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Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days

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Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard

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Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer

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Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren.

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Speaker 1: This is cutting the Distance. Howdy and welcome back everyone.

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Speaker 1: This week I'm calling it Spotting Stock Part Do. Last

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Speaker 1: week we talked about the cutoff method of spotting stock hunting.

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Speaker 1: This week we're going to talk about stalking a stationary

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Speaker 1: orbedded animal. And that's a really great tactic in a

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Speaker 1: scenario that's encountered quite often. It can be extremely effective,

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Speaker 1: especially for bow hunters, because it can give you a

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Speaker 1: chance to slip in within range unnoticed. It can also

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Speaker 1: be one of the most exciting encounters during the hunt.

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Speaker 1: So this week I'm gonna break down the bedding habits

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Speaker 1: and stock planning, outlining what I think are the seven

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Speaker 1: best tips for moving in on a bedded animal. While

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Speaker 1: this type of tactic makes me think of early season

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Speaker 1: mule dear, I want to share a story of a

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Speaker 1: bedded stock on an old ram in the occluting a

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Speaker 1: bow area of Alaska. About three years ago, I was

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Speaker 1: fortunate enough to draw a tag in the Occlutina area

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Speaker 1: of Alaska for doll sheep. This is an archery only

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Speaker 1: area and you can actually shoot any ram, so unlike

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Speaker 1: most areas in the state where you have to be

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Speaker 1: full curl, this particular area you can take any any

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Speaker 1: ram is legal with the tag, which is awesome because

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Speaker 1: it's a bow hunt. But this area also has very

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Speaker 1: low success because it's pretty difficult. There's quite a few tags,

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Speaker 1: but there's only one nonresident tag. I happened to be

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Speaker 1: lucky enough to draw that tag now is an honor resident.

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Speaker 1: I couldn't just go in there solo, but a good

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Speaker 1: friend of mine, Jeremy Rusink, runs Rogue Expedition outfitters, and

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Speaker 1: so I could hunt with him or one of his

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Speaker 1: guides in the area. And so I had a hunt

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Speaker 1: planned with him, and we decided to go in and

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Speaker 1: scout ahead of time. I got there early and figured, Okay,

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Speaker 1: I want to learn this area the best I can,

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Speaker 1: you know, even though I had someone with me, I

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Speaker 1: wanted also to you know, be a part of every

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Speaker 1: aspect of the hunt. So we went in early and

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Speaker 1: did some preseason scouting. We ended up finding like this

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Speaker 1: group of rams on this face across the river, so

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Speaker 1: that this unit has like a river going up through it,

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Speaker 1: and then there's actually a four wheeler access certain days

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Speaker 1: of the week, and then outside of that, you know,

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Speaker 1: the access is shut off. So while scouting, we found

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Speaker 1: some rams up in this big pocket on this big

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Speaker 1: basin by one of the bigger mountains, and then we

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Speaker 1: also found some rams across the river kind of above

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Speaker 1: this really thick scrub in this really steep band of cliffs.

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Speaker 1: While we're planning out our hunt, we figured, well, let's

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Speaker 1: go into that basin. We've seen some really good rams scouting.

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Speaker 1: It seemed like a good place to camp and somewhere

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Speaker 1: we can maybe get above the rams and hunt in there.

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Speaker 1: So we kind of abandoned the rams and the nasty

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Speaker 1: scrubby zone, not sure where they would go, and they

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Speaker 1: were they seemed a little bit more where people would

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Speaker 1: see them, and maybe too many people would be going

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Speaker 1: after those rams, so we decided to try to get

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Speaker 1: away from people and go up into the basin. The

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Speaker 1: night before the opener, we hike all the way up

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Speaker 1: into this high basin. We pitch our tent, We wake

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Speaker 1: up opening morning and start from our glassy knob. We're

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Speaker 1: looking for a particular full curl ram that happened to

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Speaker 1: be bedded on the back side. The first morning, as

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Speaker 1: the sun comes up, we're looking down there and the

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Speaker 1: rams kind of like spooked around. I don't necessarily think

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Speaker 1: that we spooked it, but what we came to find

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Speaker 1: out is there's quite a few other hunters in this

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Speaker 1: where we had camped, we kind of got in right

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Speaker 1: the night before and we didn't really realize where other

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Speaker 1: we're in this area. We see some smaller rams and

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Speaker 1: I kind of think, oh, man, my goal was to

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Speaker 1: be nice to see what was around. Scouting. We'd seen

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Speaker 1: And while we're scouting there, I'm glassing back across to

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Speaker 1: It's about four or five miles away, and I look

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, dang, those rams are still there. We

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Speaker 1: but they were spooked up. You know, it's going to

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Speaker 1: be difficult most of the rams now that they're spooked

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Speaker 1: What about packing up our camp and just making that

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Speaker 1: So we hike back to camp, load up our packs,

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Speaker 1: like we still got all our stuff, you know, ten

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Speaker 1: and then camp pretty much at the base of the

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Speaker 1: We watched them that full day to see what they did.

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Speaker 1: In the morning, they fed low then as the sun

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get up early. We're gonna get there and

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Speaker 1: try to spot and locate where they're at. So we

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Speaker 1: There's four, like all mature rams on the left, and

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Speaker 1: the mountains were really tall. So the thought was, we

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Speaker 1: They're gonna move up into a place that we physically

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get up above and then stock down on

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Speaker 1: the other rams because they're in a gut where the

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Speaker 1: shadow would be there longer. So we start working up.

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Speaker 1: We also were kind of worried about the thermal switching

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Speaker 1: kind of a race against the clock. Now, it wasn't

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Speaker 1: really thick alders brush Devil's Club getting up to the

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Speaker 1: fairly steep, So we're going as fast as we can

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Speaker 1: so we're moving as fast as we can. We get

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Speaker 1: where we had originally seen them. At this point, we're

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Speaker 1: like maybe ninety yards and I'm just waiting because there's

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Speaker 1: them to get into a position where they can't see

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Speaker 1: us and we can close that last little bit of distance.

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Speaker 1: While doing that, the sun kind of it's just like

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Speaker 1: bad time, and the sun starts to hit him, and

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Speaker 1: they start moving up, feeding up, and as they're walking up,

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Speaker 1: they're moving fast enough for they're just keeping that seventy

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Speaker 1: them to stop for a little bit. Then they get

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Speaker 1: like the thermal's, they might have caught our wind because

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Speaker 1: they disappeared, you know, got to the top, got to

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Speaker 1: the base of the cliff. The sheep were nowhere to

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Speaker 1: be seen. So now is decision time. It's like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: that plan didn't work, but now we've got that backup ram,

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Speaker 1: which is actually probably the best ram in the group

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Speaker 1: from the top. So you work our way to that

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Speaker 1: next steep gut and start looking thinking maybe the ram

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Speaker 1: shade of this gut somewhere. So we slowly start working

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Speaker 1: down this avalanche shoot in the direction that those other

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Speaker 1: two rams were. As we moved down, just kind of

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Speaker 1: like slowly peeking and creeping, peeking and creeping, and then

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Speaker 1: they're coming this way. So I get into a position

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Speaker 1: they both bed down right in the shade, right in

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Speaker 1: the middle of this like big shale avalanche shoot. Luckily

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Speaker 1: it was on the edge of this grassy area on

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Speaker 1: the side of the avalanche shoot where there's a little

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Speaker 1: bit of like brush in there and a really good

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Speaker 1: opportunity to sneak in. Let them get settled. Now they're

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Speaker 1: going to be bedded there for a little bit. Take

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Speaker 1: off my boots because it's just so many little rocks

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Speaker 1: rolling in other things normally on like sheep or mountain goats.

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Speaker 1: You don't have to be super quiet. They're used to

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Speaker 1: hearing rocks rolling all the time, but it was just

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Speaker 1: one of those scenarios where it was gonna be really

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Speaker 1: tight getting in and it was super dead, quiet, dead calm,

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Speaker 1: and the area that I had to walk through is

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Speaker 1: more sticks and other things then necessarily rocks, and I

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Speaker 1: didn't want to blow away my position because if they

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Speaker 1: heard me and looked up, there was a part where

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Speaker 1: I was going to be super exposed. So creep in.

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Speaker 1: I get into position and think it was like just

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Speaker 1: less than thirty yards away. I'm like on my butt,

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Speaker 1: scooting over, scooting over and get into position. The trouble

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Speaker 1: is I was hoping to line up a shot on

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Speaker 1: the bigger ram that was bedded, but the smaller ram

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Speaker 1: was bedded right above him. They're both looking downhill and like,

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Speaker 1: my heart is just pounding in my chest right now

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Speaker 1: because this is a really good ram. I'm like thinking, Okay,

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Speaker 1: what am I gonna do? How am I going to

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Speaker 1: get a shot? I creep into position, and the one

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Speaker 1: opening that I have, the way that the alders are

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Speaker 1: growing up out of the rocks and where they're bedded

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Speaker 1: in the pitch of the hill. I've got one little lane,

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Speaker 1: and that lane doesn't offer me a shot. At this

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Speaker 1: bigger ram, So I think, okay, I sit there and

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Speaker 1: from where he's at in an uphill direction to possibly

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Speaker 1: get the wind right. And those are the scenarios that

431
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,480
Speaker 1: I look for, and those are the routes that I

432
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,720
Speaker 1: generally think are the most successful. While I have made

433
00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,080
Speaker 1: stocks at animals from below and gotten into range and

434
00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,480
Speaker 1: been successful, there are a lot more difficult to pull off.

435
00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:05,920
Speaker 1: So we're gonna kind of think in terms of looking

436
00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,439
Speaker 1: at where the animals. Now we're planning this approach, and

437
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,520
Speaker 1: we're gonna put more weight on the approach from above.

438
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,680
Speaker 1: And now if we don't have that approach from above,

439
00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,479
Speaker 1: it might be a factor of just saying like, hey,

440
00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,120
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna wait until I have a better approach

441
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 1: or a better set up. You know, maybe that animal

442
00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,359
Speaker 1: is going to get up and move a little bit later,

443
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,760
Speaker 1: which is very very likely, or maybe things are going

444
00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,560
Speaker 1: to change with the wind or things are going to

445
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,120
Speaker 1: get more stable later on. So I'm looking for that

446
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:36,360
Speaker 1: high percentage stock now. Number four in analyzing and preparing

447
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,040
Speaker 1: this is just gonna be picking landmarks and then picking

448
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 1: where I'm gonna stock to. We know where the animal is,

449
00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,399
Speaker 1: and a lot of people just think, Okay, well, I'm

450
00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,960
Speaker 1: just gonna stalk into that animal. What I like to

451
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,760
Speaker 1: do is I like to know where the animal is

452
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,960
Speaker 1: and know where I'm going to stalk into for a shot.

453
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,920
Speaker 1: Having that much forethought is so important. And the way

454
00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,879
Speaker 1: that I start that is I use my range finder.

455
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 1: I'll range where the deer is, and then I will

456
00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,639
Speaker 1: range areas around the deer that I think would be

457
00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,080
Speaker 1: good places to shoot from, especially anticipating maybe where that

458
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,400
Speaker 1: animal might move next, like when it's going to get

459
00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,439
Speaker 1: up or if I can get a shot on it bedded.

460
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 1: Where am I going to shoot from? Where am I

461
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,840
Speaker 1: gonna have cover or be out of sight? Where am

462
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:19,760
Speaker 1: I gonna be close enough to shoot from? And I'm

463
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,560
Speaker 1: gonna make that the place that I'm stalking to. So

464
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,439
Speaker 1: I'll arrange the animal, I'll range that spot that I'm

465
00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 1: going to try to get to, and then all subtract

466
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,919
Speaker 1: those two distances to give me an idea when I

467
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,160
Speaker 1: get in there. Okay that place, that bush behind it

468
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,320
Speaker 1: is thirty five yards or that bush behind it is

469
00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,760
Speaker 1: a hundred yards, and that's not gonna work. Knowing that

470
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,640
Speaker 1: before you get in there is so important. I mean,

471
00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,200
Speaker 1: before I started doing that, there's times where I'd see

472
00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,000
Speaker 1: a deer and be like, oh, this is perfect. I'm

473
00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:48,600
Speaker 1: looking at the hill and go, okay, I can get

474
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,280
Speaker 1: to that tree right behind him. Perfect. I go over there,

475
00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,440
Speaker 1: I stalk into that tree. I arranged that deer. He's

476
00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,600
Speaker 1: like a hundred and eighty yards, and I go, oh crap,

477
00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,119
Speaker 1: Now what I'm gonna have to readjust on the I

478
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,440
Speaker 1: from here. If I maybe did a different approach from

479
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 1: the beginning, I would have got right into range and

480
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,800
Speaker 1: been a lot more successful. The other part of that

481
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 1: is just picking your landmarks, understanding where you're stalking into,

482
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,879
Speaker 1: because as you go into position, things are going to

483
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,399
Speaker 1: change with technology. Now, man, I'll use my on X,

484
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,120
Speaker 1: I'll mark where the deer's bedded on that, and then

485
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,840
Speaker 1: I'll mark where I want to get to. I can

486
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 1: even use the distance tool on that and just measure

487
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,479
Speaker 1: the distance, make sure oh okay, it's thirty yards, its

488
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 1: fifty yards whatever, Like that's a game changer. But I

489
00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:34,879
Speaker 1: also think that there's something to be said for having

490
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,600
Speaker 1: those skills that don't necessarily also rely on technology, So

491
00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,920
Speaker 1: getting good at picking landmarks and understanding where you're gonna

492
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:45,400
Speaker 1: pop over the hill, finding places where it's like you're

493
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,800
Speaker 1: planning out this route, because often the best option to

494
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,359
Speaker 1: get in is a way that you aren't seeing the animal,

495
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 1: because that means he can't see you, So it might

496
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 1: be going around the hill coming in from the top.

497
00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,199
Speaker 1: Things are going to change, things are gonna look different,

498
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,120
Speaker 1: and making sure that you have good landmark from where

499
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,720
Speaker 1: you're stalking in. Another thing that I do a lot

500
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,679
Speaker 1: is at my view where I'm looking at the animal.

501
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,760
Speaker 1: Before I make that stock in the planning process, I'll

502
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,480
Speaker 1: take a picture with my phone with my camera at

503
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,880
Speaker 1: varying distances, so like a wide view of what I'm

504
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 1: looking at. Then I'll zoom in, maybe through the spotting scope,

505
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 1: at the animal and take a picture. What that allows

506
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,800
Speaker 1: me to do is just reference back to that original view.

507
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,120
Speaker 1: So if things change, like if I stock in there

508
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 1: and that deer isn't there, I can look at that

509
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,399
Speaker 1: picture and say, okay, where would he maybe go? What's

510
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: and really get like that original view back in your head,

511
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,880
Speaker 1: because a picture lasts a lot longer than the things

512
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,480
Speaker 1: that you think you're going to remember when everything's going on.

513
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,840
Speaker 1: Number five would be just like stealth is key. So

514
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,280
Speaker 1: when I'm planning my stock, I'm not only looking at

515
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,439
Speaker 1: the route that I'm going to take, but what are

516
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,440
Speaker 1: some obstacles in the way, What are some other deer

517
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,919
Speaker 1: that might be bedded there? What are especially with me

518
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 1: you dear, or animals that are very sensitive to noise.

519
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,480
Speaker 1: What are some of the things that are gonna be

520
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,000
Speaker 1: no goes? Is there a shale slide behind it? Is

521
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,040
Speaker 1: there a large patch of balsam route that's dried up

522
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 1: and just gonna be super loud? You know? Identifying those

523
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,400
Speaker 1: things from a distance and then choosing your route might

524
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,680
Speaker 1: be the difference between making a successful stock and making

525
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 1: a stock where you get in and you get too

526
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 1: deep and you're gonna make mistakes. That happens a lot,

527
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: especially mule here. They generally like to bed in areas

528
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,800
Speaker 1: where they know that there's a lot of noise coming

529
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,160
Speaker 1: in from different directions. So identifying that before you get

530
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,639
Speaker 1: over there helps you one plan out how to get close,

531
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 1: and two helps you understand the time factor because if

532
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:47,959
Speaker 1: you understand before you go over there, oh man, this

533
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 1: is gonna be loud. So that means that it's going

534
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,440
Speaker 1: to take a lot more time. Am I going to

535
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 1: have the proper amount of time to pull off this

536
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,000
Speaker 1: stock where he's at now? Or am I gonna have

537
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:58,879
Speaker 1: to throw down the weight card and say wait for

538
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,879
Speaker 1: a better opportunity. Also during the stock of the stealth

539
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 1: is going to be key. This is where that shoes off,

540
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,120
Speaker 1: you know, stalking and your moccasins, your stocking, socks, your

541
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 1: feet whatever. Also judging the situation based on that stealth

542
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 1: and saying all right, from this point here, I can

543
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:18,760
Speaker 1: drop my pack and I've got two hundred yards three

544
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 1: hundred yards, I'll drop my pack and my boots here

545
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: and then I'll stalk in. Or it might be a

546
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: scenario where you say, look, it's not worth the time,

547
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 1: or it's going to be quiet enough. I'm not going

548
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,919
Speaker 1: to have to do that, you know, But understanding that

549
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 1: going into it ahead of time and Planning for that

550
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,879
Speaker 1: stealth option is going to make you a lot more successful.

551
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: Number six is just keeping an eye out for the eyes.

552
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 1: When we talk about spot in stock, I think a

553
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 1: lot of people get either too timid or I'll just

554
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: say just too timid. I'm a fairly aggressive stalker, but

555
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 1: I know when to move and what I can get

556
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 1: away with. You have to realize if you can't see

557
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,679
Speaker 1: their eyes, they can't see you. That means like a

558
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:05,520
Speaker 1: solid obstruction obstructing their eyes. Many animals, actually their peripheral

559
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,000
Speaker 1: vision is a lot better than you might expect. When

560
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,160
Speaker 1: you think, oh, that antelope or that deer had eyes

561
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,359
Speaker 1: in the back of their head, they practically do because

562
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 1: their eyes are on the side of their head and

563
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,360
Speaker 1: they can actually see quite a bit behind their heads.

564
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,600
Speaker 1: So using their head necessarily to block their vision isn't

565
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,680
Speaker 1: the best option. It isn't a option in certain instances,

566
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,880
Speaker 1: but it's not the only option. I would say, I'm

567
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,440
Speaker 1: looking for blocking their eyes with something solid when they're

568
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 1: bedded down there lower so that's something solid might be

569
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: the slope of the hill getting low enough. That might

570
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,920
Speaker 1: be a tree that they're bedded near and keeping the

571
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 1: trunk or whatever of that tree. Out of their eyesight,

572
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 1: you could see the whole body of the deer, the

573
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 1: neck of the deer. But if it's heads covered, you're good.

574
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,600
Speaker 1: You're good to roll. And so that's something that you

575
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 1: want to think about. Where is its eyes? Where are

576
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 1: the eyes of everything else around? And how do I

577
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,760
Speaker 1: position myself? Keeping in a position where they can never

578
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 1: see you is paramount, But it's also awesome because whatever

579
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 1: you're stalking probably has antlers that will be sticking up

580
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,000
Speaker 1: and show you where that animal is, where its head is,

581
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 1: and where it's positioned. But just keeping track of those

582
00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: eyes and understanding that as you move in and as

583
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 1: you plan your stock from the sitting here looking phase

584
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 1: to the now I'm on the hill, moving in phase,

585
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,600
Speaker 1: you're gonna want to think about where its eyes and

586
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 1: how do I keep them blocked? Now Number seven, it's

587
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,760
Speaker 1: just gonna be the portion of the stock where you're

588
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 1: moving in and you've lost sight of the animal. I

589
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 1: said this earlier in the last podcast, but it bears

590
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,320
Speaker 1: repeating because it's it's a mantra that you need to

591
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 1: constantly keep saying in your head. And this is something

592
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: that I've learned over the years. If I don't say this,

593
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 1: then I don't do it. And it's thinking you have

594
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: to simultaneously assume that they are there and simultaneously assume

595
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,720
Speaker 1: that they're gone. You're covering all possible scenarios. So you

596
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 1: always stalk in on a bedded animal like that animal

597
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 1: is still there. If you don't do that, you're probably

598
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,560
Speaker 1: gonna blow it, or I know you're gonna blow it.

599
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 1: Once you start thinking, oh, he's moved, he's moved, he's moved,

600
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,880
Speaker 1: with no proof that he's moved. That's when you rush things.

601
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: That's when you do stupid stuff. No joke. I stalked

602
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 1: in on a buck. I'm like fifteen yards from where

603
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 1: it's at. I'm like, this deer has definitely moved, it's gone.

604
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 1: I literally just stood up and started like walking off,

605
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,240
Speaker 1: and then I turned around and that buck busted out.

606
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 1: It hadn't moved, it had just fallen asleep and was

607
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,160
Speaker 1: out of my sight. I didn't see it. I was

608
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 1: just gut wrenched because I knew better, and I thought

609
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 1: to myself, from that point on, I'm never gonna make

610
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 1: that same mistake again, because I've made that mistake many

611
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 1: times in the past. So assuming that it's there, but

612
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 1: then also assuming that things have changed, that the other

613
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,720
Speaker 1: deer are in other places, that that deer might have

614
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,480
Speaker 1: got up and rebedded. Thinking about that as you move

615
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 1: in really keeps you alert, keeps your head up, and

616
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 1: keeps you constantly scanning, even as you're getting in within

617
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:08,720
Speaker 1: that hundred yards or less, throwing up your binoculars, glassing, stepping, glassing,

618
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:13,520
Speaker 1: looking glassing, moving, stepping glassing. That constant act of looking

619
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: makes you much more successful and much more focused in

620
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:24,520
Speaker 1: on the possible things that can go wrong. There are

621
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 1: a lot of facets to spot in stock hunting, and

622
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 1: whether you've been doing it your entire life, or maybe

623
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,800
Speaker 1: this is your first year that you're going to try

624
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 1: this style of hunting, there's things that you can learn

625
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,640
Speaker 1: from years of doing it that kind of ring true

626
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 1: in different scenarios. And so next week what I want

627
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: to cover is kind of that next step, that next

628
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: step in the stock where the actions you take as

629
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 1: you get within range, and how to turn a good

630
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 1: stock into a good shot opportunity. I've noticed that there's

631
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 1: so many times where I do everything right and then

632
00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 1: you do the things wrong when you're within that range

633
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,479
Speaker 1: of the animal, they're bedded, you're waiting, and just a

634
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 1: few little things that you can do to kind of

635
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 1: turn the tables in your favor, because just because you're

636
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: within bow range doesn't mean that you can get a

637
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: shot or execute a good shot. So I want to

638
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 1: talk about the actions you can take in that next

639
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 1: step when you're within range and you're either waiting for

640
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 1: the animal or waiting for your opportunity. I've been getting

641
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: a ton of great feedback from you guys on some

642
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,960
Speaker 1: of the topics we've been talking about and going into

643
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: this hunting season, what I'm really doing is just trying

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Speaker 1: to think of things that are topical then breaking them

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Speaker 1: down into enough information where you can feel like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I've either learned something that's gonna help me, or you know,

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Speaker 1: giving you the encouragement to say, yeah, what you're doing

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Speaker 1: or have been doing is the correct way to do

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Speaker 1: it or a really good way to do it. So

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Speaker 1: we're gonna kind of keep on this spot and stock path,

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Speaker 1: and the next month I'm just gonna go full blown

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Speaker 1: Elks series, calling tactics, wallows everything. I'm gonna give you

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Speaker 1: like thousands of days of elk hunting experience, into four

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Speaker 1: condensed episodes of some of some form or another. Also

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Speaker 1: kind of start thinking about elk questions because I want

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Speaker 1: the next Q and A to be about elk hunting.

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Speaker 1: So if you've got those questions about elk hunting, fire

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Speaker 1: in my way, and then I've got some really good

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Speaker 1: stuff planned. We're talking a couple of weeks down the road,

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Speaker 1: but I like to get stuff early because hunting season

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Speaker 1: will be upon us and I'm finding some leftover tags

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Speaker 1: right now of you know, any kind of general hunts

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Speaker 1: that I can find that might be going on, because

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Speaker 1: Canada border doesn't look good for me, and I kind

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Speaker 1: of put all my eggs in that basket prior to

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Speaker 1: any of this COVID stuff and it looks like I

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Speaker 1: probably won't be able to go. So I'm going to

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Speaker 1: be thinking about finding some hunts and some last minute planning.

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Speaker 1: I'm been doing a lot of research on some things

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Speaker 1: that I've been thinking about for years and just haven't

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Speaker 1: done because I've planned other stuff. So I'm actually kind

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Speaker 1: of stoked on it should be should be pretty good.

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Speaker 1: So today I am launching a math se giveaway and

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Speaker 1: you can find the info on my Instagram page. If

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Speaker 1: you don't follow me on Instagram, please do a lot

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Speaker 1: of these things I'm gonna be showing, like videos and

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Speaker 1: other stuff on things that I'm talking about, some of

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Speaker 1: these tips and tactics, like some good illustrations and some

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Speaker 1: videos on so head over there and the giveaway. I

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Speaker 1: just thought, man, how awesome would it be if you

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Speaker 1: could just get all the best gear in one go,

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Speaker 1: like literally everything you need for hunting. So what I

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Speaker 1: did was I compiled, like a lot of the people

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Speaker 1: that work with me, companies and things, I just compiled

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Speaker 1: essentially fifteen thousand dollars worth of the best gear out there,

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Speaker 1: and the winner will take it all. I mean, full

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Speaker 1: clothing kit, a full rifle set up with scope mounting

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Speaker 1: and a top of the line scope, A brand new

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Speaker 1: prime bow with pretty much everything you need. Arrows. We've

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Speaker 1: got sleeping bag, stone glacier, tent, stone glacier pack, a

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Speaker 1: deck system for your truck. Game processing, a chain member

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Speaker 1: vacuum seiler, which if you've never used a chamber vacuum

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Speaker 1: seiler do These things are commercial grade, incredible for game processing,

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Speaker 1: a really high powered grinder. I mean, just too much

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Speaker 1: stuff to even mention right here. If I just I

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Speaker 1: should go down the list and just like get you

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Speaker 1: all stoked on it. But you can go. There will

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Speaker 1: be a link on my Instagram for this giveaway. Like

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Speaker 1: the winner will be super stoked. Honestly, it's like fifteen

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Speaker 1: dollars worth of some of the best gear on the planet.

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Speaker 1: So I'm really really excited about that. I've never done

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Speaker 1: anything like this. I've kind of shied away from a

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Speaker 1: lot of giveaways in the past just because organizing it.

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Speaker 1: This has taken me months of like work just to

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Speaker 1: kind of organize this and make sure everything's right and

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Speaker 1: we got everything forever for the prizes and all that

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Speaker 1: kind of stuff. So it's been a lot to do this,

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Speaker 1: but I'm pretty stoked. I think it's like an awesome

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Speaker 1: way to give back to you guys who have just

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Speaker 1: supported me and listened to this podcast. I know so

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Speaker 1: many of you have dropped in good comments or subscribe

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Speaker 1: to wherever you listen, shared it with friends. I just

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Speaker 1: really want to this is like my thank you to

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Speaker 1: you for doing that, and I want to give one

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Speaker 1: of you something super awesome that could change essentially the

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Speaker 1: way you hunt and the thing whatever, and you know

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Speaker 1: it's it's I'm just excited about it. That's also the

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Speaker 1: contest opens today. Go to my Instagram. I'll put a

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Speaker 1: link there, or you can go to my Remy Warren

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Speaker 1: dot com website and find the link in there. It's

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Speaker 1: essentially putting in an email and your name and then

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Speaker 1: we'll email the winner random draw pretty much like two

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Speaker 1: weeks from today. So go check that out. I'm super excited,

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Speaker 1: and I just want to thank everybody for all the support.

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Speaker 1: I think this is a way that I'm trying to

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Speaker 1: say thank you back in combination with giving you some

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Speaker 1: of my best tips that I know as far as

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Speaker 1: hunting goes. Sometimes I give these tips out and I'm like, damn,

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Speaker 1: that was almost too good. Like it's making people. I've

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Speaker 1: been running into people out hunting using my tips and

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Speaker 1: just like, wow, a lot of this is awesome. That's

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Speaker 1: what I want to see. That That was the end

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Speaker 1: goals is giving tips that I honestly think are actionable

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Speaker 1: and really going to help you at whatever stage of

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Speaker 1: hunting you're in. But just understanding the little bit of

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Speaker 1: things that I've picked up in a formula for success,

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Speaker 1: and I understand that there's a lot of awesome gear

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Speaker 1: out there and one of you will be winning this

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Speaker 1: incredible gear. So you go over there, check that out.

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty excited about it. You know, share it with

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Speaker 1: your friends. I know it. It might lessen your odds,

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Speaker 1: but it might increase your odds of someone you knowing winning.

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Speaker 1: And if you tell them, you'd be like, hey, man,

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Speaker 1: put in, we'll we'll split some of the stuff. You

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Speaker 1: get the rifle, I get the bow, You get the

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Speaker 1: sleeping pad bag. I get the tent. You know, keep

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Speaker 1: thinking like that, So I thank you guys. Appreciate it,

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Speaker 1: you know, drop some comments and uh yeah until next week,

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Speaker 1: stay stealthy. So yeah,