1 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: Welcome back to another exciting episode of Cutting the Distance podcast. 2 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: I'm excited to be here because this episode is all 3 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: about you guys. I'm answering your questions this week. Um, 4 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: these are some of my favorite podcasts to do because 5 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,919 Speaker 1: I make sure that I hit specific topics and a 6 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 1: lot of these questions that I've compiled, there's multiple questions 7 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: on the same topic. Now, in all honesty, almost all 8 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: the podcasts are about you guys, because a lot of 9 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: the direction I choose to go each week depends on 10 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 1: the type of questions that come in. But these will 11 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: just be answering specific people's questions. So what I want 12 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: to do is I'm going to talk a little bit 13 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: about some testimonials that we've got. I'm gonna answer a 14 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: few questions, and then we'll even uh maybe give some 15 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: life advice. So let's get it going. You know, if 16 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: this is actually the first podcast you're listening to, it 17 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: will really help you become a better hunter. Now I 18 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 1: can say that because I personally maybe like the tips 19 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: that we give, but I think that it's better coming 20 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: from someone else. So let's read some testimonials. So the 21 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: first one comes from Dan. He says He's an avid 22 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: listener and he lives at the East Coast but tries 23 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: to make it out west annually to hunt somewhere. Dan writes, 24 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: your New Year's Resolution episode made me think about what 25 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: else I could do to make my experience even better, 26 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,839 Speaker 1: and I've started leaving my boots along with pack containing 27 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: three ten pound done bells wrapped in towels at my 28 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: front door and just put it on every day while 29 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: walking the dog. Also, your episodes about still hunting made 30 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: me realize how much I watched my feet while walking, 31 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: so I've added keeping my head up walking the dog 32 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: to my daily routine as well. Turns out I can 33 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: turn a dog walk into a daily exercise in being 34 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: a better hunter. Keep up the great work, Dan, That's awesome. 35 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: That is some inspiration right there. There's so many things 36 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 1: that you can do in your daily life to make 37 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: you a better hunter, and you can take some of 38 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: these tips into everyday things, just like walking around, keeping 39 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: your head up, paying attention to things when you go 40 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: on a walk or an exercise, throwing that pack on, 41 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: wearing your boots outside of the hunting season. All those 42 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: little things are just huge when it comes to now 43 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: turning what you're doing in your daily life into its 44 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: hunting season and how am I going to be more successful? 45 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: So thanks for that, Dan. We've got one more testimonial 46 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: and as always, feel free to email. I'll give you 47 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: guys the email at the end of the podcast, but 48 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: you know we'll be looking for some testimonials and some 49 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: other things. So these are great. There's a lot of them, 50 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: and I love reading people have success from something in 51 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: this podcast, so this one. I thought this one was 52 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: really awesome, says Remy. Just harvested my first pig with 53 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: a bow last night. While waiting on some does, a 54 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: saunder of pigs ran by my stand at about a 55 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: hundred and ten yards out. Usually I would have waited 56 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 1: at waited out hope they came into range, but I 57 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: had recently listened to the practice on Small Game podcast 58 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: and decided to expand my repertoire. I got down, slipped 59 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: off my boots thanks to the shoes off situation episode, 60 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: and crept into twenty yards, smoked a nice little forty 61 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: pounds sow and was able to share it with a 62 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: buddy who hadn't had much success this year. I never 63 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: would have had the confidence to try and stalk without 64 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: your show, and I'm so blessed to be in a 65 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: situation where I can share the harvest with others. Thank 66 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: you for putting together such helpful content. It's benefiting both 67 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: listeners and those around us. Please keep up what you're doing. 68 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: It helps more than you know. Respectfully, Nate Mason. Thanks Nate. 69 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: I am super stoked that that worked out for you. 70 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: It's really cool to to hear people kind of doing 71 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: something a little bit different, maybe getting out of their 72 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: comfort zone and finding some success. I know a lot 73 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: of people that listen to this podcast. You know it's 74 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: it's very Western based hunting, yet there are tips and 75 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 1: tricks that everybody can pull no matter where you hunt, 76 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: whether you're in North America, the South Pacific, Europe, it 77 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: doesn't really matter where you hunt. A lot of the 78 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: things that I talk about ring true to so many 79 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: different places, species, other things. So I'm I'm super excited 80 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: to hear that. It's great when somebody finds success in 81 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: a way that they didn't think and maybe try something 82 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: a little bit different, things outside the box, and comes 83 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: home with some meat. Let's jump into the first question. 84 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: I always love questions about elk if I were to 85 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: think about something that I would do. I mean, I 86 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: honestly could probably do an elk podcast a week and 87 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: just make this a full on podcast on elk hunting. 88 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: I've done a lot of elk hunting. I have a 89 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: lot of experience with it. I've guided professionally for elk. 90 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: I've spent thousands of days chasing elk throughout every season. 91 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: So when it comes to talking about how to hunt elk, 92 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: I'm super passionate about it. I love it, and I 93 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: feel like there's a lot of things that I've picked 94 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: up just doing it so much that I can share. 95 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: So anytime elk question comes in, I I'm super excited 96 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 1: about that. And in the future, one thing you can 97 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: look forward to is maybe a good another series on 98 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: elk hunting because the calling last year that was probably 99 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: one of my favorite ones to do. You could probably 100 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: tell my passion about it while I was doing it 101 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: and people, you know, a lot of great response. Now 102 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: I understand not everybody elk hunts, but gosh, everybody should 103 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: and this hopefully this podcast will inspire people to try 104 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: it if you haven't. So here's this question. My question 105 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: is about elk sent I've come to learn from you 106 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 1: and others. Elk rely heavily on their strong sense of 107 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: smell to avoid predators. But I never hear you or 108 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: others talk about any scent blockers, sprays, wafers, etcetera to 109 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: use to prevent this, much like the ones we use 110 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: in the Midwest for white tail hunting. Is there anything 111 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 1: that is effective to use for scent blocking and do 112 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: you use anything? Thanks Dan, So that is a great question, 113 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: And this is a question that has come up so 114 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: many times. I just I can't even uh, there's just 115 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: like between social media and this email, so many questions 116 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: about scent. Now, when you're white tailing, you have to 117 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: understand the type of hunting you're doing and how sent 118 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: control plays in. So I'm I'm not gonna discredit send 119 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: control when it comes to stand hunting for white tails, 120 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: because when you're stationary, you know, you do everything in 121 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: your power to get the wind right for your stand, 122 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: but you also aren't a hundred percent sure which direction 123 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,799 Speaker 1: the animals coming in from. So there's there's sprays, there's uh, 124 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: what what are those um osonics type ozone blockers? There's 125 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: scent wafers that now sent way for if you aren't 126 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: familiar with. It would be like a dough and estris 127 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: scent on almost like a cotton type wafer. I don't know, 128 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: like a piece of plastic. It just depends on what 129 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: it's on. But um, it holds the scent, so it 130 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: could be maybe a bucky urine scent. There's other things 131 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: like cover sense people. A long time ago my dad 132 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: used to use for antelope pumping out of a blind, 133 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: used to use just skunk spray, um, So those would 134 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: be to mask the scent. And then things like dough 135 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: estris or um buck urine or whatever maybe to kind 136 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: of be a to mask the human scent as well 137 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: as maybe us as an attracting So when you're sitting there, 138 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: you know the wind's gonna do something. You're gonna base 139 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: your stand on where you think the animals are gonna 140 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,679 Speaker 1: come in from, and then you're gonna pick a stand 141 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: so that you're down wind from that. But deer might 142 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: circle around, they might come in from a different direction. 143 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: The winds may swirl and you can do nothing about 144 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: it because you're stationary. So using scent control in those 145 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: scenarios may give you a slight advantage if the wind 146 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: shifts or starts blowing towards an animal, and they don't 147 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: wind you because you're you're up in a tree. You're 148 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: you're using some kind of scent control, and it gives 149 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: you a little bit of an advantage over the animal 150 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: sense of smell, because for almost all the animals we hunt, 151 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: big game animals, their sense of smell is way tuned in, 152 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: and it's their first instinct is to always run when 153 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: they smell danger, whereas if they see something off, they 154 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: might kind of look stare and you can get over it. 155 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: You cannot trick the nose of an elk or a deer. Now, 156 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: why does that not translate to Western big game hunting. Well, 157 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: it's the style of hunting. So when we're talking about 158 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: spot and stock and moving around elk hunting, in order 159 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: to kill an elk, you could sit a stand and 160 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: that is possible. So I would say that if you 161 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 1: are stand hunting for elk, sure use the scent blockers, 162 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: use the sprays, use the ozones. If you're sitting in 163 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: a blind or whatever, you could even use scent wafers, whatever. Now, 164 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: if you're hiking around, that stuff is immediately rendered useless 165 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 1: as soon as you start hiking, because what happens is 166 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: your body starts sweating. The sweat goes on the outside 167 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: of your clothing you're moving around. So in order scent 168 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: control for spot and stock hunting, still hunting. Hunting on 169 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: the ground is just using the wind. There's no better 170 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: scent control than getting the wind right. So that's gonna 171 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: be your number one focus. So it doesn't matter how 172 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: much spray you spray down with. If that wind shifts 173 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: after you've been hiking and running around the mountains, they're 174 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: gonna smell you. I know because I've tried it. I 175 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: used to bring a bottle of spray down stuff on 176 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: hunts with me. Before i'd stock a mule here, I'd 177 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: spray down. And it's not a bad idea. If you're 178 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: if you've got some swirling winds, maybe it'll give you 179 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: a slight advantage. You will notice, like the first day 180 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: that you hunt, animals are less likely to wind you. 181 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: But on a backcountry hunt, you you aren't showering every day, 182 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: your clothes aren't clean. You know, all where the same 183 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: pair of clothes every day for five days, just because 184 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: it's that's the feasible way to hunt. So sent control 185 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: kind of just renders itself useless because when the wind shifts, 186 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: no matter what you do on top of it, they're 187 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: gonna smell you. Now, specifically with elk I have had 188 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: when I was guiding. One time I had a guy 189 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: bring one of those elk scent wafers, so it was 190 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: like a cow estra scent, and he had it pinned 191 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 1: onto his hat. About the first day, he got back 192 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: in the truck and I said, hey, let me see 193 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: that sent wafer, and then I threw it out the window. 194 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: The reason is is because the first thing is a 195 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 1: lot of times when you're chasing elk or whatever, they 196 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: can smell the other elk in the herd, and if 197 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: they smell the cow next to them, but your scent 198 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,839 Speaker 1: blows to them, they're still gonna smell you. Like the 199 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: live elk won't mask your scent, So just adding it 200 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 1: to yourself really isn't gonna help. The other crucial thing 201 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: in elk hunting is I use my nose a lot 202 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: when hunting. I hunt into the wind, and there's so 203 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: many times I would say, I don't even know what 204 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: percentage say of the time when I'm hunting in somewhere 205 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: that's especially archery season or in thicker cover, I'll smell 206 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 1: the elk before I see them, and that cused me 207 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: into knowing where the elk are, where they've been elk 208 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: or very pungent animals. You can smell wallows, you can 209 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: smell where they've been by urine on the ground. You 210 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: can actually smell the smell of an elk. Once you 211 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: practice it, you can actually distinguish the smell between the 212 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: smell of a bowl, the smell of a cow, and 213 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: the smell of wear a bowls bent, and the smell 214 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: of a live animal. And I've used that training of 215 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: the sense of smell to turn that into success. So 216 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: if you have, say a sent wafer that's blocking your 217 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: sense of smell, you're really actually just limiting yourself. So 218 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: the key is, use the wind, use your nose, and 219 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: you're gonna be a lot more success all so, you 220 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: just will find more success without those things. Now, if 221 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: you decide you're gonna hunt a blind or something like that, 222 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: feel free, go for it. You know, if you hike 223 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: into your blind, hike in in one set of clothes 224 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: and change your clothes, spray down, sit in your tree. 225 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 1: Stand send control works for tree stand hunting does not 226 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: work for hiking around spot and stock hunting. Here's another 227 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: elk question, so let's just keep it in the in 228 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: the elk family here, says Hi Remy, thanks for the 229 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: cutting the Distance podcast. I'm learning so much, and as 230 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 1: a beginner, I'm learning a ton from the info you share. 231 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: I've listened every show you've put out, and there's no 232 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: better resource for me. Would you be willing to do 233 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: a show on how to go from basic archery skills 234 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: and some hunting experience to archery hunting elk? It seems 235 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: like a huge leap for me. I've hunted for pigs 236 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: with a guide and done waterfall and upland hunting with 237 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: friends and mentors, but there seems to be a huge 238 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: leap required to get into something like archery elk hunting. 239 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: What kind of plan could I put myself on to 240 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,959 Speaker 1: be ready next season? And then he says, I'm already 241 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: working on my New Year's resolutions to be a better hunter, 242 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: although I have to admit I've done zero of the 243 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: hundred miles with a pack. Thanks Evan. Alright, so what 244 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do? I think I'll just break it down 245 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: into five steps Okay, So these are gonna be the 246 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: five steps. If you have not hunted elk before archery elk, 247 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 1: here's how you're gonna get started. Step one, you're gonna 248 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: pick the area to hunt. So what you gotta do 249 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:28,719 Speaker 1: is you gotta narrow it down to a state and 250 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 1: a unit that right there once. Once you've decided that, 251 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: then you can start to make your plan. So there's 252 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 1: only a few states where this can be possible now 253 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: because we gotta we gotta make a plan or doing 254 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: it for this year. So Utah is available. Montana is 255 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: not do yet, so you could still obtain a tag 256 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,719 Speaker 1: in Montana. You could look to Idaho, and you could 257 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: look to Colorado Wyoming, it's too late. You had to 258 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: do that by January, so that one's out. And then 259 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 1: there's other states that have a lot of draws, but 260 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna want to pick an area that's more of 261 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: a general unit where you can kind of guarantee yourself 262 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: a tag. So general area, Montana, General areas, and Utah. 263 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: Some of those you can actually get uh later too. 264 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: They have leftover tags if you go back. There's actually 265 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: a podcast on draws and units and tags. So definitely 266 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: listen to that and then kind of make a plan 267 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: and find somewhere to hunt. Once you have that, you 268 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: can narrow it down to a unit you're gonna go to. 269 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: Now Step two, plan a week in mid September, so 270 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna archery hunt. You want to find a hunt 271 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: that hits the peak of the rut. It's just gonna 272 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: be better for you. I prefer either the mid September. 273 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: So I'm actually gonna pull up my calendar right now. 274 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick some good dates for you, and I 275 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: don't have them off the top of my head, but 276 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: normally around the nineteenth I always just find the nineteenth. 277 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: That's kind of like peak rut. So, oh, this week, 278 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: you've got a Saturday, the nineteen, and you can hunt. 279 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: To the man, that should be a good day to hunt. 280 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: A little bit early would be that week before. But 281 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: if you're gonna go weekend to weekend, if I was 282 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 1: to pick one weekend, I would go the nineteenth to 283 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: that's just you know, peak rut if you can, if 284 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: you can swing it. So step to pick a date 285 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: in September, and you want to try to get peak 286 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: at because if the bulls are bugling, are going to 287 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: be easier to find. It's easy for elk hunting is 288 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: cool for something during archery season for people that have 289 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: never done it, because if you're in an area and 290 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: you aren't finding elk, sometimes they'll just yell at you 291 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: until you where they're out there, like whoa, I'm what 292 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: we're here, dude? So that's great. Now. Step three, this 293 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: is the research section. You've got your unit. You know, 294 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: you've got your dates. Now talk to people that have 295 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: maybe hunted the area. Go use social media for good. 296 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: Find people that have maybe hunted that certain area. Talk 297 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: to them maybe uh talk. Read some stuff on phishing 298 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: game websites about the unit. You'll be surprised how much 299 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: information the Department of Wildlife for each state has. You 300 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: can go to eat specific unit. They'll tell you where 301 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: the highest concentrations of animals are in the unit, and 302 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: it will just really help you narrow it down. Then 303 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: you're gonna eat scout at home at night, maybe every 304 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: night before bed. You can take your maps out. Get 305 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: the Onyx hunt app. That's honestly the bet I like. 306 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: I literally, I don't think there's a day that goes 307 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: by that I'm not on. That just completely scouting new areas, 308 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: looking at new stuff, maybe trying to find something new 309 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: because it's got the unit borders, it's got everything. Go 310 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: back to one of my EA scouting podcasts, re listen 311 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: to it with that in mind, like have it out, 312 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: look at it, listen to it, and I'm gonna be 313 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: doing some more in depth stuff in the future. So 314 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: just keep listening to the podcast, but that will help. 315 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: Do some research on that, and just start figuring out 316 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 1: where you're gonna hunt, make a plan, take some notes, 317 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: and once you have a plan, figure out Okay, I'm 318 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: gonna check out this area. So up until that point, 319 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: step four is gonna be practice, practice with your calls, 320 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: your bow as well as just like get in shape, 321 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: do that, do your training, follow through with your becoming 322 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:06,479 Speaker 1: a better hunter, get that hundred miles in this summer, 323 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: shoot your bow as much as possible, and practice with 324 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: your calls. The best time to practice with an ELK 325 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,360 Speaker 1: call is when you're driving by yourself. Have some If 326 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: you don't know how to use a diaphragm call, get 327 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 1: a couple of diaphragm calls. Use those. God man, it's 328 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: just it's so handy to have a call in your 329 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: mouth that you don't have to use your hands. But 330 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 1: then also get some read calls, practice, some bugling, practice, 331 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 1: some cow calls, and I'll try to do a few 332 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: more calling ELK calling episodes in the future too, so 333 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: but there's plenty of resources out there, so that's a 334 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 1: practice those calls. Now, Step five, execute your plan. You're 335 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: gonna pack up your truck. You're gonna do whatever it takes. 336 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: You're gonna get out. You're gonna get into the unit. 337 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: You're gonna have a plan based on a map. You're 338 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: gonna follow that map and then start hunting, start looking 339 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: for ELK. Once you're there, you're gonna have a lot 340 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: better chance of being successful. Then if you just think 341 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: about it and say, oh, that's something that I don't 342 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: know how to do. The key is to just dive 343 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: in to get out there. Whether you're successful or not, 344 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: you're gonna learn something on that trip that's gonna help 345 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: you in the future either way. But odds are if 346 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: you're out there, the chances of getting an ELK or 347 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 1: a lot better than or infinitely better than if you 348 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: stay home. Also, if it's your first time man, invite 349 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: someone to go with you, find somebody that might be interested. 350 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 1: It's a lot easier mentally and just splitting costs of 351 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 1: travel and doing something new like that. If you've got 352 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: a buddy with you, so go out with a buddy, 353 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: find a buddy to go with you, and enjoy the experience. 354 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: And that's it. Just do it. And also one thing 355 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: to think about when you start planning that trip, scroll 356 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: through the list of the past podcasts. There's something that 357 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: kind of covers every one of those steps. So once 358 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: you have that in mind, really listen to those because 359 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 1: you'll probably pick up things that you missed the first 360 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 1: time if you already listen to it. And I suggest 361 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: that for everyone. If you're if you're planning something, there's 362 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 1: something in one of these podcasts that kind of lines 363 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: up with what you're planning on doing. It's something that 364 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: you want to learn more about. Do that and then 365 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: maybe even take some notes on things. Okay, I need 366 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: to I need to know this a little bit, and 367 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: then find out do a little more research on it, 368 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: maybe find some books or some other online videos, whatever 369 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 1: you can to help you with that. I like this 370 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: question because it relates to a lot of things. I 371 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: think I actually kind of wanted to do a whole 372 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: podcast on this, but I want to talk about it 373 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: just for a little bit here. So it says early 374 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: season scouting tips for deer and elk, as in what 375 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: to look for when scouting for elk, as far as terrain, 376 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: how early and when should I stop scouting for deer 377 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 1: elk and what to do if you're seeing animals during 378 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,719 Speaker 1: this scouting season but they disappeared during the hunting season. 379 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: So this is a great question. Uh. This from Jesse Adam, 380 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: So I I really like that question because it is 381 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,479 Speaker 1: something that happens a lot. I think if you have 382 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: access to scouting, you're gonna hunting area. Starting in the 383 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: summer is a great time to start now. I actually 384 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:10,360 Speaker 1: would consider consider scouting almost year round if you can. So. 385 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: I like to go out in the springtime and look 386 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 1: for for shed anilers. It's just an enjoyable time. You 387 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 1: see a lot of animals out there. I like to 388 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: go later once the winter is warn't off. Don't go 389 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: too early, so late spring, early summer, I go kick 390 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: around look for sheds. While you're doing that, you're gonna 391 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: see a lot of animals on what would have been 392 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: the winter range and it's not necessarily going to be 393 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 1: where they're at during the hunting season. So there's a 394 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 1: lot of things like migration other things. But understand those 395 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: animals in your unit, where are they wintering? Then you're 396 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: gonna work backwards and say where are they coming from? 397 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 1: So the odds are that they're they've moved from a 398 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: high country area in the summer to a down low 399 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: winter range. Winter, they're spending their time on north slopes 400 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: that burn off snow. They've got a lot of feed 401 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: and feel safe, and then in the summer most of 402 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 1: the bulls and bucks will go up higher into the mountains. 403 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: Now at summertime, okay, we're gonna be up at the 404 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: tops of the mountains. This is where we're gonna find 405 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: the animals. So what I do then is I make 406 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 1: notes of places that the animals are hanging out. So 407 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: there's two type groups of animals. There are migratory and 408 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: then there's resident herds. So the resident stuff is going 409 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: to be the stuff that's not necessarily up at the top. 410 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: So if you go to the top of the mountain 411 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 1: you're in the alpine, you're gonna see animals there because 412 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: a lot of animals will summer there. Now, if you're 413 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 1: planning on hunting to say an archery season in or 414 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: an early season, you're probably better off scouting and looking 415 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: for resident animals, animals that are in an area that 416 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 1: they don't have to move. They probably won't change between 417 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: winter and summer range. Those animals will probably stick around longer. 418 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: But if you do go into the alpine you start 419 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: seeing animals, odds are that you will not find them 420 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 1: when it comes time for your hunting season. So if 421 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: you've if you've gone into the alpine, you see a 422 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: bunch of mule deer, especially, they'll be velveted up, they'll 423 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: be bachelored up. And then you've got say a September 424 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: muzzleloader hunt, and you're like, man, I watched these deer 425 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: all summer. I go up there at the beginning of 426 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 1: September and I cannot find a single animal. What's going on? Well, 427 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: you have to factor in what happened. So for mule deer, 428 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: they've shed their antlers. And I find that most animals, 429 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: like if they're in the alpine or whatever, they'll drop 430 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: from their summer range about a thousand feet in elevation 431 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,479 Speaker 1: and they'll find a spot where they can kind of 432 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: just bulk up and prepare for the rut that's coming on. Now, 433 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 1: elk and deer are different, so let's just let's just 434 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: pick mule deer and I'll just talk about mule deer 435 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: and elk. You can kind of factor in a different 436 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: way because what happens after the summer elk rut in September, 437 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: So the bulls might be in the alpine now they're 438 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: going to go to groups at cows. So if you're 439 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: scouting for elk, there's no time too early to understand 440 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: where is a resident group of cows living, and then 441 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: that group of cows will act as a magnet. And 442 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: if you're hunting later in the season, you're gonna decipher 443 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 1: where the elk summering and where they wintering, and then 444 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 1: you kind of create on your map a line of like, okay, 445 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: this is probably where they're traveling from. Now. I'm not 446 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: saying you have to find the same elk on the 447 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 1: winter range and they'll find them on the summer range 448 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: and cut them off, but you can kind of decipher, Okay, 449 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: they're here, they're going to hear They're gonna be somewhere 450 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: mid range living where it's secluded timber, they've got everything 451 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: they need in between during that main hunting season, so 452 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: that might be something in like October November. You can 453 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,679 Speaker 1: kind of figure out their route along the way and 454 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: then hunt those areas later in the year. So knowing 455 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: where they are early, knowing where they are late can 456 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 1: pay off. Now, something like mule deer, they shed their velvet, 457 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: they're gonna drop down, say a thousand feet in elevation. 458 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: The reason they do that they're they're bulking up. They 459 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: can be in the timber more because they're they're antlers, 460 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 1: are no longer soft um. They might even break off 461 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: their bachelor groups and then they'll start to prepare for 462 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: the ruts. So they're just gonna bulk up because they're 463 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: gonna rut November. But what you'll find is if you 464 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,919 Speaker 1: were seeing deer in the summer, say in the Alpa, 465 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 1: you're gonna now concentrate on areas of thicker cover lower 466 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 1: on the mountains, so you'll know where they were, and 467 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 1: now pick spots in that same general area, say down 468 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: the canyon, in the thicker cover, and really spend a 469 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: lot more time looking because they're gonna be harder to 470 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: see Uh, they won't be out in the open as often, 471 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: but they should still be in that same general area. 472 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 1: So I hope that helps. That's the way that I 473 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: think about it, and it's it's proven a lot of 474 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: success over the years. All right, let's move on to 475 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: the next. One says, this actually just address is something 476 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 1: that I talked about earlier. So it said, Remy, you 477 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: noted that you will be speaking in Chantilly, Virginia on March, 478 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 1: so I'll be speaking at the Pope and Young Club there. 479 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 1: It says, I don't see on the schedule when I'll be, 480 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: so if I happen to know, give some info, thanks Leland. 481 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 1: So yeah, I appreciate that. So Friday, I'll be at 482 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: the Pope and Young Convention in Virginia and Shantilly, Virginia. 483 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: They've got some like an archery shoot around the hotel there. 484 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: It should be pretty sweet. They've actually acquired one twenty 485 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: two archery world records, like the actual antlers, mounts, everything, 486 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: and then the core. The archery course is going to 487 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,719 Speaker 1: be um like reproductions of a lot of the world records, 488 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: so it's kind of cool. You can shoot a foam 489 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: three D target that represents the world record archery as 490 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,199 Speaker 1: far as like size and everything, so that's gonna be 491 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 1: pretty sweet. So on in the morning, I'm gonna be 492 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: doing a Western Big Game Q and A. I think 493 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,679 Speaker 1: that might be at nine am. I don't think that 494 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: the actual schedules out yet, but this is just it 495 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: should be by the time this goes. So in the morning, 496 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: I'm doing a Q and A. Then there's a luncheon 497 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: panel at eleven, and then there's a dinner at night. 498 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: I think it starts at six or whatever, and I'll 499 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: be the keynote speech during that and they're gonna do 500 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,360 Speaker 1: some other cool stuff during that dinner. So if you're 501 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: in the area you're traveling to that event, try to 502 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 1: be there. And you want to catch up with me 503 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: Fridays the day because I actually have to fly out 504 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: in the next day. I'm going hunting for red deer 505 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 1: in South America. So if you want to catch me 506 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 1: on that awesome. I'll be around And I think even 507 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: Thursday I might be walking around shooting that course. So 508 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: I really want to do that. That sounds really fun. 509 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: So if you find me on the course, jump in. 510 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: We'll shoot together. Let's let's jump into a little life advice. 511 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 1: You know that's that's always fun, something a little bit 512 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: out of the box. Uh, it says Remy, I've got 513 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: a monster of a question for you. It's a rough one. 514 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: Looking to get into bow hunting. The hardest part is 515 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: convincing the wife I need a bow when I've been 516 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: rifle hunting for the past six years of our marriage. 517 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: Now here's the thing. I smoked a rack of ribs 518 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 1: and a pork shoulder on my homemade smoker last weekend. 519 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 1: She confronted me after I was complaining about my smoker 520 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,719 Speaker 1: and told me she's on board with me buying a 521 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: new pellet grill, but can't get on board with a bow. 522 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 1: What say you do I keep fighting the uphill battle 523 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 1: or do I concede and get the smoker. I told 524 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: you this was a rough one. That's from Chad in Ellisburg, Washington. Alright, Chad, 525 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 1: that is a tough one. Here's the thing. I think 526 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: maybe maybe you're just going about it all wrong. Now, 527 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: you built a smoker, and the smoker works, and I 528 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: understand wanting the pellet gril. So if you can get 529 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: the pellet grill, Gosh, that's a tough one. You've already 530 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: your rifle hunting. That's great. Hopefully you're bringing home some meat. 531 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: Here's my thought. If you want to get into archery hunting, 532 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: but your spouse might not be on board, I think 533 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: that you should make it a thing that the both 534 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: of you can do together. Now. I don't know your wife, 535 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 1: but I know that shooting a bow doesn't necessarily have 536 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: to be about hunting. And there's plenty of people who 537 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 1: I know whose wives really enjoy shooting. I've I've got 538 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,360 Speaker 1: friends that don't even hunt that they go. I'm like, 539 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,199 Speaker 1: I didn't even know you could shoot a bow and 540 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: not hunt. But what I would suggest is maybe before 541 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: you do anything, make it a date. Go find a 542 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 1: really good range that has rental equipment and a good instructor. 543 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 1: Go out and make it a thing that the two 544 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: of you can do together. Because I found that if 545 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: there's anything you want to add to your life and 546 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 1: you're taking time away from one thing and putting it 547 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: into another, if you can make it about the both 548 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: of you, if she starts to enjoy it, then you're 549 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: gonna get a lot more support for it. Now, I 550 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: don't know how you and your wife work. Like if 551 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 1: you're a good coach, or if you know new into 552 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: bow hunting, maybe you both find somebody. There's a plenty 553 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: of ranges all over the place where they get kids, women, 554 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: new hunters, new shooters, just into shooting. Find something like that. 555 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 1: Make it a make it a thing, make it fun. 556 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: Go do that and see if she enjoys it, because 557 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 1: the act of shooting a bow is really I I 558 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 1: find it extremely enjoyable. Um, I just got my wife 559 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: into shooting a boat and she absolutely loves it. Now 560 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: she enjoys hunting too, But it wasn't something she was 561 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: always into. Actually, just was it. Yesterday we're out shooting 562 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,239 Speaker 1: in the backyard. She shot a perfect shot on the 563 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,719 Speaker 1: target and then actually, like Robin, hooded the arrow. And 564 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 1: once that happened, I mean, I'm pretty sure she's hooked 565 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: for life. So if you can get her on board, 566 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 1: this might seem devious, but if you can get her 567 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: on board, she's gonna be way more likely for you 568 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: to get on board. So I would go that route 569 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: because if it's gonna be an uphill battle, just make 570 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: it something that you guys can do together. And if 571 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. Uh, You 572 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: should definitely take the offer of the pellet grill though 573 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 1: while it's on the table, because that doesn't mean that 574 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 1: the bows out of the question forever. You know, small victories, man, 575 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: small victories. So if you got that pellet grill, you 576 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 1: can make her happy. You can keep on cooking some 577 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: good stuff. And maybe I don't know, or you just 578 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: perfect that homemade smoker. Sell those on eBay, or trade 579 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 1: a guy on eBay a homemade smoker for used bow. 580 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 1: That's also a great idea by the smoke poker, trade 581 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,479 Speaker 1: the old smoker for a used bow. A little bit 582 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: of life advice. I don't know. That was kind of fun. 583 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,239 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna really dig deep for next week and 584 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: find some fun stuff to talk about going through some 585 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: more of these questions because I couldn't really get to 586 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 1: all of them. But I'll tell you what in closing, 587 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: If you have some questions, maybe you listen to this 588 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: podcast other podcasts and you want your question answered, email 589 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: me at Remy at the meat Eator dot com and 590 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: then you guys can throw in some testimonials. You can 591 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: throw in some questions and if you just want some 592 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 1: general life advice that isn't about hunting throw those out 593 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 1: there too. Those are kind of fun as well. I'm sure, 594 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: just mix it up a little bit to help in 595 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: the organization of it. If you have a testimonial, put 596 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: that in the first part of the subject line. If 597 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: you have a question, put that in there. And if 598 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: you just have some life advice, put that in there. 599 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 1: Maybe we'll get some funny stuff. So I'll try to 600 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 1: do these. I try to. It's fun to do them 601 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: about once a month or whatever. But if you've got 602 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: those questions, email them there. And then if you just 603 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: got short questions you're like, ah, that might not be 604 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: a podcast question. At remy warrant it Instagram, you can 605 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: reach me there. I try to get to as many 606 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: as I can, so feel free to reach out there 607 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 1: as well. Now, if you don't have a question, or 608 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: you enjoy listening to this podcast, what have you? My 609 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: next tip is to share this podcast with people you 610 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: know that might also enjoy it and get them to subscribe. 611 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: And if you aren't a subscriber, subscribe why subscribe because 612 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: then the podcast are there, it's easier to listen to 613 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 1: and it'll just help you in the long run hopefully. 614 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: So if you subscribe, already, get a friend to subscribe. 615 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: If you don't subscribe, go ahead and subscribe. If you 616 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: like the podcast, share it because hopefully we'll be able 617 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: to make everybody a better hunter. And you, guys, if 618 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: you got friends that listen, you know, discuss some of 619 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 1: the tips, plan a hunt together, do something new and 620 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: then tell me about it, send me a testimonial, and 621 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: if you've got questions on whatever you're doing, shoot me 622 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: those questions. So until next week, keep the questions rolling