Episode #217 - Now Don wants to go fishing!

Published: 2024-04-21
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Duration: 67 min

In this episode

andrea

• Andrea is set to start six and a half weeks of radiation five days a week beginning this Thursday. 15:05
• Doctors said the chemo seemed to have killed Andrea’s more aggressive cancer cells. 15:46

announcement

• Terry announces a friend and former consulting client will soon join the podcast for real estate advice. 63:56

austin

• Don says Austin has been the real lifesaver this year for his own farm projects. 9:55
• Don says Austin does two to three times the work Don would do in a day. 10:06
• Terry asks Don to talk about the work Austin did on the other 90-acre property this week. 3:27

bobcat

• Don wants to trap a bobcat on his home farm now that bobcats have moved into the area. 35:18

buck-readiness

• Don believes you always need to be ready when a shooter buck shows up rather than playing catch-up. 1:36

buyafarm

• Terry thanks buyafarm.com for funding the podcast’s first season before ASIO became the feature sponsor. 62:13
• Terry explains BuyAFarm can no longer supply a weekly property feature, so they’re ending as an official podcast partner. 62:39

chasing-giants-hats

• Chasing Giants hats are back in stock at higginsoutdoors.com after a website glitch wrongly showed them sold out. 19:42

consulting

• Don finished his consulting season, wrapping up work on Friday. 0:45
• Terry says this is the first year he’s fully appreciated how far behind Don gets on his own farm from prioritizing consulting clients. 8:29

corn-planter

• Terry bought a new no-till corn planter from Clint Cross and plans to film a walkthrough for listeners. 32:08

duramax

• Terry’s new Duramax truck from Chris Yates and Victory Chevrolet GMC was delivered right before recording. 20:12
• Don already has 9,000 miles on his truck after picking it up February 26. 20:30

fescue

• Ray Miller asks what can be planted on trails with a good root system that isn’t an attractant to deer. 39:30

fish-emulsion

• Andy Yoder asks whether carp from bow fishing can be turned into an effective fertilizer for soybeans, corn, and soil health. 29:10

fishing

• Ray and Aden invited Don to go walleye fishing on Lake Erie and bring Terry, Al, and Joe along. 36:49
• Don jokes he’ll wear three life jackets and floaties from ankles to thighs on the boat trip. 38:43 (light moment)

flood

• Terry had to move an excavator to clear debris blocking a spillway near their Frankfort store during a flash flood. 4:42

food-plot-prep

• Don says with three or four dry days he could finish his projects and be ready for food plots. 4:11

gen-two-soybeans

• Real World Wildlife Products will sell out of Gen-two soybeans for the first time ever this year. 18:40

humic-acid

• Terry asks what soil health steps, like humic acid, Don plans before planting season. 6:40

hunting-psychology

• Terry recalls an article about big buck serial killers describing Don as a loner in his hunting approach. 37:47

inventory

• Terry announces beans and switchgrass are running low and new product videos are available to help with planting decisions. 66:27

jay

• Terry warns listeners that Jay’s and Austin’s crews are already booked solid, so get on their lists early. 12:59

jay-gingerich

• Terry has watched Jay Gingerich’s crew plant and cage 100 fruit trees in just a couple hours. 11:15

land-investment

• Jeff Morris asks what top improvements make a recreational property more saleable after a three-to-five year hold. 54:23

lesters-feet

• Terry’s group covered funeral expenses for a family in Northern Ohio that lost an infant. 16:48
• Terry wants to grow the Lester’s Feet fund through podcast listeners rather than a public website. 17:36

listener-questions

• Terry announces they have the longest listener-submitted question ever received this week. 13:20

mineral-block

• Nathan asks whether to keep putting mineral blocks in a spot that fills with rainwater or start a new spot. 51:02

miscanthus

• Brian Koehler asks how many rhizomes to use and what shape to plant Miscanthus pockets within switchgrass. 21:55

nutricrave-corn

• Nathan asks whether NutriCrave corn being harder to hand-shell explains why deer ate it slower than regular Pioneer corn. 46:05

personal-time

• Terry spent a full day working on an old Mustang instead of farm work, calling it refreshing. 9:30

ph-drill

• Terry advises listeners to call now if they haven’t ordered their pH drill yet. 21:13

podcast-appearance

• Don announces he recently appeared on Joe Miles’ ASIO Mission Whitetail podcast. 44:23

real-estate-license

• Don is letting his real estate license expire this month and won’t renew it. 63:27

shooter-buck

• Don has no idea whether a shooter buck will show up on two of his three properties this year. 1:20
• Don says there hasn’t been a shooter buck on that farm in about eighteen years. 2:36

solo-hunting

• Terry says true hunt camp with the boys isn’t really possible given the solo nature of their kind of deer hunting. 38:02

steven-polk

• Terry and Don are trying to get Steven Polk’s fencing business going. 12:41

switchgrass

• Switchgrass is also expected to sell out this spring. 19:08

time-management

• Don says his time is better spent consulting elsewhere to pay Austin’s wages than doing the work himself. 12:04

todd-hewing

• Don credits Todd Hewing, a BuyAFarm founder, with helping him leave the factory and start his tree business. 65:08

tornado

• Terry notes the Master Class farm was directly hit by a tornado. 1:45

trapping

• Don’s top bucket-list item is running a Northwoods trapline in Northern Canada with an experienced trapper for about a week. 35:41

turkey-hunting

• Don wants to kill a turkey on his home farm, adding it to his growing bucket list. 37:06

turkeys

• Don says this is the first year he’s had turkeys on his farm. 5:23
• Don heard at least a dozen turkey gobbles while working on his home farm this spring. 5:26
• Don jokes that Terry’s place felt like a turkey barn with over 200 gobbles heard in one morning. 6:04 (light moment)

Deer activity

• unnamed buck (harvest) 2:43
• unnamed buck (harvest) 2:55
• unnamed buck (harvest) 43:43

Listener questions

Question: Terry asks Don to talk about the work Austin did on the other 90-acre property this week. 3:27 — asked by Terry

• Answer: Austin spent three days at Don’s place doing TSI work on the new 98-acre farm. 3:36

Question: Terry asks what soil health steps, like humic acid, Don plans before planting season. 6:40 — asked by Terry

• Answer: Don plans to split several plots and test humic acid plus Mike’s Mighty Microbes on one half, comparing tissue samples. 6:51

Question: Brian Koehler asks how many rhizomes to use and what shape to plant Miscanthus pockets within switchgrass. 21:55 — asked by Brian Koehler

• Answer: Don plants x, T, and L shapes of Miscanthus, since deer like to bed in the corner pockets those shapes create. 22:21
• Answer: Don says there’s no right or wrong number of rhizomes to use, from 10 up to a thousand. 23:01

Question: Andy Yoder asks whether carp from bow fishing can be turned into an effective fertilizer for soybeans, corn, and soil health. 29:10 — asked by Andy Yoder

• Answer: Don says he’s unsure how much a carp-based fertilizer would help, calling it a very labor-intensive process with uncertain benefit. 30:10

Question: Ray Miller asks what can be planted on trails with a good root system that isn’t an attractant to deer. 39:30

• Answer: Don recommends fescue grass for trails, noting its dense root system stops erosion and deer avoid grazing it. 40:01

Question: Jeff Morris asks what top improvements make a recreational property more saleable after a three-to-five year hold. 54:23 — asked by Jeff Morris

• Answer: Don says the first step is buying the property right, since you can’t make money back if you overpay. 55:40
• Answer: Don recommends creating strategic access paths or roads, not through the property’s heart, so hunters can access the land more effectively. 56:46

Question: Nathan asks whether NutriCrave corn being harder to hand-shell explains why deer ate it slower than regular Pioneer corn. 46:05

• Answer: Don explains the corn Nathan planted was a 108-109 day variety, too long a growing season to fully mature in Minnesota. 46:31

Question: Nathan asks whether to keep putting mineral blocks in a spot that fills with rainwater or start a new spot. 51:02

• Answer: Don clarifies the blocks are feed-type blocks, not mineral blocks, and shouldn’t be placed in water. 51:39
• Answer: Don says to keep pouring mineral directly in the lick even if it holds standing water, since deer still consume dissolved minerals there. 52:18

Don and Terry covered farm work, storm damage, and a long batch of listener questions. Terry noted the Master Class farm took a direct tornado hit, and he’d had to move an excavator to clear a spillway blocked by debris during a flash flood near their Frankfort store. Don discussed his consulting season wrapping up, turkeys showing up on his farm for the first time, and how much help Austin’s TSI work on the new 98-acre farm and clearing had saved him. They shared a health update: Andrea was starting six and a half weeks of daily radiation, after chemo reportedly killed her more aggressive cancer cells. Listener questions ranged from Miscanthus rhizome shapes and humic acid soil testing to carp-based fertilizer, erosion-resistant trail grasses, saleable property improvements, corn maturity issues in Minnesota, and mineral lick placement in standing water. Bucket-list talk included trapping bobcats, a Northern Canada trapline, and a planned Lake Erie fishing trip.

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