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Wired To Hunt Podcast

Introducing: Back 40

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.64.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Back 40 dives deep into the world of whitetails, one burning question at a time. In each episode, host Jake Hofer sits down with multiple seasoned whitetail experts to tackle a whitetail conundrum facing hunters today. From controversial tactics to evolving strategies and mindset-shifting opinions, this is where perspectives collide. Whether you're managing your first forty acres or hunting whitetails in the big woods, the Back 40 podcast delivers real-world insight, straight from the minds of those who live it. One question. Eight answers. Endless insights. Tune in starting July 30th to Back 40 on the Wired to Hunt podcast.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You've got the land, you've got the deer,

0:02.1

but the season's closing in and your mind's racing

0:04.4

with more questions than answers.

0:07.0

That's why this summer I traveled across the Midwest

0:09.5

to sit down with some of the most experienced

0:11.7

white-tail hunters and land managers in the country

0:14.2

to discuss the burning questions and the whitetail dilemmas

0:17.5

we all face on our own back 40s,

0:19.2

whether it's 40 acres or 400.

0:21.7

I'm Jake Hofer, and this is Back 40, a limited series show on Wire to Hunt, part of Meat Eat Eaters, podcast network.

0:29.3

Each episode, I'll be asking eight whitel experts a thought-provoking question or dilemma, like,

0:34.8

how do I hunt the best part of the farm with less than ideal access?

0:40.0

Everything is always risk reward. Is it worth the risk to go in here to hunt?

0:44.6

The best spot on your farm has bad access. Then it's not the best spot on your farm.

0:50.3

You stay in there. You know, I did that one season, a hundred bucks for 12 days and never once

0:56.9

slept in my bet. Well, should you, that's what the real question is. Stand without good access is

1:03.5

not a good stand. What can every hunter do to make the next 25 years better than the last?

1:10.5

This would be the perfect thought, one of them.

1:12.6

I guess that's what I'm saying.

1:14.1

It's perfect as one man can make it.

1:17.1

Well, I think that asking every deer hunter to do what's right for the resource

1:22.2

is a big ass that's never going to happen.

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