Legendary Habitat Podcast: Recent Episodes
Colin Koskinen
A Podcast dedicated to share knowledge with the everyday hunter and land manager. We cover everything from hunting strategies to the most recent research in whitetail biology, habitat management practices, soil health, food plots, designing whitetail properties and much more!
In this episode, Colin and Al Tomechko discuss all things spring planting and cover crops. We discuss cover crop termination methods and the advantages of planting higher diversity seed blends. Al Talks about the testing he has done on his farm, and other customers' farms to better learn how to manage different soil types and cover crop strategies. Colin Talks about spoon-feeding sandy soil and how that is important in establishing a cover crop to begin the soil-building process. Al discusses micronutrients and how they are often overlooked and how they play a key roll in plant and soil health. Colin and Al discuss common mistakes food plotters make, and how they can avoid these mistakes to save time and money. Dealers | Vitalize Seed CompanyConsulting | Legendary Habitat Llc | Michigan
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 Sam Tumberg, Owner of Purpose Filled Habitat Management based out of Minnesota. Sam talks about his background how he grew up hunting on their family dairy farm as a young man, and his journey as a bow hunter and habitat manager. Colin talks about how both of their farms are very similar in many different ways, and both have done similar habitat improvements. Sam talks about switchgrass planting methods, what his main goals are when using switchgrass, and some of the ways he has enhanced his switchgrass for bedding. Sam and Colin discuss some of their experiences after visiting with many clients who utilize switchgrass on their property and talk about their observations. Sam Talks about old field management and how to go about killing and managing cool-season grasses to promote more forbs and woody browse within these open areas on his property. Colin Talks about planting pollinator blends in areas where there are very little native seeds in the seed bank, and also how to fallow some areas to reduce his herbicide use on his farm. Sam discusses his techniques while using edge feathering on his farm and explains the benefits it has for adding depth of cover, screening, buck sneak trails, and other benefits for many species of wildlife.Sam closes out the discussion with a story of a buck he killed two years ago on his farm that ended up scoring just over 180", and how he got to reap the rewards of his hard work building habitat on their farm. https://www.pfhabitat.com/ https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCJISSzxSOTMtVBhGIT-fFrQ https://www.legendaryhabitat.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@legendaryhabitatllc7649/videos https://www.instagram.com/legendary_habitat/
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.
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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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In this Episode, Colin is Joined by Jake Ehlinger owner of Habitat Solutions 360.
Jake first talks about managing your timber in high deer density situations where it can be hard to keep diverse quality native habitat thriving with so many deer browsing on it constantly. He also talks about how he cuts on a property, to make it easy to maintain, and maximize space within a bedding area.
Next, Jake talks about how he started planting food plots and how much he has learned. He talks about different planting methods he has used, how he has integrated cover crops into his food plots, and also the recent use of Plot Dr products from Harper Growing Solutions, to maximize his food plot yields.
Colin then talks about his use of high-diversity food plot blends, what he has learned from them over the years, and how to always have plenty of different types of food plot plants on your property to help with drought and browse pressure.
To wrap things up, Jake discusses some great key observations that he has made to create a good early-season strategy for getting on potential bucks in October. He also talks about the importance of taking advantage of cold fronts, and how key the weather can be during the early season.
In this episode, I am joined by Don Higgins to talk about several different topics that I have always thought about throughout my hunting career and where I am currently in my business. Don and I discussed many topics regarding leaving a hunting Legacy for the next generation, and how we can do that. How we can continue to be good stewards of God's creation we have been blessed to manage, and many other things to ensure we are keeping the focus on something that just might be more important than killing big bucks..
In this episode, I am Joined by My friend Al Tomechko, as we discuss Many different aspects of soil structure, diversity in cover crops, Fixing your PH and how and why to limit much lime you apply each year. We also talk about the tissue sampling that Al has done on his food plots, and what he has learned from them. While at the same time, discussing some challenges I have had growing food plots in poor soil, and how to properly fertilize a mix to get the Carbon/Nitrogen system up and running.
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In This episode, I have Jim Ward & Jim Brauker on to discuss deer heard movement, terrain features for bedding, different logging tips and why logging is important, as well as many other things.
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In this episode, I am joined by my friend Brad Harper owner of Harper Growing Solutions. We talk about all things spring tree planting, and some things you should consider before going out and spending large amounts of money and time buying and planting trees this spring. We also discuss planting techniques, tree type, and tree size to determine which is best for your property. Along with that, we discuss Frost seeding Clover and Switchgrass, and some different planting options we have both found success in.
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In this episode, I am joined by Joshua Shields who is a certified wildlife biologist, and registered forester for the state of Michigan. We go over many different topics around managing your woods for better wildlife, understanding your goals and objectives for your hunting and habitat, and some things to look for when hiring a forester or logger.
We also discuss the recent trend in pure stands of switchgrass, and how there may be better options that can be much more attractive and productive for whitetails and many other species of wildlife on your property.
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In this episode, I had the pleasure to discuss many tops revolving around hunting big woods public land with Steve Sherk owner of Sherk's Guide Services located in PA. Steve has been scouting several hundred acres of public land for over a decade, running well over 100 trail cameras in many different locations each year. His personal success and clients' success speak for themselves.
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In this episode, I sit down with a good friend Jake Henderickson, as we talk about some exciting things heading into the 2023 habitat season. We discuss some things to be looking for as you scout your property this off-season, applying hunting observations to your overall habitat plan, why a plan and worklist can be essential to achieving your habitat goals, and much more!
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In this Episode I had the pleasure of talking to Jaden of Northland Habitat out of Minnesota. We discussed many different topics all revolving around Forestry and whitetail deer, all the way from hinge cutting, to managing clear cuts and much more!
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What is better, tilling your soil but planting a wide diversity, or no-till and planting a monoculture?
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The best way to start building your soil in your food plot?
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With lots of guys talking compost, are they worth the extra hassle?
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The most common mistake in trying to go no till.
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Terminating cover crops, what is best for your soil?
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Balancing C-N ratios in cover crop mixes.
In this podcast I give a brief background about myself, my company, and how it all started. I also cover a bit on what to expect in future podcast episodes. I hope everyone is looking forward to future podcasts!
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