399: Turning 40 Acres of Worthless Swamp Into a Big Buck Sanctuary with Joe Allera
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In this episode, Joe Allera shares his experience transforming a wetland into a deer sanctuary and discusses various hunting strategies.
Habitat Podcast #399 - In today's episode of The Habitat Podcast, we are back in the studio with Joe Allera! We discuss: -Joe buys 40 acres of wetland because 40 acres of tillable ground was priced out of reach. -Joe cuts over 100 deer beds into his swamp transitions with a weed whacker and a saw blade. -Joe reads marsh elevation off the vegetation: phragmites highest, reed canary the deepest. -Joe hunts the wrong wind on purpose, blowing his scent straight into the bedding area. -Eight mature bucks have come out of one Redneck box blind, all on the same wind. -Joe runs a $100 Amazon ozone closet and says a boogeyman ain't never been smelled. -EHD killed 40% of the deer in Joe's area last year and he is lowering expectations. -The tamarack point by Joe's lake holds the biggest bucks within five miles. -Joe builds mock scrapes he calls cat toys and a merry-go-round of four around one oak. -Joe fills five tags in seven weeks by taking mid-October to Thanksgiving off work. And So Much More! Timestamps: 0:00 Cold open 1:13 Welcome and guest intro 2:32 Joe's first buck and hunting the U.P. 7:17 Buying 40 acres of wetland nobody wanted 14:55 Marsh transitions, cut beds and hinge…
People in this episode
Host: Jared Van Hees
Guest: Joe Allera
Topics covered
- hunting
- land management
- deer behavior
- scent control
- wildlife conservation
Keywords
- big buck sanctuary
- wetland management
- deer beds
- scent control
- mock scrapes
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