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We talk to buyers and sellers every single day, and one thing comes up more than anything else. People who had a bad experience with a past agent almost always point to the same handful of problems. The agent did not know the area. Communication dropped off after the listing went live. Details got missed
Pictured: Riparian corridor along the sandy-bottomed Double Branch Creek on a listing in Polk County, Texas. This floodplain area functions as a primary wildlife travel corridor and offers Floodplain is one of the most misunderstood terms in rural real estate. Too often, it gets treated as a liability before it is understood and discounted before
A Complete Deer Hunting Guide to Behavior Most hunters fail because they chase the idea of a deer instead of studying the animal itself. They obsess over deer hunting essentials, yet sit in the wrong tree at the wrong time with the wind blowing their scent across three counties. Then they wonder why nothing shows
Key Takeaways A family land trust keeps property in the family without dragging heirs through probate court or a forced sale. It moves land transfer outside of probate, which saves time, attorney fees, and most of the family arguments that come with inheritance. The trust language sets exactly how the land gets used, leased, or
This week on Fist Full of Dirt it’s part 1 of our Halloween special. Listeners have sent in their best spooky stories and we threw in a few of our own. Gather around the campfire with your family and listen together. Listen here: Fist Full of Dirt is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher. To follow
Bobby Cole | Originally published in GameKeepers: Farming for Wildlife Magazine. To subscribe, click here. It’s a fact that you can attract and hold waterfowl if you plant areas with specific crops. We really don’t refer to them as food plots when in regards to waterfowl, but in essence, that’s what they are. Ducks, just like deer
Key Takeaways Land has no fixed price. What it sells for depends on local demand, allowed use, and what nearby tracts have closed for. Recent comparable sales beat any pricing formula. Pull sold data on similar acreage, soil type, and zoning within a 10 to 20 mile radius. Zoning, utility access, road frontage, and nearby
Key Takeaways Buying land is less about finding the cheap listing and more about knowing what the land can legally and physically do. Start with a clear use case. Hunting, building, ag, recreation, and a long-term hold each shape every other decision. Land financing is not a home loan. Plan the loan path, down payment,
Gerald Almy With the flood of informational articles and video material on food plots coming out in recent years, it would seem everything about the subject has been said. Maybe that’s part of the problem, too much information, and not all of it totally accurate. Articles, TV shows, DVDs, podcasts, blogs, books…so much material has
Roger Burge 1. WHAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MANAGING A POND THAT YOU SEE OVERLOOKED? Harvest of bass and crappie is the most important, and often overlooked aspect of pond management. An owner can spend thousands of dollars stocking, fertilizing, liming, and feeding without any positive results if the predator population is too dense.
