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Wired To Hunt Podcast

Ep. 1039: Back 40 - Four Whitetail Land Mistakes To Avoid At All Costs

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.84.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to managing land for whitetails, there’s no shortage of advice on what you should be doing. But sometimes the fastest way to improve your property is knowing what mistakes to avoid in the first place. In this episode of Back 40, we asked a fresh panel of experienced deer hunters and land managers one simple question: What are the biggest whitetail land mistakes people make? The answers cover everything from access and pressure to habitat work, expectations, and long-term planning. Whether you own 10 acres or 1,000, avoiding the wrong moves can save you years of frustration and put you on a much faster path toward building better deer habitat and more consistent hunting success. This episode features: Wes Delks, Steve Hanson, Jake Ehllinger, and Sam Billhorn.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone. Are you ready for more of the best hunting content on the internet?

0:04.9

Good, because we're continuing Meat Eater's 12 and 26 series featuring a long-form look at 12

0:11.2

of the most significant hunts from the past year. This installment covers my Manitoba archery

0:16.8

and rifle, caribou expedition, and it is a total banger.

0:23.3

Throughout the episode, we successfully take three caribou land countless lake trout

0:27.9

and prepare two of the most unique meals we've ever put on film.

0:32.9

Presented by OnX Maps and Moultry Mobile, you can catch the full video right now on the meat eater

0:39.0

youtube channel what is going on welcome back to a fresh episode of back 40 this is jake hofer

0:45.2

and we have a fresh panel of four guests to talk about all the different things when it comes

0:51.7

to managing white tails there's no shortage of

0:54.4

advice on what you should be doing. But sometimes the fastest way to improve your property is

0:59.4

knowing what mistakes to avoid in the first place. In this episode of Back 40, we ask the

1:05.8

question, what are the biggest white tail and mistakes people make? And the answers cover a variety

1:10.6

of different things.

1:11.6

So as you're building out of plan for this upcoming season,

1:13.9

you can whittle down your project list.

1:15.8

That's likely very long and narrow it down based off of crossing some things off

1:20.2

that might not be worth the time, effort, or energy.

1:23.4

We have West Elks from Illinois with real world wildlife products and chasing giants.

1:27.8

We have Steve Hansen from Iowa, Jake Ellinger from Michigan and Sam Billhorn from Wisconsin.

1:34.6

So we are covering the heart of the Midwest where there's a lot of deer hunters.

1:38.5

So I hope you guys really enjoyed this episode.

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