Ep. 1035: Inside the Mind of a 50-Year Michigan Bowhunter
Wired To Hunt Podcast
MeatEater
4.8 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Jake Ehlinger has spent over 50 years hunting whitetails in Michigan and nearly 45 years managing the same farm. In this episode, he and Jake Hofer dive deep into the lessons he’s learned through decades of trial and error, habitat work, hunting pressure, food plot design, and deer behavior.
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| 1:01.4 | This is Jake Hofer. And this week, we have Jake Ellinger with Habitat Solutions 360, |
| 1:08.5 | covering a wide gamut of conversation here today. Jake has been hunting for over 50 years. |
| 1:12.3 | He's been working on the same property for 45 years. And you can hear about all the impactful projects that have paid off over many years and how he would start over |
| 1:17.9 | today if he had to. Wired Hunt is presented by Moultry. I hope you guys enjoyed this discussion. Jake has |
| 1:24.1 | seen Michigan change over the years. And we talk about some of the current events in the state of Michigan towards the end of this episode. So I hope you guys enjoy it. Here we go. |
| 1:37.1 | Jake, welcome to Wired to Hunt. How's it going? It's going pretty good, Jake. Thanks for having me. Yeah, my pleasure. |
| 1:44.6 | My pleasure. |
| 1:53.1 | I think we were just talking, you have been working on the same farm for 45 years, which is a really, |
| 1:54.0 | really long time. |
| 1:58.4 | And how long have you been hunting in the state of Michigan? |
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