#241 - Why Some Small Farms Can Hunt Better Than Most Big Farms with Jack Huston

Welcome to the land podcast, a platform for people looking to educate themselves in the world of land ownership, land investing, staying up to date with current land trends in the Midwest, and hearing from industry experts and professionals. On today’s episode, we are back in the studio with Jack Huston. We discuss:- Jack says you need close to 2,000 acres to control your own destiny, so the neighborhood decides most farms.- Jack explains why 80 acres next to 700 unhunted acres can beat 500 acres with seven people around you.- Jack calls the lone 500-acre owner doing all the habitat work his least favorite setup: it becomes the doe factory.- Jack warns buyers against limiting themselves to one county or insisting on road frontage for access.- Jack says fruit trees and directional fencing don’t move the needle like TSI, herd control and a good neighborhood.- Jack shares his own results: 120 does and 300 acres of TSI in four years, and about 25% more mature bucks.- Jack explains why Kansas, northern Wisconsin and the U.P. may not need doe harvest, with coyotes doing that job.- Jack’s drone detection systems show Ohio flights running about ten times what he sees anywhere else.- Jack counts roughly 25 genuinely good small farms, about 2,500 acres, in his half-million-acre county.- Jack and Jake go rapid fire on big acreage, creek bottoms, CRP, standing corn and owning land next to public. And so much more! Chapters:0:00 Buy 40 acres, hunt the 2,000 around you2:50 The farms people regret buying9:30 Red flags from the air: the lone manager’s doe factory12:00 What buyers overvalue: one county, road frontage, poaching14:46 When a farm has hit its ceiling16:14 Is shooting does and TSI worth it? Jack’s 120-doe results22:17 Shooting does on 40 and 80 acres, and where not to28:30 Drone detection: why Ohio’s flights run 10x36:12 How rare is a really good farm?42:55 Regional genetics: Kansas bodies, Oklahoma racks49:10 Sanctuaries vs. habitat quality53:23 Rapid fire: overrated or underrated? Thanks again for all of the support from our partners—none of this would’ve been possible without them! - Buck Land Funding: https://www.firstbankers.com/bucklandfunding-Hawke Optics | Use Code WHTL for 15% off: https://bit.ly/hawkeoptics_-OnX: https://bit.ly/onX_Hunt-Painted Arrow: bit.ly/PaintedArrow- Latitude Outdoors: https://www.latitudeoutdoors.com/- Use code ‘HOFER’ to save 10% off at www.theprairiefarm.com- Massive potential tax savings: ASMLABS.Net