Back 40 Episode 4: The Farm’s First Deer Hunt

Back 40 Episode 4: The Farm’s First Deer Hunt

With the preseason commotion on the property now behind me, I can finally start deer hunting. After kicking off the season with little action, I welcome the first guest to hunt the farm. Luke Macauley is a professor and cooperative extension specialist at UC Berkeley, an unlikely spot to find a guy who is thinking about hunting and habitat fragmentation. Macauley’s recent research has taken steps toward proving what I’ve always believed: This small property and others like it can make a real difference.

It seems impossible to boil down all of Macauley’s work and perspective, so I invited him to the Back 40 to find out just how much of an impact hunting on private lands has on conservation.

Follow along all season and be sure to subscribe to our Whitetail Weekly newsletter for updates. Click here to watch episodes one, two, three, and four.

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