My Research

My Research

My whole career I have been a researcher. It became more structures when I was asked to be the forage researcher for Wisconsin’s first discovery farm program. It changed my way of thinking as to how to do research. Many people want to prove something when they do...
Recalibrate. Getting your food plots back on track.

Recalibrate. Getting your food plots back on track.

A little over one week ago I commented to someone how one of my snowmobiles was running better than ever. As I went to start it yesterday, I ran for a few seconds and then quit. No matter what I did to try to get it to run yesterday, it wouldn’t run. As frustrated as...
The Power of Three

The Power of Three

The Power of Three Early on in my career, I learned of the power of three. A lot of these influences came from the New Zealand grazing programs which I helped teach to my client base as a consultant. The power of three to me means, plant at least three different...
Stockpiled Forages, The Key to Growing Big Bucks. Part 1

Stockpiled Forages, The Key to Growing Big Bucks. Part 1

I get calls every week by people asking me for help to grow large deer. Some are a result of seeing an article where a client put over 60 inches of antler in one year. I know many people are looking for a magic bullet or simple answer to this. The answers always will...
Importance of Soil pH. in Food Plots, A different approach

Importance of Soil pH. in Food Plots, A different approach

A number of years ago, I started hosting wildlife food plot seminars. One year I hosted about 30 seminars from smaller to the larger deer show circuit. During these early years, I always asked people in the audience what was the most important component of food plots....