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Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days

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Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard

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Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer

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Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren.

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Speaker 1: This is Cutting the Distance. Welcome back to the podcast everyone.

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Speaker 1: I am currently podcasting from a small cabin in the mountains.

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Speaker 1: It's got a tin roof and it's been pretty rainy,

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Speaker 1: so this is the rainy day Q and A. If

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Speaker 1: you hear a little pitter pattern noise, that's it's because

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Speaker 1: decided to give it a go. Do the podcast with

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Speaker 1: the rain. And whether you hear it or not, I don't.

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Speaker 1: I won't really know until afterwards. But it's always nice

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Speaker 1: Maybe we'll just have to sub that in with sound effects.

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Speaker 1: We've been doing that summer prep series and that kind

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Speaker 1: of sort of came to a close because I just

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Speaker 1: had the things that you could focus on to get

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Speaker 1: you better this summer. If you missed that, seriously, go

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Speaker 1: back and listen to some of that, a ton of

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Speaker 1: great response on the archery stuff. I gave a lot

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Speaker 1: of great practical practice tips. A lot of people, um

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Speaker 1: rifle stuff. So I think that those are a huge

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Speaker 1: value add to your repertoire of skills to to practice

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Speaker 1: to those or haven't listened to them, encourage you to

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Speaker 1: do it. Now. This week, what we want to do

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Speaker 1: is we're gonna jump into our Q and A and

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Speaker 1: and as I say every Q and A every week,

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Speaker 1: I really enjoy the questions that come in because it

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Speaker 1: And a lot of questions came in about archery stuff,

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Speaker 1: especially after last week's podcast, So we'll go through some

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Speaker 1: of that, and then we're going to touch on a

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Speaker 1: little uh kind of topics ranging from everything antelope, mountain goat,

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Speaker 1: some archery, and some rifle tips. So a little bit

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Speaker 1: This first question comes from Mike. He says, Hi, Remmy,

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Speaker 1: I'm really enjoying the podcast, A great way for an

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Speaker 1: adult onset hunter like myself to catch up. Wondering if

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Speaker 1: you can help with picking a broadhead that's economical enough

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Speaker 1: to practice within the off season, but good enough quality

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Speaker 1: willing to buy an extra pack just for practice, but

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Speaker 1: one to minimize the heartache and losing one practicing tricky shots. Also,

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Speaker 1: do you think the practice heads like the G five

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Speaker 1: brand include are helpful? Thanks Mike. That's a great question

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Speaker 1: because last week I talked about practicing with your broadheads

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Speaker 1: before the season, and one thing that broadhead practice and

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Speaker 1: something that I didn't mention, is it can be expensive,

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Speaker 1: especially if you lose an arrow hit another arrow. Whatever

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Speaker 1: what I suggest, um the broadheads I use. I I've

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Speaker 1: So it's good that you mentioned those ones because I

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Speaker 1: use the mom text. I'm I'm a big proponent of

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Speaker 1: fixed blade broadheads. There are a lot of the places

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Speaker 1: that I hunt you can't hunt with mechanical broadheads, so

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Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of fixed blade broadheads. I personally

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Speaker 1: one of my favorite broadheads is the G five mom text,

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Speaker 1: which are just solid steel broadhead. And now they've got them,

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Speaker 1: like a diamond stone that I sharpened my broadheads with,

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Speaker 1: so you can practice with those off season and then

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Speaker 1: Some other really great options for practice broadheads would just

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Speaker 1: because you can fix the blades or they're just durable enough. Now,

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Speaker 1: that's doing is that you're checking the arrow because if

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Speaker 1: you even with your like you shoot a close group

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Speaker 1: that arrow is getting thrown by the bow, the arrow

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Speaker 1: does flex. Now, if there's something wrong with the arrow

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Speaker 1: the arrow could potentially break and that could send that

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Speaker 1: Pretty much every time I grab my arrows, I at

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Speaker 1: least flex them, and as I'm walking back to the

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Speaker 1: You don't want to continue pushing and trying to use

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Speaker 1: saved yourself a possible world of hurt. So that's something

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Speaker 1: from Alexander. He says, archery question for the podcast, what

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Speaker 1: while in the field on a multi day hunt, storage

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Speaker 1: used everything. I think a long super long stabilize there

432
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,679
Speaker 1: is great in some instances, but kind of heavy and

433
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,399
Speaker 1: hard to use in others. So for mountain hunting, I

434
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 1: like I prefer just a short, small stabilizer. That's the

435
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,399
Speaker 1: setup that I run with. I think it lends itself

436
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,479
Speaker 1: to hunting scenarios and being stealthy and moving and and

437
00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,359
Speaker 1: giving me still enough stabilization that I can make an

438
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 1: effective good shot. Number three, how big of a difference

439
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,520
Speaker 1: do expensive arrows make? And are they worth the extra costs?

440
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,320
Speaker 1: I over the years have thought, okay, you know, get

441
00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:35,320
Speaker 1: the little bit cheaper arrows and go with that. And

442
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,080
Speaker 1: I've realized that yes, the more expensive arrows. I wouldn't

443
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,320
Speaker 1: say the more expensive arrows make a difference, but higher

444
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,159
Speaker 1: quality arrows make a huge difference. Your output is going

445
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,320
Speaker 1: to be the consistency of your input. So if you

446
00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,840
Speaker 1: have an arrow or a set of arrows that is

447
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 1: not the same like no, no, two things are really

448
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,680
Speaker 1: technically ever the same, but you're just trying to get

449
00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,600
Speaker 1: that margin of sameness small enough to where you don't

450
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,640
Speaker 1: really notice the difference. So if you've got two arrows

451
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,600
Speaker 1: that are not the same. So when you release that arrow,

452
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,760
Speaker 1: like even if you're doing everything right, that arrow is

453
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,159
Speaker 1: gonna fly different. And what I like to do is

454
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:16,800
Speaker 1: just have a setup that my margin of error decreases,

455
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,679
Speaker 1: and so that means making everything similar. I recently just

456
00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,199
Speaker 1: started shooting day six eras and I noticed, like with

457
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,920
Speaker 1: those arrows over the ones that I was shooting before,

458
00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,000
Speaker 1: Like immediately right out of the box, before I even

459
00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,840
Speaker 1: recited it, my groups were almost half as tight as

460
00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:39,359
Speaker 1: they were with the arrows as previously shooting. And so

461
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,000
Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, that just right there, without even changing

462
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,040
Speaker 1: the tune, without anything, just the difference in a higher

463
00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:50,000
Speaker 1: quality arrow than I've been shooting made me shoot better.

464
00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,880
Speaker 1: And then I noticed, Okay, as I've been shooting them more,

465
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,120
Speaker 1: as I go out to further ranges, I'm a lot

466
00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 1: more accurate. And that extra accuracy just adds more confidence.

467
00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,040
Speaker 1: It really allows you to know, Okay, my setups running right,

468
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,960
Speaker 1: I can make a more confident shot because nothing messes

469
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,119
Speaker 1: with your head more than when you know you're holding

470
00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 1: on the bowl and the arrow goes two inches to

471
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,679
Speaker 1: the right or left. Then you just chalk it up

472
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: to you shooting poorly where it might be you know

473
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,760
Speaker 1: that arrow what I've done in the past two Before

474
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,520
Speaker 1: I go hunting, I'll take if I buy a dozen

475
00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 1: arrows and shoot all the arrows and I number them,

476
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 1: so I'll try to number them and then keep tracking

477
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,639
Speaker 1: your phone. So you got number one through twelve or whatever.

478
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 1: You just mark them in a certain way and then

479
00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 1: decide which arrows shoot most like the other arrows. So

480
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,240
Speaker 1: you can shoot a group of one through three and

481
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,760
Speaker 1: then is there one that was a flyer or whatever?

482
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,359
Speaker 1: And then pull that one out and okay, are the

483
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,159
Speaker 1: other two still close together and one is different? And

484
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,199
Speaker 1: really out of those twelve or even just like a

485
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 1: dozen arrows that you buy, narrowing it down and saying

486
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,760
Speaker 1: which are the six that shoot most like each other?

487
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,640
Speaker 1: Then I practice with those arrows, and then I take

488
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,680
Speaker 1: those arrows hunting, and I kind of like have an

489
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,240
Speaker 1: arrow that I think is my favorite through practice. I

490
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 1: don't know, man, if that's weird, but it's like this

491
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 1: arrow seems to be the one that every time I

492
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,800
Speaker 1: shoot it hits the bulls eye and then the rest

493
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,040
Speaker 1: are right in there. So that's my first arrow in

494
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,040
Speaker 1: the quiver and it's kind of a methodical approach, but

495
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 1: I think a lot of successful hunters do that. You know,

496
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,000
Speaker 1: once you start shooting through those arrows, yeah, you've got

497
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,560
Speaker 1: some others that might not fly the same, but that's

498
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,560
Speaker 1: just part of it. Like, it's a super expensive to

499
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,440
Speaker 1: keep buying arrows, so you end up using those other ones.

500
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,800
Speaker 1: But for the most part, you can go a long

501
00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 1: time with those those key most accurate arrows. They are

502
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 1: most like the others, and so by getting those better

503
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 1: quality arrows, there's a lot less difference. When I had

504
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 1: poor quality arrows, I might have a dozen arrows and

505
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,920
Speaker 1: three would fly where I wanted, and then the other

506
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,879
Speaker 1: ones were kind of more erratic, and you try to

507
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,720
Speaker 1: pair those up and match them up. But getting like

508
00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: a better arrow makes a big difference. Also, I'm talking

509
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,600
Speaker 1: a lot about this, but arrows and broadheads are like

510
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,880
Speaker 1: the number one questions I get, so I think it's

511
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 1: worth taking a little bit of time. You really have

512
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,280
Speaker 1: to get an arrow that shoots well for your bow.

513
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,360
Speaker 1: I was guilty of this in the past, thinking like, man,

514
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 1: I don't like this new bow because I would have

515
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,720
Speaker 1: a dozen arrows left and I would get a new

516
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,679
Speaker 1: bow or something, and then I would just shoot the

517
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,120
Speaker 1: arrows that I had from my other bow for that bow.

518
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 1: That's crazy thinking, you know, if you think about it,

519
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,879
Speaker 1: like how many people have a right Like you have

520
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,359
Speaker 1: a rifle and you're gonna go to the range and

521
00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,240
Speaker 1: there's certain amo that just does not shoot well out

522
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,920
Speaker 1: of that gun. Same with bows. You need an arrow

523
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 1: that has the right spine for that speed and the

524
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,000
Speaker 1: right length and the right weight, and it maybe that

525
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,720
Speaker 1: bow shoots it a little bit different. It's just kind

526
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 1: of hard because you can't test a bunch of arrows

527
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,119
Speaker 1: without going into a big investment. So I I that's

528
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:50,960
Speaker 1: probably out of the option. But I would say that

529
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: you need to make sure that if you get a

530
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,560
Speaker 1: new setup or start shooting a new poundage, you have

531
00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,400
Speaker 1: an arrow that's spine and wait and everything is wrecked

532
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 1: for that bow and that set up, and that's key.

533
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,000
Speaker 1: And if you do have a setup that's not shooting, well,

534
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 1: maybe you might have to think about, you know, getting

535
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 1: a higher quality arrow, getting a different arrow, um, but

536
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 1: just having an arrow that matches the type of setup

537
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: is huge. You don't want to underspine, you don't want

538
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 1: to overspine, and with the spine is just like pretty

539
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,399
Speaker 1: much the stiffness of the arrow, and different weights and

540
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,719
Speaker 1: different draw lengths are gonna need different types of flex

541
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,639
Speaker 1: in that arrow because when you release, you want that

542
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 1: arrow to flex correctly so it stabilizes quickly and is

543
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:38,200
Speaker 1: more accurate. Okay, this next question comes from Mitchell. I'm

544
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: just gonna kind of summarize the first party he talked about.

545
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 1: He lives at More East. He came out west for

546
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: an elk hunt that was successful on his first elk

547
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,399
Speaker 1: hunt and was by himself. He's got some friends coming

548
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,400
Speaker 1: out this year on the same hunt, so he's kind

549
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,880
Speaker 1: of gonna be He's the guy with experience and kind

550
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,200
Speaker 1: of wants these guys to have a good trip be successful.

551
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 1: But also he notices when he's hunting with someone, things

552
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,640
Speaker 1: seem to move more slowly. They're definitely louder, they take

553
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 1: longer to make a move, etcetera. So his question is

554
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 1: any tips on being more efficient and effective with strategizing

555
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: and making important decisions when hunting with your buddies. That's

556
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,879
Speaker 1: a great question, and that's something that I've talked about

557
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,199
Speaker 1: a lot as far as I do a lot of

558
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 1: solo hunting, and the thing that I really enjoy about

559
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: hunting alone is the fact of instantaneous decision making. As

560
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 1: a guide, you know, people are are coming to me

561
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,159
Speaker 1: to make decisions, so I get used to taking charge

562
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 1: and making those decisions and just doing the decisions. Like

563
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,040
Speaker 1: I hunt for myself and alone. But I do not

564
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,080
Speaker 1: do that when I'm hunting with friends. When I'm hunting

565
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,920
Speaker 1: with friends, decision making takes a long time. You're wondering

566
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 1: what the other person wants to do, this, that, and

567
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 1: the other thing, and sometimes that costs you opportune moments

568
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 1: of success. But I also, when I'm hunting with friends,

569
00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,160
Speaker 1: don't like to act as guide. People might say what

570
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 1: should I do, and I might offer a suggestion, but

571
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 1: it's more of a nonchalant suggestion because I want people

572
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 1: to enjoy the hunt and make their own decisions. And

573
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 1: and then afterwards I'm always like, oh, this is what

574
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 1: I would have done, and then they're like, well, why

575
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,959
Speaker 1: didn't you say that? But you know, I'm here as

576
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 1: a friend, not as a guide. But I do think

577
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 1: that there is a happy medium between that going back

578
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 1: and forth, because you're always second guessing yourself and everybody

579
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 1: has their own ways of making decisions. I think that

580
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,240
Speaker 1: one of the best ways to do it is before

581
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 1: you go into the situation and say, okay, like who's

582
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:36,360
Speaker 1: going to be hunting, like who's up, who's up to bat,

583
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 1: who's going to be stalking this animal? What say you

584
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: spotted something, or even just going to a spot. I

585
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 1: think that it's kind of a it's a trade off thing,

586
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 1: but kind of having set up. Okay, if I'm the

587
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 1: one going in and the stocking and I want to

588
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 1: make the decisions, then you make the decisions. Now, if

589
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 1: that person wants some kind of advice, then you know,

590
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 1: offer your advice. And I just think that it's one

591
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: of those things that, yes, hunting with other people has

592
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: its drawbacks. It's harder to make decisions, it's louder, it's whatever,

593
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,720
Speaker 1: but there are certain instances where it's better, and especially

594
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 1: l hunting. You've got a guy calling, you've got a

595
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 1: guy you know in position to shoot, you can trade

596
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,800
Speaker 1: off on that. And I just think that that's something

597
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,360
Speaker 1: that you've got to work out with yourselves, kind of

598
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: ahead of time, but also in the field, and then

599
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 1: you just got to understand that there's moments that like

600
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 1: things are not going to go right, but when things

601
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: don't go right and you're by yourself, you have no

602
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 1: one to blame but yourself. When things don't go right

603
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 1: and you have and you're with other people, the tendency

604
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 1: is to blame those other people. So I honestly think

605
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 1: the best way to deal with it is, no matter

606
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: what happens, when it goes wrong, don't immediately blame the

607
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,280
Speaker 1: other person. And I think that that is key to

608
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:50,120
Speaker 1: hunting with people and having a good time and remaining successful,

609
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 1: because when somebody then gets something goes wrong and you

610
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 1: kind of get put down or like, oh man, if

611
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 1: you would have done this, then the demeanor kind of

612
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,640
Speaker 1: like their decision making in your decision making. You become

613
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 1: slower at making decisions because you're afraid of the outcome.

614
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 1: And I think you just like I've done this for years.

615
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: Is like when you're hunting with people, When you're hunting

616
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 1: with friends, things don't go right, things don't go right

617
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,640
Speaker 1: when you're by yourself, but you just kind of know

618
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,240
Speaker 1: that you messed up and you move on. I think

619
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: it's just like you just have to understand that when

620
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,360
Speaker 1: things don't go right, that's just how it is, and

621
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 1: that keeps the decision making a lot faster, so nobody's

622
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: afraid of making the wrong decision because in the moment,

623
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: the decision you make is the one that you think

624
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 1: is the best. It will either work out or it won't.

625
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 1: And if it doesn't move on, that doesn't mean you

626
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,840
Speaker 1: don't make decisions in the future. That doesn't mean anything.

627
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: It just means that time it didn't work out. And

628
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 1: understanding that makes the whole process smoother over time. And

629
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,240
Speaker 1: that's just something. Hunting with people. That's why, like, hunting

630
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: partners are some of the hardest things to find. I mean,

631
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 1: it's it's like I have a group of people that

632
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: I hunt with like and it's my dad, my brother,

633
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 1: and maybe two or three friends, and that's it. It's

634
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 1: very difficult to find people that are compatible in a

635
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 1: certain way in those high pressure situations that kind of

636
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 1: make the trip more enjoyable. I don't enjoy just hunting

637
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,480
Speaker 1: with anyone as a guide. You really learn to get

638
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,719
Speaker 1: along with a bunch of different types. But on my

639
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: own personal hunts, there's certain people that I want to

640
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 1: hunt with and it's because we we have an understanding

641
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,560
Speaker 1: and we hunt well together and hunt really well as

642
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 1: a team. And we're more successful sometimes hunting together than

643
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: alone because you do have you have more eyes, you

644
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 1: have more help, you have a lot of things. So

645
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: hunting with other people can be great. You just have

646
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 1: to understand ways to work around and make those decisions.

647
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 1: A lot less of back and forth and more of

648
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 1: a cohesive thing. So a little bit of team building.

649
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: Do some trustfuls in camp. I don't know. C J says, Hey,

650
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 1: I listen to Cutting the Distance today and heard you're

651
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 1: doing Q and A episode. I would love some tips

652
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 1: and tactics on spot and stock antelope hunting and Outhern

653
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: Colorado is rattlesnake country and most of the landscape is

654
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 1: pretty barren with little to no vegetation. We've gone the

655
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,239
Speaker 1: last four years and seen a lot of game, just

656
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 1: cannot get close enough to get an ethical shot. I

657
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 1: would love to put one down this August. Thanks for

658
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 1: your help. This is a great question, and I think

659
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,720
Speaker 1: that it lends itself to a lot of different not

660
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 1: just antelope hunting scenarios, but a lot of different hunting

661
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:29,720
Speaker 1: scenarios in general. You know, antelope live out in some

662
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: really open country. They your eyes are their key defense,

663
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 1: and where they have that key defenses where most of

664
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 1: the antelope are gonna be, So you're gonna see a lot,

665
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: but like he says you, it might be very hard

666
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: to get close. What I do is I hunt in

667
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 1: a way that lends itself to giving me a slight advantage.

668
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 1: So for antelope, for instance, because they see so well

669
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 1: and live in really flat terrain, I know the ones

670
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 1: that live out in the just pure flat are probably

671
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 1: going to be pretty dang safe. Now there are ways

672
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: around it, crawling very very long distances. I have been

673
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,759
Speaker 1: successful sneaking up on antelope. I've actually crawled up on

674
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,319
Speaker 1: antelope in a wide open field using a gilly suit.

675
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 1: But when it comes time to shoot, you know, you

676
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 1: that's the trouble is as soon as you get up

677
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,760
Speaker 1: to make a shot, they can see nearly behind their heads,

678
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 1: so that makes it a little bit difficult. But I

679
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: would say, you know, may start focusing on areas that

680
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: don't have as many antelope but have more of the

681
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:33,280
Speaker 1: terrain where you can trick their eyes. Some more broken country,

682
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,480
Speaker 1: there's gonna be fewer animals in it, right, You might

683
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 1: spend more time looking, might be harder to hunt, but

684
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,840
Speaker 1: when you do see one, your odds of success for

685
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,600
Speaker 1: getting close and getting a shot are better. So just

686
00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 1: because there's an area with a lot of animals doesn't

687
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 1: necessarily mean that that's where you should hunt. Now another

688
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 1: thing would be changing your tactics. There's a place that

689
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: I hunt antelope where yeah it's open, there's great bucks,

690
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 1: but good luck sneaking on one. So what I do

691
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,840
Speaker 1: in those scenarios is I find water holes and choose

692
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 1: to hunt that way where I've got a blind set up,

693
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,359
Speaker 1: I'm sitting the water hole or maybe um, well, because

694
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 1: it's August, you know, the ruts not really kicked in,

695
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 1: so the decoy thing doesn't really work as well. But

696
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 1: you know, changing your tactics and changing your location, so

697
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 1: you're hunting for a way that you can get closer

698
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 1: opportunities as opposed to just hunting for the animal because

699
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: you'll get you You'll spend a lot of time hunting

700
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: in areas that are going to be very difficult to

701
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 1: make a stock, or you can focus on those areas

702
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:31,880
Speaker 1: where you aren't gonna see as many You're gonna have

703
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: as many opportunities, but the opportunities you do have will

704
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 1: be more successful. And that goes for every kind of hunting.

705
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 1: Just because the animals like a certain place doesn't mean

706
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,879
Speaker 1: that that's the best place to chase them. You've got

707
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 1: to really pick and choose your things that you want

708
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:49,240
Speaker 1: to compete against. Now there's also the option of try

709
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: the long crawl. I've snuck up on antelope in the

710
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 1: wide open by crawling for like over a mile. But man,

711
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 1: does it hurt your knees and neck and everything gets sore.

712
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 1: And you can only do so many of those a day,

713
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,279
Speaker 1: And most of the time, by the time you even

714
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: get close, the antalope have just naturally moved off. So

715
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 1: it's just way more opportunity if you choose the area

716
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:14,880
Speaker 1: that you hunt a little bit differently. We'll jump on

717
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 1: a couple of rifle questions, so this one is Hey man,

718
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: love the podcast, Thanks for the awesome free content. I

719
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 1: have a question for your Q and A. I drew

720
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 1: a Colorado do Analop tag for December and plan to

721
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,280
Speaker 1: hunt over the counter elk during the second rifle season.

722
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 1: I shoot a seven millimeter rim mag What is a

723
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 1: maximum yardage I should be practicing at? Is five yards

724
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 1: too much of a stretch? If I can shoot consistently

725
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:41,960
Speaker 1: at that distance I think, uh no, I think that's yards.

726
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 1: If you are practicing regularly, that at that, especially for antelope,

727
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,440
Speaker 1: is definitely not too far. You know, elk, that's about

728
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: the limit that I would like to shoot normally. I'd

729
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,799
Speaker 1: prefer a thirty cow, but just because a little bit

730
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: more weight retention and that bullet a little bit more

731
00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:01,319
Speaker 1: speed with a heavy bullet. But seven millimeter, yes, you can.

732
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 1: You can definitely be lethal out to that distance. But

733
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 1: I would always encourage you to try to get closer.

734
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,240
Speaker 1: I said this with the archery thing last Year's okay,

735
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 1: just because you practice it this far range and that

736
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 1: would be your maximum range. Some people get to that

737
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: range and say, okay, now I can shoot. But if

738
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 1: you get to that range, you know you really have

739
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,320
Speaker 1: to think, Okay, can I just get a hundred yards closer?

740
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 1: Can I get two hundred yards closer? The answers of

741
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 1: the time yes, and if you can do it, because

742
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 1: you know, you just have like a lot better chance

743
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 1: of success and be more successful at that. But I

744
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 1: would say that for all intents and purposes, that's not

745
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 1: too far of a range. I think that that's pretty

746
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: much where I kind of cap myself as that five

747
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,400
Speaker 1: hundred yards max, I have actually shot things further, but

748
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,360
Speaker 1: that's not really what I strive to do. I just

749
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: try to get, you know, as close as possible. So

750
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:56,240
Speaker 1: I hope that answers that this one comes from Louis.

751
00:37:56,280 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 1: He says, Hi, remmy listening to episode right now. My

752
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 1: question isn't archeruated. I just got a new Christians and

753
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,879
Speaker 1: ridgeline is my first rifle with a break on it. Well,

754
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,800
Speaker 1: putting tape on the muzzle to keep moisture and debris

755
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,680
Speaker 1: out change the effectiveness of the muzzle break. Do you

756
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,439
Speaker 1: recommend doing this and if so, what kind of tape? Thanks.

757
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 1: That's a great question, and I know I actually really

758
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,800
Speaker 1: suggest people hunt with muzzle brakes for a lot of reasons.

759
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: I hunt by myself a lot. It takes a jump

760
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:26,799
Speaker 1: out of the rifle, so I can actually see the

761
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,280
Speaker 1: impact a little bit better, so it makes me shoot

762
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 1: better as well because there's less recoil. And I like

763
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,800
Speaker 1: the light rifles, so I think that that's a great

764
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,839
Speaker 1: combination to have a muzzle brake. But you know, in

765
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 1: the later in the season, especially if you're walking through trees,

766
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 1: you've got that break on as you brush up against

767
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,480
Speaker 1: things that actually funnels more stuff into the barrel. I

768
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:50,520
Speaker 1: personally generally have a rifle like a the solo hunter

769
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 1: rifle covers on my gun, and I've just got so

770
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 1: used to that that it protects the scope and the

771
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,680
Speaker 1: barrel and all that stuff. It's really good, but it's

772
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,880
Speaker 1: also you know, I take it all and certain instances

773
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,760
Speaker 1: what I'm carrying and thinking I'm going to get close

774
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: to things I don't. I like to be ready at

775
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 1: all times as well, so I have covered the break.

776
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 1: You know, that's one thing. You know, just shoot it

777
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: and see at the range. Every gun is a little

778
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,879
Speaker 1: bit different. You shouldn't really have any problems. Electrical tape

779
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 1: would probably work fine. I have shot a muzzle brake

780
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:23,239
Speaker 1: with electrical tape, but at longer distances, I think that

781
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 1: you'd probably want something that comes apart a little bit

782
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 1: easier I use personally, I'll just use like the finger

783
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:33,720
Speaker 1: of a latex glove. Just stretch that over and then

784
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: electrical tape the base of it, so that way as

785
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 1: the air comes out of the barrel, just blows that

786
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 1: glove apart and you don't even have to worry about it,

787
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 1: and that will not affect the accuracy of it, whereas

788
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: if you tape it might change the pressure a little

789
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: bit might probably be negligible either way. But that's what

790
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 1: I do, So I hope that helps al right. The

791
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 1: last question here, Joey says a buddy of his drew

792
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 1: mountain goat tag and could use some sage advice. He says,

793
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,440
Speaker 1: really love the content and appreciate the hard work you provide.

794
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 1: It so happens that a buddy of mind, you're a

795
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:09,240
Speaker 1: mountain goat tag in Oregan once in a lifetime tag,

796
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 1: and as you and the folks you surround yourself with

797
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 1: have much more vast history of successful hunting, I was

798
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,400
Speaker 1: curious how you might prepare for a goat hunt. This

799
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,600
Speaker 1: guy is still yet to put an elk under his

800
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 1: belt despite hunting them for fifteen years, so he hopes

801
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,240
Speaker 1: karmas on his side. Yeah. So, you know, with every

802
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:29,799
Speaker 1: new species you hunt, there are things that are different. Um,

803
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: there are things that are different about a mountain goat

804
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,600
Speaker 1: hunt that are different challenges than an elk hunt. And

805
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,240
Speaker 1: now I'm not sure exactly what area he has or whatever,

806
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 1: but I'm having guided quite a few goat hunts in

807
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 1: Montana and I've actually drew my first goat tag myself

808
00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:47,279
Speaker 1: last year, got to hunt in Kodiak. Goat hunting, for

809
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:50,840
Speaker 1: the most part, is not generally hard to find the animals,

810
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 1: so it's like elk hunting is mostly the challenges finding

811
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 1: the actual animal. Goats like steep habitat. You find that

812
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,200
Speaker 1: steep habitat, they're probably gonna be on it, or a

813
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 1: white animal that stands out, so you know you're gonna

814
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 1: want good optics, but you're gonna really want that physical

815
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: conditioning because mountain goats live in some rugged, rough terrain

816
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,319
Speaker 1: and the challenge of goat hunting necessarily isn't finding them

817
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 1: all the time, but actually having the persistent ability to

818
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,719
Speaker 1: keep going after them and get to where they live.

819
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 1: And that's really the challenge. Now. You also, I would

820
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 1: work on my shooting because shooting it further distances might

821
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,719
Speaker 1: be the difference between being successfully not because getting on

822
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: the same hill as them and making a stock might

823
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,840
Speaker 1: be actually pretty hard, or you might be shooting across canyon.

824
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:37,680
Speaker 1: One of the things you're gonna want to think about

825
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 1: is you have to shoot that animal where you can

826
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:44,600
Speaker 1: retrieve it. So just being cognizant of that and having

827
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 1: the physical ability to get to where you need to go.

828
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 1: That's the kind of prep that I would do for

829
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: a goat hunt. Physical shooting, and then you know, as

830
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 1: far as gear goes, having a good set of binoculars

831
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 1: and a great spotting scope. I think the hardest part

832
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,800
Speaker 1: for people new to mount and go hunting is identifying

833
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: the difference between a billy and a nanny. Once you've

834
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: looked at them for a long time, it's like it's

835
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:10,479
Speaker 1: really apparent like a billy stands out. Nanny's don't many

836
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 1: areas you can probably shoot either a billy or a nanny,

837
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 1: just not a nanny with kids. But you know, it's

838
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,239
Speaker 1: awesome to get a billy and you don't have to

839
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:21,080
Speaker 1: worry about it potentially having you know, kids or whatever,

840
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:25,320
Speaker 1: so understanding the difference between the two. The Rocky Mountain

841
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: Go To Alliance is a great organization that has like

842
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,359
Speaker 1: this awesome video. I actually think the one I saw, Yes,

843
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,040
Speaker 1: Steve Ronell actually um did the voice over for it,

844
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 1: but uh, that's a great video. Go check out the

845
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,839
Speaker 1: Rocky Mountain Go To Alliance if you've got a goat

846
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,520
Speaker 1: tag and you want some extra info on identifying the

847
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 1: difference between the two, and once you get out there,

848
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 1: you know, really be patient, look him over and spend

849
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 1: that time. The ones that you can't get close to,

850
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:53,479
Speaker 1: really analyze with a with a good spotting scope, and

851
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to tell the difference a lot sooner.

852
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:59,279
Speaker 1: So I hope that helps. Oh actually, speaking of mountain goats,

853
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 1: that reminds me. You know, we've got a lot of

854
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: people that listen to this podcast from New Zealand, from Australia.

855
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:09,160
Speaker 1: Uh I hunt there every year and have for a

856
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:12,239
Speaker 1: better part of a decade, over a decade. I love

857
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: hunting there, and what I love hunting is tar It's

858
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 1: kind of a different management system because the animals are invasive.

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Speaker 1: That's that and the other thing. But there's a tar

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Speaker 1: coal that's planned that kind of you know, unfortunately didn't

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Speaker 1: really address hunters like they're supposed to, and they used

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Speaker 1: to just shoot nanni's and kids, females, immature males, whatever,

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Speaker 1: But they're trying to now just eradicate everything in certain areas.

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Speaker 1: There is a petition going around. You can pretty much

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Speaker 1: find it um tar Coal petition on change dot org.

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Speaker 1: So if you ever think you might want to hunt

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Speaker 1: New Zealand or live in New Zealand or whatever. That's

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Speaker 1: just kind of popped up, kind of trying to sneak

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Speaker 1: it in there. So I would highly suggest you go

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Speaker 1: over there and find that petition and just help your

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Speaker 1: fellow hunters out other places, because I think that that's

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Speaker 1: important to to support other hunters other places, whether you're

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Speaker 1: gonna tar hunt there or not. You know something that

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Speaker 1: I care a lot about. It's something that a lot

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Speaker 1: of people that listen to this podcast care a lot about,

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Speaker 1: and so we'd we'd love to help those people out.

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Speaker 1: So if you get a chance to go do that,

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Speaker 1: do that today, I'd appreciate it. I just want to

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Speaker 1: thank everybody for tuning in. We've got some awesome stuff

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Speaker 1: coming up. We're gonna talk a lot about hunting tactics

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Speaker 1: and some scouting stuff over the next month, and I

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate that I run through and read this

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Speaker 1: and I and I honestly thank you guys very much.

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Speaker 1: So that's our Q and A for the week and

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Speaker 1: until next week, keep staying sharp, see you guys,