Episode #211 - Live from RWWP Dealer Event - BINGO

Published: 2024-03-10
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Duration: 76 min

In this episode

apple-trees

• A dealer trimming 60 apple trees asks when Don stops trimming trees on his own farm. 46:31

bingo-game

• Terry announces the show’s first-ever live bingo game using phrases loyal followers say the hosts overuse on the podcast. 0:41

buck-boundaries

• An audience member asks if Don has seen a buck respect a boundary line and not cross onto another property. 53:39

buck-management

• Don says he wants bucks on his property to reach at least five years old, preferably six, before harvest. 41:39

carrying-capacity

• An audience member asks how Don and Terry calculate carrying capacity and set doe harvest numbers on their farms and consulting clients’ land. 31:53

cedar-rub

• An audience member asks whether piling a cedar rub on a mulch pile for a year did any harm or benefit. 26:03

chestnuts

• The same dealer asks which chestnut variety Don prefers for planting. 46:58
• The dealer asks whether Don tubes his chestnuts or uses cages. 47:39

company-history

• Terry recalls Wes Delks joining the company during a period when he and Don were discouraged, and Wes challenged them as businessmen and Christians. 74:45

dealer-announcement

• Terry introduces dealer Clint Cross, known for rebuilding John Deere corn planters, congratulating him on starting a new dealership. 70:35

dealer-summit

• Terry announces the podcast is being recorded live in Arthur, Illinois at Real World Wildlife Products’ first-ever Dealer Summit. 0:24
• Don estimates roughly 300 people from several states are attending the dealer summit. 0:35
• Don announces the following day’s session will focus on business, including new products and sharing Real World’s history. 56:44

doe-calling

• An audience member from Southern Ohio asks Terry if he has a different perspective than Don’s skepticism about doe calling given his area’s short food supply. 9:04
• The same audience member asks if Terry has a rough ratio or gut feel for when to take does. 11:24

ehd

• An audience member jokingly asks if the midge fly that carries EHD was bred and released on purpose by DNRs. 6:31

electric-bike

• Ryan Bowman from Northwest Ohio asks whether electric bikes like the QuietKat help reduce human intrusion getting in and out of a property. 20:11

food-plot-acreage

• An audience member asks what percentage of acreage Don and Terry devote to food plots on their properties. 12:33

foreign-land-ownership

• An audience member asks why the federal government and not every state supports bills restricting foreign land ownership. 60:16

fred-bear

• Don says Fred Bear was a good bow hunter but not as strong a whitetail hunter as today’s top hunters. 70:05

guest-speaker

• Terry says Dr. Bronson Strickland did a phenomenal job speaking at the event. 1:31

hypothetical

• Don says if forced to pick one hunter for the hypothetical contest, he’d bet on Bobby Worthington to kill the biggest buck. 70:11

joke

• Don jokes he doesn’t think a women’s-focused Whitetail Life magazine edition would sell many issues. 43:01 (light moment)

land-access

• Terry says the podcast’s recurring theme really comes down to limiting intrusion and preserving property access. 4:43

land-affordability

• An audience member asks what advice Don would give young hunters who can’t afford land at today’s prices. 71:25

local-business

• Don thanks dealers for supporting him and the company despite his outspokenness, calling it something he deeply appreciates. 63:27

management-buck

• An audience member asks whether Don and Terry would kill a management buck out of one of their best buck stands. 35:14

management-buck-timing

• The audience member follows up asking if they’d wait until later without a target buck present. 36:04

miscanthus

• Terry advises watching for prolonged subzero temperatures with no snow cover as the worst-case scenario for young Miscanthus. 40:28
• An audience member asks what Don recommends for overseeding a Miscanthus stand that came in spotty the first year. 27:52
• An audience member asks why Don recommends not fertilizing Miscanthus the first year. 28:55
• Duane Hopkins asks whether it’s better to plant Miscanthus early and let it sit dormant in the ground versus a refrigerator. 36:37
• Duane Hopkins asks whether Atrazine or Simazine-type herbicides can be applied to an existing Miscanthus or switchgrass stand. 38:22
• A Michigan dealer asks whether planting Miscanthus too early risks damage from a freeze following warm weather. 39:39

politics

• Don states Illinois doesn’t follow the constitution and calls it a communist state. 27:07
• An audience member asks what Don’s top priority would be if he ran for president. 48:25
• An audience member asks whether an honestly motivated person can succeed in higher office without being politically crooked. 50:46

property-tour

• Terry describes touring a Missouri farm that he considers the closest property he’s seen to rivaling Don’s home farm. 3:34

real-world-history

• Don notes that Brent was one of the people who developed Real World’s Expect Healthy Deer technology. 4:04

shed-hunting

• An audience member asks what the right thing to do is upon finding a target buck’s shed just over the property fence line. 57:52

skunk-breeding

• An audience member asks whether skunks, like most animals, breed at the same time every year. 5:42

upcoming-event

• Don says he and Bronson Strickland will both be in Delaware on Saturday for another distributor event. 2:02

wind-management

• An audience member asks how to set up for a mature buck when does and young bucks don’t play the wind the same way. 24:37

woodsmanship

• Terry says the overwhelming theme from the Wensel brothers and Bobby Worthington at the Shipshewana legends roundtable was woodsmanship. 19:24

youth-hunting

• An audience member asks what can be done to get more kids involved in hunting as youth participation declines. 17:32

Deer activity

• unnamed buck (hunt) 6:59
• Mel (harvest) 41:44
• unnamed buck (hunt) 54:37
• unnamed buck (harvest) 68:11

Listener questions

Question: An audience member asks whether skunks, like most animals, breed at the same time every year. 5:42

• Answer: Don says he thought so, but recent roadkilled skunks suggest otherwise. 5:47
• Answer: Don jokes he doesn’t know and you’d have to ask a skunk. 6:00

Question: An audience member jokingly asks if the midge fly that carries EHD was bred and released on purpose by DNRs. 6:31

• Answer: Don calls the conspiracy theory a little far-fetched, joking that he’s a conspiracy theorist himself. 6:42

Question: An audience member from Southern Ohio asks Terry if he has a different perspective than Don’s skepticism about doe calling given his area’s short food supply. 9:04

• Answer: Terry says his heavily agricultural hunting area is completely different from areas with less open ag. 9:40

Question: The same audience member asks if Terry has a rough ratio or gut feel for when to take does. 11:24

• Answer: Terry says as long as he can still feed the deer he wants them there, since his farm is managed purely for deer food. 11:34

Question: An audience member asks what percentage of acreage Don and Terry devote to food plots on their properties. 12:33

• Answer: Don says there’s no hard and fast rule for food plot percentage because there are too many variables. 14:11

Question: An audience member asks what can be done to get more kids involved in hunting as youth participation declines. 17:32

• Answer: Don says involving kids starts at home when they’re young, not once they’re already teenagers. 17:46

Question: Ryan Bowman from Northwest Ohio asks whether electric bikes like the QuietKat help reduce human intrusion getting in and out of a property. 20:11 — asked by Ryan Bowman

• Answer: Don says the bike helps but hunters must still avoid riding it into sanctuary areas. 20:27

Question: An audience member asks whether piling a cedar rub on a mulch pile for a year did any harm or benefit. 26:03

• Answer: Don says it likely did no harm, though he’s unsure it did any benefit either. 26:11

Question: An audience member asks what Don recommends for overseeding a Miscanthus stand that came in spotty the first year. 27:52

• Answer: Don says to figure out what went wrong the first time, like drought or weed competition, before replanting. 28:09

Question: An audience member asks why Don recommends not fertilizing Miscanthus the first year. 28:55

• Answer: Don compares it to a transplanted tree, saying the plant needs to regain its roots before fertilizer pushes top growth. 29:22

Question: An audience member asks how Don and Terry calculate carrying capacity and set doe harvest numbers on their farms and consulting clients’ land. 31:53

• Answer: Don says he gives clients a three-year plan and evaluates the deer herd’s trend before adjusting harvest recommendations. 32:11
• Answer: Bronson Strickland says his team judges recommendations by tracking average doe body weight and carcass condition over time. 34:06

Question: An audience member asks whether Don and Terry would kill a management buck out of one of their best buck stands. 35:14

• Answer: Terry says he’d shoot a management buck there after he’s already tagged out on his target buck. 35:22
• Answer: Don says he won’t shoot a management buck in October if he still has a target buck on the same property. 35:31

Question: The audience member follows up asking if they’d wait until later without a target buck present. 36:04

• Answer: Don says he’d just kill the management buck whenever he gets the chance. 36:07

Question: Duane Hopkins asks whether it’s better to plant Miscanthus early and let it sit dormant in the ground versus a refrigerator. 36:37

• Answer: Don says early planting works, but he now prefers waiting for soil temperatures to warm, comparing it to switchgrass. 36:58

Question: Duane Hopkins asks whether Atrazine or Simazine-type herbicides can be applied to an existing Miscanthus or switchgrass stand. 38:22

• Answer: Don confirms yes, absolutely, those herbicides can be used. 38:31

Question: A Michigan dealer asks whether planting Miscanthus too early risks damage from a freeze following warm weather. 39:39

• Answer: Don says young Miscanthus is susceptible to freeze, making the first winter the most critical period. 39:48

Question: An audience member asks how to set up for a mature buck when does and young bucks don’t play the wind the same way. 24:37

• Answer: Don says hunters must blow their scent into an area with low deer likelihood overall, not just for mature bucks. 24:55

Question: A dealer trimming 60 apple trees asks when Don stops trimming trees on his own farm. 46:31

• Answer: Don says he stops almost immediately, calling it survival of the fittest on his ranch. 46:36

Question: The same dealer asks which chestnut variety Don prefers for planting. 46:58

• Answer: Don recommends Chinese chestnuts, noting they need drier sites and lower soil pH. 47:02

Question: The dealer asks whether Don tubes his chestnuts or uses cages. 47:39

• Answer: Don says he tubes his chestnuts. 47:43

Question: An audience member asks what Don’s top priority would be if he ran for president. 48:25

• Answer: Don says he would cut most government agencies, calling government too involved in everything. 48:45

Question: An audience member asks whether an honestly motivated person can succeed in higher office without being politically crooked. 50:46

• Answer: Don points to Trump, saying he believes his motives are pure and that he genuinely loves the country. 50:54

Question: An audience member asks if Don has seen a buck respect a boundary line and not cross onto another property. 53:39

• Answer: Don says every buck has some kind of loose boundary, though on rare occasions they might cross it. 53:49

Question: An audience member asks what the right thing to do is upon finding a target buck’s shed just over the property fence line. 57:52

• Answer: Don says today he’d call the neighbor and tell him where the shed is rather than keep it quiet. 59:20

Question: An audience member asks why the federal government and not every state supports bills restricting foreign land ownership. 60:16

• Answer: Don says he believes the government profits under the table from foreign money, which is why it won’t stop the practice. 60:23

Question: An audience member asks what advice Don would give young hunters who can’t afford land at today’s prices. 71:25

• Answer: Don urges patience, saying to set a decades-long goal and start small rather than expecting quick success. 73:37

Prayer Time

Theme: using the platform to spread the gospel and bless others
Wes thanks God for the whitetail hunting relationships and Real World’s blessing to his family, prays they use their platform to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ, asks for dry seed and mineral through a coming storm, safe travel home for dealers, and gives thanks for the country. 75:43

Recorded live at Real World Wildlife Products’ first Dealer Summit in Arthur, Illinois, with about 300 attendees from several states. Terry praised Bronson Strickland’s talk and recalled a Missouri farm rivaling Don’s home property, tying the discussion to a recurring theme of limiting intrusion and preserving access. Don discussed wanting bucks to reach five or six years old before harvest, gave no fixed food-plot percentage due to too many variables, and covered Miscanthus care, including freeze risk in the first winter and holding off on fertilizer. He addressed management-buck decisions, chestnut varieties and tubing, trimming apple trees, boundary-crossing bucks, and returning a found shed to a neighbor. Other questions touched skunk breeding timing, EHD conspiracy theories, electric bikes reducing intrusion, getting kids into hunting, foreign land ownership, and advice for young hunters priced out of land. Wes closed with a prayer for the dealers’ safe travel and the company’s mission.

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