1 00:00:07,880 --> 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 --> 00:00:17,560 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 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance. Now, let's set the seat. 6 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: You've spent all summer preparing for this elk hunt. Right, 7 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: You've shot your gun, er bow, you got into shape, 8 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: you drew a great tag. Everything is just set for 9 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: the hunt of a lifetime. Day one, you hit the trailhead. 10 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: You know you've got a fairly new pair of boots 11 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: for this hunt. Everything feels great until about a few 12 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: miles if you start to feel a little hot, maybe 13 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: a little bit of rubbing on your heels, but you 14 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: know you aren't gonna stop. You just keep pressing. On. 15 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: That night, your feet are tore up and it hurts 16 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: to walk. You've just put yourself in a bad situation 17 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: because tomorrow it's time to hunt hard and it's the 18 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: last thing you want to do. How did you get 19 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: to this place, honestly, and what could you have done 20 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: to prevent it? As a hunting guide, I've literally seen 21 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: it all, especially when it comes to boots and foot 22 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 1: care and guys not being able to hunt after having 23 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: sore feet. But one story in particular really stands out 24 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: because when I first started guiding in Montana, it was 25 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: one of the first years that I had clients, and 26 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: I liked to push my hunters. I wanted them to 27 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: be successful. So in order to find success, I just 28 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: hunted as hard as I normally would. Well, there was 29 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: a guy in camp that was from I think it's 30 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: from Pennsylvania. It was his first elk hunt, and he 31 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: was an older guy and he was determined, which I 32 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: gotta give him credit. The guy got after it day 33 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: in and day out. Now I think it was probably 34 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: the first day he started slowing down a little bit 35 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: and I said, hey, man, you know I've got some 36 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: mole skin, I've got some duct tape. If your feet 37 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: are getting hot, let's let's take care of this. Because 38 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: when I walk up to shake someone's hand first day 39 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 1: taking him out guiding, the first thing I do is 40 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: look him in the eyes, shake their hand, and check 41 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: their feet, and I know what kind of week we're 42 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: going to be in for because I know that in 43 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: those new boots. If those boots don't look broken in properly. 44 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: I know that it will slow down and impede their 45 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: success because there they aren't gonna be able to hike 46 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: like they could without foot problems. Blisters can just re 47 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: havoc and can be painful, and it can be hard 48 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: to move around for a week at a time. Very 49 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: few people often get that much time out side of 50 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: the season to put in. So once you're in the field, man, 51 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: you gotta make every second count. So I look at 52 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: his feet, new pair of boots, newish pair of boots. 53 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, I gotta keep that in mind. I 54 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: can see him fig in with things, adjusting his sock, 55 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: but never I said, let's sit down and take care 56 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: of that before it turns. And no, no, no, I'm fine, 57 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: I'm fine. Let's keep going, Okay, I suggested again later 58 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: that day. No, no, no, I'm good. Okay. Well, he 59 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: didn't want to seem weak or whatever. He didn't want 60 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: to be the guy who had to take care of 61 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: his feet. He was a tough guy. He was gonna 62 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: tough it out and it was gonna be all good. 63 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: The next day, he's actually kind of hobbling around. By 64 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: the end of the second day, he's not looking good. No, 65 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: but he's he's just he's there. He's there at l Hunt. 66 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: This is his trip, and I know in his mind 67 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: if he slowed down, that would be failing. So he 68 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: just kept pushing on, hiking hard, like, man, let's why 69 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: don't we just take care of it? No, no, no, 70 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,839 Speaker 1: it's fine, it's fine. A few aagement buy and he's 71 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: he's moving like pretty bad, but he's just he's still going. 72 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: He's got determination. I gotta give him credit, Like, man, 73 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: are you taking care of those blisters? No? No No, no, 74 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: I'm fine. I'm fine. Camp that night, oh my gosh, 75 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: there's this horrible smell and this dude, this is like 76 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: five six days later, this dude is not looking good. 77 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: So a couple of us are like talking with him, Man, 78 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: how are your feet doing? Oh I'm I don't know, 79 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: I'm not feeling good, like just honestly, let us take 80 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: a look. Well, it turns out his feet were so sore. 81 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: He never wanted to take his sock off because it hurt. 82 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: He takes his sock off, and it was like something 83 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: was rotting. At this point, we look at I had 84 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: never seen anything like this, but it looked like a 85 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: foot that was about to fall off and go black, 86 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: like the foot was literally rotting. So at this point, 87 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: it's no longer foot care. It's something that I had 88 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: never seen before, with a smell that you know, like 89 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: you can never forget this. It has just made you 90 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: want to throw up. We ended up having to take him, 91 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: he had to essentially stop his hunt, take him to 92 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: the hospital. And it turns out the guy got gang green. 93 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: I didn't even know that was possible. But what had 94 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: happened was the blisters got so bad and he never 95 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: took a sock off or took care of it, let 96 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 1: it dry out that he kept sweating in the boots 97 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: he was wearing. It was earlier season hunt. He was 98 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: wearing like eight Graham insulation. His feet were just sweating 99 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: all day long, and because they hurt so bad, he 100 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: just kept motoring on, motoring on, and it just essentially, 101 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: I guess it's foot started rotting inside of his boot. 102 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: Now you do not want to be the guy that 103 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: gets gang green in outcamp. You don't even want to 104 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: be the guy that gets up in the next morning 105 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: and says man, I do not hiked to the top 106 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: of that ridge, because as soon as you start doing that, 107 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: you've just shot yourself in the foot, like figuratively and literally, 108 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: you are not going to be as successful. And it's 109 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: so easy to prevent. And here's how I can't talk 110 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: about footcare without talking about boots themselves. That's probably actually 111 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: the question I could ask more than most what's a 112 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,679 Speaker 1: good boot? What what boot should I get for hunting? 113 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,479 Speaker 1: Like man, That is a very very broad question, And 114 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: I wish I could just say here's the boot you need, 115 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: and then you could go out and buy that boot 116 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: and it'd be good for everything, because boots are expensive. 117 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: But the fact of the matter is not one boot 118 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: is good for all people, and not one boot is 119 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: good for all situations. Now I understand, you've got to 120 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: make your dollar work for you. You gotta find what's 121 00:06:55,839 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: right for the most situations. So I would say wins 122 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: selecting boots. The first thing is going to be comfort. 123 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: Now I've got two different sized feet, and my feet 124 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: are all weird shaped. A boot that fits my foot 125 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: is not going to fit my best friend's foot. So 126 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: when I buy boots, ibey boots that fit me, not 127 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: necessarily based off of suggestion of someone else, but ones 128 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: that are most comfortable for my foot, because if it's 129 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: comfortable for me, I'm gonna have a less chance of 130 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: it rubbing, less chance of slopping around in that boot 131 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: and creating where or rubbing that's going to cause problems 132 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: down the road. Another thing is picking the right boot 133 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: for the type of hunting that you do. There are 134 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: boots from I'll just pick two random examples, say like 135 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: a Solomon trail Runner type, a trail runner type shoe 136 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: at the low end, little support, lightweight, tennis shoe type comfort. 137 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: They essentially are tennis shoes all the way up to 138 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: Let's go with a Schnay's Granite, which is like a 139 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: mountaineering type boot. It's got a shank in it, it's 140 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: got a stiff sole, it's full grain, leather, goes up 141 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: almost to the bottom of your calf, laces, uptight, good 142 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: ankle support. You can rock that thing in the mountains. 143 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: So you aren't gonna want the mountaineering boot on say 144 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: a antelope hunt in the desert on flat ground, and 145 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: you aren't gonna want the trail runner on a twelve 146 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 1: day doll sheet hunt, backpack hunt in the chewcatch mountain range. 147 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: Because they are built for different tasks and by wearing 148 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: the wrong boot in the wrong situation. It's like the 149 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: guy where he's on an elk hunt and he's early season. 150 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: He's got his late winter white tail boots on rocking 151 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: around the elk mountains. It's rubbing weird, it's making him sweat, 152 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:54,239 Speaker 1: and it's not the right boot for the right situation. 153 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: So you really have to be honest with yourself what 154 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: kind of hunting do I do, and pick something at 155 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: really fits your foot and fits what you do the most. 156 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: Now that you've got the right boot on your foot, 157 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 1: it's time to break it in. Each type of boot 158 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: is different. Now I wore a SHNAS boot for a 159 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: long time. Some of those type of boots might take 160 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: fifty miles to break in. And that's not just fifty 161 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: miles rocking around the mall. That's fifty miles in mountain 162 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,319 Speaker 1: type terrain. That's a long breaking period. There's other boots 163 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: on the lighter side that I've had, um The ones 164 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: that I wore recently h like an early season under 165 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: armored boot. Those boots only took a few miles to 166 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: break in. They were a lighter boot made for different 167 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: types of terrain. So the one thing you have to 168 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: remember when breaking in your boot is each boot is different, 169 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: So break it into that breaking point for that boot. 170 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: But also you've got to remember when you're in the mountains, 171 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: you're gonna be on inclines. If you only walk that 172 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: boot on flat ground, you're not going to get the 173 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: proper breaking It needs to be in the type of 174 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: terrain that you're at. Now, you might not have mountains 175 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: where you live, So what do you do. That's a 176 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: good question. I've suggested to clients for years. Get on 177 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: that treadmill as you're working out, work out in your boots, 178 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: put that trademill on incline, and practice walking in that incline. Now, 179 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: I can't talk about breaking in your boots without talking 180 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: about toughening your feet. That to me, is the most 181 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: important factor of breaking in your boots. The best prevention 182 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: from getting blisters is building calluses, and the only way 183 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 1: to do that is to get a blister. So when 184 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: you're breaking in your boot, think about it like breaking 185 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 1: in your feet simultaneously with your boot. Nowhere the hot 186 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: spots occur in that particular boot, Do it early enough 187 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: to where you have time to recover, not a lot 188 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: of people probably do this. But when I get a 189 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 1: new pair of boots, the first thing I do is 190 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: I go for a prolonged hike in the type of 191 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: terrain that I might be hunting, the exact thing that 192 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: you wouldn't do on a hunt. And the reason is 193 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: is because I like to create a blister and know 194 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: where the hotspots are in that particular boot and allow 195 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: that blister to start turning into a callous. So I'll 196 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: have do that early enough where I have time to heal, 197 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: and then I'll continue wearing that boot and it will 198 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 1: continue after that initial blister period, will continue rubbing and 199 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: building a callous in those hot spot areas. So when 200 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: it comes time to hunt, I've got that pair of 201 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: boots and my foot is broken into that boot as well, 202 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: because every boot moves different. So if I do that 203 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: with my primary hunting boot, especially the stiffer soul boots 204 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: like the more mountaineering type boots, You're gonna be a 205 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: lot more comfortable in the field and prevent having to 206 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: do more footcare in the field. Now, no matter how 207 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: good your boots fit, no matter how well they're broken 208 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,839 Speaker 1: in on long hunts, hard hunts, you're gonna get wear 209 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: and tear on your feet. The key is early and 210 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: often prevention. Now out what that is is when you 211 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: start to feel a hot spot, take care of it now, 212 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: not later. Or if you know that a particular pair 213 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: of boots tends to rub a certain area wrong, take 214 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: care of it before something happens. There's all kinds of 215 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: products out there. I've used nearly all of them, and 216 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: I'll tell you the best one. So mole skin is 217 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: kind of like a sticker thing. It's got a little 218 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: bit of fuzzy padding. There's padded mole skin, there's these 219 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: heel gel band aids, all kinds of stuff. Honestly, the 220 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: best thing you can use is duct tape. The fix all. 221 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: There's been times where I've had a pair of boots, 222 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: where's my heel? Before I even go, I just put 223 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: duct tape on my heel, throw my sock on and go. 224 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: If I start to feel a hot spot, I'll use 225 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: duct tape because when you're hiking and moving and sweating 226 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: in your foot, a lot of the other stuff just 227 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: falls off. Now, if you already have a blister developing 228 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: a little piece of that padded mole skin in combination 229 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: with duct tape is great. So if I've a trekking 230 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: poll or water bottle, I just wrapped a little piece 231 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: of duck tape around my water bottle or trekking poll, 232 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: So that way I've got it handy. It's not like 233 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 1: I have to dig through my packet's somewhere that it's 234 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: easy to get a lot of times that duck tape 235 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: just right on my water bottle. I'm thinking about it. 236 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: I grab a sip of water, I see that duck tape. 237 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: Go yep, getting a hot spot. Let's take the two 238 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: seconds to fix it right now, throw a little duct 239 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: tape on it, and keep going. And just by doing 240 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: those simple little things, you're gonna be able to go further, 241 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 1: hunt longer, and you're gonna be more successful in the 242 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: long run. I'll tell you what. Honestly, footcare is really 243 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: a pretty easy feat. No, I just I can't end 244 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: with a stupid dad joke, oh man puns. Anyways, Seriously, though, 245 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: it's not that hard to do. It's October rifle seasons. 246 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: A lot of places are gonna start kicking off, especially 247 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: out west, so let's get into some prep for that, 248 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: you know right now. Actually, I'm about out the door, 249 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: headed to Kodiak for a mountain goat hunt with my 250 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: brother in the bow. And you know what's in my 251 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: bag right now? Duct tape from my feet seasoned veteran 252 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: here hiking the mountains, a good pair of broken in boots. 253 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: But I'm still got that foot care just in case. Now, 254 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: how about this when I come back. When we come back, 255 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: the next episode that I would like to talk about 256 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: would be one of the most influential tactics in hunting, glassing. 257 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: We'll cover some top secret stuff that will no longer 258 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: be top secret after that, and then I'm going to 259 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: teach you how to outglass your buddies in the hue spots. 260 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: It stocks a game that's that's clutch. You're gonna want 261 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: to listen to that one, and you're gonna want your 262 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: friends not to listen to it. So until that point, 263 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: you can share this podcast with everyone, because I think 264 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: after that you're gonna want to keep all the secrets 265 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: to yourself and that's really not cool, not cool at all. 266 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: So until next week, hopefully you get some field time. 267 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: If you do, let me know, let me know how 268 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: it goes. I would love to hear about it and yes, 269 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: still haven't found a good sign off. Audiosos audios queue 270 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: the Barney song.