WEBVTT - Ep. 1048: Foundations - How to Start Laying the Groundwork for a Successful Whitetail Season

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Peterson.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, everybody, welcome to the Wire to Hunt Foundations podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>which is brought to you by first Light. I'm your host,

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<v Speaker 2>Tony Peterson, and today's episode is all about starting to

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<v Speaker 2>plan for your fall success right now. Look, I have

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<v Speaker 2>to admit I actually really, really like the months of April,

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<v Speaker 2>May and June. You know, April and May for all

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<v Speaker 2>the time spent in Jason turkeys and trying to catch

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<v Speaker 2>future out and June for the big smallies in large

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<v Speaker 2>mouth and just good weather. But really those three months

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<v Speaker 2>are a relief because I don't have to think about

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<v Speaker 2>white tails too much. I know that sounds weird because

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<v Speaker 2>I love deer and so do you, But deer are

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of work and a lot of stress, and

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<v Speaker 2>honestly a great source of anxiety. Sometimes a three month

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<v Speaker 2>break from that isn't so bad. But it's over and

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<v Speaker 2>it's time to start trying to figure them out. Before

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<v Speaker 2>the new season is upon us. This generally requires a

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<v Speaker 2>plan with about a million inputs, a lot of work,

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<v Speaker 2>and a lot of hope. That plan will be a

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<v Speaker 2>multi stage affair. But you have to start somewhere, which

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<v Speaker 2>is what I'm going to talk about right now. Where

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<v Speaker 2>do you even start? It might seem simple, I suppose

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<v Speaker 2>if you're hunting the place you always hunt, the place

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<v Speaker 2>you've hunted for years that always has, you know, one

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<v Speaker 2>of two crop rotations going on, and the deer always

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<v Speaker 2>bed wherever and feed wherever. You know, why stress about

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<v Speaker 2>a known situation? Well, maybe you hunt a place where

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<v Speaker 2>history repeats itself and things are pretty simple. You probably don't, though,

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<v Speaker 2>or at the very least, don't always hunt a place

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<v Speaker 2>where the deer is predictable as the phases of the moon.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't have that situation, you have something that

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<v Speaker 2>probably requires more thought, more planning, and well more what ifs,

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<v Speaker 2>more question marks. That's the case with most of us,

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<v Speaker 2>and either way, it's time to start thinking about this stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>How I start before I ever go into the woods,

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<v Speaker 2>Although I say that without being too serious, because I've

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<v Speaker 2>been in the woods plenty already, and you probably have

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<v Speaker 2>two But for the sake of sounding wise and keeping

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<v Speaker 2>this podcast pointed in the right direction. Let's say you're

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<v Speaker 2>looking for a step one. No matter where or how

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<v Speaker 2>you hunt, here's mine the regulations in the states I

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<v Speaker 2>plan to hunt. Now. For me, this might look different

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<v Speaker 2>from you. Between my work schedule, hunting with the girls,

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<v Speaker 2>and getting in a few personal hunts, I have to

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<v Speaker 2>think about you know, probably four or five states to

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<v Speaker 2>start with, and every one of those states has different regulations,

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<v Speaker 2>different timing for their youth seasons, different bag limits and

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<v Speaker 2>tag allocations. And some of those will be the same

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<v Speaker 2>as they've been for decades, but others aren't going to

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<v Speaker 2>be so consistent. More than a few hunters get burned

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<v Speaker 2>every year not brushing up on the regulations in their

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<v Speaker 2>home state or wherever they hunt, you know, so they

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<v Speaker 2>buy a license a day before the opener and realize

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<v Speaker 2>they can't shot as many dos as they hope, or

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<v Speaker 2>that there's now antler point restrictions in certain counties. Something.

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<v Speaker 2>The easiest thing you can do to start planning your

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six season is to give the regulations a good look.

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<v Speaker 2>When it comes to home state hunting, there usually aren't

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<v Speaker 2>too many big surprises But what if you decided this

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<v Speaker 2>year is the year you're going to not always hunt

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<v Speaker 2>Gramma's farm, but are going to try your hand at

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<v Speaker 2>a hang and bang hunt on public land? Simple right, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>what are the laws on trail camera usage on public

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<v Speaker 2>screwing steps or bow hagers? Are there different limits or

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<v Speaker 2>tag allocations for shooting antler list deer on the public

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<v Speaker 2>The one thing I know after hunting lots of different

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<v Speaker 2>states on private and public land, is that we often

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<v Speaker 2>assume the rules are the same from one situation to

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<v Speaker 2>the next, but we are often wrong. This is simple stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>and you might not think it's all that important, but

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<v Speaker 2>it is. How I hunt. Any given situation is highly

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<v Speaker 2>dependent on what I can get tags for, what types

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<v Speaker 2>of standard blinds I can use, whether I can use

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<v Speaker 2>trail cameras, stuff like that. In the state, it's where

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<v Speaker 2>big changes happen and you've been living under a rock

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<v Speaker 2>and aren't aware of them. You're going to want to know,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, crossbow legalization, earn a buck, new youth, or

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<v Speaker 2>early gun seasons, whatever. You just want to know, And

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<v Speaker 2>you definitely want to know if you plan to hunt

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<v Speaker 2>some other state for the first time. Let's say you

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<v Speaker 2>have the rules in the rags squared away, you're good

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<v Speaker 2>to go. Well, what's next? Well, for me, the next

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<v Speaker 2>step is to flesh out a loose plan for when

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<v Speaker 2>I'll hunt. This isn't just when to plan my rut cation,

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<v Speaker 2>although that's part of it, but it's also you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when are the long weekends going to happen? When you

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<v Speaker 2>can string together multiple sits. Is there a part of

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<v Speaker 2>the season where you should be able to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>hunt every morning for a week, or where you could

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<v Speaker 2>bail from work early to get into stand for every

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<v Speaker 2>afternoon for a while. When will your hunt windows open up?

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<v Speaker 2>For me, it's kind of all about when I am

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<v Speaker 2>going to get a couple of weekends with the girls

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<v Speaker 2>where they won't have five thousand activities that can actually hunt,

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<v Speaker 2>because I want to prioritize those. So I want to

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<v Speaker 2>know before we get too deep into summer, whether that's

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<v Speaker 2>going to happen in mid September or early October whenever.

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<v Speaker 2>Knowing when I can take them and we will have

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<v Speaker 2>mornings and evenings to hunt for a few days is

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<v Speaker 2>really important to me because my strategy in mid September

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be a lot different from even earlier

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<v Speaker 2>late October. When I know when the girls can hunt,

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<v Speaker 2>I can also figure out a little bit more about

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<v Speaker 2>my own schedule. Now I realize my whitetail life might

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<v Speaker 2>be a little more complicated than a lot of folks.

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<v Speaker 2>But the truth is that all of these inputs dictate

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<v Speaker 2>where I hang stands and where I set blinds, and

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<v Speaker 2>they should for you too, Which leads me to the

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<v Speaker 2>next thing, which actually involves starting to figure out the deer.

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<v Speaker 2>Most people this time of year will go about this

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<v Speaker 2>task the easiest way possible, which is with trail cameras.

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<v Speaker 2>But how you start this process will inform a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of your hunting decisions, so you want to choose wisely.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's start with a simple question here. Do you plan

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<v Speaker 2>to hang cameras for mostly inventory or are you trying

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<v Speaker 2>to learn something about deer travel at a specific spot.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a big difference, and it seems like a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of hunters don't really differentiate much, probably because it feels

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<v Speaker 2>like we have a hell of a lot of time

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<v Speaker 2>left before we can actually hunt them. Inventory gathering's fine,

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<v Speaker 2>everyone wants to build that hit list, But are you

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<v Speaker 2>gathering this intel by putting on a mineral block for

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<v Speaker 2>the summer bucks. Maybe you put new batteries in the

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<v Speaker 2>camera on your kill plot, and that's good enough. If

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<v Speaker 2>what you want to learn is who is in the

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<v Speaker 2>area now and how bigg he might be, then that's

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<v Speaker 2>easy enough. Just don't expect to learn much more than that.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you do use something to draw them in,

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<v Speaker 2>expect even less because that mineral block or whatever you

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<v Speaker 2>use is going to give you kind of a false

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<v Speaker 2>read on fall movement. You've already influenced their summer movement

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<v Speaker 2>to see who's there, But that doesn't mean that's going

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<v Speaker 2>to hold up by fall. Understand that, because it matters now.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to start figuring out where deer move

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<v Speaker 2>naturally and begin to build a pattern on them, you

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<v Speaker 2>have a different task ahead of you. For me, because

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<v Speaker 2>I like to hunt early and I like to hunt often,

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<v Speaker 2>especially with a girls, I focus my camera work this

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<v Speaker 2>time of year on a couple of different things. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>first off or the easy ones, soybean's alfalfa. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>if either is available where I can hunt. Both are

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<v Speaker 2>prime early season food sources, and the bucks hitting the

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<v Speaker 2>alfalfa today are likely to be there, and hitting the

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<v Speaker 2>alfalfa in September. This isn't always the case, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>consistent enough where I'm comfortable betting on those odds. What

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<v Speaker 2>are the most popular early season food sources where you hunt,

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<v Speaker 2>because if they'll still be out there in the early

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<v Speaker 2>bo season, then you have the opportunity to build a

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<v Speaker 2>pattern on it. Right now, it's simple stuff, but not

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<v Speaker 2>that simple, and it does take some effort. Think of it,

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<v Speaker 2>not like taking inventory on that growing beanfield out there,

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<v Speaker 2>but actually developing a strategy for figuring out when the

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<v Speaker 2>deer will hit those beans and where they are most

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<v Speaker 2>likely to hit them. This is a big problem with

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of hunters where they know a food source

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<v Speaker 2>will draw a deer, they put a camera up on

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<v Speaker 2>the edge, and then they get enough buck picks all

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<v Speaker 2>summer to start their chickens before they hatch. We all

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<v Speaker 2>know the early food sources and that bus will hit them.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's much better to try to figure out the

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<v Speaker 2>real specifics on that pattern, not just confirm basic knowledge.

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<v Speaker 2>But you can take this a step further too. What

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't have one of those early season food

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<v Speaker 2>sources on your ground, then it's time to figure out

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<v Speaker 2>where the closest ones are what's in them, and how

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<v Speaker 2>you can gather as much intel as possible with the

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<v Speaker 2>land you have to work with. This is where cameras

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<v Speaker 2>really shine because now you're monitoring individual trails mostly and

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<v Speaker 2>you're playing a game where you have to figure out

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<v Speaker 2>when and why the travel happens, what wind or weather

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<v Speaker 2>is it tied to, and why are there stretches of

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<v Speaker 2>time with lots of activity on other times where it's dead.

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<v Speaker 2>Take that alfalfa example. That might be as simple as

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<v Speaker 2>the farmer coming in and cutting and raking and baling

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<v Speaker 2>as crop. There might be three days or maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>week there of extended activity by humans which can slow

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<v Speaker 2>down the deer visits. Sell Cameras can tell you a

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<v Speaker 2>lot about this kind of thing, and this knowledge will

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<v Speaker 2>play into your strategy come fall, or at least it should. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll reiterate this because it matters. Ask yourself what you're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to learn with your summer camera work, what's your

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<v Speaker 2>intention with each and are you doing what you need

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<v Speaker 2>to in order to really learn what you want? And

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<v Speaker 2>also remember that it's not always about food. In the

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<v Speaker 2>early season, you know, I love to hunt water and

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<v Speaker 2>there is no time I love to hunt water more

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<v Speaker 2>than when I know it'll be hot and there will

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<v Speaker 2>be fewer hunters out in the woods summer. Camera work

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<v Speaker 2>on water is a no brainer. And if there's one

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<v Speaker 2>thing that can talk any hunter into heading out when

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<v Speaker 2>it's ninety degrees on the opener, it's when they've been

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<v Speaker 2>running a camera on a water hole all summer. I

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<v Speaker 2>know this is simple stuff, but the goal, well for

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<v Speaker 2>me and what it maybe should be for you, is

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<v Speaker 2>to not have to count on the rut to have

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<v Speaker 2>a chance at a buck. I want to hunt all

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<v Speaker 2>parts of the season with my daughters or when I'm

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<v Speaker 2>solo or with my buddies or whatever, and I want

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<v Speaker 2>to hunt with the belief that I'm onto something. When

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<v Speaker 2>I rely on the rut, it relieves me of my

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<v Speaker 2>responsibilities in the early season. But those four or six

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<v Speaker 2>weeks or whatever provide one hell of an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 2>not only kill a buck, but also just spend some

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<v Speaker 2>much needed time in the woods doing what I love

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<v Speaker 2>to do. Now again, what if you don't have any

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<v Speaker 2>water where you hunt, or maybe you have water now

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<v Speaker 2>that will be all dried up by September. Where is

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<v Speaker 2>the nearest water source they're drinking out there somewhere, but

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<v Speaker 2>where you can pull up on X and toggle through

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<v Speaker 2>a couple layers to see this. If you don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>and even if you think you do know, you should

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<v Speaker 2>probably do this anyway. Most of us look at the

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<v Speaker 2>ground around us on satellite imagery, but the Toppo layer

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<v Speaker 2>will very clearly show you water. That little pond on

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbor's land that you've never seen in person will

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<v Speaker 2>pop instantly in this layer. If there is a way

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<v Speaker 2>for you to play off of that movement, you know

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<v Speaker 2>that to and from of the pond, you should know

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<v Speaker 2>that is there something that shows up on your ground

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<v Speaker 2>where you didn't even know there was water. I think

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<v Speaker 2>we all think we know what is going on in

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<v Speaker 2>the places we hunt, but every once in a while,

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<v Speaker 2>you just find something you didn't even know was there.

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<v Speaker 2>On a farm I hunt in southern Minnesota, this happens

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<v Speaker 2>to me occasionally, and it always throws me for a loop.

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<v Speaker 2>One time, it was a seep on a hillside, just

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<v Speaker 2>a tiny little gusher of cold spring fed water that

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<v Speaker 2>was covered in buck tracks and almost got me a

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<v Speaker 2>shot at one hundred and forty inch year the first

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<v Speaker 2>time I sat there. Another time, after quite a bit

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<v Speaker 2>of years of hunting there at least two decades. I

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<v Speaker 2>found a small sinkhole in a bedding area while I

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<v Speaker 2>was shed hunting, and that sinkhole sometimes holds water, and

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<v Speaker 2>it draws every deer in the freaking county to it

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<v Speaker 2>because of where it's located, although it is a real

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<v Speaker 2>pain in theame has to hunt this spring. While shed

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<v Speaker 2>hunting and scouting, I found another small sinkhole in a

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<v Speaker 2>spot that is going to have a blind on it

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<v Speaker 2>for the girls come September, because it's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>an amazing morning spot that should allow for really solid access.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess the lesson here is that it's easy to

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<v Speaker 2>believe we know everything we need to about the spots

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<v Speaker 2>we hunt, but it's really easy to miss something small

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<v Speaker 2>and important in the woods that the deer will definitely

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<v Speaker 2>not miss. So let's take stocks so far. You know

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<v Speaker 2>the rules in the rigs, you have a plan to

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<v Speaker 2>figure out the local crops and the water sources, and

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<v Speaker 2>you have some fresh batteries plugged into your cameras. It's

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<v Speaker 2>time to hit the woods. But here is where a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of folks make their first real big mistake of

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<v Speaker 2>the year. They just hike in or drive their side

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<v Speaker 2>by sides in turn the cameras on and head out.

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<v Speaker 2>Their primary thoughts here are conscious and unconscious. The conscious

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<v Speaker 2>thought is that you're going to go put up a

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<v Speaker 2>camera in a good spot and then get out so

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<v Speaker 2>you can let the woods get back to normal and

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<v Speaker 2>intel to start rolling in. The unconscious thoughts are the

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<v Speaker 2>woods are you know a jungle? The heat sucks, the

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<v Speaker 2>bugs are terrible, and we all want to be kind

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<v Speaker 2>of lazy about this stuff, especially when it's the early

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<v Speaker 2>innings of a long game. But what do you miss

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<v Speaker 2>when you walk or drive in, drop a camera or

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<v Speaker 2>a couple off, and then get the hell out? Potentially

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<v Speaker 2>a lot. If the camera work well works, then you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to want to hunt those spots. How will you

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<v Speaker 2>access them? Probably not the way you do right now

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<v Speaker 2>when you go in to drop the camera off or

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<v Speaker 2>check it. How long will that new access route take

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<v Speaker 2>you to get in and out? And well, where will

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<v Speaker 2>it take you? Where will you hang a stand or

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<v Speaker 2>put up a groundbline to play off that trail camera data?

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<v Speaker 2>There's no harm in walking in now, looking for tracks,

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<v Speaker 2>making notes of other trails, maybe food sources like hard

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<v Speaker 2>or soft masks that might come in you know, three

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<v Speaker 2>months and really just getting a feel for where you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to hunt. I think one of the biggest problems

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of us have is that we focus our

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<v Speaker 2>scouting and preseason work on finding the spots we should hunt,

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<v Speaker 2>but not putting in a lot into how we will

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<v Speaker 2>actually hunt them and how they will actually hunt as

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<v Speaker 2>a spot. I do this to myself all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's a sure fire away to get me to

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<v Speaker 2>hate myself some I'm convinced that the best mindset of

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<v Speaker 2>way till a hunter can have is to always be

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<v Speaker 2>looking for stand in blind setups, and to always be

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<v Speaker 2>thinking about how to get in and out in all

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<v Speaker 2>of the logistics around them. You know, always think about

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<v Speaker 2>the conditions in which a spot would be huntable or

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<v Speaker 2>when it would be a bad idea. This is a

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<v Speaker 2>big one. And if you're going to head out and

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<v Speaker 2>hang some cameras and take a look around and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>start to formulate a hunting plan, you have to think

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<v Speaker 2>about this stuff. You might put a camera on a

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<v Speaker 2>little water hole and start getting tons of picks, but

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<v Speaker 2>then ask yourself, where am I going to hang a stand?

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<v Speaker 2>Where am I going to sit? What wind directions would

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<v Speaker 2>allow you to hunt there and which ones would get

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<v Speaker 2>you busted. Do the event ailable stand trees and the

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<v Speaker 2>best wind directions work together or not. Something that saves

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of bucks every year is the disconnect between

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<v Speaker 2>hunters finding really good spots and those same hunters not

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<v Speaker 2>really thinking about how to hunt those spots, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>before it's time to suit up and head out. I

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<v Speaker 2>know this doesn't seem that important now, but it is.

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<v Speaker 2>I think one of the biggest things I've learned about

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<v Speaker 2>hunting all white tails, and definitely when focusing on big bucks,

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<v Speaker 2>is that the spots they frequent rarely come with airtight

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<v Speaker 2>access and perfect stand trees. The thing you're solving for

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<v Speaker 2>now with this early season work is a multi layered

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<v Speaker 2>problem that doesn't just get solved simply by identifying the

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<v Speaker 2>best spots. That's a good start, but it's just the

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<v Speaker 2>start of it. And the more time you have to

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<v Speaker 2>suss things out, the better off you'll be because you'll

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<v Speaker 2>be less likely to settle, you know, for a stand

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<v Speaker 2>setup where you might get busted, or hunt when you

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<v Speaker 2>know you probably shouldn't because you don't have better options.

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<v Speaker 2>Figuring them out seems you know too risky and too

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<v Speaker 2>daunting because you're already in the season. This is really

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff that separates people who fill a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>tags versus the people who just don't. So get out

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<v Speaker 2>there and start building your own plan for this fall

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<v Speaker 2>and come back next week because I'm going to talk

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<v Speaker 2>more about these critters we love and how to go

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<v Speaker 2>about getting close to them when it's finally fall. That's

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<v Speaker 2>it for this episode. I am Tony Peterson. This has

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<v Speaker 2>been the Wire to Hunt Foundation's podcast, which is brought

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<v Speaker 2>to you by First Light. I want to thank you

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