1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter. I've spent thousands of days 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: This is Cutting the Distance. Merry Christmas everyone, and welcome 6 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: to the Cutting the Distance Christmas Special. You know, for me, 7 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: Christmas really has always been just a special time, special 8 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,200 Speaker 1: time to spend with friends and family, A special time 9 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: that I remember a lot of the hunts around this 10 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: time because we get together, we get to go out, 11 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: we share meals, and most of that's wild game meals. Um. 12 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: Hunting and family and food and Christmas all kind of 13 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: combined for me this time of year. Um, you know, 14 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: even even in this weird year, I think Christmas can 15 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: always kind of feels like a special time. You know, 16 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: some people have experienced some really hard times this year, 17 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: and and then there's been some good times mixed in, 18 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: So you know, I think that maybe we just I 19 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: thought it might be kind of fun to do this 20 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: Christmas Special podcast, share a couple of cool tips on 21 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: maybe some holiday hunting, some some ways you can cook 22 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: up some game, and then and then give some stuff 23 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: away as well. So there's that. But before we do that, 24 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna just share a Christmas story from 25 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: the Christmas Eve two thousand three in the most Christmas 26 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: ee way I know how q magical walking music. It 27 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: was the day before Christmas out in the marsh. Not 28 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: a duck was flying. The game seems sparse. The decoys 29 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: were set around the water in pairs with a hole 30 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: in the middle, hoping the birds would land there. I 31 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: was tucked in the toolies, sitting on my stool with 32 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: thoughts of green head and sprig landing in this small pool. 33 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: I and my waiters my gun camo clad. I was 34 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: hunting for the duck feast we always had. Went through 35 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: the air. Some teal wings hissed. I threw up my 36 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: gun shot three times and missed. While disappointed there was 37 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: no splash, I sat back down and let the time 38 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: slowly pass. The skies were all empty, not a duck 39 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: in sight. I got off my stool to call it 40 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: a night. I packed up the decoys and the cold 41 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: winter air. It looked like Christmas dinner. I would have 42 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 1: nothing to share. As I walked towards the swim hole 43 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: on the weight of the truck. I heard the quack 44 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: of a single, lone duck, and what to my wondrous 45 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: eyes did appear a hen mallard jumping out of the pond. 46 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: Right here. I clicked off the safety and threw up 47 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 1: the stock. I swung the bead and touched around. Off 48 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: the flight of the bird immediately stalled in a puff 49 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: of feathers. It fell in a ball. I quickly ran 50 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: over to find my game. A jump shot hen was 51 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: what I had claimed. Well, it was a lot shy 52 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: of a Christmas feast, lacking the meat of a brace 53 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: of geese. I have to admit I was glad for 54 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: the luck I avoided being skunk when I hit this duck. 55 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: Its feathers were brown. It's bill fairly bleak. There is 56 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: no band nestled on its feet. But that didn't matter 57 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: to me one bit. I had some meat and was 58 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: proud of it. When I got back home, I spoke 59 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: not a word. I went out back and plucked my bird. 60 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: I heated the oven for a fine Christmas roast. The 61 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: rest of the family wanted to toast. I had to 62 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: explain as I got into sight, it will be a 63 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: merry Christmas for all, but only one duck for dinner tonight. 64 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: From my hunting Field Notes December two thousand three said 65 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: Corey ducks duck shot one headed mallard. I jumped off 66 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: the swim hoole. I remember that Christmas fairly well. I 67 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: was a senior in high school and my family had 68 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: spent Christmas actually that Christmas morning in a wall tent 69 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: on the river in Montana. It was down the way 70 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: from where my grandpa lived. We had this awesome fireplace 71 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: roaring in there, and we actually made a nice wood 72 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: mantle on the back of the wall tent by the 73 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: stove where we hung our stockings. We decked it out 74 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: and included a Christmas tree and lights. It was pretty 75 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: pretty magical tent on the river there. Honestly, when I 76 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: think back about it, is one of the most memorable 77 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: Christmas mornings I think I've had. We woke up early 78 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: and we celebrated. We exchange gifts too together in the tent. 79 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: It was dark outside, still, the tent was all lit up, 80 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: and we just listened to the river and Christmas music 81 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: and just enjoy each other's company. And honestly, I don't 82 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,799 Speaker 1: remember any of the gifts exchange. But I do remember 83 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: how much fun I had with my brothers and parents 84 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: spending Christmas together, hanging out in the wall tent, and 85 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: it was just one one definite Christmas to remember. One 86 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: thing that I definitely take from it was the fact 87 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: that I got to spend the time with with my family. 88 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: And that's all that when it comes time this time 89 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: of year, that's those are the things that I remember. 90 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: Those are the things that I cherish. Speaking of family, 91 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 1: you know this time of year, maybe you've got a 92 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: few extra days off, Um, you've got a little bit 93 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: of time. I think it's a great time to take friends, 94 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: to take family, people that hunt and people that don't 95 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: hunt out in the field with you. I know that 96 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: some of my favorite memories are spent on small game trips, 97 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: some hunts around this time of year when people have 98 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: got time off, and you know, my brothers would go, 99 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: my dad would go, even my mom would come. She 100 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: wouldn't hunt, but she would just enjoy the experience of 101 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: going out doing something that's not a full intensive have 102 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: to pack in twenty miles half to pre plan, have 103 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: to have all these tags, but just something that you 104 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: can go out and do. It's fun. You know, you 105 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: make it fun for the people around you that time 106 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: of like, pack the yetie rambler full of hot chocolate, 107 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: hit the trail, head out and enjoy the time with 108 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: those close to you, whether they hunt or not. Maybe 109 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: you'll create a new hunter or just somebody that enjoys 110 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: getting out and going with you. So I decided to 111 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: just break down my five top hunts I think you 112 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: should try between Christmas and New Year. The first is 113 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: gonna be ducks. Of course, my story was a duck 114 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: hunt for me. I don't know, it's just duck hunting 115 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: around Christmas time is something that I always do. But 116 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: also I love roast duck around the holidays, So Christmas 117 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: and New Year's it's something that we generally eat and 118 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 1: it's also something it's It's one of those hunts where 119 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: duck hunting tends to be a more successful hunt than 120 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: some other hunts. Now, while it can be quite gear intensive. 121 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: You've got to get the decoys, you might need a boat, 122 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: you might need all this stuff. Not all duck hunting 123 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: has to be that um intensive. If you if you 124 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: aren't into it or you're thinking about going out trying, 125 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of people that listen to 126 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: this podcast and maybe don't hunt a lot or just 127 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: getting into hunting. There's actually a lot of duck hunting 128 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: to be had that isn't as Biggs gear intensive, and 129 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: it's more jump shooting, pass shooting, picking spots. So I 130 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: would suggest looking for ditches, slews, rivers, marshes um. The 131 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: specialized gear that you're gonna need for this hunt would 132 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: be a pair of waiters, which for the longest time 133 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: I used my fishing waiters. I used just waiter shoes 134 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: over the top. I wore clothes underneath them, and then 135 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: I actually threw a pair of camouflaged like army surplus 136 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: ants over the top of it. I actually wore That's 137 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: what I did. I wore my tennis shoes underneath my 138 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: like neoprene fishing waiters, and then just through a pair 139 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: of army surplus cameo pants over the top. Yeah, you 140 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: might look a little jankie, but hey, you're getting out, 141 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: you're shooting some meat, you're having a good time. You 142 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: need a shotgun with a plug in it, some steel shot. Obviously, 143 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: all of the necessary duck stamps and licenses, but finding 144 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: those slews, those river bottoms, those ditches, things where you 145 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: can walk up and down, maybe see some birds. Use 146 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: your binocular spot in Stockholm. It's a great way to 147 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: get into duck hunting, to shoot some meat um to 148 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: start learning and identifying birds. One thing about duck hunting 149 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: is understanding how to identify birds that are in flight, 150 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: because there's certain birds you can shoot certain ones you can't. 151 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 1: If you're getting into it, if you're new to it, 152 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: it's a great way to kind of get your bird 153 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: identification down before their cruising. Buy in the marsh, watch them, 154 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: stock them, look at them, understand bring a bird guide 155 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: if you have to to understand what birds are what, 156 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: understand the way that they fly when they fly, look 157 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: at them through your binoculars while they're flying, sneak in, 158 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: shoot a few and bring some home. One of my 159 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: favorite ways to cook duck is to roast them. So 160 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: I generally turn the oven on four degrees, a little 161 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: bit of salt and pepper on top, and then I 162 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 1: put them in a roasting pan. Sometimes I'll even go 163 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: like four fifty or higher. What what you want? The 164 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: key to cooking good duck is just medium rare. You 165 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: want the if you poke it with a fork. It's 166 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: done when those the juices start coming out like that 167 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: rosy pink color. You don't want to overdo it. If 168 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: you've got a thermometer, I try to keep it right 169 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: around one. Um is when what I normally roast the 170 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: duck to I love to pluck my ducks, so I'll 171 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: pluck them um and then get them and cook them 172 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: a whole. But if you breast them, sometimes you can. 173 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: You can pluck the breast and then breast it out. 174 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: That's where you just got to take the breast portion 175 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: away from the rest of the body. Or if you've 176 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: like to skin them, that's fine to skin it out 177 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: and then roast the breasts. What I do, if I 178 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: do it that way, just the rest or even the 179 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: whole duck, I'll actually set it on top of an 180 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: orange slice in the roasting pan. I salt and pepper 181 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: the bird, maybe a little bit of other herbs, and 182 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: then I'll, if I if I've got a whole, actually 183 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: stuff it sometimes with I generally use rosemary, time and 184 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: apple stuff it. Maybe a little bit of bacon to 185 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: add some fat back in, but they're already pretty fatty 186 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: most most ducks. And then I roast it and it 187 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: doesn't take very long, maybe twenty minutes something like that. 188 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 1: Keep checking it and then what I do when I'm 189 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: done is I turn the oven on broil to crisp 190 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: up the skin, and then I coat the tops with 191 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: orange marmalade and then like underneath the broiler and get 192 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: that kind of glazed over and make kind of a 193 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: glaze with it. And that's I like, I love that 194 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 1: sweet savory kind of mix of duck. And that's probably 195 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: my traditional go to Christmas dinner or New Year's dinner 196 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 1: is some kind of roast duck in that fashion. So 197 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: that's a really good hunt to do, maybe you know 198 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: Christmas Day. I actually do a lot of duck hunting 199 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: on Christmas Day. But get out if you've got a 200 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: few days off between now and New Year's or on 201 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: New Year's that's a great hunt. It's one that you 202 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: can kind of take and take some people with. It's fun. 203 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: I kind of find duck hunting one of those hunts 204 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: where you generally go out and get something. Um, if 205 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: you're just starting out hunting, if you're going to invest 206 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: in one kind of hunting, duck hunting is a good 207 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: one to invest in because it generally yields a lot 208 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: of success for the time spent. Now, there are definitely 209 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: slow days, days where you come home with that one 210 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: hand mallard or no hand mallards. There's there's been a 211 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: few days, have quite a few days whe haven't skunked. 212 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: But as you start to get into it and kind 213 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: of figure it out, you can find a lot of 214 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: success hunting it. The next one, I would say it's 215 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: great with family, with people that are just getting into hunting. 216 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,199 Speaker 1: Rabbit hunting. It's because it's it's pretty easy and it's 217 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: pretty easy to be successful. It doesn't take a lot 218 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: of gear investment. You can use small caliber rifles, small 219 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: caliber shotguns, four ten shotgun. I know as a kid 220 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: it was fun to go out with twenty two or 221 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: four ten uh hunt rabbits. One other thing is it's 222 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: a great for new hunters, people that are just getting 223 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: into it because you can kind of translate a few 224 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,439 Speaker 1: of the big game tactics, like if you've got snow 225 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: on the ground, winter times great time to chase rabbits. 226 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: Snow on the ground, you can find the tracks. It's 227 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 1: I just look for like brushy areas. Rabbits love that 228 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: kind of thick, brushy stuff. If you've got snow, you 229 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: just cruise around, look for tracks, walk around, walk up 230 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: and down creek bottoms and other areas where they tend 231 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: to be. UM. If you live in more of an 232 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: agricultural type area, check that the the brush lines and 233 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 1: other things they tend to hide out in there. If 234 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 1: you've got snow, you'll see their snow. Their tracks. It's 235 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: like two little tracks followed by bigger tracks in the 236 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: back of their front legs planting and their back legs 237 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: coming up. Kind of looks almost like a deer track 238 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: in some ways. But you'll see those trails where the 239 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: rabbits go move a lot, and then just kind of 240 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 1: work that brush. Sometimes you can have two people. It's 241 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: always nice to have a couple of people. Actually you 242 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: can kind of work the rush, create a line, work it, 243 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: and get the rabbits to run out and get some shots. 244 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: I would say that my my favorite way to prepare rabbit, 245 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: especially around the holidays. I do two different things. So 246 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: the backstraps of the rabbit, I generally will cut out 247 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: fry like chicken strips. That's pretty good. UM, maybe pound 248 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,079 Speaker 1: it flat, just bread it like chicken strips. But um, 249 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: one thing that my brother actually does a lot. If 250 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: we get snowshoe hairs, or you know, if you're new 251 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 1: into hunting and you live out west, or you're trying 252 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 1: to get someone into hunting, go out shoot a couple 253 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: of jack rabbits. You might think it's like they're plentiful. 254 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,079 Speaker 1: A lot of people see them as trash rabbit. I 255 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: don't know. I've cooked up plenty of jack rabbits and 256 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: they taste great, and we generally do it in a 257 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: rabbit stew, slow cooked. Braise it first, um, brown it 258 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: in a pan, and then put it in with some 259 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 1: like brown gravy mix or some beef stock, chickens ofk 260 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: whatever you want. Make a nice stew with some potatoes, 261 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,839 Speaker 1: some carrots, some celery, some herbs. It's a great way 262 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: to have rabbit, especially on a wintertime. It's like a 263 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: it's sort of like a really warm, home cooked meal. Feelum. 264 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: The next time I would suggest, and this one takes 265 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: a little more doing, but it's a really I would 266 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: say more bang for your buck is there's a lot 267 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: of areas out west across the country anywhere they have 268 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: late season dough hunts. Uh, they do the doe hunts 269 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: after the buck season generally is a as a management 270 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: tool to reduce dear populations. Picking up these dough tags 271 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: as an incredible hunt is a great way to hone 272 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: your skills. It's also great if you're getting into archery. 273 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: I always suggest people it's like, hey, I want to 274 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: get into archery, what should I hunt first? White tail does? 275 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: They give you all the experience. They're very It can 276 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: be difficult, but the a lot of opportunities, so I 277 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: think it's kind of a perfect mix of there's a 278 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: lot of them out there. You don't have to single 279 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: it out and find one that's legal, which just has 280 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: to be a doe. But they also are very wary 281 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: there it could be hard to get close to. I 282 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: love to spot in Stockholm. There's a lot of places 283 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: that I hunt them where I can get a couple, 284 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: like a I think I can get up to four 285 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: or five dough tags, and I choose to like spot 286 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: in Stockholm. There's public land places you can do it, 287 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of people that will give you 288 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: permission to hunt does because if they're trying to manage numbers, 289 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: some some places you know you need to They need 290 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: to shoot a lot of dough and they might not 291 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: have a lot of people that want to. So it's 292 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: one of those things too. You can pull out your 293 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: on X, maybe talk to some people, bring out your family. Um, 294 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: that's always a good way to get permission sometimes, and 295 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: then just don't disturb people during their holiday. But um, 296 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: I think a dough hunt is a great way to 297 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: kind of get some hunting in this time here. It's 298 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: fun and it's also a great way to kind of 299 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: get into maybe another form of hunting. I like to 300 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: take out, uh, like I've got a muzzleloader or just 301 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: you know, a new rifle. Whatever. It's just a it's 302 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: a really fun hunt. So highly suggest that one of 303 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: my favorite Christmas recipes is to take the loin like 304 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: the backstrap, and I do a stuff to loin, so 305 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: I actually cut I'll take like a filet knife. I'll 306 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: cut into a large chunk, large section, maybe like a 307 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: six to eight inch section of backstrap. I'll either open 308 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: it up that's generally the easiest way, or you can 309 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: just kind of stick your knife in there and cut it. 310 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: But I generally make like a how would I describe it? 311 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: If you're looking at the round of it. You make 312 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: like an S cut where you kind of cut around 313 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: or maybe more like a yeah kind of a top 314 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: and then down and then back. So what you're doing 315 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: is you're fileying it out so that whole backstrap can 316 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: lay out bigger because you're gonna stuff it and then 317 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: wrap it back up to its original shape. And what 318 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: I stuff it with, UM, I generally like to make 319 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: like make it easy on yourself, get like whatever. People 320 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: freak out about this, but like some stovetop stuffing. I 321 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: love it and it's super easy. And then I throw 322 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: in some dried cranberries with it. And then what I'll 323 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: do is I'll roll that loin back up and then 324 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: I make a bacon lattice and I wrap it with that. 325 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: Then I tie the whole thing up with twine and 326 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 1: I'll either smoke it or cook it in the oven 327 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: or on the barbecue. Just gotta be careful if you're 328 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 1: cooking on the oven or the barbecue. You don't want 329 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: to like flame up, so the best ways in the smoker. 330 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,640 Speaker 1: And then I will um, I actually like to I'll 331 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: finish it by browning the bacon after smoking it. You 332 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: can also not add the bacon it's up to you. 333 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: I mean, sometimes it's holiday season, get decad and throw 334 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: some bacon on it. Whatever. Try not to put bacon 335 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: on everything, but why not. The next one I would 336 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: suggest would be a quail hunt. Quail are pretty widely distributed. 337 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,239 Speaker 1: They are fairly easy to find. It's like, find some 338 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 1: good brushy spots, some thicker stuff. You can hear them calling. 339 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: They make like a I called the chiketa sound that quita. Sure, 340 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: that was terrible. I can't whistle right now. There mouse 341 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: tea drive from podcast then, But quail is a great 342 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 1: A great hunt, like can be high action, high volume, 343 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: especially for people just getting into it, taking some people out. 344 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 1: Just don't shoot each other in the face. Dick Cheney. Uh, 345 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,360 Speaker 1: that's uh, you know, make sure you know where everyone's at. 346 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: Make it fun, make it enjoyable. It's not super physical 347 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,479 Speaker 1: most of the time. If you're around agricultural areas, same 348 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 1: kind of deal as the rabbits. And actually you can 349 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: find coil and rabbits in very similar places, especially out west. 350 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: So that's that's one to think about. Grilled quail is 351 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: pretty hard to beat. I just I skin them out 352 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: spatch cockum and then uh, you can marinate them. Sometimes 353 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: I'll marinate them actually and like a little bit of 354 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: just like a little bit of olive oil or whatever. 355 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: You know, it doesn't doesn't have to be anything crazy, 356 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: but I generally just grill them as is. They're they're 357 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: pretty hard to beat, probably one of the best game 358 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 1: birds out there. And then the last one, I would say, 359 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: this is the one that we do is kind of 360 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: a New Year's tradition, but a pheasant high. It's can 361 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: be really fun because you know, if you can find 362 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: some fields, get some permission to hunt pheasants. Uh, find 363 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: somewhere like there's a lot of walk in areas where 364 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: the state actually provides land for hunters, like leases land 365 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: from private individuals. Access yes programs. Uh, I don't know, 366 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: someplace called block management. At someplaces. There's all different kinds 367 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: of programs. Look on your on X, look on whatever. 368 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 1: Research areas where there's these kind of places where you 369 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: can hunt some of this there, you know, CRP type land. Uh. 370 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: It can be really really fun. One thing that we 371 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: do is tradition, is we kind of go out. We 372 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: we do like a family kind of pheasant hunt. All 373 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: the friends come out, they bring their wives and even 374 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: people like everybody that people that maybe don't hunt or 375 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: aren't really that interested in hunting, we have them get 376 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: their hunters, hunting licenses, hunters safety whatever. And this is 377 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 1: kind of a time where we make it about getting 378 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,239 Speaker 1: everybody else to try to get something. The nice thing 379 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: about pheasants is they generally jump pretty close. It's a 380 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: larger target, their beautiful bird. It's a it's a lot 381 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 1: of fun. It can be a really fun time. Make 382 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: it an event. Make it we bring out the hot 383 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: chocolate and the barbecues and just and just have a 384 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,880 Speaker 1: great time. And then I think one of the best, 385 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: one of my favorite recipes, just doing kind of a 386 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: beer canned chicken style with a pheasant later on. Or 387 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 1: we take the breasts, we breast them out, use them 388 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 1: out to pound of flat and make like chicken palm, 389 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: like pheasant palm. Mixing in some bread crumbs, some parmesan, 390 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: some whipping up, some eggs, so you dredge it in 391 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: the bread crumbs and then you's in the egg breadcrumb. 392 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: Do it about twice, stick it in the oven about 393 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: I don't even know, maybe like three. Don't go too long, 394 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: cook it, you know, cook it like you would chicken 395 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: and then top it with some uh provolone is pretty good, 396 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: and some some pasta sauce, whatever your favorite pasta sauces. 397 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: That's a really good way to eat it. You can 398 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: also do kind of the same thing and then fry 399 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: it in oil. That's a good way to do it 400 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: as well, in olive oil. So I say, between those things, 401 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,360 Speaker 1: you should find yourself something, some way to get out there, 402 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: get some friends out there, get some family out there, 403 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: and enjoy the outdoors, enjoy some hunting, and enjoy some 404 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 1: awesome Christmas meals. Wouldn't be a Christmas special without uh, 405 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: some kind of giveaway, just kind of. I just want 406 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 1: to say, as like a thanks for listening. I really 407 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: appreciate you all tuning in. I mean, I know there's 408 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people that are new to listeners, 409 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: but also the tried and true. I just want to 410 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,199 Speaker 1: say Merry Christmas to you and your families, and I 411 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,679 Speaker 1: just thank you very much for the support over the 412 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: last year. I've really enjoyed doing this podcast mostly because 413 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,679 Speaker 1: of you guys. Um I would say, if I'm being 414 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: a percent honest, I don't know if I necessarily enjoy 415 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: sitting down and talking in the middle of the night 416 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 1: after a long day hunting. But what I do really 417 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: enjoy is the feedback that I get from you guys, 418 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: the amazing comments that you've left on wherever you listen, 419 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: you know, the sharing it and just sharing your experiences 420 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: with me. That to me makes it worth it. And 421 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,640 Speaker 1: I really enjoy that aspect of it. That's that's why 422 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: I do it. That's what I love about it. And 423 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:14,959 Speaker 1: so I think it's really cool that that we've created 424 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,360 Speaker 1: an awesome community of people that are trying through hardcore 425 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: hunters all the way to the people just getting into it. 426 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: So I thank you guys for listening. I thank you 427 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: for your continued support. UM last year, I tried to 428 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: figure out ways to do the giveaway because you know, 429 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: it's like I kind of have to do it, and 430 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: I'll do it in combination with social media. So if 431 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,120 Speaker 1: you don't have those things, I apologize. It just makes 432 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: it easier for me to figure out ways to to 433 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: get some stuff given away. So I've got some. I 434 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: I did this last year as well, and I thought 435 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: I thought it worked really well. And what I don't 436 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:50,199 Speaker 1: want to do because sometimes if I do just to 437 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: giveaway on like Instagram, there's so many people that the 438 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: odds are just terrible. So I wanted to be like, 439 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: if you you put out a little effort, you listen 440 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: to the podcast, then your odds will be a lot better. 441 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: So the first giveaway, I've got some awesome YETI mugs 442 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: for some people, some different ramblers, So I'll maybe I've 443 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: got half a dozen of those, maybe a dozen of those. 444 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: So what we're gonna do. I'm gonna make a post, 445 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,719 Speaker 1: like a post about the podcast, and then as the 446 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: secret to just the people that listen, uh in the comments, 447 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 1: put some kind of mug emoji, whether it's the beer mug, 448 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 1: whether it's the some form of cup emoji. I'm sure 449 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,719 Speaker 1: you can find that figure that out. I looked there 450 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: was like quite a few different ones. So you put 451 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: some form of cup emoji, and then I will randomly 452 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 1: select the winners out of those, uh, those people that 453 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: do that, So that should help your odds. There won't 454 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: be like thousands of people. That will just be the 455 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 1: people that listen to the people that take the time 456 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: to do it, and that's cool be rewarded for that. 457 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: So um, that's that's one of the ways one of 458 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: the secret podcast prizes. The next oh, I did this 459 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: one last year with a different product, and um, the 460 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 1: odds were super good. So the next one, I've got 461 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: a custom Gerber knife, So you can actually go on 462 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 1: design whatever you want on the knife ad. You choose 463 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: exactly what knife you want. Um like, put your name 464 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 1: on it, put images on it. Put I mean, just 465 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: like crazy cool stuff. Um, so this one what I did, 466 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: and I kind of like this because it kind of 467 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 1: narrowed the amount of people and what they did. But 468 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: so go on my Instagram page anywhere that you see 469 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: a knife, just comment like it could be an old post, 470 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: it could be a new post, it doesn't matter. Just 471 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: scroll through a few of the pictures. If you see 472 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 1: a knife or whatever in the thing in the post, 473 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: just say something about the podcast it does. I'll figure 474 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: it out. I think there's like dates on there, so 475 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: I can kind of figure out. Then I'm going to 476 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: randomly I've got I know which images have stuff, so 477 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna randomly pick the image and then the people 478 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: that have commented on the image. I will randomly pick 479 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: the person on that the person that one last year, um, 480 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: the image that actually I got randomly drawn. There was 481 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: like six comments on it, so it was like a 482 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: one or it was actually three. It was like a 483 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: one in three chance of winning the prize last year, 484 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: so that was pretty sweet. Um, you know, there was 485 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: a lot on some photos, but this, I don't you 486 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: don't have to go like super deep, you know, just whatever, 487 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: just the last you know, twenty photos or whatever. But um, 488 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: most people just did it on the one, and a 489 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: couple of people listened and did it on the other ones, 490 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: and they did it on all the ones they saw 491 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: that person one. So that's just something, uh, give that 492 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 1: if you want to enter that. And then and then 493 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 1: I did this last year as well. I thought it 494 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: was kind of fun, just kind of like a photo contest. 495 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: I've got a pair of diamondback ten by I think 496 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: of ten by forty two h d S Vortex's binoculars, 497 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: So if you want to try to win those, just 498 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 1: if you got an image, take a picture or you 499 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,199 Speaker 1: have an image that you've already done, tag me in 500 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: it at Remy Warren and then add the hashtag hashtag 501 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: glassing forward, because I'll search that hashtag and then it'll 502 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 1: just be kind of a photo contest of sorts under 503 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: that theme glassing forward last year's winner. I think his 504 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: daughter was just like out there looking. It was kind 505 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 1: of a cool like he had a cool concept of it. Um, 506 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: that was the winner. I actually may just randomize him. 507 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 1: But I'll take the maybe my top ten favorite photos 508 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: and then I'll just do a random thing off of that. 509 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: So that's how you can win your Christmas swag. Um, 510 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,959 Speaker 1: I will close all that. Let's say we'll give it 511 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: five days from today, so before New Year's Um, actually 512 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: let's just close it. Let's just close it by next 513 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: week before the next podcast comes out, which is New 514 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: Year's Eve. So best of luck to you all. And actually, 515 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,439 Speaker 1: you know some of the mugs I'm not gonna do today, 516 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: So if anybody listens, those people will be rewarded. If 517 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 1: you're listening to this on Christmas Eve, your hardcore, if 518 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 1: you give me that cup thing, we'll just as you 519 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 1: have a couple of those away, those ramblers away that way, 520 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 1: it's it's my own giveaway. It's just loose, just like 521 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: that's the way I like to do it. So until then, 522 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas. You have Filthy Animals next week, Oh before 523 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: I forget next week I'm gonna do some just because 524 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: it's New Year's and we got New Year's Eve coming up. 525 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 1: Just some stuff to think about getting into next year, 526 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: like an action plan to be more successful, some fitness stuff, 527 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: some shooting stuff, some hunt planning stuff. Will get all 528 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: that dialed then, so going into the next year, you 529 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,160 Speaker 1: can make your plan, you can be set, and you're 530 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 1: gonna be ready for success. All right, Merry Christmas everyone, 531 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: and to you all a good night.