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Wired To Hunt Podcast

Ep. 982: Foundations - The Truth About the Big Bucks Behind All of Those Big Dead Bucks You See

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.84.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

This week, Tony explains how much money is involved in the whitetail industry, and why it paints such a disingenuous picture of big deer.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.4

First Light's white-tail kits were made for the long haul and built to perform in the late

0:09.7

season cold, trusted by hunters who demand more from their gear.

0:14.5

The thermic kit is our cold weather workhorse.

0:17.5

It'll keep you in the game when the temps dropped to 20 and well below. So don't let

0:22.4

the season give you the slip. Finish strong with a system that delivers when it matters most.

0:28.3

Built to perform, built to last. Check out the full lineup at firstlight.com. That's

0:34.5

first light, L-I-T-E.com.

0:37.6

Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting.

0:45.4

Presented by First Light, creating proven, versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle, or blind.

0:51.8

First Light, go farther, stay longer. And now, your host, Tony Peterson.

0:58.1

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

1:01.8

I'm your host Tony Peterson, and today's episode is all about the money involved in whitetail hunting

1:05.9

and why that matters to all of us.

1:12.4

Look, there's a secret in the hunting industry that no one's going to tell you about.

1:15.4

Because honestly, we need you to keep buying stuff.

1:17.7

And we need you to keep thinking that all of us are super rad hunters who can do what no one

1:21.3

else can, which if you believe that, will make you more likely to buy stuff from us.

1:25.9

The big money thing in White Hills is kind of insane, and it's only getting worse.

1:30.1

It's also kind of bullshit, and I think we need to talk about it, which is what I'm going to do right now.

1:40.7

A long, long, long time ago, I happened to catch an episode of Ted Nugent's show.

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