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Habitat Podcast

324: Holding Deer on 30 Acres, Adding Fruit and Chestnut trees, and the ethics of crossbow hunting with Matt Zahl and Andy Hutchens

Habitat Podcast

Jared Van Hees

Sports, Wilderness

4.9584 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Habitat Podcast #324 - In today’s episode of The Habitat Podcast, we are back with some more familiar faces. This week Andy from the.deercamp.podcast sits down with friend of the podcast Matt Zahl. We discuss: Big plans for a fruit orchard & chestnuts A DIY buck bed attracts a shooter Introduction to late-season fruit orchards Strategic chestnut ridge plans for deer season The heritage & future of hunting culture The ethics of crossbows discussed Getting into Bowhunting later in life Views on Michigan's hunting regulations Should Michigan implement an Antler Point Restriction 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 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 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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Visit Petjavity.co.uk for full details. Welcome to the Habitat Podcast, the podcast for wildlife habitat management, hunting Strategy, and Land Stewardship.

0:55.5

And now, your host, Jared Van Hees.

1:01.6

Welcome to the Habitat Podcast.

1:04.0

I'm your host, Jared Van Heese.

1:05.6

We're here to become better habitat managers.

1:08.6

Welcome back, everybody, to another great episode of the Habitat podcast. Today I have

1:13.7

my good friend Andy Hutchins with a deer camp podcast in his episode with my other good buddy,

1:20.5

Matt Zoll, Habitat Podcast, West Michigan representative. Guys, Matt and Andy are two of my great buddies.

1:28.2

We're going back on a deer camp episode here.

1:31.2

I was on spring break last week.

1:32.9

We have some awesome more content coming for you next week here at the podcast.

1:37.7

Today we're talking about Matt and it's 30 acres in West Michigan.

1:41.7

We're talking about apples and chestnuts.

1:44.2

Betting and keeping mature bucks on your property,

1:46.7

adding dough betting,

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