#285 - A Step By Step Breakdown of Designing Whitetail Habitat on Small Parcels with Skip Sligh

The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests

Jake Hofer

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are bringing you part 2 with Iowa whitetail hunting guru Skip Sly. Skip lives and breathes whitetails 24/7, 365 days a year, and has learned a thing or two about growing big deer in the past 20 years on his personal farms. We discuss:

The biggest mistake you can make when creating deer habitat
The first step you need to make when getting a new farm
What brush should you keep?
The first tree you should cut down
Getting rid of trash trees but using them for habitat
To hinge cut or to not hinge cut
The pros and cons of conifers
Dealing with Honeysuckle
Strategically putting food in the right places
Diversity is key!
Using electric fencing for food plots
Keep the pressure off
Dealing with food plot failure
What fruit trees you should plant

And so much more!

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0:00.0	What is going on? Welcome to the Exodus podcast this week. We have a part two with Skip Sly and we're
0:03.6	walking through a specific scenario on 50 acres on projects you should tackle first and projects
0:09.4	that can maybe wait a year. Some really great tangible advice here that you guys can implement
0:13.4	on any farm that you guys have or maybe a property of permission on where you can manipulate the
0:18.1	farm. Hope you guys really enjoy this conversation. If you didn't catch part one with Skip, I encourage you to do so and then go back and listen to some of the ones on the land podcast and also some ones we did last summer. Hope you guys enjoy this conversation. Before we get into it, I have to tell you, the upgrade program is still an effect for the remainder of April. I'll keep it short and sweet. If you have a camera that is
0:37.5	working or nonworking can be any brand. It could be a camera from 10 years ago. Send it in,
0:41.9	use the code upgrade, save 25% off and get a brand new Exodus render or brand new Exodus rival.
0:48.0	It can be guaranteed for five years, five year theft and damage coverage, and you're going to
0:52.3	have the best customer service to help alleviate any issues that you run into.
0:56.4	Hope you guys take advantage of that.
0:58.1	In terms of other announcements, I'm trying to think here.
1:00.3	That is about it.
1:01.0	Be sure to check out the Exodus MMT arrows.
1:03.3	If you're getting ready to go to the tack events, we're going to be in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
1:06.3	So be sure to stop by the booth and see what we have to offer there.
1:10.1	That is it for now. I hope you guys
1:11.5	really enjoy this conversation. I know I did. Here we go.
1:14.4	Lights. Camera. Follow the trailer. If you know where a deer's betting and you know where he's
1:20.0	eating, that deer should be dead. If you're passive on a deer, what you're doing is you're teaching.
1:25.6	I've got 30 bucks in the Michigan record book.
1:27.9	Everyone but one has had at least one previous wound on his body. Some had as many as four.
1:34.6	The Exodus podcast. Your source for all things Whiteale. Now what's, we're going to put you through
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