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 --> 00:00:17,560 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 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: This is cutting the Distance. Welcome back to the podcast everybody. 6 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: This week we are heading to the fabled mail sack. 7 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be answering your questions. I got a lot 8 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: of great questions this week, a lot of interest. On 9 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: last week's podcast, if you missed it, it was talking 10 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: about large predators in your hunting area, possible things you 11 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: might encounter, possible defense strategies. So if you didn't check 12 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: that out, check that out. But there's definitely a lot 13 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: of awesome questions in here. So let's uh, let's get 14 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: to the first question. This first question comes from Peter. 15 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: He says, Hey, Reby, just listen to the latest podcast 16 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: on predator protection. Great stuff. Curious if you have any 17 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: thoughts on how to carry while backcountry hunting, specifically bow hunting. 18 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: Do you carry your side arm, on your pack, on 19 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: your by, no harness, etcetera. Thanks so much, Pete from California. 20 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: That's a great question, and I think it is something 21 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: that I missed or didn't cover. Um, I've kind of 22 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: played with a lot of different types of holsters, a 23 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: lot of different type of stuff. For me, I think 24 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: what seems to be the easiest is I generally just 25 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: have a holster on my pack. I mean nine percent 26 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: of the time I've got my pack on. Then if 27 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: I dropped my pack to stock or move around or 28 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: like I'm at camp, whatever, I just switched that holster 29 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 1: from my pack. I just undo it off my pack 30 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: and then just put it on my my belt. Especially 31 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: if I'm in grizz country. I keep that pretty handy. 32 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: I actually have a holster that has and I honestly 33 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: don't know the make of it. I got a long 34 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: time ago, but it's one that if I'm in like 35 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: not necessarily big Bear country, but I've got maybe my 36 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: nine millimeter or whatever, it's um the whole story. I 37 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: can take it off my pack and it's got like 38 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: a belt clip. So if it's just like, oh, hey, 39 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: I'm just you know, wearing it around camp or something 40 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: like that, or I just needed somewhere to put it, UM, 41 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: then I can switch it to my belt clip really easy. 42 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: But for the most part, if I'm gonna be stocking 43 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: and I in like brown Bear grizz country, I'll generally 44 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: move it from my pack just to like put it 45 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: on my belt so it doesn't fall off if I'm 46 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: crawling around or stocking in or something like that, And 47 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: that seems to work pretty well for me. This next 48 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: question comes from Angelo. It says, Hey, Remy love the podcast. 49 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: I have a question for you. Me and my friend 50 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: our first time elk hunters in a southwestern state. We 51 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: usually just hunt mule deers, but we drew a October 52 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: ninth to the thirteenth elk tag. I was just wondering 53 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: if we should start learning how to bugle or if 54 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: we would be just fine with like a hoochie mama 55 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: type call. Thanks. Also, any good pointers for hunting later 56 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: part of the rut and this is a rifle hunt. 57 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: That's a great question, Angelo, especially if your first time 58 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: elk country. You think, Okay, well, what should I expect 59 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: that October nine to the thirteen timeframe? Um? It actually 60 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 1: can still have quite a bit of running activity. UM 61 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: I would I would highly suggest at least learning how 62 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: to blow a bugle. For a couple of reasons, one, Um, 63 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: you're gonna you could probably use it. The call that 64 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: I'd be using the most would be like a location 65 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: type call. So this is gonna be like a one, 66 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: two or three note, just long drawn out call, and 67 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna be broadcasting this into areas where that sound travels. 68 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: So if you're in a little bit thicker terrain, you 69 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: can kind of like you know, when when we sit 70 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: down and glass, I say, let your eyes do the walking. Well, 71 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: in thick country sometimes you can't glass in it, so 72 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: let your ears do the walking. What that location bugle 73 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: does is it's it's a way that elk are kind 74 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: of communicating to the cows. So a bowl will make 75 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: out this this long sound saying like where are the 76 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: cows in this this area, helping to draw them to him, 77 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: But another bowl will bugle hearing that, saying no, don't 78 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: go to him, come to me, um, And then at 79 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: some point then those elk kind of start talking to 80 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: each other. At the very basis of it, it's a 81 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: really good call to know. Just to be able to 82 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: locate a bowl in some thicker training just adds another 83 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: UM trick to your your repertoire. Now I will say 84 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: during a rifle hunt, you know, you want to make 85 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: sure you're in an area that probably doesn't have um 86 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: a lot of other hunters, you know, if you start 87 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: hearing beagles and then you're bugling. But sometimes, like it 88 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 1: can be kind of distracting in a rifle hunt because 89 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 1: you might call in other hunters or whatever. But you know, 90 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: just be careful. Just because you hear a bugle doesn't 91 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: certainly mean it's an elk. Could also be another hunter, UM, 92 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: and you know, kind of be safe and think about 93 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: it that way. But I would say that UM, I 94 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: wouldn't necessarily leave out bugling. One thing I would suggest though, 95 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: is also just practicing with some other types of elk call, 96 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: so you can make some other types of elk sounds. 97 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: UH and open read calls a really good beginner elk 98 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: call for making cow sounds. What that is is just 99 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: kind of like it's got this mouthpiece and then read 100 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: over the top. Then you kind of run your teeth 101 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: and just change the pitch by applying different pressure. So 102 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: the hushi ama squeeze type calls great if you're just 103 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 1: beginning you want to make it a quick sound. But 104 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: outside of that sound, that's pretty much all it makes 105 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 1: now later in the rut, some sounds that you might 106 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: want to make, maybe like um, some some lost cow sounds. 107 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: It depends on the type of terrain you're into, but 108 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: something where you can kind of change the pitch and 109 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: maybe sound like a herd of elk. Another thing you 110 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: might want to think about is like learning an estrus wine, 111 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: which is just this you kind of sound. It's like 112 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: a more drawn out cow sound. But if there's a 113 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: bowl in the area and maybe a late cow coming 114 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: into estrus, it could be something that draws him out 115 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: or maybe even just gets him to bugle. Now, when 116 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: it comes to hunting, the later part of the rut, 117 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: that October nine to the thirteenth, that's pretty much the 118 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: tail end of it most places, especially when you start 119 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: heading for yourself. So you might hear a few bugles, 120 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: but it's not going to be just like that all 121 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: out crazy bugle rut behavior. You might hear a couple 122 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: of bugles in the morning, and that's kind of gonna 123 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: shut them down, So you're gonna have to use a 124 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: combination of tactics. Normally that time of the rut, that 125 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: time of year, what the bulls start doing is they 126 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: start to, like the more mature bulls will actually start 127 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: pulling away from the herds. They might be around the herd, 128 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: but they're going to be kind of off on their own, 129 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: starting to bed and starting to get into that feed pattern. 130 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: But they will still be responsive to maybe coming in 131 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: and checking for cows that haven't been bred. You also 132 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: might get a lot of activity from some younger bulls 133 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: that really kind of got their butt whipped early in 134 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: the rut and now they're joining up with these groups 135 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 1: of cows and kind of like hanging out hoping that 136 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: there's still some that might come into heat. So one 137 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: thing that I would kind of focus on is find 138 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: the cows. If you're just looking for any elk, you know, 139 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: you can start finding those concentrations of cows the elk 140 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: they're still active. You can ease, you know, funy target, 141 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: and then if you kind of want to target maybe 142 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,799 Speaker 1: a more mature bull, kind of fine where the cows 143 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: are at and then start looking for maybe some more 144 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: feeding areas in secluded timber that's near where those cows are. 145 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: Because those bulls will like they'll actually kind of be 146 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: active in the morning and then the middle of the 147 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: day they'll just start. They'll just pull off and go 148 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: bed by themselves, and then they might join back up 149 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: real late in the evening. So it's not like before 150 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: where they're running the show is more just like they go, 151 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: they hang out, then they leave, and that happens kind 152 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: of towards the tail end of the rut. They're just 153 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: kind of hoping to maybe catch a cow that has 154 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: come out of estrus, but or like late into it, 155 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: so there still is some rutting activity and it just 156 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: depends on I would say, really how the rut was 157 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: where you're at. So if the rut kind of kicked 158 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: off real early, you know, by that October time frame, 159 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: it might be a little late. But it never hurts 160 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: to have a cow call and maybe try some location bugles, 161 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: especially if you if you get a bull fired up. 162 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: I mean I've actually bugled in elk it. I mean 163 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: I've used bugles as late is like November, and I'm 164 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: not saying that's a good tactic, but I've heard bugles 165 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: as late as that time and actually gotten responses from 166 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: bugles as well. It just gives you an idea of 167 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: where the elk might be, especially even if they don't 168 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: get super fired up and they're going to come to 169 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: the call. It's another way to kind of pinpoint their location. Oh. 170 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: As a side note, um, I actually did some used 171 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: to do quite a bit of guiding down where your 172 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,119 Speaker 1: hunt takes place. And one thing that I did find 173 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: in that kind of rifle October season, the elk did 174 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 1: primarily like the beginning of October, actually came in silent 175 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: to like cow call set up. So if you're in 176 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: an area where, like I know there's a bull here, 177 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: but he went in the timber, I can't find him, 178 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: maybe just sit up or sit over a glassing area 179 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,319 Speaker 1: throughout some cow calls, like hey, we're just a group 180 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: of cows here just hanging out, and you might get 181 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: some bulls to kind of come in sneak and quiet 182 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: just check things out. So that's just another tactic to 183 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: think about, all right. Next question comes from Garrett. Looks 184 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: like it's actually more of a cutting the distance testimonial. 185 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 1: So it says I just got a new bow after 186 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: not shooting one for about twenty five years. I've had 187 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: it for about three weeks now, and I just stumbled 188 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: upon your podcast and listen to your archery one oh 189 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: one and one oh two podcast series. Long story short, 190 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: you got me aiming with both eyes open, and I 191 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: swear it's the best thing. I would never have tried 192 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: it had you not mentioned it. My accuracy is much 193 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: better and my eye fatigue is less. Thank you so much. 194 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: Love your podcast. You're a very good speaker and you 195 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: deliver your message very well. Cheers. Thanks for that, Garrett, 196 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: I really appreciate it. Also, I did get a lot 197 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: of questions coming in about um things about beginning archery 198 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: and getting started different ways of shooting. So if you 199 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: haven't checked out these ones, I think it's a good way, 200 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: a good place to start. The archery one O one 201 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: one oh two kind of series starts around episode seventy six, 202 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: so if you get a chance, And those were some 203 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: of the questions you sent in. A lot of the 204 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: questions I got this week, we're answered in those podcasts, 205 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: So go check those out, and I think that they'll 206 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: be super beneficial to you. All right. This question comes 207 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: from Larry out of New York. He says, Hey, Ramy, 208 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: great job with the podcast. Is always I plan on 209 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: hunting grizz Country Wyoming in Alaska over the next couple 210 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: of years. If on a rifle hunting grizz country, would 211 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: you recommend carrying a pistol as backup for bathroom trips 212 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: in the tent? He said. The story you told of 213 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: your cousin's friend getting dragged out of her tent has 214 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 1: really got me worried. Thanks for all the shared knowledge. 215 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: That's that's a good question. In the past, I've always thought, Hey, 216 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 1: I'm on a rifle hunt. I've got a rifle. Why 217 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: would I need anything else? This is what I would use. 218 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: Um if I'm in heavy grizz country. I think that 219 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: even with a rifle, I probably still carry some other 220 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: form of barried to trent, whether it's bear spray or 221 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: a pistol. UM. I think that it's just it's a 222 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: lot faster, you have more rounds, there's more options to 223 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: possibly even not even have a lethal encounter, but just 224 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: to scare the bear away. I mean, maybe you see 225 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: the bear at a distance, it kind of starts the 226 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: bluff charge. You can get a shot off um where 227 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: it's still safe, where you could you know, recover and 228 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 1: shoot or whatever. Maybe that noise would scare it um. 229 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: You know, if you do that with a rifle, you're 230 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: kind of limiting yourself, um or you know, it's it's 231 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: sometimes hard. I don't necessarily like walking around with a 232 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: chambered round in the rifle, not because I mean, you know, 233 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: you just it seems like if you're putting it on 234 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: your shoulder, and more often than not, so you've still 235 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: got to get it off your shoulder. It's comversome. It's 236 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: not as fast. I think that, you know, if I'm 237 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: in an area where it's like, hey, I'm worried about 238 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: a grizzly encounter, I know there's a lot of bears here, 239 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: I probably still just take something else, whether it's the 240 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: bear spray or the pistol. Um pistol would be a 241 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: little bit heavier, and it's kind of like, maybe that's 242 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 1: too much weight. Maybe the bear spray is just a 243 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: little bit lighter and a good option because it might 244 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: be something that's like, hey, this is a lot faster 245 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 1: to get to a quicker draw and um, maybe just 246 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: as effective and you've kind of got the back the 247 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: pistol or the rifle as that backup, or if you 248 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: can get it off fast enough and use it that's 249 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: the first thing you reach for, you've got it. But 250 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 1: I think that most people probably, Um, I would have 251 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: trouble using it. I'd say, like in a quick scenario, however, 252 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: if it's a charging bear, you know, and it's a 253 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 1: you need to shoot it, I think you probably better 254 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: off shooting with your rifle than you would have pistol. 255 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: So there's um, there's kind of like a it's just 256 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: up to you, like what you feel comfortable with. But 257 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: I wouldn't say that. I mean, I've definitely done it 258 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: where the rifle was the only thing I took, and 259 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: you know, it was fine and never had any encounters 260 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: and never had any problems. But I think that maybe 261 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: if I did need it, it would probably be hard 262 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: in many instances. Now there's like a lot of places 263 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: Canada another thing you can't carry a pistol around, so 264 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: your option would be used the rifle or carry a shotgun. 265 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: And like if you're fishing, you know you can't have 266 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: a pistol. So, um, I think in those scenarios, you know, 267 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: you're probably just best to go with the bear spray 268 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: and then carry your rifle. Alright. This question comes from Ethan. 269 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: He says, Hey, Ramy, just listen to the Predator podcast. 270 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 1: My wife is in the Coast Guard and we're getting 271 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, which is obviously large brown bear country. 272 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: I know while hunting, I'll carry my glock twenty, but 273 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 1: would you suggest carrying while fishing the rivers and streams? Also, 274 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: any other tips for fishing or safety would be greatly 275 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: appreciated as well. I mean, to be a hundred percent honest, 276 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: you're probably the best carrying and while fishing. Um. I 277 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: will say, like the bears when they're on salmon streams, 278 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna have more encounters with bears while fishing probably 279 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 1: than you will hunting because they're concentrated on that food source. Now, 280 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: I will also say that while they're on that food source, 281 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: they kind of don't necessarily care about people. I mean, 282 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: it's not like they're they aren't gonna you probably aren't 283 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: gonna incite a predatory attack, but you may incite an 284 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: attack that could be territorial or um, you know, a 285 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: mom protecting your cubs. So absolutely, UM, I don't know, 286 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,199 Speaker 1: you know whether the pistol or bear spray. I mean 287 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: you can you can kind of go between the two. Um, 288 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: when you're fishing, it seems like you're in that thicker stuff. 289 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: It's kind of close cores. I've had, um, just a 290 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: couple of false charges while like in fishing scenarios, just 291 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: you know, like they come in wolfing and huffing and 292 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: curious and scary and try to scare the crap out 293 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: of you. But I definitely think that you know, like 294 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: when you live in bear country, if you look at 295 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: like the bear techs that have happened this year, it's 296 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: generally not hunters. It's not people hunting. Um, it's mostly 297 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: just people recreating a bear country. But it could be hunters, 298 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: you know, just being in places where there are bears 299 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: and and doing something. The springtime happens to be a 300 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: time that it happens a lot summertime as well. Maybe 301 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: it's just more influx of people, but um, you know, 302 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: people out berry picking, people out shed hiking, people out 303 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: scouting whatever. There's definitely any time you're out there in 304 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: bear country you should kind of be bear aware. Um, 305 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: it's not just relegated to when you're out hunting. Uh, 306 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: other things that you know you think about when you're 307 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: the nice thing about fishing, what you can do is 308 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: you don't have to be quiet, you don't have to 309 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: be stalking around you can make noise, let bears know 310 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: that you're there as you're walking, talk to your friends, 311 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: joke loud. It's not like you're trying to sneak up 312 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: on the fish. I mean, I guess unless you're like 313 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: targeting and fly fishing, sometimes I get a little sneaky. 314 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: But outside of that, you know, make some noise and 315 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: let the bears know that you're there before you even 316 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: if you don't know that the bears are there. I mean, 317 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: if you're fishing with a friend or whatever, it's okay 318 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: to be be loud talking kind of it gives those 319 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: bears an advanced warning that you're coming, because a lot 320 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: of the attacks that would happen are probably surprising a bear. 321 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: It's like, oh, you, you happened upon a sound some 322 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: cubs and she didn't know you were coming, and you 323 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: didn't know she was there. But if you're loud enough 324 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: and make some noise going into those spots, it might 325 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: kind of disperse them or at least just let them know, oh, hey, 326 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: somebody's coming. You know. You can also approach areas like hey, 327 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna approach the Sammon stream from the uh down 328 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: wind side, So it's like then my sense blowing into 329 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: where I'm going to be fishing. That's another kind of 330 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: good tactic to think about. And then one other thing is, 331 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: you know, if you're in like a salmon stream, you 332 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: don't want to uh, you know, you're The noises that 333 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: bears here can also be like a dinner bell, just um, 334 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: when you've got like a salmon on the line and 335 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: it's splashing around a lot, so that kind of can 336 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: draw bears in. Like if you're fighting a fish for 337 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: a really long time, sometimes you know you kind of 338 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: want to just fish, get it in and and and 339 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: then get it back or do whatever you're gonna do 340 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: with it, but you also want to kind of make 341 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: sure that you're being aware of your surroundings. You know, 342 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: you've got a fish, Oh you're releasing it, You aren't 343 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: looking down. You want to just kind of constantly being 344 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: aware of your surrounding because when you bring that fish 345 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: in that splashing noise, the bears that are probably like 346 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: what they'll do is they'll kind of be sleeping off 347 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: in the banks in the brush. Then they'll hear that 348 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: splashing of like, oh the runs coming. Oh there's some 349 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: fish stuck in that channel. Sweet eats time to go 350 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: show down, and you're just kind of setting off that 351 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: dinner bell for maybe bears that are in an ear 352 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: shot away. Um, so when you do catch fish, you 353 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: just definitely want to be aware of be bear aware, 354 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: and kind of be always paying attention. Next question comes 355 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:15,239 Speaker 1: from Michael. He says, hey, Remy, uh, just brought my 356 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: first bow, a recurve, and I'm shooting it a lot 357 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: with the goal eventually bow hunting. I went into an 358 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: archery shop intending to buy a forty five to fifty 359 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: pound recurve, but was humbled by those bows and left 360 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: with a fourteen pound recurs so I could get reps 361 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: in and learn to shoot. He's wondering what tips or 362 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: exercises I have for increasing my draw weight with a bow. Thanks, 363 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: that's a great question. You know, if you're first getting 364 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: into bow hunting, one thing, it's you know, it's like 365 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: you're using muscles that you don't generally use for anything else. 366 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: So one of the things that you're gonna have to 367 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 1: do is build up the strength and the muscles to 368 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 1: get the repetition, to be able to draw that bow 369 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: back smoothly, consistently, be able to hold it especially more 370 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: traditional gear, and so what you're doing is great working 371 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: up with a lighter poundage bow. Kind of just understanding 372 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: the basics mechanics, getting your form and everything down and 373 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: actually using a really light poundage bow is a great 374 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 1: way to do that. I mean, if I think about 375 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: the way that I started was on a very light, 376 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: light bow as a kid UM. I would say though 377 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: that you know, you're gonna need something that's gonna if 378 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: you keep like even just building up that repetition in 379 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,479 Speaker 1: that form, you're gonna have to kind of build up 380 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,679 Speaker 1: by doing so. I would say, you know, get that 381 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: forty five get that forty five pound bow or whatever, 382 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: fifty pound bow, whatever you're feeling. I think, probably start 383 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: out with a forty five pound bow, UM, and then 384 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: you know, maybe just not having to shoot as much, 385 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: but you're gonna build up pretty quickly by starting to 386 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: pull that. I know, and my wife started shooting, UM, 387 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: we had a compound bow for and that's another great 388 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 1: ways like there are you know, you could even look 389 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: at getting like a bow that's just like um, I 390 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: don't know what they are, like a more modular bow 391 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: where you can kind of build up the draw weights 392 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: to it. It would be like a compound bow, but 393 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: you can kind of add increase the weight, so you'll 394 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 1: you'll lessen the screws and the limbs there, you'll decrease 395 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 1: the weight of that boat, and then you'll start building 396 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: that bow up, so you can get that form of 397 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 1: pulling back the weight and then building up your weight. 398 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,360 Speaker 1: On my when my wife started, she couldn't pull back 399 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: as much. So I had kind of one of these 400 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,880 Speaker 1: beginner like bows that they sell, and I just increased 401 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: the weight so I had a pretty light she start shooting, 402 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: and then we just start gradually increasing the weight by five, ten, 403 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: whatever pounds. Then when she worked up to her hunting bow, 404 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: it couldn't go low enough, but she was able to 405 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: pull it back, you know, a few times, so you 406 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: want to make sure you aren't like struggling really hard. 407 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: But she's able to pull it back, and then she 408 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: shoot a couple rounds and then just stop, and then 409 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: you go okay, later in the day, shoot a couple more, 410 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: and over the course of even just a week, she 411 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: was able to then start pulling a lot more weight, 412 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 1: and then just by once she had that muscle memory 413 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: that way of pulling and then alt up that weight, 414 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 1: she was able to shoot a lot more poundage than 415 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: even a few weeks earlier. So it's just something you 416 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: can gradually get into you start practicing building that muscle memory. 417 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: But it's a great idea with that light bow to 418 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: just understand the mechanics of shooting and get like so 419 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 1: you don't have any bad habits because as soon as 420 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: you start putting extra weight, your brain starts thinking weird 421 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 1: things like oh this is heavy, I gotta let go, 422 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: or you start messing with your form. So I think 423 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: it's a really good idea. Just shoot that light bow 424 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: a lot til you get that form really locked down, 425 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: and then you can start building that. I mean, you 426 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: could even just anything where it's that drawing motion. I 427 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: mean I've seen guys use like a weight machine where 428 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: they've got weight and you're just doing that straight drawback. 429 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: You can do that with bands. I mean I know 430 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: people that use those like um exercise bands. You just 431 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: change the tension, just don't let go and lose your eye. 432 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 1: Have I've heard of people losing their eye with the 433 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: exercise man so um. But that's a good way just 434 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: building that form, building that strength. Get some heavy strength 435 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: exercise bands. And just start pulling back, pulling back anything 436 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 1: where you can kind of build that muscle in that 437 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: boat form, because you gotta it's got to be the 438 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: muscle by doing you know, there's you could build strength 439 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: of many ways, but you have to do it that 440 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: same way of drawing straight back and in that good technique. 441 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: And once you do that, I think you'll be pretty 442 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 1: much well on your way and you'll you'll find that 443 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: you can progress pretty quickly. It's just you're using muscles 444 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 1: that probably haven't been used in that direction in that 445 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: way in your entire life. So once you start building 446 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: that form and technique, you should be good. Alright. This 447 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 1: next question comes from Jacob says. Aramy started listening to 448 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: the podcast last December after I had my first elk hunt. 449 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 1: That hunt was mostly front country, tons of pressure in 450 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: an opportunity unit ended up shooting a spike a bowl 451 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,719 Speaker 1: and filling the freezer. I can't help but wonder how 452 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,919 Speaker 1: big of a bowl I could have found had I 453 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: listened to your podcast earlier. Anyway, my question today is 454 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 1: about gauging antler size while glassing. I frequently hear you 455 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: and other guys throughout numbers when you spot an animal 456 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: that's a three plus inch bowl or a hundred and 457 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: fifty buck for example, what are your tips for estimating 458 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: deer or elk antler size just by looking at them 459 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: through the spotting scope? What parts of the antlers are 460 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: you referencing on the animal? Like, he's wider than his 461 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: years by x amounts, so he's probably in x y 462 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: z inch range. Uh, he says, headed out to scout 463 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: new unit this weekend for white tails and mealies for 464 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: this falls ot C hunt in Arizona. Thanks for all 465 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: you do. That's a great question, Jacob. Now, Um, when 466 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,919 Speaker 1: it when it comes to I guess first, you know, 467 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: we got to talk about like the scoring system. And 468 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: when I say like, okay, that's a meal here, what 469 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: I'm referring to is Boone and Crockett scoring system. So 470 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young both use the 471 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: scoring system. Um. Now, the gross score is kind of 472 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: like everything, and generally I'm talking about the gross score. 473 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: So the gross scores everything added up without any deductions. Now, 474 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: the net scores um in scoring systems kind of award 475 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: for uniformity between both sides, So there's deductions on things 476 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 1: that aren't equal um. So when we talked about like 477 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: a gross score, we're just talking about, okay, the number 478 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,479 Speaker 1: of inches of the antler. And what that is is 479 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: a combination of things. So within like antlered animals, talking 480 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: elk and deer um it, there's these measurements. So there's 481 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 1: the length of the main beam. There's the length of 482 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: all the time, so that's the brow time, the back 483 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: time like on a meal. There's bifurcated, so the length 484 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: of each time, and then four circumferences, one taken at 485 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: the base, then one taken between the brow tyn and 486 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 1: the U G two, which would be the next If 487 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: you're like each time going up like from the base out, 488 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: then you kind of add those to G two G 489 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: G one, G two, G three, G four and then 490 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 1: the main beam. So what we're doing is we're talking 491 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: about the inches of all those and then the commulative 492 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 1: score of that. You're like, well that's a lot um. 493 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: So if you're if you're thinking about kind of understanding score, 494 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,439 Speaker 1: the first thing you should do is like download a 495 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: score sheet and understand how they're scored um and then 496 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: grab some antlers, whether it's like a couple of shed 497 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: antlers or whatever and start running tapes on them and 498 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: understand really how to start scoring um, because it's it 499 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: is a really good gauge of like it's a good 500 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: way to explain what the antlers look like in an 501 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: Apple's the Apples scenario of like, Okay, it's a basis 502 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 1: of measurement. And once you start to understand what these 503 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: measurements mean, then you can kind of start to build 504 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: a picture of what that deer looks like. So if 505 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: I say, oh, it's buck, then in my head I 506 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 1: have a picture of what that deer looks like. You 507 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 1: can say, oh, he's a a typical four by four, 508 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: got eye guards and scores about one eight. So I 509 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: know what that buck looks like. It's really handy when 510 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: you're like looking for a certain deer, or it's really 511 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 1: handy when you're like, Okay, I'm looking for really mature dear. 512 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: How do I gauge it based on the other deer 513 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: that I'm see? Um? So first step would be just 514 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: understanding that score system. Now when it comes to feel judging, 515 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 1: there's so many different ways to do it, um, And 516 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: I'll just give you I mean, I could probably do 517 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: five ten different podcasts on just how to feel judge, 518 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: how to score um different animals while you're glassing, while 519 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: you're spotting. But I'll just give you kind of like 520 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: a basic rundown now, and this might even be if 521 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: if enough people are interested in a pretty solid um 522 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 1: podcast topic in the future. So kind of the different 523 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: ways to do it would be. The first way would 524 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: be kind of like building out a ruler of scale 525 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: of just basing things off of certain kind of known 526 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: sizes of the animal. So and you're like, okay, well 527 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 1: a muled your ear is approximately eight inches in my area. UM. Now, 528 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: these do vary from area to area, so sometimes like hey, y'all, 529 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: you'll actually measure the ear of maybe some amounts of 530 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:00,080 Speaker 1: friends or people that you know that have taken and 531 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: deer in that area. UM. Then you go okay, on average, 532 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: meal dear ear span is twenty to two inches UM. 533 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: So you're like, okay, that's in the natural alert position. 534 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: And then you go, okay, Well, the circumference of the 535 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: eye is about I mean most years like h one 536 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: one and a hat one point three inches in diameter, 537 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: which is like four inches of circumference, so you can 538 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: kind of gauge like okay, now, I can gauge the mass, 539 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,679 Speaker 1: which is the circumference measurement, based on the width of 540 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: the eye. So is it like, is it as wide 541 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 1: as its eye? Is it um not as wide as 542 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: its eye? And then you can kind of start adding 543 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: those measurements up. Now you can go, okay, well, how 544 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: does that time compared to the ear length? Now if 545 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: I go look at that ear and I go, okay, 546 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: is it twice that? Well, maybe it's if those are 547 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: eight inch ears, then that's going to be a sixteen 548 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: inch time. You start writing it down and kind of 549 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: building out your score, and I think that's the best 550 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: way to start. I've actually, um, you know one thing 551 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: that I kind of would do in the past, as 552 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: I put my phone up to the spotting scope whatever, 553 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 1: take a picture, and then you can zoom in and 554 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: you kind of build like a ruler to scale, just 555 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: using like a piece of paper or stick. So whatever 556 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: that zoom level is, you can kind of break off 557 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,879 Speaker 1: the stick and then you kind of start measuring it 558 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: out based on the pictures that you take. I'll actually, um, 559 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: I'll try to remember to put up on my blog 560 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: on my website Remy Warren dot com. I'll throw up 561 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: a little uh kind of like how to do this 562 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: field judging through the camera kind of thing, because a 563 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 1: good way to start, because it's like, Okay, you've got it. 564 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: You can start building it out and it really gets 565 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: you starting to think about numbers and the types of 566 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: numbers that you know you're going to have to add 567 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: up while you're in the field. Now, of course there's 568 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 1: like ways of doing it a lot faster to so um. 569 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: One thing that you'll learn is like once you start 570 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 1: getting used to and familiar with it, you can kind 571 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: of start doing what was probably the method that I 572 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: use of the time, which I call like rack bracketing. 573 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 1: So I've it's like I try to score as many 574 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: any antlers, as many put my hands on as many 575 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: different deer as I can. Whether it's like once I've taken, 576 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: once friends have taken, measuring them, you know, and then 577 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: you can kind of build out these mental pictures of 578 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: like just based on looking at it, and it's more 579 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,959 Speaker 1: of a comparative look, So it's looking at it based 580 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: on like the species that you're hunting, how it compares 581 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: to the body size and itself. So I'll think about 582 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,200 Speaker 1: like a mule deer and it's like okay, well, okay, 583 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:30,439 Speaker 1: how deeper those forks? How why is that dear? What? 584 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 1: Like what category does that dear fit in? Is it 585 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,159 Speaker 1: in the one twenty category? Is it like a small 586 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: buck with not very deep forks inside the ears? Fairly 587 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: short um? Or is it like a one eighty category 588 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: where it's got outside the ear spread, it's got deep forks, 589 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: it's considerably tall um. All the times are fairly uniform, 590 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 1: fairly long length, Its main beams come out to its nose. Like, okay, 591 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 1: what category is it in? And you can kind of 592 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: start to tell that just by taping antlers, building out 593 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: and just like looking at a lot of deer and 594 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: also really understanding that score system and like playing with 595 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: it a little bit. One thing that I'll do all 596 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: the time is just kind of play with the numbers. 597 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: So I'll look at pictures of deer, I'll start estimating, 598 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: I'll start guessing, and then writing down filling out those 599 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 1: score sheets. You start to build out like oh, okay, 600 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: that deer has a ten inch front tie and it's 601 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: got three inch eye guards. And you can kind of 602 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: start to build these like formulas and sizes in your 603 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: mind and understanding like how much an inch on a 604 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: certain measurement changes the overall score. There's a lot to it. 605 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: It kind of takes a lot of practice, but the 606 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: best way to understand it is to really just start 607 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: like picking up antlers and putting a tape measure to 608 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: them and saying like, Okay, this is how long that is, 609 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: this is standard for this size buck. And just the 610 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: more you do that, like I just continually constantly every 611 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 1: ship anler I find, I tape out every you know, 612 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: it's like a friend gets a deer, client gets you know, 613 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: we will at a tape on it. Not necessarily because 614 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: we don't know. I mean, I can guess dear pretty 615 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: dang deer and elk within extremely close. But I've done 616 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: it a long time, but I still always like verify it, 617 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: put the tape on it, and just kind of always 618 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: helps me build out. Sometimes you'll go, You'll you'll shoot 619 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: a deer and you're like, wow, that deer looked really big. 620 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,239 Speaker 1: I thought it would score this much. And then you're like, oh, 621 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: well it's body size is a lot smaller, or is 622 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 1: he's we call him mini heads. Like the comparisons that 623 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 1: we're using were off. But for the most part by 624 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: just by doing it a lot, you can kind of 625 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: build out that picture and really understand that score. Speaking 626 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: of actually scoring stuff, there's a Pope and Young convention 627 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: in Reno, Nevada here coming up. I think it's to 628 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 1: look it up as June, sorry, July fourteen somewhere in there. 629 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 1: I'm actually gonna be at that. So if you've got 630 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: any questions about that kind of stuff where you're there 631 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 1: that it's always cool to just be like, go somewhere 632 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: where you can see like different animals and then what 633 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 1: they score, and you can can look at the or 634 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: sheet and look at the animal and be like, okay, 635 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: I mean these are the top end, like some of 636 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: the largest animals ever taken with a bow. But it 637 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: gives you like a good idea of what they score. 638 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: Even like you know, it's like during what COVID and 639 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: all this, all the sports shows and that kind of 640 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: stuff kind of ceased, but man, I know, like I 641 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: used to walk around the different kind of sporting shows 642 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,959 Speaker 1: and they'd have those like displays of deer, elk or whatever. 643 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: Sometimes they have the score sheets or just being able 644 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 1: to look at antlers saying like okay, this is this 645 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: or even going into sporting his shop and just really 646 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: like looking at the animals on the wall objectively saying like, 647 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 1: how does it compared to itself? How does it compared 648 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: to the other deer? What maybe would those time links 649 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: be because it's a really good way when you're talking 650 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: with other hunters, or or maybe you've got some kind 651 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: of goal in mind of like, oh, I really want 652 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: to mature bull or are a good representative deer out 653 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: of this area. I'm gonna that's gonna be how I'm 654 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 1: gonna hunt, or I'm gonna hunt for this certain type 655 00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: of buck um. Understanding that system will really help. Next 656 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 1: question says Hey, remmy name is Travis from Michigan. Love 657 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: the podcast and have listened to everyone thus far. I 658 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 1: look forward to it every Thursday. Question for your next 659 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: Q and A. I drew a first season rifle elk 660 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: tag in a unit on the western border of Colorado. 661 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,479 Speaker 1: A portion of the unit I'll be hunting is burned 662 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 1: last summer. Do you think I should key in on 663 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: that burn or does it take a couple of years 664 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: of regrowth to see the benefits of a burn. With 665 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: so many fires last summer, I'm thinking others may have 666 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: the same idea in mind. Thanks, that's a great question. Yeah. 667 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: So the first thing I would look at when was 668 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: that burned last year? I mean it might be like 669 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: if it was in what type of area was it? 670 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 1: Is it like a lower elevation winter range. Are you 671 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 1: hunting late in the season or early in the season. 672 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: So it's gonna make a little bit of a difference. Um, 673 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: one thing that you want to think about is like 674 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: if it burned early, did it have time to get 675 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 1: some regrowth last year before winter and then did those 676 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 1: animals kind of benefit from that on that winter range 677 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: that year? Or was it really late in the fire season. 678 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: Was it like a late October fire, which there were 679 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 1: quite a few last year, or was it like an 680 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: early June, July, August type fire. But I would definitely 681 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 1: say that it's and just as a general like guess 682 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: it's probably a good idea to check that burnout. Now, 683 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: it's gonna seem a little bit desolate, but there are 684 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: gonna be pockets in there where you're gonna find elk. 685 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,239 Speaker 1: It's gonna be better glassing, and there should be some 686 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 1: green up in there, especially if it gets to like 687 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: you know, some good some good rains this year or 688 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 1: even later in the season. There's a lot of nutrients 689 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: in that soil. It just depends on how hot that 690 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: fire was, whether there anything's gonna start popping up or not. 691 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: So I would I would definitely focus in on checking 692 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: that burnout. I would also kind of look for areas 693 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 1: whether it's it's the trouble is like the you know, 694 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: maps won't be updated enough to really understand it. You're 695 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 1: gonna have to kind of get boots in the ground. 696 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: But what I would do is I would look at 697 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: that burn kind of think, Okay, we're pockets where it's 698 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,240 Speaker 1: burned all around it, but then there's some life timber 699 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 1: where the fringes of this We're like, did it burn down? 700 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 1: And there's this long line of timber here, but this 701 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 1: good open burn here, And I would kind of focus 702 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 1: on those areas because what you'll do is you'll be 703 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,280 Speaker 1: able to see into that burn like it's a good 704 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,399 Speaker 1: feeding area. It might give you a little bit more 705 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,399 Speaker 1: eyes on terrain, but it also has good heavy cover 706 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,840 Speaker 1: that those animals can kind of go back into. Elker 707 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,719 Speaker 1: and deer as well or fringe animals, so they're gonna 708 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: be kind of on the fringe of that feed and 709 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 1: that that cover one thing, Like in open areas, it 710 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,759 Speaker 1: grows a lot better feed and in that cover they 711 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,759 Speaker 1: need that to kind of feel protected and safe. So 712 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: it's just this big burn where it's like, man, everything's 713 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: burnt out, there's no cover. It might be tough. I 714 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,359 Speaker 1: will say this though, elk that have like a resident elk, 715 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:54,320 Speaker 1: if you're hunting resident elk in an area that have 716 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: kind of lived in that area their whole life and 717 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,880 Speaker 1: that's how they're safe, they'll probably still be in that 718 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:03,480 Speaker 1: burn in some way, and they might even not necessarily 719 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,480 Speaker 1: know that they're visible. Um. I found that, like the 720 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,040 Speaker 1: first couple of years that they're in a burn, they 721 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,240 Speaker 1: kind of still see it as like we're in the trees. 722 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,919 Speaker 1: Were in the cover now obviously, and they'll go get 723 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 1: shade in thicker cover and everything like that. But you 724 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 1: might have a good chance finding more animals out in 725 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 1: that burn than you would have found them in years past. 726 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,239 Speaker 1: So I definitely check it out, um. And then you know, 727 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,840 Speaker 1: if you're like, man, this is I can see everything. 728 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 1: It's burnt to a crisp. It's complete dirt. I don't 729 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,920 Speaker 1: see any tracks or any signed start picking out some 730 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,880 Speaker 1: of those areas where it's like, okay, where are they 731 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,800 Speaker 1: moving to? So that's kind of another way. It's like, Okay, 732 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: you can eliminate the burn and say, well, this burn 733 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,560 Speaker 1: isn't productive yet they've kind of moved out of this area. Well, 734 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,920 Speaker 1: we're some areas that they're close by where they might 735 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,439 Speaker 1: move to that has things that they need that wasn't 736 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,480 Speaker 1: affected by the burn, and looking at it like that 737 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:56,320 Speaker 1: as well. Next question comes from Ray. He says, hey, Remy, 738 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 1: thanks for all you do to put out good info. 739 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,640 Speaker 1: You explain things in a way most others don't. I'm 740 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,640 Speaker 1: always learning a lot from your podcast. I had a 741 00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:07,120 Speaker 1: question for your podcast, or maybe just in general. I've 742 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,280 Speaker 1: been doing my best to take care of new camera. 743 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:13,000 Speaker 1: The manufacturers suggests using a hunting detergent when washing, and 744 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: only washing when soiled other than obviously bloody or mudey. 745 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 1: What do you consider over soiled and what detergent could 746 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 1: you recommend um I look for that might help keep 747 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: my camera looking and functioning properly for as long as possible. 748 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 1: That's a great question. With as much money as we 749 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,319 Speaker 1: put into our gear now and like as good as 750 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:38,319 Speaker 1: gear is you definitely want it to last. Um, I 751 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:42,239 Speaker 1: don't get overly like concerned about how I mean, I 752 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 1: I generally just like I wear it, you know, generally 753 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,480 Speaker 1: on a trip. It's like I go out for a 754 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,279 Speaker 1: week and I don't even have an option to wash 755 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,520 Speaker 1: it until I come back, So it's overly soiled by 756 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,160 Speaker 1: that point. Um, if you're just kind of like day hunting, 757 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,160 Speaker 1: I don't think I would wash it every day, but 758 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,720 Speaker 1: maybe you're like, hey, it's starting to stink, it's starting 759 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:01,759 Speaker 1: to smell, throw in the wash. Um. You know, I 760 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,239 Speaker 1: think that some of my stuff ends up kind of 761 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,520 Speaker 1: smelling worse because it's like I wear it too long 762 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,279 Speaker 1: and then it gets stinks, and then I could have 763 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,600 Speaker 1: probably just prevented it by washing it. I wouldn't necessarily 764 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,239 Speaker 1: be afraid of over washing. What I'm really afraid of 765 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: with high quality clothing is any kind of fabric softener. 766 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:26,080 Speaker 1: So I avoid anything with fabric softener, like the plague one. 767 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:30,279 Speaker 1: Washing with fabric softener will absolutely ruin your stuff in 768 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,120 Speaker 1: my opinion. I mean, I've seen really good, high quality 769 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:37,680 Speaker 1: tech gear get destroyed by um, the wrong kind of 770 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,600 Speaker 1: detergent or the wrong kind of thing. So um, not 771 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:45,359 Speaker 1: just the detergent, but also uh dryer sheets. So when 772 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,560 Speaker 1: you're washing your hunting clothes, absolutely, like I I mean, 773 00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:51,400 Speaker 1: let everybody in your family know. Look, if you're using this, 774 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,680 Speaker 1: you can use. I mean, I just use the same 775 00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,319 Speaker 1: stuff that I washed all my other clothes. And when 776 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 1: I'm washing hunting clothes, I don't worry about the scent 777 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,880 Speaker 1: free stuff. I generally don't get sent to laundry to 778 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 1: church in anyways. But um, I just use whatever Costco brand, 779 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:09,200 Speaker 1: Kirkland signature or tied or whatever stuff we have, just 780 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,759 Speaker 1: as long as there's no fabric softeners in it. And 781 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,800 Speaker 1: then when I wash that, when I dry it, absolutely 782 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:18,360 Speaker 1: no dryer sheets. And everybody in the family needs to 783 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,920 Speaker 1: know that, because what happen is you'll throw your stuff in, 784 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:23,719 Speaker 1: you know, like wash. Someone will be like, oh, I'm 785 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:25,680 Speaker 1: gonna do you a favor. I'm gonna put him in 786 00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:27,680 Speaker 1: the dryer for you. They throw in a couple of 787 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,400 Speaker 1: dryer sheets like they do their normal laundry. Well, the 788 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,160 Speaker 1: dryer sheets have fabric softener. That tumbling what it does, 789 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,360 Speaker 1: it kind of breaks down the d w R, the 790 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,680 Speaker 1: water repellency. A lot of the good qualities of high 791 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:42,800 Speaker 1: quality gear and then you've got like this bummer jacket. 792 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 1: Now there are ways to refresh it. So every once 793 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,560 Speaker 1: in a while, like, um, if my gear seems to 794 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:53,000 Speaker 1: be getting uh like like it's it's not performing like 795 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:56,239 Speaker 1: it used to, then there's a company you can get it, 796 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,480 Speaker 1: like online or an r e I or some you know, 797 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: maybe in Bess prose about whatever. It's called nick Wax 798 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,120 Speaker 1: Tech Wash and I k w a X tech wash. 799 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 1: You can pretty much buy that everywhere. So they've got 800 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,360 Speaker 1: different ones for different things. I don't use that every 801 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,960 Speaker 1: every wash. It's kind of expensive and it seems like 802 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,239 Speaker 1: you'd be going crazy. But when I need like that 803 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,200 Speaker 1: water repellency to kind of kick back up, I'll use 804 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,000 Speaker 1: it a couple of times a year just just to 805 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,440 Speaker 1: kind of like reinvigorate that d w R or whatever. 806 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 1: It seems to work pretty good, kind of like gets 807 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:32,600 Speaker 1: the water repellency back. And there's different like if you're 808 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,000 Speaker 1: really I feel like really worried about it, you know, 809 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:38,200 Speaker 1: I'm sure it's great for kind of any soft shell material. 810 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,279 Speaker 1: They got all kinds of different ones. The key is 811 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:45,359 Speaker 1: to just not get that fabric softener in there. One 812 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,520 Speaker 1: one this is like a trick I learned a long 813 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,799 Speaker 1: time ago after my like favorite jacket got ruined by that, 814 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:54,000 Speaker 1: like somebody doing me a favorite swapping it over to 815 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,919 Speaker 1: the dryer accidentally just throwing dryer sheet and not thinking 816 00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,000 Speaker 1: about it. I pull it out and I'm like devastated. 817 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,000 Speaker 1: My favorite jacket just seemed messed up from that point on. 818 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:06,000 Speaker 1: So what I do UM is like if I'm when 819 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,120 Speaker 1: I wash my hunting clothing, I just get to post it. 820 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,400 Speaker 1: I put it right on the thing, like hunting clothes. 821 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,520 Speaker 1: Do not use UM. If I like, if I said 822 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:15,839 Speaker 1: it anywhere public where someone can get it, I just 823 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:19,439 Speaker 1: put notes do not use fabric softener. I actually don't 824 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,680 Speaker 1: have any in my house, but UM, do not use 825 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:24,319 Speaker 1: fabric softener. And then like, do not use dryer sheet. 826 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:25,759 Speaker 1: I put it on the dryer door. I put it 827 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,080 Speaker 1: on the washer door. I put it on everything. There's 828 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:33,279 Speaker 1: just sticky notes everywhere because the super cheap post it 829 00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:36,120 Speaker 1: that says don't put a dryer sheet in with this 830 00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:41,400 Speaker 1: will make your gear last ten twenty times longer. And 831 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,839 Speaker 1: that's like the biggest tip. And then I don't even 832 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,920 Speaker 1: I don't even worry. But there's like, you know, some 833 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,799 Speaker 1: there's washes where it's like, oh it cuts down the 834 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,319 Speaker 1: UV and all that stuff. I don't really worry about it, 835 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,759 Speaker 1: you know, just make it easy, make it easy on yourself. Um, 836 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 1: just wash it with something that's going to get it clean. 837 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,440 Speaker 1: Most of the time, it's just getting the getting the 838 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,800 Speaker 1: smell out of it, getting the dirt out of it. 839 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:05,280 Speaker 1: It's gonna actually last longer if you keep it cleaned. 840 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,680 Speaker 1: I know on my rain gear, I try not to 841 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,840 Speaker 1: wash is often, but I've actually found that, like on 842 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,520 Speaker 1: good gortex type stuff, you know, you do want to 843 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:19,360 Speaker 1: just launder it to whatever the manufacturer says. Um, you 844 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:21,480 Speaker 1: can just read the little tag on there. But what 845 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,000 Speaker 1: it does is it cleans out and actually works better 846 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,480 Speaker 1: they say, if you just like have good maintenance of it, 847 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:27,839 Speaker 1: so you don't want to let it go too long 848 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:33,400 Speaker 1: without um, without washing it all right. One last question 849 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:37,000 Speaker 1: here comes from Michael. He says, Hey, remmy've been following 850 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,520 Speaker 1: along with your content since two thousand and fifteen when 851 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,320 Speaker 1: I planned for my first trip out west to Archery 852 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,880 Speaker 1: hunt Elk. He says that trip uh me and a 853 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,000 Speaker 1: buddy got bluff charged by sal grizz and although it 854 00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:51,000 Speaker 1: was absolutely terrifying at the moment, it was a pretty 855 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:54,240 Speaker 1: cool experience. Afterwards, my question for you might be weird 856 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:57,719 Speaker 1: one because it was strange to me and I expected. 857 00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:01,480 Speaker 1: I grew up in the Northeast. After college moved to Florida. 858 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,640 Speaker 1: Since I've had a huge passion for offshore fishing, boating, 859 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,680 Speaker 1: and diving, I began hunting there and it was surprised 860 00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:10,480 Speaker 1: to have had three awful encounters with wild pigs. Never 861 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:13,680 Speaker 1: thought they were dangerous, and all the locals I talked 862 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:17,360 Speaker 1: to say they're terrified of people and always around the 863 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,440 Speaker 1: other direction. I've been treated by two pigs and had 864 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,560 Speaker 1: to shoot one in self defense already. Curious if you've 865 00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:26,320 Speaker 1: ever had any dangerous run ins with ferrell pigs or 866 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,520 Speaker 1: am I the only one on this planet that's horrible 867 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:33,759 Speaker 1: luck with them? Thanks? That's that's a funny question, and 868 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,239 Speaker 1: it's a good question too, because when you think about it, 869 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:40,040 Speaker 1: I've probably actually been charged by more pigs than anything. Um. 870 00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:43,120 Speaker 1: I was doing a hunt down in Florida one time 871 00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:48,279 Speaker 1: and crawling around trying to catch them bare handed, which 872 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:53,600 Speaker 1: sounds um like recipe for getting yourself into trouble anyways, 873 00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:56,360 Speaker 1: and for filming, and I was like walking back to 874 00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:00,000 Speaker 1: this one spot I spotted this pig. I'm like, oh sweet, 875 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,279 Speaker 1: talk this one. And before I could, that pig had 876 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,120 Speaker 1: just charged me like straight on. Luckily it was a 877 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,440 Speaker 1: little bastard, and I was able to go into like 878 00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,920 Speaker 1: push it down, get on top of it, flip it 879 00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:13,560 Speaker 1: over and just like subdue it with my knee and 880 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,719 Speaker 1: just like hold it down and get on top and 881 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,440 Speaker 1: just like okay, cool. Got the pig. He's like on 882 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:22,319 Speaker 1: its side at this point, and uh like all right now, 883 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,839 Speaker 1: how I'm gonna let this thing go. He's pretty fired up. 884 00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:28,000 Speaker 1: So I let him go and he kept like doing 885 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,840 Speaker 1: the same thing, like charging back in. Luckily as like 886 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,200 Speaker 1: not a super large bore. It's just like it's just 887 00:43:33,239 --> 00:43:35,960 Speaker 1: a small honorary thing. So I ended up just like 888 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,520 Speaker 1: getting to a spot wherecord like get up a tree 889 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,399 Speaker 1: and then he circled around the tree three or four 890 00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:43,279 Speaker 1: times and went away. But I also had a couple 891 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:46,240 Speaker 1: of experiences down in Australia where I was bow hunting 892 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:50,040 Speaker 1: pigs and one pig in particular shot ran into like 893 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,839 Speaker 1: this swampy stuff. It was in an area where there's 894 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:55,280 Speaker 1: like I mean there, you're kind of like, hey, I'm 895 00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,640 Speaker 1: also worried about crocs. But I thought it was it 896 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,799 Speaker 1: was dry enough, shallow. If I it was like kind 897 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:03,640 Speaker 1: of out of the fringe zone of where there was 898 00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,000 Speaker 1: there would be a lot of crocs. So like sweet 899 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:10,120 Speaker 1: trailing this pig in here, blood trailing this pig, and 900 00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,319 Speaker 1: I thought I made I made a good shot on it. 901 00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:15,000 Speaker 1: But at the time there's a good blood trail. So 902 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,080 Speaker 1: it's going in. It's like getting thicker and thicker, and 903 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:18,560 Speaker 1: I'm like all my hands and knees all of a 904 00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:22,960 Speaker 1: sudden here and then just brush coming right at me. Crap. 905 00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:25,920 Speaker 1: So I get up a tree and pigs running by, 906 00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:29,160 Speaker 1: and it happened to be another like this pig had 907 00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:31,480 Speaker 1: run straight into the middle and died. But I was 908 00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,120 Speaker 1: thinking it was the wounded pig charging me, and when 909 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:37,240 Speaker 1: in fact, it was just another random bore that happened 910 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,520 Speaker 1: to be close that just heard me coming, was in 911 00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:42,000 Speaker 1: that thick stuff and its first instinct was to charge. 912 00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:44,399 Speaker 1: Luckily there was some stuff that I could get up 913 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,600 Speaker 1: out of the way. But yeah, absolutely, I know a 914 00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,840 Speaker 1: lot of guys um that have been charged by pigs, 915 00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:50,680 Speaker 1: and they are It is something that you kind of 916 00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,600 Speaker 1: don't even think about for the most part, but they 917 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,759 Speaker 1: can't get pretty aggressive. I've seen them in Europe, the 918 00:44:56,760 --> 00:45:00,200 Speaker 1: big Russian boars that get pretty honorary as well, So no, 919 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:04,080 Speaker 1: I don't think you're alone. Definitely, pigs can be dangerous. Um. 920 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:08,160 Speaker 1: The nice part about him is they can't really climb. Um. 921 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:09,960 Speaker 1: I've been able the small ones. I've been able to 922 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,040 Speaker 1: kind of push out of the way or kick out 923 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,279 Speaker 1: of the way and they generally go away. But their 924 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,359 Speaker 1: teeth are pretty sharp. If you ever been bit by 925 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,960 Speaker 1: a pig, you're definitely going to try to avoid them 926 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,480 Speaker 1: at all costs the next time. They can be pretty 927 00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:25,919 Speaker 1: pretty gnarly. So yeah, when you're out there, everyone talks 928 00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,239 Speaker 1: about the grizzly bears, but honestly, the pigs seem to 929 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:31,200 Speaker 1: have the worst temperament of them all. So just something 930 00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:33,320 Speaker 1: to think about. And the more I talk about it, 931 00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:36,240 Speaker 1: I think I've been charged by like everything on the planet, 932 00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:38,680 Speaker 1: I've actually been charged by an elk as well. So 933 00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,800 Speaker 1: when it comes to getting charged by stuff, no stranger 934 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:48,760 Speaker 1: over here. Well, thanks everybody for sending in your questions. 935 00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:52,279 Speaker 1: I really appreciate him. Um. This this coming month, I'm 936 00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:54,719 Speaker 1: gonna just kind of jump into a few topics that 937 00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:57,080 Speaker 1: I got some other questions about a lot of stuff 938 00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,560 Speaker 1: involving Okay, we drew tags, now what how do we 939 00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:03,360 Speaker 1: get star? Did uh? Some other like good summer prep stuff, 940 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:05,680 Speaker 1: some stuff to prepare for the season. Right now, it's 941 00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:08,640 Speaker 1: like when I really start to focus and start to 942 00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:10,719 Speaker 1: think about look hunting season, especially if you've got an 943 00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,320 Speaker 1: early archery tag is coming up within a couple of months. 944 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,840 Speaker 1: I gotta get ready physically. I gotta get my bow ready, 945 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:17,840 Speaker 1: I go through all my gear. I just want to 946 00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:20,480 Speaker 1: be so dialed when that first season rolls around that 947 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:22,960 Speaker 1: I know I'm going to find additional success because I 948 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,280 Speaker 1: put in the time. Now, I did my EA scouting 949 00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:28,160 Speaker 1: and maybe got out and did some scouting. I shot 950 00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:31,399 Speaker 1: my bow. I'm ready. I'm just ready to go rare 951 00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:34,080 Speaker 1: and to get out there and hunt a tag. I 952 00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:36,600 Speaker 1: I fortunately drew a couple of really awesome tags, and 953 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:38,520 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to this year. I'll be excited to 954 00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:41,560 Speaker 1: kind of share the stories of those. But until that point, 955 00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:43,960 Speaker 1: I want to help build everybody up, get everybody ready 956 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:48,040 Speaker 1: for the upcoming season. So until next week, keep cutting 957 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:51,600 Speaker 1: the distance. That was a suggested sign off. I could 958 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:53,520 Speaker 1: I think I could go with that. That could be 959 00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:55,920 Speaker 1: that could be the one. All Right, we'll catch you 960 00:46:55,960 --> 00:47:00,759 Speaker 1: guys later, and thanks again for all the awesome UH responses, 961 00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,120 Speaker 1: all the great questions. There's so many of them this week. 962 00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:06,040 Speaker 1: Just keep them coming UM generally at the end, you know, 963 00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:08,480 Speaker 1: I kind of try to throw in as many as 964 00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:11,000 Speaker 1: I can, and so you can keep sending those my 965 00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:14,319 Speaker 1: way and we'll hopefully get to as many as we 966 00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:16,799 Speaker 1: can UM in the next Q and A. All right, 967 00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:17,640 Speaker 1: talk to you guys later.