#243 - How He Kept His Family Farm After His Partners Wanted To Sell with Shan Twit
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 Shan Twit. We discuss:- Shan closes on 170 acres on the Kentucky River in Woodford County with his dad and father-in-law in January 2026.- Shan and his dad each buy out one of two Seattle partners for a third, with no bank and no financing.- Shan pays for his share with money he set aside 50 and 100 bucks at a time for 22 years.- Shan explains why Kentucky’s one-buck rule beat Tennessee’s three tags and Wisconsin’s wolves and draw waits.- Shan says you can fix habitat, plots, water and screening, but never the “deer is mine” mindset next door.- Shan’s most common shortfall is a canopy too mature to grow browse, which makes up 80% of what deer eat.- Shan says to kill bush honeysuckle and other invasives before you ever open up the canopy.- Shan weighs the veneer oaks on his steep north slope against the turkey roosts they provide.- Shan sets off 90-second military smoke grenades at every stand because the wind apps are often wrong.- Shan says it takes three years to really know a farm, and small parcels leave almost no room for error. And so much more! Chapters:0:00 Intro1:11 Who is Shan Twit? Palmer grad to Team 200 cameraman6:42 170 acres on the Kentucky River and the workshop dream9:25 Jake’s head tilt: what a chiropractor actually fixes11:45 Why he waited to buy, and why Kentucky over Wisconsin20:33 What you can and can’t fix on a hunting farm24:34 Preserving the family farm: the partner buyout27:39 Where most farms fall short: canopy, roads, neighbors31:03 The $100,000 walnut: cut it or keep it?35:27 The 2027 punch list: honeysuckle, soil tests, lime41:22 Stand access, smoke grenades and three years to know a farm49:58 Off-season scouting and small-parcel room for error54:45 The March 13 workshop and what onX can’t show you 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