Ep. 328: How to Find Your Own Back 40 with Joe Gizdic and Shawn Kelley

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show I'm joined by Joe Gizdic and Shawn Kelley to dive deep into the story of how we found and purchased our MeatEater Back 40 farm and advice for finding your own special piece of hunting ground.

Topics discussed:

Intro to Joe, Shawn and Whitetail Properties
Most important criteria to look for when searching for a hunting property
What I was looking for during the Back 40 purchase process
The properties I looked at that didn't make the cut
How to properly assess the value of land
Identifying a good "neighborhood"
Advice for finding prospective properties
What I liked about the Back 40 farm and Shawn's thoughts
Details to get right when offering and closing on a property
Common mistakes when trying to purchase a recreational property
Other advice for finding and buying land

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0:00.0	Good news my friends meet eaters spring sale is in full swing from May 16th to the 18th
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0:21.3	20% off their gobbler getting turkey pot calls and you can get select FHF gear accessories like the rangefinder 2.0 pouch
0:29.8	or the tack mountain rifle rest at 20% off now two of the things that I wear all summer spring and summer really are the first light
0:39.1	WIC t-shirt and the long sleeve that's the hoodie star the WIC hoodie those pieces are are basically my uniform for the summer when I'm on camping
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0:57.7	Before it's too late you can see the site for full details
1:07.6	Welcome to the wire to hunt podcast your home for deer hunting news stories and strategies and
1:14.6	Now your host mark Kenyan
1:20.2	Welcome to the wire to hunt podcast I'm your host Mark Kenyan and this is episode number three
1:25.7	27 and today in the show we're diving deep into the story of how we found and purchased our meet eater back 40 farm and
1:33.3	Advice for finding your own special piece of ground if you ever dreamed of owning a hunting property this one's for you
1:45.2	Okay, hello folks and welcome to the wire to hunt podcast brought to you by on X
1:50.9	Tane the show we are shifting gears a little bit as many of you are probably switching gears in your minds too
1:57.0	You know the holidays are here and the 2019 deer hunting season is either wrapped up for you or very soon will be so
2:04.4	With that said we're gonna start looking forward a little bit to the new year
2:08.7	Now almost exactly a year ago at the beginning of last year. I was just beginning a project
2:16.1	Process that honestly was really daunting for the first time in my life
2:21.1	I was trying to find a piece of hunting land to buy you know something that so many of us dream of we wonder about we imagine
2:29.0	And it's something that I always assumed that when I had the means to do it to actually purchase hunting property
2:34.6	It'd just be a piece of cake once you could do it. Oh, it's just all rainbows and butterflies, but I quickly found out
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