399: Turning 40 Acres of Worthless Swamp Into a Big Buck Sanctuary with Joe Allera

Habitat Podcast #399 - In today's episode of The Habitat Podcast, we are back in the studio with Joe Allera!

We discuss:

-Joe buys 40 acres of wetland because 40 acres of tillable ground was priced out of reach.

-Joe cuts over 100 deer beds into his swamp transitions with a weed whacker and a saw blade.

-Joe reads marsh elevation off the vegetation: phragmites highest, reed canary the deepest.

-Joe hunts the wrong wind on purpose, blowing his scent straight into the bedding area.

-Eight mature bucks have come out of one Redneck box blind, all on the same wind.

-Joe runs a $100 Amazon ozone closet and says a boogeyman ain't never been smelled.

-EHD killed 40% of the deer in Joe's area last year and he is lowering expectations.

-The tamarack point by Joe's lake holds the biggest bucks within five miles.

-Joe builds mock scrapes he calls cat toys and a merry-go-round of four around one oak.

-Joe fills five tags in seven weeks by taking mid-October to Thanksgiving off work.