Drop-Tine Podcast -The official deer management, food plot & habitat podcast

From Tuscaloosa Alabama, two of Jason's long-time friends and fellow Wildlife Biologists join in to talk about food plotting in better soils.  The guys talk about "Eco-Farming", and go back 300 years when Bison herds roamed the plains and the organic soil health was optimal for our immigrant ancestors. Over the years, those soils have been depleted with conventional European farming practices (plowing/Disking) leading to the demand for a "new" approach to food plotting.

Jason talks advanced trail camera tips with Rich Howell of trailcampro.com Rich details the intensive testing program that his company puts all trail cameras through and he reveals his overall first choice of trail cameras. New information is revealed about the best battery type to use and how to save money and improve photo quality with battery selection. Listen to the entire podcast as Rich offers Drop-Tine listeners a fantastic deal ONLY in the month of March!

Jason and Tim talk with Jeremy Moore of Dog Bone Hunter about the increasing popularity in training dogs to find shed antlers.  Jeremy shares his tips and strategy for working with shed dogs from day one.  Jeremy details the difference between "raising" NOT "training" a dog.  Discussion turns to the shock collars and Jeremy's opinion on them might not be what you'd think. Which breed is best? Jason discusses shed dog training products.

Jason and Tim talk with Dr. Marcus Lashley to set the record straight on hinge cutting and the hot new topic of "mineral stumps" for deer. The discussion compares the most popular habitat improvement projects that every landowner can tackle: mineral stumps, hinge cutting and hack and squirt. The "deer guys" discuss when to apply each practice and Dr. Lashley shares his ground breaking research showing massive upregulation of key antler growing nutrients.

Bonus episode-interview with Christian Berg, Editor of Petersen's Bowhunting.  Christain shares his favorite new bowhunting gadgets for 2018; Primos Surround View ground blind,Glory Nock lighted nocks,Garmin Xero bow sight with built in range finder and adjusting aiming point. Mathews Triax, Hoyt Carbon RX1,Prime Logic, March NEW Gear Guide, www.bowhuntingmag.com,Facebook.com/cbergbowhunt

Jason and Tim chat with Drop-Tine client Joe Switzer about his whitetail property.  Joe hired Jason to help him develop his property, part of which was a beautiful 9 hole public golf course that Joe wanted to transform into a hunting property, irrigation and all!  Joe shares his "game changers" that have afforded him the opportunity to hunt big, mature bucks in a state that is not known for selective hunters. Joe talks Redneck Blinds.  Jason discusses "maternal effects",Frost seeding,fertilizing food plo

Jason interviews Brad Doyle http://www.eagleseed.com/ from the legendary soybean company: Eagle Seeds.  Get your cliffs notes PhD in plant breeding as brad shares the true differences between forage soybeans and conventional ag beans and how that relates to our whitetail food plot needs. Brad explains how you can double the total number of branches on a soybean plant (more grain!) and produce larger leaves that equate to more biomass for deer.  More biomass equates to larger antlers!

Personal and professional backgrounds of Drop-Tine Podcast hosts Jason Snavely and Tim Kocher.  Jason explains WHY he decided to jump start this new platform of chatting about everything whitetails.  Jason and Tim further discuss the similarities and differences in their backgrounds and how they came together to build the Drop-Tine Podcast.