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 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance, Welcome back. It is Question 6 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: and answer a week. So I'm taking the things that 7 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: you want to know, all your burning questions, and I'm 8 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: going to be answering them this week on the podcast. 9 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: I really like to do these q and a s 10 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: because I, you know, believe that everybody has a little 11 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: bit of a different experience or wants to know something 12 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: different that maybe I don't think about, and so this 13 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: is a great way. If you've got questions, you've listened 14 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: to the podcast, maybe you're trying new tactics, or you're 15 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: new to hunting, and maybe the quite things I'm talking 16 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: about are too advanced. There's no question too simple or 17 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,559 Speaker 1: two I would say technical. Whatever you guys want to ask, 18 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: feel free to ask, and I try to read through 19 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: as many as I can, and I think that there 20 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 1: will be a lot of value added information this week especially. 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: I'm really pumped. We've got a lot of response on 22 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: so many good tactics that people have been using and 23 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: been successful for ELK already, which is awesome. That's the 24 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: whole goal here. So let's just dive into these q 25 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: and a's right now. The first one here comes from Nick. 26 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: He says, my question is how important is opening day 27 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: out West? We hear all the time on the Mediator 28 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: podcast about Eastern States and the odds decreasing significantly if 29 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: you aren't out on opening day? Does that apply to 30 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: Western firearm hunts? And if so, how much? He says, 31 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: I'm planning on going to some national forest land and 32 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: want to get as far as from roads as possible, 33 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: but wondering how wary the bucks will be after opening day. 34 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: Also of this being his first hunt and the laws 35 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: allow any buck. He's planning to take whatever he can. 36 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: He just loves good meat and his goal is to 37 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: harvest something himself, even a forky. Thanks for putting out 38 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: the awesome podcast, especially for the information that helps new 39 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: hunters like me with no mentor to find ways to 40 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: get out in the woods. I really appreciate that question, Nick, 41 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: and that that's a great question. There was very quite 42 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: a few other similar questions about how important is opening Day. Honestly, 43 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: it's not that important. And here's why I think this 44 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: is the difference based on the style of hunting that 45 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: you're planning. Getting away from roads, getting away from people, 46 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: You're already going to be limiting a lot of contact 47 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: even Opening day or not as the seasons progress. Opening 48 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: day is really good for if you're out ahead of 49 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: the season scouting and you get the first crack at 50 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: maybe something you have located. If you've been scouting and 51 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: you're hunting a specific buck, yes, you need to be 52 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: there opening Day because somebody else might get to it, 53 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: it might get moved around. You never know what's going 54 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: to happen. You just want to be there first chance 55 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: you can get. But through my guiding through hunting over 56 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: the years, many of the time places that I hunt 57 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: I don't have I can't get their opening day. I 58 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: go when I can. I found that better than Opening 59 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: Day is the week days after Opening Day if possible, 60 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: or any week days outside of the weekends if you 61 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: can swing it. Because a lot of people, almost everybody 62 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: hunts Opening Day that lives nearby. I've noticed the traffic 63 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: significantly decreases shortly after even that second week of the 64 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: season great time. There's always fewer people out that second 65 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: week than that first week. I personally a lot of 66 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: hunts plan on finding the times that there's fewer hunters out. 67 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: Maybe the animals have been stirred around a little bit, 68 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: but that's okay. I will have less competition while I'm 69 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: out there, and a little bit more opportunity for those 70 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: animals to go back to their normal habits and their 71 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: normal routines. When you're comparing Western hunting to maybe Eastern dates, 72 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: and a lot of those Eastern states people are hunting 73 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: kind of on small parcels. They don't have a lot 74 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: of places to go. Maybe they're hunting ten acres, twenty 75 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: acres whatever. Opening days the best because there's so many 76 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: people out that dates, running things back and forth and 77 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 1: pushing animals around. Out West, when you're hunting big tracks 78 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: of public land, you can go to where those animals 79 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: are and it's a completely different ball game. So missing 80 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: out on opening day I don't think as a game changer. 81 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,559 Speaker 1: I actually think that in some cases, if the season's early, 82 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: you might be better off waiting till later. You might 83 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: get some more running action, or waiting until there's fewer 84 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: people out and you can just hunt the animals once 85 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: they go back to their routines. But I do love 86 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: personally hunting opening day because it's the first day you 87 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: get to get out, and if you have anything pre 88 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: scouted or pre planned, you can make an initial move 89 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: on it. So Opening day can be great, but it's 90 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 1: definitely not a deal breaker. The next question says, Hey, 91 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 1: Remy really like the podcast. I've been listening from the 92 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,799 Speaker 1: beginning and really enjoy it. You've talked in the past 93 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:06,239 Speaker 1: about hunting burns and being successful. I'm a Colorado resident 94 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: and you're a late season cow tag for December fifteenth 95 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: to January. As of right now, my entire hunting unit 96 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: is on fire. Should I turn the tag back and 97 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: wait until next year, or do you think it might 98 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: be worth trying this year. Thanks can't wait to put 99 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: your tips to good use this year. Good luck this season. 100 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: That is a great question, and I also got many 101 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: questions about fires in areas. Based on what I'm seeing 102 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: here a late season hunt December fifteenth to January, you 103 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 1: absolutely need to hunt this tag. This may be your 104 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: best chance on this unit for a cow elk. In 105 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: my opinion, October early season fires August summer, even in 106 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: October fires that same year, on what I'm assuming, if 107 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: there's a December fifteenth to January season there that's winter range, 108 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: fires on the winter range that same year can be 109 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: extremely extremely productive because what you're gonna get, like enough 110 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: time to put that nutrients back in the ground. You're 111 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: gonna get a ton of green up on those open 112 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 1: slopes in the sun that time of year. I would 113 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: absolutely hunt those burns. You're gonna have better visuals, be 114 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: able to see through some of that brush and other things. 115 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: It's gonna be easier to spot the elk. The elk 116 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: are gonna be out feeding, and there's gonna be incredible 117 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: food sources for them because of that fire. It may 118 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 1: be the best time for that specific type of tag 119 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 1: based on those season dates, when the fire is, and 120 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: the fact that it's a cow elk hunt, I would 121 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: absolutely hunt it. This next question says and four years 122 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: into archery elk hunting, and I'm trying to harvest any 123 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: legable via any style, stalking, calling, tree stand doesn't matter. 124 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: I can regularly plan and hunt and find elk and 125 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: fresh sign. But seem to be at a wall for 126 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: going from knowing they're in the area to getting shot opportunities. 127 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: He says he has three elk areas where he's found 128 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: strong elk, signed fresh wallows and smell. The elk don't 129 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: respond to my location check calling, bulls or cow calls, 130 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: and he can't find a good glassing location because of cover. 131 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: He's camped in proximity but hasn't heard any nighttime bugling 132 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: as well. Do you have suggestions for this situation first choice, 133 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: second choice, third choice, and how to weigh the options 134 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: based on circumstances for getting on silent elk in areas 135 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: you know they're hanging out with fresh sign and smell, 136 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: but where you can't pinpoint their location. So far, his 137 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: go to methods have been calling and still hunting, but 138 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: he assumes he needs to be patient and put in 139 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: the time. My thoughts are greatly appreciated, Paul. Paul, that's 140 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: a great question, and I think a lot of people 141 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: probably run into this. So you've you've got into an 142 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: area that's obviously you're hunting, a more timbered area, and 143 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: you're getting in there, you're finding you're seeing sign of elk, 144 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: but you just aren't finding the elk. So I guess 145 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: you have to ask yourself for these few questions. First, 146 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: what time of year is it? Are you not hearing 147 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: elk during the prime rut? And are you finding this 148 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: sign while you're hunting, or you're finding this sign prior 149 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: to this peak rut? Like are you finding this sign 150 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: in the summertime and then you're going in there during 151 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: peak rut? Or is this an earlier season where it 152 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: might not be that mid September season, because that's going 153 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: to be a big difference. You know, if it's earlier 154 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: in the season, you aren't hearing anything, but you're seeing 155 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: that sign, that would tell me that the elk are 156 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: still in there, but they just aren't really being vocal 157 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: that time of year. Now, if you're in there between 158 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: I would say September and September and you aren't hearing 159 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: any elk make any noise, you probably need to find 160 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: a new area or maybe they were in that area, 161 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: but you might want to check some other spots around 162 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: there because maybe they have slightly moved off. That's always 163 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: a good indicator, because you know you're hunting September, the 164 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: elk are calling at some point. That's how they're find 165 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: ending each other. If they aren't calling right where you're at. 166 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: Maybe they've moved off. Now let's say those other two 167 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: things that I've mentioned don't come into play here. The 168 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: elk are in the area. You know they're there right now, 169 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: you just can't figure them out. I actually don't know 170 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: the regulations in this state that you live in, but 171 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: if a trail camera is legal, put a trail camera 172 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: on some of those wallows and see if you're getting 173 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,719 Speaker 1: elk moving in and what times they are. If you 174 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: do that and you don't see any animals, you aren't 175 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: hearing them, then once again, move on find a new spot. 176 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: You can also hunt a different way and say, look 177 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: this spot, you found sign, you found other things, but 178 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: you aren't getting any vocal elks. You can't pinpoint them. 179 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: During the hunting season, maybe be more mobile, check more 180 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: places and don't look for sign only look for elk 181 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: that are going to make a noise. So when you 182 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: hear an elk, Okay, there's elk here, I know they're 183 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: here right now. Physically now I've pinpoint of their location 184 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: and I can hunt them. And that might mean trying 185 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: to find new spots, new places, but it's not ab 186 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: had idea to try to be patient. If you know 187 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: those elk are coming in, you've got trail camera pictures 188 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: of them, you've got signed they might not be making noise, 189 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: but you know for a fact they're there, then yeah, 190 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,839 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a patience game. And I would maybe 191 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: try using that knowledge of when they're hitting the walls 192 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 1: to waiting and stand hunting them. That would be my suggestion. 193 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 1: And one more added thing in combination to stand hunting them, 194 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: I would definitely throw out some of those cow calls 195 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: and maybe try to call in a bowl that's just 196 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: cruising by itself, just checking for groups of cows that's 197 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: gonna come in silence, so you might be set up. 198 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: You can do some cow calls, and then if you 199 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: know that that water source or whatever is getting hit 200 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: because you've got pictures and definitive sign, then hunt it. 201 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: Next question says dear immy. When hunting big game, what 202 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: strategies do you have for going to the bathroom? Primarily 203 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: number one, in a way that reduces the risk of 204 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: being detected. This is a really big oversight on my 205 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: part and something I haven't been giving enough consideration. I 206 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: tend to pee in a hole and cover it up, 207 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 1: but listening to your pod house. That made me think 208 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: more about what I'm doing in the field and how 209 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: I prepare, especially with winds and scent considerations. Thanks again, Charles. 210 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 1: Here's my thought on that. I don't even think about it. 211 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: There's no part of me. But I guess it also 212 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: depends what kind of hunting you're doing. If I'm tree 213 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: stand hunting, the pin and a whole thing and whatever 214 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: is great. If I'm in a blind, I generally just 215 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: carry a bottle so I don't have to get out. 216 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: But I have peed behind my blind and had elk 217 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: and deer come in and no problems. I think of 218 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: it like this. They're gonna smell you, and they're probably 219 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: may not care about where you've been so much. If 220 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: every time a coyote pete on the ground and elk 221 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: and deer ran away from that area, they would constantly 222 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: be running. Now, I'm sure there will be plenty of 223 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: people that will debate me to the core on this, 224 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: but I do not believe that it really makes that 225 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: much of a difference, especially when we're talking like Western 226 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: big game hunting. It's so much land, it's so much area. 227 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: You know, I wouldn't even really consider it now the 228 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: things that I do consider. If I know elk are 229 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: hitting a certain area, I'm not going to pee there. 230 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna move off somewhere else if I can. 231 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: But for the most part, I don't really think twice 232 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: about it. It might just be a waste of time. 233 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 1: But if you can cover it up great. If your 234 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: stand hunting, you might want to have more consideration about it. 235 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: Other than that, keep the wind right and you should 236 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: be fine snaks. Christian says, the past couple of years 237 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: antelope hunting, I've tried to gain either access to private 238 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: land or at least access to landlocked state land. In 239 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: private land where I'm noticing tons of antelope, I've knocked 240 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: on doors and made phone calls asking for permission. Sometimes 241 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: great conversations, others not so good. But I always seem 242 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: to get shut down on permission to either cross or 243 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: to be on someone's land. Money is an issue for me, 244 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: so it's hard for me to bribe with cash as 245 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: well as I've offered manual labor from myself to help 246 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: out on ranches, but it seems that these landowners still 247 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:02,079 Speaker 1: say no no matter what. Any tips or conversation tips 248 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: to use when talking to private landowners to get more 249 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: yes answers instead of knows. Thank you, Nick. Here's my 250 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: thought on that, Nick. And unfortunately I'm really bad at 251 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: asking for permission as well. And I realized that, and 252 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: I'm not even necessarily bad at asking for permission. Don't 253 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: like to do it, so I just find better public 254 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 1: land spots. And that is just the way that I've hunted. 255 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: I mean, really look into whatever state you're hunting. There's 256 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:33,959 Speaker 1: so many different programs like access, yes programs, block management programs. 257 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: Every state's got a different name for him. Where the 258 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: state actually leases private lands for public hunting. Now, it's 259 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: kind of makes it yes like public land. But there 260 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: are some really good places that you can hunt like that. 261 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: If you don't like permission, have to ask for permission, 262 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: start researching some of those areas as well as researching 263 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 1: more public land options. I mean, I wish that there 264 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: was a secret ingredient to say, here's how you talk 265 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: up a landowner. And I know some people are good 266 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: at it. I just don't like having to ask people 267 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: and do that because I'm not really good at that 268 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: kind of like just going up to random people and 269 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: asking them, hey, can I hunt your property, because I 270 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: know if it was my property, I'd be like, hell, no, 271 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 1: you can't hunt here. I want to hunt here. And 272 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 1: if anybody's gonna hut, it's gonna be people I know. 273 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: So for the most part, I would say instead of 274 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: spending your time doing that, spend time really just trying 275 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: to find better public land areas. Now the fact that 276 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: you go out there and ask these people, I would say, 277 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: that's great. You have a skill set that I say, 278 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: I don't even have. So I would continue to do 279 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: that to be able to just go talk to these people, 280 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: and you know, just like the more times you try, 281 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: probably you get a lot of nose, but one day 282 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: you will get a yes. And I know a lot 283 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: of people that do that and do get yeses. So 284 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: I would say continue doing what you're doing, but also 285 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: really just use your on X maps, look into some 286 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: of that public land, try to find some better public 287 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: land spots, and then look at to whatever state you're 288 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: at and try some of those places that are private 289 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: land that have those features of private land, but you 290 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: don't necessarily have to ask for permission or it has 291 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: a system set up on how to ask for permission. 292 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: I think that's a lot easier. We've got a bow 293 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: question here, says I had a question on proper site 294 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: alignment for multipin bow sites. I consider myself a pretty 295 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,239 Speaker 1: decent shot with a rifle. Past life was in infantry, 296 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: so lots of training and repetition. I feel comfortable in 297 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: the gun world for bows. I've been self taught since 298 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: getting my first bow fifteen years ago. I've always centered 299 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: the pin on my peep site for my yardage getting 300 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: ready for early seasons. Something struck me to center the 301 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: circular housing of my site on the peep site. So 302 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: my question is the proper site alignment centering the pin 303 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: within the circle or the peep site, or lining the 304 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: two circles of the housing and the peep and hold 305 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: the right pin on the target. He says, hope to 306 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: hear from you, Reeves, that's a great question. The questions 307 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: kind of a little bit complicated, so he's essentially asking 308 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: how do you align your your site and your peep site. 309 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: I always align the circular housing to my peep so 310 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: what I try to do is I try to match 311 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: up where my peep site. I do this different ways, 312 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: so you can do it by sizing your peep to 313 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: your site or moving your site in and out and 314 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: doing a combination of both. So there's different size peep sites. 315 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: I try to go with a little bit smaller peep site, 316 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: especially if I'm going to have my site a little 317 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: bit further out. And what I like to do is 318 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: I like to center my peep where it like kind 319 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: of makes a concentric circle from the outside of the 320 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: site housing that I'm looking at. So my site pictures 321 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: of site housing, and I like my peep to be 322 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: inside the outside of the site where it's like if 323 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 1: it's got a white line or whatever, it's not inside 324 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: the site. But it's also just like matches up the 325 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: sizing of my sight housing. So I like to line 326 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: my sight housing and my peep so there are two 327 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: circles that are exactly the same side eyes. That way, 328 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: I know if I'm off a little bit when I 329 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,199 Speaker 1: draw back, and then you use whatever pin for the 330 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 1: yardage on that. So I always center my sight housing 331 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: into my peep so that way it's consistent, it's the 332 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 1: same every time, and I know that I'm looking through 333 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: it exactly the same every time. My site actually has 334 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: like different housing faces and it's got different color rings 335 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: on it, so I can try to align my peep 336 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: up with the center rings so then I know if 337 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 1: it's off a little bit. I'm using a fast steady 338 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 1: Xcel spot hug one and then I'll adjust my site 339 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: so it matches my peep perfectly. And I've found that 340 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: doing that really helps me maintain all those things that 341 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: you need to maintain to make a good bowshot. So 342 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: if you're gonna make a good bowshot, like a perfect 343 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: bowshot means you're doing the same thing correct every time, 344 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: and it's nearly impossible to do exactly the same every time, 345 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 1: but that's the goal, right That's that's when you get 346 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: two arrows to go to the same place. So it 347 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: all includes your grip, it includes your anchor, and helping 348 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: with that anchor is how you're looking at the site 349 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: through your peep, and so I really like to line 350 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: those things up to kind of benefit and make sure 351 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 1: that I'm anchored in the same place. Hey, Remy and 352 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: mediator crew. First of all, great job. I listened to 353 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: an inordinate amount of podcast while driving from work, and 354 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: most are from the Meat Eater Network. I've listened to 355 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 1: every episode of Cutting the Distance at least twice, so 356 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: maybe I miss something. It seems when I'm glassing for 357 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: deer California archery so mid to late summer, I only 358 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: turn them up at night and can never stalk into 359 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 1: bow range before shooting light is up. To follow that up, 360 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,120 Speaker 1: I can never seem to find them the next morning either. 361 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: Do you have any tips on glassing bucks in the 362 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 1: am and how to find them the next day if 363 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: spotted at sunset or later. Do you dear typically feed 364 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: in the morning on eastern slopes or northern or is 365 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: it hit and miss? Thanks for the podcast, Keep it up, Ben. 366 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 1: That's a great question, Ben, and I've kind of seen 367 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: this in some areas from experience. Generally, I'm going to 368 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: assume a few things here, So I'm going to assume 369 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: that you're hunting mule deer, but I'm also gonna then 370 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 1: simultaneously assume that you might be hunting black tails. They 371 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: do behave a little bit differently. Black tails tend to 372 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: be more forest dwelling creatures, more a lot like I 373 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: would consider their habits a lot more like white tails. 374 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: They hold a very small range, and they are very 375 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: intimate with that range, and they know that range really well, 376 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 1: and it's generally in thicker cover. So if you're seeing 377 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: the deer come out in the evenings and their black tails, 378 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: that's probably because they're they're moving closer to the cover 379 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: of darkness, and then they're already in that cover in 380 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: the mornings or whatever, if you are not seeing them 381 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: come back out in the morning. So what I would 382 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: suggest then is you know, still hunting those areas nearby, 383 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 1: or planning on setting up for them to come out, 384 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 1: and try to build a pattern for them to come 385 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: out in the evening and try to understand the pattern 386 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: of those deer. Now we're gonna go to the flip 387 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:03,640 Speaker 1: side of that. If we're talking mule deer or even 388 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 1: maybe like mule dear blacktail hybrids, you kind of get 389 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: into that weird mix. But if you're spotting them, let's 390 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 1: say the mule deer, they're out in the open in 391 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: the evenings and then you just can't catch them in 392 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: the mornings. It might have a little bit to do 393 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: with the sun and how hot it gets early season, 394 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 1: so they might be coming out in the evenings and 395 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 1: then feeding through the night. I would say plan on 396 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: looking on the opposite side of where they're coming out 397 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 1: in the morning. So if it's a one ridge and 398 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: they're out in the evenings, say on a south facing slope, 399 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: they might be on the north slope in the morning 400 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: because what's gonna happen is that north slope will have 401 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: that keep that sun longer, so that north face is 402 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: gonna just be shaded longer, and maybe they're just feeding 403 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: in that and they're just feeding close to their bedding areas, 404 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: and then they're gonna go do their initial bed somewhere 405 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: on that hillside because it's gonna stay shaded, and then 406 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: they're gonna go bed permanently. So I would definitely focus 407 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: on those north faces early in that hot summer, especially 408 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 1: if there's a little bit of an opening nearby where 409 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: maybe that might play into it a little bit. So 410 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: I think focusing on those two things will really help 411 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: you locate them different times, not just later. Another thing 412 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 1: to think about is maybe on those areas where you've 413 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: seen the buck, kind of figure out where is it, 414 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: Where are these dear bedding, Why is it feeding in 415 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: this particular area. Is this cover that it's coming out 416 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: of and going into maybe it's home range, or is 417 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 1: it just kind of like passing through. If you're seeing 418 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: a lot of bedding near near that, on maybe a 419 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: different slope or in that same area, then you don't know. Okay, 420 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: well they're betting here, where's their bedding area, Here's where 421 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: they're feeding in the evening. Where's a logical place that 422 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: they might be feeding in the morning, because they probably 423 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,239 Speaker 1: are feeding in the morning, but it might be a 424 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: little bit more in cover. So just really kind of 425 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: extrapolating that and then focusing on those areas, I think 426 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: you'll have a lot more success. This question comes from Nick. 427 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: Quite a few nicks this week. I like it, Uh says, 428 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 1: I've been elk hunting for the past few years and 429 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: have had some opportunities, but it hasn't worked out. I 430 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: think my biggest problem is being able to stay on elk. 431 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: I can usually find them within the first day or two, 432 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: but then I spook them never seemed to find them again. 433 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,919 Speaker 1: Any advice on relocating elk. I appreciate all the advice 434 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: that you provide. As an adult onset hunter, I appreciate 435 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: any valuable information I can get. That's a great question, 436 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: you know, if you blow it, what do the elk do? Now? 437 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: Elk have their certain patterns. But when they get pressured, 438 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: then they start to do what I call like loops 439 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 1: or safety loops. So they like a certain area and 440 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 1: they might even hang out there forever unless they get bumped, 441 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: and then you bump them and it's like, well what happens? Generally, 442 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 1: I find that they have these like three day loops, 443 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: so they've got these areas that they go to through safety. 444 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: So you've pushed them, many elk might go back to 445 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: that same place the next day or the next couple 446 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: of days. If you aren't seeing that that I would 447 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 1: say every third to fourth day, they might be back 448 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: into that area. Um, now you just kind of gotta 449 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: figure out where are they going in between there, and 450 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: you have to find areas close by that have similar 451 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 1: things to where you found them, but might be in 452 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: a direction or a different direction of travel where they're going. 453 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: If it's a super highly pressured area and you spook them, 454 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: they might end up just staying in cover and you know, 455 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: being in a smaller area, but just staying tightly in 456 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,959 Speaker 1: a place where they aren't getting bothered. So look at 457 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: a map. Pull up your map and say, what's a 458 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: place that is very difficult for people to get to 459 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: for predators to get to. For these elk where they're 460 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: gonna stay safe for the longest period of time, not 461 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 1: interact with anyone, look for those areas and that's probably 462 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 1: where the pressure delk are going to be. But for 463 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: the most part, I think a lot of people bump 464 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: elk and think, oh, it's over, I've spooked them, this 465 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: isn't gonna happen again, and then leave, when in actuality, 466 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: there's been many times that I've spooked elk, bumped elk, 467 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: and then found them in similar areas in the same 468 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 1: place a day or two later, or even maybe just 469 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: within a couple of miles of where they've been spooked. 470 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 1: So it kind of depends on the habits and the 471 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: elk in that area, and if you definitely aren't seeing 472 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: them again, even after a couple of days or whatever, 473 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 1: then I would say start focusing on those places that 474 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: they can go to where they aren't going to get 475 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: that pressure, those those holes, those pockets, those little protected 476 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: areas that seem out of the way where they're gonna 477 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 1: be able to hang out and be unpressured again. And 478 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: that's a great way to focus in on elk that 479 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: do get pressure or have been bumped. I really appreciate 480 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: everybody's questions. Keep those questions coming, because we're gonna go 481 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: through a few more Q and a s throughout the 482 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 1: coming months. But before we do those, I'm gonna next week. 483 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people I get a lot 484 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: of questions about people traveling for hunts and other things. 485 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: So next week, I just want to talk about some 486 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 1: traveling hunter meatcare. One of the things that I really 487 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: promote is getting out of your comfort zone, trying something new, 488 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: going to a new place, hunting something different. Maybe you're 489 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 1: a guy that's been listening to this podcast and you 490 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: live in the Midwest or eastern US, and you're like, man, 491 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 1: LK hunting sounds awesome. Antelopes and hunting sounds awesome. You 492 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 1: go on a hunt like that, But how do you 493 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: get the meat back? That is one of the most 494 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: important things, and it's something that I've become an expert 495 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 1: on because I deal with it all the time. I'm 496 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 1: actually just getting ready to head out to a remote 497 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: place in Alaska and I'm like, I gotta make sure 498 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: my meat prep and meat care is on point, because 499 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: I need to make sure that I get all that 500 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: meat back home in good condition and ready to be eaten. 501 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: You know, the worst thing that I could ever imagine 502 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 1: is going on a hunt, spending all that time and 503 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: not taking the proper care of the meat to get 504 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: at home safely. So I'm gonna go over my tips 505 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: for that next week, and then if you've got other 506 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 1: things you want to talk about other topics, feel free 507 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: to reach out. Social media. Instagram is a great way 508 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 1: to do it. I'll be posting and sharing stories and 509 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: all my hunts and other things on my at remy 510 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: war on Instagram, So if you don't follow me over there, 511 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: check that out. I think you'll like it during the 512 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: season and be sharing some of these hunts that I 513 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: talk about. And then also I'll be able to get 514 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: your questions and comments and other things. So it gives 515 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: me a good idea of the things that everybody wants 516 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: to hear about in the topics that we talk about 517 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: on this podcast. So I appreciate you guys until next week, 518 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: keep the questions coming. We will catch you later.