401: How Janis Putelis Turned 50 Acres Of Big Woods Into A Whitetail Paradise
About this episode
Janis Putelis shares his experience transforming 50 acres of land into a whitetail paradise through various habitat management techniques.
Habitat Podcast #401 - In today's episode of The Habitat Podcast, we are back in the studio with Janis Putelis! We discuss: -Janis cut every white pine off 20 acres and released the oaks hiding underneath them. -Why 40 acres is barely enough timber for a logger to justify moving his equipment in. -The US Fish and Wildlife Habitat Partners Program funded his 7-acre oak savanna restoration. -Doing the slash and burn work himself credited against his share instead of costing $7,000. -Ground deer used to walk straight through now has a bed every five minutes you walk. -Sam Tumberg's buckthorn rule: mow it in spring, then spray the regrowth after July 4th. -Buckthorn cut to the ground on May 15th was four to six feet tall by the third week of July. -Roughly fifty trees dropped by hand turned a dead ridge saddle into a big buck's route. -His dad is hunting the September 15th Wisconsin opener from a blind he built by hand. -Deer refuse to travel his one long straight road but hammer every winding trail he cuts. And So Much More! Chapters: 0:00 The Ground Deer Used To Walk Straight Through 1:34 Rain, Seed And Living The Dream 2:42 Janis Just Got Back From Kansas 7:41 Back To The…
People in this episode
Host: Jared Van Hees
Guest: Janis Putelis
Topics covered
- whitetail hunting
- habitat restoration
- timber management
- deer behavior
- land management
Keywords
- whitetail paradise
- oak savanna
- buckthorn
- timber cutting
- deer trails
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: US Fish and Wildlife Habitat Partners Program
Places: Wisconsin, Kansas
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