Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations Podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better

deer hunting, and now your host, Tony Peterson.

Hey everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations Podcast, which is brought to you

by First Light.

This episode is all about the things that can go wrong when you're applying some hunting

ground.

Now last week I talked about buying hunting land, which is, you know, honestly a dream for

most of us.

For some, it'll remain just that a dream, but for others it will become a reality.

That's a huge life win if you can pull it off, but it's also a big scary investment where

a lot of things can go wrong.

And to top it off, some of the lofty expectations we have about food plots and hit list bucks,

and you know, finally not having to deal with other hunters, but can also go wrong in a

lot of ways.

Ways which you should be aware of before you buy.

And that's what I'm going to talk about right now.

I've got two land buying stories to tell you about that are both cautionary tales.

The first one involves yours truly, and a small 29 acre mix of high and low ground located

just a bit north of the Twin Cities.

Now buddy and I bought that land in 2013 after I saw homemade for sale sign in the ditch.

The price was way too cheap, which should have been a red flag for us.

So we did the responsible thing and hired a real estate lawyer to make sure we weren't

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