1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light, 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: First Light Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: Tony Peterson. 6 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast, 7 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 2: which is brought to you by first Light. I'm your host, 8 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 2: Tony Peterson. Today's episode is all about the right way 9 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 2: to approach long game whitetails. If there is a white 10 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 2: tail time that teaches you whether you did things right 11 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 2: this year, it's probably the end of October, after all, 12 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,599 Speaker 2: you know, the pre ruts kicking in kind of you're 13 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: starting to hear people say they saw bucks chasing. You know, 14 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 2: at least if you live in the North Country, the 15 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,959 Speaker 2: promise is real and this year it's the year for you. 16 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 2: But what if it's not, Or what if you go 17 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: out and it's supposed to be awesome and it sucks. 18 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 2: What if the bucks don't come running when you're blowing 19 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 2: on your Phelps grunt call or you're doing your best 20 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 2: buck fight impression with their rattle bag, Well you might 21 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 2: be what I'd affectually refer to as a deer hunting 22 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 2: gambler when really you should be an investor. Allow me 23 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: to explain myself as a sober dude who would rather 24 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 2: not set fire to his money. I can't think of 25 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 2: a worse place to be than a casino. It's not 26 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: my jam. And even though I kind of actually like 27 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 2: playing blackjack and poker, I'm not very good at either 28 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 2: one of them. You have to be able to think 29 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 2: about numbers beyond the level of a toddler to be 30 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 2: any good at cards, and I can't, so I'm not. 31 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: Casinos are a big case study in human psychology. People 32 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: go in with the promise that they might win big, 33 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: and almost always they don't. In fact, the truth is 34 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: that every casino game is designed to give the house 35 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 2: better odds than the player, every single game. Now, blackjack 36 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 2: players have pretty good odds, well compared to other games. 37 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: You know, the odds of winning blackjack are slightly less 38 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 2: than a coin flip. The folks sitting down thinking they 39 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 2: are due for a face card and an ace are 40 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 2: mostly destined to lose via a war of attrition against 41 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 2: the house. Craps has nearly the same odds, maybe slightly better, 42 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 2: but again not good enough to get your mortgage paid 43 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: on a consistent basis. Roulette offers roughly the same deal. 44 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 2: The odds is sitting down at a slot machine and winning. 45 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 2: They're far worse, although it depends a little bit on 46 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 2: the game. You don't really have to even go to 47 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 2: a casino to gamble. You can bet on sports these days. 48 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 2: You can eat gas station sushi and then go powerlift 49 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 2: at the gym an hour later. You can buy a 50 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 2: puppy and not tell your significant other. Or you can 51 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: listen to the financial media and buy a bunch of 52 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 2: stock and some company that is bound to be the 53 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 2: next Google or Apple. This one might be the worst 54 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: because that doesn't really feel like a gamble after all. 55 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 2: How could a company that makes cutting edge artificial intelligence 56 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 2: that is going to change our lives for the better 57 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 2: ever really go down in value? Or I don't know, 58 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 2: how could a company that is three D printing rockets 59 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: to send a space to bring down the cost of 60 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 2: delivering satellites into orbit and not succeed. Well, a lot 61 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: of companies are working on AI and there will only 62 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 2: be a few really big winners, And I don't know, 63 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 2: rockets explode on the launch pad all the time. High 64 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: level employees em bezel money or do worse things. Pandemics happen, 65 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: Disruptive technologies you won't see coming show up on the scene, 66 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 2: and quite often our own impatience and ignorance gets us 67 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 2: to buy in after the hype train has already gone through, 68 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 2: and then sell as soon as the euphoria fades and 69 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: reality sets in. Buying individual equities also known as stock 70 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 2: and publicly traded companies is amble. It can make you rich, 71 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 2: probably won't. Buying ETF some mutual funds that hold the 72 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 2: entire domestic market or the entire international market, or an 73 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 2: equal way to every company in the s and P 74 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: Five hundred is a different story, provided your timeline is 75 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 2: sufficiently long and you're patient enough. It's also boring, But 76 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 2: if you want to get rich kids, or at least 77 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 2: be wealthy enough to potentially retire early, this is the way. 78 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 2: It's not fun, it's not quick, but it is the 79 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 2: best way to do it. Start early, invest more than 80 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 2: you think you can, and let the power of time 81 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 2: and compounding do its thing for you. Check back in oh, 82 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 2: I don't know, thirty years and feel free to send 83 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 2: me a healthy tip, you know, because I'm the guy 84 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 2: who convinced you to be responsible with your money. There 85 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 2: are other ways to do it. You know. You can 86 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 2: invest in real estate. That's a big one right now. 87 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 2: But that's something that sounds easy and can come with 88 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 2: a whole bunch of risks and other headaches. Essentially, if 89 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 2: it's popular and sexy and sounds exciting, probably a bad route. 90 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 2: Stick to boring and time tested when it comes to 91 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 2: your money. Now, I know you won't fully listen to me, 92 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 2: so let me give you one example of how I 93 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 2: have come to be so wise. When I first started investing, 94 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 2: I was super duper clueless. I also found myself in 95 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 2: a conversation with a buddy of mine who does marketing 96 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 2: work for a whole bunch of outdoor companies. At the time, 97 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 2: which was probably about fifteen years ago, those companies were 98 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,239 Speaker 2: all in on magnets, on packs and clothes and biny 99 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: harnesses and such. He and I were talking about this, 100 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: and he mentioned that he was investing heavily into rare 101 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 2: earth mineral companies, you know, the miners and the processors. 102 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 2: His spiel was impressive. After all, rare earth minerals have 103 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 2: to be rare, and they are used in all kinds 104 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: of things like hunting, backpacks and smartphones. So I did 105 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 2: something really dumb. I went out and found a company 106 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 2: that was all about this rare earth mineral life and 107 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 2: better yet, their stock was like thirty cents of share cheap, right, 108 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 2: So I dumped a grand into it, and then started 109 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 2: learning that rare earth minerals aren't that rare, and nearly 110 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 2: the entire market is controlled by China. I also learned 111 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 2: that the company I had staked my future on didn't 112 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 2: have much of a future, and when they went belly up, 113 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 2: I got an expensive education. We are hard wired to 114 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 2: gamble because we love surprising rewards. This makes us susceptible 115 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 2: to our own psychology, and that's bad news and so 116 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 2: many different things in life. One of those things is 117 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: you freaking guessed it windsurfing just kidding. Well, I don't know, 118 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 2: Maybe that does seem like kind of a gamble, but 119 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 2: obviously here I'm talking about deer hunting. As I mentioned 120 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: in the intro, you're probably as optimistic now as you'll 121 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 2: be all season. The best couple of weeks of the 122 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 2: season are upon us, and there's nothing standing between you 123 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 2: and a giant dead buck. But you know, a little 124 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 2: time in the saddle are a blind. Now, that might 125 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 2: be true, but it's probably not. It's far more likely, 126 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 2: because the odds don't really lie, that you'll be one 127 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: of the eighty percent issh or so of bow hunters 128 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 2: who don't kill a deer this year. Factor in mature bucks, 129 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 2: and it's far more likely that that number is probably 130 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 2: closer to ninety seven or ninety eight percent of people 131 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 2: don't kill one, maybe even a little higher. You know, 132 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 2: I'm not a math guy. I remember that. But here's 133 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 2: the thing, though. You can gamble on deer hunting, or 134 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 2: you can invest in your success. You can do a 135 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 2: little both, actually, or a little one and a lot 136 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 2: of the other. But I don't want to go there yet. 137 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 2: I want to explain this concept first. Investing in your 138 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 2: success involves a lot of things. It involves scouting. You know. 139 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 2: Of course, if you don't scout enough, you're not going 140 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 2: to be very good at deer hunting without having you 141 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 2: know the keys to an amazing spot. I keep saying 142 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 2: this and people keep asking me what the secret is 143 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 2: to being more successful. It's scouting, you know, as if 144 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 2: I'm keeping something secret to myself here. Believe me, I'm not. 145 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 2: It's not complicated. Scouting is like setting that automatic withdrawal 146 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 2: from your paycheck every pay period. At first you go 147 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 2: with ten percent because that's a nice round number and 148 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 2: allows you to take advantage of your employer match. Then 149 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 2: you get a five percent raise, so you bump up 150 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 2: your contributions by two or three percent. It's boring, not 151 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 2: fun at all, but it is a great way to 152 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 2: stave off lifestyle creep wile also investing in your future. 153 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 2: Scouting is that move, It's that strategy. The time spent 154 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 2: walking the winter woods in March, that's an investment. Your 155 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 2: summer glassing sessions, the mid morning sneaky session you make 156 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 2: into a spot right now this week, just to see 157 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 2: what it looks like. That's responsibly investing in your deer 158 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 2: hunting future, maybe the immediate future, or maybe three seasons 159 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 2: down the road. And it goes beyond that. Every shot 160 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 2: you take at the range, every arrow you index to 161 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 2: a specific broadhead, every time you pack your gear specific 162 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 2: way so you don't forget any thing. Every time you 163 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 2: sneak in to check a camera and pay close attention 164 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 2: to making as little disturbance as possible. All of this 165 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 2: stuff is mostly mundane but highly necessary. Think of the 166 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 2: boring stuff you do or should do, and look at that. 167 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 2: Look at each thing like it's a little investment in 168 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 2: your future. This is because it's true, and this does 169 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 2: a couple things for you. It makes you a better 170 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 2: hunter because you're getting the work done. That's a simple one. 171 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 2: But it also conditions you to do the work and 172 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 2: to be mindful of the details, to be disciplined. It 173 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 2: puts you in the mindset of someone who takes care 174 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 2: of business. And that's not nothing. My friends. There are 175 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 2: patterns to our behavior in ways we can either encourage 176 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 2: the right ones or lean into the negative ones. Get 177 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 2: into the right ones. Condition yourself to be the kind 178 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 2: of hunter who takes care of this stuff all year long, 179 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 2: because when it's the last week of October, your chances 180 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 2: of success will be so much higher than folks who 181 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 2: don't do this. Just like the person who puts away 182 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 2: fifteen percent of their gross pay for three decades or 183 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 2: somewhere around there is going to be so happy to retire, 184 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 2: while the person who buys lottery tickets each week and 185 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 2: doesn't save is going to have an ugly moment of 186 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 2: reckoning at some point. The other thing this does for 187 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 2: you is keeps you from gambling irresponsibly. And what do 188 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 2: I mean when I'm talking about this with deer hunting? Well, 189 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 2: it's something I've mentioned a lot, but let's make this personal. 190 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 2: Do you own any deer calls? How many bottles of 191 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 2: dope have you bought for this season? When you go 192 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 2: out hunting? Do you always put out a cent wi 193 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 2: with some dope on it? Are you always trying to 194 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 2: add something extra to your sits to increase your odds? 195 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 2: Let me ask you, why is it? Because you believe 196 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 2: that this stuff is mostly harmless? So why not? Well? 197 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 2: Is it mostly harmless? If you go out and put 198 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 2: a cent wick up or three of them, you probably 199 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 2: have to walk where you intend to shoot a buck. 200 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 2: Is that risk free? I'd say it's not. You're inviting 201 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 2: a deer to go right where you just were, if 202 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 2: you planned to rattle or grant you or both in 203 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 2: blind calling sequences? Is that risk free? There's movement associated 204 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 2: with it, but that can be mitigated. There's also the 205 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 2: reality that when bucks come to a call, they often 206 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,839 Speaker 2: swing down wind. It's not risk free. There's another truth 207 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 2: here too, and it's that dose don't like hearing calling 208 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 2: a whole lot, and some bucks are real spooky about it. 209 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 2: How about running cameras this time of year, there's some 210 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 2: major risks there. The obvious is not hunting because bucks 211 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 2: aren't showing up on your camera. There's no greater risk 212 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 2: to your hunting success than gambling that the bucks aren't 213 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 2: moving because there is one tiny glimpse of the woods 214 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 2: that is somewhat unreliable tells you the deer aren't there 215 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 2: doing their thing. Now, I'm not saying to not do 216 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 2: these things. Blind calling sessions are fun, trail cameras are fun. 217 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 2: This stuff can be useful. A lot of this extra 218 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 2: stuff is just enjoyable. But I want you to ask 219 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 2: yourself when you head out hunting in the next week, 220 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 2: why you think you need any of those things, and 221 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 2: what is the risk of doing any of that stuff 222 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 2: on any given hunt. Are you talking yourself into trying 223 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 2: to make something happen because you have very little faith 224 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 2: in your setup, or are you convinced that the conditions 225 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 2: are right to rattle Because there's a huge difference between 226 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 2: the two. The investing part of white Tail hunting does 227 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 2: this for you. It gives you faith in your setups 228 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 2: and you're hunting plans. It's reassuring because you know that 229 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 2: the rubs were thick on a ridgetop after last season, 230 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 2: and you know that you haven't been in there yet 231 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 2: this season, and the odds are real good that a 232 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 2: buck is going to be doing now what a buck 233 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 2: was doing last year in there. Or maybe you found 234 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 2: a huge community scrape last spring in a travel hub 235 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 2: and haven't been in there yet this season. But you 236 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 2: go in with the idea that the wind is right 237 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 2: and the scrape is there, the exact tree you'll hunt 238 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 2: is prepped and ready to go. This is a far 239 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 2: cry from going into one of your old stands that 240 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 2: you've been sitting since the opener and deciding the pre 241 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 2: rud is going to revive the spot, especially if the 242 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 2: neighborhood bucks hear some grunning or antler smashing together, or 243 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 2: maybe they just need to get a whiff of dopey 244 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 2: that is supposed to be fresh. But it also only 245 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 2: cost six dollars for a bottle, and there were hundreds 246 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 2: of bottles in the store you just went to, and 247 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 2: there must be thousands and thousands of them in other stores, 248 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 2: so how could they really be fresh do and estrascent. 249 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 2: Here's how you know whether you've invested in your success 250 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 2: or not. When you get set up, do you have 251 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 2: confidence to not do anything extra? I mean, do you 252 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 2: believe that without any get rich quick stuff full faith 253 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 2: that the deer will go through, including the type of 254 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 2: deer you probably want to shoot. If so, you've invested. Well, 255 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 2: if not, you probably haven't. This is where it gets 256 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 2: weird for me and maybe you. People often look to 257 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 2: me to give them the answer for right now, the 258 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 2: short term green light on some strategy or style or 259 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 2: decoy usage or whatever. Instead, I want you to think 260 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 2: long term and use the next couple of weeks to 261 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 2: catalog how you feel about the work you've put in 262 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 2: and what you would maybe do differently in the future. 263 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 2: I do this a lot, and honestly, it sucks, but 264 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 2: it also puts me in a headspace to make better decisions. 265 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 2: Let me give you a quick example from my season 266 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 2: so far. I killed a solid ten pointer on the 267 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 2: fourth day of the Minnesota season. Since I knew I 268 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 2: was going to hunt early season bucks and I needed 269 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 2: morning and evening sits for a variety of wins. I 270 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 2: couldn't just phone it in. With the help of a 271 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 2: good buddy, we tackle the process, scouting and hanging stands 272 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 2: and running cameras and developing a good plan to kill 273 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 2: just such a buck. In the first four days of 274 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 2: the season, when the wind didn't cooperate and other hunters 275 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 2: came into some of my spots and one housecat hosed 276 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 2: up a good opportunity, I didn't really panic. I didn't 277 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 2: run to my bag of tricks. I just kept hunting 278 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 2: good spots based on the conditions. The buck I killed 279 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 2: was simply a result of investing into that hunt so 280 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 2: that I wouldn't be tempted to gamble. Of course, it 281 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 2: doesn't always work that way. Oftentimes it doesn't. Those rascally 282 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 2: deer are tough, and fates are fickle for all of us. 283 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 2: But you can head your bet on a bright future 284 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 2: by taking note of what you're not doing that you should, 285 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 2: and then instead of forgetting about it, by about January 286 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 2: actually doing that stuff. So I'll wrap it up this way. 287 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 2: Just pay attention to yourself for the next couple of weeks. 288 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 2: When you rattle, ask yourself, why is it because you're bored? 289 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 2: Is it because you don't have faith that anything is 290 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 2: going to come by? Is it because you've sat the 291 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 2: same blind for four days and you know the whole 292 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 2: area is probably burned, but there is a shot that 293 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 2: something will come running in any way. Or are you 294 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 2: sitting over a sweet pinch point near a gnarly bedding 295 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 2: area and it's first light and it's cold and you 296 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 2: know there have been some big cruisers in your area 297 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 2: because there's a world of difference there which treats the 298 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 2: get rich quick stuff as complimentary to a well planned 299 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 2: and well executed hunt, not as the savior for poor 300 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 2: planning or low confidence sits because you don't have anything 301 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 2: better going on. Be honest with yourself as we slide 302 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 2: into the rut. Take note of how you feel during 303 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 2: your sits. What's your confidence level? Like? Are you stoked 304 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 2: to wake up and get into a specific stand because 305 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 2: you believe it's going to be full of action or 306 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 2: are you kind of dreading walking out for another sit 307 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 2: where you need to cross your fingers and toes and 308 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 2: just hope and pray something will come by. How often 309 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 2: do you have one experience or the other? How much 310 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 2: fun are you having going out to sit that might 311 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 2: be the true litmus to us because anticipation and the 312 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 2: expectation that you'll see something, they're the true heroes of 313 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:12,199 Speaker 2: deer hunting. They make everything better and when either wanes 314 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:16,360 Speaker 2: or disappears completely, it's a powerful motivator to start gambling 315 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 2: on a good outcome, and we know how that works 316 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 2: out unfortunately. So do this come back next week because 317 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 2: I'm going to talk about midday hunting and why it's 318 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 2: both overrated and underrated at the same time. That's it 319 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 2: for this week, folks. I'm Tony Peterson and this has 320 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 2: been the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast. I honestly, truly 321 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 2: cannot tell you how much I appreciate your support. 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