Introducing: Back 40

Back 40 dives deep into the world of whitetails, one burning question at a time. In each episode, host Jake Hofer sits down with multiple seasoned whitetail experts to tackle a whitetail conundrum facing hunters today. From controversial tactics to evolving strategies and mindset-shifting opinions, this is where perspectives collide. Whether you're managing your first forty acres or hunting whitetails in the big woods, the Back 40 podcast delivers real-world insight, straight from the minds of those who live it. One question. Eight answers. Endless insights. Tune in starting July 30th to Back 40 on the Wired to Hunt podcast.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You've got the land, you've got the deer, but the
season's closing in and your mind's racing with more questions
than answers. That's why this summer I traveled across the
Midwest to sit down with some of the most experienced
whitetail hunters and land managers in the country to discuss
the burning questions in white tail dilemmas we all face
on our own back forties, whether it's forty acres or

(00:20):
four hundred. I'm Jake Koefer and this is back forty,
a limited series show on Wired to Hunt, part of
Meat Eaters podcast network. Each episode, I'll be asking eight
white tail experts a thought provoking question or dilemma, like
how do I hunt the best part of the farm
with less than ideal access?

Speaker 2 (00:40):
Everything is always risk reward. Is it worth the risk
to go in here to hunt.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
The best spot on your farm has bad access, then
it's not the best spot on your farm?

Speaker 4 (00:50):
You stay in there?

Speaker 1 (00:51):
You know?

Speaker 5 (00:51):
I did that one season, one hundred buck for twelve
days and number once sucking my bet.

Speaker 6 (00:58):
Well, should you? That's what the real question is. Stand
without good access is not a good stand.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
What can every hunter do to make the next twenty
five years better than the last.

Speaker 4 (01:10):
This will be the perfect bought one of them. That's
I guess. That's what I'm saying, is as perfect as
one man can make it.

Speaker 6 (01:17):
Well. I think that asking every geer hunter to do
what's right for the resource is a big ass that's
never going to happen.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
So get in the game. Figure out a plan to
get your first piece of ground. You know, when you
own the ground and you can make the decisions, you
have to be able to do that, you know, get
in the game by ground.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
One Question eight answers endless insight. Hope to see you
over at the Back forty podcast. Find Back forty in
the wire to Hunt feed on Meat Eater's podcast network.