WEBVTT - Ep. 1064: Foundations - Rich Deer, Poor Deer

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide

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<v Speaker 1>to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light,

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<v Speaker 1>creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind.

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<v Speaker 1>First Light, Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Peterson.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey everyone, welcome to the Wire to Hunt Foundation's podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>which has brought to you by first Light. I'm your host,

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<v Speaker 2>Tony Peterson, and today's episode is all about thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>dear and wealth and why it can change how you

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<v Speaker 2>hunt them all. Right, before I get into this, I

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<v Speaker 2>gotta do a couple things. I gotta apologize for having

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<v Speaker 2>this voice of mine. I am fighting off a cold

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<v Speaker 2>that someone delivered to me, probably somebody with kids at

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<v Speaker 2>the Meat Eater store opening in Minneapolis, and I am

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<v Speaker 2>waiting through this thing. But you gotta suffer through my voice.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry for that. The other thing I want to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about quick here, I got to put in a

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<v Speaker 2>I thank you in advance because that makes you pretty

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<v Speaker 2>awesome in my opinion. All Right, I might be wrong

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<v Speaker 2>on this, but I think a lot of the problems

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<v Speaker 2>that hunters have with deer is they don't really think

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<v Speaker 2>about what motivates deer. And I know that might sound

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<v Speaker 2>kind of stupid, but what I mean is that they

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<v Speaker 2>are survival machines who are highly driven to pass on

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<v Speaker 2>their genes, you know, like pretty much all of life.

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<v Speaker 2>But how they do it is what matters, though, And

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<v Speaker 2>while we have an entire industry built around exploiting their weaknesses,

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<v Speaker 2>the hunters who figure out what bucks have that are

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<v Speaker 2>true strinths, but how they can work around that, those

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<v Speaker 2>are the guys who usually fill their tags. Now, I

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<v Speaker 2>know that might not make much sense, but I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to clear it all up right for you can. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard

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<v Speaker 2>about how billionaires are bad and people who aren't billionaires

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<v Speaker 2>by default are good. This refrain is the rallying cry

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<v Speaker 2>of a lot of people these days, and it's interesting

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<v Speaker 2>to watch it play out. The idea that no one

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<v Speaker 2>should have that much money, and since they do, we

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<v Speaker 2>should take more of it to do good things with

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<v Speaker 2>it is very prevalent, and what a beautiful concept until

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<v Speaker 2>you hit the part where the people taking it and

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<v Speaker 2>deciding where it goes are the same folks who have

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<v Speaker 2>us sitting at around forty trillion dollars in debt as

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<v Speaker 2>a nation. They also mostly happen to be multimillionaires themselves,

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<v Speaker 2>but they would rather we didn't pay too much attention

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<v Speaker 2>to that part. This class war that's being waged on

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<v Speaker 2>social media is at least partially the result of something

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<v Speaker 2>called a K shaped economy. Maybe you heard it mentioned somewhere,

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<v Speaker 2>but what it means is that essentially there's a midline

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<v Speaker 2>for wealth where if you're on the top side of it,

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<v Speaker 2>the current economy is going to reward you your wealth

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<v Speaker 2>is increasing, but if you're not, you're going in the

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<v Speaker 2>opposite direction and your wealth is decreasing. One person works

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<v Speaker 2>from a home where they are paying a mortgage on

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<v Speaker 2>They dump money into their four oh one K and

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<v Speaker 2>their HSA every month, and they are generally viewed as

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<v Speaker 2>valuable enough to get a raiz or a bonus you know,

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<v Speaker 2>pretty much every year. Their house goes up in value

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<v Speaker 2>while their principal O drops, their investments go up in value,

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<v Speaker 2>and their trajectory is generally upward and favorable. Then you

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<v Speaker 2>have someone else I don't know who doesn't work in

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<v Speaker 2>it works in hospitality or something they rent, and their

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<v Speaker 2>employer is actively trying to automate parts of their job

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<v Speaker 2>to cut hours and save money. They can't pile money

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<v Speaker 2>away to allow it to grow, and through all of that,

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<v Speaker 2>the dollar becomes worthless and the prices of everyday goods

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<v Speaker 2>and services steadily creep upward. Both people could be living

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<v Speaker 2>in the same city but experiencing vastly different economies. One

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<v Speaker 2>could be watching the real estate market and the stock

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<v Speaker 2>market just blode and celebrate that rising tide, while the

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<v Speaker 2>other slips further into debt by the day from the

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<v Speaker 2>same economy that is rewarding the other folks. Essentially, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're in a good position to start with, things will

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<v Speaker 2>only get better for you, But if you're not, things

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<v Speaker 2>will only get worse. Now, neither will last forever because

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't work that way. But it's pretty telling and

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<v Speaker 2>pretty frustrating for a lot of folks. It makes sense. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let me put you in the minds of a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of bucks. One is a six and a half year

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<v Speaker 2>old ten pointer with an eighteen inch spread, plenty of mass,

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<v Speaker 2>and he weighs two hundred and forty pounds on the hoof.

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<v Speaker 2>The other is a two and a half year old

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<v Speaker 2>ninety seven inch eight pointer who tips the scales at

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and fifty pounds when he's soaking wet. They

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<v Speaker 2>live in the same section of land which has let's

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<v Speaker 2>say two dozen other deer, and of those deer, five

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<v Speaker 2>of them are bucks that are somewhere between our two

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<v Speaker 2>example deer in both range and size. The ten pointer

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<v Speaker 2>knows them all, and they all know him. Now the

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<v Speaker 2>eight pointer knows them all and they all know him too.

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<v Speaker 2>He just has a different experience with them, particularly in

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<v Speaker 2>the fall. Every deer in the herd is wired to

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<v Speaker 2>survive and pass on their genes, and how they do

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<v Speaker 2>that is by muscling their way up into the best

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<v Speaker 2>spot in the hierarchy and then making do with what

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<v Speaker 2>that affords them. They literally gather wealth, but not in

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<v Speaker 2>the way that you think, although it's closer to our

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<v Speaker 2>experience than most of us would probably acknowledge. For starters,

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<v Speaker 2>they need food and shelter. Basic stuff probably sounds pretty familiar.

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<v Speaker 2>Without either, we as humans, we're in trouble. And the

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<v Speaker 2>same goes for deer. Food is a tricky one because

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<v Speaker 2>in times of plenty, it's not worth fighting over or

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<v Speaker 2>wasting an extra calorie to protect. In the summer and

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<v Speaker 2>early fall, in most of the whitetail habitat out there,

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<v Speaker 2>food is pretty plentiful. But as food gets less plentiful,

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<v Speaker 2>it becomes more important. This is only amplified you know

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<v Speaker 2>when a certain food source is limited, which you know

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<v Speaker 2>most of them are, and also, you know, chock full

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<v Speaker 2>of the things that bucks need to be big and

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<v Speaker 2>strong and pass on their genes high value food. But

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<v Speaker 2>think about this. I took the dogs to the park

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<v Speaker 2>the other day. That park has a row of twelve

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<v Speaker 2>burrokes in it. Nothing unusual about that in my part

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<v Speaker 2>of the world. But one of those, and I mean

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<v Speaker 2>just one, was dropping acorns like matt. Now, if those

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<v Speaker 2>trees were on a ridge in the home range of

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<v Speaker 2>our two example bucks, who do you think could show

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<v Speaker 2>up at any time and eat as many acorns as

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<v Speaker 2>he wanted. Not the two year old, because in that

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<v Speaker 2>case he might be within a few feet of a

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<v Speaker 2>buck who can kick his butt and will definitely posture

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<v Speaker 2>him right off of that hard masked gold mine. He

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<v Speaker 2>still wants to eat those acorns, so he has to

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<v Speaker 2>figure out when he can get there when other bigger

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<v Speaker 2>and more dominant bucks won't be there. This puts him

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<v Speaker 2>at a disadvantage because he's most likely to find that

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<v Speaker 2>oak without competition in daylight. The big ten pointer can

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<v Speaker 2>show up just after dark, claim his spot and load up.

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<v Speaker 2>The two year old eight pointer has to be far

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<v Speaker 2>more careful, and in doing that he gives up an advantage. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>look at that tech worker making two one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty thousand dollars a year, and you know has plenty

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<v Speaker 2>of cash to invest at the end of every month.

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<v Speaker 2>He isn't at a disadvantage going to whole foods and

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<v Speaker 2>buying healthy groceries. The extra cost of organic avocados isn't

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<v Speaker 2>even a consideration. It's just a healthy choice, and that

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't add extra stress to his daily life, but makes

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<v Speaker 2>him do a little bit better, and that other person

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<v Speaker 2>you know who's working in hospitality for forty five grand

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<v Speaker 2>a year just can't afford to eat as healthy. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a disadvantage there resource wise that could play out in

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<v Speaker 2>a variety of negative ways, and likely will over a

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<v Speaker 2>long enough timeline. It doesn't seem fair when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to humans, but we don't think about that with deer.

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<v Speaker 2>We just accept it as natural. We can take this

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit deeper too. The dominant buck never has

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<v Speaker 2>to move when he doesn't want to. I know, a

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<v Speaker 2>wolf or a coyote or a small game hunter or

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<v Speaker 2>something could get him moving at any time, but that's different.

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<v Speaker 2>What I mean here is that dominant buck doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>to think about getting to the food early or getting

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<v Speaker 2>into the field to sniff some doze before everyone else

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<v Speaker 2>gets there. He can not only eat better than his competition,

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<v Speaker 2>he can keep himself safer by going to eat and

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<v Speaker 2>drink and check doze on a schedule he's learned will

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<v Speaker 2>keep him from getting shot. He can wait until dark

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<v Speaker 2>to travel when his biggest concern is already headed back

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<v Speaker 2>to the truck and then back to the house. After

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<v Speaker 2>a night of not shooting big bucks. The tech worker

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<v Speaker 2>can work from home, which means no commute in rush

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<v Speaker 2>hour traffic, no stress from driving around and other folks,

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<v Speaker 2>no extra time commitment, no worry that his vehicle might

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<v Speaker 2>break down, no realizing that he forgot to fuel up

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<v Speaker 2>the night before. No making a lunch or planning to

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<v Speaker 2>grab some fast food for breakfast or lunch. The other

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<v Speaker 2>worker not so much. They deal with all that stuff

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<v Speaker 2>at least five days a week. It puts them in

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<v Speaker 2>danger of experiencing more stress and being forced into more

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<v Speaker 2>unhealthy choices. Then at the end of the day, they

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<v Speaker 2>have to return to an apartment complex where the neighbors

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<v Speaker 2>are always noisy, the hallways are always cluttered with other

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<v Speaker 2>people's crap, and half the appliances work half the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Their sleep suffers, their mental well being suffers, and the

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<v Speaker 2>spiral just continues. While that tech worker living in the

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<v Speaker 2>suburbs is going to go home or stay home, I guess,

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<v Speaker 2>grill out, go to sleep in a comfortable bed with

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<v Speaker 2>no outside noise creeping in, and their spiral goes the

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<v Speaker 2>other way. Our young buck, he's living that apartment life.

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<v Speaker 2>He beds close to the access where most of the

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<v Speaker 2>hunters walk in. He does have as good of an

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<v Speaker 2>option to win them before they get there. That stress

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<v Speaker 2>has got to be real for him. It's also true

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<v Speaker 2>that since more people start where he spends more time,

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<v Speaker 2>he gets bumped around more often. There are times to

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<v Speaker 2>lay low and let danger pass, but other times where

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<v Speaker 2>he just has to run. This is a move that

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<v Speaker 2>protects him in the short term, but leaves him more

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<v Speaker 2>exposed when he's escaped you know the original threat. Now

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<v Speaker 2>he has to get back to his preferred bedding area

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<v Speaker 2>or hole up somewhere else. He's left more scent for

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<v Speaker 2>the coyotes and wolves and whatever else, and he's given

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<v Speaker 2>up a strategic advantage by having to leave his bed

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<v Speaker 2>more stress, more danger. That dominant buck, on the other hand,

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<v Speaker 2>spends his days in the high spot in the swamp

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<v Speaker 2>if the wind is out of the north or the west,

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<v Speaker 2>or he beds next to a dead fall on the

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<v Speaker 2>highest bench on the ridge when the winds come in

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<v Speaker 2>the other way, you know where he can smell anything

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<v Speaker 2>coming over the top and see and hear anything approaching

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<v Speaker 2>from below. If a hunter does enter his world, he

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<v Speaker 2>knows it well before he has to totally panic. He

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<v Speaker 2>can slip out to a backup spot if necessary, or

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<v Speaker 2>decide if he just needs to stay put and monitor

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<v Speaker 2>the situation. He just has better options and less stress

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<v Speaker 2>because he can afford the best real estate. He's at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the cul de sac, you know, with

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<v Speaker 2>a gated yard and a security system that allows him

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<v Speaker 2>to sleep well at night or I guess sleep well

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<v Speaker 2>in the day. Who has the higher odds of survival

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<v Speaker 2>or who is the harder buck to kill? We all

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<v Speaker 2>know the answer, but it's not because the old buck

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<v Speaker 2>is just super cagy and the young buck is super dumb.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. Granted, six years in the woods teaches you

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<v Speaker 2>better survival than two years in the woods, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>not so simple as peer experience levels dictating survival. The

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<v Speaker 2>advantages a deer has for being more wealthy than all

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<v Speaker 2>the other deer are no joke, and if you want

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<v Speaker 2>to kill them, you have to think about that, and

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<v Speaker 2>we do. But what we think about is how to

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<v Speaker 2>exploit a weakness in their game and take advantage of

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<v Speaker 2>it somehow. And this works sometimes, but it doesn't generally

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<v Speaker 2>make us well rounded hunters. Waiting on the rut to

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<v Speaker 2>get that big deer moving does work, but that's a

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<v Speaker 2>short window. Whell you'll have tons of competition trying to

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<v Speaker 2>call him in or decoy him in or whatever. They're

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<v Speaker 2>all fleeting opportunities that when done blind, rank very low

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<v Speaker 2>in the success category, and when done with him in sight,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if you're lucky enough to see him in daylight,

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<v Speaker 2>rank pretty low in the success category as well. This

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<v Speaker 2>is mostly because you were asking him to do something

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<v Speaker 2>he wasn't planning on doing, and if you've ever hung

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<v Speaker 2>around old guys, you know that's just not their favorite pastime.

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<v Speaker 2>A better bet is to try to learn what he

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<v Speaker 2>chooses to do and then exploit that. This puts you

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<v Speaker 2>in the running all season long, so that if you

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<v Speaker 2>do strike out in the earlier the midseason, you can

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<v Speaker 2>still get out there during the run and wait him

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<v Speaker 2>out on some terrain trap. But before that, think about

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<v Speaker 2>what he will choose to do in the early season,

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<v Speaker 2>which is coming up on us real fast. Here, he

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<v Speaker 2>will bed someplace where the bugs aren't bad, but he

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<v Speaker 2>also isn't getting messed with by hunters. He will generally

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<v Speaker 2>have a death Nation food source he's going to end

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<v Speaker 2>up in. He will also have other food sources, often

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<v Speaker 2>tied to mast that he will hit on a daily basis,

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<v Speaker 2>he will have water to think about as well. The

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<v Speaker 2>movement tied to almost all of this stuff will happen

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<v Speaker 2>at night. This means that you need to be close

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<v Speaker 2>to where he beds or close to where he feels

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<v Speaker 2>comfortable moving in daylight, which is usually the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>This means you need to not only think about where

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<v Speaker 2>he's going to start his day in the evening, but

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<v Speaker 2>how he's going to end it in the morning. It

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<v Speaker 2>means that the two year old eight pointer you don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to shoot, but who came into the apple tree

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<v Speaker 2>in the meadow that's two hundred yards off the neighbor's

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<v Speaker 2>alfalfa field is telling you something really important and you

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<v Speaker 2>should listen. Maybe the big boy won't come into that

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<v Speaker 2>apple tree in daylight, but you drop a camera there

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<v Speaker 2>and realize that he will definitely come in after dark.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you just hunt that tree over and over and

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<v Speaker 2>over until the mass dries up and the program dies,

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<v Speaker 2>hoping he slips up and comes in during daylight, or

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<v Speaker 2>do you try to catch him on his way to

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<v Speaker 2>the apple tree. This is one of the hardest things

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<v Speaker 2>to do because we really like ambushing critters at their destination,

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<v Speaker 2>but not necessarily along their travel routes, but that big

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<v Speaker 2>buck doesn't need to get there super early. He might

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<v Speaker 2>be excited to get there ten minutes after dark, which

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<v Speaker 2>will put him on the move in the cover while

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<v Speaker 2>there is still some shooting light. This idea speaks to

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<v Speaker 2>something that plags hunters without them ever knowing, which is

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<v Speaker 2>that we've been conditioned to hunt in ways where we've

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<v Speaker 2>pen our hopes on them screwing up, on them moving

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<v Speaker 2>when it's dangerous, or responding to a call when they

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<v Speaker 2>should probably ignore it. Think about it differently, though, and

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<v Speaker 2>try to acknowledge the advantages those target bucks have and

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<v Speaker 2>how that can be used to predict the movements when

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<v Speaker 2>they'll be vulnerable. This is the crux of good woodsmanship

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<v Speaker 2>and the cornerstone of most successful big buck hunters, who

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<v Speaker 2>have to hunt where the pressure is high and the

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<v Speaker 2>land isn't in their control. They have to learn the

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<v Speaker 2>animals and then work with what the animals give them

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<v Speaker 2>in the context of their hunting situations. They don't just

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<v Speaker 2>hope the bucks show up on the f field edge.

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<v Speaker 2>They try to figure out not only why he doesn't,

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<v Speaker 2>but where he is likely to show up before he

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<v Speaker 2>hits the field edge or where he waters in the

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<v Speaker 2>cover on his way back to bed, where he feels

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<v Speaker 2>safe and comfortable moving because he can do what he wants,

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<v Speaker 2>and what he wants is to have his needs met

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<v Speaker 2>in a safe way where he's confident nothing will mess

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<v Speaker 2>with him. This is also why it's a little insane

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<v Speaker 2>to me that folks who hunt public land or pressure

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<v Speaker 2>private ground subscribe to the idea that they have sanctuaries

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<v Speaker 2>they will leave alone and you know, total no go

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<v Speaker 2>time periods throughout the season where they won't hunt. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the best way to give the deer a pass. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's like admitting that you really need to hunt only

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<v Speaker 2>when the deer are most likely to screw up, and

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<v Speaker 2>not when you can most likely figure out how to

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<v Speaker 2>get close to them when they're just doing their daily

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<v Speaker 2>thing with a head full of confidence. I'll be deep

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<v Speaker 2>into this process in Nebraska by the time the next

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<v Speaker 2>episode drops, and the whole plan there is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be to speed scout water tanks until I find fresh

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<v Speaker 2>buck sign and then figure out how to pin down

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<v Speaker 2>a bachelor group either at the water or somewhere in

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<v Speaker 2>relation to how they get there or leave. I'll be

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<v Speaker 2>thinking about big Bucks, white tails and meal deer, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be thinking about what the terrain offers them as

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<v Speaker 2>an advantage and how they'll use that to avoid me

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<v Speaker 2>and a whole bunch of other hunters who are likely

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<v Speaker 2>to be out there looking for the same deer as me.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope that I can find a cozy, nice, just

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<v Speaker 2>little buck filled suburb back off the road a mile

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<v Speaker 2>or two with cold water, fresh greenery, and well just

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<v Speaker 2>nice enough digs for a couple of lazy bucks to

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<v Speaker 2>hang around in. I have some pins dropped on on

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<v Speaker 2>X already, with tanks close to some serious up and

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<v Speaker 2>down terrain that should be conducive to buck betting, and

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<v Speaker 2>all in all, I'm just looking for those gated communities

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<v Speaker 2>that only the richest of deer can live in, and

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<v Speaker 2>then I'm going to get in there and see if

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<v Speaker 2>I'm right. You should do the same as you're gearing

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<v Speaker 2>up for the fall. Don't just think about big Bucks

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<v Speaker 2>out there and what you think you know about them.

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<v Speaker 2>Try to figure out where they are likely to be

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<v Speaker 2>and why you know based off the fact that they

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<v Speaker 2>can choose any bedding area, any food source, any travel

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<v Speaker 2>route that they feel is best for their survival because

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<v Speaker 2>they can do that and come back next week because

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<v Speaker 2>I drop some more dear knowledge right here on the

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<v Speaker 2>Wired to Hunt Network. That's it for this episode. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Tony Peterson. I just want to thank you guys for

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<v Speaker 2>your support. Man. I worked this meat Eater store grand

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<v Speaker 2>opening in Minneapolis recently. In the amount of people who

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<v Speaker 2>showed up kind of renewed my faith in the hunting

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<v Speaker 2>community for real. It was incredible to talk to so

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<v Speaker 2>many people who just love the same thing that I do.

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<v Speaker 2>So thank you for showing up for that. Thank you

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