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Beasts Of Burden

Beasts Of Burden

Beasts of Burden is about land stewardship and enhancing the individual. To work with the land you need to work with yourself. We are about enhancing land for wildlife, finding niche income streams from your land, and ultimately how to wrestle with your shadow to become a whole individual. Balance your soul, balance the land. So come along for the journey! The hunt awaits! Well have many laughs and hopefully profound conversations!

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Ep 134: Realities of Custom Work

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/05/26

In this episode, I decided to share the frustrations of owning equipment and the rising costs of maintaining equipment. I go over the acres I have drilled over the years and how much the demand for services fluctuate and how much the government through CRP can influence that. I explain the difference for me how manageing forestry is more profitable and larger habitat impact vs driving a tractor up and down the road. I have enjoyed my time doing the custom work, but I'd rather leave the tractor

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Ep. 133 Tree Plantings

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/05/14

In this episode, I talk about different options for tree plantings with having the least amount of enviornmental impact for the future. I talk about having an early successional plant community in your tree planting. You may have to use some hardcore herbicides the fall prior to have the most effective cool season grass kill so you do not have to spray again or avoid the annual pre-emergent applications for 3-5 years.

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Ep. 132 Turkey Season 2024 Recap

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/05/12

In this episode I give an update on the challenges of a wet spring in southeast Iowa as a habitat contractor and a farm hand. I go over my battle of Candida a viscous little fungus that ruins your gut. I also talk about the turkey season. It was not successful, however the habitat work has paid off and I learned a lot about this bird. I am obsessed and can't wait to pursuit the turkey again.

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Ep. 131 Dr. Marcus Lashley

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/04/10

In this episode, I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Marcus Lashley. Dr. Lashley is host of Fire University is co-host of the Wild Turkey Science. Dr. Marcus is assistant Professor at the University of Florida's Department of Wildlife and Ecology. In this episode, we discussed more about fire ecology, but also discussed fire behavior and safety. Fire is one of the ultimate tools in wildlife management, but there is a time and place. Inappropriate times will lead to disaster. Let's use prescribed

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81:59

Ep. 130 Doug Duren

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2024/04/04

In this episode, I had the honor of interviewing Doug Duren. Doug is a hunter, land specalist, and conservationist of Cazenovia, Wisconsin. Doug manages his family farm and it has been in his family for 115 years. Doug has started Sharing the Land Initiative. Sharing the Land Initiative is a network to connect hunters looking for access to hunt with landowners to acheive stewarding the land together as a partnership. Doug has also contributed tremendously to Meat Eater.Folks, I had a lot of

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Ep. 129 Jace Elliott Iowa Deer Biologist

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/03/27

In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Iowa's Department of Natural Resources own Deer Biologist, Jace Elliott. Jace has a Bachelors of Science in Conservation Biology of University of Wisconsin and a Masters of Science in Wildlife Biology of University of Auburn. Jace and I talked about the need for prescribed fire to promote early successional plant communities. We talked about manager deer numbers focuisng primarily on does and how to conduct deer surveys. The current state of the

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66:40

Ep. 128: Micah Washington

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/03/20

In this episode, I interview in training MMA fighter, Micah Washington. Micah is from Burlington, IA. Micah grew up as an athelte being in as many sports as possinle. Micah was introduced to the world of fighting and fell in love with it. Due to a bad shoulder injury and one prescription of pain killers led Micah down a dark path of addiction. His fighting career gone and lost in the darkness. Micah met the love of his life. Micah worked on getting clean and once Micah and his wife found out they

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63:27

Ep. 127: Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/03/13

In this episode, I interviewed Lindsay Thomas Jr. the Chief Communications Officer of the National Deer Association. Lindsay and I discussed the positive outlook on whitetail management. Land managers, hunters, and land owners are actively switching from monoculture management to quality management promoting prescribed fire, early succesional plant communities, and soil regeneration for food plots. Not intended, but this episode became a positive response ot my previous episode, "The Ecological

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71:31

Ep. 126 The Ecological Conscience

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/03/06

In this episode, I started off reading one of my favorite essays from Aldo Leopold from his collection of essays called, "The River of the Mother of God". The Ecological Conscience was a collection of personal examples Aldo Leopold experienced under the guise of conservation. After reading this, I came unglued. I was angry. I have my patience with the current status of so-called conservation in this country. God bless to the landowners either in state or out of state that work with locals to give

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Ep. 125: Al Tomechko of Vitalize Seed

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/02/29

In this episode, I chat with a good friend of the show Al Tomechko of Vitalize Seed. Al is a driven citizen soil scientist who has developed food plot mixes with the focus of soil health and quality forage for wildlife ecspecially whitetail deer. In this episode, Al and I talk about Vitalize new products such as the "Fish Fertilzier + Humics", the Seed Feed, and the "All Natural Seed Armor + Inoculant". Al and I focused on the importance of thinning doe numbers to help draw whitetail bucks, reduce

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Ep. 124 Timothy Youngquist of ISU STRIPS Farmer Liason

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/02/21

In this episode, I had the priveledge to speak with Timothy Youngquist of Iowa State University. Timothy is a Farmer Liason for Science Based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips or STRIPS. Timothy and I discussed the reality of the relationship of prairie and agricultutre, how the two can bump heads, but also how the prairie benefits the farmer. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I have!

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Ep. 123 Brian Halbleib

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/02/14

In this episode, I have on a good friend of mine Brian Halbleib of Copperhead Unlimited and the Habitat Podcast. Brian and I discussed not being stuck on one-species hunting (whitetail hunters LISTEN UP) and how pursuting other game can take the pressure off of whitetail season. Brian and I also discussed his hunting seasons in different states such as Ohio, PA, Michigan, and Texas. Brian and I talked about the importance of doe management as well. It was a great conversation always a pleasure to

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66:10

Ep 122: Joshua Hickenbottom

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/02/08

Lock up your daughters. Lock up your wives. I have the one and only, Joshua Hickenbottom. My brother in law, whom I have adopted as my little brother. Josh is a cinephile (movie lover), a talented photographer, a hard working farmer. Josh and I talked about his work on the Hickenbottom farm, we talked about his love for movies, what captivates him about movies, and also his work in photography.Josh has been there to help me get jobs done or pick me up from jobs since we resurrected Dbltree. I'm

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97:26

Ep 121: Chase Burns

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2024/01/30

In this episode, I interview Chase Burns of Dogwood Land Management, real estate and broker of Land Guys, and podcast host of Land Your Ground. Chase and I discuss his career graduating with a degree in wildlife biology he founded Dogwood Land Management in Western Illinois. Chase primarily managed properties focusing on forestry practices. Chase and I discussed how he moved from land management into real estate. Chase and I discuss the goals of his podcast, Land Your Ground is focused on the

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Ep 120: Kevin Andersen, Iowa Privatelands Biologist

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/01/23

In this episode, I had the privelege to interview my good friend and long term mentor, Kevin "Bobcat" Andersen of the Iowa DNR Private Land Biologist. Kevin and I discussed the brutal reality of how snow affects our upland game birds such as quail and pheasants. We disucss the difficulty hunting 2023 bow, dove, and duck seasons. Then we discussed the word load of 2023 for Kevin. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.If you are a resident of Iowa and have a question for Kevin Andersen:

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Ep. 119: Dr. Dwayne Estes of The Southeastern...

Beasts Of Burden ·

2024/01/20

In this episode, I have had the honor to interview Dr. Dwayne Estes of the Southeastern Grasslands Institute. We talked about Dr. Estes upbringing, what led him into acedemia, and what led him to co-found Southeastern Grasslands Institue (SGI). SGI goal is to bring awareness and reclaim the forgotten grasslands of the south east part of the United States. People are not aware, but the heavy wooded landscape of the southeast was no different than the Great Prairie States. When fire was king and the

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97:47

Ep. 118: Bob Hicks of Missing Persons Mysteries

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2024/01/12

In this episode, I chat with my good friend Bob Hicks host of Tales from the Dark podcast and Youtube Channel and new host of Missing Persons Msyteries. Bob and I chat about mysterious disappearances of people in our National Park system and other places as well. We discussed about what could be happening that is the most logical explanation, but also explore the paranromal side as well. Bob and I also expressed what 2020 did for our podcast careers in exploring the mortality of life has prompted us

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63:59

Ep. 117 Seed Oils, Phthalates, and Wholeness in Nature

Beasts Of Burden ·

2023/12/29

Folks I made an attempt in talking about health and wellness on this episode. I will be brutally honest I went off old notes and my chicken scratch got the best of me. The seed oil section was rough and I apologize, the segment on phthalates was better. I did misquote a tad, but bare with me. I should do this episode over again, but I deciced to post it as a reminder to improve. I will continue to improve for my family, you my listeners, and myself. The point of this episode is to help others see

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Ep. 116 Matt Williams of MycoHabitat

Beasts Of Burden ·

2023/12/21

I had the distinct honor to have Matt Williams of Shiitake Creek and MycoHabitat on the show. Matt and I discussed his origins from his beginnings in south western Indiana, moving to Wisconsin running a white water rafting buisness, then moving into market place farming eventually settling with raising mushrooms. Matt follows the golden rule in Permaculture, "The problem is the solution". Matt was battling whitetail deer devouring his Garden Gaint or Wine Cap mushrooms and instead of fighting he

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Ep. 115 2023 Bow and Shotgun Season Thus Far

Beasts Of Burden ·

2023/12/08

Today, I talk about ownership in archery hunting. If you've been at it long enough you know what I mean. I also talk about getting a gameplan for next bow season, while discussing this years bow and shotgun.I talkj about the dopamine highs and lows from social media. Perhaps it's best to leave the phone down this time of year.Finally, I talk about my new journey in MMA style training for cardio workout and discussing importance of gut health and where this new journey is taking me and what that

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