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It is late September and rain and deer season (depending on which state you hunt in) are in the forecast. The time to plant has finally arrived!! You had your food plots limed the previous spring to allow adequate time to raise the soil pH for productive plots in the fall. Countless hours have bee... Keep Reading »

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It is summer again. It is hot and dry and most ponds are, to one degree or another, going down. Unfortunately, it looks like we are going into yet another drought summer. It’s time to think about options for aerating your pond or otherwise making it less likely that you suffer a fish kill.

First, we must define some terms so we all understand what we, ... Keep Reading »

This week on The Industry TV, LandAndGame will be featured with an entire episode dedicated to the Advanced Habitat System and our whitetail land management program!  As a host for this new hit show on the Sportsman Channel, I'm excited to share some of our knowledge, tips, and tactics that lead our clients and team to consistent success on Boone and Crockett class whitetails year in an... Keep Reading »

As summer is in full swing we like to know that our advertising dollars are best spent locally here at LandandGame.com.  After going to several seminars and business meetings in the last 6 weeks, it is amazing to see how things are evolving in our business with advertising.   We continually try to spend within our budgets in the right medias.&n... Keep Reading »

Interest in two specific categories of land are way up at www.LandAndGame.com!  Tracts under 40 acres in the country seem to be catching the eye of several different types of buyers lately.  Recently we have written several contracts to purchase small tracts in Henry, Van Buren, and Lee Counties in Iowa.  Clark County Missouri properties under 20 acres are also receiving an abnormal a... Keep Reading »

We're now entering our 5th year of our annual Howler's Ball Coyote Hunt!  This is an exciting 24 hr. event where we have a lot of fun while doing some good for the local small game and spring fawn population!  Predator control is a subject not often talked about in whitetail circles, but they do take their toll on newborn and young fawns throughout the summer.&... Keep Reading »

I know what you're thinking..."Order trees for next year, he must mean this spring?".  Nope, I mean the year 2011!  When it comes to fruit tree planting, we are blessed to work with a company that is kind enough to make arrangements to keep potted plants aside for us to make it easy for landowners to plant themselves!  By ordering now for next y... Keep Reading »

Although none of us at www.LandAndGame.com ever claim to be biologists, it doesn't take a degree in anything to know that it's dang cold out there!  This year the Midwest is turning out to be one of the snowiest in a while and it's beginning to take it's toll on your herd regardless of where your property lies.  Now is the time to lend a helping hand.  It ... Keep Reading »

Happy New Year Everyone!

Having wrapped up another incredible year at www.LandAndGame.com, our team and clients can again put an unprecedented and measurable value on the performance of all of the properties enrolled in our trademarked Advanced Habitat System™!  Many of you may have already heard about the consistent success our team members an... Keep Reading »

2010 is already off to a great start! With the sale of another large property in SE Iowa, the selling season is underway! Multiple transactions are in the works already to close this year and it looks like sellers have finally started to grasp the slight loss of property values here in the Midwest. If you are a buyer looking for either purely recreational and/or recreational property with a retur... Keep Reading »

This year I had the pleasure of hunting with a young man asked this year to film me this fall.  As you can imagine, we get a lot of requests for folks wanting to spend some tree time with our staff.  But, this young man, JJ Dukart (whose father is the owner of Illusion Game Call Systems) showed a desire to not just film, but to learn what it is that h... Keep Reading »

Where did all the bucks go?  Is that what you’re asking yourself on this wet and windy November 16th?  Well, hold on to your BaseSlayer’s, I have an answer for you!  Well, maybe not as far as where to tell you to go specifically tomorrow morning, as in what tree you should be in, but I can give you some insight into the type of habitat you nee... Keep Reading »

Part II of II

Another crucial element is the timing of the use of the decoy. The risk of introducing a decoy into a mature buck’s daily routine at a time when other deer are remaining in their respective territory is considerably high with a low rate of success. So when do you use a decoy? I’m a firm believer that there are only two times to use a decoy, during that maddening t... Keep Reading »

If you love chasing whitetails, antelope, or any big game in the US, it would be silly for me to assume you that you haven’t at least thought of or somewhat dabbled in the mystique of decoying various game.  From antelope to elk and crude cardboard to plywood cutouts, decoying has been done for years.  It’s nothing new to the Western hu... Keep Reading »

If you think this is just another article by a professional hunter telling you that you should buy a specific trail camera because of a sponsorship commitment…think again!  I’m writing this article today to help you make an intelligent and well thought out decision before you take the plunge into often highly addictive world of whitetail espionage.  You see, in t... Keep Reading »