1 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: Hey, hey everyone, Hopefully you're all doing well. You might 2 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: be getting a little stir crazy at the moment, but hey, 3 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: we'll all get through this, and hopefully some of these 4 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: podcasts will help. If you missed the last couple episodes, 5 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: we did a two part series on spring bear hunting, 6 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 1: so some spring bear hunts seasons are coming up, and 7 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: I got a ton of requests on bear hunting information. 8 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: So we did that two part and got a ton 9 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: of great response. This week, we're doing our Q and 10 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: A and we've got a lot of topics, a lot 11 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: of questions came in. I think we'll touch a little 12 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: bit on some of the bear questions that came in. 13 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: We'll also talk a little bit about gear, We'll go 14 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: into a little bit of fitness stuff, some general questions, 15 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: and then uh finish it up with a little bit 16 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: of life advice. So yeah, let's get started. And also, 17 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: I really want to thank everybody before we get too 18 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: deep into this for for just the the action and 19 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: the response and the questions and the the email and 20 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: through social media, a ton of great stuff. I really 21 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: appreciate it, and I wish I could answer all of them. 22 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: But we'll just get going and I think some of 23 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: these had a few of similar topics, So I would 24 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: say this first question I got, I probably saw no 25 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:35,199 Speaker 1: less than fifty variations of this this exact question, which 26 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: happens to do with hunting bears. In the false we'll 27 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: start off with a little bit of bear stuff and 28 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: then jump to some other topics. This one says, Hey, Remmy, 29 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: I really enjoyed your most recent episode of cutting the Distance. 30 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: I drew a false spot in stock bear tag for 31 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: unit in Utah. It will be my first time hunting bears. 32 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: I'm trying to absorb as much information that will be 33 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: useful for me this fall. Any show information on top 34 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: of the already great tips you've shared would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 35 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: And that's from Garrett. Now, that's a great question, and 36 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: fall bear hunting can be a really good time to 37 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,399 Speaker 1: chase them as well. Now I don't know when this 38 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: particular season is, but if I was to choose season 39 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: dates in the fall, I would look toward the month 40 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 1: of September. Early September through mid to late September can 41 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: be the best. Once you get past that, it gets 42 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: really hard to find specific food sources. Bears disperse. They 43 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: get into more timber, and I find it hard to 44 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: regularly find bears. But early fall or even some states 45 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: have a season that starts in August. While their their 46 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: coats aren't ideal, then they can be easily pinpointed on 47 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: food sources. So early fall, if we're talking September, what 48 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: I really look for is and it depends your region, 49 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: but barry berry crop production um, whether it be you know, 50 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: if you're in the Mountain West, you've got huckleberries, uh. 51 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: In the Pacific Northwest you've got more of like raspberries, 52 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: blueberries uh in Alaska blueberries. So like berries can be 53 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: extremely good food sources to concentrate on. Now outside of 54 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,679 Speaker 1: like Alaska fall salmon runs and stuff like that, I 55 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: would say some other food sources in some drier areas 56 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: to think about, I know, like Nevada, California, and also 57 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: Utah rose hips or a great food source in the 58 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: fall to focus on, as well as things like pine nuts, um, 59 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: pinion pines, ponderosa pines even sometimes but pine nuts depending 60 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: on the time of year. Now, fall food sources can 61 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: be a little bit tricky to pinpoint. So if you 62 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: were to just think, okay, well, what food sources I'm 63 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: gonna find. Uh, it really depends on the type of summer. 64 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: If there's a lot of water, not a lot of water. 65 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: A lot depends on what's growing where. So in lean years, 66 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: lean water years where berry productions bad, I focus more 67 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: on watered canyons choked with maybe more rose hip and 68 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: stuff like that, as well as in the fall is 69 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: a great time to focus on water sources. There's a 70 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: lot of food around more wet areas if it was drier, 71 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: and on hot days, you can even focus on maybe 72 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,799 Speaker 1: like elk wallows and other water sources, so you'll find 73 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: them interacting with the food sources, but you also find 74 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: bears hitting up those water sources, especially when it's hot. 75 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: I mentioned in one of the earlier podcasts about what 76 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: I learned, you know, seeing a trail camera in an 77 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: elk wall and how many bears were actually using that 78 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: and it was just shocking and surprising. But I do 79 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: find consistently a lot of bears in those wetter areas 80 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: on dry years, and then I focus on in more 81 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: wet years where the berries are good. Try to find 82 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: really good berry patches close to thicker cover and possibly 83 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: in areas where they might move up to um Den, 84 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: so looking you know, later in the season, maybe moving 85 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: towards some of those areas that you focus on early 86 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: in the spring, and so you can kind of play 87 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: it that way. But the fall can be a great 88 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,799 Speaker 1: time to hunt bears. Is just the same scenario, focusing 89 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: on the food sources that time year. It's mostly berries. 90 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: You've also got in the Southwest, acorn production can be 91 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: good some years, and just really figuring out, Okay, what 92 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: what food sources are popping off right now, and how 93 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: do I focus on those and find the places where 94 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: it's good bear habitat. But it's got a high density 95 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: of food. If you do that, you'll be successful. Another 96 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: thing before I get off the topic, one other thing 97 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: to think about in the fall is bears will will 98 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: tend to eat more like carry on dead animals that 99 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: they find um hunter harvest, like if a hunter is 100 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: shot and left a gut pile of an elk, you know. 101 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: Even checking back in those areas and seeing if something's 102 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: it a carcass that you find or whatever is also 103 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: another way to find bears in the fall. Alright, let's 104 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: move on to the next the next bear question. This 105 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: question comes from Mark in Nevada. He says, listening to 106 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: your latest bear hunting podcasts, questions for you for next 107 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: week's Q and A other than cooking bear meat to 108 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: a hundred and sixty five degrees, do you treat it 109 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: any different from deer, elk or other game meat. I 110 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: know some people send the whole thing through the grinder. 111 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: That's a great question. Bear meat can be awesome if 112 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: prepared right. I think some people might find it more 113 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: off putting because they say it's greasy, and that's probably 114 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: lends to why it gets put into sausage and other things. 115 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: Another factor he mentioned, now, if you aren't familiar with 116 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 1: the hundred and sixty five degrees, it is because bears 117 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: can contain trick gnosis, and so if you don't cook 118 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 1: the meat to the right temperature, you yourself can contract 119 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: trick gnosis. So it's super important. Now, Yes, I treat 120 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: it different and deer or cook it, cook it different 121 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: than deer and other game meat because you do have 122 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: to hit that high temperature. When I'm cooking elk steak 123 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: or deer steak, I'm normally pulling it off the grill 124 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: at I really like it medium, where I don't want 125 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: to overcook it. So when I do cook bear meat, 126 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: I always tend to use recipes that I know I'm 127 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: going to hit that high temperature, but also where it 128 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: still tastes good. So for me, a lot of bear 129 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: cooking is more. I don't do a lot of steaks. 130 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: I do a lot more slow cooking. I'll do like, um, 131 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: some of my favorite bear recipes are slow cooked, like 132 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: pulled pork style. Um, I'll throw it in a crock pot. 133 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: I'll first season it with some seasoning, all brown it 134 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: in a pan. Then I'll throw it in a crock 135 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: pot with a little bit of oil in the bottom 136 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: and maybe an onion or something. Let it go on 137 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: high for about five hours to where it's easily pulled 138 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: apart with a fork. Then I'll shred it, mix it 139 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: with some barbecue sauce, make like pulled pulled pork sandwiches. Also, 140 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: slow cooked roasts is a great way uh slow cooking. 141 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: You know, it tends to dry other game meat out, 142 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: but bear meat, it does have that extra fat, and 143 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: that extra fat isn't bad. It doesn't taste bad, especially 144 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: once it's cooked down. So you slow cook it in 145 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: a recipe like that and you've got a really tender, 146 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: great meat that has hit that temperature, clearly killed trick, 147 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: gnosis and safety, eat and taste good. And I think 148 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: that that's what I like to do. I also will 149 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: use like the smoker do almost like a beef brisket 150 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: style recipe on the barbecue. Anything where it's it's kind 151 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: of low and slow but then gets that temperature over. 152 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: That one is a great way to go. Some other 153 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: options include, like I do a lot of like tacos 154 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: or enchiladas, stuff like that, where I can slow roast 155 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 1: the meat and some enchilada sauce for five six hours, 156 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: get it super hot to where its shreds, and then 157 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:00,080 Speaker 1: go with it from there. All right, we've got one 158 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: more bear question, then we'll move on to some other topics. 159 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: So this one comes from Lauren in Texas. She's a 160 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: huge fan of your podcast. My boyfriend and I are 161 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 1: going on a spring bear hunt in Idaho this year 162 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: and love listening to the last episode together. So I've 163 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: got a question, and it might seem extremely elementary, how 164 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: do you guys find your way through the woods to 165 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: a hunting spot and back to camp. I didn't grow 166 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:25,719 Speaker 1: up hunting or in the woods. But when I'm out 167 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: in the forest or in the woods, everyone always seems 168 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: to have a grasp on where we are, but me 169 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: any tips on directional intelligence or how to navigate through 170 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: the field when hunting, especially spot and stock. Yeah, I 171 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 1: think that that's actually a great question, Lauren, because it's 172 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 1: not super elementary being really good navigating in the mountains 173 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: in the woods, it takes there. There's a portion of 174 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: it that that kind of becomes innate, but it can 175 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: also be trained. So here's some of the things that 176 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: I always tell people that are just getting into it. 177 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: The first one is it depends on whether you're leading 178 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: or following how much attention you're paying to where you're going. 179 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: And so if you're by yourself or leading, you're looking around, 180 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 1: you're you're analyzing where you're going. When you're following someone else, 181 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: and and this is just starting out. When you're if 182 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: you're following someone else, you know you're you're mostly just 183 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: going where they go. So what you have to do 184 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: whether you're following someone else or leading, I think a 185 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: lot of people like when I'm even when I'm guiding 186 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: of people following me, and when we get somewhere, they 187 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 1: have no clue where they're at. Well, it's because they 188 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: aren't actively looking around and actively bringing into remembrance where 189 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: they're going, what's going on. So these tips can be translated. 190 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: It's like, if I'm just walking in the woods by myself, 191 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: is something important to do and there's something important for 192 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 1: everyone to think about doing when you're in the woods 193 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: with someone else or by yourself. Using some of these 194 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 1: tips if you have if you're a little bit directionally challenged, 195 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: So the first thing is kind of knowing your cardinal 196 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 1: directions is huge. Now where the sun is and how 197 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 1: you got into an area, and understanding the area that 198 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: you're out by looking at a map ahead of time 199 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: really helps you kind of picture the layout of the area. 200 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: So always before I go in, I'll pull out my 201 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: maps and I'll look over the area and say, Okay, 202 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: here's where I'm at, here's where I'm going. Now, kind 203 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: of think about the road that you drove in on. Now, 204 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: which direction on the map is that going north, south, 205 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: east west. Now, when you're sitting at the trailhead or 206 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: wherever you are, Okay, which way is the road that 207 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: I drove in on? Which way does the canyon go? 208 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: Does the canyon go north south? Does it go east west? 209 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: Then also understanding directions based on the sun, So the 210 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: sun always rises in the east and sets in the west. Okay, Now, 211 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: in the middle of the day, it might be hard 212 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 1: to tell which direction. But as you're going into an area, Okay, 213 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: did the sun rise on this side of where I am? 214 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: Did the sunrise on that side of where I am? 215 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 1: Direction finding where you're at can be easy in really 216 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: open areas because you'll use landmarks as a very visual 217 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: visual process looking around, using peaks and identifying peaks and 218 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: other things around you. The easiest way to get lost 219 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: is in flat places that are thick and and hard 220 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: to kind of pick out a definitive landmark. So what 221 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: I have always been told, and this I know works 222 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: really well, is as you're walking around, you know, you 223 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 1: want to walk with your head up, you want to 224 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: be looking around, and as you see things, you kind 225 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: of create a story of what you see. Now, what 226 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: this is doing is it's just using memorization techniques of 227 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: creating what I would call a memory palace, or making 228 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: something that you might not notice into something that's familiar 229 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: by telling yourself a story I'd heard that this was 230 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: a way that Native Americans had traveled over long distances 231 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 1: and learned navigation techniques by just like creating stories about 232 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: things that they saw, and then they could relay some 233 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: of these stories to help other people find their direction. 234 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: Now how true that is or what, I don't know, 235 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: but it does make a lot of sense. If you're 236 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: walking around you see a certain tree or a creek, 237 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: create a story in a narrative that's easy to remember, 238 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: that helps you kind of associate where you are with 239 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: what's going around. The other thing that this does is 240 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: it gets your head up, gets you paying attention to 241 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: what's around you and really critically thinking about it. So 242 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: when you then come back and see these landmarks or 243 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:37,359 Speaker 1: features in the hills or creeks, depressions, trees, strange rocks, 244 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: just different stuff, it gives you a good idea of 245 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 1: knowing that, Okay, I'm on my way back, I'm here 246 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: there whatever. Over time, you just your your brain kind 247 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 1: of starts to remember where you are and you start 248 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: to learn based on directional feeling. It's funny because for 249 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: a very very very long time, I never relied on 250 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: gps IS and I never had problems finding my way back. 251 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: But it was just doing it time and time again, 252 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: and it would just even a place that I've never been, 253 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 1: could find my way back every time, even walking back 254 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: almost on the same routes over long distances, just based 255 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: on the way that it feels and the direction that 256 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: I'm going. Your body does over time learn how to navigate. 257 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: But when you're starting out, it's just a matter of 258 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: paying attention, getting your mind critically thinking, always looking up, 259 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: and then never forget to look behind you where you 260 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: came from, because as you're walking out of somewhere, you're 261 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: always looking at a different view. So I'm constantly scanning 262 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: around and never forgetting to look behind and understanding what 263 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: it looks like on my way back. And then use 264 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: your mapping and GPS software, but don't rely on it. 265 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: Use it as a instrument to help you. But also, 266 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: you know, get good at directional sense and just navigation 267 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: without those electronics, but have it so you can kind 268 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: of understand as you're going. Looking at a map while 269 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: you're walking is a great way to understand your direction 270 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: and where you're going as well. I might have spend 271 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: a little too much time on that, but I I 272 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: really think that that's a skill that a lot of 273 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: people struggle with and probably don't admit to, or a 274 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: lot of people admit to it, but they just don't 275 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: know how to fix it. They just think, oh, people 276 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: that are good at finding their way or just naturally 277 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: good at it, and it comes with practice and time. 278 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: But those are some tricks that you can use to 279 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: get way better at it. So I really like that question. 280 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: All right, let's go into some gear right now. UM, 281 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: I get a lot of gear questions. Actually I'll read 282 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: this question, then I'll jump on one that I just 283 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: saw a lot. This one says my name is Dan, 284 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: and I'm thinking about getting started on elk hunts that 285 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: will be camping, backpacking into the mountains for a week 286 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: or so at a time. What size backpack do you 287 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: recommend when starting out to have enough room for supplies 288 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: and to carry out meat when an elk is harvested. 289 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: That's a great question. So if we're talking backpacks, it's 290 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: got to first have a frame of some kind, either 291 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: internal or external. I think that should just be obvious, 292 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: but it may not be to some people. So you 293 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: want a good sturdy pack with an internal external frame. Uh, 294 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: you want straps they're adjustable, and then a waist belt 295 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: the fits. Having the right pack is a pack that 296 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: you can adjust to your specific torso length. Now, outside 297 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: of that, I really like packs for week long trips. 298 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: I'm trying to look for something in the six thousand 299 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: cubic range. The pack that I use is actually a 300 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: stone Glacier pack. They have all kinds of different frames 301 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: and bags and and whatever. The larger the six any 302 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: bags and that six thousand range seemed to work really good, 303 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: but I've even gone with bags in the three to 304 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: four thousand cubic range. It's just that the stone Glacier 305 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: pack that I use happens to have like a pull 306 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: away shelf, so you can actually pull the bag away 307 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: from the frame itself and slide say a quarter or 308 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: whatever in between the pack frame and the bag. Having 309 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: some kind of expandability is huge as far as taking 310 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: in your gear and then packing stuff out. Now, you've 311 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: got to realize, if you're going in for a week, 312 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: most of your weight and bulk going in is going 313 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: to be food that you're taking in. So if I 314 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: run out a room, if I have a smaller pack bag, 315 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 1: having something that pulls away from the framework and stuff 316 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: it in the load shelf. Um, I'll kind of use 317 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: that to bring my food in, and then on the 318 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 1: way out, you know, you don't have as much food, 319 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: and in that kind of stuff, that's pretty much you've 320 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: eaten it along the way, so you can use that 321 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: space then to pack stuff out. Now you might be 322 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: making multiple trips, but having a little bit extra room 323 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: is always nice. So once you go in you can 324 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: have your camp all your set up, and then on 325 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: the way out you can at least take some meat, 326 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: and then you might have to go make another trip 327 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 1: once you drop off either your camp stuff or some 328 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: of the meat, and then make multiple trips packing out. 329 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 1: But anything in that cubic range is about is what 330 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 1: I would consider a large pack and a pretty good 331 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: size for any kind of hunt week long where you 332 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna be packing meat as well. Alright, So let's 333 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: get into fitness type prep questions. And I think these 334 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 1: are great because so much Western hunting can be physical, 335 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: and a lot of your success is just gonna depend 336 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: on whether you can go that next ridge, whether you 337 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: can get up to that spot in time. So I 338 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 1: think that this is just a huge part of it 339 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: that maybe doesn't get talked about enough, So this question reads, 340 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: thanks for producing some of the best hunting content out there. 341 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: I find your content informative, inspiring, hard earned, and accurate. 342 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,159 Speaker 1: This person works full time and they're hunting times a 343 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: little bit short, but they've identified some productive areas, you know, 344 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 1: using some of the scouting techniques, found some places with 345 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 1: some good elevation gains that they're hoping will have less pressure. 346 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,959 Speaker 1: So to take advantage of those I'm kind of paraphrasing her, 347 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 1: but to take advantage of those off road hunting opportunities 348 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: in more steep country. They're trying to get into better shape, 349 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,479 Speaker 1: and so they've got two routes in town that they 350 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 1: can walk with a pack, and he does it three 351 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: times per week. He says. The first route is four 352 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: miles nearly two miles uphill and then the same distance downhill, 353 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: with a very short distance on the flats. The elevation 354 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: gain is moderate. His second route is three quarters of 355 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: a mile total round trip, and his leg burning steep. 356 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 1: He repeats that six times and then he's got his 357 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: four miles. In my experience, which one of those routes 358 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: is more effective training steady elevation gain over distance or 359 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 1: short but steep gain repeated multiple times. That is a 360 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: great question. That question is from Scott from Idaho, and 361 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 1: that's that's a great question, Scott. So in the past, 362 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: I think that one of the ways that I kind 363 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: of trained to get in really good shape to keep going, 364 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: especially before guiding season or whatever, is I would pick 365 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: a really steep hill and and work that hill where 366 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: you get that leg burn. I'm not an exercise physiologist 367 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: by any mean, but what I have found is that 368 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: once you get that lactic acid building up, working through 369 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,479 Speaker 1: that really builds up your endurance that you kind of 370 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: need for the hunt. So I found just starting out 371 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: there was a steep hill and the first time I'd 372 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: have a pack on, I'd walk up it and it 373 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: was it was a pretty it was probably longer than 374 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,919 Speaker 1: some of your hills sounds like, but it was one 375 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 1: of those hills where I'd start walking and it's like, 376 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, my legs are burning. I need to stop. 377 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: And then I would stop and see how long it's 378 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: taking me recover, and then keep walking. So what I 379 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 1: found was I started one day just had this idea 380 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: that I'm gonna walk up this steep hill, and no 381 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: matter what, I'm not going to stop. So I would 382 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: walk up it and it's like my legs would be 383 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: burning and almost want to stop, and I would just 384 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: kind of like start walking different any way to keep 385 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: moving and not stop, just keep that leg burning, burning, burning, 386 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: and I would actually like go walking normal and it's like, 387 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I have to I can't walk, And 388 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: then I would turn around and start walking up the 389 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,959 Speaker 1: hill backwards. Were like sidestepping anything I had to do 390 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: to keep going, just not stop. It's like as long 391 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 1: as I kept some kind of forward motion and just 392 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 1: press onto the top. The next day do the same thing, 393 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: and over time I then became where it was just 394 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: like walking up that hill was just like walking on 395 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: flat ground. What it did was it built and strengthened 396 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: the muscles and my legs, but also taught my legs 397 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: like how to It just gave me a little bit 398 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 1: more endurance space, and that steep hill did it in 399 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 1: a lot shorter time. It also helped build up my 400 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,959 Speaker 1: lungs and train the way that I controlled my breathing. 401 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: So as I was going huffing and puffing, I would 402 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 1: intentionally try to slow my heart rate and slow my 403 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: breathing while my legs were burning. By doing that, over time, 404 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 1: I just got better at going uphill, doing it fast, 405 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:53,719 Speaker 1: doing it efficiently, and really using my oxygen better. So 406 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: that's just one way that I've trained, and I think 407 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: that doing that made me so much better at hiking, 408 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: where to be honest, I almost prefer to go uphill 409 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: in many instances than downhill or side hill or even 410 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: on flat ground because I just have done that training 411 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: for that steep uphill, which seems to be the stuff 412 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: that I encounter elk and deer hunting. Now, I think 413 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: that because you have both options, I would do the 414 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: steep uphill twice and then the long gradual once a week. 415 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 1: If I was doing it three times a week, that 416 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: way gives you a little bit of everything. And if 417 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: you can find a longer, steeper hill, find that something 418 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: where you can go up, up, up, and it's like 419 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: you feel like you have to stop, and then kind 420 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: of measure your progression based on how far you can 421 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 1: get without stopping. And at some point it's gonna become 422 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: easy to go up that one hill, and at some 423 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: point you're gonna now be able to work on your breathing, 424 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: work on your lung capacity, and that's just gonna translate 425 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: into being able to do that all day long. I 426 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: think so that I would give a try if you can. Now, 427 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: if you're the type of person that lives somewhere where 428 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: you don't have access to hills, I mean even I 429 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: don't know, I mean like treadmills on inclines and kind 430 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:07,439 Speaker 1: of trying to do that maybe a little bit faster 431 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: pace in a jog or I've never really used one, 432 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: but those like stair masters, I know some people have 433 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: used that in the same like stair climb or climbing 434 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: up sets of stairs through stairwells and other stuff that 435 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 1: can really help. So just building that endurance for being 436 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: able to push your body when it wants to stop, 437 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: just saying okay, keep going, keep moving, and just it 438 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be fast, but just don't stop. I 439 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: feel like that's the best way to train and keep 440 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: yourself going. I asked UH last week for a little 441 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: bit of life advice if anybody had some or wanted 442 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: some stuff that just you know, anything, And this one 443 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: I think is really timely for what's going on right 444 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: now with a little COVID thing. He says, Hey, Manny, 445 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: big fan of the podcast. Question for you. I've been 446 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 1: hunting a small farm for wild turkeys for the past 447 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: two seasons. Obtained permission by cold emailing the owner, and 448 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: it's been a good successful spot so far. I've had 449 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 1: some text exchanges with the owner when the season was going, 450 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: mainly saying when I'd be there when I was gone, 451 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: and I haven't corresponded with him since fall season. My 452 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: question is this, with this coronavirus madness going on, is 453 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 1: it weird or insensitive to text him after a few 454 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: months to ask about the spring season. I'm trying not 455 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: to be a dick, but i also want to turkey hunt. 456 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: Thanks a Prentice. That is a great question because it 457 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 1: really takes into consideration a lot of things, and yeah, 458 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: we're in a situation where we've never been. Here's my 459 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: thought on it. I think that it's never a bad thing, 460 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: especially in this time, to reach out to people. You know, 461 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: you may not have actually ever even met this person, 462 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 1: just through emails or texts or whatever, but you know, 463 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: keeping those relationships up is is always a good thing. 464 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: And with what's going on right now, if you have uh, 465 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: you've had permission in the past. You know, if this 466 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: wasn't going on, you would probably feel free to reach out. 467 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: But I say reach out with a genuine, um pretense 468 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: of how are they doing? You know, say, hey, I 469 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: was thinking about you. You know, I just want to 470 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 1: check in on you and your family. Hope all is 471 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: going well, you know, say, you know, with whatever is 472 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: going on, you know, all this craziness, I'm looking forward 473 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: to getting out and was wondering if you wouldn't mind 474 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 1: if I hunted this spring season there, you know, say, 475 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: you know, with whatever is going on, I understand either way. Um. Also, 476 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:36,719 Speaker 1: if there's anything you need or I can help you with, 477 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: please let me know. Because it's a great it's a 478 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: great time to reach out. I think it's probably the 479 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: best time and and a better opportunity to reach out. 480 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: I think if you just said, hey, can I go hunting? 481 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: Am I in h what's the deal kind of thing? Yeah, 482 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:53,719 Speaker 1: that might be taken wrong. It's like everybody's got their 483 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: own stuff to think about, but you know, reach out 484 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: to them, Uh, see how they're doing. You know, mentioned 485 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 1: the fact that obviously it would be great to get 486 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 1: out and go from there and see if they need anything. Um, 487 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: there's probably a lot of things that they could do 488 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 1: or whatever that might help them out as well. So 489 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: you never know, you might build a better relationship. And 490 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: if they say no, hey, that's cool and uh, you know, 491 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 1: maybe reach out at different time. Maybe now is not 492 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: the time, but I think that there's never a bad 493 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: time to check in on someone to um be cordial, 494 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 1: and I think that they'll probably uh respond well to that. 495 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: I thank everybody for tuning in. Gosh, it was a 496 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: lot of great questions. I try. I'll try to answer 497 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 1: some more of them, the ones that have come in 498 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: through social media and stuff. I'll send you guys messages 499 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,439 Speaker 1: on some of that. But I tried to pick some 500 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 1: of the questions that really hit topics that I saw 501 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: asked a lot as always, feel free if this brings 502 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: up more questions, or you have more questions of your 503 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: question wasn't answered, feel free to shoot me a message 504 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: because I like to try to read a few of 505 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: them in the closings after every every week, just maybe 506 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,360 Speaker 1: touch on a couple that I didn't get to. And also, 507 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: you know, I love the interaction because it gives me 508 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: an opportunity to understand what people want to hear about 509 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: the kind of topics that people want to hear, and 510 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 1: it gives me an idea of what to talk about 511 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: that I think will benefit the most people. Um next week, 512 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: you know, I'm not actually set on what I want 513 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: to talk about next week, but I'm thinking there was 514 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,640 Speaker 1: a lot of questions about thermals and wind and I 515 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: did actually touch on that a little bit in a 516 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 1: previous Q and A, but it would be cool to 517 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,120 Speaker 1: just go a little bit deeper into that. Maybe we'll 518 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: talk about that. I've got some other topics that i'd 519 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: love I like to talk about, persistence being one of them. 520 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,399 Speaker 1: You know, some more scouting from home ideas, especially with 521 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 1: a little bit of downtime and applications going on, some 522 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: of that kind of stuff. So if there's some other 523 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 1: things you guys want to hear about, shootout. I've also 524 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: got a lot of stuff planned for the future as 525 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 1: far as a lot of the stions that come in 526 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: or about elk and mule deer. So that's why I 527 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,959 Speaker 1: try to talk about those a lot um and we 528 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: will before this fall kind of hit on some some 529 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 1: serious Elk tactics because I love talking about that, and 530 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: that's a lot of fun, and I think that that's 531 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: probably one of the things that everybody's dreaming about or 532 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: thinking about right now fall seasons. I know a lot 533 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 1: of you are gonna be turkey hunting. If you've got 534 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: if you use some of these tips, or you've got 535 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 1: hunts planned, reach out. Let's let's make this a two 536 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: way communication. You can always get me on at remy 537 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 1: warrant at Instagram if you're looking for some stuff to do, 538 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 1: you're a little bit bored, maybe you're home quarantined. You've 539 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: listened to all these podcasts four times. I think I 540 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: got a few comments of people that have already listened 541 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: to about every Cutting the Distance episode for the fourth time. 542 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: Now we've got the solo Hunter TV show that I do. 543 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: We've got we put all our episodes that we have 544 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: so far on both YouTube and Amazon Prime. So if 545 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: you haven't seen those, you can check those out, or 546 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: if you have seen him, you can go rewatch them. 547 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: There's some there's some cool hunts on there. Maybe get 548 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: get stoked up for something that you're gonna do this fall. 549 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: I know I've personally been kind of checking out different videos. 550 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 1: I've watched a few Spring Bear hunting videos. I've seen 551 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: some cool stuff. Man, I'm missing the rower in New Zealand, 552 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: and so are many of the kiwi's because the public 553 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: lands were pretty have pretty much been shut down for 554 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 1: hunting right now until all this blows over. So although 555 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: I missed the roarer this year, I think everybody did, 556 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 1: so it's kind of a combined ouch. Actually right now 557 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: is supposed to be in Argentina filming a Sacco Great 558 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 1: Hunt Series video for red Deer down in Argentina, and 559 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: I just like super excited about it, and obviously, you know, 560 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: plans change. But what I'm really looking forward to now 561 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: is I'm gonna do some additional turkey hunting this year. 562 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: It's one of those things that I kind of always 563 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: put on the back burner, but it is a lot 564 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,479 Speaker 1: of fun. A lot of you out there, you know, 565 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: talking about it, pumped on it. So I'm kind of 566 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: getting pumped up for that. Been watching some turkey stuff 567 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: and and a lot of spring bear stuff. Kind of 568 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: getting excited about that because normally I'm gone this time 569 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: of year in the South Pacific somewhere hunting tar red deer, 570 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: fali deer or something like that. So uh, to get 571 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 1: back and do some a little bit earlier season spring 572 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: bear hunting, all those tips that I talked about, that's 573 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 1: the way I'm gonna be hunting. And I'm pretty excited 574 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: about that. So feel free to reach out communicate with me, 575 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: and yeah, well we'll get through this. I'm I'm excited 576 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: for some of the future episodes, and I just really 577 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: appreciate everybody's comments, ratings, you know, he definitely um. If 578 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 1: you're listening and you you aren't a subscriber, feel free 579 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: jump on hit the subscribe or follow button wherever you 580 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: you listen to the podcasts and then share them with 581 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: some friends. If if you got some guys or gals 582 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 1: out there you know might enjoy this while they're at home, 583 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: please share it up. All right until next week, Catch 584 00:30:59,400 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: you guys later.