Don Higgins: What Do All Great Hunting Parcels Have in Common? & Searching For Land Like a Pro!

Five Things To Consider When Buying And Transforming Your New Farm The layout of the property: Whether you're buying a property or leasing one, what is around that property is more important than what is on it. Look beyond the boundaries. Human intrusion ruins a lot of good things: You should look for properties with little human pressure. Make your property the prime property in the area (hub), and the deer from the surrounding property will come to your property at some point as part of their travel. The first thing to focus on is security: If you have the most secure property in an area, that is where they will go when the pressure is on. Security is the most important thing, and once Don figured this out, his success skyrocketed. Food will help populate deer on your farm, especially in the right season. Offer things that other properties are not offering, and make your property different and better. Are you curious what Don Higgins would suggest when looking for hunting land to buy? In this episode, we discuss how to search for land like a professional and what key characteristics are king when buying hunting land.  Steps covered:  Step 0: The MONEY 💰 Step 1: The Search for Land 🔭  [00:01] Introduction to the episode [01:54] Additional resources on your search for land [02:39] A breakdown of the basic tips that can help get a good deal [14:21] What the top tier farms have in common [16:41] The analogy of a hub and a spoke of a wheel [20:08] The difference between hunting sanctuaries and vetting areas [21:06] One thing that Don would do over if he was to go back to the beginning [27:57] Don’s farm, how he acquired it, and some of the transformations he made [25:08] Don mix of cover versus food percentage in his farm [28:26] Cattle pasture and why Don will use it as a cover over again [30:39] Deer hunting and how Don would do it without a thick cover [36:39] The ideology of doing things the same way to make deer cast into your process [38:03] How trail photography has improved Don hunting approaches [40:31] The kind of property that Don looks for to maintain his success [42:12] Human intrusion; look for properties with little human pressure [42:31] Ending the show and call to action Connect:  https://linktr.ee/TheLandPodcast https://linktr.ee/exodustrailcamera https://bit.ly/TheDeerGearPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-land-podcast-hofer/message