1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter. I've spent thousands of days 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance. You picked an area to 6 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: hunt and got a tag, whether it happened to be 7 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 1: a draw tag or an over the counter unit. You've 8 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,239 Speaker 1: got five days to a week planned out of your 9 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: schedule for the season. Now what do you do? Last 10 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: week I talked about ways that you could find tags 11 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: to apply for, find hunts to go on, and then 12 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: ways that while you're at home you can eat scout 13 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: and map scout and plan out your hunt by locating 14 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: areas that really focus on the type of hunting that 15 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: you like to do. This week is the boots on 16 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: the ground portion, and it's the first steps that I 17 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: take when I go into a new area. Honestly, most 18 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 1: of the places I venture into the area is completely 19 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: new to me. So I have this process that I 20 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: go through to help me locate the most productive areas 21 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: to focus my efforts. And then I follow my plan 22 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: that I made from home. I start by hunting for 23 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 1: a place to hunt and confirming spots based on my 24 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: plan through previewing an area, locating high percentage spots, and 25 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: adapting to what I find. But before we go into that, 26 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: I want to share the story of how I found 27 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: the biggest white tail I've ever seen while guiding in 28 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: an area I'd never been. This story takes place in 29 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: early archery season in northwest Montana. Now, when I was 30 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: first starting out guiding, I was pretty eager to just 31 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: get any work that I could. The outfit that it 32 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: worked for, he actually had an an operation in quite 33 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: a few different places, and because of that, I got 34 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: the opportunity to hunt some places that I hadn't really 35 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: hunted before. At the time, I was very familiar with 36 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: a couple areas and that's where he did most of 37 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: his rifle season hunts and some archery hunts. But early 38 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: in the season he actually ran an outfit right kind 39 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: of around the Bob Marshall Wilderness in some of the 40 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: areas in northwest Montana. On this particular hunt, it was 41 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: the first week of the archery season and he had 42 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: some clients coming in looking for white tails. Now, this 43 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: this one particular area was known for big white tail Bucks, 44 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: but his mountain hunting really thick timbered country and could 45 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: definitely be a difficult hunt. The guide that he had 46 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: planned for that hunt, something happened to him. He wasn't 47 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: able to make it, so he needed a guide, and 48 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: I was really eager to step up and get some work, 49 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: so I figured, yet I'm in. The trouble was that 50 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: the season started I think four days from this point 51 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: that I you that I was going to be guiding 52 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: up there, and I wanted to make sure that I 53 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: was going to be able to put these guys on 54 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: deer and give him a good hunt. So I pretty 55 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: much as soon as I got the call, drove all 56 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: night to the spot, met up with the outfitter I 57 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: was working for, kind of talk to him about some 58 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 1: of the spots that he liked to hunt in places 59 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: to go. I had all the paper maps for the area, 60 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: so at the time, there was no note. I mean, 61 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: there's it's so much easier now when I think back 62 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: on it, but at the time, you know, I had 63 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: a stack of paper maps and it had roads, it 64 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: had topo lines, and that was pretty much it. I 65 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: also had a GPS, but the GPS had no mapping 66 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: software on it. It had no topo lines. It just 67 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: had you could like pin away point and it would 68 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: give you coordinates that I could then cross reference on 69 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: a map if needed. So after talking with him, I 70 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: also thought, okay, this is this is timbered country. I 71 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: know what white tails like. They need some of that 72 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: open as well, especially early season. It was one of 73 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: those long springs, so the antler growth that most of 74 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: the year would probably still be in velvet. So I figured, 75 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna look for some more open areas. You know, 76 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: I had heard from talking to people that the bucks 77 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: tended to be bachelored up still in the high country, 78 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: and there's still some really good lowland stuff that I 79 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,679 Speaker 1: wanted to check out. But I looked over the maps 80 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: and kind of located some areas that I thought looked 81 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 1: really good to me. Then I also even talked to 82 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: some people who work for the Forest Service about places 83 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: that had been logged recently and some older logged areas. 84 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: Because my thought was there was a lot of logging 85 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: roads and a lot of hiking trails in the area. 86 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: I wanted to kind of pick some areas that maybe 87 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: the timber had been cut out a little bit, providing 88 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 1: really good habitat for the white tails. Most of the 89 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: other areas I'd hut in Montana were burns or more open, 90 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: so I wanted to find in this real thick timber, 91 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: some good logged areas that are maybe two years old, 92 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: a little bit of growth where they felt secure but 93 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: open enough where you know, it provided good feed and 94 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: their sensitive antlers for their summer habits wouldn't really be affected. 95 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: So I kind of focused in on those areas. I 96 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: then pretty much just jumped in my truck, which was 97 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: called the Rambo truck at the time. There's a big, 98 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: lifted giant dodge that got about eight miles to the 99 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: gallon I think maybe less Luckily gas wasn't as expensive 100 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: visit became a few years later, and I would just 101 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: start driving the logging roads and with my maps in hand, 102 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: learning where I'm going, and just kind of pre viewing windows, 103 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: shopping and seeing what's around, what kind of terrain is available, 104 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: what everything looks like. There wasn't any way that I 105 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: could look at it online or anything at that time, 106 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: and there definitely wasn't any self service either, so that 107 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: wasn't going to be an option. But I just I 108 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,119 Speaker 1: used my time to really learn where I was going. 109 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: And then I even would get to a trailhead or 110 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: a locked gate, I would put on my jogging shoes 111 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: and then I would just jog these trails, logging roads, whatever, 112 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: and just kind of see it's around, what the terrain 113 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: looks like. I had my GPS on me, and if 114 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: there was a spot that looked good, I would pin 115 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: it market and then every night I would go back 116 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,359 Speaker 1: on the map and put little pins on places that 117 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: I thought were good, and then just wrote out a 118 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 1: list of notes from what I saw that looked great. 119 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 1: I also checked out some of the lower stuff while 120 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 1: scouting and found some good like what I consider basket 121 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: rack bucks, some of those smaller age class dear, and 122 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: then I found a spot that had some pretty good 123 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: trails and had some one twenty one thirty type bucks, 124 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: so I thought, oh, those would be those would be perfect. 125 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: So it was the day before the hunters came in 126 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: and I was talking without fit Her and he's like, yeah, 127 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: I guess these guys only want to hunt giant bucks 128 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: like trophy one fifty type bucks are better, And I'm 129 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: thinking to myself, I already had this plan in my 130 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: head of Okay, there's some good deer in this lower country, 131 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: so we're going to kind of hunt some of that. 132 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: Hearing that, I'm like, oh crap, Now I got to 133 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: readjust my plan. So I started looking at some of 134 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: the higher elevation areas. There's one area that had a 135 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: really long road, and I noticed on the map that 136 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 1: there was a spot where I could maybe get to 137 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: what looked like it would be a glassing knob, and 138 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: I'd heard that after talking four service. There was like 139 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: some what I was looking for, some of that freshly 140 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: timbered country, maybe a couple of years old, just logged 141 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: two years before. So I thought, okay, I'm gonna go 142 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: try this spot out. I started jogging the road and realized, man, 143 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: this is a long ways back here. So I dropped 144 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: down the creek bottom went up to that point, and 145 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: sure enough it opened up in this logging area that 146 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: was many miles on the road to get to. Yet 147 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: I kind of cross country through some thick, nasty, steep 148 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: stuff and got there in a mile. I was like, sweet. 149 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: So I go back to my truck and then just 150 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: start checking more and more areas. I think on my 151 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: GPS I had gone I mean it's long days that 152 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: time of year, but I think I'd gone close to 153 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: thirty five forty miles just jogging and hiking and checking 154 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: out areas. In those days that I was scouting. I 155 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: was just going like a madman, trying to figure just 156 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: trying to find animals, but fine spots that looked good 157 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: to me. So the hunters show up in camp, get 158 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: them all settled, and I'm actually excited because I'm like, 159 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: I've seen some good areas. I think with a little 160 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: bit of time, we can focus on these spots. So 161 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: we get out and we check a couple of There's 162 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: a couple logging roads and things that I had marked 163 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: early on in the scouting that that looked good. We 164 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: saw a few smaller bucks, but nothing really that the 165 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: guys are after. And I got to keep in mind 166 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: it is also a bow hunt, so it's like a 167 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: big country, a lot of mountains. It's like a mountainous 168 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,719 Speaker 1: white tail bow hunt. So it's very difficult task. But 169 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: I felt up to it, and I felt fairly confident 170 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 1: that we would find something good. After the first day, 171 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 1: we actually ended up chasing They had elk tags as well, 172 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: and we ended up chasing some bulls up in this 173 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,079 Speaker 1: little meadow park area. I found this really awesome moose shed. 174 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: While we're in there, I was calling this one bull 175 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: in and he just never fully committed. Its real thick timber, 176 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: and I think his cows just ended up wandering off. 177 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 1: And it was one of those experiences we really like, 178 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: Oh man, that was so close to getting that bull 179 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: and didn't work out. So the next day I just decided, 180 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: I know these guys are really into white tails, let's 181 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,079 Speaker 1: let's go check that spot that I had to drop 182 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,959 Speaker 1: down to the canyon and then walk up the really 183 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: steep hillside and get to that point. I knew that 184 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: it was going to be not that far. It's like 185 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: a mile, but to get in there walking on the 186 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: roads was a lot of miles, and I was like, 187 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: there's no way you could do that before daylight without 188 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: just walk starting at midnight and get in there. But 189 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: that shortcut, I think we can do that. We'll be 190 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: up really early, but I think we can do that. 191 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: We get up there. The guys are calling it the 192 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: jungle like it was not. They were not super happy 193 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: about the climb up in there, but I thought, trust me, 194 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: this is the fastest way and we can just walk 195 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: the road out if we have to. So we get 196 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: up into that spot, get set up before dark, and 197 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 1: as it starts to get light, glass in that area. 198 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 1: And when I was in there the first time, I 199 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: just like in the middle, it was this little creek 200 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: running down. I just thought this is perfect. And there's 201 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: all these little willows poking up in the creek, and 202 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 1: it was like more overgrown in some of that stuff. 203 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 1: So I started focusing in that, thinking, well, maybe these 204 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 1: deer watering in the morning. And I'm looking in that 205 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, I see as it starts 206 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: to get like like a flick of a white tail's tail, 207 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh, the guys, there's there's deer in there. 208 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: I've got my spotting scope on it. And I see 209 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: this buck pick his head up, and I'm like that 210 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: that's a nice buck. It's like a hundred and fifty 211 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: inch public Land Mountain white tail buck. And there's four 212 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: other bucks in there that are about the same size, 213 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: maybe a couple of smaller, couple of little bit bigger. 214 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, in the back this 215 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: buck lifts its head up and it's just a giant 216 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 1: I mean, it's the whitest white tail I'd ever seen, 217 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: easily a hundred and seventy five in white tail buck 218 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: on public land, Like this is this buck? Would net 219 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: Boone and Crockett guaranteed it is just a giant deer, 220 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 1: And I'm like, oh my god, you guys gotta look 221 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: at it. Like I wanted to make sure that everybody 222 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: saw this deer because this is just the deer of 223 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: a lifetime. And they looked in the scope and it 224 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: was like, Okay, game time, go time. We gotta try 225 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: to get this deer. I figured the closest timber where 226 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: they would get was above them, and one of the 227 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: smaller bucks already started feeding uphill. And the perfect thing 228 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: was the thermals were now like that. I knew that 229 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: as soon as the sun started going up, the thermals 230 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna go up. If we got above them, we 231 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: would be in the right spot. And this little goalie 232 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: was like just the perfect setup. So I'm like, I 233 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: told one of the guys, I'm like, which one of 234 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: you shooting? Because we have to go. We gotta We're 235 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: gonna have to go fast because we got to kind 236 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: of chase the sun they're gonna move up with the sunline. 237 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: We need to get into position before they get there, 238 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: and it's going to be a pretty good climb, so 239 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: we had to kind of go back around the mountain 240 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: and then just hustle straight up. One of the guys like, oh, 241 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: he's in a little bit better or shape and he's 242 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: got the first shot, so okay, cool, So I take 243 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: one guy. The other guy is just gonna sit there 244 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 1: and watch. And I'm like, I'm setting the pace when 245 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: somebody's following me, hunting with me, and I know I 246 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: have to get somewhere. I don't wait on them. I 247 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: let them like they're just they're just gonna be constantly 248 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 1: trying to catch up, especially because I know the caliber 249 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: of that, dear and how rare it is to to 250 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: get a buck like that with a bow on public land. 251 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: And I'm thinking this is our chance. So we work up. 252 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: He's dragging behind. I'm like, dude, give me your pack, 253 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: give me your bow, whatever, I don't care. We gotta 254 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 1: like pretty much run to get into position. So I 255 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: keep getting ahead, getting ahead, and we're like getting there, 256 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 1: and I'm just knowing that it's a race against the clock, 257 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: Like we are going to either be there on time 258 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: or just miss them. So I marked just visually. There 259 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: is a couple of trees that hadn't been logged, but 260 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: it was pretty much like a big clear cut. So 261 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: when I got to the backside, I peeked over and 262 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: I saw those trees that were my markers, and I 263 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: ream remember that there's like this real brushy spot. They 264 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: went down to this this log that was still on 265 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: the ground, and I thought, just looking at it, that 266 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: looked like it would be within range of that little 267 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: gully for the deer to come up. So I'm like 268 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: at the top, trying to get him to hustle, trying 269 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: to get him to hustle. We get in and we 270 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: start moving down to this log and I can see 271 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: the antler tips of some of the bucks. I'm like, 272 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: oh crap, dude, like this is gonna happen. So we 273 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: start creeping down to the log and I know we're 274 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: just like a little bit behind, but it's gonna be okay. 275 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: The winds perfect, the deer still feeding. We get set 276 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,839 Speaker 1: up on this falling log like right behind it. We've 277 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 1: got good cover and everything. I kind of peek up 278 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: and I see their antler tips and they're like thirty 279 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: forty yards out. So there's a couple of smaller bucks 280 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: going through and then the bigger buck. And I see 281 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: that bigger buck and I'm like, oh, dude, this is it. 282 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: So I got a crowd down and it's just that 283 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: perfect angle because they're below U. Since I crouched down, 284 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: you know, you can't see him. So I just whispered 285 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: to the guy case he's I popped up and arranged him. 286 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: He's like forty yards just drawback, stand up and shoot him. Well, 287 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: I don't know if he got freaked out or what, 288 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: just like a little bit of target panic. I was saying, 289 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: drawback out of sight because they wouldn't be able to 290 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: see him. Draw back, and then just slowly stand up 291 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: and shoot. It was just set up perfect. He stood 292 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: up and just did this huge draw motion, like pulling 293 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: the bow and moving his arm like sky drawing, and 294 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: that movement the buck whipped over looked right at him, 295 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: and that whole hurded deer just blew out. Oh. We 296 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: we were both just heartbroken. I was thinking, man, that 297 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: is probably one of the best opportunities at a buck 298 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: like that, And to this day, I always there's very 299 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: few times whereas guiding where I'm thinking, Man, I wish 300 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: I was the guy with the gun or bow on 301 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: that scenario. That deer is one of the deer that 302 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: in my memory. There's probably five deer in my life 303 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: that stick out just so crisp and clean in my memory, 304 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: and that's one of them. And I still have never 305 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: found a buck comparable to that one on public land. 306 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: When it really comes down to it, hunting for a 307 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: place to hunt is as important as the hunt itself. 308 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: For many hunters. Scouting is a big part of the 309 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: planning and hunting process. There hunts where you can put 310 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: in adequate time beforehand, and then there are those hunts 311 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: where you just can't. So I'm going to cover both. 312 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: I really think that there's something fun as well as 313 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: something rewarding about that idea of being able to go 314 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: out and scout the area. You know the area better, 315 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: you understand what you're looking for and what's the potential 316 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: in the area, and it gives you an idea when 317 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: that season opens up where you want to be, and 318 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: a better formulation of the actual hunt plan. But I 319 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: also know that and this happens for me a lot 320 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: many of the places that I hunt, I don't have 321 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: time to scout. It might be a long ways from 322 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: my house. I've got other things going on. I might 323 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: have only a week or five days to do a 324 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: certain hunt, maybe less, maybe more. But I have the 325 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: same philosophy of a mini scout within the hunt itself. 326 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: So what I want to do is I'm going to 327 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: talk about scouting verse previewing an area. So scouting is 328 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: what I might do ahead of time, preseason, and then 329 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: previews what I might do if I don't have time 330 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: to scout during the season or right before the season. 331 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: What scouting is is it's the act of searching for something, 332 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: often a spot, and also the animals in the area. 333 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: So many scouting trips are really just hunting trips where 334 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: you're looking for animals but you just have no ability 335 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: to harvest. And it's also the to just understanding the area. 336 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: So you're you're scouting it out, your understanding where the 337 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: roads go, what are the vantage points. When you're at home, 338 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: you can pinpoint some potential areas that look good. Now 339 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: you're going to go into the field and just actually 340 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: see what they look like in real life. Certain things 341 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,959 Speaker 1: look great on a map, But in actuality, you might 342 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: get there and say, oh, it's that open areas too steep, 343 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: or it's too rocky, it's too dry, it's too wet, 344 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: Oh it's heavily timbered. It's not. There's just it looks 345 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: a lot different and you can get a much better 346 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: feel for an area when you're actually there. It doesn't 347 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: really matter what you're hunting for. Scouting can be a 348 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 1: really major portion in being very successful. Like many white 349 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: tail hunters, they'll put out trail cameras, learn trails, understand 350 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 1: what animals might be coming to their food plots, or 351 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: what animals are in their area. You know, if you're 352 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 1: talking about like elk and mule deer hunters, you might 353 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 1: just be looking for good glassing areas or high concentrations 354 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: of game. But scouting can be done anytime up until 355 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: the day before the season. You can scout now in 356 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: the springtime and see just maybe where animals are calving 357 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: or fawning. You can also see in the summertime where 358 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: bachelor groups are hanging out. You can see right up 359 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: until days before the season where animals are in that unit. 360 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: You know, maybe taking three or four days before the 361 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: hunt starts, but if you don't have that time to 362 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: do it ahead of time, then what I do is 363 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: I have this what I call a preview, which is 364 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: just scouting either very short amount of time or during 365 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: the seasons. It's a quick scout maybe a day or less. 366 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 1: Can be prior to the season, but it can also 367 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: be during your hunt. So if I have five days 368 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: to hunt or seven days to hunt, I spend one 369 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: of those days doing a preview and then the rest 370 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: of the days hunting. And if I've got a little 371 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: bit longer hunt, maybe seven to ten days, I might 372 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: do a preview the first day I get there, and 373 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 1: then I'll hunt, and then I'll do a pre If 374 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 1: I'm not finding what I need, maybe another preview mid hunt, 375 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: and then continue to hunt. Now that's not to say 376 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: that while you're doing those previews you might not see 377 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,719 Speaker 1: an animal or won't be hunting, but it's just the 378 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 1: way that you're looking at the area and what you're doing. 379 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: It's not necessarily focusing on looking for animals, but focusing 380 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 1: on a place to then eventually look for animals. The 381 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: first thing that I do when I get into an area, 382 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: whether it's preseason scouting or previewing is I like to 383 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: see as much of the area as I can, and hopefully, 384 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 1: like we talked before, you've taken at home, You've gone 385 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: through your maps, You've maybe pinned some depends how you 386 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: like to hunt. Maybe you like to hunt still hunting, 387 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 1: so you've pinned some good ridges that you'd like to 388 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: still hunt into. Or if you like to glass, which 389 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: I suggest on a lot of Western big game hunting, 390 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: you're looking for little knobs that you can glass from, 391 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: maybe an opening in the timber where you can see 392 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: across the canyon. Looking for good glassing vantage is good habitat, 393 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: maybe places where you can glass into that good habitat. 394 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: So what I'll do when I previous, I almost consider 395 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: it windows shopping. I'll go through the area, whether in 396 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: my vehicle or whatever, and try to cover as much 397 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: ground as possible. I'm not even necessarily going into where 398 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: I'm going to be hunting. I'm just looking at it objectively, 399 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: saying almost like I'm just looking at a map, but 400 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: in real life, where I'm cruising enough of the area 401 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 1: to get an idea and a really good feel for 402 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: what's out there. Okay, you know things are going to 403 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: change a little bit from what you saw on the 404 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: map to what you're seeing now, and I want to 405 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: see as much of the country as I can. I 406 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: want to maybe hit as many of those glassing points 407 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: as I can, maybe they're a mile from the road, whatever, 408 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: I'm gonna just kind of bust in there, look around. 409 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: If it's during the season, I'm always gonna have my 410 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: gun or bow with me or whatever i'm hunting with, 411 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: because you never know, you might get in there and say, Okay, 412 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 1: I I gotta focus in on this right now. But 413 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,199 Speaker 1: for the most part, what I'm doing is I'm just 414 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: cruising around looking for a spot to hunt. I'm not 415 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: necessarily nitpicking and looking at animals. I'm gonna throw up 416 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: and start glassing major areas that I think maybe we'll 417 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,439 Speaker 1: show something, and if I see something, great, that's a 418 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: good indicator. But a lot of the places I'll be 419 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 1: looking at will be in the middle of the day 420 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,719 Speaker 1: at not prime times, so you know, in the morning 421 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: or the evening, I'm gonna focus on maybe getting to 422 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 1: a good glassing spot in glassing and giving it a 423 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: place that I think looked a good a good look 424 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 1: at those times, But the rest of the day I'm 425 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: just gonna be spent moving around, just getting a really 426 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: good lay of the land, understanding what roads go where, 427 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: what trailheads are there. What does it look like up 428 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: that canyon, up that trailhead? What could I potentially run 429 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 1: into up there? Is it going to match my plan 430 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: that I made at home? Does this area have a 431 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: good feeling? Is it doesn't look a little too barren 432 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 1: or um? Is it maybe the creek that I was 433 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: expecting to be running run dry? Is there something that's 434 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: changed from my online scouting to my in real life 435 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: or in person. Is there something that I noticed that 436 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: I didn't catch on the map. But you already have 437 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: that roadmap from at home scouting, where you can then 438 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: go and start checking places you've outlined off the list 439 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: and possibly adding some more places you see to the list. 440 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: Now for backcountry hunts, I do something similar. You know, 441 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: if you're at home scouting and you've decided, Okay, I'm 442 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: gonna go into the wilderness or this road, this area 443 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: it's five or six miles in there, and then I'm 444 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: going to hunt this basin in these canyons, It's harder 445 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: to preview it because you got to get in there 446 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: and then that takes time. So what I'll do is 447 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: I'll do one of two things. If I've got an 448 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: area where i'm thinking of I've got multiple options. Say 449 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: I've got one canyon that looks good and I've got 450 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: another canyon that looks good, and I can't decide between 451 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: the two, I might just go in day hunt that 452 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: canyon for the first day, or just if I'm out 453 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 1: and hike up but take a look around, hike down, 454 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: you know, maybe do a ten mile day. But I 455 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: don't have a heavy pack on, so I'm just previewing it. 456 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: I'm just cruising up there, seeing what the trails like, 457 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 1: seeing how to get in there, seeing once I get 458 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: in there, Okay, is there enough country that I think 459 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 1: I can successfully find something in here? Or does it 460 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 1: look not like what I was expecting. Now, if it's 461 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: one of those places where okay, I've got I've focused in, 462 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,719 Speaker 1: I've picked this canyon. That's where I'm gonna go, then 463 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: I'll just go ahead and pack in there, and I 464 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: do the same thing or a similar thing once I 465 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: get in there. On the trail in I'm paying attention 466 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: to what everything looks like. Maybe there's something on the 467 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: way in that I find interesting that I might have 468 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 1: not thought about. Then when I get to my designated 469 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 1: camp spot, i'll set up camp, I'll kind of lighten 470 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 1: my load, maybe do a little glassing in the evening 471 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: or whatever, depending on how much energy it took to 472 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: get in there, And then I might just go check 473 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: some spots within that back country canyon or basin and 474 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 1: just really understand what the area looks like, so I 475 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,360 Speaker 1: know that when it's time to hunt, Okay, I'm gonna 476 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: focus on this area. Or I've got this glassing knob 477 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: that looked good, I check that out, and I just 478 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 1: start checking stuff off the list and getting a good 479 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 1: idea for what it looks like, because I don't want 480 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: to spend the majority of my time hunting one spot 481 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: and not getting to the other spots that might be 482 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 1: better or might be more productive or might look better 483 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: once I actually get there. Then the question comes in, well, 484 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: how do you identify these high percentage spots? So what 485 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: I'm looking for when I'm scouting is what I would 486 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: consider high percentage spot or what areas held animals, what 487 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: areas had the habitat I was looking for, and also 488 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 1: factors of time of year and when I'm scouting. So 489 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: if I'm summer scouting, I'll be in the summer range, 490 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: but I've got an October tag, then I really need 491 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: to think about, Okay, what's going to be a high 492 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: percentage area Later in the season. They aren't going to 493 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: be up in that summer basin anymore, so I'm going 494 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: to try to scout out high percentage areas or spots 495 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: for the time of year that I'm hunting. So you 496 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: really have to break it down into thinking as you're 497 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: previewing an area or as you're scouting ahead of time, 498 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 1: looking into the areas for the type of habitat when 499 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: that season is going to be around. Like, a high 500 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: percentage spot to me would just be an area that's 501 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: most likely to hold animals during the season that you're hunting. 502 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: So examples would be, if i have a let's say, 503 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: uh elk archery tag, and I'm scouting in the summertime, 504 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,639 Speaker 1: what I'm gonna be looking for is probably areas with 505 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: lots of cows. Now, the bulls are probably gonna be 506 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: up higher in some summer range, and and also cows 507 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: might be as well, and that can still be a 508 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: good time to hunt. In September, but you might find 509 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 1: some more like resident cow el kurds that the bulls 510 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: will come into. Like those cows have their territory, they 511 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: might have a little bit of a home range, especially 512 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: if it's an area that they don't migrate a lot, 513 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: and then the bulls will start coming into those cows 514 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 1: later in September during the rut. That's something to look for. 515 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: Or you could even scout in the summer for a 516 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: late season hunt, maybe a November hunt or a migration hunt. 517 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: So you'd just be looking for maybe some good winter 518 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: range habitats, some south slopes that are open and are 519 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 1: going to have grass, or if it's like muled, or 520 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 1: maybe some some really good winter range habitat that has 521 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: tall old gross sage and buckbrush where they can have 522 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 1: good feed, they can also feel safe. Or like if 523 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: I've got an early season, maybe I've got an early 524 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: season archery mule your hunt, Well, I'll just go up 525 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: on the summer range and say, yeah, these deer probably 526 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: still going to be in the summer range, so I 527 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: can scout that time where they'll be during that season, 528 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: and then through that I'm gonna try to take that 529 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: and use my maps that I outlined earlier and check 530 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: out good glassing vantages, and then from those glassing vantages, 531 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: understand how to get to where I might need to go. 532 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: So if I've got a glassing vantage, and I'm looking 533 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: across the canyon and there's openings and meadows that I 534 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: think will be great to glass, where there's a good 535 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: area that looks like maybe here there's some water down 536 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 1: in the valley and this bedding area over here, And 537 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: then if I see something there, what's the easiest way 538 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: to get there? Do I walk from here? Do I 539 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 1: go around and catch another road or trail? Like how 540 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 1: do I get to where I'm going? And mapping all 541 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: that out before you get in there and really start 542 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,360 Speaker 1: picking apart during your hunt if you don't have time 543 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 1: to scout ahead of the season, like if you've got 544 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: to just do what I consider the preview, where you 545 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 1: go into the area and kind of spend that first 546 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 1: day in the area scouting it out and just looking 547 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: over the lay of land, getting a feel for what 548 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: it looks like. Yeah, you'll be hunting at the same time, 549 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 1: but you're mostly just looking for a good spot to 550 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: go hunting, a good spot to really focus your efforts 551 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: on that's where you're pre at home. Scouting is going 552 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 1: to come into play a little bit more because you 553 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: want to have a really definitive plan on places of checks. 554 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 1: So when you get into the area, you've got that 555 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 1: day to just really look it over and get an 556 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: understanding of what things look like. It might even mean 557 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: I've done this many times where I get into an 558 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: area and I'm planning on packing into a backcountry area 559 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: that might be far away, but I noticed that if 560 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: I get way out in the flats and get a 561 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 1: good view of the mountain, I can take my spotting 562 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 1: skill about and I'm I'm not looking for animals. I'm 563 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: too far to even look for animals, but I might 564 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: be out of the trees far enough away where I 565 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: can look at this mountain and say, Okay, that's kind 566 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,719 Speaker 1: of the basin that I'm going into. Looks like that 567 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: left side of the of the range has just big 568 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,239 Speaker 1: rock slides and not what I'm really looking for. But 569 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: the other side's got kind of some sparse timber, and 570 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: maybe the top of that ridge looks good. I know 571 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: I can't see in there, but I can kind of 572 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,640 Speaker 1: get an idea of the type of cover, the type 573 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: of terrain, what it might look like in there. I 574 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 1: might look and say, oh, man, that's it's a lot 575 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: of green, and then there's that big yellow patches every 576 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: every once in a while, and east sides of the hills. Okay, 577 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: maybe there's some aspens in there that the elk are 578 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: gonna hang out and bed in and and might enjoy 579 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: a little more riparian area in there. Okay, that that's 580 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: got some of the things that I might be looking for. 581 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: And just being able to preview that area and get 582 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: good sense of what you're going to go into, and 583 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 1: then compare that to how your online scouting went and 584 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: just kind of see as much of the unit or 585 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: as much of the potential areas you've outlined as possible 586 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: to get a good feel for it. Some of it 587 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 1: might just come down to, man, this spot looks good, 588 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: this spot feels good. This is where I'm going to 589 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,719 Speaker 1: focus my energy. And it's a lot better to do 590 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: once you actually set foot in the area. Now, the 591 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: final step in this scouting or previewing is you also 592 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: have to adapt to what you find. The best laid 593 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: plans do change, and you've got to adapt to some 594 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: real time data, but also don't discount what you learned 595 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: and what you saw. So it's good to have a plan, 596 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 1: pick a spot, and then hunt it. The amount of 597 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: time you stay in one area really just depends on 598 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 1: the type of terrain. And I get asked the question 599 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: all the time, well when do I move? The answer is, really, 600 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: do you believe you've covered it? If you feel like 601 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: you've covered it, then yeah, clearly move on and maybe 602 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: check one of the other spots you've outlined, or try 603 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: another area. But what time is invested in Do you 604 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 1: have enough time to go somewhere else? And also is 605 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: there something that you haven't seen? If it's just this 606 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: wide open area and you think you look at it 607 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 1: and you've spent two days there and haven't seen anything, 608 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: you go, if there was something here, I would see it, 609 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: then by all means, then it's time to move. We 610 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: also want to take the information you get while previewing, 611 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: while scouting, and then compare it to your home plan 612 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: and exactly what you see. And then once you've got 613 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: that from scouting, you've got Okay, I found deer in 614 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 1: this canyon, I've got elk in this other canyon. I've 615 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 1: got a good glassing spot here. Now you're gonna take 616 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: that and create your hunt plan. Now that could happen 617 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: if you're previewing the area, You're going to do that 618 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 1: in the first day. If you've got time to scout, 619 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: you're gonna do it. After you've scouted, you might not 620 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: see what you're looking for, so you might have to 621 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: readjust remake an online plan map scouting, and then when 622 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: you get back to the area in the season, you 623 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 1: might have to preview and find a new place. But 624 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: with that on the ground information, that's how I normally 625 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: form my hunt plan for when the season actually happens. 626 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 1: Just a few tips for making these plans. If you've 627 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 1: got time to scout early, what I like to do 628 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 1: is I'll scout early, and then I'll try to extrapolate, like, okay, 629 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,600 Speaker 1: from what I see now to when the season is 630 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 1: going to be, where am I going to put myself 631 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 1: in a good position when I show up, and then 632 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: focus on those areas. If I don't have a lot 633 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,240 Speaker 1: of time to hunt early, but I'm gonna be, let's say, 634 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 1: hunting from opening day on. If I'm hunting opening day, 635 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: I like to have one or two days before the 636 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 1: season to kind of figure out where I want to 637 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: be opening morning, especially if it's a general area and 638 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: there's a lot of pressure. If I'm showing up mid season, 639 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: that's not so much the case where I would then 640 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: just say I'm showing up mid season, I've got five 641 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: or seven days to hunt. I'm gonna hunt all those 642 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 1: days during the season, and I'm gonna take that first 643 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: day I show up in the area to just get 644 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 1: an idea the lay of the land, understand where some 645 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: of the roads go, and figure out how to get 646 00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: to the spots that I outlined at home. One thing 647 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: that you really want to look for or like pay 648 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: attention to, is you don't want to worry about what 649 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: else might be out there. I think everybody can be 650 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: guilty of this. Once you've you've picked a spot, you've 651 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: made a plan, kind of trust that in some ways 652 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: and don't start chasing your tail. I'm guilty of it 653 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: as much as most, maybe sometimes more. But in those 654 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: previews and in those scoutings, like, oh, this looks like 655 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 1: a good spot. That looks like a good spot, and 656 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: have all these good spots, and while I'm hunting in 657 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: an area, thinking about all the other spots. I know, 658 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 1: sometimes it's better just to if you're in a spot 659 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 1: and it looks good and the data that you found 660 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 1: while scouting and previewing everything looked good about it, you know, 661 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 1: don't necessarily start thinking about all the other places. Focusing 662 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: on the place you're at, hunt it, and then once 663 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: you've ruled it out as a good spot, then move on. Also, 664 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 1: as your previewing areas and scouting areas, like scouting, you 665 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 1: cover a lot of country and you look at a 666 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 1: lot of land, but you look at a lot of 667 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: country and land at non prim time times, So you 668 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: might be glassing in one spot in the morning and 669 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: glassing in another spot in the evening, but throughout the 670 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 1: middle of the day you're looking over a ton of 671 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: country that you aren't seeing anything in. And sometimes we 672 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: get in our mind that, oh, those areas didn't have anything. 673 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: I didn't see anything there. Oh I spent hours there 674 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 1: and didn't see a single animal. But you also didn't 675 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,480 Speaker 1: see a single animal because it was not a good 676 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 1: time to look for animals. So one thing you want 677 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,720 Speaker 1: to try to avoid it, whether you're scouting or previewing 678 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: an area, is to not discount good looking areas based 679 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: on looking at them at non prime times, by formulating 680 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 1: a plan at home and then actually getting into the field. Now, 681 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: if you can do it ahead of time, that's great 682 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: and scout it out, or whether you just have a 683 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: little bit of time during your hunt to preview a 684 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: lot of the areas, you're gonna be well on your 685 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 1: way to being more successful. That way, you've got a 686 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: good idea and a good grasp of the unit where 687 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 1: you have your tag, and you've got a good plan 688 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,880 Speaker 1: and play ace that can then be executed based on 689 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: some real time information from the information you have while scouting, 690 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 1: or even just the information you have while previewing the 691 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 1: areas that you previously outlined at home. I hope that 692 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,280 Speaker 1: that helps everybody get their mind around maybe some planning 693 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 1: some scouting trips this summer, or even just when you've 694 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: got a new tag for a new area in your pocket, 695 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,520 Speaker 1: kind of how to approach going into that area and 696 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 1: executing a plan based on what you've kind of found 697 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 1: at home, and then getting in there and just really 698 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: giving it a good look over and seeing what looks 699 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,800 Speaker 1: the best to you. I hope everybody is doing well 700 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 1: amidst the whole COVID thing. I think if you're anything 701 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: like me, you've got a little cooped up feeling and 702 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 1: you're ready to just get out. I actually just got 703 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,719 Speaker 1: back from a short little turkey hunt. It was a 704 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,319 Speaker 1: lot of fun. I haven't been around in the springtime 705 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,919 Speaker 1: turkey hunt for a very long time, so because I've 706 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: been in New Zealand or Australia, I've kind of I've actually, 707 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,040 Speaker 1: i think it's been probably close to a let and 708 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:04,360 Speaker 1: or eleven years since I've experienced a full spring, so 709 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 1: it's interesting to me, like I've i haven't really chased 710 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 1: turkeys in a very long time because I haven't been 711 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 1: around in the springtime. But it was a lot of fun. 712 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: I end up getting a pretty decent tom the first day, 713 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,799 Speaker 1: and then I was on some like agricultural land down 714 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:21,799 Speaker 1: in the bottoms for private stuff. And then I went 715 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:23,720 Speaker 1: up in the mountains and tried to find some birds 716 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,319 Speaker 1: up there, but they were signed. They just I don't 717 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 1: know if it was the weather moving in or what, 718 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,360 Speaker 1: they just really shut up and I didn't want to 719 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,879 Speaker 1: cooperate up there. So it was a lot of fun. 720 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 1: It was cool. It was great to to have some 721 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,560 Speaker 1: turkey hunting action while I was feeling pretty cooped up, 722 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:42,319 Speaker 1: pretty penned up. So yeah, I think I'm looking forward 723 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 1: to next week. I want to do a Q and A. 724 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,040 Speaker 1: I've got a bunch of questions lined up, and I 725 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,279 Speaker 1: know that there will be more coming in. So what 726 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,239 Speaker 1: I'll do is I just kind of try to keep 727 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,799 Speaker 1: as many of the questions. I look through them as 728 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,600 Speaker 1: well and say, oh, here's here's a common question and 729 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 1: try to answer those. So if I don't answer your 730 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,919 Speaker 1: specific question, and hopefully I'll answer your question through someone 731 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,600 Speaker 1: else's question or what have you. So feel free to 732 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 1: keep shooting those over. You can send them to Remy 733 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: at the meat Eater dot com, or you can send 734 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:14,839 Speaker 1: them to my Instagram at Remy Warren and a lot 735 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 1: of those ones that the at Remy Warren. If I 736 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 1: can't answer them on the podcast, I'll try to shoot 737 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 1: your message back if I can, or or answer them 738 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,600 Speaker 1: in some ways some form, some shape, or maybe it'll 739 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 1: just give me an idea for a podcast topic in 740 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:32,799 Speaker 1: the future. So yeah, I'm really excited to hear what 741 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,279 Speaker 1: you guys got going on. Maybe some tags you draw, 742 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 1: if you draw some good tags, or you've got hunts 743 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:41,480 Speaker 1: planned or whatever. Shoot me, shoot me messages, send me whatever. 744 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,360 Speaker 1: I'd love to see that kind of stuff. And if 745 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,200 Speaker 1: you've got some had some Spring success. I've got a 746 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,120 Speaker 1: ton of people that have taken some of the bear 747 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:51,799 Speaker 1: advice out in Canada and in the US and been 748 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,800 Speaker 1: successful with it. Some people that have struggled hunting bears 749 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,360 Speaker 1: and said, hey, the tips that you gave on the 750 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,040 Speaker 1: Spring Bear hunting. So I just I love to hear 751 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 1: the success store rais or even just maybe something new 752 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:06,000 Speaker 1: that you're trying after listening to some of these podcasts. 753 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,520 Speaker 1: So I really appreciate you guys. Thank you very much. Also, 754 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 1: if you feel the urge or feel the need, or 755 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: if you listen, I don't know where everybody listens, it 756 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:15,960 Speaker 1: would be nice to know. If you you can always 757 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,879 Speaker 1: just tell me where you're listening from, whether it be 758 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:22,720 Speaker 1: Apple or Stitcher or whatever. But if you're on those 759 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:26,399 Speaker 1: apps or platforms, feel free to subscribe to it, give 760 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 1: it a rating, give it a comment, share it with 761 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,239 Speaker 1: a friend. Maybe there's some topics, so are certain ones 762 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:33,520 Speaker 1: you like. Send it to a buddy that you're gonna 763 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:35,360 Speaker 1: be hunting with so he knows what you know. And 764 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,480 Speaker 1: then you guys can be a more successful team together. 765 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:42,080 Speaker 1: So until next week, keep on scouting