Habitat Consulting

Category: land-management
Topic keys: consulting, land-consulting, consulting-schedule

Current guidance

As of 2026-06-07, the most recent claim on this subject.

Don and Terry describe consulting visits built around walking the ground rather than working from aerial photos alone, with Terry arguing a plan can’t be built from a photo without physically visiting. Don recommends clients withhold their own pre-existing ideas so he can build an unbiased strategy, and says clients should give a delivered plan a real chance rather than abandoning it early. Don and Terry emphasize diverse food plot programs sized to feed the herd through winter, big food sources for pulling power, and bedding cover laid out with wind breaks to funnel deer toward accessible food. Don says the most common client mistake is putting too much pressure on the property through human intrusion, and Terry says the single most valuable piece of information for a visit is how many deer are using the property.

How the guidance evolved (most recent 120 of 263)

• 2024-01-28 Don told an Illinois client his newly expanded property has the potential to be in the top 5% of all the properties he’s ever seen. 2:54 — Ep# 205 - Don shares trail camera pictures from 2023
• 2024-01-28 Terry planned to travel back to Western Kentucky the next morning for a consulting visit near where he and Austin previously got caught in a tornado. 74:35 — Ep# 205 - Don shares trail camera pictures from 2023
• 2024-01-28 Don says their consulting stands out from competitors mainly in follow-up support and the detail of the written plans clients receive. 21:47 — Ep# 205 - Don shares trail camera pictures from 2023
• 2024-02-11 Don plans to travel from Ohio to Missouri, return home for about a day and a half, then head to Michigan for a couple of properties. 0:56 — Episode #207 - Was Don a Hippie?
• 2024-02-11 Don visited six properties in the first four days of that week, across Southern Indiana and Ohio. 1:43 — Episode #207 - Was Don a Hippie?
• 2024-03-03 Don recounts consulting on three different properties in a single day, a first in all his years of consulting. 1:05 — Episode #210 - What to do with Bush Honeysuckle
• 2024-03-03 Don says he’d rather have the right 20 acres than the wrong 200, since layout matters more than size or state for producing big bucks. 8:31 — Episode #210 - What to do with Bush Honeysuckle
• 2024-03-03 Terry’s Kentucky consulting client blindly approached the neighboring landowner to the north and successfully bought that property for added hunting access. 9:31 — Episode #210 - What to do with Bush Honeysuckle
• 2024-03-10 Terry describes touring a Missouri farm that he considers the closest property he’s seen to rivaling Don’s home farm. 3:34 — Episode #211 - Live from RWWP Dealer Event - BINGO
• 2024-03-24 Don consulted on a property in Illinois and two in Iowa this week and planted a bunch of trees. 3:36 — Episode #213 - Turning old cow pasture in deer sanctuary
• 2024-03-24 Don said groups that buy and flip hunting properties use his consulting plan as a marketing tool and report gaining $500 to $1,000 per acre in premium value. 33:09 — Episode #213 - Turning old cow pasture in deer sanctuary
• 2024-03-31 Don said he most enjoys helping clients who admit they’re new to deer hunting since they lack preconceived habits. 51:46 — Episode #214 - Don says, “MAKE TURKEY HUNTING GREAT AGAIN!” Easter Sunday
• 2024-03-31 Don said clients who have already killed several bucks are hardest to help because it’s harder to get them to break old habits. 52:55 — Episode #214 - Don says, “MAKE TURKEY HUNTING GREAT AGAIN!” Easter Sunday
• 2024-03-31 Don recounted a turkey gobbler strutting unafraid just yards from his side-by-side during a consulting visit. 59:26 — Episode #214 - Don says, “MAKE TURKEY HUNTING GREAT AGAIN!” Easter Sunday
• 2024-04-07 Don took his grandsons home Wednesday morning, then drove to a land consultation in Indiana about an hour from their house that same day. 0:50 — Episode #215 - Could 2024 be a fantastic antler growing season?
• 2024-04-07 Terry says he finished his last two consulting plans and mapping, officially wrapping up his plan season. 5:53 — Episode #215 - Could 2024 be a fantastic antler growing season?
• 2024-04-07 Don’s remaining Wisconsin consulting visits were canceled after a big snowstorm left drifts blocking farm access. 6:31 — Episode #215 - Could 2024 be a fantastic antler growing season?
• 2024-04-07 A land manager client mailed Don a book with a handwritten note about finding a deeper understanding of God’s love through it. 15:11 — Episode #215 - Could 2024 be a fantastic antler growing season?
• 2024-04-07 Don plans to do more consulting work and a presentation for the guys at a client’s deer camp property in Northern Indiana. 15:28 — Episode #215 - Could 2024 be a fantastic antler growing season?
• 2024-04-07 Terry says he adds a devotion to the last page of his consulting plans, and a client called wanting to discuss the devotion rather than the plan. 16:45 — Episode #215 - Could 2024 be a fantastic antler growing season?
• 2024-04-07 Don had two conversations this week, with Mark Lester and Wes Delks, about making their consulting different from and better than any other consultant. 17:41 — Episode #215 - Could 2024 be a fantastic antler growing season?
• 2024-04-21 Don finished his consulting season, wrapping up work on Friday. 0:45 — Episode #217 - Now Don wants to go fishing!
• 2024-04-21 Terry says this is the first year he’s fully appreciated how far behind Don gets on his own farm from prioritizing consulting clients. 8:29 — Episode #217 - Now Don wants to go fishing!
• 2024-04-28 Don says meeting great people on consulting visits is one reason he can’t bring himself to fully retire from consulting. 26:55 — Episode #218 -Spring Food Plots - Is it time to plant?
• 2024-05-05 Terry visited a listener’s newly purchased Western Kentucky property with a large CRP tract expiring this year, needing decisions on reenrollment versus food plots. 3:28 — Episode #219 - The Most Important Aspect of Hunting Whitetails
• 2024-05-19 Don consulted on 50 properties this year and only advised about five clients (roughly 1 in 10) to consider putting a fence on a property line. 3:58 — Episode #221 - Crop Rotations for Food Plotters and Deer Water Holes
• 2024-05-19 Don never pushes fences on clients; it’s a personal choice he simply throws out as a suggestion. 4:17 — Episode #221 - Crop Rotations for Food Plotters and Deer Water Holes
• 2024-05-19 Don believes once a client hires him, his job is to help that person be as successful as possible without requiring they follow every recommendation. 4:24 — Episode #221 - Crop Rotations for Food Plotters and Deer Water Holes
• 2024-05-19 Terry recalls Don’s zero-tolerance rule for consultants: never push something on a customer, but listen to their goals and build a plan around them. 9:48 — Episode #221 - Crop Rotations for Food Plotters and Deer Water Holes
• 2024-05-26 Don typically knows within thirty minutes of a property tour whether a consulting client will grasp his land-management approach. 33:55 — Episode #223 - Why are Young Bucks Being Hit on the Roads This Time of Year?
• 2024-06-16 Don relays that Wes Delks observed a repeat client’s follow-up properties are always significantly better than the original property once the client understood why the first one fell short. 51:36 — Ep. #226 - Mineral Site Placement and Predator Activity Special Memories of Fathers on Father’s Day
• 2024-06-16 Don believes diligent follow-up with clients, more than anything else, is what sets his consulting apart from other land-management consultants. 59:31 — Ep. #226 - Mineral Site Placement and Predator Activity Special Memories of Fathers on Father’s Day
• 2024-07-14 Terry observed that consulting clients often keep a sentimentally favorite stand even though it produced only one buck long ago, in 1992. 47:17 — Episode 230 - Don says Switchgrass is not the best bedding.
• 2024-07-14 Terry said one deer shot at a stand years ago doesn’t mean success there can be repeated consistently for clients paying for consulting. 48:02 — Episode 230 - Don says Switchgrass is not the best bedding.
• 2024-07-14 Don says on consulting visits he asks clients how they access a poor stand and what wind direction they use, letting them realize its flaws. 48:30 — Episode 230 - Don says Switchgrass is not the best bedding.
• 2024-08-25 Don shares that a young consulting client is excited his property now holds more bucks with 10 or more points after adding switchgrass and a sanctuary. 37:08 — Episode #236 - Antler Genetics Follow Mother or Father?
• 2024-09-08 Terry said Wes, running Higgins two point o, has had to rebuild the herd’s age structure almost from scratch in an area where deer had been historically wiped out. 38:29 — Episode 238 - 2024 Buck Forecast - MORE GIANTS SHOT THIS YEAR
• 2024-09-08 Don said his most frustrating task as a consultant is getting clients to envision a property’s potential the way he already can. 40:17 — Episode 238 - 2024 Buck Forecast - MORE GIANTS SHOT THIS YEAR
• 2024-10-06 Don announced he is nearly at capacity for property consulting bookings for next winter and urged interested listeners not to delay. 47:13 — Episode #242 - Stop Hunting October Mornings
• 2024-11-17 Wes tells consulting clients they must ask whether they can access cover from multiple directions when evaluating a farm’s potential. 17:00 — Episode #248 - Big Buck Down! Wes Delks Joins Us to Discuss UHAUL
• 2024-11-17 Don notes that for repeat consulting clients, the second property they buy is always way better than the first. 21:50 — Episode #248 - Big Buck Down! Wes Delks Joins Us to Discuss UHAUL
• 2024-11-24 Don observed that the clients who stick closest to his management plan are consistently the most successful at killing big bucks. 8:13 — Episode #249 - Another Big Archery Buck! Terry Peer and Don Higgins Discuss
• 2024-11-24 Terry said their consulting process strategically plans every farm’s access points before designing food, cover, or stand locations. 49:55 — Episode #249 - Another Big Archery Buck! Terry Peer and Don Higgins Discuss
• 2024-12-01 Don met Kyle Birch a few years ago during a consulting visit on his farm. 20:32 — Episode #250 - Prepare for Late Season Big Buck Hunting
• 2024-12-15 Wes Delks told Don years ago that a repeat consulting client’s second property is always noticeably better than their first. 10:23 — Episode #252 - Don says, “THERE IS NO SECOND RUT!”
• 2024-12-15 Don confirmed he has never seen a repeat client’s second property turn out worse than their first property. 10:46 — Episode #252 - Don says, “THERE IS NO SECOND RUT!”
• 2024-12-22 Don is back on the road consulting on properties, having completed four site visits in one week, including one that morning. 3:37 — Episode #253 - Do Not Overcomplicate Habitat Projects!
• 2024-12-22 Don says listening to critics fuels him to take on more consulting work and do it better, despite planning only about 20 properties this winter. 37:03 — Episode #253 - Do Not Overcomplicate Habitat Projects!
• 2025-01-05 Terry describes a client family in Ohio that cooked a huge spread and had a hot meal waiting for him partway through his consulting visit. 4:21 — Episode #255 - Deer Movement and Weather Fronts
• 2025-01-05 Don says it’s hard for him to retire or slow down because he keeps making new friends every day through his consulting work. 4:48 — Episode #255 - Deer Movement and Weather Fronts
• 2025-01-05 On a roughly 400-acre Ohio property, Don and the client identified ten tree stand locations that can be entered and exited without spooking deer. 10:29 — Episode #255 - Deer Movement and Weather Fronts
• 2025-01-05 Don identifies verbal communication as probably his biggest weakness as a consultant, even though he can write effectively. 15:38 — Episode #255 - Deer Movement and Weather Fronts
• 2025-01-19 Terry toured a Western Kentucky property and called it the best logging job he’s ever seen, praising the crew’s clean ruts and top-notch equipment. 14:07 — Episode #257 - Too Early to Shed Hunt - Show some compassion!
• 2025-01-19 Don says he consulted on four properties this week, including three in Illinois all owned coincidentally by landowners from Florida. 26:55 — Episode #257 - Too Early to Shed Hunt - Show some compassion!
• 2025-01-19 Don says he’d rather consult on a brand-new property than a long-owned one, since clients without preconceived ideas about deer movement are easier to influence. 70:56 — Episode #257 - Too Early to Shed Hunt - Show some compassion!
• 2025-02-09 Don says every day on the consulting trail is a blessing because of the people he meets and each new property he sees. 10:55 — Episode #259 Apple Tree Spacing in Deer Plots
• 2025-02-09 Don plans to visit a couple properties in Michigan and one near the show in Shipshewana that week. 60:47 — Episode #259 Apple Tree Spacing in Deer Plots
• 2025-02-09 Don says he thinks he can get everyone on his consulting waiting list done by spring. 62:25 — Episode #259 Apple Tree Spacing in Deer Plots
• 2025-03-02 Don fell behind on his schedule this winter after being sick multiple times and hospitalized once. 1:40 — Episode #262 - The Controlled Burn on Switchgrass GONE BAD!
• 2025-03-02 Don says he won’t be home much during the month of March because of his consulting schedule. 1:57 — Episode #262 - The Controlled Burn on Switchgrass GONE BAD!
• 2025-03-10 Terry plans to drive about two hours north the next morning to consult on a loyal listener’s property while in town for the show. 7:34 — Episode #263 - Live from the Iowa Deer Classic
• 2025-03-10 Don reports he consulted in Winterset, Iowa, plans two more visits in Illinois, and has roughly a dozen consults left before wrapping up. 7:41 — Episode #263 - Live from the Iowa Deer Classic
• 2025-03-16 Don made a third consecutive yearly consulting visit to father-son clients Steve and Josh Saroni in Northern Illinois. 15:25 — Episode #264 - Big Rope Scrapes and Big Bucks!
• 2025-03-16 Mark Drury told Don there’s no substitute for experience in habitat work. 30:21 — Episode #264 - Big Rope Scrapes and Big Bucks!
• 2025-03-16 Don says the value of hiring a good consultant is the wasted dollars and years it saves clients. 30:56 — Episode #264 - Big Rope Scrapes and Big Bucks!
• 2025-03-23 Terry announces the consulting business is being rebranded away from Higgins Outdoors into the Chasing Giants organization. 31:31 — Episode #265 - How To Plant Fruit Trees - Wildlife Orchards
• 2025-03-23 Don plans three more consulting visits, all in Illinois, so he can sleep in his own bed this week. 57:16 — Episode #265 - How To Plant Fruit Trees - Wildlife Orchards
• 2025-04-13 Don recently did a consulting visit for a returning client who sold his Wisconsin property and bought a better one in Northern Illinois. 1:13 — Episode #268 - Thermal Drone Tells the Truth on Don’s Farm
• 2025-04-27 Terry says the Missouri farm he consulted on with Brent is probably one of the top five properties he’s ever been on. 47:01 — Episode #270 - Deer Nutrition with Dr. Aaron Gaines
• 2025-05-04 Terry explains Dr. Aaron Gaines previously worked with Real World, then Analogix (later sold to Prad Co), and now works independently as a consultant for them. 13:45 — Episode #271 - Cool Wet Spring Concerns for Antler Growth and Nutrition
• 2025-05-04 Terry describes finishing a consulting project on swampland in Western Kentucky that had been underwater, calling the flood water levels from recent storms insane. 17:57 — Episode #271 - Cool Wet Spring Concerns for Antler Growth and Nutrition
• 2025-05-04 Terry says he got covered in ticks and bitten repeatedly on that consulting trip, forcing him back onto antibiotics. 18:27 — Episode #271 - Cool Wet Spring Concerns for Antler Growth and Nutrition
• 2025-05-04 Don asks any client who didn’t receive a digital copy of their written property plan to contact him since he sometimes forgets to send it. 19:45 — Episode #271 - Cool Wet Spring Concerns for Antler Growth and Nutrition
• 2025-05-04 Don apologizes to clients he didn’t call back during the busy consulting season and asks them to reach out again. 19:59 — Episode #271 - Cool Wet Spring Concerns for Antler Growth and Nutrition
• 2025-05-04 Don and Terry plan to discuss their top two or three favorite consulted properties next week, describing what they liked about each. 19:08 — Episode #271 - Cool Wet Spring Concerns for Antler Growth and Nutrition
• 2025-07-20 Terry said the most valuable information for a consulting visit is how many deer are using the property. 63:31 — Thermal Drones, Trail Cameras & Big Buck Strategies | Chasing Giants Podcast #282
• 2025-08-24 Terry recounts an Iowa land-consulting visit where deer weren’t using a switchgrass field because the switchgrass was only knee high. 41:06 — #287 “Predators, Food Plots & Cracker Barrel Woke?
• 2025-08-31 Don said the older he gets, the more he realizes how little he knows about deer, and he still learns from serious consulting clients. 28:43 — #288 2025 Buck Forecast: EHD Devastation, Trail Cam Insights & Hard Truths About Trophy Bucks
• 2025-09-28 The landowner contracted Chasing Giants Land Consulting to divide the 500-acre Kentucky timber tract into three separate tracts. 6:56 — #292 - Public Land Busts, Big Timber Dreams, & Target Bucks
• 2025-09-28 The Kentucky property will be split into three tracts, one about 80 acres and two roughly 180 to 200 acres each. 8:19 — #292 - Public Land Busts, Big Timber Dreams, & Target Bucks
• 2025-09-28 Don once consulted on a small Illinois property with giant oaks that had likely never been logged. 8:37 — #292 - Public Land Busts, Big Timber Dreams, & Target Bucks
• 2025-09-28 Terry scouted a roughly 500-acre property in southern Illinois that’s becoming available, with the owner planning to lease half of it next year. 9:37 — #292 - Public Land Busts, Big Timber Dreams, & Target Bucks
• 2025-09-28 Terry argues land consulting work can’t be done from an aerial photo alone and requires physically walking the property. 32:23 — #292 - Public Land Busts, Big Timber Dreams, & Target Bucks
• 2025-09-28 Don saw a groundwater-fed water tank on an Ohio client’s property that stayed ice-free in single-digit cold without needing to be filled. 37:55 — #292 - Public Land Busts, Big Timber Dreams, & Target Bucks
• 2025-09-28 Terry says he puts extra detail into each client’s plan so the client has no unanswered questions. 45:58 — #292 - Public Land Busts, Big Timber Dreams, & Target Bucks
• 2025-10-26 Don’s written plan predicted he was 90 percent certain Joe would not follow it, which Joe recalls as a subtle challenge. 15:34 — “200-Inch Nebraska Giant: Joe Chambers’ Incredible Buck Story | Chasing Giants Ep. 296”
• 2025-10-26 Don advises hunters not to tell a hired consultant their pre-existing plans, so the consultant can develop an unbiased strategy. 21:41 — “200-Inch Nebraska Giant: Joe Chambers’ Incredible Buck Story | Chasing Giants Ep. 296”
• 2025-10-26 Don recommends giving a hired consultant’s plan a real chance to work rather than abandoning it early. 23:29 — “200-Inch Nebraska Giant: Joe Chambers’ Incredible Buck Story | Chasing Giants Ep. 296”
• 2025-11-23 Terry says this season’s observations gave him new ideas for consulting clients about setups on hard edges of bedding cover. 16:15 — EPISODE 300! Don Changes His Mind on the Rut + Drone Debate Heats Up!
• 2025-12-07 Terry says a Northern Ohio property he worked on has produced six mature bucks harvested from the same spot this season alone. 3:45 — Late Season EXPLOSION! Why Giants Are Falling Everywhere | Chasing Giants #302
• 2025-12-07 Terry recommends that consultants build wind breaks into bedding-cover layouts and funnel deer strategically from that cover into food sources where hunters can access them. 9:16 — Late Season EXPLOSION! Why Giants Are Falling Everywhere | Chasing Giants #302
• 2025-12-07 Don reflects that he has the best job on the entire planet after meeting with two down-to-earth, generous consulting clients this week. 22:31 — Late Season EXPLOSION! Why Giants Are Falling Everywhere | Chasing Giants #302
• 2025-12-14 Don recommends consulting clients establish a diverse food plot program sufficient to feed their deer herd through the entire winter. 11:07 — Episode 303 – Late-Season Deer Movement, Winter Food Strategy & The Future of Big Bucks
• 2025-12-14 Don says a core principle he preaches to consulting clients is that big food sources have big pulling power for deer. 14:43 — Episode 303 – Late-Season Deer Movement, Winter Food Strategy & The Future of Big Bucks
• 2025-12-14 Don says he has noticed more and more enclosed hunting blinds appearing in fields as he drives, wondering if Chasing Giants influenced some buyers. 24:43 — Episode 303 – Late-Season Deer Movement, Winter Food Strategy & The Future of Big Bucks
• 2026-01-11 Don describes a consulting client who went from about four or five deer on a drone survey to around 56 deer the following year after implementing Wes’s plan. 29:18 — Most Hunters Get This Wrong | The Hard Truth About Killing Mature Bucks | Chasing Giants #307
• 2026-01-18 Don’s consulting group, which includes six other consultants nationwide, typically works on about 300 properties each winter, a number that keeps growing. 33:59 — LIVE at 360 Blinds: No Script, No Filters — Just Real Questions | Chasing Giants 308
• 2026-01-25 Don scouted seven properties in Kansas during the week and set up enough good properties that he expects to soon have a client take a 200-inch buck there. 1:11 — Texas Hunt, Brutal Cold, Late Rut Behavior & Winter Habitat Decisions | Chasing Giants Podcast #309
• 2026-02-08 Terry Hamby’s consulting clients, initially skeptical about planting grain sorghum in high deer density areas, became fully convinced after it provided an unbrowsed late-season food source. 30:05 — Snow, Sheds & Sorghum: Late-Season Deer Survival | Chasing Giants #311
• 2026-03-01 Don is looking forward to spring when his consulting travel will be finished. 14:26 — Doubting Thomas, Dealer Event & BIG Scrape Magnet News | Chasing Giants Podcast 314
• 2026-03-08 Don still has upcoming trips this spring to Iowa and Missouri, plus about ten days of visits in Wisconsin. 1:42 — Permission Properties, Scrape Magnet Explained, and Our Health Journeys | Chasing Giants Ep. 315
• 2026-03-29 Terry says the team is transitioning out of its heavy consulting tour schedule, planning to wrap it up within the next couple of weeks. 1:31 — INSANE Bedding Cover + 22 Bears on Camera?! | Chasing Giants #318
• 2026-03-29 Don is over halfway through a 10-property Wisconsin consulting swing and expects to be finished by the time the episode releases. 2:12 — INSANE Bedding Cover + 22 Bears on Camera?! | Chasing Giants #318
• 2026-03-29 On one property visit, the landowner sent a friend who knew his wishes instead of attending himself—the first time that has happened to Don across hundreds of properties, and he liked the approach. 2:27 — INSANE Bedding Cover + 22 Bears on Camera?! | Chasing Giants #318
• 2026-03-29 Terry says he always discusses with clients up front whether they’ll timber the property for income, balancing financial needs against the habitat plan. 5:16 — INSANE Bedding Cover + 22 Bears on Camera?! | Chasing Giants #318
• 2026-03-29 Don consulted for two brothers, nicknamed the Yates brothers, one of whom he met at the Shipshewana show. 5:55 — INSANE Bedding Cover + 22 Bears on Camera?! | Chasing Giants #318
• 2026-03-29 The two brothers’ properties were dramatically different terrain—one in big hill country and the other in very flat land, hours apart. 6:11 — INSANE Bedding Cover + 22 Bears on Camera?! | Chasing Giants #318
• 2026-03-29 Don’s consulting work has taken him from Southern Georgia to Maryland to Kansas this winter, and he’s struck by how plant species differ across regions. 9:19 — INSANE Bedding Cover + 22 Bears on Camera?! | Chasing Giants #318
• 2026-03-29 Terry says the team is blessed to push hard for three months of consulting travel and then hunt full time the rest of the year. 29:30 — INSANE Bedding Cover + 22 Bears on Camera?! | Chasing Giants #318
• 2026-03-29 Don explains he gets over 100 emails a day plus texts and calls, making it impossible to respond promptly, which has upset some people. 29:39 — INSANE Bedding Cover + 22 Bears on Camera?! | Chasing Giants #318
• 2026-04-05 Don noted that at a recent event, four people asked whether he would hold another class on his farm. 1:43 — Why Some Hunting Properties Work Instantly… And Others Fail - Chasing Giants Podcast #319
• 2026-04-05 Terry described working an elk habitat consulting project on an old strip mine in Southeast Kentucky, feeling humbled that the landowner trusted Chasing Giants with the work. 3:12 — Why Some Hunting Properties Work Instantly… And Others Fail - Chasing Giants Podcast #319
• 2026-04-05 Don recalled one of the shortest consulting visits he ever did, quickly reading an open property and knowing the plan within minutes. 4:27 — Why Some Hunting Properties Work Instantly… And Others Fail - Chasing Giants Podcast #319
• 2026-04-12 Don’s 2025 consulting properties ranged as far east as Maryland, west to Central Kansas, and south to Kentucky. 20:12 — Don Higgins Breaks Down His Favorite Properties of 2026 - Chasing Giants #320
• 2026-04-12 Don’s two favorite 2025 properties, in Illinois and Ohio, were small (40 and about 62 acres) but bordered huge no-hunting sanctuaries offering food potential. 20:57 — Don Higgins Breaks Down His Favorite Properties of 2026 - Chasing Giants #320
• 2026-04-12 The largest property Don consulted on this year was over 1,400 acres. 27:03 — Don Higgins Breaks Down His Favorite Properties of 2026 - Chasing Giants #320
• 2026-04-12 Don didn’t become a full-time hunting industry professional until his mid-fifties, with far less competition than young consultants face today. 46:25 — Don Higgins Breaks Down His Favorite Properties of 2026 - Chasing Giants #320
• 2026-04-12 Terry recalls thinking for the podcast’s first two years he wasn’t ready to start consulting, until Don convinced him he was ready. 47:57 — Don Higgins Breaks Down His Favorite Properties of 2026 - Chasing Giants #320
• 2026-04-26 Don said the most common mistake his consulting clients make is putting too much pressure on their hunting property through human intrusion. 29:07 — Don Shares Personal News + The #1 Mistake Hunters Make | Chasing Giants Podcast 322
• 2026-06-07 Derek Burkholder works as one of the property consultants under Don Higgins at Tag Out Technique. 49:02 — The Biggest Mistake Food Plotters Make in June | Chasing Giants #328

Questions on this topic

• Jordan Blummer from Strasburg, Illinois asks whether Don and Terry have ever consulted on adjacent landowners’ properties and how they approach that. 49:40 — Episode #146 - Late Season Decisions and Tactics
• A Des Moines, Iowa listener asked what negative experiences or difficult people Don and Terry have encountered while consulting and traveling. 26:30 — Episode #223 - Why are Young Bucks Being Hit on the Roads This Time of Year?
• Clayton Kraft asked if Don has ever visited a property and quickly told the client he couldn’t provide enough value to justify the cost. 63:41 — EPISODE #111 COURAGE or ARROGANCE?
• Mike Miller asked whether hiring a consultant thirty years ago would have made Don’s deer herd and harvested bucks mean less to him now. 30:45 — Episode #166 - Spring Herbicides
• Terry asks Joe, on the Higgins Hot Seat, the most surprising or off-the-wall thing Don Higgins ever told him to do on two properties. 42:35 — “200-Inch Nebraska Giant: Joe Chambers’ Incredible Buck Story | Chasing Giants Ep. 296”
• John Jay asks whether Don would recommend the Tag Out crew to do habitat work. 51:27 — Episode #61 - Live from the Midwest Sportsman Show - TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM LIVE CROWD
• With a blank-canvas property, how do you decide the strategic location for food plots when clearing timber is unavoidable? 26:49 — Episode #19 - Finishing Timber Projects and Starting Food Plot Projects
• Besides hunting less and running more trail cameras, what have you started doing or learned that helps you kill giant bucks? 65:24 — Episode #112 - Chasing Giants in the Big North Woods
• Josh Hurley asked what Don and Terry think of consultants claiming expertise who don’t own their own hunting property. 44:23 — Episode #138 - Hunting the Full Moon
• How do you identify where to put a sanctuary on a new property? 30:07 — LIVE at 360 Blinds: No Script, No Filters — Just Real Questions | Chasing Giants 308
• What is the smallest and largest property Don has consulted on? 41:25 — LIVE at 360 Blinds: No Script, No Filters — Just Real Questions | Chasing Giants 308
• Terry asks Don for takeaways from his consulting visits so far this season beyond meeting great people. 23:48 — Episode 303 – Late-Season Deer Movement, Winter Food Strategy & The Future of Big Bucks
• Don asks Terry what he has planned for the coming week outside of his Wisconsin trip. 8:46 — Episode #48 - Antler Genetics (what is a super doe?) When Do Sheds Fall? And Peeing Out of Your Stand…
• What has happened on the consulting trail since last week’s episode? 2:04 — Episode #158 - Is Hunting Contests Hurting the Hunting Industry?
• Jesse Fromm asked whether Don would offer a discounted service reviewing satellite and topography maps to help build hunting plans for those who can’t afford full consulting. 40:06 — Episode #6 - Don Kills 2 Booners on Back to Back Hunts
• Jimbo Malpin asks what percentage of Don’s consulting clients could succeed if he simply marked the correct tree, wind direction, and access. 21:12 — Episode #189 - Season Opener and Tough Questions
• Sean asks whether Don has ever consulted on a property and thought it would be an easy killing spot with minimal work. 57:01 — Chasing Giants Podcast #145 - Bully Bucks and Big Rubs!
• Jeff Sandel asks Don how he’d rate his success as a land consultant and what land type is hardest to consult on. 58:26 — Episode #77 - Would you shoot this buck? Still looking for a shooter.
• Terry asks Mark Lester how far he is willing to travel for consulting clients. 54:19 — Episode #133 - Special Guest Mark Luster - Buck Forecast Part 2
• Brandon Pearson asked if Don or Terry ever had to tell a land consult client their property couldn’t support their goals, and what usually causes that. 49:18 — Ep. #226 - Mineral Site Placement and Predator Activity Special Memories of Fathers on Father’s Day
• Brandon Pearson asked Don to describe the positive changes he has witnessed over time as a multi-year consulting plan unfolds on client properties. 36:53 — Episode 238 - 2024 Buck Forecast - MORE GIANTS SHOT THIS YEAR
• Kirk Gibson asked how to convince his dad and brother that hiring a Chasing Giants consultant would be worth the financial investment for their Michigan property. 35:31 — Episode #197 - Don’s Grandson Kills His First Buck!
• An audience member asked if Don would have Tony LaPratt consult on his two newly purchased 40-acre properties. 98:51 — Chasing Giants #155 - Hilarious Episode Live from Middlefield, OH
• Al Foster asked how many years Don has been doing farm consulting. 32:21 — Episode #58 - Burning Native Grass Tips and Great Questions from 3rd Master Class
• Al Foster asked what frustrates Don most and what he likes most about his consulting trips. 32:30 — Episode #58 - Burning Native Grass Tips and Great Questions from 3rd Master Class
• Al Foster asked what Don’s years of consulting travel have taught him about differences across properties and people. 20:57 — Episode #17 - Live from Don Higgins first Master Class of 2020
• Tyler Thompson asked whether any consulting properties were already well set up for hunting when Don arrived. 32:21 — Episode #245 - Halloween Hunting Should Be Great! Weather and Hunting Forecast from Don Higgins
• Josh Quietter asked how accurate someone can be creating a hunting plan from just an aerial photo without visiting the property. 35:55 — Episode 101 - Mowing Corn, Dead Coyotes, and Working in the Hunting Industry
• What are Don’s top three and least favorite states to consult in, and where does Michigan rank? 28:46 — #292 - Public Land Busts, Big Timber Dreams, & Target Bucks
• Why should someone hire Don or his team, and what makes them different from other whitetail consultants? 40:25 — #292 - Public Land Busts, Big Timber Dreams, & Target Bucks

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