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Speaker 1: Hey, guys and girls, Mark Kenyan here and welcome to

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Speaker 1: a special bonus mini episode of the Wired Hunt podcast.

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Speaker 1: And we don't have a regular show this week because

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Speaker 1: I am, at the time of this episode being published,

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Speaker 1: actually off in Alaska hunting caribou. So fingers crossed hopefully

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Speaker 1: that's going well. But despite my absence, I want to

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Speaker 1: find a way to share a few quick thoughts with

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Speaker 1: you this week because it's a very very important time

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Speaker 1: of year. Now. I know this is no surprise to

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Speaker 1: any of you, but over the coming days and weeks,

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Speaker 1: deer hunting seasons are finally opening again. You know, those

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Speaker 1: dates we've been counting down to for months, they're arriving.

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Speaker 1: So well, that said, I want to offer up a

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Speaker 1: little bit of a deer hunting season eve pep talk.

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Speaker 1: I guess you know, just a few things i'd encourage

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Speaker 1: you keep in mind as we go through these next

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Speaker 1: few months of hunting. So, if you're at all like me,

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Speaker 1: being absolutely obsessed with deer hunting, you've likely dreamed about

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Speaker 1: this time of year for months and months and months.

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Speaker 1: You plan those tree stand locations, scouted betting areas, planted

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Speaker 1: food plots. Maybe you studied trail camera photos. And I'm

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Speaker 1: betting you stayed up late on a lot of nights

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Speaker 1: thinking about all sorts of different scenarios and situations and

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Speaker 1: exciting moments that might be ahead this season, and all

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Speaker 1: that stuff. That's very important. Putting those plans in place

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Speaker 1: and preparing for the season, it's crucial. But now we're

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Speaker 1: entering a new phase of the year. You know, it's

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Speaker 1: not just prep time. It's game time. It's go time.

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Speaker 1: It's time to execute. And I think a lot of hunters,

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Speaker 1: I know myself included, sometimes we like to talk a

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Speaker 1: big game about all the things we're gonna do during

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Speaker 1: this coming hunting season. We're going to hunt more, or

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Speaker 1: we're gonna hunt smarter. We're gonna stand stand longer. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna be more careful about sun control or practice of

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Speaker 1: their bow more, stick it out more often through bad

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Speaker 1: weather or slow hunts, whatever it might be. But then

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Speaker 1: then when we get into the heart of hunting season

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Speaker 1: and the rubber hits the road and the going gets tough,

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Speaker 1: we get tired, we get frustrated, maybe we get busy.

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Speaker 1: You all those best lady plans, they oftentimes start falling

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Speaker 1: away to the wayside. We start slacking off, we start

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Speaker 1: getting lazy or getting tired, and we fail to follow through.

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Speaker 1: So my first message to you is this, plans and

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Speaker 1: promises and ideas and strategies they are absolutely worthless. They

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Speaker 1: are ship unless you can execute on them. Is this

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Speaker 1: the year you're gonna actually hunt all day during the

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Speaker 1: rut or walk the extra mile deeper to get into

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Speaker 1: that public land. Or maybe you've promised yourself that you're

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Speaker 1: not going to check your trail cameras too often this year,

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Speaker 1: or you're not gonna get lazy about your entry and

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Speaker 1: extra routes into your stands this season. I want you

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Speaker 1: to follow through on those plans. I want you to

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Speaker 1: do what you said you would. I want you to

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Speaker 1: execute number two. And this is very much related to

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Speaker 1: what I just said, But remember details matter. If you're

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Speaker 1: targeting the true bucks, which I am and many of

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Speaker 1: you are, I know not every one is no big

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Speaker 1: deal if you are, But if you are targeting mature

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Speaker 1: box you are playing a game of inches. Every tiny

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Speaker 1: detail can make a difference in the outcome of your season.

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Speaker 1: You know, you just can't cut corners when you're chasing

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Speaker 1: these older deer. You cannot settle for good enough. You

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Speaker 1: can't get lazy and just figure and things will probably

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Speaker 1: be okay because big old mature bucks they just won't

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Speaker 1: tolerate it. It's the tiny details and send control that

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Speaker 1: make the difference. It's the tiny details related to how

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Speaker 1: you sneak in and sneak out of your stands that

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Speaker 1: can result in your getting pegged or not. It's the

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Speaker 1: little things related to setting a stand, like cutting just

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Speaker 1: the right branches, or silencing creaky steps, or practicing drawing

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Speaker 1: back your boat to make sure you can get drawn

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Speaker 1: back at different angles. Those little things, those are what

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Speaker 1: can in the end be the difference between an encounter

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Speaker 1: and a filled tag. So don't get lazy and overlook

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Speaker 1: those things. Pay attention to the little details. Sweat the

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Speaker 1: small stuff, cross your t s and dot your eyes.

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Speaker 1: Number three re you are going to fail, and so

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Speaker 1: am I. And by that I mean this coming season.

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Speaker 1: We are all going to have some kinds of struggles

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Speaker 1: or challenges or mistakes that are going to pop up

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Speaker 1: over the course of the next few months. It is inevitable.

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Speaker 1: It happens to every one of us every season. They're

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Speaker 1: going to be trials and there are going to be tribulations.

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Speaker 1: So just recognize that right now, come to terms of

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Speaker 1: it own it. There's going to be some crappy stuff

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Speaker 1: Think about something awful that could happen this coming hunting

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Speaker 1: season that would really frustrate you, or that would keep

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Speaker 1: you from accomplishing whatever goals you have, or that would

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Speaker 1: just totally bumm you out. Imagine that scenario, Imagine how

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Speaker 1: it feel, think about what that would look like. Kind

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Speaker 1: of soak that in, and then I want you to

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Speaker 1: promise yourself right now, after kind of experiencing that feeling

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Speaker 1: and thinking about it, promise yourself right now that you're

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Speaker 1: not going to let that scenario or any other similar

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Speaker 1: things stop you. You're going to face that challenge. You're

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Speaker 1: going to acknowledge it, you're gonna feel it, and then

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Speaker 1: you're gonna push through it. You're gonna learn from it,

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Speaker 1: and you're gonna grow from it. Remember this eight weeks

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Speaker 1: from now, when you lose access to a farm, or

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Speaker 1: when you realize all your trail cameras have been stolen,

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Speaker 1: or when the buck of your lifetime shows up in

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Speaker 1: front of you and you miss him or maybe after

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Speaker 1: you've sat eight days straight and freezing temperatures and you

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Speaker 1: haven't seen a single mature bucker, or maybe not even

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Speaker 1: a single deer at all. Remember this. Then there's this guy,

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Speaker 1: this guy named Marcus a really is. He was a

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Speaker 1: Roman emperor and a philosopher actually, and he hammered this

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Speaker 1: idea home time and time again in his teachings about

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Speaker 1: life and the challenges of life. He said, and I quote,

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Speaker 1: the impediment to action advances action. What stands in the

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Speaker 1: way becomes the way. So let me say it against

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Speaker 1: a little you know, a little different here, but the

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Speaker 1: impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way

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Speaker 1: becomes the way. So on, what this means is that

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Speaker 1: challenges and bad things they're gonna happen, but they can

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Speaker 1: actually help us. They can help drive us forward. What

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Speaker 1: stands in your way that can actually become the new

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Speaker 1: through that challenge, and if you learn from it. So

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Speaker 1: prepare yourself for these obstacles. Embrace the roadblocks that are

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Speaker 1: inevitably going to be coming away. Embrace the curve balls

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Speaker 1: and the screw ups and the bad luck. Persever you throne,

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Speaker 1: grit it out, steal your mind, be mentally tough, and

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Speaker 1: remember the obstacle is the way. And speaking of challenges

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Speaker 1: and being mentally tough, a big part of all this,

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Speaker 1: a big part of really having a successful and or

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Speaker 1: just having a fun hunting season is having the right attitude.

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Speaker 1: It's having the right mental state of mind. You know,

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Speaker 1: if your first reaction when a challenge drives is to

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Speaker 1: get down the dumps or complain or sulk or just

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Speaker 1: throwing the towel, you're in for a long and disappointing season,

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Speaker 1: my friend, because of as we just discussed, those challenges,

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Speaker 1: they are coming. You have no control over that. Things

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Speaker 1: are gonna happen that are outside of your influence, outside

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Speaker 1: your control. But what you can control is how you

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Speaker 1: react to that challenge with your actions, which is what

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Speaker 1: we're just discussing. And then you can control how you

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Speaker 1: mentally perceive and process that challenge. This is where attitude

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Speaker 1: comes into play. You know, are you going to stay

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Speaker 1: positive and keep pushing or you're gonna let the negative

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Speaker 1: thoughts seep in and get you down. Are you gonna

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Speaker 1: listen to that negative little voice in the back of

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Speaker 1: your mind that says this hunts a waste of time,

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Speaker 1: that buck will never show. This property isn't good enough,

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Speaker 1: or you're not good enough or smart enough or tough

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Speaker 1: enough to achieve your goals. Don't buy that crap, but

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Speaker 1: do prepare your psyche for those moments because they're coming.

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Speaker 1: So don't focus on the negative. Remember the positive. Don't

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Speaker 1: unnecessarily dwell on those challenges that are coming, but figure

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Speaker 1: out how to move onto solutions. You know, no matter

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Speaker 1: what happens, no matter what unforeseen, uncontrollable surprises come flying

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Speaker 1: your way this season, remember that you do have control

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Speaker 1: over some things, your perception and attitude and mindset, in

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Speaker 1: your belief in yourself, and finally, most importantly, have fun.

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Speaker 1: Have an absolute ton of fun this season, and don't

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Speaker 1: let anything get in the way of that. Hunting. It's

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Speaker 1: an amazing privilege and experience and lifestyle, so just drink

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Speaker 1: it up. Take time to notice all the beauty and

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Speaker 1: wander around you, Spend time with those you love, cherish

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Speaker 1: those moments and memories, Enjoy every single second of these

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Speaker 1: coming months of hunting. I mean, that's what we've waited

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Speaker 1: for all year long. So good luck out there, my friends,

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Speaker 1: Happy hunting and stay wired to hunt