1 00:00:07,920 --> 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 --> 00:00:17,599 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 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance. Happy New Year. I know 6 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: a lot of people are gonna be screaming that over 7 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: and then they're gonna wake up tomorrow and realize COVID 8 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 1: still exists. But it's been a weird year for everybody, 9 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: for the entire world. I think there's something always symbolic 10 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: about New Year's and you're just turning a new page, 11 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 1: You're you're turning things over. Last year, I quite wildly 12 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: and accurately predicted how the year was going to go. 13 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: But a lot of the stuff that I had planned 14 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: for this year will now be rolled over to next year. 15 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: And I think one of the one of my favorite 16 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: things about New Year's and is it kind of resets 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: people's focus us. I really like that. I'm big on 18 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: setting goals. I'm big on planning and and trying to 19 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: be better year in and year out. So this year, 20 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: what I want to do is I've kind of outlined 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: what I would consider the three important things to punching 22 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: more tags, and really it's going to come down to fitness, 23 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: planning the hunt, and shooting whatever you're shooting. So this 24 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: week I'm going to recap some my favorite moments of 25 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: and then I'm going to go into the twenty one 26 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: tips to just make you better in the field. Three 27 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: sixty five days of awesome. Here we go. One thing 28 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: that I like. At the end of the year, I 29 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: can sit back and reflect on some of the experiences. Now, 30 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: I was very fortunate. I had a really great not 31 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: the hunting season that I had planned, but I definitely 32 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: had a great hunting season. I was able to get 33 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: a couple over the counter type tags to fill in 34 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: for some trips they got canceled, and I felt very 35 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: fortunate about that. I had some other trips planned that 36 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 1: didn't get canceled, which was pretty cool. I was able 37 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: to hunt some caribou. I got a wolf on that 38 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: cariboo trip, got a great cariboo bowl, got an elk 39 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: with my long bow. I had a little bit more 40 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 1: time to hunt archery season myself because some of my 41 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: guided hunts got canceled, So I felt very fortunate to 42 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: take that time, I was like, oh, you know what, 43 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonnahunt with my long bow this year for Elk 44 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: And I was able to film that and do that. 45 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: That was pretty sweet. But if I were to think 46 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: of my favorite hunting memory from this year, you probably 47 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: wouldn't guess it because it was a hunt where I 48 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: didn't get a pull the trigger. But I was hunting 49 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: geese in Alaska with my dad. Not just any goose, 50 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: but an emperor goose. Now an emperor goose is it's 51 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: a fairly rare species of goose. It looks, I guess 52 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: it's kind of like a snow goose, but very beautiful. 53 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: It's like white head black underneath barred sides. It was 54 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: in Kodiak, and man, is it an adventure to embark 55 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: on one of these. We flew to Kodiak, we flew 56 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 1: from there on a small plane to Old Harbor, got 57 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: on a boat, took the boat and around the island 58 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: like in some rough seas, and it was just an 59 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: incredible adventure. And my buddy Jeremy rus Sink was with us. 60 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 1: He he had deer tag and he actually he was 61 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: a resident so he could hunt. And then our friend, 62 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: a codo is a resident so he can hunt them. 63 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: But as a non residents, really hard to get these tags. 64 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: So um, I put my dad in. He had absolutely 65 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: no clue even what an emperor goose was t I 66 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: put him in, and um, for guys that are way 67 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: into waterfowl and other things, it's like this goose is 68 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: like the sheep tag of goose hunting. I guess my 69 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: dad was like, oh, what a goose. I'm going all 70 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: the way to Kodiak for one goose. But we got 71 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: some deer tags and it was a lot of fun 72 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: deer hunting, and we actually ended up hunting the goose 73 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: the last couple of days. But it was on the 74 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: last day, the day before we set up, and Jeremy 75 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: had seen him coming into this this beach, so we 76 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: figured we'd set up there. So we set up and 77 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: there's just kind of too many of us. I think 78 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: the first group kind of flared as they came in. 79 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: Then they actually committed to our decoy set up. Jeremy 80 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: and my dad got shots off, but they're kind of 81 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: far and nobody hid anything, and so we're like dang, okay, 82 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: And the morning went on, we figured okay that that 83 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: was all the geese that were gonna come in. Let's 84 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: just go spend our time. There's a slough behind us. 85 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: We're gonna go jump shoot for Mallard. So we decided, okay, 86 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: of course you should never do this, but not they 87 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: should never jump shoot, but they should never walk away 88 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: from your decoy set up. They're like, yeah, we're just 89 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: the goose hunts done. There's no more geese coming in. 90 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna go jump shoot. And then Macodo decided to 91 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: stay and just hang out at the decoys. As we're 92 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: jump shooting Mallards, he shoots his emperor goose. So when 93 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: comes in like practically lands and the decoys like, okay, crap. 94 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: So the next day we're gonna go to a new spot. 95 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: We got weathered in. We're gonna hunt the same spot again. 96 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: It's pretty much our last day to goose hunt. We 97 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: set up. It's just me and my dad. We set 98 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: up actually where the geese land of the day before. 99 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 1: It seemed like nothing was coming in. We're like, the 100 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: tide was a little bit different that day too, so 101 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: it tides up. We set up. Our decoys were like waiting, nothing, nothing, nothing. 102 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, these two geese like later in 103 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 1: the morning fly by cruise. Our decoys circle back in 104 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: the land where we're sitting the day before. Oh crap 105 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: is that it is? It over? Start of watching them, 106 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: and sure enough they start swimming our direction. I'm like, 107 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, this is gonna happen. Then they must 108 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: have seen the decoys and like knowing they were there. 109 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: But they picked up off the water, flew in. My 110 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: dad raised up shot the backbird, rolled it and it 111 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: was just like it actually went out in the ocean. 112 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: I shot a shot one more time just to secure 113 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: it and ran out. I'm like, run grab it, like 114 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: the waves are crashing in. It's just like cold ocean. 115 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: He runs out into the ocean, grabs his bird, and 116 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: we're just like so pumped. It's just kind of a 117 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: really cool, unexpected like I didn't think I would be that. 118 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: I was just so excited for him, so excited to 119 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: be a part of that experience so unique and different 120 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: for me. It was very unexpected, but it was just 121 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,799 Speaker 1: like a really really cool experience. And I would say 122 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: one of my favorite hunting experiences of the year. I 123 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: didn't think I would say that, but yes, a goose 124 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: hunt was one of my favorite hunts of the year, 125 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: and I got I had some pretty awesome hunting experiences 126 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 1: this year, so that was pretty cool. Now, as promised, 127 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: going into I figured, I'm going to break down sixty 128 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: five days of just being more awesome. Things that you 129 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: can do to punch more tags. You know, this is 130 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: the time of year where hey, you get a little 131 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,359 Speaker 1: bit of a pep talk. I say things like fail 132 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: to plan, you plan to fail, And I truly do 133 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 1: believe that. I think that you know your success strategy 134 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: if you're really into hunting and you want to be 135 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: more successful, and whether it's bow hunting, whether it's right, 136 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 1: it doesn't really matter. If you just want to be 137 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: more successful, your success strategy should be threefold and that 138 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: should be prepared or your body, plan your hunt, and 139 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,799 Speaker 1: shoot your ship, whatever you got, gun, bow, muzzleloader, shotgun. 140 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: I don't care do more shooting. So what I did was, 141 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: since I made twenty one of the best tips out 142 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: there for those categories, seven of each. So we're gonna 143 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: kick it off right now with fitness and some things 144 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: that you can do thinking about going into this next year, 145 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: things you can do to be more fit, to have 146 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: a better experience Honestly, a lot of the hunting that 147 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: I do is very physical, and unfortunately get to do 148 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: it all the time, and I'm in good shape to 149 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: do it. But I understand as a guide, I see 150 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: it all the time that a lot of people aren't 151 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: in that shape. And it's not that they can't be, 152 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: it's just that they don't take the initiative and that 153 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: they maybe don't have like the motivation or the know 154 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: how to do it. And I am, by no means 155 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: a fitness expert. But what I do know is that 156 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: a lot of the people that I've taken out and 157 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: myself included, you can get yourself to the point of 158 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: making the hunt more enjoyable and more successful by physically 159 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: making yourself more physically capable to do it. So we're 160 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: gonna start with number one tip number one right here, 161 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: Set a goal. I'm big on this and it works 162 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: for everything in life. But set a goal. Write it 163 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: down something that you can't do now, and then something 164 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: that you need to work up to right figure out, 165 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: Be honest with yourself, Say where am I at, how far? 166 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: How many days can I hunt hard? And then say 167 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: how many where do I want to be? And then 168 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: how am I going to get there writing it down 169 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: and like creating a set of this is what I'm 170 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: gonna do throughout the year. I don't know what it 171 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 1: is for you. I don't know what you do. But 172 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: I also am big under when it comes to preparing 173 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: for hunt, practicing or training, like you're gonna do? You 174 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: know you can? You definitely should be in better overall fitness. 175 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: You should be able to lift more, You should be 176 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: able to do whatever. But you need to build your 177 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: endurance and build that endurance while carrying weight in hiking shape. 178 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: So there needs to be some form of whatever you're 179 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: doing more hiking, more running, more boots on the ground. 180 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: I think you should just write down and say, hey, okay, 181 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: before the hunting season this year, I'm gonna try to 182 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 1: hike hundred miles. I'm gonna try to hike. Set a 183 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: goal and then figure out a way to make that 184 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: goal actionable to meet that goal. It works with everything 185 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: in life, but it definitely works with fitness and for me. 186 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: I actually, you know, last year I was supposed to 187 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: have a sheep tag that is now pushed to this year. 188 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: Anytime I have a big hunt like that where I think, hey, 189 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: this is a once in a lifetime I call it 190 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: once in a lifetime type deal, like it's a really 191 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: good opportunity. I want to make sure that I make 192 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: the most of it. And even me personally, I'm like, Okay, 193 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 1: what do I need to do to get into that 194 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: next level of shape? Every year, I'm constantly trying to 195 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: push myself to be better, to hurt less, to just 196 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: be able to go further, hunt longer, or harder, and 197 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 1: be in the action of the hunt. And so for me, 198 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: what I'm doing is I'm just kind of setting a 199 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: goal of the amount of miles that I want to hike. 200 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: I want to work out. In those days where I'm 201 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: not hitting them mountain, I'm doing some other form of 202 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: fitness routine. For me, it's it's rowing, it's biking. Um, 203 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: I like those more endurance type things, but also you know, 204 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: some body weight training and some other things to add 205 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: in for those times when I'm not hitting them out 206 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: Number two for fitness, like I said, doing what you're 207 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: doing is the best way to train for what you're 208 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: gonna do. Pack training I say it anytime I talk 209 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: about fitness, but it is integral. The thing that slows 210 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: most people down is not being used to packs or boots. 211 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: So what you need to do is whatever you're gonna 212 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: hunt in, start training with that wear weighted pack. I 213 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: use a sandbag in my pack, like a forty pound 214 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: salt bag. Um works pretty good. And that's like just 215 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: getting used to wearing a heavy pack day in and 216 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: day out. When I'm doing any kind of workout that's 217 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: involving hiking, moving, running, even just like back and forth sprint, 218 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: I like to throw that pack on as often as 219 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: I can. So put that into your schedule, your way 220 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 1: to pack, because that's really the type of stuff that's 221 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: gonna help boost you into preparing for your hunting season. 222 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: Number three, I'm gonna say, set aside four weekends for 223 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: just all day grinding throughout the year. Right now, pull 224 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: out your calendar, find some weekends that work in your 225 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: schedule between now and hunting season. One thing that I 226 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: realize is when people get into the hunting season, they 227 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: work out, they do everything, they're prepped, yet they haven't 228 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: had that all day grind. Pick a Saturday where you 229 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: can go somewhere. Maybe you have to, maybe you don't 230 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: have it near your house, You might have to travel 231 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: a little ways or maybe whatever. Pick a time set aside, 232 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: whether it's maybe you can combine it with something else. 233 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: I like to combine it with upland bird hunting, like 234 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: checker hunting somewhere that's really steep and difficult. I like 235 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,559 Speaker 1: to combine it with looking for sheds. I like to 236 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: combine it with just maybe something else that I want 237 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: to do, maybe a peak or something like that. Make 238 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: a trip out of it, but something where you have 239 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: to be walking and hiking all day with a pack on. 240 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: That's what hunting is. You're you're hiking with a heavy 241 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: pack on all day for days on end. There should 242 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: be multiple times throughout the year where you schedule yourself 243 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: sometime to do that. If you can make it in 244 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: a thing, make an event, make it fun, whatever, have 245 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: some friends join you, whether it's a backpacking trip or 246 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: whatever you've got, whether it's today, whether it's two days, 247 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: something where you gotta have some weight on and grind 248 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: for a full day, not just an hour around the neighborhood. 249 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: But you actually get that, Okay, this is what it's like, 250 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: this is what it feels like, and it helps build 251 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: your mind in a better mental state when you actually 252 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: get out in the field and encounter those hard days. 253 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: Actually having gone through some all day grinds before the 254 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: hunting season. I think that huge. So just scheduling a 255 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: couple of things like that throughout the year, that's gonna 256 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: pay huge dividends when it comes time for hunting season. 257 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: And I know a lot of people that this is 258 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: your lifestyle. You're already doing that anyways, But for those 259 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: of you that maybe this is new, I just think 260 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: that's a great way to get in and you can 261 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: kind of build some of these other skills to while 262 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: you're out there doing that. Number four, I really think 263 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: staying fit and like being ready and being in hunting shape, 264 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: elk shape, whatever sheep shape is as much eating as 265 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: it is staying active. So you gotta stay active. But 266 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: like I told last year's story, my dad, who kind 267 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: of um is like my personal fitness inspiration, a guy 268 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 1: that was overweight and just completely changed his life to 269 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:46,679 Speaker 1: be better in the field hunting. So you can keep 270 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: up with his kids. And I mean that guy. I've 271 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: got a lot of friends that are half his age, 272 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: and he will out hike, out carry out perform. He 273 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: is just a machine and he does it because he 274 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 1: made a commitment to work out just thirty minutes a day, 275 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: and he has not missed a day in thirteen years, 276 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: which is incredible. And that's the kind of fitness inspiration 277 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: that I have in my life. And to see it firsthand, 278 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:11,959 Speaker 1: you're like, wow, I want to be like that kind 279 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 1: of dedication. But also he noticed that he would work out, workout, 280 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: work out, but until he started eating better, he kept 281 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: on that weight. And it just it's a lot easier 282 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: to shed some weight on your body and then add 283 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: some weight in your pack. I'd rather have the weight 284 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: in my pack than on my body because it's not 285 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: with me all the time. And I think that eating 286 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: is as much part of fitness, and like when when 287 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: you go in your daily routine of what you eat. 288 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: I'm not big on like just counting all these calories 289 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: and really worrying about it, but I do try to 290 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: live a healthy lifestyle and a lot of that comes 291 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: with wild game cooking at home. Obviously, during this COVID thing, 292 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: I think I've never been more healthy because I've I've 293 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: been eating out less. But one thing that I did 294 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: add into my regiment was just um within my workout 295 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: and everything like that, just adding started to do like 296 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: meal replace shakes as opposed to like eating big breakfast 297 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: in the times of year where I'm not as active 298 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: and I just use my w a like meal replaced 299 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: shake and then do my workout. It's like, Okay, it's 300 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: a workout, but it's not like my all day hunting, hiking, 301 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: working kind of stuff. So for me, that's really helped, 302 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: especially on a year where like last year, whereas like 303 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: at home more than I've ever been in my entire life, 304 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: and I think that I went into the hunting season 305 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: it's surprisingly good shape because of adding that into my regiment, 306 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: where normally most years for me, it's hard for me 307 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: because I I just do it all the time. So 308 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: I'm always out in the field, whether it's guiding or 309 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: doing whatever, so I'm doing it. But this year was 310 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: a little bit different. I was like, Okay, I'm not 311 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: doing it all the time, so how do I balance 312 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: physical activity being active? And it was just working out 313 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: at home and then you know, adding in stuff like 314 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 1: the meal replacement shakes and just eating good whole foods, 315 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: meats and vegetables and cooking myself something good, healthy, tasty, nutritious, 316 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. Simple stuff. But it's fun to 317 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: hear from somebody that's like, I only do this so 318 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: I kill more elk, And that's God's honest truth. Otherwise 319 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,479 Speaker 1: I probably wouldn't do any of this. Who knows, but um, 320 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: yeah it does. It does make a big difference when 321 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: it comes time for hunting season, especially in Western big 322 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: game hunting number six And this is something that I 323 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: kind of try to live by. Take the harder route 324 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: and in your training, get some vert you know, hunting. 325 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: Mountain hunting is vertical. The part where people slack in 326 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: the part where people struggle is the uphill. So find 327 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: things where you can get the uphill. I know, not 328 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: everybody lives in mountains. I am very fortunate that I 329 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: can just climb a mountain any day that I feel 330 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: like at any I can walk out right now after 331 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: I finish this podcast and go climb a big mountain 332 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: without having to do much. But there are other ways 333 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: to get vertical. And that could be stairs, um, that 334 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: could be stair machines, that could be anything where you 335 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: build that lunk capacity for hiking up hill and heck, 336 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: you still got your COVID mask, might maybe throw that 337 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 1: on when you jump on the old StairMaster, throw your 338 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 1: pack on and make it hard for yourself. Take the 339 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: hard route. I think that you're going to find that 340 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to push through a lot more 341 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: when you do that. Throughout the year number seven, do 342 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: something this year that's really hard, something that you didn't 343 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: think you can do, something that you've never done before. 344 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: I don't care what it is, but something that's physical. 345 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 1: If you've never run ten miles, make it a goal 346 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 1: that you're gonna run ten miles. I don't it doesn't 347 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: I don't know where you're at. But make it something 348 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: that you haven't done seems hard and is going to 349 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,360 Speaker 1: be difficult for you. If you haven't gone a marathon distance, 350 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: do that. If you haven't done a multi day hike 351 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: or something, do something like that. Do something, Find something 352 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: that's hard for you to do, and do it. And 353 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: I think that being able to overcome things that are 354 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: difficult really gets you in the good mental state when 355 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: you're out there, to keep pushing further, to hunt harder, 356 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: to do what your body is capable of, but not 357 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: talking yourself out of it. And I think that it 358 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: takes some I realize over my course of my life, 359 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: and like interacting with a lot of people on hunts, 360 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: and I mean, year in and year out of here, 361 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 1: this is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, 362 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 1: and I go, this is not this was not a 363 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: difficult hunt. Not not saying it's a difficult hunt for me, 364 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 1: but I can understand how it was a difficult for someone. 365 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 1: So I also think that just getting into the mindset 366 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: of doing something that's out of your comfort zone that's difficult, 367 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: and it doesn't even have to be something crazy. It 368 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 1: just has to be something that is difficult, that is 369 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: uncomfortable for you to do, that you haven't done before. 370 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 1: That kind of gets you into that mode. I personally 371 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,640 Speaker 1: do something like that every year, maybe multiple times a year. 372 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: I think it's one thing that's really helped build that 373 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: mental toughness of your I I guarantee ninety not unless 374 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: you have like some real serious health thing. Most people 375 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: are capable of a lot of stuff that they didn't 376 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: know they were capable of, but they just can't talk 377 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: themselves out of it. So those are my fitness tips, 378 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: And if you take those going into this year, start 379 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 1: building out a plan that includes those things, you're gonna 380 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: find yourself way more ready when it comes time to chase. Ok, 381 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: when you see that, got to go that next ridge. 382 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 1: When you've got when it's day five of a seven 383 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: day hunt, and you hunt it as hard as you can, 384 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: you've got two days left to keep going. The next 385 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: section is going to be all about hunt planning. Whether 386 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 1: you live out west, whether you want to embark on 387 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 1: your first elk hunt this year, you know whatever, deer hunt, 388 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: antelope hunt, whatever you got going. Now is the time 389 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: to start planning because now you've got to start applying 390 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: for tag. Yous gotta figure out what you're gonna do. 391 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: If you're new to it, it seems daunting. So I'm 392 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: gonna start you out with the seven tips on just 393 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: kind of like the basic run through of where to go, 394 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: what to do. So we're gone number eight here, which 395 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: is number one for hunt planning. See how I did this? 396 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: Uh so it's gonna be the first thing I do. 397 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: This is I'm just going through my step process. So 398 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: number eight we got line out all the deadlines for 399 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: the applications. What I do I sit down, I figure 400 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: out what deadlines for what states, what applications. When I 401 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: need to buy tags by some have already passed, but 402 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 1: for the most part, most of them are coming up. 403 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: I figured that all out. I make a master calendar. 404 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 1: I say, okay, now i've got a plan. Now from there, 405 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: we're gonna go to number nine. I say, pick the 406 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: states you're interested in and get regulations once I have. Okay, 407 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 1: here's the states that are available. Okay, maybe I'm interested in. 408 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: For me, I'm interested in my home state of Nevada. 409 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: I'm interested in places that are close by and places 410 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: that maybe have some more over the counter type opportunities 411 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 1: and places that I've been applying. So I kind of 412 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 1: pick areas that are close to me. You know, maybe 413 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: do the same. If you live further further east and 414 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: it's you're making a trip, maybe pick somewhere that's reasonably 415 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: easy to get to where you might be able to 416 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,360 Speaker 1: go out once during the summer and scout it out 417 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: and then go hunt it. Who always ask what's the 418 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: best state to hunt? Honestly, I think it's one where 419 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: you can spend some time. For most people, it will 420 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,719 Speaker 1: probably be Colorado because it's closer to where they live. Um, 421 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 1: there's a lot to be said. Now. Some people are like, well, 422 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: I'm already driving twenty hours, what's forty hours? Should I 423 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: go somewhere else? I don't know. It's up to you. 424 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: The place doesn't necessarily matter. But what you need to 425 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: do is just pick places that you're interested in, that 426 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: have animals that you want to hunt, or an experience 427 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: that you're looking for. Get the regulations and see what 428 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: kind of tags are available, what it might take to 429 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,120 Speaker 1: get a tag, and where you might be able to hunt. 430 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: Now number ten is going to be look for your hunt. 431 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: Now that you've got those regulations, you've got you know 432 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 1: what you want to hunt, start looking for a tag 433 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 1: that you can obtain or one that you can start 434 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: applying for. What does it have that you like? There's 435 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: also services out there. Um. I recently this year started 436 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: using the go hunt app. It's I like that one 437 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,200 Speaker 1: because you can do your own research on it. There's 438 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: a membership. I think that's been worth its weight in 439 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 1: gold this year. Last year, I talked a lot about 440 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: prepping and gave a lot of tips in the way 441 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: that I do. It is pretty our kick because now 442 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: there's software that essentially does what I. All the conclusions 443 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: that I came to I was able to figure out 444 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: in thirty seconds. So stuff like that's cool. UM. One 445 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: services that I use a lot as well, Hunting Fool, 446 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 1: Epic Outdoors. Those kind of things are just research tools. Um, 447 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,199 Speaker 1: but those are just research tools. I still think that 448 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 1: you should do a lot of this research and find 449 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: what fits for you, uh and what you can reasonably 450 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 1: do and how you can get a tag and just 451 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: start looking for a hunt somewhere to go. That's what 452 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: you need, a place to go. And then what you 453 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,479 Speaker 1: need to do on that look for hunt is select 454 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: somewhere that you're like, okay, you maybe you apply for 455 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: a few places, but find some find a hunt that 456 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 1: you can go do and then do it. There's a 457 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 1: lot of hidden gems out there. I think one that 458 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: surprised me this year was just California over the counter 459 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: your tag. I think it's widely underutilized. Um. There's some 460 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: great hunting, maybe not some giant bucks, but some incredible 461 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: country and some some great tags. There's stuff like that 462 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: all over the country. You just have to look for it. 463 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: But once you have that, then you can go into 464 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 1: number eleven logistics of getting the unit sorted, so you 465 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,239 Speaker 1: figure out what you're gonna do now is where we're 466 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: gonna be like, Okay, how am I gonna get there? 467 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: Am I gonna drive? Am I gonna fly? Um? Where 468 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 1: am I gonna can't? Can I get a tag? What 469 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: kind of tag can I get? What are the season dates? 470 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: Planning out the logistics. Now you're in the actual phase 471 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: of getting your hunt going. You're planning a hunt. You've 472 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: got your dates set you know where you're gonna be, 473 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 1: you know the unit you're gonna be, Maybe not exactly 474 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: where you're gonna hunt, but you've got that set out. 475 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 1: Then I jumped to number twelve, and that's start map scouting. 476 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 1: This is where I figure out where I'm gonna hunt. 477 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 1: I've I've narrowed it from wide like big broad, don't 478 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 1: know what I'm gonna do. I'm looking at deadlines in 479 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 1: different places, to picking a state too, then looking for 480 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,439 Speaker 1: a hunt and picking a unit, to getting the logistics 481 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: of the dates and the times and the seasons that 482 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 1: I can go. Now I'm going to start scouting and 483 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do that on my ONYX map. Pull out 484 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: my map, looking for different features, um topography, access points, trailheads, campsites, roads, 485 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: Start planning and this can all be done. At this 486 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: in this application season, in this time, and you can 487 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: even just do a brief planning of Okay, look at 488 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: the unit and say, maybe before you even buy a tag, 489 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 1: say is there good public land access? Is there somewhere 490 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to hunt? Look on the map, say, okay, 491 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 1: there's a lot of public land, there's not a lot 492 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: of public land. Start over, look at maybe another place, 493 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: another unit. Now, once I've decided I found a place 494 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: that I can actually do, I'm going to commit to 495 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: that area. Then number thirteen, I would say, in hunt planning, 496 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 1: listen back to a lot of these podcasts. I've got 497 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: map podcasts, I've got species specific podcasts. I think there's 498 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: enough information go back and listen to some of it 499 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 1: as you get further into planning your trip, planning your hunt. 500 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: I think they're really valuable tools. You can zoom past 501 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,919 Speaker 1: the stories, listen to the tips, you can ignore the 502 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: tips and listen to the stories. Some people get more 503 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: information out of stories, and people get more information out 504 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: of tips. But I think that's a great resource to have. 505 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 1: Um Also, you know there's plenty of great online resources 506 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: and other resources out there. Magazines, Western Hunter Magazine, a 507 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: lot of great just like ways to prepare yourself for 508 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: the skill set that you're going to need. And then 509 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: number fourteen is gear up throughout the year. What I 510 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: like to do If I've got a hunt planned, um, 511 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: start thinking about the things you're gonna need things that 512 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: you start looking for that stuff. Maybe you need a 513 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,679 Speaker 1: new pack, maybe you need to new this. Maybe you 514 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 1: want one high quality piece of gear that you don't have. 515 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: Start gearing up, Start looking for that gear. Maybe you 516 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: can find some good deals. But also just kind of 517 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: start mentally planning. Okay, what logistical things am I gonna need? 518 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 1: How am I going to do my food? How am 519 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: I gonna when I get something? How am I going 520 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: to get it back? What am I going to bring 521 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,120 Speaker 1: with me? Start making a master list, like a packing list, 522 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: of the things you're gonna need for this trip. Once 523 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: you have all that button down, you are well on 524 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: your way to success and you've done the steps that 525 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 1: really I mean, it sounds like a lot, but it's 526 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: really not that that much. It's the steps that most 527 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: people want to take but don't. It's how you get 528 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: from sitting at home thinking about it to getting out 529 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: in the field and doing it. Now we're gonna go 530 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 1: into the third category, which is shooting, And I think 531 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: shooting is huge. You've got yourself to this point, you 532 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: are fit, you have hiked all week, you have finally 533 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: found the elk, you have put in the time planning 534 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: and preparing and spent a whole year thinking about it. 535 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: Then whatever you're hunting walks out and you miss it. 536 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,640 Speaker 1: That sucks. I've been there, We've all been there. It sucks, 537 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: and I think the ways to mitig eight that are 538 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: just spending a lot more time with whatever you're shooting. 539 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: And as a as a professional hunting guide, I can 540 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: tell you most people don't spend enough time with what 541 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 1: they're shooting. Most hunters, I would say that that is 542 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: um being fit and being not ready for when that 543 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: moment arrives. And that is the easiest place to mess up, 544 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 1: because that's when the excitement should happen. That's when everything 545 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: is so exciting. That's when you panic, that's when stuff 546 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: goes down. That's just the easiest place to make a mistake. 547 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: And so I think that you can kind of mitigate 548 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: those mistakes with practice, and I personally know from myself. 549 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 1: I do it all the time, and I still need 550 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 1: to continually be better at it, because I don't think 551 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: that I'll ever get to a point where I say, 552 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: oh yeah, I've had enough. I've I've got to that point. 553 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: I just think, when are you good enough? Never? Um So, 554 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: I I always am constantly trying to change things, do 555 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: things different. And that's why I've set up these tips 556 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: for or shooting, because it's all part of punching more tags. 557 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: So number fifteen in this whole master list, Number one 558 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: of shooting would be to create a regiment um with 559 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,679 Speaker 1: with a seer, a bow hunter. How many arrows a 560 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,880 Speaker 1: week can you shoot? Just like the fitness thing. I say, 561 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: let's say it's fifty arrows, a hundred arrows, I don't know. 562 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: Make it something that's obtainable. It doesn't have to be crazy. 563 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,199 Speaker 1: I mean, even if it's twenty arrows a week, I 564 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: don't care what it is. Don't just be the guy 565 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 1: that grabs your bow right before the season, like pick 566 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: a time. It's like okay, yep, it's ten arrows a week. 567 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: I don't care what it is, but just pick something 568 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: and stick to it. You know, Yeah, maybe you're gonna 569 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 1: be out of town and you can't whatever, but you know, 570 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 1: write down how many what your goal is, and then 571 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: meet that goal because it gets you in the habit 572 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: of doing something good that's gonna benefit you. And I 573 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: definitely think that people that rifle hunt definitely skip this 574 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: step to For archers, it's easy because you can do 575 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: it at your house, but it's getting ranged time is hard. 576 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: So maybe you're a rifle hunt or maybe it's just 577 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,959 Speaker 1: saying once a month, I'm going to shoot ten rounds. 578 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: You know, as AMMO gets in short supply. It doesn't 579 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 1: even have to be the rifle that you're shooting. Maybe 580 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: you've got a lighter caliber rifle it's twenty two. Get out, 581 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: do some shooting, create a schedule and a regiment, and 582 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 1: it's gonna make you better. Number sixteen. This is I 583 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 1: call this like the gear tuning phase. So let's think 584 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: of it as like throughout the year, what I would 585 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: schedule is January through April, April April. I can't even 586 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: talk today. January through April, it's just gonna be that 587 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: gear tuning time. And this is something you know, for 588 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: me personally, I get a lot of new gear and 589 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: then I'm trying and I'm mixing in between the season 590 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: and that's why I've got like some stuff that's older 591 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: that I just stick with because it's just I know, 592 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: it's it's nailed in, like it's set, it's solid. I 593 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: don't need to mess with anything. So in this beginning 594 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: part winter through January, April, whatever, this is the time 595 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: should tune your gear, not right before the season. You know, 596 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: if you're gonna put new stuff on it, change it 597 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: now if you want to. If you want to get 598 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 1: new arrows, um, now is a good time to do 599 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: it for me, Like last year, I did it this, 600 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: That's what I did. I I switched up my arrows, 601 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: set up, I tweaked a few things on my bow. 602 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: Now maybe you're gonna try it. You know, obviously new 603 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: stuff comes out once you get it set. You can 604 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: always change things later, but you know, mess with it now, like, um, 605 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: I mount my rifle, my new rifle scopes. This. I 606 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: try to get it this time of year where I 607 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: can really make sure that everything is set level, put right, 608 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: Like put in a little bit of time on this 609 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: end so that way, as you get closer to the 610 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: hunting season, you're practicing with what you're gonna hunt with, 611 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: and you don't have to change it later. I know. 612 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: I mean it always surprises me. I'm like, archery sales 613 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 1: are always the biggest, Like the few weeks before archery season. 614 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, how is that possible. It's so difficult to 615 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: really get everything set up how you want in that 616 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: short amount of time. So now is the time you 617 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 1: need to tune, do your your broad tuning, do your 618 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: get your bow tuned well, get everything dialed. And for 619 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: me this year, that's going to be a huge focus 620 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: of mine, is just really getting back to that where 621 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: I get it dialed early and then I have a 622 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 1: lot more time to do other kinds of practice. So 623 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: number seventeen, it kind of brings us into this what 624 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: I call hunt minded practice, and maybe we call it 625 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: like may may slay time, Like it's just my mind 626 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: switches gears from getting everything set and practicing to just 627 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: going hunt focused practice. And one thing that I find 628 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: very effective and you should definitely plan on doing is roving. 629 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 1: And what that is is um walking around in the 630 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 1: hills with whatever you're hunting with bow, longbow, reeker. I 631 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: do it with everything. I use the rubber blunt tips, 632 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,479 Speaker 1: I walk around and shoot safe targets, you know, like 633 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: pine cones, random stuff, whatever. Three D target shooting is 634 00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: good to um at different yardages, to practice judging distance, 635 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: to practice understanding drop compensation, to practice shooting in field 636 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,240 Speaker 1: type positions. I My practice is focused toward hunting. I've 637 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: talked about it before, but I definitely think that you 638 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: need to think about that, especially coming into the new year. 639 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: Something to think about. UM, it's also something you do 640 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: with a rifle. Uh, go out shoot rocks. Obviously you 641 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: need to make sure that one there's no fire danger too. 642 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: You've got a solid backstop and it's not dangerous. Don't 643 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: be stupid. But like you can definitely go out and 644 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: do that with a rifle as well. Very I think 645 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 1: not enough people practice with the rifle, and it gave 646 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: me even something. You go out with the twenty two 647 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: and do so. UM. I've talked about all this before, 648 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: but I think it bears repeating, especially this time of year. 649 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: Number eighteen. Practice those angles. Plan it into your practice, 650 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,959 Speaker 1: whether it's a gun or about practice shooting at angles. 651 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: It's the weak point in the hunt. Shooting up hill, 652 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: shooting downhill, shooting whatever with a rifle, with a boat, 653 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: you know, think about it. Most rifle practices at a 654 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 1: range flat. Now, not everywhere has the ability to do that, 655 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,000 Speaker 1: but it's something if you if you do, you should 656 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: do it, whether you gotta. I've said it before, like 657 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: don't fall off your roof. But like if you've got 658 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: a balcony, practice there. If you could set a tree 659 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 1: stand up in your backyard with your bows, practice there, 660 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: Like figure out ways to practice some of these angles. Do. 661 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 1: What you shouldn't do is put your target on your 662 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: roof and practice shooting up because that sounds dangerous. But 663 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: if you can get out in the mountains for a 664 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 1: weekend shoot or whatever, do some three D shoots, you 665 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:37,160 Speaker 1: make sure to get those angles dialed a number nineteen, 666 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: you know, stretch it out over the year, whatever, figure 667 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: out what your effective distances now, and then expand your 668 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: skills to shoot further, not necessarily to hunt, shoot further, 669 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: but just so you know you're capable of it. Like, 670 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: whatever you're tight group is now at the furthest yardage, 671 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: plan on practicing to a point where you maintain that 672 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 1: same grouping at double the yardage. Whether it's with a rifle, 673 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: whether it's with a bow, whatever. Um, if you're you're 674 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: used to shooting in a hundred yard targets range, shoot further, 675 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,399 Speaker 1: practice reaching out now, and get in the habit of 676 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,359 Speaker 1: making that your type of practice. I necessarily don't think 677 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: it's great for like well, with the bow. You know, 678 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: I like to shoot further, but I like to hunt close. Um. 679 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,760 Speaker 1: It's just because it helps me fine tune my whole 680 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 1: set up and know that everything is flying right and 681 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,839 Speaker 1: everything's good to go, and gives me that added skill of, 682 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: you know, just being a better shot overall. And it 683 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: definitely plays a factor in rifle shooting. I think too 684 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,800 Speaker 1: many people go out sited in a hundred yards. I 685 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,799 Speaker 1: say it's good, they got their ballistics app and they 686 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 1: think they're gonna shoot really far, and they haven't actually 687 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,920 Speaker 1: proven it in the field or on the bench. So 688 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,919 Speaker 1: I think that that's a way that you should will 689 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: make yourself better. Number twenty Field position shooting and the 690 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,359 Speaker 1: one perfect shot. One thing that I like to do, 691 00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,319 Speaker 1: whether it's with a rifle, whether it's with a bow, 692 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 1: go out, set it up in a field type position 693 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,239 Speaker 1: and take one perfect shot that what I call a 694 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,840 Speaker 1: cold boar shot. You don't get any redos, any practice 695 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,880 Speaker 1: shots when you're out in the field make one perfect shot. 696 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: And I think it's it's also really good for rifle 697 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:16,320 Speaker 1: hunters and field shooting positions, even if it's at the range. 698 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,800 Speaker 1: Put out your target. You know that you're going to 699 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 1: fire that gun one time, and shoot off your pack, 700 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: shoot off your knee, make it fast, like like you're 701 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,879 Speaker 1: in the field. It's better if you can get out 702 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:30,440 Speaker 1: into a field type setting and just set up and shoot, 703 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 1: and you get one shot and and start recording those 704 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,239 Speaker 1: like okay, did I hit? Did I miss? Write it 705 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,920 Speaker 1: down every day and see your progression, because you want 706 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 1: to be getting better over time and see, okay, look 707 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:44,399 Speaker 1: when I started out, I was in the ten oring 708 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,640 Speaker 1: and then hitting the target and missing this many times 709 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,800 Speaker 1: or whatever, um you know, and then over the course 710 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: of the year, track your progression. I think it's really 711 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,279 Speaker 1: good to be able to do that, to look back 712 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,920 Speaker 1: and say here's where I started, here's where I ended up, 713 00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:00,800 Speaker 1: and I can see my progress. And then number twenty 714 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 1: one our final tip, I would say on the shooting category, 715 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:09,759 Speaker 1: shooting those uncomfortable positions, but practice some offhand type shooting. Uh. 716 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,799 Speaker 1: If you're a rifle shooter, I mean there are those 717 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,760 Speaker 1: times where you might have to make a quick close shot. 718 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:18,360 Speaker 1: People say, oh, you should never shoot off hand or whatever. Um. 719 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,359 Speaker 1: I mean I I practice most of my range time 720 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,960 Speaker 1: shooting not only just for fun. It helps practice trigger control. 721 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 1: And I mean I shoot a lot of two to 722 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 1: four yard targets off hand with my rifle because it's 723 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 1: more fun, it's a little more challenging, and you just 724 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: probably will be surprised how much better you can get 725 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 1: at it. Now the bow, I would say the opposite. 726 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,440 Speaker 1: Practice shooting from your knees, practice shooting from a position 727 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:44,279 Speaker 1: that isn't um your standard shooting position. All it's trying 728 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 1: to do is is mix things up, get you better 729 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 1: in whatever scenario you encounter. So when the time comes 730 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 1: to make the perfect shot, you're gonna nail it. As 731 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 1: you ring in the new year, I hope that you 732 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,719 Speaker 1: kind of take some of the off just into practice, 733 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:05,279 Speaker 1: into getting better, creating some goals and some things that 734 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,560 Speaker 1: you'd like to do, and getting out there and doing 735 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:11,120 Speaker 1: it and and then tell me you know about your progress. 736 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,040 Speaker 1: That's one thing that I really love to hear. I 737 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:14,960 Speaker 1: hear it all the time. Last year, somebody that went 738 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,759 Speaker 1: on a trip or did something that they didn't think 739 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:21,400 Speaker 1: they could do and was successful or even just attempted. Um. 740 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 1: That's the kind of stuff that I love to hear about. 741 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,719 Speaker 1: So I appreciate you guys reaching out with that kind 742 00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,440 Speaker 1: of stuff. I'm excited for this new year. I hope 743 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,399 Speaker 1: that there are some better year ahead than the last one, 744 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:37,879 Speaker 1: and whatever looked like, hopefully one looks a little bit 745 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,160 Speaker 1: better and at least there's some things we can do 746 00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:42,399 Speaker 1: to make ourselves better. And I know that all these 747 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,319 Speaker 1: things that I talk about are things that I do 748 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,719 Speaker 1: and I'm going to be doing and constantly striving to 749 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 1: get better at. So I don't think that there's ever 750 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:50,920 Speaker 1: a point where I I never want to hit a 751 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: point where I'm like, yeah, I'm good enough at that. UM. 752 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,680 Speaker 1: I constantly want to push myself and be better at it, 753 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 1: and because of it, I find more success, I find 754 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,200 Speaker 1: more enjoyment and what I love so much. And so 755 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,799 Speaker 1: I hope that you guys can take that to heart. 756 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,239 Speaker 1: Happy New Year, everyone, enjoy your family, enjoy your day, 757 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 1: enjoy your new year, and we will catch you next 758 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,040 Speaker 1: time on cutting the distance.