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

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Speaker 1: This is Cutting the Distance. This podcast is presented by

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Speaker 1: Yetti Built for the Wild. Well, Hello and welcome back

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Speaker 1: to another exciting episode of Cutting the Distance Podcast. First off,

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Speaker 1: I just have to say wow, thank you guys so

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Speaker 1: much for all the support as well as so many

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Speaker 1: awesome messages of tips and tactics that you've taken from

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Speaker 1: this podcast and been successful this past season. I've just

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Speaker 1: been flooded with success photos as well as stories. Some

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Speaker 1: of the ones that stick out are a few stories

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Speaker 1: of guys hunting and burns. Uh we had calling mule dear.

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Speaker 1: Some people been trying that tactic with some success, getting

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Speaker 1: some doubles this season. I've seen some of those photos

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Speaker 1: the most successful podcast that people have mentioned over and

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Speaker 1: over as being paramount to their success this season the

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Speaker 1: glass ng Finding Something Before Your Friend Effective Glassing podcast,

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Speaker 1: and then surprising to me, the e Scouting one went

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Speaker 1: over Big. If you have not had a chance to

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Speaker 1: listen to those after this one, go back and check

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Speaker 1: those out. I am really excited about today's podcast because

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Speaker 1: today is our Christmas special. Now. I really love Christmas,

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Speaker 1: his name was Smut. He actually got his name growing

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Speaker 1: I always carry Analogene bottle. I don't use the bladder

430
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 1: because I think that I've had problems with the bladder,

431
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,159
Speaker 1: the water bladders in the past, popping I've had, you know,

432
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,440
Speaker 1: the hose freezes. They just they just aren't reliable. They're

433
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,000
Speaker 1: harder to fill up with water, especially if it's like

434
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,480
Speaker 1: a small seep. So I always use Analogene bottle. I

435
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,360
Speaker 1: decided to go with like the one and a half

436
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,160
Speaker 1: lead bottle this year. My brother carries that bigger water

437
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,840
Speaker 1: bottle carrying a little bit more water. It's a little

438
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,600
Speaker 1: more weight, but I like having that larger bottle now,

439
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,760
Speaker 1: So that's just kind of a piece of year that

440
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,600
Speaker 1: I switched up. You know, when you have a certain

441
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,160
Speaker 1: kit for so long, like you just get used to it,

442
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,920
Speaker 1: and just switching something like from a one liter water

443
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,840
Speaker 1: bottle to a leader and a half, like it makes

444
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 1: a difference for me. Another thing that I started carrying

445
00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,480
Speaker 1: this year sterry pen. You know, it depends where I'm at.

446
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,320
Speaker 1: I don't really filter my water a lot, but there

447
00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,160
Speaker 1: are places where I do need to filter water way

448
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,639
Speaker 1: better than the pump. Actually, the meat eater crew turned

449
00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,720
Speaker 1: me onto him on that a fog knack elkhunt. Everybody

450
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,600
Speaker 1: had the sterry pens, and I was just kind of like, oh,

451
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,000
Speaker 1: let me borrow that, And then I immediately went home

452
00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,960
Speaker 1: and bought one because they were pretty awesome. So that's

453
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,120
Speaker 1: a cool piece of gear if you're looking for water filtration.

454
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:14,800
Speaker 1: I recommend that the one I got does the larger

455
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 1: bottles too. So there's a couple of different ones. And

456
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:22,200
Speaker 1: then boots, oh man, people ask about boots all the time.

457
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,720
Speaker 1: I've worned a lot of different boots, you know. I

458
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,520
Speaker 1: think there's a lot of different boots for different applications.

459
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,160
Speaker 1: Like you've got your mountain boot. You know your can

460
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,880
Speaker 1: of trucks or whatever. You're just like stiff mountain boots.

461
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:38,120
Speaker 1: Um Scarpa's stuff like that. You got lighter boots for

462
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,680
Speaker 1: earlier season hunts. I like to wear a light pair

463
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,680
Speaker 1: of boots if I can. This year, I just tried

464
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:48,720
Speaker 1: the Snays baretooth twoes. Honestly love that boot. I was

465
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,199
Speaker 1: breaking in a different pair of boots and they just

466
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,320
Speaker 1: were tearing my feet up. And I know I had

467
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,200
Speaker 1: that podcast about foot care and breaking in your feet,

468
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,240
Speaker 1: Like the boots I tried before, these ones were just

469
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,760
Speaker 1: breaking my feet in and uh wore those bear twoths.

470
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,359
Speaker 1: I actually just was like, Okay, I gotta wear something different.

471
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,199
Speaker 1: Put those on on an elk hunt. I think the

472
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,160
Speaker 1: first day I went like eight miles and just no problems.

473
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,680
Speaker 1: I was like, Wow, these are pretty much already broken

474
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 1: and they've got a little bit more flexible soul than

475
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,640
Speaker 1: a lot of other solid mountain boots. But I took

476
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,560
Speaker 1: those boots on goat hunting. I took them to Kyrgyzstan.

477
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,480
Speaker 1: I've taken them a lot of places, like I guided

478
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,159
Speaker 1: all year in them, and they've just held up. Like

479
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 1: that's probably one of my favorite boots I've ever worn,

480
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 1: and this is the first year I've warned him, so

481
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,640
Speaker 1: they're gonna last into next season, which for me, even

482
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,520
Speaker 1: a really good pair of boots doesn't last a year,

483
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 1: so I was really impressed with those. They get major

484
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:44,679
Speaker 1: props on that this year. The spot Hoog site, the

485
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,400
Speaker 1: Fast Dady XL That's what I've been shooting on my bow.

486
00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,800
Speaker 1: I've never been a single pin guy until I got

487
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 1: that site. I've got the one with the two pointers

488
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,679
Speaker 1: on it, so it's really a double pin site, but

489
00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,359
Speaker 1: it's a slider site. The Xcel version has like a

490
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,520
Speaker 1: rail where you and kick it out a little bit further.

491
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,119
Speaker 1: But I also like it because when I travel like

492
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 1: an unscrew it pull the site off and then it's

493
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: not getting smashed in my case, and then I can

494
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 1: just slide it back on and it's always been on.

495
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 1: I haven't had any problems with it. I've used it

496
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,720
Speaker 1: for about two years now, but I was kind of thinking, Okay,

497
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: should I try a different site, and I just like

498
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 1: it too much, so I'm gonna just keep using that

499
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:24,280
Speaker 1: next year as well, and then maybe some like gift ideas,

500
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 1: just some random stuff that I kind of come across

501
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,959
Speaker 1: this year and thought, now, that's pretty cool recently so

502
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,159
Speaker 1: I'm just like plasma lighter. I haven't really used them

503
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,360
Speaker 1: a lot, and the field like that one that's like rechargeable.

504
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 1: Don't even know the brand. You could probably buy them

505
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,879
Speaker 1: like most gas stations, but like that's that's actually a

506
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: pretty cool piece of kit because it seems pretty durable, windproof,

507
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: starts fires really well. I think that's a pretty cool invention.

508
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 1: Those plasma lighters. Those are pretty neat and you can

509
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,679
Speaker 1: like recharge them if you need to. Also, every hunter

510
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,639
Speaker 1: needs parachord at least once a year. I like that

511
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 1: para cord. I hope the company is still around. Somebody

512
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 1: gave me for Christmas last year this stuff called rapid

513
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 1: rope and it's almost like mule tape, like pound mule

514
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: tape in this little jar with a self cutter thing.

515
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 1: I just burnt through it. That's pretty cool. I'm actually

516
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,639
Speaker 1: gonna buy some people that this year because I found

517
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 1: that super handy. I hope that company is still around.

518
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,959
Speaker 1: No clue, but that was pretty cool. It was rapid

519
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 1: rapid ropes what it was called. Some other good gift

520
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,439
Speaker 1: ideas if you're an elk hunter elk ivories, you know,

521
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,679
Speaker 1: make them into something for someone. It's probably what my

522
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 1: wife's getting for Christmas. And then I'm big on homemade stuff.

523
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 1: One cool homemade gift that I like to make shed

524
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,440
Speaker 1: antler cribbage boards. I make a lot of them. I

525
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 1: need to make myself one. If you don't know how

526
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 1: to play cribbage, you owe it to yourself to learn.

527
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,040
Speaker 1: It's fun game. It's a great game in the wintertime,

528
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 1: hanging out and you can It's a game that you

529
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 1: can play on a shed Antler, so that's good in itself.

530
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 1: Another thing that I would definitely recommend for the guide

531
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 1: the Solo Hunter rifle cover. I make no money off

532
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: of those things, that's all tim but I definitely promote

533
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: it because I use it constantly. I think it's probably

534
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 1: one of the best things out there as far as

535
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,480
Speaker 1: just a great idea, and I feel like it's something

536
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 1: everybody should have. You know. That's a good gift idea too,

537
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 1: because it's not super expensive and it's life changing once

538
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: you have one. You know. I really like down sleeping bags.

539
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 1: That's just my personal preference because there's so much lighter.

540
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: I understand the idea like if they got wet, they

541
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 1: wouldn't be warm anymore. But I've never had that happen,

542
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 1: and I kind of have like a waterproof stuff sack.

543
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 1: I take really good care of my sleeping bag and

544
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 1: just make sure that in the off season it's not

545
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 1: stuffed into a stuff sack. It's led out to air

546
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 1: and that keeps the loft and the warmth of the

547
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 1: down bag. But it's just so much lighter than a

548
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 1: synthetic bag. So down sleeping bags are my choice. And

549
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: I think that that kind of concludes what I would

550
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 1: consider my gift guide and a little bit of just

551
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 1: tackling gear. I'm sure after this people will be like, Okay,

552
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: what about this, what about that? What about that? You

553
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 1: can email those questions in or hit me up on

554
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: social media now before we go. I think this podcast

555
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: might have even been a little bit longer than some

556
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: of the others, But we talked about a lot of

557
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 1: stuff just throughout some of my ideas on meat and cooking,

558
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: butchering touched a little bit about gear, and I know

559
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: I'm going to get a ton more questions on that

560
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,640
Speaker 1: and then hopefully an inspiring holiday story that will kind

561
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 1: of get you to think about others this time of year.

562
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 1: On that same note, I did round up a couple

563
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 1: of items that I want to give away. However, I

564
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 1: don't know how to give them away through a podcast,

565
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 1: so it's gonna be in conjunction with my at remy

566
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 1: warrant Instagram. Now at my Christmas parties, a lot of

567
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,600
Speaker 1: times it's fun for me to give gifts. It's way

568
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 1: more fun to have people win gifts. We do a

569
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 1: lot of crazy things like here's a gift and then

570
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 1: two people compete rock paper scissors for it. So under

571
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 1: that same vein is how I want to do this giveaway.

572
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 1: So here's what I'm thinking. So Yetti is a title

573
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: sponsor of this podcast, and they've agreed to give away

574
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 1: one of their new v series Cooler. It's the Vacuum

575
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:27,360
Speaker 1: Chambers stainless cooler, and we're gonna give one of those away.

576
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 1: They're really awesome. I have only talk to people that

577
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 1: have them. I have not had one yet. You will

578
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 1: get one before I even get one. So I'm really

579
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 1: excited to be able to give one of those away.

580
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 1: And here's what we're gonna do. If it has to

581
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 1: be in conjunction with Instagram. I really want to reward

582
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: the people that are listening to this podcast, So we

583
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 1: kind of got to do it sneaky, like. I don't

584
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 1: want to just be like something where people can see

585
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: it and then copy what people are doing and then

586
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 1: win it without listening to the podcast. So here's what

587
00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 1: we're gonna do. To win the Yettie cooler. You got

588
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 1: to go onto my Instagram and then just find any

589
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 1: picture that has a Yeti product in it, so a mug,

590
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,760
Speaker 1: a cooler, a hat, whatever, something Yetie in it. That's

591
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: gonna weed some people out because what I want is

592
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 1: I want it to be just kind of a pain

593
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 1: in the acid enough where it's not ten thousand people

594
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 1: trying to buy for one product. It's just gonna be

595
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 1: the people that are listening. They want to take the

596
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 1: time to do it. I think those people should be rewarded.

597
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 1: It's a little bit of work, so it'll be more

598
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: fun and more chance of winning for the people that

599
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 1: actually do it. So you can go to my Instagram

600
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: at Remy Warren, scroll through any old photos that have

601
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 1: a Yeti product, and then leave a comment. It would

602
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 1: be easier for me if you leave a comment about

603
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 1: the podcasts. You don't have to say anything about winning anything,

604
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: just leave a comment. Could be about the podcast, could

605
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 1: be kind of incognito, doesn't really matter because I'll look

606
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 1: at the date on it as well. And then what

607
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,960
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go through I'm gonna

608
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 1: choose two posts, and then I'm gonna choose one person

609
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: from each of those posts, and then those two people

610
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: I will message them. They will have to send in

611
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 1: either rock, paper or scissors, and the winner of that

612
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 1: will get the cooler. The runner up will probably get

613
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 1: something cool as well, but not as cool as the cooler,

614
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 1: like probably a mug or something like that. So that's

615
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 1: how we're gonna do that. The second thing is I've

616
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: got a pair of Vortex Viper binoculars and I think

617
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: we'll just do like a photo contest of sorts. The

618
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 1: theme will be looking ahead. How does that sound. I'm

619
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 1: making this up on the fly, but it's gonna be

620
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 1: looking ahead. So here's what you gotta do for that.

621
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 1: Post a picture on your Instagram with the hashtag cutting

622
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 1: the Distance, and then tag me in the picture. So

623
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: on the photo, click on it. Tag at remy warrant

624
00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: because that way I can find it two ways. I

625
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 1: can search hashtag Cutting the Distance, and then I can

626
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 1: also see that you've tagged it, so I know that

627
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,320
Speaker 1: it's not somebody that just was tagging Cutting the Distance

628
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: for some random reason. Because I wanted to be somebody

629
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,400
Speaker 1: that's listening to the podcast and jumping through these hoops

630
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,279
Speaker 1: that wins it. So that's what we've got going on.

631
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 1: If you want to do those things, awesome, If it

632
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,360
Speaker 1: sounds like a pain in the butt, it's better for

633
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:23,880
Speaker 1: the people to do it because I want to keep

634
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:28,319
Speaker 1: the odds a little bit better. So until next week,

635
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas. I appreciate you guys for listening, and in closing,

636
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure you cannot shoot flying reindeer under a

637
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:42,319
Speaker 1: migratory bird stamp. That is not legal. Merry Christmas. You

638
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,280
Speaker 1: fill the animals