288: A complete guide to small parcel habitat management and hunting: Turning 20 acres into a big buck haven with Nick Nation of The Habitat Hook

Habitat Podcast

Jared Van Hees

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Habitat Podcast #288 - In today’s episode of The Habitat Podcast, we are back in the studio with Nick Nation. Nick is the owner of the Habitat Hook and has been managing habitat on his home farm for years. We discuss: The Habitat Hook Enhancing a small property for deer Innovating on a 20-acre wildlife playground Utilizing neighboring land features Designing habitat around a centrally located house Developing a central hub for deer movement Overcoming the challenges of a saturated canopy Observing and questioning deer behavior The importance of creating porous habitats An N-shaped food plot design Switchgrass & ragweed Moving mature trees with a DIY spade The art and intricacy of chainsaw management And So Much More! PATREON - Patreon - Habitat Podcast Brand new HP Patreon for those who want to support the Habitat Podcast. Good luck this Fall and if you have a question yourself, just email us @ info@habitatpodcast.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patreon - Habitat Podcast Latitude Outdoors - Saddle Hunting: https://bit.ly/hplatitude Stealth Strips - Stealth Outdoors: Use code Habitat10 at checkout https://bit.ly/stealthstripsHP Contact Rich at Tagged Out Seed Products: (740) 856-5207 or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063715565466 Midwest Lifestyle Properties - https://bit.ly/3OeFhrm Vitalize Seed Food Plot Seed - https://bit.ly/vitalizeseed Down Burst Seeders - https://bit.ly/downburstseeders 10% code: HP10 Morse Nursery - http://bit.ly/MorseTrees 10% off w/code: HABITAT10 Packer Maxx - http://bit.ly/PACKERMAXX $25 off with code: HPC25 Exodus Outdoor Gear - Use Code: HP - https://exodusoutdoorgear.com/discount/HP First Lite --> https://bit.ly/3EDbG6P LAND PLAN Property Consultations – HP Land Plans: LAND PLANS Leave us a review for a FREE DECAL - https://apple.co/2uhoqOO Morse Nursery Tree Dealer Pricing – info@habitatpodcast.com Habitat Podcast YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmAUuvU9t25FOSstoFiaNdg Email us: info@habitatpodcast.com habitat management / deer habitat / food plots / hinge cut / food plot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Habitat Podcast, the podcast for wildlife habitat management, hunting strategy, and
0:23.9	land stewardship.
0:25.4	And now, your host, Jared Van Hees.
0:31.6	Welcome to the Habitat Podcast.
0:33.9	I'm your host, Jared Van Heese, and we're here to become better habitat managers.
0:38.7	That's what that means, guys, better habitat managers.
0:41.9	We like deer, but we like everything else, too.
0:44.1	Turkeys, butterflies, bees, the whole deal.
0:47.1	And I have a banger episode for you here today.
0:50.5	If you like hearing us catch up with old friends who've been doing this habitat thing a long
0:56.6	time, and we're talking about the intricacies of chainsaw work, developing small properties,
1:03.2	10 acres, 20 acres, where this whole podcast began, you are going to enjoy this episode.
1:08.6	We have my good friend, Mr. Nick Nation from Nations Creations, back on the podcast.
1:15.6	Nick has been on here before episode 69, episode 18.
1:19.7	Go back and check those out years ago, guys.
1:23.2	Nick has been doing this before I've been doing this, and we have a conversation, like a couple of guys catching up around a campfire.
1:31.0	This is awesome.
1:32.4	There is so much good information here, and I try to dive in deep.
1:36.2	I try to peel back the layers of the onion a little bit further whenever Nick has a quick little quip of something great.
1:43.4	So I think you're really going to like this episode.
1:45.6	I surely enjoyed it.
1:47.1	And I thank you, Mr. Nick, for coming on.
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