Hunting Land, Food Plots & Trail Clearing

Recreational land is the most common reason somebody calls us. A parcel that has grown in until you cannot get a side-by-side down it. A food plot that has been reclaiming itself since the last owner. Shooting lanes that need opening before the season. A spot you want thickened up for bedding instead of cleared out.

This work rewards knowing what you want before the machine starts. Cutting a plot in the wrong place, or opening a lane that blows your wind, is a mistake you live with for years. So we walk it with you, talk through where you sit and how you get in, and cut to that — not to a generic pattern.

On the lakeshore counties, ground conditions drive the schedule as much as the calendar does. Wet clay in October means ruts you will be looking at next fall. If your project can wait for frost, we will say so, and if it has to happen before the opener we will tell you honestly what it will do to the ground.

What’s included

• Food plot ground cleared, stumped and left ready to work
• Shooting lanes and sight lines opened to your stand or blind
• Access trails and side-by-side lanes cut through timber
• Bedding and cover areas created by selective mulching
• Overgrown parcels made walkable and huntable again
• Field edges and transitions softened between cover and open ground
• Camp, cabin and shed sites cleared
• Winter work scheduled so the ground is frozen and the property stays clean

Why J Schleis Services

J Schleis Services is Justin Schleis — one owner, one machine, and no crew to relay your instructions through. The person who walks the property with you is the person running the mulcher. That is the whole pitch, and on this kind of work it is worth more than it sounds: land clearing goes wrong when somebody cuts what you meant to keep.

We are fully insured (general liability, certificate on request) and the work carries a 2-year workmanship warranty. We are a new company — started in 2026 — and we would rather tell you that than have you find out. What we will not do is take a deposit for work the ground is not ready for, or quote you an acreage rate over the phone that turns out to be wrong once we see it.

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