1 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your home for 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: deer hunting news, stories and strategies, and now your host, 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: Mark Kenyon. Hello and welcome to the Wired to Hunt Podcast. 4 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Mark Kenyon, and this is episode number one. 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: Today we're going to be introducing you to the wire 6 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: to Hunt podcast and us your hosts, and then finally 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: we'll be discussing our single best and worst moments of 8 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: the two season. Sound good, let's get at it all right, 9 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: So joining me today as always is my co host, 10 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: the one and only Dan Johnson, also known as Dallas 11 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: fort Worth. How's it going, Bud? You know it's it's 12 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: going pretty good. I'm not gonna lie. I'm pretty excited 13 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: for this when you told me there's gonna be a 14 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: podcast about deer hunting. I love talking about deer hunting 15 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: and all things outdoors, so it's a no brainer for me. 16 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: That's good to hear. I'm right in the same boat 17 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: as you. Tube pretty pumped. So that said, since this 18 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: is our first podcast, I'm thinking we ought to get 19 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: right into it. So, as I mentioned at the top, 20 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: you know, I want to do three things today. First, 21 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: introduce the listeners to you know what the word Hump 22 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: podcast is going to be about. Secondly introduced them to 23 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: you and me, and then I wanted to cover the 24 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: single best and worst moments of our two thousand thirteen season. 25 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: So what do you think about that? I think I 26 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: have a lot more bad things about my two thousand 27 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: thirteen season than I do good things. But here goes 28 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: nothing good. This might be a whole lot of bad 29 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: things to talk about them too, because I had one 30 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: of those seasons as well. But what can you do? 31 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: So first off, for everyone out there, I want to 32 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: give you all a quick intro on what this podcast 33 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: is all about. So if you're not familiar already, I 34 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: run wired to hunt dot com. It's one of the 35 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: largest deer hunting blogs out there, and every day of 36 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: the week we're posting new articles, videos, and stories that 37 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: are focused, you know, solely on those things that white 38 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: tail addicts are all about. So that's what we're gonna 39 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: do here on the podcast. We're gonna talk about white tails. 40 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about strategy, share stories, um talk about 41 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: our successes and our failures and kind of everything in between. 42 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: And then on top of that, we're going to be 43 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: bringing some of the best white tailed minds from across 44 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: the country onto the show to share what's going on 45 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: with them as well. So I think that's the plan 46 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: for the show moving forward. Dallas, do you think there's 47 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: anything else that we should warn the listeners about in 48 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 1: the future. By no means am I a professional anything, 49 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: So don't take whatever I say to the bank. As 50 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: far as and as far as tips are concerned, men, 51 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,119 Speaker 1: I'm open ears. I need as many tips about white 52 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: kill hunting as I can get. Well, that's a That's 53 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: a perfect segue because next, I also wanted to talk 54 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: a little bit about who you and I are. UM, 55 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: So a quick background on me UM. I am the 56 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: founder of wired hunt dot com. UM twenty six years old, 57 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: and like Dallas here, I'm addicted to white tails, have 58 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: been hunting pretty much as long as I can remember. 59 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: I've hunted across you know, most of the Midwest States Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, etcetera. 60 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: And I've killed a few nice bucks, but you know, 61 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: kind of similar to Dallas, I've screwed up probably more 62 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 1: than I've ever had any success. So I've definitely got 63 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: plenty to learn to UM. In addition to running the website. 64 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: I also right for different publications like North American White 65 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: Tail Deer and Deer Hunting and Quality white Tails. Um, 66 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: so that's kind of my stick right now. It's a 67 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: lot of fun and that's what I'd love to do now. 68 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: All that said, A little fun fact here, and something 69 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: that usually surprises people is that my two favorite kinds 70 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: of music our country and electronic dance music. I don't know. 71 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: So that's a large gamut you run there, It is 72 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: it is. Uh. People give me a hard time because 73 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: as during the Rut, I actually have a CD mixtape 74 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: that I call the Rut and Rave Mix, and uh, 75 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: it gets me pretty pumped up to head out there 76 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: and hunt in November, So I might need to borrow 77 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: that sometimes it's pretty good. It's pretty good. But what's 78 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: your story, Dallas? Well, Um, I am thirty three years old, 79 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: I am married. I have a daughter who just turned one, 80 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: and she is one in control of my life. And 81 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: that's a good thing and a bad thing, I guess 82 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: you'd say. But she she rules the rust, so to speak. Um, 83 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: I work for a company that helps build websites and 84 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: other than that, I lost my right index finger in 85 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: a horrible industrial accident in two thousand and five in Atlanta, Georgia, 86 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: and maybe someday I will be able to share that 87 00:04:54,880 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: story on the podcast. But we're all interested, Like yeah, 88 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 1: for sure. But like Mark, I loved outdoors, hiking fit, 89 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: I mean, anything anything that has to do with the outdoors. 90 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: And uh, my favorite color is baby blue. Baby blue. 91 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: It's a good choice. I'm more of a green guy, 92 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: but but blue comes into a close second. That's good. 93 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:26,919 Speaker 1: That's good. Yeah, alright, So maybe by episode five or 94 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: six will get a little more about the finger story. Yeah, 95 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: you know, it might even be a two parter because 96 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: it's uh, it just depends on how I feel that day, 97 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: depends on how detailed I get with the story. All right, Well, 98 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: we're waiting with bated breath, that's for sure. I don't 99 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 1: even know if I know the real story, Dan, I've 100 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: heard different things, but I don't know if I know 101 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: the real deal. Well, depending on how depending on how 102 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: much I know you or how much I get to 103 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: know a person, depends on how what kind of story 104 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: I tell. I'll tell you a real quick story. I 105 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: was introduced to Matthews, the UFC fighter, once, and he 106 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: saw that my finger was missing, and he asked, Hey, 107 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: how'd you lose your finger? And I said, a snapping 108 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: turtle bit it off, and before I could tell him 109 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 1: the real story, somebody pulled him away from me to 110 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: go to go in another direction at one of these 111 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: archery trade shows. And so now he thinks I had 112 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: my finger bitten off by a snapping turtle. That's pretty funny. 113 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: So I guess then, by virtue of that, you're saying 114 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,119 Speaker 1: that that's not the real story. So we can cross 115 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: that one off the list of potential ways that you 116 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: lost your finger. That is not the real story, but 117 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: that is the story that is often used them most. 118 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: It's a good one. I'll give you that. Yeah, i'll 119 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: give you that. Well, a good deal. We got the 120 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: introductions out of the way, um, so let's jump right 121 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: into the meat of what the Wired Hunt podcast is 122 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: all about, and that's white tails. Um So today I 123 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 1: really wanted to kick things off by talking about our 124 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: best and worst moments from last season. Um. I think 125 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: we both you know, knowing what I know, we both 126 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: had an interesting season with lots of lots of ups 127 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: and downs. So I was hoping maybe that Dan, you 128 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: could kick us off talking about you know, the worst 129 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: moment of your two thousand and thirteen season, and then 130 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: maybe something you learned from that, and then I'll share 131 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: my story as well. After that, well, I'll tell you 132 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: what UM I had A I had a really rough 133 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: two thousand and thirteen season. UM. Most of it was 134 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: spent bouncing around probably a acre betting area, chasing three 135 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: different shooters UM one upwards of mid one seventies. Now, 136 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: long story short, my vacation come came to an end, 137 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: and UM and I had the I usually take two weeks. 138 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: This week, I had to take one week and then 139 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: I had to go on a business trip for the 140 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: second week of of the rut. Now the worst part 141 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: was I got the opportunity to go on an extra weekend. 142 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: My wife let me go from one extra weekend after 143 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: the route was over. When I got back November, there's 144 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: a real cold morning. I get up in my tree 145 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: stand and uh, it was one of those mornings where 146 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: no wind, crisp, cold frost on everything, so you could 147 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: hear what seemed like miles and I did a short 148 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: rattling sequence. About five ten minutes later, I hear a crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch. 149 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: I look over to my right and there's one sixty 150 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: class buck walking right towards me. And I like to 151 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: film my hunts, so I tried to get him on camera, 152 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: and I let him walk through two of my shooting 153 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: lanes at five yards just to try to get him 154 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: on camera. And by that time I still didn't have 155 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: my bow in my hand. He walks off to about 156 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: twenty two yards and he's hard quartering away. Finally get 157 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: the bow, I draw back, I shoot him, and he 158 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: does one of those real hard kicks. You know that 159 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: pretty much lets you know that dear is dead. That 160 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,079 Speaker 1: the old mule kick. Yep uh. Five minutes later, ten 161 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: minutes later, I get down. I walked to the impact site. 162 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: No blood, no arrow. Me and another guy walked for 163 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: two days straight gritting the same property that me and 164 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: you hunted the other weekend. Shed hunted the other weekend 165 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 1: and we found nothing and it tore me up. Yeah, 166 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: that is the worst. Yeah, So I uh, I thought, 167 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: I think about that deer every single day, and I, 168 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: you know, after the gun season is over, or after 169 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: the hunting season in general is over, I take corn 170 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: and I dump it out on some of my hunting, 171 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 1: hunting properties to see what deer made it through the season, 172 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: and uh, he hadn't shown back up yet. So I 173 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: have a feeling he's dead somewhere and I just haven't 174 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: found him yet. I remember when you posted that on Facebook, 175 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: lass Fall, and I just I just felt for it. 176 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: I know, what a what an awful feeling that is. 177 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: So it's funny you mentioned that it was on November 178 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: because I was actually hunting in southern Ohio on that 179 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: same day and it was a great day for me 180 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: to um, at least, you know, condition wise. I remember, 181 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: just like you said, Crisp cool um and I actually 182 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: rattled in like a hundred and fifty class that day too. 183 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: So it's kind of funny now that I didn't realize 184 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: that's the same day. UM. But taking a step back, 185 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: you know, coming out of that, what do you think 186 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 1: you learned anything from that experience or was there something 187 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 1: you were able to take away from you know, that 188 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: that occurrence. Yeah, the way I look at it is, 189 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: if you're gonna do hunting and you're gonna do filming 190 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: at the same time, you have to be prepared for failure. 191 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: Because I know a lot of guys out there who 192 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: will go and try to film their own hunts, you know, 193 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: one man, one camera, and it's impossible because no matter 194 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: what you plan for, that deer is going to come 195 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: from an angle where you're you're not ready. And uh, honestly, 196 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: it's it's made me question a little bit do I 197 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 1: really want to continue filming my hunts, because not only 198 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: did I wound the deer, it would have been by 199 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: far the biggest deer I've ever shot, so um, it 200 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 1: kind of eats at me a little bit from more 201 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 1: than one direction. I feel horrible that I wounded the deer, 202 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: but I have to ask myself where where are my priorities? 203 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: You know, do I want to get the deer on camera? 204 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: Or do I want to have the deer are you know, 205 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: dead at the end of a blood trail? Yeah, I 206 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: can definitely relate to that question, trying to weigh the benefits. 207 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: I I do exactly what you talked about filming my 208 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: hunts myself, so just me and just my camera, and 209 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 1: it is, like you, it's nearly impossible. Um, it's a 210 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: royal pain in the butt trying to deal with all 211 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: that camera gear and everything while you're trying to hunt 212 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: and get set up. UM. But the one thing that 213 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: keeps bringing me back to it though, is you know, 214 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: the day after something when you see a great dear 215 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 1: and you get to relive that experience on film and 216 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: watch it again and show your friends. I just love 217 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: that so much keeps on bringing me back to it. 218 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 1: But I can. I can definitely relate to the challenge, 219 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: that's for sure. And I actually the last two years 220 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: I have tried to sell film and kill. Both times 221 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: I got the kill, but I wasn't able to get 222 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 1: on film. So I still haven't really pulled it off. 223 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: But maybe maybe this year we'll see. Yeah, it's definitely difficult, 224 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: that's the truth. UM. Well that said, then I guess 225 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: I'll share with you my SOB story, UM, which isn't 226 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: two different than yours. UM. And ironically, with this one 227 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: I was able to get. I was able to get 228 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: the film, but not the kill or not the shot. UM. 229 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: But this was for me. A few weeks after your 230 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: rough experience. It was December six and I was hunting 231 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: a property down in southern Ohio. UM. I'd been there 232 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: for the opening couple of days of their firearm season 233 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: and it warmed up, so I headed home back to Michigan, 234 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: and I think three days later a big cold front 235 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 1: was supposed to be hitting, so I ended up turning 236 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: around and coming back down to southern Ohio for that 237 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 1: cold front. And it was a big snowstorm, like thirty 238 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: degree temperature drop. I just knew it was gonna be good. 239 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: So I got down there, and I got to this property, 240 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: and so much ice had been coming down. It was 241 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: like sleet and ice and rain and snow all mixed 242 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: together that when I got to one of my tree 243 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 1: stands I was playing and hunting, I couldn't even climb 244 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: into the tree. Every time I tried to grab one 245 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: of the tree one of the tree steps, I would 246 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: slide right off. Eventually, was like, I'm gonna get myself 247 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: killed if I tried, you know, climbing these steps any further. 248 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: So gave up on that stand, went to another one 249 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: deeper in the woods. I couldn't get up that stand either, 250 00:13:57,679 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: So I've been to two different tree stands. It's getting, 251 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: you know, closer and closer to the magic hour of 252 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: the night. So I finally decided just to go stand 253 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: on the edge of the field. As ridiculous as that sounds, 254 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: I went to the edge of this betting area where 255 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: a betting area and a cut bean field met, and 256 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 1: I put my little tree umbrella screw that to a 257 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: tree I was standing next to, so I had a 258 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: little cover over top of me. I attached my camera 259 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: arm to the tree I was standing next to, and 260 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: then leaning my gun up next to the tree, and 261 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: I kind of hid behind the tree. So it was 262 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: one of the most ridiculous setups of my life. But 263 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: it's funny. I didn't interview that day, and I kind 264 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: of said, you know, it's sometimes it's the weirdest situations 265 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: like this to end up working out, And uh, it 266 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: almost did. That snow was just hammering down for probably 267 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: an hour and a half, nearly white out conditions um 268 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: in about an hour before dark the other side of 269 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: this field, I saw a dark shape kind of materialized 270 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: out of that snow and start heading my way. You know, 271 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: right away I pulled up my binoculars and the first 272 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: year I saw it was a dough kind of scan 273 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: more to the right, saw another deer pull up on 274 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: that one with the binoculars, and just right away saw 275 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: this huge frame. Without a doubt, I knew it was 276 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: a shooter, so dropped the binoculars and then scrambled to 277 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: get my muzzle loader up. Um, but you know I 278 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: had I had forgotten my scope caps for the gun, 279 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: so I had a plastic bag over top of the scope. 280 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: So I pulled the gun and I'm trying to get 281 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: this zip blocked bag off of my scope so I 282 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: can pull the gun up. I finally get that. I'm 283 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: scrambling to get the gun up and get the camera 284 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: turned on and everything. It was just kind of a 285 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: just kind of a mess. Um. Finally get the gun 286 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: up and I'm ready to go, and I try to 287 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: get my range finder, and I remember that I wasn't 288 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: able to find my range finder that day. I looked 289 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: all over the place I couldn't find it. So here 290 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: I am kind of scrambling on the ground. This deer 291 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: is approaching across this field and I can't range him, 292 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: so I don't know how far away is, but he 293 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: seems close enough. Um. Now, I had started in this gun. 294 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: It was a new muzzleloader I just bought a few 295 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: weeks beforehand. Um. I'd started it in at about a 296 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: hundred yards, so I figured i'd be safe out two 297 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: hundred fifty um. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to arrange this here, 298 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: so long story short, I pulled up, he stopped. I 299 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: took a shot, and he just stood there and didn't move, 300 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: just looked around. Instantly, I knew I had missed. I 301 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: was fuming. I guess would be the only way to 302 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: scribe it, but I scrambled. He was still standing there, 303 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: So I scrambled now to reload some stuffing more palace 304 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: down my muzzloader, putting a sabbath down, got another load 305 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: in this time. I pulled up again. He's still standing 306 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: right there where you know where he was originally assumed. 307 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: This was around a hundred some yards, maybe a little further. 308 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: This time, I remember, I took my time a lot more. 309 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: I rested the muzzloder against the tree, which which I'm 310 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: pretty sure did the first time, but I guess I 311 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: can't remember for sure, but had the gun rested against 312 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: the tree I was standing next to. Really took my 313 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: time when this shot, put it right behind his shoulder 314 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: and squeeze that trigger, and same darn thing happened again. 315 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 1: He just stood there and I, unbelievably had missed. This 316 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: buck is great big. What turned out to be a 317 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: really big eight pointer that we had a lot of 318 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 1: pictures of on that property. Missed the darn thing twice, 319 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: and uh, after about another thirty seconds, I tried to 320 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: reload again and he eventually took off running and I 321 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: went out there. I wanted to check for for blood 322 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: while the snow still hadn't covered anything up, and there 323 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 1: was nothing. I tracked him for I don't know, five 324 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: hundred thousand yards all the way across our property to 325 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: the neighbor um, and I could see his tracks just fine, 326 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 1: but not drop of blood. Nothing. So I uh, I 327 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: completely bifted on that deer twice in a row. And 328 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: this was after you know, hunting all season, having lots 329 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: of close calls but nothing close enough. I think I 330 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 1: had like seven or eight really close calls on good 331 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: deer this fall. I'm leading up to this point, but 332 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: I just pull it off. So when the opportunity finally 333 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 1: presented itself and I missed and kind of blew that opportunity, 334 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: it was it was kind of crushing, I guess would 335 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: be the only way to describe it. Um. So that 336 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: was definitely my low point. I would say, well, you 337 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: know what they say, if you've never missed a deer, 338 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: then you haven't been hunting long enough. So you know, 339 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: those those things definitely happened. Man, I've I've missed, dear, 340 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: I've wounded you know, you know the shipwreck story. Oh yeah, 341 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: that's a that's a story. We'll have to dive into 342 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: more detail at some point for sure, for sure. But 343 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: what can you like, you said, what can you do? 344 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: It's it's part of hunting. Um, all you can do 345 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: is prepare as best as possible practice and um, sometimes 346 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,479 Speaker 1: things don't go as you would have liked. But I 347 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: guess on that same point when it comes to lessons learned, Um, 348 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: you know I didn't make a couple of mistakes here. Um, 349 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: you know number one, I had didn't shot this muzzl 350 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: er out to longer ranges than a hundred yards before, 351 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: so I just kind of assumed it would be okay. 352 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: That was a mistake. I should have, you know, shot 353 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 1: this gun out to a hundred and fifty or further, 354 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: just to better understand, you know, how that bullet might 355 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: drop at longer ranges. Um, I wish I had done that. 356 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: I would have, you know, known a little better if 357 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: I should have taken that shot or not even though 358 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 1: I didn't have that range finder, which, which is kind 359 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: of a ridiculous story, I later found out that after 360 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: later that evening, I realized that the range finder that 361 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: I couldn't find in my truck or my box or anything, 362 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: it was just tucked in the pocket of my bibs 363 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: that I was wearing the whole time out there. I 364 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: got a thousand stories for you. I mean, release um 365 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: range finder, you know, you name it if you need 366 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: it for a hunt. I've left it in a truck 367 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: or what I thought, and it was in one of 368 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: my pockets. So I definitely feel you there. Yeah, yeah, 369 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: I guess maybe we're not the sharpest tools in the shed. 370 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,199 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, But so I wish i'd had that range finder. 371 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: But again I should have should have known how my 372 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 1: gun would have shot a little better than that. And 373 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: then secondly, I think I just needed to slow down 374 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: a little more. My assumption is that I shot underneath 375 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: that buck. I paced off the distance and ended up 376 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: being a little over a hundred fifty yards um, But 377 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: with all the snow, it was just really tough to 378 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 1: see and really get a good idea of how far 379 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: away it was. But regardless of that I still know 380 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: that first shot definitely was was rushed. Um So for me, 381 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 1: I'm constantly trying to find ways just to slow myself 382 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: down in that moment because I have the tendency to 383 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: to just kind of go on this zone. I almost 384 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 1: black out, at least my natural tendency in years past, 385 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: just when the shot comes. My body just kinds of 386 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: kind of takes over. Um in my mind sometimes turns off. 387 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: So I've been, you know, work in the past few 388 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: years trying to control that a little bit better, and 389 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: I just needed to continue to to improve that as 390 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: I think. So I think that's really what I took 391 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: from this. Yeah, I can definitely relate to you there, man, 392 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: I turned I turned on to autopilot when when the 393 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: shot comes. Yep. And I think that's probably from most people. 394 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:15,919 Speaker 1: I think that. I think each one of us just 395 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: has to find that different system of sorts to overcome that. 396 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: So work. It's a work in progress, right, always learning. 397 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: That's the truth. Um So, how about we move on 398 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: to uh, maybe a happier topic being the best part 399 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: of our two thousand and thirteen season. Do you want 400 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,360 Speaker 1: to kick off of that one too? Yep? Sounds good. Men. Alright. 401 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:43,640 Speaker 1: So although my year did not end in uh ending 402 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,360 Speaker 1: a kill or any kill from that that matter, because 403 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: I didn't even get a dough this year. But um, 404 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: I hunt a couple of properties where access is very 405 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: important um and and a couple of pinch points where um, 406 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: you have to it just the it has to be 407 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: the right wind to even hunt this area. Well, I've 408 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: been going at a specific area and I mentioned earlier 409 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 1: bouncing around in this acre um little betting area along 410 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 1: a cricket system, and I've been walking in for years 411 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: and I've seen plenty of deer, but nothing you know, 412 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 1: would come into shooting range. Well, we had an odd 413 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: wind and it was one of the last days of 414 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 1: my hunt, so we kind of threw a hell Mary 415 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: and we've we walked into this little down, this little 416 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: wash out, into a bigger creek, walk up the creek, 417 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: climb a bank to the edge of this field where 418 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 1: we didn't think at the time the deer were betting, 419 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: but they were betting there the entire season. And my 420 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: other access route that I had been taking to get 421 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: into this point, my set would blow into this grass 422 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 1: field and they smelled me coming every day that I 423 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: put in that timber. So what I walked away what 424 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: with was a better understanding for my property and being 425 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 1: able to find a new access point to hunt the 426 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: same area and probably next year have a little bit 427 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: better success in that area because of that access route. 428 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: So learning, learning the property, and it's just kind of clicks, 429 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: you know, It's just like boom, no wonder, I haven't 430 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:41,199 Speaker 1: been seeing anything, you know, in this area, or at 431 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: least having it close enough to shoot because my set 432 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: was blown into this this uh, this CRP field. Every 433 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: day I walked in there, and I walked through it 434 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: in early summer and it was so thick. I just again, 435 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: we keep coming back to the word assume. Um, I assumed, uh, 436 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 1: they wouldn't be in there. But man, when it comes 437 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: to hunting, you can't assume anything. And that is that 438 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: is the truth. It's it's amazing how much it's amazing 439 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: how much you can you can kind of learn from 440 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: those little moments, those occasional moments of enlightenment that kind 441 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 1: of change your whole assumption upside down, that's for sure. Yeah, 442 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: it made me feel it made me feel stupid for 443 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: a second. But I'll tell you right now, this little 444 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 1: strip of timber since the day I found out about this. 445 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 1: So anyway, I walk up this bank, I set up 446 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: a tree stand, and as I'm setting up the final 447 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 1: because I do a lot of running gunning, I set 448 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 1: up my tree stand and before I pulled my bow 449 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 1: up my glass out into this field and there's the 450 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 1: probably one seventy five class buck standing right over top 451 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: of the dough And I sat there for all day 452 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: long watching him fight off of bucks coming from the 453 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 1: opposite direction because my set wasn't there. So you know, 454 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: the deer never came by the shooter. But now I 455 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: know where I need to be for next year. Heck, yeah, 456 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: that's that's awesome to be able to see that, especially 457 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: that like tangible proof of the fact that you you 458 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 1: got it right that time. That's pretty cool. Now, what 459 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: about what about your access route? Have you figured out 460 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 1: a new access route that's going to really get you 461 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: in there more consistently in a stealthy in a stealthy 462 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: way that you could share with us what that looks like. 463 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: Are you still working on perfecting that? No, I mean 464 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 1: it's it's pretty simple. I mean the reason I can 465 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: get I was able to get to it this year 466 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 1: was because you know, we had a real dry summer, 467 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 1: so the criecks were real low and I was able 468 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: to walk a creek bed to this hunting spot. Now, 469 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: if I'm gonna have to find a different access route 470 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: uh to this play if the water is high, because 471 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: there's literally no other way. It's it's on a peninsula, 472 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: and there's these two strips of timber that come to 473 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: a portion of the creek bank where it's washed away, 474 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: and the deer will go from one strip of timber 475 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: to the other strip of timber and they'll they'll expose 476 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: themselves just for that one crossing where there's no timber 477 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: and that there's that wash out and that's where I 478 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 1: set up, and that's where a lot of doughs and 479 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: younger bucks we cruising. Um. It just it's just a 480 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: bunch of wash out washouts and creek systems that that 481 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: I use. Their lower points so you can't see from 482 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: the if a deer was in the field or in 483 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: the grass, they wouldn't be able to see me because 484 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: I'm way lower than the actual ground level. Right. Yeah. 485 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: I love those creeks that you can walk in to 486 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 1: get accesses are just perfect ways to get into a stand. Um, 487 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: there's even a couple of sweats where the water is 488 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,080 Speaker 1: too high for me to to wade through over and 489 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: some of the airs that I hunt. But I've actually 490 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: thought about getting a little kayak or something just to 491 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: take that creek right into my stand with a little 492 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: boat or kayak or something that I think it worked 493 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: pretty well. Yeah, So needless to say, I am definitely 494 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: excited to uh oh June July this year, get out 495 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 1: there hanging stand, get it trimmed out, and uh hopefully 496 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: hopefully uh the game plan presents itself. But as we 497 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: all know, game plans change and they can change fast 498 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 1: during uh, during the rut. That's the truth. Now, do 499 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: you know, do you know anything about that that one seventies? 500 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: You hear from anyone if they if they took him, 501 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: or could he possibly be still around? No, you know 502 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: it's hard to tell. I hunt an area where it's 503 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 1: a lot of and what I'll say, old time hunters, 504 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,159 Speaker 1: So if they shot a t they wouldn't tell anybody, right, 505 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: you know, It's it's kind of funny. I gain I 506 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 1: gain access. I don't own any property, I don't lease 507 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: any property. All the property that I hunt is private 508 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 1: ground where I've knocked on doors and ask permission, and 509 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 1: I've you know, built these relationships with these landowners two 510 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 1: you know, hunt their properties. Now it's funny. When I 511 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: go looking for a new property, I'll knock on the 512 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:23,120 Speaker 1: front door and they open it to say hello, and 513 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: you'll be surprised how many giants are hanging on the 514 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: walls of these farmers houses that they've killed over the years. 515 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: Or one time a farmer took me out to his 516 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 1: machine shed and said, yeah, I think I think we 517 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: got some deer. Here, shows me a fifty five gallon 518 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: drum full of shed antlers over the years that he's found, 519 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 1: and the one on top is probably an eight five 520 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: point side. So every year he found him as he's plowing, 521 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: he picks him up and throws him in this barrel. 522 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: So that's crazy. That's there's so many of these guys. 523 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: They just don't care about it too. It's just another 524 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: deer and they wouldn't even think that would be a 525 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: big deal. It would be to us. Yeah, and these guys, 526 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: you know, it's all about crops. So you know, they 527 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 1: hunt because they have time during the winter, but during 528 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: the fall it's harvest season, and they don't even you know, 529 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 1: they don't even care about hunting because they got other 530 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 1: work to do. But you know, coming back to the 531 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: positives of of the season is I am a true 532 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 1: believer that any time spent out in the woods, whether 533 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: you see your deer or not, is a positive thing. 534 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: Because I sit in a cubicle for forty hours a 535 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:45,719 Speaker 1: week and probably just like the rest of the hunters 536 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: out there, maybe I don't like my job all the way. 537 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: So when it's time to just go out and unplugged 538 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: for a while, man, that's the best feeling in the world. Absolutely, 539 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: that that so true, and that you're really good at 540 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: this whole segue thing, Dan, because that perfectly segues into 541 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: the story I wanted to share perfect um, So thanks 542 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: for that. So I agree with you that those moments out, 543 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 1: you know, out hunting are so great regardless of whether 544 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: you see a deer or kill a deer. Um. But 545 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 1: sometimes I let a part of me forget that. Um. 546 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: I sometimes put a lot of pressure on myself too 547 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 1: to get a deer, or to get the film or 548 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 1: whatever it might be. You know, with the website and everything, 549 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: I kind of feel this pressure that I need to 550 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 1: quote unquote produce um, which is a mistake because that 551 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: ends up, you know, making me enjoy some of my 552 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: time in the woods less than I really should be, 553 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: UM and kind of getting my priorities messed up. So 554 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: that said um, you know, as I kind of alluded 555 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: to earlier, I had a season, um, a couple of 556 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: months of my season where I just had all these 557 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: close and owners, but just little things kept going wrong 558 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: all on the way. I'd see a great deer and 559 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,880 Speaker 1: at the last minute my wind woulds would swirl, or 560 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: had another deer come in, and you couldn't get a 561 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: shot because there was I had planted a certain type 562 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: of food plot that kind of blocks the visibility from 563 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 1: around it, and he got behind this tall, grassy stock 564 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: area and couldn't get a shop. But one way or another, 565 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: and there was always something that went wrong. And even 566 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: though I should have been enjoying the fact I was 567 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: seeing some great deer and having great encounters, I just 568 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 1: kind of let it chew at me and kept I 569 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: kind of took a turn negative town, I guess would 570 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 1: be the best way to put it. UM. So by 571 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: the time I got to December six, then I missed 572 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: that buck in Ohio. I was really just down on 573 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: myself and really wasn't enjoying myself anymore, which is a bummer, because, um, 574 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: you know, hunting white tails as a privilege, and it's 575 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: it's a wonderful thing. Um that it's almost it's almost 576 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: sacrilege to be out there and not be enjoying every 577 00:31:56,080 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 1: moment of him. So that said, fast forward a few days, 578 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: I've gotten pretty dejected with the season. Um, you know, 579 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,480 Speaker 1: it's the middle of December now, still hadn't gotten a buck. 580 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: Feeling kind of like a failure, I guess, um. And 581 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 1: now it's December. I've hunted the past four days, um, 582 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 1: freezing cold, a lot of snow and stuff up here 583 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 1: in Michigan, and I just couldn't get it done. I 584 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: saw one of the bucks, um that I've been hunting 585 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: actually for three years. I saw him three years ago. 586 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: I had some really great encounters, couldn't get a shot. 587 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 1: He showed it back again on this farm this year 588 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: or two thousand thirteen. Rather, I found one of his sheds. 589 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 1: I've seen him I think four or five times already 590 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 1: that season, had some close calls, tons of trail camera pictures, 591 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 1: but I just could never quite get that shot. Well, 592 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 1: December eleven again saw him just out of range, couldn't 593 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: get a shot, So that takes this to December. Um. 594 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 1: I actually was sitting at my computer was probably one 595 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 1: o'clock in the afternoon. Usually that's when I'm hopping into 596 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 1: king a shower and um getting ready to go hunt, 597 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: you know, if it's a day I'm gonna be hunting. 598 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: And my wife came into my office. I was working 599 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: on an article I think for the website, and she 600 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: asked me, are you getting You're gonna be getting ready 601 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: to go out hunt soon? And I just remember I 602 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 1: told her, man, you know, I'm just not feeling today. 603 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna try to get some work done at 604 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 1: least then I'll really accomplish something, something along those lines. 605 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: And the look she gave me, you know, it could kill. 606 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: She just looked at me like, who do you think 607 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: you are? Like, get out there, do what you love 608 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: to do, stop making excuses, UM, and hunt, which is 609 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: a pretty great thing for a wife to say. I 610 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 1: must admit, I'm a lucky guy. So she got me 611 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: off my tail and I ended up heading out to hunt, 612 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 1: and I went to a different section or different property 613 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: really than I usually hunt. Um, this is on the 614 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: back side of the main property that I hunt here 615 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 1: in Michigan. But I had permission on this piece, and 616 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 1: I've heard that a good deer had been spotted out 617 00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 1: in one of these corn fields. So I thought it 618 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,400 Speaker 1: might be you know, this target buck I've been after. 619 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 1: I've been calling him six shooter because you know, three 620 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 1: years earlier, when I first saw him, he was just 621 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 1: a giant six point buck, So I thought maybe it 622 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 1: was him or this one other deer I've been chasing. 623 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: So I decided to try to hunt this spot. Um. 624 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: I didn't have any stands out there, I didn't really 625 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 1: have anything prepared. So my plan was literally just to 626 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,799 Speaker 1: sneak out there along the edge of this field and 627 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,880 Speaker 1: sit behind a tree or something, kind of doing the 628 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: same silly thing I did in Ohio and just see 629 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 1: what I saw, maybe learn something, and try to get 630 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,440 Speaker 1: a better set up the next day. So I snuck 631 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:38,240 Speaker 1: and crawled my way into this back corner of this cornfield. Um, 632 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,799 Speaker 1: it's kind of a long story, but funny. It was 633 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: a kind of a big hill that had to come over, 634 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,919 Speaker 1: and I knew if I went over top of this hill. 635 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,360 Speaker 1: Any deer that were bedded back in this timber would 636 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,400 Speaker 1: see me, So to try to not be seen, I 637 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: crawled on all fours along the back side of this 638 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,040 Speaker 1: hill and ended up falling and rolling over in the snow. 639 00:34:58,080 --> 00:34:59,520 Speaker 1: And it was just kind of a whole mess making 640 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 1: it happy. But but but I got set up and I 641 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:07,200 Speaker 1: actually was kneeling down behind a tree, and like a 642 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:11,120 Speaker 1: fifty year old ottoman. Somebody years ago had brought an 643 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 1: old footstool and old ottoman out there on the side 644 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 1: of the field. It was all deteriorated and some of 645 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 1: the fabric was rotted away, but kind of worked as 646 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:23,279 Speaker 1: a good little makeshift. Um blind, I guess. So I 647 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: got set up set up there, and throughout the evening 648 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,439 Speaker 1: end up seeing a bunch of deer, a whole bunch 649 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 1: of dough has filtered out, and a couple of young bucks. 650 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 1: And finally, maybe twenty minutes before dark, that deer six 651 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,799 Speaker 1: years I've been hunting for so long, pops out on 652 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 1: the other side of the field, maybe four yards away. 653 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,399 Speaker 1: Watched him for a little bit, he disappeared. Um then 654 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: maybe ten minutes before dark, he comes back the same 655 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,640 Speaker 1: way he came again, still out of range, disappears back 656 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: into the timber heading away. Um So, I was excited 657 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 1: to see him again, But just like all the other 658 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,399 Speaker 1: times I'd see these great deer, just could not get 659 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,680 Speaker 1: the shop. So I figured that was probably one of 660 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:06,080 Speaker 1: the last chances I'd have, um, I'd have at him. 661 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,480 Speaker 1: So I sat around a little bit longer. It got 662 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:10,400 Speaker 1: to the point where I couldn't film anymore because the 663 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 1: light was just starting to go down. So since I 664 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,719 Speaker 1: couldn't film anymore, I decided to call it a night 665 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,640 Speaker 1: and get out of there before anymore dear Phil at 666 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 1: the field. UM So I stood up, started getting ready, 667 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,960 Speaker 1: and this is where the story gets kind of goofy. 668 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:28,320 Speaker 1: I had to I had to take a leak before 669 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,960 Speaker 1: I left, so I decided to do that just before 670 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 1: I walked out of there, and still light enough to 671 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: see um still lighting up, still shooting light and everything. 672 00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:37,279 Speaker 1: But I was going to try to get out there early, 673 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:41,560 Speaker 1: so taking care of my business and out of nowhere. 674 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,799 Speaker 1: Forty yards away, right out of the timber line, I 675 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,960 Speaker 1: was standing in steps that buck. I don't I mean, 676 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,719 Speaker 1: I don't know how it happened. He had traveled four 677 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,239 Speaker 1: yards all the way around to the backside of me. 678 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: I don't I don't even know how it's possible, but somehow, 679 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,439 Speaker 1: there he was forty yards away. I reached my gun, 680 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 1: pulled up and I got a shot at him. So 681 00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:06,080 Speaker 1: it's just a it was a crazy, crazy wait for 682 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: the season and even how that specific hunt went, and 683 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:13,000 Speaker 1: I think it was so representative of my whole season, um, 684 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 1: you know. And I think it came down to not 685 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:19,040 Speaker 1: giving up, keeping on pushing even when I wanted to, um, 686 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:22,280 Speaker 1: even when I wanted to call quits. Usually it was myself, 687 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:25,080 Speaker 1: you know, getting myself up and going, sometimes as my 688 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:29,040 Speaker 1: wife giving me the extra nudge. But either way, it 689 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,760 Speaker 1: was so great to finally be rewarded for that hard 690 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,439 Speaker 1: work and persistence. And I think, you know, that's really 691 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,439 Speaker 1: what I took out of the season is number one, 692 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:41,440 Speaker 1: being persistent, pushing through, keeping on, keeping on, and then 693 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 1: secondly making sure my attitude was in the right place, 694 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,880 Speaker 1: enjoying my time in the woods, and uh, not getting 695 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:53,799 Speaker 1: so focused on sometimes you know, the more materialistic type 696 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 1: of things that kill whatever it might be. So I 697 00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,200 Speaker 1: learned a ton this season from that perspective and was 698 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,040 Speaker 1: so fulfilled because of that um for the season and 699 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:04,960 Speaker 1: that way. It was just kind of a dream come true, 700 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,400 Speaker 1: and it also kind of taught me some important lessons. 701 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:13,560 Speaker 1: So that was definitely the high point of my two season. Yeah, 702 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,239 Speaker 1: that that Bucky shot was a stud too. I love that. 703 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:20,120 Speaker 1: I love those brown times. Man, that's that picture is awesome. 704 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 1: It was. He was a cool deer, not not the 705 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,359 Speaker 1: biggest deer in the world, but he was mature five 706 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,799 Speaker 1: and a half year old here in Michigan and lots 707 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 1: of character. So it was neat having so much history 708 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,440 Speaker 1: that I had with him. I was just so thankful 709 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,680 Speaker 1: and blessed that could happen. So I'm a happy hunter 710 00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:38,200 Speaker 1: and I'm just excited to see what two thousand fourteen 711 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,960 Speaker 1: might bring, you know. And that's guys like us, man, 712 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,680 Speaker 1: that's always It's like my wife asked me a while ago, 713 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:49,480 Speaker 1: She's like, why don't you think of Why don't you 714 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 1: think of anything else except deer hunting? And my answer 715 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:58,759 Speaker 1: her was, because there is nothing else to think about. Uh. 716 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,840 Speaker 1: I know, we've got quite addiction, don't we it. Uh 717 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 1: It borderlines on obsessive compulsive at times. I think, yeah, 718 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,080 Speaker 1: so I've been told, but you know, I always like 719 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:11,319 Speaker 1: to remind my wife and family members. You know, it 720 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:15,359 Speaker 1: could be worse at least when I'm into isn't. Uh, well, 721 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:20,240 Speaker 1: I won't drop any other examples, but it could be worse. Yeah, 722 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,359 Speaker 1: there's plenty of other examples out there. Yep, that that's 723 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,840 Speaker 1: for sure. So I think that I think that's a 724 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:30,880 Speaker 1: perfect place for us to for us to wrap up damn. Um. 725 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:32,480 Speaker 1: You know, I think this is a perfect example of 726 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:35,680 Speaker 1: what the Wired Hunt podcast is going to be about. UM. 727 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,960 Speaker 1: Like I said earlier, you know, we want to share 728 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,200 Speaker 1: these stories and kind of the things we've learned along 729 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,600 Speaker 1: the way, UM, and then just talk about the things 730 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 1: that matter to you and me, Dan, and to you know, 731 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,439 Speaker 1: all the listeners out there, everything about the white tail, 732 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 1: how to hunt them, how to learn from them, and 733 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:51,319 Speaker 1: how to just have a good time out there in 734 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,280 Speaker 1: the woods. So you know, that's the plan moving forward. 735 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,000 Speaker 1: To all of you that are listening to this first 736 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: Wired Hunt podcast, I want to thank you, you know 737 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:00,879 Speaker 1: so much for take the time out of your day 738 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,879 Speaker 1: to join us. UM. We really appreciate it, and we're 739 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,000 Speaker 1: excited for what's to come. This year. UM, two thousand 740 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,560 Speaker 1: fourteen is looking to be a great year, not just 741 00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,160 Speaker 1: for hunting, but also for wird Hunt in this show, 742 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,400 Speaker 1: so I can't wait for you to hear that. That said, 743 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:18,200 Speaker 1: be sure to visit wird hunt dot com slash episode one, 744 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,200 Speaker 1: where we're gonna be posting a few notes from today's episode, 745 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,600 Speaker 1: including a link to the film from that hunt where 746 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,800 Speaker 1: I killed six shooter um, so you can take a 747 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,719 Speaker 1: look at that film if you haven't seen it already. 748 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,920 Speaker 1: And then also if you haven't already, be sure to 749 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,840 Speaker 1: sign up for our white Tail Fixed newsletter. There's a 750 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,200 Speaker 1: gray box on the right hand side of the website 751 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,399 Speaker 1: where you can sign up to get updates from us 752 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:44,040 Speaker 1: and our free guide to the top ten must have 753 00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:46,960 Speaker 1: resources for the white Tail added some pretty good stuff. 754 00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:51,040 Speaker 1: So until next time, thank you Dan for for being 755 00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:53,279 Speaker 1: with us here. We're excited to be continuing to do 756 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,040 Speaker 1: this in the coming weeks, and uh, you know, to 757 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,919 Speaker 1: all the listeners have a great week and stay weird Hunt. 758 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:04,840 Speaker 1: Must be sup.