1 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: This is Cutting the Distance. This podcast is presented by 6 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: Yedti Built for the Wild. Happy New Year, everyone, and 7 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: welcome to the first Cutting the Distance podcast. Wow, that's 8 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: actually weird to say. I just feel like seemed so 9 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: far off. I feel like I should be doing some 10 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: intergalactic space travel by now, but I'm still pretty happy 11 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: with our current state of technology. It's crazy, though, that 12 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: I could be talking from anywhere and giving hunting tips 13 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: to a lot of people. So I'm pretty fortunate for 14 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: the times that we live in and that there's still 15 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: some extremely awesome wild places to hunt and explore now. 16 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: The New year is for a lot of people kind 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: of a time where you reset, you review last year 18 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: and go forward for this year. A lot of resolutions 19 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 1: get made, a lot of fitness goals are made and 20 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: broken oftentimes, but you know, now is the time that 21 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: you start thinking about what you want your next year 22 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: to look like. So on this episode of Cutting the 23 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 1: Distance podcast. As promised, what I want to do is 24 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: I want to go over some of your guys questions. 25 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: So people have written in they've got some questions. I 26 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: want to do a Q and A today, but I 27 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: also just want to talk a little bit about some 28 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: resolutions as well as just something that was really inspiring 29 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: to me that my dad did after a New Year's 30 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: quite a few years ago. So I'll kind of give 31 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: you the story of of his goal us to get 32 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: in shape. We'll do a top ten resolutions list to 33 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: make you a better hunter, and then we'll go into 34 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: the Q and A. My dad is probably one of 35 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: the most inspiring people in my life for a lot 36 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,679 Speaker 1: of reasons. He's done a lot of things. He got 37 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: me into hunting, but I think that it was later 38 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 1: on in life when I really realized the dedication he 39 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: had and he came to a realization. It was actually 40 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 1: around two thousand and eight, so eleven years ago. I 41 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: would guide a lot and was out hunting all the time, 42 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: in really good shape. All my brothers, we all stay 43 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: in really good shape, and my dad would go out 44 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: on these hunts with us. And he's the type of guy. 45 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: He was always a little overweight, or in some stages 46 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: quite a bit overweight. But there's a lot of guys 47 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: out there that you would consider overweight that just don't quit. 48 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: They'll get to the top of the mountain no matter what. 49 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: And he never had problem really keeping up as growing 50 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: up as kids. He was always the guy that he 51 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: just never gave up. So it didn't matter what kind 52 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: of shape he was in. He was always what I 53 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: would call mountain figures, able to throw a pack on 54 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: and just trudge. He might not be as fast as 55 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: everybody else, but he would always get there. And there's 56 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: a lot of guys out there like that. Like you 57 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: might look at some guys, you know what, you're a 58 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: doll sheep hunter. I've seen some guys that are that 59 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: are bigger guys that can just move in the mountains. 60 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: But a few years earlier, my dad had won a 61 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: doll sheep hunt from the Wild Sheep Foundation and it 62 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: was pretty awesome because they let me tag along on 63 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: the hunt as well, and I actually got to shoot 64 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: a sheep on that hunt. That was my first doll 65 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: sheep hunt in Alaska. And on that hunt, my dad 66 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: had kind of realized that he let his fitness level 67 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: out of control. He felt very underprepared for the task 68 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: at hand. We ended up both getting sheep, but it 69 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: was difficult for him to make it happen. The following year, 70 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: You're l hunting and deer inn a lot in Montana. 71 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: He drew a special tag and there was just times 72 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: where we needed to get over the next ridge and 73 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: he felt like he was getting left behind. He came 74 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: to this realization that he's getting older, the weight was 75 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: weighing him down literally, and that he really enjoyed hunting 76 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: with his kids, but he wasn't going to be able 77 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 1: to do it like that forever. And he knew that 78 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: looking forward into the future, he was going to miss 79 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: out on a lot. He would slowly get left behind, 80 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: and he didn't want that to happen. So in two 81 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 1: thousand and eight, he made a New Year's resolution that 82 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 1: he was gonna work out every day for thirty minutes. 83 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 1: We call it his thirty Minutes. Eleven years later, he 84 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: has not missed a single day, and his life is 85 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: drastically different now, all because he wanted to be in 86 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: the best shape for hunting and enjoy his experience out there. 87 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: I mean, it's really an incredible story to see where 88 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: he is now and where he used to be. I 89 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: mean my dad. He was always tough in the mountains. 90 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: He was always able to go. But I think he 91 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: lost eighty or ninety pounds. He wears the same pant 92 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: size as I do. And before he used to be 93 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,919 Speaker 1: to eighty or somewhere in there, to fifty to something 94 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: like that. Now he's down to about a hundred and 95 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: eighty pounds hundred nine pounds. He's lean, he's in shape, 96 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: and the guy can go. Because of that, He's able 97 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: to do hunts that he probably never thought that he 98 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 1: could do with ease. He's the guy that's on a 99 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: trip that we want to take with us. I know 100 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 1: guys half his age that can't carry what he can 101 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: carry go as long as he can go. He just 102 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: doesn't quit. He's the guy that's there with you no 103 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: matter how hard it gets, he's lifting you up. He's 104 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: always been my number one hunting partner, but because he 105 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: dedicated to staying in shape just for hunting. Honestly, we 106 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: can do any hunt in the world together, and I 107 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: know that he will be physically able to do it. 108 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: Sometimes he has more energy than I do. I go 109 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: out there. Most my fitness is just because I'm out 110 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: there all the time, hiking, staying in shape just by doing. 111 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: But he has that fitness regiment of every day getting 112 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: some kind of workout in, and it wasn't immediate results. 113 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: He started doing the thirty minutes, and then at some 114 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: point he said, look, I've been working out for a 115 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: year and really haven't lost any weight. He's like, I know, 116 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: I'm in better shape, but the weight didn't really shed 117 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: off like he was expecting. So then he added a 118 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: little bit of a diet to it, counting his calories, 119 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: doing a meal plan, and he started dropping weight. Like that, 120 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: the combination of the workout and then the diet, he 121 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: started losing weight and getting him better and better shape. 122 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: He's so dedicated to it. Like say he's doing a 123 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: road trip that's gonna take all day, he will pull 124 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: off the road and go run for thirty minutes, get 125 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: back in the truck and drive. No matter where he 126 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: is in the world, he does not miss thirty minutes. Now, 127 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: if he's out on a hunt, obviously he's getting his 128 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: thirty minutes in by hiking. And they don't have to 129 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: be crazy, easy, crazy workouts. Most of them are cardio based. 130 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:04,919 Speaker 1: A lot of it could be hiking with a pack. 131 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: He does a lot of hiking uphill stuff that keeps 132 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: him in shape for his goal to go hunting. It's 133 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: his primary reason for doing it, and because he's committed 134 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: to it now he's in the probably the best shape 135 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: of his life. He's able to do hunts that ten 136 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: years ago he would ever have dreamed of doing. And 137 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:27,119 Speaker 1: he's able to stay out there longer, be persistent, hunt 138 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: with his kids who are much younger, and remained successful. 139 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: And I truly believe that physical fitness has a lot 140 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: to do with translating to success in the mountains, especially 141 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: on big Western or back country hunts. Now it is 142 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: New Year's and there's probably a lot of you that 143 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: are thinking, well, I'm going to start some kind of 144 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: New Year's resolution. So what I've done is I did 145 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: at top ten resolutions to make you a better hunter? Countdown. 146 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: That's kind of a mouthful. I want to list off 147 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: ten things that I think you could do. It doesn't 148 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: even have to be a big thing. Some of these 149 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: are just small things, but they'll make you overall a 150 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: better hunter. So I'm gonna run through this list and 151 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: if you hear one you like, write it down. Maybe 152 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: you try a multiple ones of these, But I truly 153 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,559 Speaker 1: believe that if you pick one of these off this list, 154 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: or a few of these off your list, next hunting season, 155 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a better season. So let's start this 156 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: countdown number ten. Find a new spot. What that entails 157 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: is do some e scouting, do some real scouting. And 158 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: this doesn't matter what you hunt. If you're a turkey hunter, 159 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: you're a duck hunter, you're a elk hunter, a white 160 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: tail hunter, find a new spot, whether it's public land, 161 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: private land. The act of investigating and picking a place 162 00:08:55,640 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: that could potentially be successful builds up skills and finding 163 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: things places that are unfamiliar when you get out of 164 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: your comfort zone. No matter where you go, the skills 165 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: that you make learning those spots are going to translate 166 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: into success. There's a lot of hunters out there. They 167 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: aren't find spot hunters there. Guys that go out with 168 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: their friends who always have the spots, just pick a 169 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 1: goal of finding one new spot. If you hunt new 170 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: places all the time. Still every year I always try 171 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: to find a new spot, a new honey hoole, even 172 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: in places that I've hunted my entire life. Every year 173 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: I dedicate to finding one new good spot, and because 174 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: of it, I learned the area, I learned the animals, 175 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: and I become a better hunter. Number nine, Pick a 176 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: new species. The hunt that goes for anything. If there's 177 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: something you haven't hunted, whether it be small game, large game, elk, dear, 178 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: white tails, it doesn't matter. Picking a new species allows 179 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: you to once again get out of that comfort zone 180 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: and do something new. What's gonna do is it's gonna 181 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: call up the skill sets that you might already have 182 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: and challenge you and push you a little bit to 183 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: do a hunt that you haven't done before. By doing that, 184 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: you're just gonna get better at hunting other things. I 185 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 1: really value the skills that I've learned by constantly trying 186 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 1: to chase new species, because every time I hunt something new, 187 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: I learned something new. I might go well. Actually, right 188 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: now I'm hunting access dear in Hawaii, which is one 189 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: of my favorite hunts a few years back, is something 190 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: that I've never done. But yet hunting those animals, I've 191 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: learned a lot of a lot of techniques as far 192 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: as still hunting that I take when I go hunt 193 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: mule deer or white tails spot in stock because you 194 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: get a little bit more practice, or I pick up 195 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: new nuances with that new species. That translates to a 196 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: lot of different hunts. Number eight, learn to hunt with 197 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: a new weapon choice. Now, if you're a rifle hunter 198 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: this year, I want you to consider picking up a 199 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: muzzleloader or a bow. If you're a bow hunter, consider 200 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: maybe going on one rifle hunt or one muzzleloader hunt. 201 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: Maybe it's a shotgun hunt, trying a new weapon, it's 202 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: twofold one. It extends your season, because some seasons might end. 203 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 1: If you're just a rifle hunter. Once that rifle season 204 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: is over, well that's your season. If you extend your 205 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: season into archery, into muzzleloader, it gives you more time 206 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: in the field, more excuse to get out. The other 207 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: thing is you learn stuff from each different weapon choice. 208 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: A lot of guys that are bow hunters thinking, oh, well, 209 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: I'm already at the pinnacle of hunting. I've done the 210 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: hardest way to hunt. Yes, that's true, but a lot 211 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: of general area of public land hunts, some of those 212 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: rifle hunts can be a lot more difficult than the 213 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,719 Speaker 1: bow hunt. So when you have struggle to just find animals. 214 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:54,959 Speaker 1: What that's gonna do is gonna make you a better 215 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: hunter when it comes down to going back to the 216 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: next archery season when maybe the conditions aren't perfect. You're 217 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 1: gonna pick up skills from hunting different weapon choices just 218 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: by being in the field longer and having more opportunity 219 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: to get out there and interact with the animals that 220 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: you're hunting. Number seven, Take a new hunter out. It 221 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: doesn't matter how long you've been hunting. If you've been 222 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: out and you've you've done it. Take somebody else that hasn't. 223 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: When you take out a new hunter. And I get 224 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: this from guiding all the time, or especially when I 225 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: take out new friends or my wife, I start verbalizing 226 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: the knowledge that I do have. Even if you've just 227 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: been hunting for a season or half a season, somebody 228 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: took you out. Just by showing somebody how to do something, 229 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: it teaches you. At the same time, it also potentially 230 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 1: gives you a new hunting partner to go out with. 231 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 1: It's one of the best things you can do to 232 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: increase your skills is to take somebody that has less 233 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: skills than you, because you're gonna have to kind of 234 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,559 Speaker 1: pay attention to what you do and then teach that 235 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 1: to someone else. I always learned, whether it was like 236 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: school or studying, to really know what you're doing means 237 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: that you could take that and teach it to another person. 238 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: I like to translate that to everything. How would I 239 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: explain what I'm doing to someone else? Because when I 240 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: go through the process of thinking of how I would 241 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:25,319 Speaker 1: explain it, I'm truly understanding the fundamentals and the mechanics 242 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 1: of what I'm doing. Number six, hike a hundred miles 243 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: before the season. Now, this is kind of fitness based. 244 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 1: You might think, whoa hundred mile hike. No, I'm not 245 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: even just saying a hundred mile hike. I'm saying between 246 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: January and September one, or whenever your first fall season starts, 247 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: make a goal of logging a hundred miles out hiking 248 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: that's with a pack like you would in a hunting scenario. Really, 249 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: if you break that down, that's twenty five mile hikes. 250 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:58,839 Speaker 1: That's a two and a half out two and a 251 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: half back. It's very doable. But the reason I suggest 252 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: that is it's really hard to train for something and 253 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: be in the right shape for it. But by not 254 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: doing it. What that means is you can spend a 255 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: lot of time in the gym, but when you go 256 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: out hunting, you're gonna be carrying a pack and you're 257 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: gonna be hiking, and the best way to build muscle 258 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: memory for that is to do it. So if you 259 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: just set a small goal a hundred miles, it seems 260 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: like a lot, but it's really not. It's a few 261 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: weekends a year getting out, Maybe bring your family out, 262 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: do some shed hikes, do some scouting, or just trail 263 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: hikes in a local park or forest, whatever recorded on 264 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: an app, and try to log a hundred miles before 265 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: next season. It's just gonna train your body and just 266 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: keep you doing it throughout the year, not just when 267 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: hunting season comes around. Number five, Save up for a 268 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: better pair optics. If you're looking at your kit and 269 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: you need one piece of year to improve this year, 270 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: I would say budget for good pair optics. If you 271 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: don't have a good spotting scope, grab a good spotting scipe. 272 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: If you don't have good binoculars, maybe this is the 273 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: year to upgrade what you have. Western hunting, even if 274 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: you're a tree stand hunter, having a good pair of 275 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: binoculars really just increases your success for all kinds of hunting. 276 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: I use it white I'm bird hunting, when I'm white 277 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: tail hunting, it doesn't matter. Having a good pair of 278 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: binoculars really ups your game and allows you to find 279 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: animals that you may not pick up otherwise. You can 280 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: go back and listen to a few of our glass 281 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: NG episodes, but I highly suggest I think optics are 282 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: a key piece of kit, especially for spot and stock 283 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: hunting or Western hunting. So that's something that might be 284 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: one of your goals. This is the year to upgrade 285 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: your buyos number four. Pick one new out of state hunt. 286 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter where you live. Just the idea of 287 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: crossing a state line and going somewhere else. It causes 288 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: you to really pull up the hunting skills that you 289 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: have and creates, I would say, a system where you 290 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: have to read a new set of regulations, you have 291 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: to find a new spot, you have to go somewhere 292 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: that's very unfamiliar and get out of your comfort zone. 293 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: What that does is it increases the skills that you 294 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: can take home because you're doing all the things and 295 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: taking extra steps for each hunt that you might not 296 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: take when you keep hunting the same place over and over. 297 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: Even for myself, I constantly tried to go somewhere new. 298 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: I pick a new out of state hunt, and I'm 299 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: going to do that very same thing this year. So 300 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: it's just something that expands your skills as a hunter. 301 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: Even if you're a new hunter, think about planning a 302 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: trip somewhere else. Maybe four something new back up in 303 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: number nine, A new species. You could check two of 304 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: those off the list at once. Pick a new species 305 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: out of state. It's gonna allow you to try something 306 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: different when you go out of state. Here's the other 307 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: thing that I love about it. Sometimes when you hunt 308 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: it home, you just you go out hunting. But when 309 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: you go out of state, it's an adventure, it's a trip, 310 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: and you're committed to hunting during that time that you're away. 311 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: You specifically set a longer period of time to get 312 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 1: out and by hunting a longer period of time, say 313 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: it's a three day trip, a five day trip, hunting 314 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 1: multiple days in a row, it really allows you to 315 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: understand an area, to see something new, and really dive 316 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: into that hunt. You've got nothing else going on, you 317 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: can't go run into work the next day. You aren't 318 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 1: dealing with other things. You're just in the hunt, focusing 319 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 1: on the hunt, and it's a great way to expand 320 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 1: your skills. Number Three, shoot more. If you are a 321 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: bow hunter or want to get into bow hunting, make 322 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: some goals on shooting. If you shoot a couple of 323 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: times right before the season, bump it up, start shooting 324 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: every week, Start shooting every day, Start shooting multiple times 325 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: a week. The same goes for rifle hunters shotgun shooters. 326 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter what your weapon of choices, we can 327 00:17:55,960 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: all be better. I constantly continue to practice with whatever 328 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: weapons that I'm using. This year, I shoot hundreds of 329 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: rounds with shotguns, hundreds of rounds with a rifle, thousands 330 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: of bow shots a year because when I get into 331 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 1: the field, I know that I might have one chance 332 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 1: at that animal, and I want to make sure that 333 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: I'm ready, confident, and can make a clean kill, because 334 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: that's our responsibility as hunters. I know so many guys 335 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: that get into bow hunting. They start out strong, they 336 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: start practicing shooting, and they're like, oh, I know how 337 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: to shoot my bow, and then they shoot it once 338 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 1: or twice right before they go out, just to make 339 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 1: sure it's sighted in. That's not the best way to 340 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: do it. You want to remain proficient. You want muscle memory, 341 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: so when something goes down, it's quick, it's easy, and 342 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 1: you make an ethical shot. Number two, This one's super important. 343 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: We've talked about it a little bit in the story. 344 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 1: But get in shape and really commit to it. Everybody 345 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: can do better in this aspect. It doesn't matter what 346 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: kind of shape you're in. Maybe getting better shape if 347 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: you lift a lot or whatever, get in good hiking shape, 348 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: to do some cardio, wear a pack, get in hunting shape, 349 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: get in mountain shape, get in the shape that you 350 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: want for the field. And that might just mean thirty 351 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: minutes a day, maybe thirty minutes every other day, maybe 352 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes a day. I don't even care. Maybe it's 353 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,959 Speaker 1: five minutes a day. Start somewhere that you know you 354 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: can do it, and don't quit. When I'm working out 355 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 1: or running, if I if I'm home for a little bit, 356 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: I might go on a hike or whatever, just to 357 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: keep my fitness levels up. What I like to do, 358 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: and I've done this ever since I can remember, is 359 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: that when I'm working out or doing something that I 360 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 1: don't really like to do. I just picture chasing some 361 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 1: animal up a mountain, like that last little push when 362 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: I see an animal a long ways away. If I'm 363 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,439 Speaker 1: on a backpack hunt, nothing slows me down or stops 364 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: me from getting over there. And I use that same 365 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 1: motivation off season as well. Just visualize it, Pretend like 366 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: you're on the hunt, and you keep that hunting goal 367 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: in mind. If you're a hardcore hunter, it's really easy 368 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,920 Speaker 1: to visualize your success and use that as a motivator 369 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: to stay in shape. At least for me it is. 370 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: And now we're down to number one. The number one 371 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: top thing you can do this season to increase your 372 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: success is listen to the Cutting the Distance podcast once 373 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: a week. Of course, I had to add that in, 374 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 1: but I truly believe the reason I'm doing this podcast 375 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: is to make you a better hunter. Now, I get 376 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: so many messages from people that are white tail hunters 377 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: or maybe maybe don't necessarily do the same kind of 378 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: hunting that I do. It doesn't matter if you live 379 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: in Australia, New Zealand, North America. The tactics that I 380 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: generally use. Maybe you've never hunted out before, but you 381 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: can glean tips from that species and translate it to 382 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 1: so many other things. I've hunted a lot of places 383 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: around the world, a lot of different species, and it's 384 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: funny how many things you take from one thing and 385 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: move it on to the next. And I love getting 386 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: messages from that as well. I got some from a 387 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: guy he's a white tail hunter, but that glassing tactic 388 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 1: helped him be successful this year. Or the shoes off situation. 389 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: Guys have been doing that creeping into their tree standard. 390 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: It's like, use those tactics and modify it for what 391 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,479 Speaker 1: you do. And then as well, maybe you're gonna go 392 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: out of state, maybe you're gonna hunt a new species. 393 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: Just listening to these tips and logging them in your 394 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: mental catalog, it's overall going to make you better. So 395 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 1: listening to this podcasts, that's an easy one. You can 396 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: just tune in on your way to work and share 397 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: that with your friends too, because it's great to bounce 398 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: ideas off of each other. You got a buddy, make 399 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: sure he listens to it every week and then talk 400 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 1: about it like, Hey, what did what did we learn 401 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 1: this week? How can we translate that to what we're doing? 402 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: Talk with your friends maybe it'll inspire you to try 403 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: something new this year to plan a new hunt. It's 404 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: always easier to get motivated when you've got somebody else 405 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: that's pushing you along. Pushing each other is a great 406 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: way to go further. So that sums up my top 407 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: ten countdown for things to make you a better hunter. 408 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: In my personal resolutions, I've always loved shooting my trad bow, 409 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 1: my longbow, my recurve, but I know that I don't 410 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: shoot them enough. So what I've been starting to do 411 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: is just when I go out to shoot my compound bow, 412 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: I've got my recurve and my longbow there. I really 413 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 1: want to just continue honing my skills with that shooting. 414 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: So this year, that's one of my resolutions, my goals. 415 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: And then of course I'm gonna pick a new out 416 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: of state hunt and if I can a new species 417 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 1: to chase this year, you know what, I'm just gonna 418 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: go that same list I'm checking off one through ten, 419 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: So that'll be my goal, checking off one through ten. 420 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: If anybody else does that, I would love to hear 421 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: about it. So let's jump into the Q and A. 422 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: We'll finish that up. Thank you guys so much, for 423 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: sending in your questions. A lot of these questions come 424 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: from emailing me Remy at the meat Eater dot com, 425 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: as well as on my social media at Remy Warren 426 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 1: generally on Instagram. That's where I'm the most active. Now, 427 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: if you've sent in an email and you haven't got 428 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 1: to reply, I apologize. There's quite a few of them 429 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 1: that we just can't get to all of them, but 430 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 1: I do try reading. I pretty much read everything, um 431 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: so a lot of it's in my mind and I 432 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 1: when I go to plan these episodes, some of those 433 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: questions will hopefully get hit, and then some of them 434 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna read right now. So I pulled out 435 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 1: about five or so. The first question here comes from 436 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 1: Austin O'Neil, fort Worth, Texas. He says, hey, there, Remy, 437 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 1: love the podcast you have going right now. I've been 438 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 1: hunting my entire life in both Texas and Louisiana. I've 439 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: hunted nearly all these states have to offer, mostly on 440 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: private land except for public land water failing. My dream 441 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: is to go west on a backcountry meal. Dear rail cut, 442 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,919 Speaker 1: I haven't even the slightest clue where to start. I 443 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: think a lot of folks are in the same camp. 444 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: Any ideas would be lately appreciated. That's a great question, 445 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 1: and it kind of ties into some of the twenty 446 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: nineteen resolutions and goals. Go out of state, hunt something new. 447 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 1: It can be daunting. Where to start. Now, there's a 448 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: lot of things to consider. There's some general over the 449 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: counter type tags, but there's also a draw system. So 450 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: here's where I would start. I would pick a state. 451 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: It really doesn't matter what state. Maybe it's based on 452 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: the amount of tags, like Colorado has more ELK tags 453 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: than everywhere Wyoming. It could be just based on that's 454 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: an easy drive for me. Idaho could just be Yeah, 455 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 1: it sounds like a fun trip, Montana, wherever. Pick one 456 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: or two states and then dive into that state. So 457 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: here's how you dive in. Start first by ordering the 458 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: regulations for the two states that you've picked. You can 459 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: start by doing a little bit of research online where 460 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: states so that I could get it over the counter 461 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: tag Where states that have a good chance of drawing 462 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:05,640 Speaker 1: my first year. Okay, once you get that, read through 463 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: those and identify areas that you could potentially get a 464 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 1: tag or potentially start hunting. Once you've done that, now 465 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,640 Speaker 1: you jump into the research aspect. Honestly, the ONYX Hunt 466 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: app is one of the best ways that I do 467 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: hunt planning because what I'll do is, after reading through 468 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: the regulations, I figure out where I can hunt, I 469 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: go on that app and I go to that unit 470 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,679 Speaker 1: and I look for public land. Once you found the 471 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: public land, you go, Okay, there's access here. I've got 472 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 1: public land. I've got an area I can get a tag. 473 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: This is where I'm going to start my research. Once 474 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: you've narrowed down the area, it's way easier to pinpoint 475 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 1: places to go or give yourself ideas on where to hunt. 476 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: You can call local biologists, fish and game. You can 477 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 1: do a lot of research online just even googling the 478 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 1: area and maybe even get into a forum about people 479 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: that have hunted that area. Create. What I do is 480 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: I start a folder for every new area. I still 481 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: do a lot of handwriting whatever. When I learned something 482 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: or find something interesting on it, I write it down 483 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 1: and that's gonna start narrowing your approach to that specific unit. 484 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: And through that research, a lot of times you might 485 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 1: even encounter some people that have been there. Um, you 486 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:20,679 Speaker 1: might get some numbers from some guys to talk to 487 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:24,120 Speaker 1: or through a forum, maybe just kind of get somebody's 488 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: take on it. Then I'll go back to my maps. Now, 489 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: go back to our one of our e scouting episodes 490 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,360 Speaker 1: we did early on, and maybe I gotta I'll probably 491 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 1: do some more episodes in the future on tag draw 492 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: systems as well as hunting new areas. There's all gonna 493 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: be coming up, So that's where I would start, and 494 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: I think that kind of answers it. And then just 495 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 1: keep listening to the podcast because really you're going to 496 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: glean a lot of tips on the how to hunt part. 497 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 1: But I'm also I like that idea and maybe cover 498 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: some more getting started in future episodes. Alright, this one, 499 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna paraphrase from Ben. He says, most of my 500 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: hunts are rather stationary in a blind in central Texas 501 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: where it's usually hot but can get into the twenties. 502 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: So he's planning his first elk hunt late in September 503 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: in Idaho. He's purchased a lot of outdoor gear. He's 504 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: got some gortex wind stopper jacket for extra warmth rain protection. 505 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: He bought some Ridge Reaper pants. He bought gortex pants 506 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,199 Speaker 1: as well, so his his question is should he just 507 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: throw on a base layer and go lighter pants or 508 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 1: should he go heavier pants that are too hot for Texas, 509 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: but he doesn't want to get too cold in Idaho. 510 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 1: So late September in the mountains, it can be a 511 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: little bit of everything. I would say if you're if 512 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: you're going on your first hiking type hunt, you dress 513 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: completely different than you do when you're sitting. I actually 514 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: did a sitting hunt in Oklahoma this year, and I froze. 515 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: It's a completely different experienced sitting station. Or you need 516 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: a lot of clothes is and you need a lot 517 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: of warm stuff. When you're hunting the mountains, you're moving. 518 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: You can never go to light. It could be thirty 519 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: degrees out or freezing out. And I generally start off 520 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: the day if if I know I'm hiking in a 521 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 1: light pant and my shirt, I'll leave my jacket in 522 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: my pack because I know that as soon as I 523 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: start moving, I'm gonna heat up and I'm gonna start sweating. 524 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: I would say that if I was the choose between 525 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: one or the other for late September, I would go 526 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: the lightest pant I could find, and then throw in 527 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: a like a mid season base layer, because Western hunting 528 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: and movement hunting is all based on layering. If you're stopped, 529 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: you might cool down, So that's when you would throw 530 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: on that rain jacket or a down puff or something 531 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,479 Speaker 1: like that to keep you warm, and then you can 532 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: take it off and as soon as you start hiking again, 533 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: go mobile, go lightweight, and let whatever you're wearing be breathing, 534 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 1: because if you just bundle up and start hiking, you're 535 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 1: just gonna overheat. Alright. This next one is from John 536 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 1: kin Or. He says, first of all, huge fan. Second 537 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: of all, I've been watching you on Solo Hunters and 538 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: listening to your podcast for a couple of months now, 539 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 1: and I've seen you make some very impressive shots in 540 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: the field. Uh. He's his question comes down to mountain rifles. 541 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: He also said, asks what guns scope I've had the 542 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 1: most success with, and then he sees that I generally 543 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 1: use a muzzle brake. He has a question about the 544 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: muzzle brakes and whether he should get one, and then 545 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: what type of caliber of rifle. That's a great question, 546 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: and I get gun questions a lot. The number one 547 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: gun question I get is what caliber and then what 548 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 1: type of rifle. So if you want a mountain rifle, 549 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 1: there's a ton of great lightweight mountain rifles out there. Uh. 550 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: Currently I work with Soco. I'm actually sponsored by Sacco Firearms, 551 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: the Finished Firearm Company. They do make some really good 552 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: lightweight guns. The Carbon Light as well as the fin 553 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: Light to that's those are probably two my favorites. But 554 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: they also make what I would consider the best mid 555 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: range light rifle, which is the Tika T three Light. 556 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: For the price and the weight like that, that gun 557 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: can't be beaten. I've probably recommended that gun to more 558 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: people than others um In a lot of the solo 559 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: hunters that I've done, I've shot a lot of Christians 560 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,719 Speaker 1: in arms. Those are great rifles as well, also lightweight, 561 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 1: they've got the carbon fiber. I do suggest muzzle breaks 562 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:26,479 Speaker 1: on a rifle now. A lot of people go, oh, 563 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: they damage your ears. Yes, here's my opinion. I wish 564 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 1: that our suppressor laws in this country we're wide open, 565 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: like you could just buy them. When I go to 566 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: New Zealand, you can pretty much buy a suppressor anywhere. 567 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 1: It's actually encouraged that you put a suppressor on your rifle. 568 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 1: Because what it does is it acts as a muzzle break, 569 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 1: taking a lot of the kick out of the rifle, 570 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: but it doesn't blow your ear drums out and they 571 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: aren't silenced. It just takes the crack out of the rifle, 572 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 1: reduces the decibel level a little bit. Now, I think 573 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: most suppressors. You probably still when I'm shooting, like at 574 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: the range with a suppressor, I throw on my ear protection. 575 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: But when I'm out in the field and I shoot 576 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: with the suppressor, it just doesn't blast my ears. You'll 577 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: see that in a lot of videos that I do. 578 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: I always have those ear plugs around my neck or 579 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 1: put ear plugs in before I shoot, and it is 580 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: because I have a muzzle break. You might get one 581 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: shot off, but damaging your ears. I just know too 582 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: many guys and I've I've had it happened where my 583 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 1: ears will ring for a week, and it's not worth 584 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 1: your ears ringing for the rest of your life. I 585 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: know if you guys that that's happened to. So the 586 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: reason that I suggest a muzzle break, I believe that 587 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: a lot of people overgunn themselves. It doesn't matter how 588 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: tough you are, or how strong you are, or how 589 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 1: manly you are. If you're repeatedly getting a sharp kick 590 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: in the shoulder, eventually you're gonna develop some bad shooting habits. 591 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: And I see this happen a lot, especially with young 592 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: hunters where they might be fifteen, sixteen whatever and there 593 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: just overgunned. In America, we tend to overgun really bad. 594 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: Like we'll give a hundred and twenty pound person a 595 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 1: three wind bag and say here, shoot this box of 596 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 1: shells and then go out and shooting milk. What's gonna 597 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: happen is you're gonna start flinching. And I see it 598 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: happen nearly with everybody that shoots a large caliber rifle 599 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: for prolonged period of time. And it might not happen 600 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: right away, but eventually it will. It's just something that happens. 601 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: It's super hard to get away from. So I suggest 602 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: always airing on the side of less recoil. Recoil reduction 603 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: muzzle break is the best way to do that. You're 604 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,479 Speaker 1: better off having a loud gun that you can shoot 605 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: and not develop bad habits with. Also, I love the 606 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 1: muzzle break because when I'm on target, if I'm by myself, 607 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:52,040 Speaker 1: the lower recoil allows me to oftentimes still maintain that 608 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: animal in my scope as well as reacquire the target 609 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 1: extremely quick even if you aren't by yourself. That is 610 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: a great to have. My personal favorite caliber is a 611 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: three short MAAG. I love it because I can hunt 612 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: everything from moose and elk down to I've even taken 613 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 1: it to Africa and hunted small steam buck, which is 614 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:20,040 Speaker 1: like a very tiny antelope. It's very versatile. It's also 615 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: a short action, so that short action you can get 616 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 1: built into a lighter rifle. If you're a mountain hunter, 617 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,719 Speaker 1: you're carrying your rifle all the time, shaving off some 618 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: weight is huge. As far as scope, I think one 619 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: of my favorite scopes is the Vortex. It's the Viper 620 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: series and it's like an hsl R. There's a hunter 621 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: version of it now brand new. I like having an 622 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: adjustable turret on my scope, but you know, everybody's different. 623 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 1: I like to be able to just dial up to 624 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: where I'm exactly where that bullets gonna hit. I would say, 625 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: if you don't do that, if you want to just 626 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: keep it simple, stupid. I know a lot of guys 627 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 1: that just having a turret is just a little bit 628 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 1: too much, So there's plenty of rifle scopes out there. 629 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: I would say get one with BBC Radical Ballistic Stata LIGNS, 630 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: something that translates to wear your bullets hitting at different ranges. Now, 631 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 1: a lot of those scopes aren't first vocal plane, meaning 632 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,759 Speaker 1: it's got to be at a certain magnification for those 633 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: lines to represent. So you just have to get familiar 634 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 1: with whatever scope you do. I like having a little 635 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: bit more magnification on my scope, so I'll try to 636 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:27,360 Speaker 1: get something like a four to sixteen is a good 637 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: range of scope that I like. I like that extra 638 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,399 Speaker 1: bit of zoom because I like to really be able 639 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: to pick out what I'm shooting at. You know, I'd 640 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: say growing up, the standard was the three to nine. 641 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 1: I like to jump it up to the sixteen. I 642 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,880 Speaker 1: think when you get into the twenty range magnification, if 643 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 1: you've got more of a tactical type setup, that's great. 644 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 1: I like higher magnification, but I also want to make 645 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: sure that I have the low range on it as well. 646 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,239 Speaker 1: Because my scope is of the time set on a 647 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,879 Speaker 1: low magnification. I only turn it up when I need 648 00:34:57,920 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 1: it for those further shots because I want to make 649 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: sure I take a more accurate shot now if I'm 650 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:06,200 Speaker 1: by myself, though I rarely ever go above nine power 651 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 1: because I want to be able to retain the site 652 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: picture and see what happens on that shot. I don't 653 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: know if that answers the question that got deep, but 654 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 1: I think some people will be able to pick some 655 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,680 Speaker 1: stuff out of that. All right, our next question, I 656 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:23,480 Speaker 1: might butcher your last name Maxim totally from Montana Um. 657 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:25,399 Speaker 1: Him and a buddy are going on a CU's deer 658 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 1: hunt December one opener any advice for first time CUS 659 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,200 Speaker 1: deer hunters, and then they're gonna spend a lot of 660 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,560 Speaker 1: time glassing. It sounds like he's got a pretty good 661 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,320 Speaker 1: plan here. He really just wants any advice for spotting 662 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: stalking the CU's deer. Now. The CUS deer hunt in 663 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,880 Speaker 1: Arizona is awesome because there's an over the counter archery 664 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,360 Speaker 1: tag down there. It's pretty much through December through January. 665 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: I will say I've hunted almost I don't know. I 666 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,959 Speaker 1: don't know if I've punted every open unit, but I've 667 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,319 Speaker 1: over the years make it a point to just keep 668 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,319 Speaker 1: hunting new units down there, and I've got some of 669 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 1: my favorites that I keep going back to. But I 670 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:02,400 Speaker 1: would say the best advice I could give you is 671 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:06,480 Speaker 1: get good glass and find glassing knobs, so you you'll 672 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,279 Speaker 1: find a good knob with the sun at your back 673 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,920 Speaker 1: and glass the mountain range, I would say most of 674 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,360 Speaker 1: the deer are gonna tend to be at the top 675 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,279 Speaker 1: third of the hill. Cou'se deer I kind of refer 676 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: them as a mountain white tail, whereas in Arizona the 677 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,560 Speaker 1: mule deer at the bottoms and the valleys, and the 678 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,759 Speaker 1: cou'se deer up on the mountains. It's the exact opposite 679 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,439 Speaker 1: where hut in Idaho or in Montana, where the white 680 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 1: tails are in the bottom of the mule deer up 681 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,800 Speaker 1: on the mountains. I like hunting the mountains, so I 682 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,879 Speaker 1: go with what species live in the mountains Arizona, it's 683 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:39,160 Speaker 1: CU's deer. Now, when you're hunting in December, it's going 684 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: to be a little bit more pre rut, and then 685 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: when you get into the January season, I think it's 686 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:47,840 Speaker 1: more main red. I personally prefer to hunt later in January, 687 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:49,600 Speaker 1: So if you're looking for an out of state hunt, 688 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 1: you could jump on that one right now. The later 689 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:56,160 Speaker 1: in January hunt. You can still translate a lot of 690 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,759 Speaker 1: just standard white tail tactics or rut tactics, so you 691 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,919 Speaker 1: do little bit of glassing, but also think about these 692 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,760 Speaker 1: deer running. They're gonna be moving more. Look toward areas 693 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:10,160 Speaker 1: where bucks will travel. I like to start out looking 694 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,840 Speaker 1: first thing on the ridges, finger ridges in the mornings 695 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,080 Speaker 1: or at the top third of the mountain. As that 696 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,839 Speaker 1: thermal changes, it's gonna be drifting the wind up. Well, 697 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,759 Speaker 1: the bucks are gonna be cruising looking for does. So 698 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: what they're gonna be doing is they're gonna be moving 699 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,320 Speaker 1: in places where they can cover a lot of ground 700 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 1: and hopefully catch the scent of a dough. That tends 701 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: to be ridges in the mornings as the thermals arising, 702 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: because they'll catch the wind on either side as well 703 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,319 Speaker 1: as like the top part of the mountain. That's why 704 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:36,880 Speaker 1: I say it's glass the top third of the hill, 705 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 1: because they're gonna be catching the scent of does down below. Now, 706 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:45,640 Speaker 1: when it comes to the stocking portion, that is the 707 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,880 Speaker 1: hardest part because as they're running, they might get up 708 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 1: and run off. So if you've got two guys, two 709 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:54,200 Speaker 1: guys is preferred, leave one guy on point. If you 710 00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:57,520 Speaker 1: can hunt in pairs, you're gonna be a lot more successful, 711 00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,960 Speaker 1: just because when you go on a stock, having somebody 712 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,480 Speaker 1: watch that animal and know whether they're gone or not 713 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,880 Speaker 1: is huge. But what I like to do is I 714 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:06,680 Speaker 1: like to watch the deer. I like to watch to 715 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 1: where they bed down, and then I play in my 716 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,920 Speaker 1: stock from there, leave one guy on point. If the 717 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 1: animal moves or whatever, have hands signals worked out, like, hey, 718 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,640 Speaker 1: that deer just decided to get up and run off 719 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,520 Speaker 1: and chase a dough for no reason, or he's still 720 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,719 Speaker 1: in that position. A lot of the CU's deer hunts 721 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,359 Speaker 1: stocks that get blown. They get blown by sneaking in 722 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,080 Speaker 1: and just assuming that they're gone because you don't see them, 723 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,440 Speaker 1: and then they blow out right at your feet. They 724 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:34,160 Speaker 1: will hold very tight. But I'd say most of the 725 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,920 Speaker 1: time when I'm stocking CU's Dear, the plan is to 726 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:40,280 Speaker 1: come in from the top. It's mountainous. Most mountain stocks 727 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,240 Speaker 1: are best performed sneaking down on top of the animal 728 00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,360 Speaker 1: because they're bedded looking down. If you can get the 729 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,200 Speaker 1: wind right, you'll probably get into position for a shot. 730 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,640 Speaker 1: And then when you get into that position for a shot, 731 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,160 Speaker 1: be quiet, be patient, and make sure that you have 732 00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:56,640 Speaker 1: good shooting lanes for when they happen to stand up. 733 00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 1: I think that's the simplest way I could walk you 734 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,360 Speaker 1: through that at and I you know, I love cuse 735 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,719 Speaker 1: deer hunting. So maybe a little bit later that's a 736 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,319 Speaker 1: good topic for an actual podcast in the future. If 737 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,080 Speaker 1: that's something that you guys would like to hear about, 738 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,920 Speaker 1: let me know. I mean, also, you can always continually 739 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,200 Speaker 1: send me, you know, ideas on what what you want 740 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:18,120 Speaker 1: to hear about. This question comes from Luke. It's about 741 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,560 Speaker 1: shop placement. First, he says, I wanted to thank you 742 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:22,640 Speaker 1: for the glass and tips and tricks. Your advice to 743 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,680 Speaker 1: glass even more in the trees led to my personal 744 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,920 Speaker 1: best white tail this season. He eyed a small bedded 745 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,719 Speaker 1: buck just the sliver hair gave him away, and then 746 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,360 Speaker 1: his much larger buddy, and he sent a picture actually 747 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:38,040 Speaker 1: a great buck, Max, congrats. So his question is I 748 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,520 Speaker 1: ran into a next shot predicament this season, A large 749 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,200 Speaker 1: five by five white tail buck twenty seven yards standing 750 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,000 Speaker 1: a broadside looking at me. The only thing I could 751 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,200 Speaker 1: clearly see was the deer's head and neck through the brush. 752 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,719 Speaker 1: I opted for him to walk forward and hopefully I 753 00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:55,640 Speaker 1: have a vital shot. But the deer bounded off. I 754 00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,320 Speaker 1: wasn't rushed. He stood there for what felt like a minute. 755 00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:01,200 Speaker 1: My third yard groups are good, but I've heard with 756 00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:04,120 Speaker 1: a bow these neck shots are frowned upon. Would you 757 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: have taken this deer? I think after reading this, you 758 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,719 Speaker 1: did the right thing. If there's a deer standing broadside, 759 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 1: I would never attempt that neck shot, especially at thirty 760 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,799 Speaker 1: yards with a bow. An animal at the sound of 761 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,520 Speaker 1: that string, even if they aren't super keyed in, has 762 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,359 Speaker 1: the tendency to jump. What that could do is there's 763 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,359 Speaker 1: very little vital in the neck for a bowshot. There's 764 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,359 Speaker 1: a lot more chance that you would wound that deer, 765 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:35,480 Speaker 1: hit that dear bad, or miss that deer than actually 766 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,800 Speaker 1: killing the deer. You made the right decision. That's the 767 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:41,160 Speaker 1: whole part about bow hunting. That's the whole part about hunting. 768 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,600 Speaker 1: That's the frustrating part. You can have them so close 769 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:48,879 Speaker 1: yet so far away, thirty yards and no shot. That's 770 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:53,000 Speaker 1: just classic what happens when you start bow hunting or 771 00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:55,319 Speaker 1: bow hunt long enough, you're going to have something that 772 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:59,360 Speaker 1: was almost an opportunity. But to be an ethical hunter, 773 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,920 Speaker 1: meaning patient and waiting for the opportunity when you can 774 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:07,759 Speaker 1: make a clean, ethical shot is key. It's what separates 775 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,800 Speaker 1: us from the other animals out there. Chasing wolves don't 776 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,960 Speaker 1: have those same ethics, but as humans and as hunters, 777 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:18,520 Speaker 1: we value those ethics because we want to make sure 778 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:22,120 Speaker 1: that when we take an animal, it's clean, it's fast, 779 00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:24,880 Speaker 1: and we did everything in our power to make sure 780 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,759 Speaker 1: that we secured them. So if I have a deer 781 00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,480 Speaker 1: this broadside and I don't have a clean shot, I'm 782 00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,600 Speaker 1: gonna wait for that clean shot. If that clean shot 783 00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:35,439 Speaker 1: doesn't present itself, that was just how that opportunity worked out, 784 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,600 Speaker 1: and you keep remaining persistent and hoping for a better 785 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,000 Speaker 1: opportunity next time. So good work, you did the right thing. 786 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,360 Speaker 1: I wouldn't beat myself up over that. I would actually 787 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:46,560 Speaker 1: pat yourself on the back because that's the move you 788 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:50,920 Speaker 1: should have made, all right. So our final question comes 789 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,360 Speaker 1: from Brett Cokes. He says, thanks for all your tips. 790 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,320 Speaker 1: It just feel my mule der tag yesterday in my socks, 791 00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,879 Speaker 1: So thanks for that stealthy tidbit. Shoes of situation man. 792 00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:04,040 Speaker 1: Good work. I'm hunting elk for the first time over 793 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,759 Speaker 1: in Western Washington, pretty unfamiliar with the area besides online 794 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,640 Speaker 1: doing some on X scouting, and a lot of the 795 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:13,160 Speaker 1: forums are saying, you know, hunt the wet side and 796 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,120 Speaker 1: camera waiters. He's not really into that idea. It seems 797 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,720 Speaker 1: kind of crazy, so he wanted just a few tips 798 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:23,440 Speaker 1: on hunting wet areas, as well as maybe something for 799 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:27,279 Speaker 1: rain gear options. He also goes on to say, really 800 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,000 Speaker 1: appreciate the tips of cutting the distance. I think this 801 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,920 Speaker 1: is what young hunters are, inexperienced centers have really needed 802 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,120 Speaker 1: for a long time. Someone who's willing to spread the 803 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,000 Speaker 1: knowledge of those of us who didn't grow up hunting 804 00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,000 Speaker 1: or may just need some more confidence. Thanks again, I 805 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,080 Speaker 1: appreciate that, and I love hearing about that kind of 806 00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:47,680 Speaker 1: stuff as well, because otherwise why do I take the 807 00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:50,440 Speaker 1: time to do this. I love knowing that these podcasts 808 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:55,520 Speaker 1: are actually helping people. So here's my philosophy on hunting 809 00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:58,120 Speaker 1: really wet areas. And I'll just break down rain gear 810 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:02,160 Speaker 1: because a lot of people ask about it real wet stuff. 811 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,640 Speaker 1: I've tried a lot of different types of rain gear, 812 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,360 Speaker 1: and I think that for the really wet places that 813 00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:10,640 Speaker 1: I hunt, say like um, the West coast of New Zealand, 814 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:16,360 Speaker 1: or even down south and New Zealand, Southeast Alaska, Kodiak Island, 815 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:20,080 Speaker 1: or pretty much anywhere in Alaska coastal areas as well. 816 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:24,319 Speaker 1: It can be just wet. The grass is wet, it's 817 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:27,520 Speaker 1: always wet, it's raining, it's always wet. You're crossing a 818 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:31,320 Speaker 1: lot of streams and creeks that's always wet. So there's 819 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:34,279 Speaker 1: a lot of options for rain gear. The most expensive 820 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 1: stuff is generally the best stuff. The gore pro I 821 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:41,240 Speaker 1: find is probably the best stuff to keep you actually dry, 822 00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,400 Speaker 1: but it's also stiff and loud, so if you're hunting 823 00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:47,279 Speaker 1: more thick cover where it's gonna be a lot of 824 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:50,960 Speaker 1: still hunting, it's not necessarily the best option for that. 825 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:54,319 Speaker 1: Now you have to weigh in the type of wet 826 00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:56,400 Speaker 1: that it is. Is it cold wet? Are you going 827 00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,600 Speaker 1: to be cold and you could get hypothermia? In that case, 828 00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:02,160 Speaker 1: you definitely want the rain gear. If it's just hey, 829 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:04,520 Speaker 1: I'm day hunting, it's I'm gonna be wet, but I've 830 00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:07,640 Speaker 1: got placed to dry out every night. Sometimes you might 831 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,600 Speaker 1: just go find a water resistant pant. You know you're 832 00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:12,879 Speaker 1: gonna get soaked, But at the end of the day, 833 00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,480 Speaker 1: you can go dry out. It's a lot more quiet, 834 00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:18,239 Speaker 1: a lot more stealthy. I would say for real wet 835 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:20,520 Speaker 1: hunts where I want to make sure I remain dry, 836 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,760 Speaker 1: I actually just hunt in my rain here all day, 837 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,440 Speaker 1: and I start out that way. I see a lot 838 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,640 Speaker 1: of guys have their hunting pants on, then they throw 839 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,439 Speaker 1: their rain here over the top of your hunting pants. Look, 840 00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:33,640 Speaker 1: you're just when you put rain gear on, you got 841 00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:35,680 Speaker 1: to know that you're still gonna get wet. You're either 842 00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,600 Speaker 1: gonna get wet from the inside out sweating it's raining 843 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,000 Speaker 1: on the inside your ring gear, or you're gonna not 844 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:42,680 Speaker 1: wear rain gear and you're gonna get wet from the 845 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:46,479 Speaker 1: outside in. So what I do is I start light. 846 00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:49,080 Speaker 1: I just wear my rain gear over a really light 847 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,239 Speaker 1: thermal so that kind of creates an extra layer that 848 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,360 Speaker 1: allows my sweat to evaporate and then go through my 849 00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:59,040 Speaker 1: gortex layer. Then when I'm hiking or moving a lot 850 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:01,560 Speaker 1: of times I will try to vent if I can, 851 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:05,799 Speaker 1: but also think about the places where water seeps in 852 00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,879 Speaker 1: tear clothes. When I'm hunting really wet areas, I see 853 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:12,000 Speaker 1: people all the time just walking around with their hoods down, 854 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,680 Speaker 1: and then water is just pouring down your back and 855 00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:17,000 Speaker 1: soaking you either way. So if I'm using my rain 856 00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:19,160 Speaker 1: gear a lot of times, I seal up the cuffs, 857 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:22,319 Speaker 1: I put gloves over the top, I use gators to 858 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:25,960 Speaker 1: prevent water from soaking down into my boots, and then 859 00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,400 Speaker 1: I wear very little underneath that rain gear, maybe just 860 00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:33,000 Speaker 1: a light shirt, light thermals, and just hunt in the 861 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:35,200 Speaker 1: rain gear for that day. That's the best way to 862 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:37,600 Speaker 1: do it. If you start hunting waiters or other stuff, 863 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:41,160 Speaker 1: it's just gonna be thick, bulky, you're gonna sweat even more. 864 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,200 Speaker 1: But just doing rain gear with a light layer underneath, 865 00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:48,880 Speaker 1: that's the best way to hunt super wet areas. I 866 00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:52,520 Speaker 1: think we covered so much this week. I'm really excited 867 00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:57,160 Speaker 1: about this new year. I'm excited about that top ten resolutions. 868 00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,799 Speaker 1: Pick some of those, let me know how it goes. 869 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,600 Speaker 1: I love to hear those kind of success stories, even 870 00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,960 Speaker 1: if you just do one of those things. Make some 871 00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:07,239 Speaker 1: kind of goal, make a hunting goal. I'm big on 872 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:10,200 Speaker 1: goals my whole life. I've set goals and tried to 873 00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:12,880 Speaker 1: achieve those goals. And when you set a goal, write 874 00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:15,160 Speaker 1: it down. Don't just pick one of these and make 875 00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,440 Speaker 1: it a mental note, write it down, put it somewhere 876 00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:19,319 Speaker 1: where you can see it every day. Put it on 877 00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:22,600 Speaker 1: your mirror in your bathroom. Put it when your phone 878 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:25,439 Speaker 1: turns on as a screen saver. Put your goals there. 879 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,959 Speaker 1: Make it something that you see every day that hits 880 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:29,760 Speaker 1: you in the face and says, that's what I'm gonna 881 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,240 Speaker 1: do this year. That's what I'm gonna do for myself, 882 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,600 Speaker 1: to make myself a better hunter. That's the whole goal 883 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,000 Speaker 1: here is to be better in the field, to optimize 884 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:41,080 Speaker 1: our time, so when we go out, we're more successful 885 00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,439 Speaker 1: more often. And I think if you pick a few 886 00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:46,880 Speaker 1: of those things and stick to them, you're gonna find 887 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,279 Speaker 1: some serious success. And if you don't find success, I 888 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,840 Speaker 1: think that you're going to find a better quality of 889 00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:56,239 Speaker 1: life and maybe an adventure too along the way. So 890 00:46:56,360 --> 00:47:01,480 Speaker 1: until next week, stay thirsty and keep cutting the distance. Well, 891 00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:03,239 Speaker 1: that's the first time I've used that as a sign off. 892 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,400 Speaker 1: The title. I like it, will change it