1 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: This is Cutting the Distance. This podcast is presented by 6 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: Yedti Built for the Wild. Right now, I just want 7 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: you to think back for a second. Think back to 8 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: your very first hunt. How would you get into it? Now? 9 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: While you're thinking about that, there's a very large group 10 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: of people listening to this podcast right now that have 11 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: never hunted. So this week on Cutting the Distance podcast, 12 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: I want to give those people the nine steps to 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: get into hunting. Now, you might be thinking yourself, Hey, Remy, 14 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: I've hunted my entire life. I don't need to hear 15 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: this podcast. Well, you'd be wrong, because I'm sure that 16 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: you'll run into somebody that's interested to get into hunting, 17 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: or there might be someone in your family maybe bringing 18 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,199 Speaker 1: your kid up into hunting. This will give you ways 19 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: to help people get into the sport that are interested 20 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: in a way that lays it out in a very 21 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: formulaic plan that everybody can do. Honestly, the barrier to 22 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: hunting is the fact that it's very hard to get into. 23 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: I recognize that because I get so many messages daily 24 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: about people exploring it. They're listening to this podcast, they're 25 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: watching videos, They're trying to figure out how they themselves 26 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: can be a hunter. For me, I grew up hunting. 27 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: If I were to think back to my very first hunt, 28 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 1: it's just a compilation of so many different experiences. I 29 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,639 Speaker 1: started out before I could even walk, going on hunts 30 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: with my dad being outdoors. I just grew up into it. 31 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: It was something that came natural. However, there are things 32 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: later on in life, like bow hunting or duck hunting 33 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: that I taught myself, but I already had the basics down. 34 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: So for me to tell a story of my first 35 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: hunt doesn't mean as much. But through guiding and other things, 36 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: I've taken countless people on their very first hunt. To me, 37 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: it's an extremely exciting shared experience because I get to 38 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: see people go through the process and understand what I 39 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: love about hunting, about procuring my own food, about being 40 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: self sufficient. Now, I'd really like to tell you maybe 41 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: some stories of my first hunt, but I think the 42 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: best story is of my wife's first hunt. Throughout my life, 43 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: there's been no more memorable experience as far as the 44 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: first hunt goes, than when my wife took her very 45 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: first year. My wife's hunting journey started long before she 46 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: ever stepped foot in the field with a gun. Now, 47 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: you might think, Okay, she's married to this professional hunter. 48 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 1: Of course she would hunt. When we first started dating, 49 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: she was familiar with hunting. Her dad hunted, but she'd 50 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: never been hunting her self. Now, I had no intentions 51 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: of turning her into a hunter. That was just something 52 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: that happened based on her own decisions. The one nice 53 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,959 Speaker 1: thing was she loved wild game meat, and I would 54 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: cook it as often as I could Over the years 55 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: while we were dating, she kind of started to think, man, 56 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: I love to eat this game meat. I wonder what 57 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: it would be like to harvest it myself. Now, after 58 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: about a year of dating, she just decided one day 59 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: that she wanted to try hunting, and without talking to 60 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: me or anything, she went onto the fishing game website 61 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: signed up for hunter safety course. Her and actually uh 62 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: friend of hers I grew up with Sarah. They decided 63 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: to go take their hunter safety course together and at 64 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: least that way, if she ever decided she wanted to 65 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: go hunting, she would be ready. What wasn't until about 66 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: three years later she decided it was time to go. 67 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: Earlier that year, she'd come up to Montana and this 68 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: was at the point where now we're engaged. So through 69 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: our dating process she never hunted, but it was just 70 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: something that was inside of her that she said, you know, 71 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: I like to eat. I see the process and the 72 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: respect that my husband has for the animals. But on 73 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: she thought to herself, she'll never fully understand the experience 74 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: unless she does it for herself. She doesn't know if 75 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: she's gonna like it, she doesn't know if it's something 76 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: she wants to continue to do, but she thinks at 77 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: least she should try it. So in order to get 78 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: her into it, I just thought, well, let's let's do 79 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: a bird hunt. Now. As the big hunter that I am, 80 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 1: I am going to guide her on a bird hunt. 81 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: One of the things that I'm very careful of when 82 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: I take a new hunter is I want the experience 83 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: to be their experience. I don't want to pressure anybody 84 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: into anything. I want them to kind of understand the 85 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: steps that it takes to hunt. I teach them through 86 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: the process, but then I let them make decisions as well. 87 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: Now she got a small game license in Montana and 88 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: we just decided to go for a weekend in between 89 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: my guiding. Unfortunately, this year, there were no grouse anywhere 90 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: we hiked. We looked, it was just bad weather conditions. 91 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: She walked away from her very first hunt with me unsuccessful, 92 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: and it wasn't for lack of trying. It was just 93 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: that we couldn't find any animals. But throughout the weekend 94 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: we were continuing. Up until that point, she practiced with 95 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,679 Speaker 1: her gun, she shot a shotgun, she'd shot a rifle. 96 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: We went through all the process of just getting to 97 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: that point going out in the field. But I actually 98 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: think that that unsuccessful first trip really gave her an 99 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: understanding of Wow, hunting isn't just going out and killing something. 100 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: There's a whole process behind it. So we're gonna fast 101 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: forward A month or two later, we found ourselves on 102 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: a trip to Hawaii and we had an opportunity where 103 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: we could go out and hunt access here. It was 104 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: towards the end of the trip and we didn't have 105 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: a lot of time, so I borrowed a rifle from 106 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: a friend. We went out to this hunting area and 107 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: we started the morning hiking out just looking for a deer, 108 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: an access dough, or something where she could possibly be 109 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: successful and have her first successful hunt. We started the 110 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: morning working into the wind. There's a lot of tall 111 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: grass in this area, quite a few deer, but it 112 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: was just quiet. Everything was in the really thick grass. 113 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 1: As we worked, the wind was good, but then the 114 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: wind started to shift and blew out the canyon that 115 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: we were planning on walking through, which is never good. 116 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: It was just a bad set of circumstances. Because the 117 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: wind changed. We decided to hike up and around and 118 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: come out this canyon from a different direction. While doing that, 119 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: a deer had walked out across the hillside. I got 120 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: her set up, she got the deer in the crosshairs. 121 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: He was standing broadside for just a split second and 122 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 1: then walked off. In those few split seconds, she knew 123 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: she had a shot, but she didn't take it. Not 124 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: because she didn't want to, but she just didn't feel comfortable. Afterwards, 125 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: she was just kicking herself. Man, why didn't I shoot? 126 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: Had the great opportunity, that was probably my only chance. 127 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: It didn't work. Out, and she's pretty bummed out. At 128 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: that point. We'd already gone through a couple of unsuccessful hunts, 129 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,119 Speaker 1: but she had an opportunity and she just didn't act 130 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: fast enough, which to me was fine. I preferred that 131 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,119 Speaker 1: she didn't rush a shot and make a bad shot 132 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: on her first animal. I was very cognizant of making 133 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: sure that she made a perfect shot. Well, we're about 134 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: out of time. I'm glassing way down the valley and 135 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: I see some deer pop out on a hillside in 136 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: the tall grass. Look at each other and think, let's 137 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: go after those deer. This might be our last opportunity. 138 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: We work over to that spot, and that's so thick there. 139 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: The grass is way taller than the deer are. We're 140 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: just sitting and they were out in the open, but 141 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: now there's no dear to be seen. We're sitting down 142 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: like they were right here. Let's just sit and wait. 143 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: So we sit. Wait. It's getting out to that point 144 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: in the day where we got to turn around. So 145 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: we start to walk up a little further, see if 146 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: we can look down into the goalie a little bit better, 147 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: and we blow out three deer, Like dang it, that sucks. 148 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: They run off from across the valley. All I saw 149 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: were three deer. Like, well, I'm sorry about that. We're 150 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: just gonna have to go back. Daniel's like, I feel 151 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: like there's another deer here. Let's just wait. It's like 152 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: you sure, and I thought, you know, there's something about 153 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: hunter instincts. If she feels like she wants to wait, 154 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: let's wait. So we sit down and wait. We're watching 155 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: the hillside and a few minutes later, antler tips across 156 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: the way. It walks out in the opening. I get 157 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: Daniel set up and I'm gonna stop it because I 158 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: can see its antlers, but I can't see its body. 159 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: It's walking to an opening about three ft wide, and 160 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: I'm thinking as soon as it hits that opening, I'll 161 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: try to stop it with a call and she'll get 162 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 1: a shot. Well, the deer's walking through the grass. I'm 163 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: anticipating that the sound's gonna take a little longer to 164 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: get there. It's about a hundred and fifty yards, so 165 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna call just before it hits the opening. I call. 166 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: The buck hits the opening, but it stops with a 167 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: piece of grass covering its vitals. She has no shot, 168 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: but the call turned the buck toward us, and now 169 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: it's facing us, so I make another mew. Call These 170 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: access dear. They're fairly vocal animals, so I just make 171 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: a sound at it with my voice. I don't actually 172 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: have a call with me, so I just make that 173 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: chirp sound that the does tend to make. And the 174 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 1: buck puts his head down and comes right toward us. 175 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: And you'll get set up on a bush and the 176 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: deer pops out at thirty five yards, turns broadside. She 177 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: pulls the trigger and drops the deer. She made a 178 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: perfect shot. It was fast action, and she harvested her 179 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: first dear. Now she went through a range of emotions 180 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: because she wasn't sure how she was going to feel. 181 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: This was the first thing she had ever killed, and 182 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: she was crying. But when she walked up on it, 183 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: she wasn't necessarily just sad, but she was also happy 184 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: and excited. I could tell through the experience and how 185 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: excited she was afterwards of the whole thing. She told 186 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: me that she'd never had those type of emotions. She 187 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: now understood what it meant to be a hunter. She 188 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: understood what I go through in the field. The whole 189 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: process and why I love it so much. And it 190 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: was really cool for me to see somebody latch onto 191 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 1: it the way that I did, to see someone go 192 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: through the same steps of becoming a hunter. From that 193 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: moment on, she was hooked. And for me, that was 194 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: a really exciting day because I got to see my 195 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 1: wife one get into hunting, but to really understand what 196 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: drives me and why I love to go out there 197 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: so much. You might have just listened to that story 198 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: and thought to yourself, that's great, remy, I want to 199 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 1: get into hunting, but I'm not married to a hunter. 200 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: I don't know any hunters. I'm really on this, going 201 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: at this on my own. Well, you're in luck because 202 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: what I did was I decided to break down the 203 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: steps to getting into hunting. And these are steps that 204 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: no matter if you grow up hunting or you're new 205 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: to it, the process and the steps are all the same. Now, 206 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: you might be lacking that mentor in the beginning, but 207 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: if I think about my childhood and the things that 208 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: I went through to become a hunter, or the things 209 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: that my wife did to become a hunter, it's all 210 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: the same. So what I did was I really just 211 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: analyzed even growing up as a kid, What did I 212 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: have to go through to become a hunter? What did 213 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: I do that pushed me in that direction, that allowed 214 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: me to go out into the field to pursue hunting. 215 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: So what I did to make it easy is I 216 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: just broke it down into nine steps. These nine steps 217 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: to becoming a hunter. Now, whether you're getting your kids 218 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: into hunting and you yourself hunt, whether you're a new hunter, 219 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 1: you've never been hunting, or whether you have a friend 220 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 1: that's just interested in it, I think that these steps 221 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: will help guide them in the direction to at least 222 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: go out on their first hunt, get their feet wet, 223 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: and see what it's all about. The first thing you 224 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 1: need to do, one because it's a legal requirement, and 225 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: to because it's just important to know, is you have 226 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: to take a hunter safety course in order to buy 227 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: a hunting license. Pretty much anywhere, hunter's safety's mandatory. Now, 228 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: hunting can be dangerous as far as you're using a firearm. 229 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: You need to know safety rules and procedures, and everybody 230 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: who's hunting acts by those same rules and procedures. One 231 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 1: to prevent accidents and too, so everybody else out there safe. 232 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 1: But that's the very first step you've got to take. 233 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 1: If you're even thinking about hunting, or someone asks you, hey, 234 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 1: you're a lifetime hunter, how do I start hunting? The 235 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: first thing you should say is go take your hunter 236 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: safety course. Now, if that's you, right after this podcast, 237 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: whatever state you live in, every state has a Department 238 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: of Conservation of Fish and Game Office whatever it's called. 239 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: It's called different things in different states. You go to 240 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: their website and they will have a place where you 241 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: can sign up and join a hunter safety class. Now 242 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: it's pretty easy. There's just a online portion now for 243 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: most of the part when I did it was a book, 244 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: and then there's still a field day. In the field day, 245 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: they test you, They give you a test, and then 246 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: you just have to perform some basic skills, not pointing 247 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: a gun in anything, unloading a firearm. Now, if you're 248 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: going through the course and you need more information, there's 249 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: all kinds of websites and links and other things. They 250 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: can give you more information on what you're learning. It 251 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: also talks about the basics of the weapons and then 252 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,439 Speaker 1: as well as some few just ethical ways that you hunt. 253 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: Once you have your hunters Safety then you can go 254 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 1: to step two. Step two is just gonna be planning 255 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,559 Speaker 1: your hunt, so you're gonna have to figure out what 256 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: do you want to hunt. And just personally, if I 257 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: think about how I started hunting, or if I'm going 258 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 1: to suggest how to get into hunting to anyone else, 259 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say start with small game. There's a few reasons. One, 260 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: wide open seasons. You can generally find small game seasons 261 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: close to where you live, with easier access than a 262 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: lot of big game hunts. It also doesn't take as 263 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: much investment of time in order to be successful. There's 264 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: us a lot shorter learning curve when it comes to 265 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: small game hunting, and there's a lot more opportunity because 266 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: the seasons are longer and it gives you more chance 267 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: to get out and try to hunt multiple days as 268 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: opposed to taking one big chunk of time to focus 269 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: on one animal with zero experience. So honestly, I'm going 270 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: to suggest to most people small game hunting. If I 271 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: think back to the way I started hunting, it was 272 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: chasing rabbits, quail, ducks, pheasants, small game with my dad. 273 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: As a kid, I had hunted hundreds of days before 274 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: I was ever even old enough to legally hunt big 275 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: game animals. Just growing up taking a shotgun into the 276 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: field with my dad hunting birds, hunting rabbits, that was 277 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: the best way to gain hunting experience. Now in order 278 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: to plan your hunt, the second thing you need to do. 279 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: Within planning your hunt is pick up your states regulations. 280 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: Every hunter has to understand the rules and laws of 281 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: where they're going to be hunting. The regulations are your 282 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: starting point. So you're gonna pick up a set of 283 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: regulations and read through them front to back as many 284 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: times as it takes to really understand what are the rules, 285 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: what are the laws, where do the open seasons? Where 286 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: am I allowed to hunt? From there, that's how you're 287 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: going to figure out where you're gonna go and start 288 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: planning these hunts. The importance of understanding what is my 289 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: first hunt going to be? What am I gonna do? 290 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: If you choose small game, then you can go into 291 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: step three, which is picking your weapon and practicing with it. 292 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: If you decide you're gonna small game hunt, maybe you're 293 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: gonna pick up a shotgun. Jot guns are great for birds, 294 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: small game like rabbits, or maybe a small caliber rifle. 295 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: Maybe you decided, well, you really want to get into 296 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: bow hunting, so you're gonna have to pick up whatever 297 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: weapon that you're gonna hunt with and practice with it. 298 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: If I think about even just myself growing up hunting, 299 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: my dad took us out skeet shooting, trap shooting. We 300 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: shot b B guns, we shot small caliber rifles, we 301 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: shot our bows all the time. Before we ever stepped 302 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: foot in the field, we had shot thousands of rounds 303 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: at targets because we wanted to be lethal and proficient 304 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: before ever setting foot into the field to hunt an animal. 305 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: It all goes in with the ethics of hunting. As hunters, 306 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: we want to show respect to the animals were hunting, 307 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: so we want to be extremely proficient and well practiced 308 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: before we ever stepped foot into the field. A lot 309 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: of people probably think, oh, hunters just grab a gun 310 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: and go out into the woods. Well, there's a lot 311 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: more that goes into the front end of it, and 312 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: that I believe is why getting into hunting is so hard. 313 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: People don't understand everything that goes into it. Just going 314 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: on the hunt is a big endeavor, but building up 315 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: to that hunt is where it all really comes down to. 316 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: Being successful. Now that you've decided what weapon you're gonna 317 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: hunt with, and what you're gonna hunt possibly where you're 318 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: gonna go. Step number four is very simple because if 319 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: you're listening to the podcast, you're probably already doing it. 320 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: It's to learn. If I think about bow hunting, I 321 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: didn't know any bow hunters, but I loved shooting my 322 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: little recurve in the backyard, so I got books on 323 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 1: bow hunting. Now there's so many more resources. My resources 324 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: were books and magazines. I still believe that those are 325 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: very strong resources, but there's also things like YouTube videos, 326 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: podcast If you're listening to this podcast, this is a 327 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: great hunting resource. Now if you are a new hunter 328 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 1: going back and listening to these old podcasts, continuing to 329 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: listen to future podcasts, it's going to be super helpful 330 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 1: because even the people here they are listening that have 331 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 1: hunted their entire lives. There's always something to learn. Even myself, 332 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: I've done this professionally since I was a young adult. 333 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: I still learn daily and new tips and tactics, new things. 334 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: I pick up new things. It's a constant learning. But 335 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: just learning from others past experiences is a great way 336 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: to just get the mindset of understanding what you're doing 337 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: out there now. Step five is very horton and it 338 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: can be the most difficult step if you really want 339 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: to get into hunting. Yes you can do it alone, 340 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: but it's much easier if you have a mentor. There 341 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: are plenty of hunters out there that would be willing 342 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: to take new hunters. The trouble is connecting those people. 343 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:20,199 Speaker 1: So I always suggest to people that ask me, how 344 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: do I get into hunting? Where do I start? If 345 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 1: you can find someone that will just show you the 346 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: ropes a little bit, get you over the hump of 347 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: the learning curve of when you shoot an animal, now 348 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 1: cleaning it and what do I do afterwards? And how 349 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: do I get to that point? Just having somebody that's 350 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: been there before cuts the learning curve exponentially. And this 351 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 1: is where if you've hunted your entire life, you come 352 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 1: in because you can be this mentor that links up 353 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 1: with somebody that wants to get into hunting. Now. I 354 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: think the best way to meet other hunters is to 355 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: go to where hunters are. If you start back at 356 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: step three, you're practicing with your weapon, You're gonna be 357 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 1: at rifle ranges, trap clubs, archery ranges, you're gonna run 358 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: into other people that are have the same endeavors, the 359 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: same passions, because as you start to shoot and get 360 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: better with your weapon, you're gonna enjoy the experience of 361 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: shooting practicing, and there's other people out there that are 362 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: doing the same thing. But another great way to run 363 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: into hunters, to intersect with people that do this a 364 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: lot and are very passionate about it is through conservation organizations, 365 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 1: things like backcountry Hunters and Anglers, pint Nights um, volunteering 366 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: for Rocky Mountain, Elk Foundation, Duck's Unlimited Wild Sheep Foundation. 367 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: Become a member of a conservation organization that has conservation 368 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: principles based in hunting, and then find days where they 369 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:42,120 Speaker 1: need volunteers. I mean there's everything from I've done volunteering 370 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 1: with the Meal Dear Foundation collecting seed samples. You can 371 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: do things with Sheep Foundation, building guzzlers. You can even 372 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: do things where they might just be holding an event 373 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: or a fundraiser. But it's a great way to interact 374 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 1: with people who are passionate about hunting, who are passionate 375 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 1: out conservation and have probably been hunting or their lives 376 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 1: revolve around hunting. Now if you intersect with those people 377 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: and show them how eager you are to learn and 378 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: the steps that you've gone through. You have your hunter's safety, 379 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: you've been practicing with a weapon. It's a great way 380 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: to find a mentor. Now you can go hunting without 381 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 1: somebody that's done it before, but it's much easier if 382 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: you have somebody to show you the ropes. When I 383 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: think about if I were hunting mentor if somebody came 384 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 1: to me a new hunter, I think a lot of 385 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: hunters the only reason they might be put off by, 386 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: say a new hunter taking someone out, isn't because they 387 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: don't want to get people into hunting and they don't 388 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: want to help. It's because they probably don't want to 389 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 1: give up their spots. It's a weird thing, but once 390 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 1: you start hunting, you realize how hard it is to 391 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: come by good spots to hunt. And I think that 392 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: one of the natural barriers to entry to hunting is 393 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: that other hunters don't want to give up their spots 394 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: to people they don't know, because a lot goes into 395 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: those spots. So I always suggest to new hunters find 396 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: a spot. Okay, So number seven is find a spot 397 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: because a lot of hunting is about scouting now, whether 398 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: you've hunted before or you've never hunted, find an area 399 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 1: where you can hunt. Go back and listen to podcasts 400 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: understand ways to find animals. Go before the season even starts, 401 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 1: without a weapon, Go for a hike, look for areas 402 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: and find animals that you're gonna be hunting now. If 403 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: you decide you're gonna go quail hunting, scout out areas 404 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 1: where you might find quail where it's illegal to hunt. 405 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: Get an onyx map app, find some public land, find 406 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 1: some spots. Whether you've hunted before or not, you can 407 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,919 Speaker 1: go for a hike before the season and find areas 408 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 1: where you think you might get into animals. Later, then 409 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: when you run into somebody that's a lifelong hunter, if 410 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: you're more willing to say, hey, i've never hunted, I'd 411 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: really like someone to show me the ropes. I've been 412 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 1: out a few times before the season. I've been looking 413 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,080 Speaker 1: at some areas. It would be cool. Why don't you 414 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: come to one of these areas that I've checked out. 415 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: There are a lot more apps say yeah, that sounds 416 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: great because their knowledge combined with you being willing to say, look, 417 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to hunt where you hunt. I just 418 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: want to get into it, and I'm really investing into this. 419 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 1: I'm really serious about it. They're probably more likely to 420 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: be like, yeah, let's go there, I'll show you how 421 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 1: to hunt it. Most guys just using their knowledge, it's 422 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: going to be exponentially beneficial to you finding success early 423 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,679 Speaker 1: as well as just learning the ropes on what happens 424 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 1: when you're shoot an animal, how you gut it, how 425 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: you clean it, how you process things. So that's a 426 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: great way to really get a mentor to say, yeah, man, 427 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: I'll go out hunting with you, especially if you're investing 428 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: and putting time into scouting. Now, if you put that 429 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: time into scouting, you may not even need somebody to 430 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: show you the ropes because you're putting in that time. 431 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: You're finding the animals yourself, and you're gonna be successful 432 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: by putting in the work. Now that you've got the spot, 433 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: maybe you've got a mentor maybe you don't. Step eight 434 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 1: is it's time to hunt. It really just involves taking 435 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 1: what you've learned through your research, taking your practice shooting, 436 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: and then going into the field when the seasons open 437 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 1: with a tag or a license in your pocket and hunting. 438 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: A lot of hunting. Once you start doing it, you're 439 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: gonna find that it's very instinctual in some ways and 440 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: very new in others. But that's the part of the process. 441 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: It's a learning experience every time you go out. If 442 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: you aren't successful the first time you go out, what 443 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,400 Speaker 1: did you do wrong? Did you not find anything? Okay, 444 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: maybe you need to find another spot, or maybe you 445 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: didn't find anything, but you know that you've seen animals 446 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: there in the past. Maybe you go back to that spot, 447 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: maybe you hunt at different time. You know, you just 448 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: go out hunting and then you learn from your experiences 449 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 1: and if you are successful or aren't successful, step nine 450 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 1: is you repeat the hunting. A lot of hunting comes 451 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: down to persistence, even for guys that are really good 452 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: at it. The more persistent you are, the more likely 453 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: you're going to be to find success. Now, maybe you're 454 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: listening to this and you're a lifelong hunter, Well that's 455 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: perfect because you're the exact type of mentor that new 456 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: hunters need. I've spent my entire life hunting, and I 457 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: was very fortunate that my dad got me into it. 458 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: But he did it the right way. He let us 459 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: decide that hunting was for us. He never pressured me 460 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: into it. He always let us be a part of 461 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: the hunts. He let us make decisions. He made it 462 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: fun for us. He didn't push us too hard, but 463 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: he let us know that this is something that's difficult. 464 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: It's a task that is very serious and if you 465 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: want to do it, you have to take it seriously. 466 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,400 Speaker 1: But on the other hand, he made it fun for us. Actually, 467 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: a brother in law in mine just this holiday season 468 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: was like, hey, man, if I wanted to get my 469 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: kids into hunting with all the other stuff out there, 470 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: He's not a hunter, but he said, how how would 471 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: I do that? How would I go about getting my 472 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: kids into hunting? And started thinking about it was like 473 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: the way that I got into his the same nine 474 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: steps that I just gave. Do those steps get maybe 475 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: a B begun? I started shooting a little red writer 476 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: b begun at cans, And that's probably what got me 477 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: into hunting the most, shooting cans with a red rider 478 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 1: be begun in the desert with my dad, you know, 479 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 1: because I could then visualize that going into hunting, and 480 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: then going on trips with my dad, going out hunting, 481 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: being a part of that experience. One thing I've noticed 482 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:21,199 Speaker 1: through guiding and just taking new hunters out is it 483 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 1: makes me a better hunter because when you're teaching somebody 484 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 1: something new, you really analyze the tactics that you use 485 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 1: and verbalize them, and what that does is in your mind, 486 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: that creates a deeper learning and knowledge base of what 487 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: you know by just having to verbally tell someone else 488 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: and take them through that experience, the best way to 489 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: improve your skills is to teach someone else what you know. Honestly, 490 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: when you're a guide or when you're taking a new hunter, 491 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: you start thinking about all the little things because what 492 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: you have to do for a new hunter is you 493 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 1: kind of show them the ropes in a way that 494 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 1: you make fewer miss steaks because you're not just hunting 495 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: for yourself. You're taking somebody with no skills or brand 496 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: new abilities and trying to make them successful. And through 497 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: that process you learn a lot more. You pay attention 498 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: to a little bit more, you're telling them ways and 499 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,120 Speaker 1: things that work for you, and as you're doing that, 500 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: you're getting better as well. So if you are a 501 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: lifelong hunter, if you want to up your skills, take 502 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: somebody new hunting It's a great way to not only 503 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: improve your skills as a hunter, but to just help 504 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: hunting overall. If it's a sport you love, the more 505 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: people that can get into it and understand what it's 506 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: like for themselves, just like my wife did the moment 507 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 1: that she became a hunter, that she took her first animal, 508 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: she understood the emotion and what it is to me 509 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: and why I go out there. You know, she really 510 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: verbalized it better than anyone I know when she said 511 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: it was like the most vivid experience I've ever had. 512 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,959 Speaker 1: It was so new, but yet felt so familiar at 513 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: the same time. And that's just an experience that only 514 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: a hunter knows. So if you can make somebody else 515 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: experience that and be there and help them through that process, 516 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,879 Speaker 1: I think it's a win win for everyone. Now. I 517 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: hope that whether you're a brand new hunter or you've 518 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: hunted your entire life, you took something away from that podcast. 519 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: I really appreciate everybody's input, you know. The messages that 520 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: you send me are a lot of times the things 521 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 1: that become podcasts. I got so many messages from people 522 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: that are like the reason I'm listening to this podcasts 523 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: I'm a new hunter, and I also get a lot 524 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: of messages from people that have hunted their entire life 525 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 1: and listen to this podcast. So I don't want to 526 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: alienate anyone, but I also want to make sure that 527 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 1: everybody has some kind of takeaway. You spent your valuable 528 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,400 Speaker 1: time listening to me, so I want to make sure 529 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 1: that you walk away with something that you deem is valuable. 530 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: And I really think that today's podcast is valuable for 531 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 1: a lot of different people. It doesn't matter if you've 532 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 1: hunted your whole life or not. If you are kind 533 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 1: of interested in hunting and somebody pointed you to this podcast, 534 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: do yourself a huge favor. Just subscribe, keep checking back, 535 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 1: download the new episodes, and listen to them on your 536 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 1: own free time when you get the chance. Because just 537 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: listening throughout the year, I've covered so many topics. And 538 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: the way I break this podcast down is two ways. 539 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,680 Speaker 1: I like to tell a story because as hunters, hunting 540 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: stories and that's what got me into hunting, really just 541 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: hearing stories of my dad and uncle going out hunting, 542 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: and then me and my friends telling hunting stories growing up, 543 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: like trips that we've been on. It's a huge learning 544 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: process and experience just listening to stories, but it's also 545 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: entertaining and I hope that it's entertaining to you. And 546 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: then I try to break down some tips for all 547 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: types of hunting, and a lot of those tips should 548 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: translate into other forms of hunting. Now, maybe you're listening 549 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: and you live in Australia and you hunt red deer 550 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: and roosa deer, but a lot of the tips from 551 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,959 Speaker 1: the glass ng and the mule deer hunting and the 552 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 1: elk calling like those can trans late to so many species. 553 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 1: So maybe I'm not covering your topic today, But overall, 554 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: if you listen to everything is a collection, you're going 555 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: to become a better hunter. And that's the whole point 556 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: of this podcast. So I really appreciate you guys listening 557 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: in and thank you very much for your time. As always, 558 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,640 Speaker 1: feel free to reach out, give me some input, tell 559 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: me what you like, tell me what you want to hear, 560 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: because those will be future podcasts going forward. So until 561 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 1: next week, keep learning, keep hunting.