WEBVTT - Ep. 1060: Foundations - How to Set Up Ladderstands the Right Way

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide

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<v Speaker 1>to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light,

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<v Speaker 1>creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind.

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<v Speaker 1>First Light, Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Peterson.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, everyone, welcome to the Wire to Hunt Foundation's podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>which is brought to you by first Light. This week,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to talk about ladder stands and how you

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<v Speaker 2>can set them up in ways that will keep the

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<v Speaker 2>deer coming by all season long, sit after sit. The

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<v Speaker 2>cool thing about modern deer hunting is that we have

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<v Speaker 2>access to a lot of gear. The bad thing about

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<v Speaker 2>that is that a lot of the gear that we

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<v Speaker 2>do have access to can make hunting unintentionally more difficult

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<v Speaker 2>by mostly promising to make things much easier. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to place ladder stands in that weird category, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>mostly because of how we use them. This type of

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<v Speaker 2>stand is a great option for certain situations, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>also easy to use them wrong. I'm going to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about all of that more right now. On any random

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<v Speaker 2>Tuesday night, I can go to Target and buy groceries,

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<v Speaker 2>and when I do, I can walk through an aisle

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<v Speaker 2>that is stocked to the gills with spices like black pepper.

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<v Speaker 2>You literally cannot go to someone's house or any restaurant

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<v Speaker 2>ranging from fast food to steakhouses that wouldn't even let

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<v Speaker 2>someone like me in, and every one of them is

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<v Speaker 2>going to have a pepper shaker or a fresh pepper

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<v Speaker 2>grinder for every table. It's hard to imagine, but at

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<v Speaker 2>one point in our history, black pepper was considered black gold,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is often considered the most influential spice in

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<v Speaker 2>our history. It originated in southwestern India and became so

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<v Speaker 2>valuable in Europe that it was accepted as payment for rent,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was displayed as a symbol of wealth and

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<v Speaker 2>was a key component in creating fortunes during the Middle Ages.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, you wouldn't expect to have pepper without salt,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a very common commodity today us and well,

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<v Speaker 2>all the animals we love need sodium to survive. Plus

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<v Speaker 2>we've only had modern refrigeration for a little while in

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<v Speaker 2>the Grand Scoop of our evolution, so salt helped our

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<v Speaker 2>ancestors preserve meat and fish, helped store food throughout the winter,

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<v Speaker 2>help supply armies on long campaigns and times of war

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<v Speaker 2>and help support long distance journeys across the open ocean.

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<v Speaker 2>Salt was so important that the Romans built a series

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<v Speaker 2>of roads connecting salt producing regions and cities, with one

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<v Speaker 2>even called via Celaria, which means salt road transport some

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<v Speaker 2>salt inland. I guess to have salt, you gotta have

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<v Speaker 2>salt mines. And if you could hop in a time

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<v Speaker 2>machine and head back roughly seven thousand years ago, you'd

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<v Speaker 2>see that in some areas of the world this was

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<v Speaker 2>big business. Areas like a specific region of Austria which

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<v Speaker 2>is widely known to have the oldest salt mine that

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<v Speaker 2>is still in operation. Salt which was called White Gold,

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<v Speaker 2>which also kind of reminds me of a guy I

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<v Speaker 2>know who did a year and a half in prison

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<v Speaker 2>and earned the nickname White Chocolate for his basketball skills,

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<v Speaker 2>has been mined from a mountain above the town of

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<v Speaker 2>Hallstatt for so long that it gives us an amazing

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<v Speaker 2>glimpse into how ancient people extracted this valuable resource. The

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<v Speaker 2>conditions at this mine are perfect for preservation, unlike much

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<v Speaker 2>of the conditions throughout the world, and this allows us

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<v Speaker 2>to see organic materials from that time, you know, things

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<v Speaker 2>like textiles, leather tools, mining equipment, and a whole host

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff that gets archaeologists real excited, including wood artifacts. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>in a lot of archaeological sites, use of wood has

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<v Speaker 2>to be inferred, mostly from the stone that's left behind.

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<v Speaker 2>But in that salt mine above Hallstatt, archaeologists found the

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<v Speaker 2>oldest usage of wooden ladders, which miners used at the

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<v Speaker 2>tail end of the Bronze Age to get around in

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<v Speaker 2>the mine shafts, which was a job I would guess

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<v Speaker 2>had a fairly high rate of well death. Ladders are

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<v Speaker 2>amongst humanity's oldest tools. They appear in mythology, religion, military engineering, architecture,

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<v Speaker 2>and everyday labor across pretty much every civilization. And you

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<v Speaker 2>have to imagine that ancient humans climb trees for various reasons,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe to get to a better vantage point,

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<v Speaker 2>to see game traveling across the plains, or to reach

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<v Speaker 2>some honey or fruit, or maybe just to get away

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<v Speaker 2>from someone or something that wanted to eat and kill them.

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<v Speaker 2>And at some point, after climbing enough trees, they must

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<v Speaker 2>have thought, man, it would be nice if there was

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<v Speaker 2>a climbable tree next to that cliff with all of

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<v Speaker 2>the bee hives on it, so we could reach that

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<v Speaker 2>honey too. Voila, an idea is born. Take a tree

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<v Speaker 2>with you, but make it the kind of tree that

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<v Speaker 2>is lightweight and purpose built to allow us to easily

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<v Speaker 2>go up and down from ancient Egypt to Rome and

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<v Speaker 2>Greece and Japan and South Asia and medieval Europe and

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<v Speaker 2>various indigenous cultures throughout the world. Latter use is well documented.

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<v Speaker 2>I bet you own at least two like I do.

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<v Speaker 2>One aluminum ladder that you used to get up on

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<v Speaker 2>your garage roof so you can clean out the gutters

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<v Speaker 2>and engage in hand to stinger combat with a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of wasps. And a smaller step ladder that has the

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<v Speaker 2>structural integrity of a bowl of jello that you use

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<v Speaker 2>to get from the garage roof to the house roof

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<v Speaker 2>and which almost gave out on you one time, so

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<v Speaker 2>you had to hang on for dear life, and you

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<v Speaker 2>hurt your shoulder a little. And you're still a little

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<v Speaker 2>pissed that your wife acts like that chores no big deal,

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<v Speaker 2>even though in twenty years of marriage you've never not

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<v Speaker 2>once seen her up on the roof even though she

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<v Speaker 2>likes to say things like do you think we should

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<v Speaker 2>clean the gutters soon? I guess one of us is

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<v Speaker 2>there in spirit every time. You probably own a couple ladders,

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<v Speaker 2>and you very well might own a ladder stand or

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<v Speaker 2>three for hunting the wily whitetail. Ladder stands have a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of appeal and they are a very natural conclusion

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<v Speaker 2>to come to when you think about shooting deer from

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<v Speaker 2>sixteen to twenty feet up in a tree, but also

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to fall and break both of your ankles.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a couple of ladder stands, and I'll say this,

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<v Speaker 2>I have always loved them, and I have always hated them.

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<v Speaker 2>The reasons for loving them are obvious. They're easy to

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<v Speaker 2>get into an auto. That's the primary advantage in my opinion.

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<v Speaker 2>But they can also allow you to sit with some

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<v Speaker 2>someone else if you opt for a two person model,

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<v Speaker 2>Sitting with a kid or someone else can be a blast,

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<v Speaker 2>and there isn't much of a better way to do

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<v Speaker 2>it than a double ladder stand. They can allow you

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<v Speaker 2>to set up a season long spot in a way

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<v Speaker 2>where it's always an easy thing to go to for

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<v Speaker 2>an evening or a morning sit and Ladder stands are

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<v Speaker 2>a great option for all day sits because you can

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<v Speaker 2>really set yourself up for comfort. Ladder stands are great

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<v Speaker 2>for older hunters and younger hunters. There's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>good to be had if you go this route. But

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<v Speaker 2>let me explain why I hate them before I get

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<v Speaker 2>into how to set them up as well as you

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<v Speaker 2>possibly can. Reason number one is that they are not

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<v Speaker 2>portable at all. I know they can be moved, but

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<v Speaker 2>ladder stands are generally crazy heavy, and if they are

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<v Speaker 2>made to not be heavy, they are often very spartan

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<v Speaker 2>and not that much fun to use. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>It'd be kind of like if you bought a luxury

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<v Speaker 2>car and you took out the seats and instead sat

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<v Speaker 2>on milk rates. For some stupid reason. The weight of

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<v Speaker 2>ladder stands makes them a dicey proposition for getting them

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<v Speaker 2>set up as well. If you've never done the balancing

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<v Speaker 2>act of trying to get a ladder stand to stand

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<v Speaker 2>up and hit the right spot on your chosen tree,

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<v Speaker 2>and then had to climb a not secured stand to

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<v Speaker 2>be the guy who secures it, you might not know this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just generally a stressful endeavor for all involved, and

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<v Speaker 2>you usually need two people involved. Ladder stands are also

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<v Speaker 2>often just kind of loud. They require a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>pins and bolts and metal on metal points of contact.

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<v Speaker 2>And the thing about a ladder with a heavy metal

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<v Speaker 2>part on top of it is that there's a little

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<v Speaker 2>extra torque in the whole thing, which becomes really evident

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<v Speaker 2>when you climb up one in the dark and are

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<v Speaker 2>hoping to stay whisper quiet. Sometimes it's just a little

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<v Speaker 2>rattle of metal, but sometimes it's a full on pop

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<v Speaker 2>that rings through the woods in much the same way

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<v Speaker 2>an airhorn would if you were stupid enough to use

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<v Speaker 2>it for any reason in the woods. I guess. Ladder

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<v Speaker 2>stands also almost always come with a shooting rail for

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<v Speaker 2>gun hunters and I guess crossbow hunters now. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you're just a bowhunter, or often a bow hunter, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what this is like. You know, some shooting rails

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<v Speaker 2>can pivot out of the way, which is rarely silent,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you still have a big metal cage in

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<v Speaker 2>the vicinity of your bow limbs when you draw. The

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<v Speaker 2>ones that don't move are worse, and they will factor

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<v Speaker 2>into how you shoot a bow from them pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>every time While this isn't personally an issue because I

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<v Speaker 2>don't mess around when it comes to tree stand safety,

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<v Speaker 2>one thing about ladder stands that doesn't get enough attention

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<v Speaker 2>is the illusion of safety. I don't know if these

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<v Speaker 2>numbers are still accurate, but for a long time one

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<v Speaker 2>of the major safety harness companies would gather tree stand

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<v Speaker 2>accident data and the results were interesting. Of the roughly

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<v Speaker 2>two dozen deaths a year from tree stand falls, about

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<v Speaker 2>half of them were from ladder stands. People don't think

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<v Speaker 2>they need lifelines or safety harnesses when hunting from a

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<v Speaker 2>ladder stand, but they don't factor in that unintentional mid

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<v Speaker 2>morning snooze where they might pay headfirst out to the ground,

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<v Speaker 2>or the fact that ladders can get icy, or that

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<v Speaker 2>it's just gravity at play and we sometimes make clumsy,

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<v Speaker 2>dumb mistakes. I am old enough to remember when it

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<v Speaker 2>was very common to not use safety harnesses at all,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't know how many times I heard people

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<v Speaker 2>say they wouldn't be able to draw their both if

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<v Speaker 2>they were wearing one. I'm sure that sounds nuts now,

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<v Speaker 2>but it wasn't that long ago where it was pretty common.

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<v Speaker 2>Tree stand safety is no joke, and that goes for

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<v Speaker 2>ladder stands. Okay, now all of that is aside. They

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<v Speaker 2>are a great choice for certain situations, but you can

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<v Speaker 2>put in some extra effort to make them a really

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<v Speaker 2>good option just for starters. And to reiterate the point

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<v Speaker 2>I just made, a good way to just begin this

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<v Speaker 2>is to have a single or a double lifeline ready

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<v Speaker 2>to go. Just harness up so you're secured on the

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<v Speaker 2>way up and down and you won't have to worry

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<v Speaker 2>about using a walker to get to the fridge anytime soon.

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<v Speaker 2>But also think about how you set up your ladder stands.

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<v Speaker 2>Last week I dropped an episode on stand set up.

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<v Speaker 2>It's mostly about portable options, and I talked about you know,

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<v Speaker 2>facing away from the action with your hang on with

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<v Speaker 2>ladder stands. It's almost impossible to get people to consider this,

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<v Speaker 2>and the reason is simple. You want to see deer coming,

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<v Speaker 2>you stand up and you know, shoot them off the stand,

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<v Speaker 2>kill your buck, easy, peasy, simple linear. That's great, but

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<v Speaker 2>you have to consider that if you do the work

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<v Speaker 2>to hang a ladder stand, you are very likely to

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<v Speaker 2>hunt it a lot. I mean, that's kind of the

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<v Speaker 2>understated selling point of this style of a stand. It's

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<v Speaker 2>rock solid and always there waiting for you to just

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<v Speaker 2>slip in and hunt. But volume hunting any location is

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<v Speaker 2>a great way to burn it out, and when the

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<v Speaker 2>deer start to realize that the stand is a major

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<v Speaker 2>source of danger, they'll treat it differently. This only gets

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<v Speaker 2>multiplied when you consider that most of us are going

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<v Speaker 2>to put up ladder stands in spots where lots of

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<v Speaker 2>deer should go, like food plots and field edge corners,

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<v Speaker 2>just high traffic areas. That's great, but that's also a

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<v Speaker 2>great way to educate a lot of deer in your press.

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<v Speaker 2>It's in that specific spot. What's worse is that long

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<v Speaker 2>after you leave, those deer will give that ladder a

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<v Speaker 2>good sniff and start to put a pattern onto your

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<v Speaker 2>hunting strategy. Add in the deer that wins you and

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<v Speaker 2>see you, which is just inevitable at some point, and

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<v Speaker 2>you have a recipe for real stan burnout. Setting up

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<v Speaker 2>a ladder stand to be a little more hidden, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>on the backside of a tree, can help you get

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<v Speaker 2>bonus points if the ladder ends up in a spot

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<v Speaker 2>deer just aren't likely to walk up to, Like if

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<v Speaker 2>you leave some brush around and only leave a small

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<v Speaker 2>trail to get to the actual ladder. This is extra

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<v Speaker 2>work and a hard thing to measure, but it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>hurt to try to minimize the amount of deer that

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<v Speaker 2>will put a nose to the places you put a

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<v Speaker 2>hand or a boot. It's also a good idea to

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<v Speaker 2>get yourself a roll hockey tape to wrap any of

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<v Speaker 2>the parts of the stand that might cause noise. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of stands use a d loop kind of locking

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<v Speaker 2>pin like you might find on a trailer hitch for

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<v Speaker 2>a boat, and while those things are handy, they aren't

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<v Speaker 2>tight fitting and are very easy to bump, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>with your boot, toe or whatever on your way up.

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<v Speaker 2>Wrapping some hockey tape around them is an easy fix,

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<v Speaker 2>and that stuff can be used to silence pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>anything you want. Any metal point on the stand you

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<v Speaker 2>might bump with your bow can be wrapped up pretty easily. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>this might never be the difference maker, but it's cheap

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<v Speaker 2>insurance and if you do end up needing it when

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<v Speaker 2>your target buck is closing in, you'll be happy you

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<v Speaker 2>did it. You should also really really pay attention to

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<v Speaker 2>how much play is in your ladder when you set

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<v Speaker 2>up the stand. A little play in August is a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of play in November, when it's sixty degrees colder

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<v Speaker 2>and the woods are pin drop quiet. At the top

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<v Speaker 2>of the stand, you'll encounter a few things you should

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<v Speaker 2>really pay attention to as well. A good seat cushion

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<v Speaker 2>is really important, not only for comfort but for staying quiet.

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<v Speaker 2>This is because your harness has some metal buckles on it,

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<v Speaker 2>which could scrape on metal seats. That's no bueno. You'll

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<v Speaker 2>also realize that, even though you know this, you're often

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<v Speaker 2>really exposed in a litelatderstand. They just can't as easily

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<v Speaker 2>be tucked into a multi limbed part of a tree

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<v Speaker 2>quite like a saddle or a hang on, and that

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<v Speaker 2>means they are by nature way more visible. I really

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<v Speaker 2>think deer learned to associate danger with trail cameras and

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<v Speaker 2>tree stands in high pressure areas, and nothing is easier

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<v Speaker 2>to spot than a big old ladder stand. Any cover

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<v Speaker 2>you can give yourself at the top, it's just cheap insurance.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't trim so much that you are totally exposed, because

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<v Speaker 2>you're very likely to start getting picked off. Some folks

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<v Speaker 2>will use camo netting to hide themselves, and while I've

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<v Speaker 2>never done it because I don't hunt fro ladder stands

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<v Speaker 2>enough to worry about it. I guess it does make sense.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you can also just hinge cut some limbs

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<v Speaker 2>and keep them around the base and sides of your platform,

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have a little extra cover. The key to

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<v Speaker 2>hiding from deer if you can't put a tree trunk

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<v Speaker 2>between you and them, is to really break up your outline.

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<v Speaker 2>We all know this, and we've been told this by

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<v Speaker 2>camo companies for a long long time. Doesn't make it unsure,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to think about it. A deer that sees

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<v Speaker 2>a whole human sized blob of camo and a tree

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<v Speaker 2>on top of an unnatural metal thing strapped to that

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<v Speaker 2>tree is a deer that might not end up wearing

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<v Speaker 2>your tag. A little bit of brush and leaves in

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<v Speaker 2>whatever to break up your outline is never going to

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<v Speaker 2>hurt your cause. When I set up a ladder stand,

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<v Speaker 2>I really like to make sure that the base of

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<v Speaker 2>the stand where the platform is also has some brush

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<v Speaker 2>and limbs around it to help when deer get close.

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<v Speaker 2>I also really like to have some brush behind me

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<v Speaker 2>so that when they look up they can't quite distinguish

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<v Speaker 2>what is going on. You know, you get that and

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<v Speaker 2>it'll maybe a little bit of wind, and it can

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<v Speaker 2>do wonders for getting away with more movement as well. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>while this might seem like a no brainer, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>really good idea to get your ladder stand set and

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<v Speaker 2>then take a three hundred and sixty degree walk around

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<v Speaker 2>like you would with any stand, to see how visible

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<v Speaker 2>you'll actually be. Then take a walk along the trails

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<v Speaker 2>in other spots where the deer most likely to show up.

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<v Speaker 2>How does the stand look and how do you think

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<v Speaker 2>you'll look when you're in it. Now, here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>None of this stuff is necessary for you to kill

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<v Speaker 2>a deer from a ladder stand, and it might just

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<v Speaker 2>seem like kind of extra nitpicky work. But it's these

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<v Speaker 2>details we can account for ahead of time that might

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<v Speaker 2>come into play when a really good buck does show up,

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<v Speaker 2>and at that point you won't be sad that you

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<v Speaker 2>took some extra time to really nail down the little

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<v Speaker 2>things with your setup. This is also true if you

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<v Speaker 2>put your dad in the stand and he's old enough

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<v Speaker 2>to think about giving it all up, or you put

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<v Speaker 2>one of your kids in that stand, you know, and

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<v Speaker 2>they'll move all over every minute, especially when a foroky

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<v Speaker 2>walks in and they need all the help they can get.

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<v Speaker 2>The details matter, and if you're going to go this

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<v Speaker 2>tree stand route, the details will eventually come into play

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<v Speaker 2>at some point. Think about them and do your future

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<v Speaker 2>self a favor and think about coming back next week

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm going to talk about bachelor groups, how to

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<v Speaker 2>find them, how to keep tabs on them, and how

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<v Speaker 2>to put a plan into place to actually kill a

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<v Speaker 2>buck out of one of them. That's it for this week.

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