1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance. Welcome back to the podcast. Everybody. 6 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: When it comes to hunting, being consistently successful really no 7 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: matter the species, the first thing you have to think 8 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: about is being able to identify the tactics to give 9 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: you the advantage. And you do that by looking for 10 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 1: the right moment to make a move. Whether it's a 11 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: late season elk, early season mule, you're running caribou, open country, 12 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: prong horns, it doesn't really matter. The recipe is the 13 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: same observed behavior, find a weakness, make a move. This 14 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: week we're going to cover those tactics, but first I 15 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: want to share the story of a recent hunt for 16 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: woodland caribou and using spot and stock tactics to get 17 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: a shot with my bow on a bedded giant. This season, 18 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: I was fortunate enough to be able to get the 19 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: opportunity to chase woodland caribou with my bow. I was 20 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: actually up filming it for one of the Matthews Proving 21 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: Ground videos. So I got a chance to take out 22 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: the new bow just launched this week, and then you know, 23 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: go put it in the test throughout the season different places, 24 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: and one of the places that I decided to take 25 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: it was Newfoundland in uh and Chase Woodland, Caribou. That's right. 26 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: I So one of the things that I learned there, 27 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: you know, I used to call it Newfoundland, and the 28 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: locals informed me there like if if any if you 29 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: do anything for the rest of your life, it's heavy 30 00:01:55,760 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: in the land. Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Newfoundland. Say it five times asked, 31 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: And I know exactly what they mean, because coming from Nevada, 32 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: a lot of people pronounce it Nevada. And when you're 33 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: from there and you're pronounced wrong, you're like, man, So 34 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: if you hear me say Newfoundland, that's the correct pronunciation 35 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: coming from the people on the ground. What I was 36 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 1: reported to report heavy in the land. But I will 37 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: say my my trip there was one of I would 38 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: say probably my definitely one of the most memorable hunts 39 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: of this season, and a hunt that I definitely would 40 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: want to do again. For a lot of reasons. I 41 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: haven't up until this this season I actually have not 42 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: had the opportunity to hunt Canada, and it just so 43 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 1: happened that I got to do a sheep hunt in 44 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: BC and then cariboan moose in Newfoundland this year. And 45 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: the caribou hunt was one that I've kind of thought 46 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: about for a long time, but also, um, you know, 47 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: I just didn't have not the right timing or the 48 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: right opportunity or enough open schedule to do it. And 49 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 1: I'm really glad that I was able to make it happen. Um. So, 50 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: if you aren't familiar with a woodland cariboo, I kind 51 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: of think of a woodland you think of all these species. 52 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: So you've got you know, mule deer, white tailed deer 53 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: in the deer family, like different species of deer. And 54 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: then there's a few different species of cariboo. There's you know, 55 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: baring ground that you might find. Um Like in Alaska 56 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: you've got your mountain cariboo that you find kind of 57 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: in BC You've got your Quebec labrador. There's actually five 58 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: species cariboo and then the woodland cariboo and these would 59 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: be found in like I guess Nova Scotia, um I think, 60 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: but primarily in Newfoundland and it's a When you think 61 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: about these caribou, I kind of think of them as 62 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: like the coused here of the Cariboo world. They are 63 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: the smallest antlers um. They don't necessarily have these large migrations. Now, 64 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: they might migrate from um like a summer range to 65 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: winter range, but it's it's generally like an isolated migration 66 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: with this these small pocketed herds, So not huge, huge 67 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: migrating herds, but like little isolated pockets that they're kind 68 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: of more um within a certain area. They're like, well, 69 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: maybe have the summer ground up high, and then they 70 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: moved to these valleys, but very similar terrain to something 71 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: you might find caribooan anywhere where it's like they kind 72 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: of open tundra that kind of moves into a little 73 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: bit of forested small subalpine type trees and then you 74 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: know you've got that more like big open tundra, big 75 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 1: valleys and then mountains in between where they're they're kind 76 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,679 Speaker 1: of hanging around. When I went, it was probably peak 77 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: rut One thing that I found was interesting is like 78 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: they're very very active during the rut um. There's some 79 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: tactics that could get employed using like a white bag 80 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: or even calling like they get very curious and very 81 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: I would say like decoylable if you had the right 82 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: like decoy or whatever. But also the other trouble is 83 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: just like anything that's running. I kind of it's one 84 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: of those things where it's like almost like an antelope 85 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: hunt pronghorn hunt, where during the rut you see a 86 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 1: good pronghorn and he's running all over the mountain. So 87 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: the first day we get dropped off, we're able to 88 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: use a helicopter there for drop off. So a lot 89 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: of places, you know, you fly in with an airplane, 90 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: here we could we could get dropped off by helicopter. 91 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: So we got dropped off, set up camp and just 92 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: glassing around, and you know, we're seeing a few little 93 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: isolated herds maybe cariboo here and there. And we'd seen 94 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: some you know, just from our glassing vantage seen some 95 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: animals starting to move and you could tell they're running. 96 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,559 Speaker 1: They're starting to push um around there. They called the 97 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: bulls stags and the cows does um, So I might 98 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: just use those interchangeably, but you know, you get so 99 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: used to calling caribou bulls and cows that I might 100 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: just stick with that. I always like to use when 101 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: I'm there. Whatever the people they're used, but and for 102 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: this purpose of this podcast, I'll probably just call them 103 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: what I want now. Um, the first day we kind 104 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: of got in and it spotted some good animals. My 105 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: original assumption is they're gonna just be like small antlered caribou, 106 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: but we saw some serious giants. I think it was 107 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: just one of those years. I mean, my whole hunting career, 108 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: I've I've shot a few really nice animals, and this 109 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: year I happened to shoot a really big elk And 110 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: now I'm like staring down the spotting to cope and 111 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: another Boone and Crockett sized animal got my bone in 112 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: my hand, and thinking, oh my gosh, like this is 113 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 1: gonna be awesome. So the first cariboo we ended up 114 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: stalking was like I spotted him, we decided to cross. 115 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: Like from our camp, we see this one bull. So 116 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: you got like these bulls cruise and just like anything 117 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: during red bulls or cruising between groups of cows, and 118 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: then they're fighting, you know, fairly aggressively, and then you've 119 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: got the one that maybe is in control of the 120 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: herd for that period of time. So we see some 121 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: loan bulls and we're like, okay, these are nice. We 122 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: hike across the valley to get a look back up 123 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: this other valley. You know, I don't know how far 124 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: it is, it's the ways get to the glassing point. 125 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: Sit down, we're gonna glass to the other side of 126 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: the mountain. But I turned around and look back kind 127 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: of the direction we came from, in a in a 128 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: spot that we couldn't see, and sure enough, I mean, 129 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: from maybe two miles away, I'm like, oh my gosh, 130 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: there is that one is huge. So um, I've got 131 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: two friends of mine with me filming, and then Daniel 132 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: who's from there, guiding, and and I'm like, there is 133 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: a giant bull over here. So like yep, we look 134 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: at it through the spotting scope. It disappears behind the 135 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: ridge and we're like, we gotta go. We gotta go 136 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: make a move. So we get over there, you know, 137 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: get set up um on this ridge where we can 138 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: see down and sure enough he had pushed off. We 139 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: saw two good bulls, like one was really nice, and 140 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: then this bigger one pushes this other one off. I'm like, man, 141 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: either of those would be incredible. Get over there, and 142 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: sure enough, like the one. Now we just see the 143 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: one big bull and all the cows, the one big 144 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: stag and all the dose whatever you wanna call him. 145 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: So it's like, all right, in the wide open, how 146 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: are we gonna do this? So we only do we 147 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: like plan a stock on him. You've got like a 148 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: white bag. It's kind of like a decoy. So Daniels 149 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: right there with the bag and then we're stalking in 150 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: and it's kind of like they're kind of intrigued by it. 151 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: But the wind is just howling and they're just constantly 152 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: on the move, so they're moving, pushing. We try to 153 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: get in. We almost get a shot, and it's just 154 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: like bad wind, not necessarily like them winding us, but 155 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: just too much wind to shoot them moving like just 156 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: no good shots, and it just keeps having. We keep 157 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: chasing him, moving him. They're just pushing each other and 158 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 1: moving and you hear like I know with certain cariboots, 159 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: like I know when I was hunting northern Alaska, it's 160 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: like when you're on those migrating her and good luck 161 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: you see one good bowl a long ways away, good 162 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: luck catching it. But we're like, this is a big 163 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: it's a big one. We're gonna keep chasing him. So 164 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: they're moving. They crossed the river. They go essentially where 165 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: we spot them from two miles away there over there. 166 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: Now we are running trying to catch up, drop down, 167 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: cross around, stock up in front of them, get in 168 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: front of them, end up blowing out the herd again. 169 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,319 Speaker 1: I don't know how many times. It's like you've got 170 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: all these different cariboan moving. They're pretty riled up. Then 171 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: they go back the other direction. So we're essentially running, sprinting, jogging, 172 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: doing all the things to catch up again, go up 173 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: and around. I think I was tracking how much we 174 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: did in. It was close to marathon, and I mean 175 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: we put in. We put in miles just essentially jogging 176 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: trying to catch up and get ahead of these things. 177 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 1: So they'd be going up the mountain. We try to 178 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: jog around and get caught up and get set up 179 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: for an ambush, and it just didn't work. We were 180 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: getting run ragged. So we get back onto the point 181 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: and we see the bull. Um, we see I see 182 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: some cat one cow betted, and the bullets kind of 183 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: split off from the group, and sure enough that bull 184 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: is betted, and I'm like, oh man, this is our opportunity. 185 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: Caribe hunting generally, it's an ambush game. They're moving, they're 186 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 1: constantly moving, and now we've got the advantage. This bull 187 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: is bedded down. He's kind of like it looked like 188 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: at the time by himself with it just a couple 189 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: of cows. There's kind of like this this creek that 190 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: comes down behind him, and I'm thinking, this is gonna 191 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: be perfect. There's a big mountain behind him, sort of 192 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 1: like all right, last play of the day. We dropped down, 193 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: we cross around. We just gotta go wide, and keep 194 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: saying to myself, go the best way, not the easy way. 195 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: There's an easier way. But we got to go to 196 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,319 Speaker 1: the top of the mountain, get around him, and then 197 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: come in from one side. So we're stocking in. Blow 198 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: out a couple of moose and I'm like, oh, crap, 199 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: is that gonna I canna blowhim out to a cow 200 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,439 Speaker 1: and a calf moose blow past him, and he ended 201 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: up not really getting up like looking behind him, you know, 202 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: whatever him let the moose go. We back out again, 203 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: get up higher, go all the way around the mountain, 204 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: come in from the top, and it's perfect. There's like 205 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,839 Speaker 1: a shoot He's bedded just behind this little knob, and 206 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, oh man, this is awesome. So I've got myself, 207 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: Daniel and Niko's filming. I always mentioned the people that 208 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: are filming because it just adds that little element of 209 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: difficulty when I'm doing a hunt, and if you watch 210 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: a video or something, you don't necessarily see that if 211 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: it's that's to be honest, I actually prefer self filming 212 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 1: sometimes because just me and the camera, it's it can 213 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: be difficult to set the camera up, but I'm more 214 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,719 Speaker 1: used to it now. Um, sometimes it's hard when you 215 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: like got other people with you, because I've always said this, 216 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: like one person is too many on a stock, Like 217 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 1: just yourself being there already makes it difficult, and then 218 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: you start adding more people, it makes it more difficult. 219 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: But like this is my bread and butter stocking beded animals, 220 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: so remind me of early season meals. You're hunting, Like 221 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: this is what I'm good at. So we're gonna get 222 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: in on this this bowl and get a shot. Sure enough, 223 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: it's like we've got maybe I don't know, we're like again, 224 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: I'm like we're like balancing the clock of like twenty 225 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: minutes left of shooting time. Now we're moving in. We're 226 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: about thirty forty yards. Drop the packs. That probably about 227 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: fifty yards dropped the packs. He's bad. I can just 228 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: see the antler tips get down and we all start 229 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: creeping in. And as we're creeping in, it's like, perfect. 230 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: Well there's this one cow and she happens to be 231 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: coming up like right where we're at, kind of spooks 232 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: out and goes down around the bowl. All right, it's okay, 233 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,439 Speaker 1: Like he's still betted. You know, he's looking away. This 234 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 1: is perfect, So get into about twenty yards peak over range. 235 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: I'm like, and I've got him where he's he's broadside. 236 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: But if he could see me out of the corner 237 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: of his eye, I imagine if I popped up there, 238 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: so I we back out, come around the back side. 239 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: So I wanted to get like his his back end 240 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: towards me, blocking his eyesight, and then you know, drawback. 241 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: I would be able to get a good quartering away 242 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: shot at himbedded there it was open enough or when 243 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: he stood up, you know, be perfect because I could 244 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: just see the top of his other So at this 245 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: point I draw back and I didn't catch the cow 246 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: or dough down below us looking our direction, and caught 247 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: that movement of the drawing back I think, plus with 248 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: two other people. They're kind of at that point for 249 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: her would have been skylined, and that her alert look 250 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: like whipping head back. I'm at full draw now and 251 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: I'm just about to take one step and and settle 252 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: in and take a shot. And that bull ran out 253 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: hundred miles and it was like twenty yards away. Dreams crushed. 254 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: We just chased this thing for freaking I don't even 255 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: know how far, how many miles and it was not 256 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: gonna happen. And based on the way he was running 257 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: this time, we probably weren't going to find him in 258 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: the in the same area code uh tomorrow, So long 259 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: hike back to camp. Everybody put in a good effort, 260 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 1: put in some good miles, and it's like, man, it was. 261 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: It was a bummer. Here's a big animal, and you're like, man, 262 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: that was my opportunity. You know, on a hunt, I 263 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: rarely think that. You know, just getting a good opportunity 264 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: is sometimes the challenge, so you know, and especially at 265 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: an animal that caliber, I was like, oh man, I 266 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: was I was just I was bummed. So we get 267 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: back to camp, cook up a good meal. You know, like, 268 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: well you can't have you know, you gotta have that 269 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: roller coaster. That's bow hunting man. So next morning we're 270 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: gearing up. We're like, there was that other, that other 271 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,599 Speaker 1: good caribou, but you know, we're glassing and it's like 272 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: pretty much a ghost town at this point. So we're 273 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: glassing and getting our stuff set up, and his caribou, 274 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: like a big caribou, walks over the ridge and he's 275 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: like walking down um essentially where we'd seen a nice 276 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: one the day before, but we hadn't actually seen this one, 277 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,439 Speaker 1: and it was like as big or bigger than the 278 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: one we were stalking the day before, just different looking, 279 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: awesome fronts on him. He walks and just like from 280 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: like six zero, he's just walking, plops down in beds, like, 281 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: no way, you right here? Another good bull and we're 282 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: gonna get our stock. So this time we decide, okay, 283 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna kind of split up. We left 284 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: one of the camera guys here to kind of get 285 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: a side angle like from where he's watching at Then 286 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: Nico and I are going to sneak around. Daniel is 287 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: going to be kind of behind us here and that way. 288 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: If for some reason he stands up or whatever, maybe 289 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: we could pull out a white flag, get his attention 290 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: to steer that way, and then all continue stalking. But 291 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna play it just like I would mule their 292 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: stock or anything like that. Betted bull. So I'm watching 293 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: him and he just PLoP down, goes to sleep, like man, 294 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 1: this thing is ben I'm assuming he's just been running hard, 295 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: just chasing and moving and fighting and like war out. 296 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: So it's like perfect same same plan. Go the easy way, Sorry, 297 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: go the best way, not the easy way. Don't go 298 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: the easy way, go the best way. So it's like 299 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: the wind's going up hill. We want to be out 300 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: of sight the whole time. So we cruise around the mountain, 301 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: come over the top, get in a good line, you know, 302 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: made some good references, and start creeping in range in 303 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: the whole way kind of like okay, you know, from 304 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: from where we're looking, it looked like there's some trees 305 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: and you can get to those trees and you get 306 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: a shot. So on my stocking plan, I get over there, 307 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: I range the trees, range the bed where I think 308 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: the bed of caribous because I can't actually see it 309 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: from my advantage, and I'm like, man, that's too far. 310 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: We're gonna have to replan the stock because the way 311 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: the hill looked when we're glassing at it across, it's 312 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: completely different when we're getting down. So I arrange and 313 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: find a spot. It's like twenty thirty yards some bushes, 314 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: I think, and get to you. So we start stalking down, 315 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: get into position in between like the Caribs sleeping, picking 316 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: his head up, looking around. So when his head's down, 317 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: just moving, when he heads up, just stopped, we get 318 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: into about I don't know, forty fifty yards and there's 319 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: no shot he's bedded. But I'm like, okay, I can 320 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: use this opportunity. Every time he puts his head down 321 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: or looks away, I'll creep in. So it's kind of 322 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: like a shoes off situation here, but I left my 323 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: shoes on because it was just soaking wet and pretty cold. 324 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: So he's got his head down, sneak in, ranging gets 325 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: set up, just kind of subtracting the distance to each 326 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: little bush, like okay, next one, I'll be forty, next one, 327 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: i'll be thirty. So I get into about thirty something 328 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: yards maybe thirty five yards. He's bed, and I'm like, alright, perfect, 329 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: I get set up, get my feet set, just like 330 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: just like I do. One thing I always think about 331 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: is like when I'm in that situation, it's like, okay, here, 332 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: it's crunch time. I might be waiting all day, but 333 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: I need to be waiting in a comfortable, ready position. 334 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 1: So my release on. Do all the ranging ing and 335 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: all the trees and bushes in case he gets up whatever, 336 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: and just wait. His head's down, I'm like, okay, cool, 337 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: and I feel like the winds a little swirly, and 338 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: I don't I'm just thinking about, oh, last night, the 339 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: bull blue out and within range, and it's like it 340 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: was just perfect, and then it wasn't. Like I don't 341 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 1: want this to get blown, so um, I kind of 342 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: I decided there's a little bit of brush in front 343 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: of me, and I use that opportunity. I'm like, okay, 344 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: he's looking, he's pretty alert, and he puts his head 345 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: down one more time, and I just use that opportunity 346 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: to sneaking, get into range, get set again. I'm like, 347 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: all right, perfect. If he stands up, I set my pen. 348 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: If he stands up, we're good. If he moves out, 349 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: we're good. This is awesome. So he's got his head 350 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: down and then kind of like picks his head up, 351 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: shakes his hand, and I'm like, oh, get ready to 352 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: draw nothing. So then, you know, then I feel that 353 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: kind of surly wind, so I draw back and thinking, well, 354 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: maybe the noise of it drawing back, we'll kind of 355 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: get him to stand up, but not no know where 356 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: it's coming from. Because the wind still still enough, I 357 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: can get full drawn. My cam's back a couple of times, 358 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: not loud, just enough to you know, get steady and 359 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 1: and and see put the pin there. I just have 360 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: no shot. All I can see his head and nailers 361 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 1: above the kind of brush. So drawback down. He doesn't 362 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: even notice that I'm there, and nothing. You know, it's 363 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: it's good. So waiting a little bit longer, and you know, 364 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: it's like, okay, now it's the waiting game. I'm standing 365 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: because if I sneel or sit, I would have no shot. 366 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, you know, I see 367 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: that he's betted. I see that head come up. He 368 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,360 Speaker 1: kind of does like a weird stretch thing, and as 369 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: he's standing up, I draw back. I think one good 370 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 1: thing was he's like pretty stowed up from running a hunchback, 371 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 1: so he's stand up, gonna do a stretch. He's been 372 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: betting he's gonna stretch out, and I'm thinking, I don't 373 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 1: know how long he's gonna stay there, but I want 374 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: to be anchored in and ready. The second he's fully standing. 375 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: As soon as he got standing, I'm anchored. I'm ready. 376 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: Pins on the vitals, released the arrow, perfect shot. He 377 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: spins around like not even knowing that he's hit. I 378 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: don't even think he heard the bow go off. I 379 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: put another air on drawback, Release one more arrow for 380 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: good measure. Another perfect shot. Cariboo. I mean he goes 381 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: a few yards and falls over dead. Exactly what you want, 382 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: a perfect clean kill with the bow and an incredible animal. 383 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 1: I mean, walking up to it, it it was just like 384 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: one of these scenes that I'll never forget because it's 385 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 1: just in this beautiful place, a place that I've never been, 386 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: something that I always dreamed about. I thought this would 387 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: be cool. I love chasing cariboo. I love chasing cariboo 388 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: with my bow. To be able to take like a 389 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: woodland cariboo, not just because you as big but just 390 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: like looking at the whole scene, it was in some ways, 391 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: I don't know, there's a certain hunting moments that almost 392 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: feel like overwhelming. You're like, how am I so lucky 393 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: that I get to do this? And I really I 394 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: really felt it there. I was looking at like the 395 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: snow's coming in, the sun's over the valley, there's like 396 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 1: a rainbow in the snow, and I'm walking up on 397 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: this incredible animal, thinking, just man, and I am so 398 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: blessed to be here and to be able to experience 399 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: something like this. And it's definitely a hunt that, um, 400 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 1: you know, I would love to do again, but I will. 401 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 1: I will remember that memory and that experience forever and 402 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 1: just an incredible stock. But one thing that I kind 403 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: of took away from it was, you know, here's here's 404 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: these moving caribou, and we're trying to keep making plays 405 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: on them while they're moving, and it put us at 406 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: a disadvantage. But then they bedded down and that gave 407 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 1: us like the perfect opportunity to make a stock and 408 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 1: use tactics that I use for so many other things. 409 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: Early season, Mule Dear maybe Elk after late in the 410 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: like post rut where it's like, hey, we've got an 411 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: animal that's bedded stationary, and it gives us a perfect 412 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: opportunity to sneak in with a bow using tactics for 413 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: one thing, on a species that I've never hunted. When 414 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 1: it comes, it doesn't really matter if you're bow hunting, 415 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 1: rifle hunting, um running deer late season ELK. I think 416 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: that observing the behavior of what the animals are doing 417 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: at that time, being good at that is probably the 418 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: most successful tactic that you could pick up. And the 419 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: reason is because once you've got let's say a stock 420 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: pile of hunting knowledge or hunting experiences, you can really 421 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 1: go and hunt anything anywhere and use different tactics at 422 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: different times, but just kind of observe at the time 423 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: and then use the tactic that will work best for 424 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: those animals for them, because what you're gonna try to 425 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: do is you're gonna try to observe their behavior and 426 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: then find that weakness that you can exploit to get 427 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,439 Speaker 1: within range. This is especially true when it comes to 428 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: bow hunting because within bow hunting, it's a it's a 429 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 1: game of proximity. You have to be close enough to 430 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: make an ethical, clean shot that you know sure when 431 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: you release that arrow, you're gonna take that animal, and 432 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: in order to do that, you've got to be close. 433 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: And that can be the a part because, uh, you know, 434 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: finding an animal is one thing, getting within range is another. 435 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 1: You know. I like to always think when the rifle 436 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: hunt ends is where the bow hunt really begins, and 437 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,360 Speaker 1: then get even closer. So you really have to learn 438 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: how to exploit that weakness. But it's not just for 439 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: bow hunting. It can be for anything. When I'm thinking 440 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: about you know, some difficult hunts like rifle season general 441 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: units for elk that can be an extremely difficult hunt, 442 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,959 Speaker 1: October season meal dear that can be a tough one. 443 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: Even running meal there can be a difficult hunt. You know, 444 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: you've got a mountain unit or a general tag or 445 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: whatever the tag is. Maybe you've got a limited entry 446 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: tag and you've got you're using ref doesn't matter what 447 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: you're hunting. You need to be able to find the animal, 448 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: but you also need to be able to get close 449 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 1: and exploit that weakness. If you've got a running meal 450 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: here that's just on the cruise, you spot them at 451 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 1: five miles away, well you might not ever catch up 452 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: to them or you've got a late season, ELK. It's like, well, 453 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: they're barely coming out, they aren't out in the open. 454 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: How do I pinpoint and figure out what these animals 455 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: are doing? And I say that the best tactic is 456 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 1: using observed behavior and then finding that weakness. So here's 457 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 1: a couple of examples. You know, Let's say you're you're 458 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: hunting deer during the rud. Kind of their attitude during 459 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: the rut is their weakness. It puts them out in 460 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: the open more, It puts them moving around more. That's 461 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: that weakness. So in order to exploit that weakness during 462 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,199 Speaker 1: that hunt, what am I gonna do? I'm gonna be 463 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: finding the glassing vantages because I know that they're going 464 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: to be moving more, they're gonna be out in the 465 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: open more, they're gonna be cruising more. So that that's 466 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 1: my advantage when they're normally brushed up or very well hidden. 467 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna use that time of year to exploit the 468 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 1: fact that they're out. Let's say it's um late season, ELK, 469 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: this is a good one, especially very timely. Well what 470 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: are they kind of focusing on that time of years? 471 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 1: So say it's a general unit rifle tag late season elk. 472 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: What are they focused on? Post rut they're focused on 473 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: They're gonna be really tied to food sources because they've 474 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: got to bulk up. They've got to keep that winter 475 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: weight going because they're gonna be heading into winter. Food 476 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: is gonna be scarce, So they're gonna be really tied 477 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: to food sources. So what am I gonna do? Well, 478 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to pinpoint and figure out these food sources. 479 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna use those food sources, like those open grassy areas, 480 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: maybe those like timbered area life it's all timbered, maybe 481 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: a meadow or something. Maybe it's you know, maybe it's 482 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 1: all open, but I'm gonna kind of exploit the preferred 483 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: food source that grass, maybe the south facing slopes, things 484 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: like that. I'm gonna figure out what they're doing at 485 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: that time and then figure out what's the place that 486 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: I can pinpoint and kind of like figure out how 487 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: these animals are using the resources around. It's the same 488 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: if it was like an early season el kind. I've 489 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: talked about this stuff before, but you know, if it's 490 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 1: an early season elk hunt in a hot area, well, 491 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 1: they're gonna be more tied to that water. So I'm 492 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: gonna pinpoint that water, and I'm gonna observe the behavior 493 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: of what's going on that time of year and then 494 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: figure out the tactics that allow me to get close. 495 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: On this particular last time, it's like caribouo. They were running, 496 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 1: they're moving. We couldn't really catch up. Now, we could 497 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: use some flagging and decoin, which worked, but when we're 498 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: doing that, like Wendy and they're moving and it didn't 499 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: offer us really good shots this particular day, it could 500 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: have worked the very next day. You know, if we saw, hey, 501 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 1: this stag is like being really aggressive or these ones 502 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: are doing whatever, that would probably work and it would 503 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: work really well. But we saw that they would get 504 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: tired after cruising all day and fighting really hard and 505 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: go the bulls would pull off and go bed down, 506 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: maybe with one cow or no cows, and it's like 507 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: that's the time that we can exploit it, just like 508 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,679 Speaker 1: an early season meal there when they're you got the 509 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: heat of the day and they go out and feed 510 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 1: and they're out in the open, and then they pull 511 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: away and go bed for the rest of the day. 512 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: It's like that's our time to attack. So What I 513 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: like to do is I like to figure out the 514 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 1: observed behavior, pinpoint a weakness, and then make a move. 515 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: When it comes to making a move, there's my school 516 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: of thought is this. There's the watching weight, there's act fast, 517 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 1: and then there's plan ahead. So I'll kind of go 518 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: into that like watching. Wait. I can think of many 519 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: like early season meal er hunts were I was looking 520 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: for a specific buck, maybe a really big buck, a 521 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 1: really mature buck. Set up on a glassing knob, I'm 522 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: glassing the feeding sources in the morning, going okay, they're 523 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: gonna be out in the open. They don't like to 524 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: be in real thick stuff. But they also are gonna 525 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: be bedded a lot of the day. So I'm set 526 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 1: up and I'm watching. And then I watched the deer 527 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 1: and they go bed and they've got everything to their advantage. 528 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: They've got the wind coming downhill, they're bedded below the tree, 529 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 1: they're in the shade that's gonna be stay shady most 530 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 1: of the day, and they can see over the area. 531 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: Plus they've got all this dry balsam root around him, 532 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 1: which acts as just like an alarm system for sound, 533 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,360 Speaker 1: and a shale slide on one side, and I look 534 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: at that and go Not that I couldn't try stalking 535 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:46,719 Speaker 1: that dear, but the odds of me making a stock 536 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: and being successful are very low percentage. If I blow 537 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: it out, then I probably won't get another chance. So 538 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: I'm just watching and waiting. What I'm waiting for is 539 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: that dear to do something stupid. And if you wait 540 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: and watch long enough the animals that you're hunting, eventually 541 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: you'll find one that does something stupid. That's kind of 542 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: like the key to hunting. Go out, observe what they're doing, 543 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,120 Speaker 1: and then find one doing something stupid that gives you 544 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: just a slight advantage. I'm waiting for that one deer 545 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: that's like, hey, the winds a different direction now it's 546 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: blowing up hill and for him to get in the shade. 547 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: He's got a bed behind this rock, and so he 548 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: goes and beds down behind that rock. I've got good wind, 549 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: I've got an obstructed view. I can come in from 550 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: the top, and in my mind to go, that's almost 551 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,479 Speaker 1: a hundred percent chance that I'm going to get within range. Now, 552 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: a lot of things can go wrong, but when I 553 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: see that stock or that opportunity, it's like, now is 554 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 1: the time. So I watch and I wait for the 555 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: deer to make a mistake, especially if i'm hunting something 556 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 1: that's like, you know, i'm hunting one deer. I'm looking 557 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 1: for a mature animal and you know or whatever, maybe 558 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,119 Speaker 1: I'm just looking to harvest any deer. But I've got 559 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 1: a whole pilot deer over here that are doing something 560 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: that's doesn't really lend itself for me to make a 561 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 1: good stock. And I've got this one over here that 562 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: just did something stupid. We'll all go and stock that 563 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: one because it's a high percentage stock. I'm waiting for 564 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 1: those stock where I have a high likelihood of making 565 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: it happen. Now, the other make a move factor is 566 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: the act fast. It's it's still tied to that, Oh 567 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: there's something doing something stupid, or there's the you know 568 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: that maybe it's that observed behavior, it's that late season elk, right, 569 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: and it's like, well it's a general unit, it's with 570 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: a rifle, and finding illegal bowl is freaking difficult. You 571 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: might hunt seven days and you might have two spots 572 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: on illegal bowl. Well, now it's time to act fast. 573 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: You know, you maybe don't have the perfect opportunity, but 574 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: you don't have time to watch and wait. You know 575 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: if you wait, you aren't going to find another one. 576 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 1: So you gotta act now. You gotta get where they 577 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: are while they're there, and that's the act fast plan. 578 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: It's like, Okay, let's say the difficulty in it is 579 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: this the observed behavior is they don't come out of 580 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: the timber very often. They're hard to find. And I 581 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: got one feeding now, or hey, he moved out and 582 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: bedded in a burn or bedded in the open or 583 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: bedded behind something. It's like, okay, not everything is perfect, 584 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: but finding one is difficult, So I gotta act fast. 585 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 1: I gotta go and make my move and make my 586 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: plan now. Um, and then the other one. The third 587 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 1: move is the plan ahead. So you think about this, 588 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: and this is ties back to the behavior of the 589 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: animals that you're hunting and what's going on that time 590 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: of year. So if we think about, um, let's just 591 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 1: tie it tight back in with late season elk. Right, 592 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: you've got some milk and you see them out feeding 593 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: at night and you're or let's say you seem out 594 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: feeding in the morning and you go and you're I 595 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: don't know wherever you're hunting and this we do this 596 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: a lot in like eastern Nevada. Okay, we'll be set 597 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: up lasting five miles away. You got all this cover, 598 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: all these places. It's late season, snows on the ground, 599 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: and these bulls come out and they feed in this 600 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 1: one little basin and you're like, oh, there they are 601 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: five miles away, and you watch it for five more 602 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 1: minutes and they walk right into the thick mahogany juniper 603 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 1: and you're like, they aren't coming back out. We know 604 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 1: we could go in there. If we could act fast. 605 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,719 Speaker 1: We could just do our stock and probably blow them 606 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: out of the our beds. You know, the wind will 607 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: be right, everything will be wrong and you probably aren't 608 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: going to see those elk again. Or we can make 609 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 1: our move and plan ahead. So go Well, it's late season, 610 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: those elk are tied to that food source. It's a 611 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: tiny little opening. It's sea of cover. So what I'm 612 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 1: gonna do is, I'm gonna spend the day getting up 613 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: in there into position. I'm gonna get the wind right 614 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 1: for those thermals coming downhill. I'm gonna set up and 615 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna wait for those bulls to come back out 616 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 1: in the evening and that's the plan ahead, and it 617 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 1: works as well with whatever you're hunting. Maybe it's you know, dear, 618 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: let's say, dear, during the run, you've got a group 619 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: of does in this particular draw. You've seen bucks kind 620 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: of like checking it out. The does tend to be 621 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: there every day, so we're gonna instead of be glassing 622 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: that far away, we're gonna get ahead and the next 623 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 1: morning get into there within the range where we can 624 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: make a move on a like cruising buck and be 625 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: set up. We're seeing deer on this particular ridge one day, 626 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: but they're cruising, you know, So we're gonna go and 627 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: get into position and plan ahead to make our move 628 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: in adv ants were kind of like doing that chess 629 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 1: game of thinking a couple moves ahead, do it even 630 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: early season meal dere, It's like, Hey, the deer feeding 631 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: in this particular stage basin. Instead of watching them from 632 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: across the valley, I'm gonna go get in that stage 633 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 1: to that feeding area in the dark, and then as 634 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: they feed out in the morning, I can crawl and 635 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 1: try to get ahead and do an ambush stock. So 636 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: I'm using what the animals are doing in that observed behavior, 637 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: I'm thinking what are they going to do next? And 638 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 1: then I'm planning ahead making a move. So those are 639 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: the three ways that I consider making a move when 640 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 1: it comes to planning a stock. When I think about 641 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 1: hunting or whatever species I'm chasing. One of the fun 642 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 1: things that I love about Western hunting that you maybe 643 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: don't get other places is a variety of species. You know, 644 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: there's elk, meal, dear white tails, moose, sheep, goats, pronghorn like, wolves, bears, 645 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: mountain like, there's so many different species, caribou, moose, like. 646 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 1: It's just there's so many different species to hunt, and 647 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: yet you know, you gotta well, how do I be 648 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 1: successful if I if I draw? Even when you go like, hey, 649 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: I'm going on a hunt in Alaska, d I y 650 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: hunt first time? First time chasing caribou. I don't know 651 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: much about caribou, but what I can or let's say, 652 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: I'm just saying like, if you don't know much about caribou, 653 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: but you can use tactics that you've learned from other things, 654 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: observe what the animals are doing, and then employ it 655 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 1: in those weakness. If you've got moving caribou that are 656 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: like migrating through and you're like, hey, man, they seem 657 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: to be crossing this one value, or like they're cruising 658 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 1: up this valley and following the wind. Well, then the 659 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: next day you can kind of plan ahead and like 660 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: get into that position and be ready. I know I've 661 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: done that um many times. Or like chasing animals that 662 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 1: you've never hunted before and using tactics that you find 663 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: from other species, other hunts, other places, and then just 664 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 1: trying to figure out, Okay, what when this animal does something, 665 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: how can I best it? How can I get ahead 666 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: of it and really observe what they're doing, and then 667 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: try to find that weakness while I'm doing it. It's 668 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: one thing like if you're coming from somewhere else, you've 669 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: got your first del count, your first deer hunt, whatever, 670 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 1: trying to just really observe, like what's going on, what 671 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: do these animals need? Pointing that, and then focusing on 672 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,240 Speaker 1: how can I exploit that. That's how you're gonna be 673 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: consistently successful no matter what you're hunting. I really appreciate 674 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 1: I've been checking out. There's some great comments on a 675 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 1: bunch of different podcast platforms. I try to read those 676 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: and thank you guys so much for all the kind words. 677 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 1: I really appreciate a lot of people enjoy the podcast 678 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: and and I really thank you guys so much for 679 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 1: all that, especially like the ratings and and all those things. 680 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:27,959 Speaker 1: Some new there's some new comments and stuff like that. 681 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 1: So if you feel so inclined and want to drop 682 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: a comment or rating, I always appreciate it. Uh, this 683 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: the I like talking about some of the things that 684 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: have just happened recently. I've actually got um I know 685 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 1: you like hear a hunting story and it's fun to 686 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: see it as well. So last this week I posted 687 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: a video that we just edited of that caribou hunt. 688 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 1: So you want to go check that out. That's on 689 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 1: my Remy Warren YouTube page. Should be able to search 690 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 1: that find that. If you don't subscribe already, it's a 691 00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: you know, please do. I appreciate that too. UM. I 692 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 1: feel free to drop a comment or wherever it came 693 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 1: from the podcast or whatever. You know, it's always fun 694 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 1: to see where like where people come from and whatever. 695 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 1: And as always, you can reach out to me via 696 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:13,399 Speaker 1: social media generally Instagram is the best. At Remy Warren. UM. 697 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: I know there's always like all these platforms, I'm like, 698 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,440 Speaker 1: go here, go that, check this out. But it's always 699 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 1: fun to be able to kind of see something that 700 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:20,759 Speaker 1: I talked about. You can kind of visualize it in 701 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: your head, and then it's it's cool to see how 702 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: it plays out. And I know, like when you edit 703 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 1: a video, you can't see all the details of like 704 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: what's going on, what I'm thinking, and when I'm telling 705 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,200 Speaker 1: the story, you can't actually see it all. So it's 706 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:34,360 Speaker 1: kind of fun to just see it all together combined. 707 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,240 Speaker 1: So if you get time and want to do that, 708 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 1: that's awesome. Um yeah, and oh, speaking of videos I 709 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:44,240 Speaker 1: was doing, I was selected got to select some finalists 710 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: for the Western Hunter Film Fest. There's uh, you can 711 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:48,879 Speaker 1: go in there and check it out if you guys 712 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 1: are looking for some I don't know. I always like 713 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: to point people in the direction of some fun stuff 714 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,799 Speaker 1: to check out. I love watching hunting videos. I mean, 715 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: you know, I started doing solo hunter. I've like, I 716 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 1: love filming my own hunts. I love watching people's on 717 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: So it's really fun to be for me to be 718 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,279 Speaker 1: a part of that process. Helps select some people you've 719 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 1: got like amateur shorts, amateur longs, pro shorts, prolongs. Uh. 720 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,759 Speaker 1: So that's something else. If you're just like looking for 721 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,919 Speaker 1: some cool stuff to check out Western Hunter Film Infest, 722 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 1: you could probably just Google search it and find it 723 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,040 Speaker 1: that way. I think there's a little bit of a 724 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,120 Speaker 1: voting period where you can kind of vote on the 725 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:24,839 Speaker 1: ones that you like. I think it's kind of fun 726 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: those guys we'll get some pretty sweet prize packages and 727 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 1: stuff like that. So that's always fun for me to 728 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:32,680 Speaker 1: be a part of and see guys getting into it 729 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 1: and filming their hunts and there's some incredible stuff out there, 730 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: so I appreciate you guys sharing all that stuff with me. Also, man, 731 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000 Speaker 1: I've gotten so many the October and some of the 732 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,920 Speaker 1: Dear Tactics stuff really helped a lot of people be 733 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,640 Speaker 1: successful in Mule Deer. A couple of guys already using 734 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 1: those white tail rattle tactics, like guys that are I'm 735 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 1: not even selling like guys in the West, guys that 736 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: are like and I had this area. It was like 737 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,719 Speaker 1: kind of public land win in there. Um, you know, 738 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 1: I got sick of sitting. I did this like alling 739 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 1: sequence and I got a picture last night great buck 740 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 1: at guy took just you know, finding the deer that 741 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,399 Speaker 1: wanted to play, you know, honing in on one one 742 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 1: little tactic and making it work for yourself. So that's 743 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,839 Speaker 1: that to me, gets me pretty stoked, pretty fired up. 744 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,239 Speaker 1: So I appreciate you all. Thank you guys. Until next week, 745 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 1: plan those stocks and exploit the weakness. Catch you guys later.