1 00:00:07,880 --> 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 --> 00:00:17,560 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 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance. This podcast is presented by Yetti, 6 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: built for the wild stocking game. Animals with either a 7 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: rifle or a bow can be difficult, but I have 8 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: a full proof mantra when it comes to planning a stock, 9 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 1: something that I say as a guiding light nearly every 10 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: time I plan to sneak in. It's this, go the 11 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: best way, not the easy way. I want to talk 12 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: about what that means, as well as the three factors 13 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: that generally get you busted wind sight and noise, and 14 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: how those factor into the best way to stock. I 15 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: constantly have to tell myself this over and over as 16 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: I plan a stock, but one particular time that stands 17 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: out ended with the biggest mule deer I have ever 18 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:19,279 Speaker 1: taken with a bow. Everybody loves a big bucks story, 19 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: and this is my biggest buck story that I've got now. 20 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: I drew a limited entry tag in Montana and had 21 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: heard rumors of a big buck in a particular area. 22 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: I ended up getting permission on this block management area, 23 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: which is private land where they allow public access. The 24 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: morning started out with my buddy Brett and I in 25 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: the area posted up on a glassing knob before Senate. 26 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: Now we're working into the wind and as the sun's 27 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: coming up, we sit there just like most mornings, the 28 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: sun starts to come up and get a chill in 29 00:01:55,240 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: the air, and just felt like a good day, you know. 30 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: Besides that, one thing that happened that is very of 31 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: important note for this story. On the way there, my 32 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: lucky song Kashmir by led Zeppelin hit the radio. Now, 33 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: when that happens, that's a good omen for me and 34 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 1: my buddies. That means it's gonna be a killed day. 35 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: Not only that, but before the sun even came up, 36 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: my buddy Mike texts me, hey man, Kashmir came on 37 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: the radio. Good luck out there today. I don't know 38 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: why that's important for this story, but it means a 39 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: lot to me because this is a day that I 40 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: will remember forever. As the sun came up, the temperature 41 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: started to drop. I was hiking up pretty steep hill, 42 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: so I was in pretty light clothing, shivering a little bit, 43 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: get my jacket out, start glassing. All right, I'm just 44 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: gonna she's gotta be a big buck in here. Summer 45 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: is great looking country. I saw a few smaller deer, 46 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: but well, that's the way it was going. And then 47 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: I looked down into the valley and here's a group 48 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: of nine bucks, all what I would consider possible shooters, 49 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: with one in there that just stood out leaps and 50 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: bounds beyond the rest is one of the biggest deer 51 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: I've seen in the state of Montana. I knew that 52 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: I had to make it happen today, So I decided 53 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: to watch the deer see where they went, hopefully be 54 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: able to make a play and make a good stock. 55 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: As they moved up the canyon, they started feeding and 56 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: milling around. My first initial thought was, God, wad be 57 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: easy to drop down and pop up that ridge right 58 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: behind them and then trail them up. The trouble was, 59 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: I knew that the wind in order to get to 60 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: that spot, there's a slight chance that it would give 61 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: me away. I had to tell myself in my head, 62 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: go the best way, not the easy way, which in 63 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: that moment you think, yeah, of course I do that, 64 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: but the best way involved practically run unning around the 65 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: mountain up a steep incline and over the backside to 66 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: come in the other direction, so there was no possibility 67 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: the deer could see me and or wind me on 68 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: the route. There's a way to get there faster, but 69 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: it involved potentially getting winded and across through an open section, 70 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: which could get me spotted. That wasn't gonna work. It 71 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: was time to get athletic and take the best way, 72 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: not the easy way. I don't know if my buddy 73 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: Brett really liked that home entree. He's like, let's just 74 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: go this way. I was like, no, we're going to 75 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: the top, and he stuck with me because he knew 76 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: how big that buck was and how excited I was 77 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: to try to make a play on it. So we 78 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: dropped down out of sight go too canyons around, climbed 79 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: straight up the steep hill in the direction that they 80 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: were feeding in hopes of cutting him off as they 81 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: got to the top. As I neared the top, I'm 82 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: coming over and I see antler tips sixty yards out 83 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: moving in our direction. The lead buck stops and just 84 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: pegs my direction. I'm like, oh, no, do we get spotted. 85 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: I lay down, not moving still. Now it would have 86 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: been easy at this point to get impatient, to sneak up, 87 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: maybe try to get a shot, hoping that that bigger 88 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: buck was within sight. But I knew I had to 89 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: just be patient and do what was best. The best 90 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: thing at that moment, because I didn't see the bigger 91 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: buck in the group right then, was to just lay 92 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: there motionless. I laid there and resisted the urge to 93 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: peek up to look around. About thirty minutes went by 94 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: before I decided to move again. At that point, the 95 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: deer had gotten back into their rhythm, ignored me, started 96 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: feeding and moving past me. All the deer had moved 97 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: out except for two out of the group. The two 98 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: missing were the big buck and the smallest buck. Now 99 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: in between the point where those deer went over. Remember 100 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: I took kind of mental notes on the mountain and 101 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 1: were a couple of trees down below in this canyon. 102 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: My thought was, the sun's out, it's getting hot. That 103 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: buck had to have stopped and bedded in that shade. 104 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: I waited for about an hour. The big buck never 105 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: came up with the rest of the group, so I 106 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: was assuming that he was down below, kind of where 107 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: I last saw him before I went around the mountain. Now, 108 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 1: it would have been easy to just sneak down from 109 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: where I was at, but I knew that there was 110 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: a chance walking down that way that I would get 111 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 1: busted because I would be walking down the mountain in 112 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: sight of where they could potentially be bedded. So I 113 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: backed out went back down the mountain. Now, the thermals 114 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: were coming up, but there was a spot where I 115 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: could parallel around the hill and get into proximity of 116 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: where I expected this deer to be bedded. I took 117 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: off my shoes and I slowly started to creep in. 118 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,359 Speaker 1: As I got within range, I kept ranging the big tree, 119 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 1: not seeing anything, not seeing anything, crawling slow, steady. Then 120 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: I see antler tips of the small buck. I'm like, sweet, 121 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: they're here. I don't see the big buck, but he's 122 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: got to be right below me. There's a little bit 123 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: of a ledge below me somewhere that he could be 124 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: tucked out of sight, and I just decided to sit 125 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: and wait till they start moving again. Now, as I 126 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: sat down, the little buck caught a glimpse of something, 127 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: but I was already within range. I'd range of the 128 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: whole hill. The big buck started to trot out, knowing 129 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: something wasn't right, stopped. I grunted, drew back, stopped the 130 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: buck and let the arrow fly. It hit its mark. 131 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: The buck ran over the hill and fell over. When 132 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: I walked up on that deer, I was pretty much 133 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: in disbelief. It was one of the biggest deer I'd 134 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: ever laid my hands on. Now, there's a lot of 135 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: things that could have gone wrong in that stock. It 136 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: was extremely open country, a lot of chances for those 137 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: deer to spot me before hand and blow out way 138 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: ahead of time, a lot of chances with the way 139 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: the winds were swirling to win me. But every time 140 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: I made a decision, I said go the best way, 141 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: not the easy way. There were so many ways that 142 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: would have just been easier or faster to go. But 143 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: in the long run, it ended up working out just right, 144 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: and I got the buck of my dreams. Now, when 145 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: I say go the best way, not the easy way, 146 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: what's that even mean? When you're thinking about a potential stock, 147 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: there's always these little outs, little ways to go, a 148 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: direction that will probably get you there, But something's just 149 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: a little bit wrong. The best way is the way 150 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: with the least amount of possible ways to get busted. Okay, 151 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: so if you have all your options laid out on 152 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: the table right in front of you, you have to 153 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: pick the option has the least potential to send that 154 00:08:56,160 --> 00:09:03,479 Speaker 1: animal running, and that oftentimes I found statistically over the years, 155 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: the best way is often the most physical or longest 156 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: way possible. It's the way that kind of seems in 157 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: your mind, I don't really feel like doing that. That's 158 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: because there's an element in choosing the best route, not 159 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 1: based on what's the easiest. You have to pick it 160 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: based on what is the most likely to get you 161 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: in position without hitting the three get busted factors. Those 162 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: three get busted factors are the wind, being spotted, and 163 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: being heard. Those are the three things that you need 164 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 1: to take into account when planning your stock, and then 165 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: you pick the option that always lends you to get 166 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: within range without the deer ever potentially being aware of 167 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 1: your presence. Okay, so let's break down those three factors. 168 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: Will start with wind. Wind is the one thing that 169 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,080 Speaker 1: might be invisible, but you can never get away with it. 170 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 1: Once an animal smells you, they are blowing out. I 171 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: always consider that is the most important thing to avoid 172 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 1: getting winded. Now you have to first account for what's 173 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: the prevailing wind doing. When you're on a spot in 174 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: stock hunt, no amount of scent control solution will prevent 175 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: that animal from smelling you. The only thing that will 176 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: work is using the wind in your favor, and that 177 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: means putting the animal up wind of you, so your 178 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 1: scent does not ever have the potential to reach it. Now, 179 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: there's so many stocks where you start thinking about the 180 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: other factor's site and sound. I think I gotta get 181 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: around behind him because there's that tree. You won't be 182 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: able to see me and I walk in. But yeah, 183 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 1: I'm six hundred yards out and my winds kind of 184 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: going that direction. You know. In order to get the 185 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: wind right, I have to drop all the way around 186 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: this mountain, down that canyon, and then up the other side. 187 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: I'll just try going this route. It's a little bit 188 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: quicker to get out of sight. The trouble is Murphy's 189 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: the law. You think it probably won't happen, but the 190 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 1: majority of the time will happen. He's gonna win you. 191 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: He'll be aware of your presence. You're putting yourself in 192 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,719 Speaker 1: that category where he has the chance to know you're 193 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 1: there before you want him to. The whole key is 194 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: you don't want him to know you're there ever, you 195 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,439 Speaker 1: want to make your shot before that animal really realizes 196 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: you're there. Other things to consider when you're talking about win. 197 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,319 Speaker 1: You can't just think about which ways the prevailing wind going, 198 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: but you also have to think about will the wind 199 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: or thermal's change as time goes on. Is it early 200 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 1: in the morning, are those thermals still rising then the 201 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: prevailing wind will kick in and shift. Is it close 202 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: to the evening. Are you making a stock near the 203 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: end of the day. Are the thermal is gonna shift 204 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: and start going downhill once it starts to get shaded 205 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: on that animal? So you have to think about the 206 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: wind where you're at, plus future or potential actions, and 207 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: give yourself a timeline of how long it will take 208 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: to get there, as well as Okay, is this stock 209 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: gonna work in the amount of time that I have. 210 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: If you're planning on getting above them, but you think, well, 211 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: the thermals are gonna shift, I'm gonna run out of time, 212 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: you might need to rethink your plan and get into 213 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: a spot that if the thermals do change, you're still 214 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: gonna be okay. All of this planning is continually thinking 215 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: what's the best option, what's the option that gives me 216 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: the least amount of chance to get busted. Next, we'll 217 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: talk about site. This is one where you can get 218 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: away with a little bit, but it's the easiest one 219 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: to see visually. As long as you keep that animal's 220 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: eyes to where it's blocked, its visions blocked from where 221 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: you are, it can't see you. That's something to think about. 222 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: Just because you can see its body, you want to 223 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: keep its head or its eyesight from even being able 224 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 1: to slightly pick you up. Now. I tend to go 225 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: overboard because what I like to look for is what 226 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 1: I call a blind approach, where I can get to 227 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: within range, whether it's a rifle abode, whatever, Wherever I 228 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: plan to get within range and make my shot from, 229 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: I want to be out of sight all the way 230 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 1: through that point. Let's say you're six seven yards out 231 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: and you gotta cross this big open I would rather 232 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: drop down and walk an extra half a mile quarter mile, 233 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: or go up a steeper section to get around the 234 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: backside where I know I'll be out of sight, or 235 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: I can keep popping over and checking in on him 236 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: on the way, but using all my travel out of 237 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: sight because I know that there's no potential to get 238 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: busted before I get within range. Now that's not always possible, 239 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: depending on the scenario, but if you can't, then you 240 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 1: need to keep his eyes away from where he can 241 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: look and see you. You also have to remember that 242 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: a lot of animals you'll be stalking have a lot 243 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: better peripheral vision than we do. They can see behind 244 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: their head a lot better than you might give them 245 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: credit for. Take an antelope, for instance, you can see 246 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: all but maybe forty five degrees directly behind its head. 247 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: So their eyesight is the second most important factor that 248 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: you need to consider. Now. The third thing sound, so 249 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: noise is a factor that you can control while on 250 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: the stalk based on your speed and the type of approach. 251 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: Earlier we talked about in an earlier podcasting. If you 252 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: haven't listened to it, go back and find it. The 253 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: shoes off situation talks about moving in stealthily. Right now, 254 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: moving fast creates a certain amount of noise. Slowing it 255 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: down creates less noise. Before you even stalk in. Look 256 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: at what's around that animal. A lot of times, say 257 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: mule deer, they'll bed in areas that lend themselves to 258 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: be noisy where they can add that audio queue to danger. 259 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: So if there's a shale slide behind the animal, one 260 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: that's going to be exposed to, it's going to be loud. 261 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: Try to plan your approach on a quieter route. The 262 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: best route, not the easiest route. So many times it's 263 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: just oh yeah, I can creep down this shale slide 264 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: to him instead of go around, get parallel with it, 265 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: and then crawl in, because slowing down and crawling a 266 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: lot of times can be a pain. The same goes 267 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: for sight. You know you might have an animal bedded 268 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: facing the direct and that you need to come in from. Well, 269 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: you can stay out of sight oftentimes by just crawling 270 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: that extra distance, especially with a bow. I've been really 271 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: successful by doing most of my stocks crawling. It can 272 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: be painful, it can take a long time. It sucks 273 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: to crawl through a lot of this stuff, but it's quiet, 274 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: it's out of sight. It's more difficult, but a lot 275 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: of times it's the best approach. So constantly thinking about 276 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: the best way not the easiest way. Yeah, it's easier 277 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: to crouch over and move in and this, that and 278 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: the other thing. But if the best way is going 279 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: to be to crawl in, to stay out of sight 280 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: and to stay quiet, that's what you need to do. 281 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: So plan your stocks with that mantra in mind, and 282 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: over the course of time, I promise you you'll be 283 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: more successful. If there's one takeaway from this podcast, this 284 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: episode right now, honestly, I think it should be don't 285 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: get lazy and cheat yourself out of success. This might 286 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: be about stalking and them all and you might only 287 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: hunt from a tree stand for white tailed deer or 288 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: be a turkey hunter. It doesn't matter. That principle is 289 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: successful for all types of hunting. Think about when you're 290 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: selecting your tree stand, picking the right wind, getting in silent, 291 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: going away that might be a little more difficult, or 292 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: setting up in an area that might be a little 293 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: more difficult, but you know is the best option. Doesn't 294 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: matter what you're hunting. If you choose that and be 295 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: persistent at it, you're going to be more successful. And 296 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: that's the whole goal here, more success in the field. 297 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: I really appreciate you checking this podcast out listening. Honestly, 298 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: the best thing, my favorite thing, is all the response 299 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: we've been getting. A lot of people are listening to 300 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: these while they're headed out to their deer stands, while 301 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: they're headed out to the mountain, while they're headed out hunting. 302 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: And that's what gets me excited, because you're out there, 303 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: you're getting after it. I always love to hear your 304 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: feedback and your response, as well as your success stories. 305 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: So key that coming in. I appreciate it, and good luck. 306 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: May the Force be with you. You know what I'm 307 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 1: gonna do on the next Q and A podcast that 308 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: I do, I'm going to read some of the suggested 309 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: sign offs because some of them are great. I'm gonna 310 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: start using a bunch of those. That's fun. It's fun 311 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 1: not having a sign off, and I like the aspect 312 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 1: of talking about it nearly weakly. It's entertaining for me, 313 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 1: all right, me, The Force be with you.