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Speaker 1: As a guide an hunter. I've spent thousands of days

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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 everybody. I hope

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Speaker 1: I know this time of year there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: where maybe some draw results are coming back. Maybe you

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Speaker 1: out and understand maybe what what you're doing, what you're

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Speaker 1: of questions coming in about just different types of hunts,

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Speaker 1: you know, for me personally, Nevada draws came out. I

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Speaker 1: drew a late season deer tag archery deer tag with

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Speaker 1: So I'm really excited about that. That's for me. Really,

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Speaker 1: But a lot of people have reached out about nonresident

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Speaker 1: you guys, Congratulations everybody that maybe drew something. You know,

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Speaker 1: some some people that have had some success based on

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Speaker 1: recent spring bear podcast. I live in northern Idaho and

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Speaker 1: lot of food and it is just away from any

431
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,320
Speaker 1: kind of pressure, and that might be a little bit

432
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,960
Speaker 1: higher than they are during the rut and in some

433
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,960
Speaker 1: really thick stuff. So seeking out the good habitat as

434
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,960
Speaker 1: well as thinking of it in terms of hey, they

435
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,160
Speaker 1: might be a little bit higher if we get weather

436
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,120
Speaker 1: than some of the other animals. Now I do see

437
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,760
Speaker 1: them pretty high late November, but that beginning part of

438
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,200
Speaker 1: November could be a difficult time to find them. So

439
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,400
Speaker 1: if you're scouting, you're gonna be looking for that old

440
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:36,920
Speaker 1: moose sign mostly on logging roads. Moose are big animals.

441
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,359
Speaker 1: It's a lot to get through a lot of that brush,

442
00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:43,560
Speaker 1: and they do travel and bed on old unused logging

443
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,280
Speaker 1: roads that you can walk on. Cruising those looking for

444
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,280
Speaker 1: old sign and then fresh signed during the season is

445
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,160
Speaker 1: a great way to be successful finding moose in that

446
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,639
Speaker 1: time of year. And you never know, I mean, there

447
00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 1: might be still a little red action going on. You

448
00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,000
Speaker 1: could try calling, but for the most part, I would

449
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,720
Speaker 1: just say focus on that, all right. The last moose

450
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:08,600
Speaker 1: question of this series so far from Charlie says he's

451
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,560
Speaker 1: new to moose hunting and Lord Willing will have a

452
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,680
Speaker 1: time slot in September in Alaska. He can scout the area,

453
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 1: but doesn't know besides swamps and willows. Before the season

454
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,560
Speaker 1: what to look for. I guess I already covered that

455
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,399
Speaker 1: Alaska Yukon moose are different than Shiris moose, but they

456
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,520
Speaker 1: do have a lot of the same habits. Now, this

457
00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,600
Speaker 1: is the word I really wanted to focus on. He says. Also,

458
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,000
Speaker 1: I've killed elk and deer, but our moose a lot larger.

459
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,240
Speaker 1: How do you keep your wits and not stress about

460
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,320
Speaker 1: time slash distance You've got to go when butchering an

461
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 1: animal that large in the mountains. So that's a great question. Yes,

462
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,920
Speaker 1: when you walk up on a moose, a moose is

463
00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:49,879
Speaker 1: very especially Alaska Yukon moose, they are an absolute different

464
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 1: animal as far as size wise. Anybody that might be

465
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,160
Speaker 1: going on their first moose hunt, take somebody else with you.

466
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,080
Speaker 1: It's not a task that is fun by yourself. I

467
00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: have while guiding taking care of many a moose alone

468
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,240
Speaker 1: and it sucks. It's just it's just all that it

469
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 1: really does. Um. There's a lot of animals, even a

470
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,879
Speaker 1: fog neck elk like just some animals that are the

471
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 1: size of moose, but moose are They're the largest deer

472
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,199
Speaker 1: in the world and they can be a chore to

473
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,680
Speaker 1: deal with. But no matter the size of the animal,

474
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:29,400
Speaker 1: whether it is a small Couis deer in Mexico or

475
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:33,440
Speaker 1: a Alaska Yukon moose in the North, you just gotta

476
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,040
Speaker 1: take it one piece at a time, literally, So start

477
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,600
Speaker 1: with what you have to do, break it down, dump, dump, heat,

478
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,199
Speaker 1: and then just one process at the time. Don't get

479
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 1: ahead of yourself of wow, this is a lot of work.

480
00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 1: What am I gonna do? It's just one step at

481
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,439
Speaker 1: a time. Anything that's big and heavy. If it's your

482
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,160
Speaker 1: first time hunting elk and you're gonna which you're an elk,

483
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,639
Speaker 1: that's a huge task as well. I know, the thought

484
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,600
Speaker 1: of dealing with an animal that large in a situation

485
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 1: that you might not be used to can be a pain.

486
00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,720
Speaker 1: So have some extra gear that makes it easier for you.

487
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,920
Speaker 1: Have some cordage like I talked about in the gear episode.

488
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 1: Have something set up ahead of time where you're gonna

489
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,680
Speaker 1: hang the meat. Um, if you've got another guy keeping

490
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,160
Speaker 1: watch for bears and maybe building that while you start

491
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,439
Speaker 1: cutting and skinning, and then you know, use two people

492
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:24,639
Speaker 1: to move and lift and not injure yourself in that aspect.

493
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,520
Speaker 1: And then when it comes to the pack out, it's

494
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 1: literally just have your meat hanging and take what you

495
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,600
Speaker 1: can and start packing, and it's just it's just one

496
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,679
Speaker 1: of those head down, grit your teeth and go and

497
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,320
Speaker 1: it's all part of the experience. But yes, when you

498
00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,159
Speaker 1: walk up on them, it looks like a very large task,

499
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,159
Speaker 1: but when it comes down to it, it's just a

500
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,639
Speaker 1: larger version of what you've already done. It's going to

501
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,440
Speaker 1: be heavier packs, but just one piece at a time.

502
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: Instead of packing out maybe the whole gear in one trip,

503
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,040
Speaker 1: you might just be getting one moose quarter and you're

504
00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,000
Speaker 1: gonna have to know, Okay, I gotta get this out,

505
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:00,800
Speaker 1: and it might be how over many trips, so there's

506
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,560
Speaker 1: two guys, maybe it's two trips or four trips or whatever.

507
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: But keep that in mind too when you're hunting picking

508
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,879
Speaker 1: areas and spots. I think for moose that you know

509
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,920
Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to handle it because the most

510
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 1: important thing is getting all of that meat out and

511
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,360
Speaker 1: you need to make sure that you don't bite off

512
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,439
Speaker 1: more than you can choose. So hunting in areas where hey,

513
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,160
Speaker 1: maybe you've got boat access, river access, or you know

514
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,399
Speaker 1: that you've got enough people to handle the job ahead

515
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 1: of time, that's great. You know, I think of other

516
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 1: large animal like bison. I've packed out bison that we're

517
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,840
Speaker 1: definitely not drivable to on various trips. And you know,

518
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: it's just like anything. You just start, you quarter it out,

519
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,440
Speaker 1: you do the exact same process, and just that process

520
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:48,199
Speaker 1: might take longer, but remember meatcare is number one, and

521
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,400
Speaker 1: just make sure that you have all the tools necessary

522
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,719
Speaker 1: for that task at hand with you don't skimp on

523
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna need a knife sharpener and maybe

524
00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:59,880
Speaker 1: an extra saw to cut, some poles to hang it on,

525
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,359
Speaker 1: and some extra cordage. It's just some extra heavy duty

526
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:07,440
Speaker 1: stuff for a heavy duty job that actually segways really

527
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: well into these questions on butchering, so Mark asked. He says, Hey,

528
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,240
Speaker 1: remmy question for your next week's Q and A. Could

529
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,040
Speaker 1: you break down home butchering and meatcare from quarters to

530
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:22,640
Speaker 1: serving size and cuts, grinders, sausages, vac seal versus other methods.

531
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,200
Speaker 1: He says a side note, can't remember when or where

532
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,399
Speaker 1: heard you mentioned Mark forn strike and Areno drove up

533
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: the other day and best out door stop ever been too,

534
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 1: So thanks for that. That's a lot to chew in

535
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 1: that question. Pun intended, but yeah, I'll break down kind

536
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: of what. Let's just say, this would be my list

537
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:45,119
Speaker 1: of how I the cuts that I kind of really

538
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,000
Speaker 1: enjoy and get off of an animal. I'm just gonna

539
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,919
Speaker 1: break it down. This is something that almost needs to

540
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 1: be shown, but I can definitely explain it in a

541
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 1: way and answer some of these questions. So the first thing,

542
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,280
Speaker 1: let's go with a backstrap. I cut the backstrap off

543
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 1: and I like to keep my backstrap and what I

544
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,960
Speaker 1: would consider a roast, so I cut the backstrap into

545
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 1: say four inch to six inch long pieces. The way

546
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,159
Speaker 1: I butcher really has to do with the way that

547
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: I like to cook. So I like cooking it whole

548
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,560
Speaker 1: and then slicing it afterwards, and I do that with

549
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,520
Speaker 1: the majority of my cuts, so I don't steak out

550
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 1: a lot of cuts. I like to cut a hole

551
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,679
Speaker 1: and then cut my steaks after I cook it, or

552
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:25,679
Speaker 1: if I want something where I've got a steak, I

553
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: can cut it during the prep process. That also, because

554
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,920
Speaker 1: I do butcher a lot of stuff, it really cuts

555
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,600
Speaker 1: down all my butcher time, leaving more whole pieces. So

556
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: when I do all the loose meat, like most of

557
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: the ribs, unless I do a lot of bone in

558
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: loins with like Tomahawks style cuts. But all my other cuts,

559
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 1: you know, I'll do like the ribs, the neck meat,

560
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 1: some other stuff that I want. If I want the burger,

561
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: I'll do that in the grind and anything extra as

562
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 1: I'm butchering and trimming, that will all be grind for

563
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 1: my burger. I do like on smaller animals like deer,

564
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 1: like a bone in shoulder, So I just leave the

565
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 1: shoulder blade actually in that for slow cooking, and then

566
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: I'll leave bone in shanks front and back because I root.

567
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: That's one of my favorite cuts to cook. And it

568
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 1: sounds crazy, but man, slow cook there's something there's just

569
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 1: so good cooking and shank like that. And then the

570
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 1: shoulder I think really does well slow cooking because that

571
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 1: holds in the moisture. It's easy to do, and then

572
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 1: you don't have to deal with cutting up the shoulder

573
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 1: and everything and turning that into grind, or you can

574
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 1: if you want. Then we moved to the back quarter.

575
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 1: I mean essentially, the easiest way to explain it would

576
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: be take the hind quarter, I flip it with the

577
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,959
Speaker 1: bone the hip, sock it up and then you just

578
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 1: kind of like follow all the guides in there where

579
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,320
Speaker 1: the meat the muscles separate. You separate those out. Um,

580
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 1: you're gonna get some like muscles that I I like

581
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 1: to call it a turtle roast where all the hind

582
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,880
Speaker 1: leg muscles come together. That I leave is a roast

583
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,960
Speaker 1: that I can slow cook or I put that in grind.

584
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 1: Everything else is separate out into big, nice muscle groups.

585
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:05,000
Speaker 1: And I actually kind of cut mine where I've got

586
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 1: this cut. I call it the fake loin, and it's

587
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 1: just I take the leg muscles and I cut them

588
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,240
Speaker 1: where it looks like whole backstrap roast. You really cannot

589
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: tell the difference between most of like if it's a

590
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: backstrap or if it's from the hind quarter. And I

591
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 1: do that because I could stake that out later, or

592
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: I can just cook it like that and slice it

593
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,959
Speaker 1: and whatever. It's just so many different options. It's so

594
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,600
Speaker 1: fast to do. And that's really how I do a

595
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: lot of my butchering. Now I would say that my

596
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 1: specialty cuts. I'd like to do cube steaks with some

597
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: of the hind quarter, like some of the sirloin cube

598
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,640
Speaker 1: that or even some of the shoulder steaks on bigger

599
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 1: animals like elk, I'll cube that and the cubing is

600
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: just essentially like pounded out flat where you can make

601
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 1: schnitzel or elk palm or whatever something like that. Now,

602
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 1: as far as grinder's sausage, vac seal, other methods I

603
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 1: use made with me eat stuff, I actually just started

604
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: working with them, so you can see a lot of

605
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 1: that on my Instagram. Some of the stuff that I

606
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: do with that. When I grind stuff, I just I

607
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 1: do actually add fat to a lot of my game

608
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,320
Speaker 1: meat only because it's so lean and it helps hold

609
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 1: it together better for burger and stuff. If I'm adding fat,

610
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: I'll normally add pork fat to my sausage. I do

611
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 1: about pork fat and then you know, mixed in with

612
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 1: the game meat. The key to grinding you just gotta

613
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 1: keep it cold, especially with sausage making, so I'll actually

614
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: put ice in when I grind it help keep it cold,

615
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 1: add some moisture back for when I smoke it, and

616
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 1: other things. But there's just too much to talk about

617
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: here in one Q and A. But I do cover

618
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 1: a lot of this cooking stuff on my social media.

619
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 1: So and then a vaccine versus other methods do vaccine

620
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 1: is the best. I mean, I it's it looks nice,

621
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: it looks pretty. It takes a little bit more time

622
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 1: outside of accial. The only other method that I suggest

623
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: would be double wrapping, which lasts as long as vacciel,

624
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 1: But I think the seals just a little bit better

625
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: because you can throw it in the cooler and it

626
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: doesn't leak blood everywhere. I use a chamber back. They're

627
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,520
Speaker 1: a little more expensive, but man, it's like commercial grade.

628
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 1: And when you're talking about grinders and meat processing stuff,

629
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 1: I put it in the same category as binoculars or optics, where,

630
00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 1: honest to God, by the best you can afford, because

631
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: the higher horsepower motors for grinders, and like actually having

632
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 1: the right tool for the right job makes it so

633
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 1: much easier. If you're trying to butcher a whole elk

634
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:35,200
Speaker 1: on a kitchen aid like set up, it sucks. I've

635
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 1: done it. I've done it on the cheap grinders. I've

636
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 1: done it on the low horsepower grinders, and it's a

637
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 1: toiling process. And then I started getting better stuff and

638
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: it like cuts the time in half, makes it so

639
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 1: much easier. It's like trying to build a house and

640
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:55,280
Speaker 1: not using hammer but using a wrench to hammer and nails,

641
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: or you can have like the sausage stuff or the

642
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,160
Speaker 1: mixer and the grinder, and if you're really going to

643
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Speaker 1: get into it and you're gonna do all your own processing,

644
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: and just factor out how much time it's going to

645
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 1: take you, how much you're gonna do, and then how

646
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 1: much you're saving over versus maybe even taking it to

647
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: the butcher and maybe get a couple of guys in

648
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 1: or whatever, and invest in good processing stuff, like it

649
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 1: is so much better product at the end, and so

650
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 1: much easier and more enjoyable when you have the right

651
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 1: tools to do it. I can't stress that enough. Man,

652
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 1: I feel like every hunter has gone through the process

653
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 1: of having bad processing equipment, Like that should be the

654
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: thing that you invest the most in, because that's the

655
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: best part about hunting is having all this great meat.

656
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 1: And when that process sucks or is a pain, you

657
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: don't want to do it, or it's takes so long,

658
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 1: Like it's just man, having good stuff is so much better.

659
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 1: So that I can test to j d Ass, he says,

660
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: have you ever cut tomahawks steaks out of deer or elk?

661
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 1: Winner how difficult it would be? In the field. The

662
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: answer is yes. I would say nine of the time

663
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: I do that. Now, a tomahawk steak would be the

664
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,800
Speaker 1: backstrap with part of the rib in it. It's super

665
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 1: easy to do in the field. Now this might surprise you,

666
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: but you can actually even do it with the gutless

667
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 1: method in a way. So I'll do everything how I

668
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:23,760
Speaker 1: normally do. Skin up the back, remove the hind quarters,

669
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 1: and then instead of taking the backstrap out the way

670
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: you normally would, I cut down the back of the

671
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,279
Speaker 1: back strap. So the part that's against the spine cut that,

672
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 1: but not the lower part that's against the rib. You

673
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 1: leave that attached. Then you take your knife and you

674
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 1: can go from the stern um. If you don't have

675
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,120
Speaker 1: a saw, you can go from the stern um um

676
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: and use your knife to split up the stern um

677
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,839
Speaker 1: and then cut you know, around the rib there. And

678
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 1: it's so you're now getting into the cavity, but you

679
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 1: don't actually have to like gut the full deer because

680
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,360
Speaker 1: everything else has removed. Your just removing the ribs. You

681
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 1: do that, and then you push it up and you

682
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,440
Speaker 1: take your knife and you run it along between the

683
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 1: ribs and the spine on the top side and remove

684
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: the ribs from the spine and your backstrap is now

685
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: still attached to that. That's the easiest way to do it.

686
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,839
Speaker 1: Do it all the time in the back country. Now,

687
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 1: I start carrying this a little tiny gerber saw, and

688
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 1: what I'll do is I'll go halfway down the ribs.

689
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: I'll rip down the ribs with the saw and then

690
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:21,720
Speaker 1: I'll fold it up and then I use my knife

691
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,759
Speaker 1: to remove the rib from the spine because it's a

692
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: little bit cleaner than cutting it. And you don't, you know,

693
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 1: get the like it's just easier, I think, But like

694
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 1: a stout knife works really well. But I've done the

695
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 1: same process like with wild pigs and everything, even just

696
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 1: with a replaceable blade vital knife, so it can be

697
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 1: done with anything but awesome cut to do all right,

698
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,319
Speaker 1: Now here is the last question comes from Todd. He

699
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:52,320
Speaker 1: says he really enjoys the podcast and loves the infro

700
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 1: in every episode. Plus it's entertaining. Thank you very much

701
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: appreciate that. So he says, this question is can you

702
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: give advice on finding a guided way estern hunt? He's

703
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,840
Speaker 1: from Virginia and most of my hunting experience has been

704
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 1: our local white Tales. I would love to take my son,

705
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 1: who just finished college, on a Western hunting adventure. We

706
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: have never been West or applied for tags. I was

707
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 1: thinking for our first experience, maybe we should opt for

708
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,360
Speaker 1: an outfitter guided hunt, but don't have a clue on

709
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: what states or species to get our first taste. Any

710
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:24,359
Speaker 1: advice would be appreciated. That's a great question because as

711
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:28,400
Speaker 1: an outfitting guide, I know that the value of going

712
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,840
Speaker 1: with an outfitting guide, and a lot of this stuff

713
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 1: that I talked about is you know how to do

714
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 1: it on your own or whatever. But that does not

715
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 1: mean that even guys that hunt a lot, there are

716
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: many hunts that they should go guided for or with.

717
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 1: If you have the ability to do it. It's a

718
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 1: great way to get on a great hunt, and you know,

719
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: hunt with somebody that has more experience and knowledge and

720
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,840
Speaker 1: can really help you in the process of getting to

721
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 1: the point of success. I will also say that, having

722
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,200
Speaker 1: guided my entire life, I've worked for some outfits. If

723
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 1: I booked a hunt with aside from them hunting with me,

724
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 1: it was just a ship show and I and I

725
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: would say that most of my clients that come hunt

726
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: with my outfit have been on a bad trip at

727
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 1: some point until they land on our outfit. I'm not

728
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,879
Speaker 1: like just trying to dispurge anyone, but I'm just saying that, yes,

729
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 1: there are good ones and bad ones like anything out there,

730
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,720
Speaker 1: and it can be very hard to distinguish, honestly, and unfortunately,

731
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,839
Speaker 1: the really good ones are near and possible to get

732
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 1: in on because they're booked up with repeat clients. So

733
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: I would say, here are some things that you should

734
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 1: think about anybody going on a guided hunt. And honestly,

735
00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:41,840
Speaker 1: there are a lot of good guys. You know, you

736
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:43,840
Speaker 1: gotta understand, well, what kind of unit is it? Is

737
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,400
Speaker 1: it private land, is public land? Is it hard to

738
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: get tags? Easy to get tags? So there's a lot

739
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 1: of factors into it, but word of mouth talking to

740
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 1: people is probably the best way to find somebody that

741
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 1: you're gonna have a good experience with or at least

742
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,439
Speaker 1: matches your expectations. Also, you can get a good feel

743
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 1: for people just by talking to them. There are a

744
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 1: lot of outfitters out there, and I would say the

745
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,799
Speaker 1: vast majority of them are really really good at what

746
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:07,839
Speaker 1: they do, and they're probably the few bad ones are

747
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 1: the ones that give the rest of us a bad name.

748
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,719
Speaker 1: But you know, I think one thing that's important is,

749
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 1: if possible, talking to references of people that you know,

750
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,959
Speaker 1: you can search online, you know, look for photos and things,

751
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 1: and maybe just try to talk to some references of

752
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 1: people that have hunted with them, both successful and unsuccessful. Now,

753
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: I will say, you know, they may not give you

754
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 1: reference of people that had a terrible experience, but also

755
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 1: there are some people that may have gone and just

756
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 1: will never be satisfied and could have had the best

757
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 1: experience of their life and may not be satisfied either.

758
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 1: So talking to people that have done it, and then

759
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 1: you know, just looking at possibly just a track record.

760
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: I think one of the best things is if you

761
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 1: get somebody that went on a hunt and they said,

762
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:52,959
Speaker 1: you know, I wasn't successful, but the guy worked really hard.

763
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,279
Speaker 1: It was very enjoyable, very knowledgeable. Those are the people

764
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 1: you want to go with, the people that really embody

765
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,520
Speaker 1: the entire experien arians. You know, where you should be

766
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 1: careful as the people that were successful, but say, yeah,

767
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 1: but it just wasn't that great of a trip, or

768
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 1: maybe not that great of a trip, but the only

769
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 1: reason they were happy was because they were successful. I

770
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 1: think a hunt should be based on so much more

771
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:16,799
Speaker 1: than just that, So finding people that align with that

772
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 1: and are about the entire experience, not just success or unsuccess,

773
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 1: because there are many hunts out there that you could

774
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: go and you'll be successful, but it's just a shitty experience.

775
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:28,799
Speaker 1: So those are the ones you want to avoid. The

776
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 1: ones you want to go on are the ones that

777
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 1: are about everything. You know, success probably will be high

778
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,719
Speaker 1: with those type of people, but they also focus on

779
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: the experience as a whole. That concludes our Q and A.

780
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 1: I hope that that really helped some of you. I

781
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:47,880
Speaker 1: really appreciate all the questions that I got, and I

782
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,399
Speaker 1: know I picked some very specific stuff as far as

783
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 1: like the moose hunting and things like that, but it

784
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:56,319
Speaker 1: was one thing, like I say in every podcast, the

785
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 1: questions that come in really try to dictate what I

786
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 1: talk about. And when I start getting a pile of

787
00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: moose hunting questions, that tells me that there's a lack

788
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:07,880
Speaker 1: of information out there on that. So maybe I will

789
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,760
Speaker 1: do in the future some shiris moose hunting episodes or whatever.

790
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 1: But I also try to make things that are very

791
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 1: applicable to many people. I think that talking about butchering

792
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 1: and cooking. That thing also should be talked about a

793
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,360
Speaker 1: lot more, because I mean, as hunters, that's something that

794
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,319
Speaker 1: needs to be integral to what we do, and I

795
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 1: don't think that it really gets talked about as much either.

796
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 1: The fact that most hunters out there probably that do

797
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,800
Speaker 1: their own butchering, have terrible equipment and hate the process,

798
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: and so just having some of those key pieces, that's

799
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 1: that's good stuff to talk about. So I really appreciate

800
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 1: all the questions from everyone. It's that time, it's planning,

801
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,960
Speaker 1: the season is coming, we're gearing up, we're talking about

802
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 1: gear and other things, and I just really appreciate all

803
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:55,759
Speaker 1: the interaction going through these questions that I got. You know,

804
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,040
Speaker 1: I try to skim through as many of them as possible.

805
00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,839
Speaker 1: One thing that kept coming up was like, man, love

806
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 1: the podcast. I can't believe we get this information for free,

807
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:05,800
Speaker 1: such good information, And it made me think, Yeah, I

808
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,319
Speaker 1: don't know why I do it. You know, I do

809
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 1: it because it does make I honestly believe in what

810
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,479
Speaker 1: I'm saying. And I have noticed that even just being

811
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,920
Speaker 1: out recently in some place talking to some people that

812
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,399
Speaker 1: have just found success. I'm like, man, am I giving

813
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 1: away too many of my secrets, But if you enjoy

814
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: things that we're talking about, please honestly feel free to subscribe.

815
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 1: I've said it before, but that helps us out. You know,

816
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: that keeps all the things going. Subscribe, drop us a

817
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 1: great comment wherever you listen, or a good rating, and

818
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 1: tell your friends to jump on in and subscribe and

819
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 1: listen to I appreciate that. I hope that you guys

820
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,480
Speaker 1: appreciate this, and I honestly appreciate everything you guys do

821
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,240
Speaker 1: as well and the interaction that I get. So, like always,

822
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 1: if you've got more questions or want to reach out,

823
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:53,799
Speaker 1: shoot me a message via Instagram at Remy Warren or

824
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 1: Remy at the meat Eator dot com. Keep the questions coming,

825
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 1: and until next week a round and rad hand bound

826
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: and grad