1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance right now. I just want 6 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: you to picture this. You pulled off the perfect stock 7 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: on a giant mule, your buck that's bedded only thirty 8 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: yards away. But now what as you move in on 9 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: the stock? Getting within range is difficult. But just because 10 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: you're close to a bedded animal with your bow does 11 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: not mean that you should be visualizing fresh cookback straps 12 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: are patting yourself on the back. Just yet, it's not 13 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: the time to take out your friend and text everybody 14 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: you've been successful, because in my opinion, you're really only 15 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: half way there at this point. A lot goes wrong 16 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: when you're in close, especially that close, And while some 17 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: of it can be controlled, and there's things that you 18 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: can do to put the odds in your favor, there's 19 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: a lot that can still go wrong then maybe out 20 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,839 Speaker 1: of your control. So this week I'm going to cover 21 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: tips on moves you can make in that red zone. 22 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:20,919 Speaker 1: But before we do. I want to share the story 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: of two perfectly executed stocks and what happened next. The 24 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: first stock I'm going to talk about happened in the 25 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: southern Alps of New Zealand. I was hunting tar. I 26 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: had my bow with me, and I had spotted this 27 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: really good bull that had just come off the cliffs 28 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: before the evening and fed down into the tustic. Now 29 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: the tustic is like this, really tall, kind of like 30 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: yellow grass as their primary food source, so they hang 31 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: up in the cliffs in the daytime. And then I 32 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: watched him walk down through the cliffs and move down 33 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: to where he'd been feeding. He got in there and 34 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: then just bedded down. But he moved down really late 35 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: that day, so I figured I'll do my stock while 36 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: he's bedded and then he'll get up before it gets 37 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: too late and I can get a shot. I worked 38 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: my way down, crawling and sliding, just keeping the hill 39 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 1: where he couldn't see me. Now, this tustic is like 40 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: I would say, almost knee probably knee high, maybe a 41 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: little bit taller, so I couldn't even actually see him 42 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: while he was bedded. As I stalked in, I'm like, 43 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: I just had to make good landmarks of where I 44 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: thought he was, because I'm essentially stalking in this big 45 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: open mountain side of grass and I couldn't actually put 46 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: eyes on the bowl where he was bedded. So I 47 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: get in and then I see horn tips sticking up 48 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: above the tustic. I'm like, sweet, I range, it's within range, 49 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: in that thirty five yard range something like that. Set 50 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: my pin, get ready and wait, and I'm just waiting, waiting, waiting. 51 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: But as I'm waiting, I'm above him, and I know 52 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: that pretty soon the thermals are gonna shift and I'm 53 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: gonna get winded, and that's gonna be it. Also, it's 54 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: fairly open, and once he stands up, if he looks 55 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: my way, he might see me. But how tall the 56 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: grass is and the slope of the hill, I might 57 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: need to draw back and stand up, and I might 58 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: be in the open to do that. So maybe if 59 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: I could do something to get him to look the 60 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 1: other direction, I'm within range. I've pulled off a perfect stock. 61 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: I'm almost thinking in my head, man, this is a 62 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: done deal. This is this bull is so close, this 63 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: is this is gonna be awesome. He's probably one of 64 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: the better ones I've been on with my bow. So 65 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: I think, well, they aren't necessarily afraid of noise as 66 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: much as some other animals because they live in the mountains, 67 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: rocks and other things are constantly falling. So I decided 68 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: I'm going to take a rock and chuck it past 69 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: him and hoping that when it hits the ground below him, 70 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: he'll stand up and kind of look down that way, 71 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: giving me time to draw back, anchor in and release. 72 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: So I find a small rock and I give it 73 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: a huck, and I'm trying to be as quiet as 74 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: possible so he doesn't hear me behind him doing this, 75 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: and the rock lands maybe I don't know, ten yards 76 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: past him in the tussock and doesn't make a lot 77 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: of noise, and the bull doesn't do anything. He doesn't 78 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: even react to it. Okay, So like grabbing another rock, 79 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: a little bit bigger and give it a huck, and 80 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: it lands, and as soon as I throw, I my 81 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 1: releases on my bow, and I'm ready. As soon as 82 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: that bull stands, I'm going to draw back and this 83 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: is gonna be perfect, thinking, Okay, nothing happened. So I 84 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: grab a little bit bigger rock, give that rock a huck. 85 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: As soon as that rock hits the ground, that bull 86 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: bolted out of there faster than you could even blink. 87 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: It did not work at all. Now, I've done that 88 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: rock technique before and had success. This time, I thought 89 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: that was my best option. I figured it would work, 90 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 1: and it absolutely didn't. Now I'm going to share the 91 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: story of a mule deer hunt. I had spotted this 92 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: good buck in this This is early season Nevada archery 93 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: hunt deer in Velvet. I'm glassing for a particular deer 94 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: and on this hillside across from me, I spot a 95 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: really nice buck, like a high one seventy class four 96 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: by four with a big cheater coming off one side, 97 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 1: and he's by himself. I'm thinking this is perfect a 98 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: solo deer that I've got a pretty good advantage. So 99 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: I just sit there for most of the morning and 100 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: watch him the bucks feeding. He goes and beds, and 101 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: I look at and analyze the situation. I think, all right, 102 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: it's still early. You know, there's not a lot of 103 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: cover there. The sun's behind me. At this point, You're 104 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: gonna get hot and move. Sure enough, but gets up, 105 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: moves and he goes a long way. So I was 106 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: glad that I stayed in that position and didn't stalk it. 107 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: So he moves and he beds again in the spot. 108 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: I'm looking at it, and I'm like, man, the winds 109 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: are kind of shifty. I'm just gonna wait and watch 110 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: this deer. I've got a great view. I've got all day. 111 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make this play. Right about an hour and 112 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: a half after watching him bed, he gets up and 113 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: walks to the next canyon over. He kind of drops 114 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: down a little bit and there's I'm just looking at 115 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: where he could be going, and there's this one big 116 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: juniper tree. And the juniper trees are nice because they're 117 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: the leaves are really dense and close together, and it 118 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: just provides this really dark shade. And it was good 119 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 1: because it was kind of on this point where he'd 120 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: be getting wind. And I looked at him like, man, 121 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: please bed there, Please bed there. And sure enough that 122 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 1: buck walks right to there and plops down in the shadows. 123 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: It was perfect because there's some like rim rock cliffs 124 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: behind it and like a good area to stock down. 125 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: I could use some of the rocks and made some 126 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: markings of where I was going to stock to and 127 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: this is maybe a mile or so away, so he 128 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:45,919 Speaker 1: was the ways out there, maybe even further than that. 129 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: Actually decided all right. Now, it's like mid morning, eleven o'clock. 130 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: The day is heating up, the winds perfect. There's like 131 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: a good thermal that day, just especially how hot it 132 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: was was going from high desert get these huge temperature 133 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: swings where it might be a forty degree temperature swing, 134 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: and a lot of that picks up in that early morning, 135 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: and so you get these huge thermals that just rush 136 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: up the mountain like perfect, this is gonna be great. 137 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: I get above him, start stalking down and I was 138 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: actually self filming, so I had to stock this buck twice. 139 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, one, it's a really good, mature, high quality deer. 140 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: I've got to stock in. But I had to stock in. 141 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: And so what I was doing because it was just 142 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: really loud, rocky, almost like this volcanic type rock where 143 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: you'd step on it was kind of like loose marbles 144 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: a little bit, so kind of loud, and there's a 145 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: few places where I just wanted to be extra quiet 146 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: and had to stay low because the way that the 147 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: cliffs came down, I couldn't go that direction, So I 148 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: kind of had to pop out in a place where 149 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: I thought there's a potential he could see me. So 150 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: I'm crawling in and I would leave the camera. I'd 151 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,679 Speaker 1: crawl up maybe forty fift yards at a time, drop 152 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: my bow, crawl back, get my camera, crawl back up, 153 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: stock with the bow. So I end up creeping in, 154 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: getting my bow to thirty three yards and that buck's 155 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: betted there. I can see his antler tips coming out 156 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: from either side like a little bit of sage, and 157 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: it's just perfect, Like, okay, do not stand up while 158 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to get the camera. Crawled back, get the camera, 159 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: crawl back up, and I get set up. I'm now 160 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: within thirty three yards of this buck that I've stocked twice. 161 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: It was the perfect stock on a bedded buck. I mean, 162 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: I just couldn't ask for more. I positioned myself and 163 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: I do a little bit of investigating, you know, just 164 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: to make sure that I can see if I can 165 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: get a shot like sneak and arrow in there somewhere, 166 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: and I can't. I can just pretty much see his 167 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: head and his antlers. So I put myself in a 168 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: position where when he stands up, I'll have a shot. 169 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: I can see where his antlers are at, and I 170 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,719 Speaker 1: kind of anticipate, okay, when he stands there. His head 171 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: is actually gonna be blocked when he stands, but his 172 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 1: body is going to be in this one opening. I mean, 173 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: you cannot get a better scenario. It's a great buck. 174 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: So I get set up and I'm just waiting, waiting, waiting. 175 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: Hour goes by. The sun is just beating down on me. 176 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: I've got my face mask on. I'm just trying to 177 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: stay not melting in the sun, just focusing on this deer, 178 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: kind of just in a relaxed position. Another hour goes by, 179 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: like all right, sooner or later, the sun's gonna move 180 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: enough where he's gonna get hot and need to stand up. 181 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: And I thought of every scenario. I thought, oh, maybe 182 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: I could get a shot while he's betted. Maybe I 183 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: should toss a little rock. But I've had that work. 184 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: I've had that not work. My preference is to not 185 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: ever have to do that. Just wait for them, be 186 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: unaware of your presence, and not try to mess it 187 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: up myself. You know, everything's really good. All I need 188 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: this buck to do is stand and it's a field tag. 189 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: I think I actually even I was like thirty yards. 190 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: You know, I had plenty of time taking pictures, texting 191 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: my friend Joe like, dude, I'm with it. I'm just like, 192 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: I'm right here, man, thirty yards, just waiting, been there 193 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: for hours. Then I'm sitting there and I feel something, 194 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: a slight tickle of wind on the back of my neck, 195 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: and that dear blew out faster than that tar blew out. 196 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: I waited there all day. Everything was perfect, by every 197 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: measure of success, I've done everything right, and something that 198 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: I couldn't control happened and that buck ran out. I 199 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: share those two stories to say there's a lot of 200 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: different options, a lot of different things you can do, 201 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: and a lot of things that go wrong. So the 202 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: tips that I'm going to share today are ways that 203 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: when you get into range, how to just kind of 204 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: swing the odds in your favor, because even on the 205 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: perfect stock, there's a lot to manage and a lot 206 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: to think about when you're in that close proximity to 207 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: whatever you're stalking. I think a major misconception about stalking 208 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: and on bedded animal is that that's the time that 209 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: they're very vulnerable. Now, it's a time that they're stationary, 210 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: but it is not necessarily that they're vulnerable. They're betted 211 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: there because they have a certain net of safety. And 212 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 1: that's why when you get within that what I call 213 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: the red zone, that range where you're close enough to shoot, 214 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: but you're also close enough that a lot of things 215 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 1: can go wrong and you may not have a shot 216 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 1: at that time, so you're gonna have to wait. And 217 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: by waiting, you know, you're putting yourself at the mercy 218 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: of natural elements that can change very quickly. But there's 219 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: also things, you know, having stocked many animals in the bed, 220 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: I've been very successful doing it, and I found that 221 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: in that crunch time, there's a few things that you 222 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: can do outside of those things you can't control that 223 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: really helps swing the odds of success into your favor. Now, 224 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 1: before I even go too much further my philosophy, when 225 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: I stalk in on something betted is my first thought 226 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: is I don't want to have to wait. Part of 227 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: that is because I'm slightly impatient, but the other part 228 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: is I've had things like that scenario where the wind 229 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: shifts and the animal runs away. Now, I think there's 230 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: probably people that will tell you, oh, if shooting at 231 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: a bedded animal is unethical for whatever reasons, I disagree 232 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: with that, and I think that maybe the main reason 233 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: that people say that or that's a misconception, in my opinion, 234 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: is because they don't understand the vitals of the animal 235 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: and they think that maybe the way that the animals 236 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,079 Speaker 1: bedded or other things doesn't offer a good shot. I'm 237 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: not talking about taking marginal shots on bedded animals that 238 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: don't offer good shots, but what I'm looking for. The 239 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: first thing I do when I stalking on a bedded 240 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,319 Speaker 1: animal is see if I have a shot. And what 241 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: I mean by that is, I'm only going to shoot 242 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: at a bedded animal if I have a shot that 243 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 1: has is higher percentage of vital and success that I 244 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 1: know when I release that arrow for on, that animal 245 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: will die quickly, and that is that is doable. It's 246 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: actually in my like when I think about it, I 247 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: prefer taking that betted shot if it's a good one. 248 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: Because of the animals stationary, I have time, I'm not rushed, 249 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: there's not other factors in the way. I can take 250 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: my time to analyze all the factors and then decide 251 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: whether I'm going to shoot or wait, so it's this. 252 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: As soon as I get in, I always make the 253 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: shoot or weight assessment. Most of the time it ends 254 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: up being weight, but there are those few times where 255 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: everything's lined up just right where it can be shoot. 256 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 1: So when you get in the first thing you want 257 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: to do is kind of analyze the situation and decide 258 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 1: whether there's a shoot opportunity to do that. I mean, 259 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: i might be at thirty yards, but I'm gonna take 260 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: my time and really scrutinize how the animals betted, being 261 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,719 Speaker 1: very honest with myself and saying, this is a very 262 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: big decision, so everything has to be a pent right. 263 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: Is the animal betted slightly quartered? To me? If it is, 264 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 1: that's not a shot I'm going to take on a 265 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 1: bedded animal, That shoulder blade is going to be in 266 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: the way. The vitals are going to be in an 267 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: awkward position because of the way that they're laying, and 268 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: so I'm gonna I'm gonna pass. Is it bedded slightly 269 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: quartering away? That might make a difference. Is it really 270 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: steep downhill or is it more flat? Am I shooting up? 271 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 1: Or am I shooting down? So I'm gonna factor in 272 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: all these things. I'm also going to use my binoculars 273 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: and really focus in on the animal, and I can 274 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: start to pick apart. Okay, here's where the muscles are. 275 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: How is it laying on the hill, like, is it 276 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: laying kind of back where its lungs and heart might 277 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: be rolled up? And really understanding the position of the animal, 278 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: where the vitals are, and just looking up close, even 279 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: at that close range, saying Okay, here's where the vitals are, 280 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: Here's where the bones are. Okay, I have a shot 281 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: or I don't have a shot. That's the first thing 282 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: that I generally do. Now. A couple of tips on 283 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: that when you're within range, when you're in that red 284 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: zone on a bedded animal. One of the tips that 285 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: I always think about, because I've had this blow my 286 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: stock many times, is being careful to shield your optic 287 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: from reflection. A lot of the time, maybe the sun's 288 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: out there, it's high in the sky. Every time you 289 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: raise up your range finder or binoculars, you run the 290 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: risk of the sun hitting the lens and then throwing 291 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: out almost like a signaling near flash that can go 292 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: into the dark shadows of where it's bedded or somewhere else, 293 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: and catch the eye of the animal. So every time 294 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: I raise my optics up and make sure that they're shielded, 295 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: they're covered with shade and nothing's gonna reflect off that lens, 296 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: because even if the animal can't see you, that flash 297 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: can travel for I mean, airplanes can see that flash 298 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: from ten thousand feet above, So it's it's not unexpected 299 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: for a deer to catch that in the peripheral vision. 300 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: That's something that you just definitely want to be careful 301 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: of when you're in that red zone. So let's say 302 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: we've got a clear shot. Everything looks good, awesome, that 303 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: that's a great scenario. I'm going to take that shot. 304 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: That doesn't happen very often because I do scrutinize those 305 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: shots so much, and you should too. But so now 306 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: the options. Let's say now we can't take a shot, 307 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: we gotta wait. What you're waiting for is you're waiting 308 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: for that opportunity, and that opportunity normally arises when the 309 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 1: animal stands up. So right now, I'm just gonna run 310 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: through my process. When I get within range on a 311 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: wait scenario. The first thing I gotta tell myself is 312 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: I gotta be patient. I need to be patient enough 313 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: to give that animal time to naturally stand and give 314 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: me a shot. And I go in with the mindset 315 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: that the sun might be beating down on me, I 316 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: might be there for hours, but I'm already this far 317 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: and this is how I'm going to be successful. So 318 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: you just have to get your mindset of be ready 319 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: to wait. And when I'm stalking in on a bedded animal, 320 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: I go in with that mindset every time. Hey, I 321 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: gotta be ready to wait. You're gonna stalk in and 322 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: then you're gonna be patient. As soon as I get 323 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: within that range of where I'm going to shoot from 324 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 1: where I'm gonna sit and wait, I probably won't be 325 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: able to stand up. So I'm gonna set my body 326 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: in a position where my knees are perpendicular to the 327 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: line of the deer. So it's like, to describe it 328 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: a little bit better. Think about yourself shooting at a target. 329 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: Your your legs are like if you drew a line 330 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: from your toe tips, they should be pointing toward the target. 331 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to do that same thing with my knees 332 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,439 Speaker 1: while I wait. So there's not a lot of movement, 333 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: not a lot of shuffling around, I've seen so many 334 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 1: times or had instances where I'm just sitting comfortably in 335 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: like a different position. The deer gets up and now 336 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 1: I'm just squared off with it, and I draw back. 337 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 1: But my body positions awkward. I don't have as much 338 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: mobility to move, and it's really hard to make a 339 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 1: good shot or impossible to get, you know, a good 340 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 1: shot off. So the first thing I do is I 341 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: set my knees. And what I like to do is 342 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: I kind of sit in away where one side of 343 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: my body's on the ground, and then I've got kind 344 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: of my knees stacked on top of each other. So 345 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: I'm sitting comfortably because I might be there for a 346 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: long time, but I can easily move into a sitting 347 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: shooting position already ready already, if that makes sense. Now, 348 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: the other thing that I do is I always obviously 349 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 1: have my bow ready arrow. No, it's ready, you know, 350 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,919 Speaker 1: have the release ready, whether it's if you use like 351 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 1: a back tension style or thumb release, it's already hooked 352 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 1: on the de loop, or you know, sometimes I'll just 353 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: sit there with my release. I use a wrist release 354 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: just hooked onto the de loop. For the most part, 355 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: you know, on those long waits, you gotta make yourself comfortable. 356 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: But you also want to make sure that wherever you 357 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: set your bow, you can raise it up without making 358 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 1: a lot of movement, without making a lot of sound, 359 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 1: because you might not have a lot of time and 360 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: you might have to, you know, be from zero to 361 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 1: a hundred in a very short amount of time without 362 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,639 Speaker 1: making a lot of noise. So make sure that that 363 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: bow is ready, that bows like in a way that 364 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: you can easily get it up and drawback without having 365 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: to do too much. I'm also going to pre range 366 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: the deer as well as other things around the deer 367 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: or whatever I'm stalking in on. So I'm gonna range 368 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: where they're at. I'm gonna know exactly where that deer is, 369 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: I'm gonna set my pin for that, and I'm going 370 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 1: to range stuff that's like, okay, how that next tree? What? 371 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: What's just understanding the distances around because you may not 372 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: have time to rerange. So there's so many times where 373 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: you might draw back right when he stands up, the 374 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: buck stands up, you don't have a shot. He walks 375 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 1: off towards this other bush to go bed down, and 376 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 1: you're kind of guessing, but you've had the time to 377 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: understand and just really know that area where you're at, 378 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: know all possible scenarios before they happen. One thing that 379 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: I think is huge is anticipating where the deer is 380 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 1: going to be when they stand and understanding whether you 381 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: have a shot or not. What that's gonna do is 382 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: that's going to give you a good indicator of when 383 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: you're going to draw. I think this is like a 384 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: major novice mistake. You stalk in on the buck it's bedded, 385 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: and that buck stands up, and as it stands, you 386 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: draw and you have no shot, and you're holding, holding, holding, holding, 387 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: You're holding for a point where now you can't hold 388 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: any longer. You have to let down, and you're at 389 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: a very vulnerable position where you're probably gonna risk spooking 390 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 1: that deer by letting down at some point. So what 391 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: I like to do is anticipate when I'm going to 392 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 1: get my shot before I even think about drawing back. 393 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: So one thing that I use is a good indicator, 394 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: especially is like mule deer, you can use their antlers 395 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: and just see, okay, where's its head and neck, where 396 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 1: the top of its head is if it's sitting up right, 397 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: is generally kind of where it's body like the bottom 398 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: of its body line is going to be, depending on 399 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: the hill and other things. So I'm gonna anticipate, Okay, 400 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: when it stands up, Am I gonna have a clear shot? 401 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: Or is it gonna stand up and I'm gonna have 402 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: branches in my way? Am I going to have an 403 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: obstructed shot above the animal? Or am I going to 404 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: have a clear shot? Because understanding what's going to happen 405 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: next when it stands will help me make a better 406 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 1: decision of when to draw. Now, as you're sitting there, 407 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 1: you want to anticipate when that animal is going to 408 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 1: stand up, because that's when you can get ready. I've 409 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: noticed like mule deer, and every animal kind of makes 410 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,479 Speaker 1: its own little move before it gets up, and so 411 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: you're just gonna watch them mule here, often you'll see 412 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 1: like this crazy ear flick and then they start to 413 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: stand up. Elk kind of like to rock their antlers 414 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: back and forth before standing up. So every time I 415 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: see those movements, I'm like at the ready in that 416 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 1: draw position. My bow should already be vertical, my release 417 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: on and I'm ready to pull back. Now, there's times 418 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 1: where they do those moves and they don't get up 419 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 1: or whatever. But every time you see it in uh 420 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: stand up indicator, you want your boat already up and 421 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: ready so you don't have to make those movements later. 422 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: Because the time that that animals betted is if you've 423 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: been sitting there for a while, you already know it 424 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: doesn't see you. You know that's the time to get 425 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: set up. You don't know what's going to happen after 426 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 1: it stands, so you really need to be ready in 427 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: those moments and anticipate that standing up beforehand. My preferred 428 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: option is if I know when the animal stands up, 429 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: I'm going to have a shot. I like to draw 430 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: back while that dear standing. I can think of so 431 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: many times where, especially with Muler, I've been successful. As 432 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: that dear stands, I see those ears flick, I see 433 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: him start to go and as he's standing up, you 434 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: know his heads now probably facing downhill. It's gonna be 435 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: hard for him to look uphill and stand if. If 436 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,360 Speaker 1: that's the position that he's in, you know, I try 437 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 1: to anticipate that. But as he's standing, I'm drawing. So 438 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: as soon as he's stopped, I'm already settled in and 439 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: can release that era before he goes takes a step 440 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 1: anything like that, before he's too distracted or too focused 441 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: in on anything like While he's distracted standing up, I'm 442 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 1: generally drawing if I know that I'm going to have 443 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: a shot when he's fully standing. If I don't think 444 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: I'm going to have that shot, I'll wait now. Often animals, 445 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: when they stand from the bed, they're gonna be thinking 446 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: about a couple of things, and you want to try 447 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: to anticipate this. Are they going to just be moving 448 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: a little bit too to re bed? If you see 449 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: that the sun's just beating on him, now, you're gonna think, Okay, 450 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: he's gonna go towards the shade. So which shade is 451 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: he going to go to the same tree or is 452 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: there some other spot around that you've already pre ranged 453 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 1: where you think he might walk to. A lot of 454 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 1: times they'll stand up, they'll stretch a little bit, they'll 455 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 1: walk out a little ways and start feet. That's a 456 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: big one. That's where pre ranging comes in. And if 457 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,439 Speaker 1: that's the case, you aren't gonna have a shot. What 458 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: you're gonna want to do is as soon as that 459 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 1: animal starts to make a move and look away, that's 460 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: when you're gonna draw and be ready to take your shot. 461 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 1: As I'm sitting there, you know, you've got time, You've 462 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: got a lot of things to think about. So when 463 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: I stalk in on a bedded animal, one thing that's 464 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: going through my mind is just my shot process. What 465 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: that shot is gonna look like, What I'm gonna do, 466 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: you know, think about picking a spot on the animal. 467 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: Think about calming your nerves. You've been within range of 468 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: this animal for long enough. If you start to get 469 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 1: that crazy amount of you know, excitement, that's when you 470 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: start to rush things. So allow that time when you're 471 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 1: within range of this animal to just kind of meld 472 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: into the surroundings. And it really does make a difference 473 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: if you think about it. There's times where I've stalked 474 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: in on deer that I know I'm not going to shoot, 475 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: and it's it's almost like they just never leave, Like 476 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 1: you have opportunity after opportunity. When you're in on a 477 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: deer that you're trying to kill, you get this rush 478 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 1: of adrenaline, and that rush of the adrenaline causes you 479 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: to rush things and by rushing things in many ways 480 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: causes different outcomes. You know. Now, it may not be 481 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: that the animal necessarily senses that, but it it may 482 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: sense you doing movements at times you shouldn't so one thing. 483 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: While I'm there, I kind of think through this process 484 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,479 Speaker 1: of Okay, I'm gonna wait for my opportunity shot. I'm 485 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 1: gonna draw back. I'm going to focus in on that spot. 486 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 1: Like you've had time to look at the deer. You 487 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: don't need to look at the antlers. You just think 488 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: about making a perfect shot and whatever your process is 489 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: for going through that shot. You know, me personally, I 490 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 1: just kind of think about picking a spot on that animal. 491 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: I like to find one one hair, Like I think 492 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: about aiming for one hair, and I think about where 493 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: that's going to be and what I'm going to visualize 494 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: and pick a spot focus in, and then I don't 495 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 1: even think about the rest. I just shoot, and that 496 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: for me has been very successful. Now, the thing you 497 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 1: don't want to think about, because I've done this and 498 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: every time I do it doesn't work out, is that 499 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: those thoughts of oh, it's I'm I'm so close, this 500 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 1: is such a done deal. The times you're just counting 501 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: your success before it happens. Every time you do that, 502 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 1: you literally shoot yourself in the foot, because there's this 503 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 1: psychological thing of when you think something's easy, you don't 504 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 1: take all the precautions that you need to take. You 505 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: get lax, you sit funny you, and then things go 506 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: wrong and they go wrong really fast. So if I 507 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: keep that mindset of is still difficult, I'm not there yet. 508 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: I need to like follow through, think about the plans 509 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: and the execution, not how close I am and when 510 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: that deer stands up, Oh, this is just such a 511 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 1: done deal. Backstraps tonight, baby. That's like every time I 512 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: start thinking about that, thinking about how I'm going to 513 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: take a field photo or who I'm gonna text first, 514 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 1: I know it's not going to work out at that point. 515 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 1: But it's because in my mind, I get lax, and 516 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: you just end up doing things that that aren't focused 517 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 1: in on the exact task at hand. There are so 518 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 1: many facets to spot and stock hunting, and there's so 519 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: many difference in areas. But just having this type of information, 520 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: I think is really going to help you if you 521 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: encounter maybe a new situation that you haven't seen, or 522 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: maybe you've done this a million times, But just kind 523 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 1: of thinking through a few of these things that I 524 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: go through every stock, I found that as I got 525 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: better at understanding the things that went wrong, I became 526 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: a lot better in making things go right. And that's 527 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,959 Speaker 1: just time in the field and understanding what to do 528 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: in certain scenarios. And I'm really thankful for that, having 529 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: that opportunity. You know, there are a lot of stocks 530 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: that don't work out or things go wrong that you 531 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 1: can't control. But I try to limit the things that 532 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: I can control from going wrong. You've already got so 533 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 1: much stacked against you doing something like not being ready 534 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: for when the animal stands up, not having your body 535 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 1: in the right position, you know, not accounting for this 536 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,880 Speaker 1: or that in crunch time. Just one little mistake there 537 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,160 Speaker 1: could mean, you know, the difference between getting a shot 538 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: and not. So I try to control all those little things. 539 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,479 Speaker 1: And I think by just kind of understand ending some 540 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 1: of the little nuances like that, even just shielding your 541 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: optics from the sun and stuff like that, you're gonna 542 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 1: be a lot more successful in the long run. And 543 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: you're just you're you're minimizing your chance to mess something 544 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: up and That's that's what this is all about. I 545 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: hope you've enjoyed a little bit of the this kind 546 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 1: of I guess it would be like a three week 547 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: thing on spot and stock tactics. So if you missed 548 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: any of the other two we talked about cutting off, 549 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 1: we talked about, you know, planning your stock on a 550 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 1: bedded animal, and then now obviously getting within range and 551 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 1: what to do when you're in the red zone. So 552 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 1: if you missed any of those, you know, feel free 553 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 1: to go back. If you've got friends or whatever you 554 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: think you enjoy this podcast, please I appreciate the support 555 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: from everyone you know share it, and I really appreciate that. 556 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: Next week, I want to talk about a little bit 557 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: of summer scouting and maybe some stuff to plan for 558 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 1: that fall season. So if you get a little bit 559 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: of time to go out and pre scout some tips 560 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: on that, I think that will be huge for your 561 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: success as well. So I'm really excited about that. Also, 562 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: as a reminder, I talked about it last week, but 563 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,719 Speaker 1: I've got a massive gear giveaway. I want to just 564 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 1: support you guys for supporting me, So I'm going to 565 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,959 Speaker 1: give away a package of gear that is essentially everything 566 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: you need to hunt from now until forever. It's like 567 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: it's just an awesome package of great gear, high quality 568 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 1: gear that's gonna last a long time. So if you're 569 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: interested in that, you can go over to my Instagram page. 570 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 1: I'll just leave that link in my bio there so 571 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: you can find it easily. And yeah, I'm super excited 572 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: for this season coming up. I'm excited for you guys 573 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: to share your success with me. There's I know some 574 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: people in California've already been chasing some black tails in 575 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: the A zone, and there's gonna be some antelope seasons 576 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,479 Speaker 1: starting in a couple of weeks, you know, depending on 577 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: tag draws, and then early mule deer seasons August mule 578 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: deer season. So I'm excited you know, as always, feel 579 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: free to share your success or your stories. I've I've 580 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 1: got a lot already from people black tail hunting in 581 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: some good spring bearer stories, so I appreciate it. Until 582 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: next week, get within range and don't count your eggs 583 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: until they're hatched.