how he is going after target deer. Jon explains how he is breaking down individual deer and what he is considering at the time he goes after them. Jon discusses hunting private and public land. Also, unmanaged ground is the least preferred by his clients and how they can be optimized to save time afield. Jon explains how managed properties can not only pull in the best deer in the neighborhood but how you can control m ..read more