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Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting.

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And now, your host, Tony Peterson.

Hey, everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast, which is brought to you by First Light.

I'm your host, Tony Peterson, and today's show is all about small properties and areas of high hunting pressure.

This episode comes from the deepest, darkest corners of my hunting heart.

I don't know, maybe that's too dramatic for a deer hunting podcast.

But if I had a drop a scenario that sucks to hunt in, it would be small properties with

lots of pressure.

Now, that might not be more difficult overall than a big wood scenario with a really low deer density,

but it can definitely be real tough.

There are ways to make it happen, though, which is what I'm going to talk about right now.

Where I currently live in the suburbs of the Twin Cities feels like there are just way, way too many people for a guy like me.

Because, well, there are, and that really sucks.

The density of people happens for different reasons, and I'd be willing to bet that most of you find folks who listen to this podcast would happily lean toward living with fewer people around than more.

Of course, that also involves what you just know and are comfortable with.

My wife loves it here because it's all she has ever known.

And even if she hated it, she's pot committed now and would never admit that.

There are just too many freaking people and just not enough of nature.

And there is also the reality of getting older and realizing that the more people you have

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