
Conservation That Pays – How to Manage Understory When Prescribed Fire Won’t Work
Prescribed fire is one of the most powerful tools we have for managing wildlife habitat in the Southeast. When it works, it opens the woods,

Conservation That Pays – How to Manage Understory When Prescribed Fire Won’t Work
Prescribed fire is one of the most powerful tools we have for managing wildlife habitat in the Southeast. When it works, it opens the woods,

Recreational Land Loans Explained
Recreational land loans refer to financial arrangements designed specifically for purchasing or developing properties intended for recreational purposes. These loans provide individuals or organizations with

How To Determine Your Buck-to-Doe Ratio With A Drone Survey
If you’ve ever walked out of the woods thinking, I’m doing everything right, so why doesn’t this feel better? You’re not alone. You’ve shot does.

Sooner or later, anyone who has land in the country—whether for agriculture or for hunting purposes—will have a need for heavy equipment. Land clearing, land

Land Equity Loans and Other Creative Land Financing
For rural land buyers, opportunities rarely arrive at the perfect financial moment. A neighboring tract might hit the market when your cash is tied up,

How DuckHut is Changing Wood Duck Conservation
It all started at a gas station. Kent Grimm wasn’t a duck hunter himself, but his son-in-law was the type who’d take November off just

Shooting Does Without Pressuring Your Property
When it comes to managing deer herds in Alabama, especially when it comes to shooting does as part of that management, few hunters have the

Managing Bottomland Hardwoods for Timber and Wildlife
When landowners talk about timber, pine usually dominates the conversation. But there’s another forest type—less talked about, far more complex, and arguably just as valuable:

How to Approach Your Neighbors for Cooperative Management
By the time Albert Trousdale turned sixty, he had seen North Alabama evolve from “be glad to get a spike” to routinely producing four-year-old bucks

What It Takes to Buy and Hunt Your Own Land
If you’ve ever caught yourself daydreaming about buying hunting land, your own piece of dirt to hunt, manage, and pass down, you’re not alone. I
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