401: How Janis Putelis Turned 50 Acres Of Big Woods Into A Whitetail Paradise

Habitat Podcast #401 - In today's episode of The Habitat Podcast, we are back in the studio with Janis Putelis! We discuss: -Janis cut every white pine off 20 acres and released the oaks hiding underneath them. -Why 40 acres is barely enough timber for a logger to justify moving his equipment in. -The US Fish and Wildlife Habitat Partners Program funded his 7-acre oak savanna restoration. -Doing the slash and burn work himself credited against his share instead of costing $7,000. -Ground deer used to walk straight through now has a bed every five minutes you walk. -Sam Tumberg's buckthorn rule: mow it in spring, then spray the regrowth after July 4th. -Buckthorn cut to the ground on May 15th was four to six feet tall by the third week of July. -Roughly fifty trees dropped by hand turned a dead ridge saddle into a big buck's route. -His dad is hunting the September 15th Wisconsin opener from a blind he built by hand. -Deer refuse to travel his one long straight road but hammer every winding trail he cuts. And So Much More! Chapters: 0:00 The Ground Deer Used To Walk Straight Through 1:34 Rain, Seed And Living The Dream 2:42 Janis Just Got Back From Kansas 7:41 Back To The Wisconsin 50 10:24 Did He Cut Enough? The Logger Math On 40 Acres 12:56 Cutting Every White Pine To Release The Oaks 15:23 The Fish And Wildlife Oak Savanna Project 19:25 Regeneration, Bedding And Cutting Trails 25:53 Apple Trees And Bringing Sand To The Beach 27:11 Triclopyr, Glyphosate And Crossbow 30:35 Ten Acres Of Buckthorn And Sam's Mow-Then-Spray Rule 36:53 Fish And Wildlife vs NRCS 41:16 Getting The Next Phase Funded 45:53 Dad, The Neighbors And A Woods Full Of Noise 51:07 The Ridge Saddle He Opened With A Saw 53:16 How Dad Will Hunt The September 15th Opener 58:38 Why Deer Won't Use His One Straight Road 1:02:21 Janis's Plan For This Fall 1:05:37 Mock Scrape Vines Hit The First Night 1:09:17 Nobody Else Around Him Has An Oak Savanna Shop the New Native Seed Collection from Vitalize Seed here: https://vitalizeseed.com/collections/vitalize-native-product-line  Use Code HABITAT26 and Get Your Plot Blaster Here: https://plotblaster.com/  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