1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light, 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: First Light, Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: Tony Peterson. 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 2: Hey, everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 2: which is brought to you by first Light. I'm your host, 8 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 2: Tony Peterson, and today's episode is all about why white 9 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: tail hunting is kind of like more of a physical 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 2: endeavor than a lot of folks believe, and what you 11 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 2: should do about that if you want to be a 12 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 2: better deer hunter. 13 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: Brilliant. 14 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 2: Look, I actually really hate doing this to you, Like 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: I honestly do. I talk a little bit about my workouts, 16 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 2: but I don't think there is anything more off putting 17 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 2: than someone who pushes that fitness narrative NonStop. Now, I 18 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: think the guys like Cam Haynes and David Goggin's gonna 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: pass on it because they are definitely like helping a 20 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 2: lot of people and that is just their role. But 21 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 2: I don't see myself that way for many reasons. But 22 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 2: I do think that getting in shape and staying there 23 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 2: has probably helped me kill more deer than anything else. 24 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 2: And I want to say this before I get going. 25 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 2: Even if you have zero desire to run, or lift weights, 26 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 2: or eat right or anything like this, I still want 27 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 2: you to listen. I think you'll at least have something 28 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 2: to consider by the time I wrap this sucker up. 29 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 2: In the interest of talking about things that almost no 30 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 2: one in this audience is actually interested in, let me 31 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 2: start this one with a shallow dive into the life 32 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 2: of a guy named Aaron Martin's. If you follow tournament 33 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 2: fishing at all, especially for bass, you might know his name, 34 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 2: but if not, you probably don't. Martins was a native 35 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 2: Californian who made a name for himself fishing Castaic Lake 36 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: with his mother during some early tournaments. Now he outgrew 37 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 2: those team tourneys with Mama Martins to eventually compete in 38 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: regional bass tournaments, and then he made it to the 39 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: big leagues, where he fished the Elite Series. His run 40 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: from nineteen ninety nine to twenty eighteen rivals the biggest 41 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 2: names in the game, including Kevin Van Dam, who is 42 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 2: considered by many to be the goat. Martin's qualified for 43 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 2: and competed in twenty bass Master Classics, which might not 44 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 2: sound like much to people who don't follow the sport, 45 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: but that's like Tom Brady level success. He won nine 46 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 2: bass Master tournaments in his career in states like California 47 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: and Alabama, Maryland, Illinois, and even New York, where on 48 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 2: Lake Champlain he made a jump from nineteenth place to 49 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 2: first in the final day of competition, which is a 50 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 2: move that is almost impossible to make at that level, 51 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: especially when you're far enough north where you're not going 52 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,119 Speaker 2: to stumble into a few fish that all individually could 53 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: tip the scales at double digits. He fished a few 54 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 2: other top series and one events in all of them 55 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 2: as well. He was the kind of guy who powerfish 56 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,399 Speaker 2: but also just brought the heat when it was time 57 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 2: to downsize and go with finesse presentations. In other words, 58 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: he was just about as well rounded as they come. 59 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 2: But unlike a lot of fishermen, and what a lot 60 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 2: of people think about fishermen, he wasn't physically well rounded. 61 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 2: He was lean and fit. That was a joke. In 62 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 2: twenty fifteen, after taking the bass Master Angler of the 63 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 2: Year title, he is quoted in an article about his success, 64 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 2: and how he managed to amass much of it by 65 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 2: simply saying this, I'm not sure I want to share 66 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 2: one of my biggest secrets to my success. I mean, 67 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 2: I've tried to help people before with this stuff, but 68 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: they just ignore it. Exercise and diet are my cornerstones 69 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 2: to much of my success. Martin's was a runner with 70 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 2: a goal of thirty miles per week in the off 71 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: season and twenty per week when he was fishing. He'd 72 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 2: run after tournaments and during pre fishing days. He'd camp 73 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: at tournament locations to control his eating and his sleeping, 74 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 2: and his results speak for themselves. He did everything right, 75 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 2: or at least on paper. He did a whole lot 76 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 2: of stuff you should probably do, but he couldn't escape 77 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 2: the hands of fate. Three and a half years ago, 78 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: after a rough battle with brain cancer, he passed away 79 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 2: and left his wife and two children alone in the world. 80 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,839 Speaker 2: His mother is still alive as well, and I can't 81 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 2: imagine how much she misses her son and former fishing partner. 82 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 2: Now you can look at his story in one of 83 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 2: two ways. That he milked his forty nine years for 84 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 2: what he could, and he did it in a way 85 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 2: that was disciplined and worthy of a hell of a 86 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 2: lot of admiration, having flown in the lightest of fishing circles. 87 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 2: That's where he is in my mind. But you could 88 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 2: also say, well, what did all that running and eating 89 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 2: right do for him? Considering all it took was some 90 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 2: brain cells to metastasize and set him on a course 91 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 2: that no diet or exercise could compete against. Now, this 92 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 2: is a fairly common sentiment amongst people who don't want 93 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 2: to get in shape. You can always find a story 94 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 2: of the marathon runner who had a major chest graber 95 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 2: at thirty years old and say, well, if that is 96 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 2: an evidence to not exercise, I don't know, oh what is? 97 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 2: But that is a feel good coping mechanism that doesn't 98 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 2: take into account the reality of being unhealthy and the 99 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 2: far more numerous examples of what that can and usually 100 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 2: will lead a person to. So here's the thing, because 101 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 2: I feel the need to say this again, I don't 102 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 2: want to come off as preachy. I'm sick of the 103 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 2: fitness world jamming itself down everyone's throat. But I've also 104 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 2: realized something about my own hunting in my own life, 105 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 2: and that reality is this getting in shape has been 106 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 2: probably the biggest benefactor to my hunting success. That is 107 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 2: no joke. Allow me to explain, from the time I 108 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 2: actually figured out how to kill some deer with a bow, 109 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 2: I've always killed some deer with a bow. Those early years, 110 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 2: I drank like a fiend, and it didn't really matter 111 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 2: because I was young and could look past the hangover 112 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 2: to get up at o dark thirty and sit in 113 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 2: a stand. Actually, I'm sure it did matter, and then 114 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 2: I'm glossing over the times and unhealthy lifestyle cost me 115 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 2: a deer, But for that I'm not going to get 116 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 2: in anyway. Generally, though, I was a functioning alcoholic from 117 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 2: about the time I could drive until I was thirty three. 118 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 2: That's a lot of years of addiction, and I paid 119 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 2: for it my friends. Hell, I'm still paying for it 120 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 2: in ways that I don't really want to get into 121 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 2: on this public platform, because that kind of behavior doesn't 122 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 2: make you a great partner or a great person, and 123 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 2: the people who are closest to you when you're in 124 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 2: that stage often have long memories and a low tolerance 125 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 2: for your bullshit, and I don't blame them, but that's 126 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 2: another story and not what I want to talk about here. 127 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 2: Although I will say this, if you do drink a lot, 128 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 2: like say at deer camp, because that's what a lot 129 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 2: of people do, you're not going to be as good 130 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 2: of a hunter than if you don't remember this too. 131 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 2: I'm a freedom guy. I think you should be able 132 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 2: to shoot heroin between your toes if you want to 133 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 2: and you can handle it. Although I don't recommend it. 134 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 2: Most people don't need to think about this, and I'm 135 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 2: happy for them. I'd also say that being a better 136 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,919 Speaker 2: deer hunter is about last on the list of reasons 137 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 2: to quit drinking. If you need to. If you need to, 138 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 2: you should find whatever reason you have to. For me, 139 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 2: quitting was like suddenly becoming a different person, and I 140 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 2: can promise you I became a much better deer hunter 141 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: for it. But I also started working out as almost 142 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 2: soon as I quit, because if I hadn't, I highly 143 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 2: doubt i'd have stayed off the sauce. And let me 144 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 2: tell you, if you want to feel like a total 145 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 2: fish out of water, abuse your body for about seventeen years, 146 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 2: convince yourself you're still in relatively good shape, then take 147 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 2: your happy ass to the gym. The first couple of 148 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 2: months is just mental torture, not to mention, of course, 149 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 2: the physical side of things. Seeing people who look amazing 150 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 2: and are confident in a gym setting while you feel 151 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 2: like shit and look well kind of like shit really 152 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 2: really sucks. But the good news is no one is 153 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 2: paying attention to you, and you can just go at 154 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 2: your own pace to get better. And that's what I 155 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 2: told myself to do. But it took a while to 156 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 2: get into the groove, and back then when I did it, 157 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 2: it was just all cardio, mostly because I was terrified 158 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 2: to go into the weight room. When I finally did 159 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 2: venture over there, the first person I met was a 160 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 2: completely jack dude with sleeve tats who is a pretty 161 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 2: good friend of mine. Now, well, that was not something 162 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 2: I saw coming. So what does this have to do 163 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 2: with deer hunting? A little bit of nothing and a 164 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 2: little bit of everything. Deer Hunting is a game of discipline, 165 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 2: and I truly believe that if you can find one 166 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 2: aspect of life where you can be disciplined, you will 167 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 2: naturally find other avenues to take it. It's a mindset 168 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 2: thing that serves a lot of parts of life, but 169 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 2: it's also unnecessary to function in modern society, and that's 170 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 2: the rub a big one. Take the difference between the 171 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 2: perception of the average Western hunter and the perception of 172 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 2: the average whitetail hunter. For example, now the Western hunter, 173 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 2: he's either tall and lean, you know, the kind of 174 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 2: person who can just walk down an elk, or he 175 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 2: short and kind of roid it out, often with a 176 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 2: shaved head, and who looks like he could yeat a 177 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 2: bowl over a two story building. Of course, if you 178 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 2: go Western hunting, you soon realize that there are a 179 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 2: hell of a lot of dudes out there who aren't 180 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 2: going to suddenly get a seven figure contract to model underwear, 181 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 2: and that road hunting is way more of a way 182 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 2: of life out there than you would expect. On the 183 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 2: white tail side, the average perception is one mm not 184 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 2: of peak physical specimen, but maybe someone who enjoys downing 185 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,719 Speaker 2: the occasional case amountain dew and a couple boxes of Twinkies, 186 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 2: while generally not spending too much time at the CrossFit gym. Again, 187 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 2: we are talking about whole groups of people here, so 188 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 2: the stereotypes definitely don't just everyone. But the truth is, 189 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 2: when it comes to white tail hunting, being fit isn't 190 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 2: really on the radar for most folks, and that's fine. 191 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 2: A lot of deer are killed in situations where very 192 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 2: very few calories need to be burned. Side by side, 193 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 2: box blinds on food plots, and the general nature of 194 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: managing land don't require someone with a six pack who 195 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 2: can run half marathons in well under two hours. But 196 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,719 Speaker 2: maybe you don't have a side by side or the 197 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 2: kind of deer spot where you can even use one. Hell, 198 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 2: even if you do, sometimes deer run downhill and pile 199 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 2: up at the bottom of a valley, and those deer 200 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 2: need to get out somehow. And if you want to 201 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 2: get a reality check on your physical fitness, go try 202 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 2: to drag even a small deer uphill for a while. 203 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 2: You'll learn a thing of two about yourself, just like 204 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 2: you do when you walk up on a bowl six 205 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 2: miles deep in the back country. The illusions we have 206 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 2: about ourselves, and the protective layer of fog our egos 207 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 2: off and develop around our brain tends to dissipate pretty 208 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 2: quickly in the face of a lot of dead weight 209 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 2: out in nature. Somewhere. In fact, every year hunters are 210 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 2: found out in the woods, blue in the lips, and 211 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 2: deader than easy credit from the exertion of trying to 212 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 2: drag a deer. How some of them die just from 213 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 2: the excitement of seeing a big buck. What that adrenaline 214 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 2: dump does to their tickers. It's not unlike the phenomenon. 215 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 2: Well maybe that's not the right word, but I'll use 216 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 2: it anyway. Of hotel heart attacks, which is a phrase 217 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 2: used to describe when a man, often a middle aged 218 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,599 Speaker 2: man who hasn't seen the inside of a gym in 219 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 2: a few decades, who takes his lady out for anniversary 220 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 2: dinner or maybe Valentine's Day, and he eats a big 221 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 2: old steak dinner, downs a couple of glasses of Scotch, 222 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 2: and head back to the hotel room for a little 223 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 2: bit of uh dessert, only to be cut short on 224 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 2: his amorous ambitions by a heart that just can't take 225 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 2: all that stress. Now, I know I shouldn't be joking 226 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 2: about this stuff, because it is serious shit. If you 227 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 2: want to live a better life and have a hell 228 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 2: of a lot more fun in the woods and in other places, 229 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 2: this is truly the way. And like I said earlier, 230 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 2: if putting a few more one hundred and fifty inchries 231 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 2: on the wall of your man cave as a priority. 232 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 2: Then getting in better shape will help you get there. 233 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 2: So think about it this way. Can you name a 234 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 2: single public land killer who isn't in pretty good shape. 235 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 2: I know a whole bunch of people who just get 236 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 2: it done in places where the hunting is anything but easy, 237 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 2: and they all share that one thing in common, every 238 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 2: single one of them. Now, at this point, you're probably 239 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 2: either agreeing with me or pissed off at me. That's fine, 240 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 2: doesn't make me wrong, but maybe I can soften my 241 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 2: delivery a bit. Look at it another way. Go find 242 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 2: a way to pick up a forty five pound plate 243 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 2: or maybe a forty pound kettlebell, carry it around for 244 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 2: a little bit, and tell me if you're having fun. Now, 245 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 2: imagine carrying that weight around because it's just a part 246 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 2: of your body. Are you likely to saddle up every 247 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 2: time you need to or hike deep enough into the 248 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 2: national forest to leave the competition behind. Probably not. And 249 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 2: maybe you're like, well, I'm carrying around a bit more 250 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 2: weight than I should, but definitely not that much. I 251 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 2: look at it this way. It takes about thirty five 252 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 2: hundred extra calories to gain a pound. If you're carrying 253 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 2: around ten extra pounds. My writer math puts that at 254 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:33,439 Speaker 2: thirty five thousand extra calories, forty extra pounds is one 255 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 2: hundred and forty thousand extra calories. Or to put it 256 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 2: in terms that I can relate to the equivalent of 257 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 2: eating four hundred medium sized Snickers blizzards from dairy Queen. 258 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 2: It's not our metabolism, it's not our family genetics, although 259 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 2: that does affect where we store that poundage. It's just 260 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 2: what's going in versus what we are burning that sucks. 261 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 2: But it's reality. And again, I think getting in shit 262 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 2: ap to shoot more deer is stupid, but getting in 263 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 2: shape will help you shoot more deer. You'll help you 264 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 2: set stands better in the summer, scout more in the winter, 265 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 2: drag them out when you're lucky enough to aarrow one 266 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 2: of them in the back country, and generally increase your 267 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 2: overall enjoyment of the process. You'll want to go more 268 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 2: because you'll feel like it. That's about it. So what 269 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 2: does this mean. It's up to us as individuals. I 270 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 2: know when I started working out, it sucked so much, 271 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 2: and now it's just so much a part of my 272 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 2: life that I'd be lost without it even the running, 273 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 2: which is the only antidepressant I've ever been on that 274 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: actually works for me in a way that allows me 275 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 2: to stay creative and keep up with my job. The 276 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 2: whole thing is a baby step process and one that 277 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 2: you should look for a few crutches if you need 278 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 2: it to help you along. Maybe that's a pre workout 279 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 2: that's relatively healthy that just gives you a little jolt 280 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 2: before you at the gym or head out to rock 281 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 2: around the neighborhood. I've been using a product designed to 282 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 2: help college kids focus and study a little more. It's 283 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 2: called Study Max, which is made by a company called Panglossian. 284 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 2: Because it's just got a hell of a lot of 285 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 2: healthy stuff and a little bit of caffeine to get 286 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 2: me going. I actually started to take it when I 287 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 2: had big deadlines to hit with writing and realized it 288 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 2: would probably be a subtle but effective pre workout. And 289 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 2: it's great, but there's a lot of great stuff out there. 290 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 2: You just want to be careful with supplements in general, 291 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 2: just like protein shakes and anything else, but also just 292 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 2: got to find a way to go and if that's it, 293 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 2: use it. Figure out how to listen to really good 294 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 2: podcasts when you do cardio or really good German death metal. 295 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 2: If you're going to head into the gym and pick 296 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 2: up heavy stuff and put it down to write, earbuds 297 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 2: and running shoes go a long way toward facilitating my workouts. 298 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 2: As dumb as that sounds, it's simple, but it helps 299 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 2: find a routine, set a doable, achievable goal. Just like 300 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 2: with deer hunting, you wouldn't start bow hunting on year 301 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 2: one and decide it's two hundred inch bucks or nothing, 302 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 2: because it will be nothing. You don't have to run 303 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 2: a marathon or bench three hundred pounds in the first 304 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 2: few months. Figure out your baseline, which will be embarrassing 305 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 2: as hell, and then set a goal off of that. 306 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 2: It might take you three months to hit a sub 307 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 2: thirty minute five k, but who cares, Just hit it. 308 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 2: It might take you six months to go from curling 309 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 2: twenty pounds to curling thirty five, but who cares. All 310 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 2: of that stuff will make you feel a hell of 311 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 2: a lot better, and when you're hanging and hunting this fall, 312 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 2: you'll feel better. Even then when you get invited to 313 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 2: go hunt Western white tails with one of your buddies 314 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 2: and know you're going to have to pack them out. 315 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 2: If you kill one, you're not going to focus on 316 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 2: the negatives talk yourself out of it. You're going to 317 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 2: want to go and you won't be scared to hunt 318 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 2: where the deer are because if you kill one, you'll 319 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 2: be able to get him out. If focusing on fitness 320 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 2: can help a guy rack up over three million dollars 321 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 2: and winnings while fishing for bass, getting in a little 322 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 2: better shape can help any one of us have more 323 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 2: productive hunts and enjoy them a hell of a lot more. Now, 324 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 2: I know that no one needs to do this to 325 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 2: kill more deer, but everyone who does this will likely 326 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 2: kill more deer. And we're all looking for an edge 327 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,360 Speaker 2: in this game because what we're doing is hard. Generally, 328 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 2: the stuff that is going to give you a real 329 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 2: advantage over the long term isn't something you can buy, 330 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,199 Speaker 2: but something you can learn to do. Take that for 331 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 2: what it's worth, and I promise you I won't do 332 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 2: any more preachy shit on fitness for a long long time. 333 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 2: So think about it anyway, and think about coming back 334 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 2: next week, because I'm going to talk about the other 335 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 2: deer that we can maybe hunt, but we should pay 336 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:50,959 Speaker 2: attention to because those hunting opportunities are going away. That's it. 337 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 2: I'm Tony Peterson and this has been the Wired to 338 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 2: Hunt Foundations podcast, which is brought to you by First Light. 339 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 2: As I always, thank you so much, thanks for listening 340 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 2: and for all your support. We just wrapped up Turkey 341 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 2: Week a little bit ago. 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