1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: Oh hey, everybody, welcome to episode of fourteen of the 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: Quarantine Cast. We're getting up there in number fourteen Phil 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: fourteen whole Quarantine Casts. How you feeling I'm feeling. I'm 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: feeling good. I'm I just um stop telling you earlier 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: I just ate a bag of my kid's fruit snacks 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: and drank a bunch of coffee, and I was having 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: trouble putting thoughts together. But I think I'm finally coming 8 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: back down. Now. We're gonna give you another chance to 9 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: do with Phil. Don't worry, I'm having similar issues. Man, 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: it feels like groundhog Day. Maybe it is groundhog Day. 11 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: There's no way to know, um, but a good show 12 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: coming up for you. I talked to Michael Hunt Sucker, 13 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: who was one of the guys behind Heartland bow Hunter, 14 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: in my opinion, one of the best outdoor TV shows 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: that's out there to still today. He's been doing it 16 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: for thirteen years. Uh. He went to Nebraska actually right 17 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: before they dropped the hammer on um non residents going there. 18 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: He traveled there from Missouri, had an interesting sperience. So 19 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: we got to talk about his hunt where he killed 20 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: three gobblers and one sit and then also what it's 21 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: like to venture at cool hunting in a different state 22 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: during the quarantine. So it's he's had a lot of 23 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: cool insights and that's what we're talking about today on 24 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: the show. We've got one more just remember now, Phil, 25 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: we got one more quarantine castle yet to go, and 26 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: that's tomorrow. Um, it'll be a sad day, but we'll 27 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: see you Tuesday. That's that's not gonna it's not gonna 28 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: feel that much different, right, No, it's not gonna feel 29 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: any different. You're still here every week. We're still in 30 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: our respective bedrooms, and um, it'll just be slightly less often. 31 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: That's true. That's true. So it give us a chance 32 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: we better. I feel. It's just the pressure to be 33 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: that much better once a week than we were five 34 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: times a week. So I feel the pressure. That's I'll 35 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: be honest, uh, and we'll do our best for you. 36 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: Don't worry. We'll be back here on Tuesday and better 37 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: than ever. I say. Um, a lot of things going on. 38 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: We talked about yesterday that there were a lot of 39 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: there's some closures, some cancellations of certain hunting seasons. A 40 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: lot going on. You can and go to the meetor 41 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: dot com now today you can do it. Go there. 42 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: At the top of our homepage is a little link 43 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: that says, uh the COVID nineteen hunting and fishing regulation changes. 44 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: You can click on that you would get all the 45 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: updates that are there. We talked yesterday about UM, what 46 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: Washington State is doing, what Nebraska is doing, what some 47 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: other states are going to do. UM. So we'll check 48 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: in on that as we go. But here's an interesting 49 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 1: one from Denise. I want to say her her last 50 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,839 Speaker 1: name is Uber Sacks, will go with that. She's from Switzerland. 51 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: She said, I heard you in your podcast that you 52 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: were concerned with the closing of outdoor spaces, in particular 53 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: hunting permissions. I know nothing about hunting, but we a 54 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: family of four, were current are currently traveling through the States. 55 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: We are from Switzerland and at the moment we are 56 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: stranded in the Arizona State Park. Arizona is one of 57 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: the few states where the state parks are still open, 58 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: and we're happy about that. This way we have a 59 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: safe place to be out in nature where we can 60 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: let the boys on around and still practice social distancing. 61 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: Lovely greetings, Denise. Uh, that's a pretty crazy email, Denise, 62 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: I I hadn't thought of that particular predicament. Um, but 63 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: hopefully you and your kids are okay, and I'm glad 64 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: Arizona is keeping the state parks open so you guys 65 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: have a place to enjoy the out of the out 66 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: of doors and uh, social distance at the same time. 67 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: So that's that's something that I hadn't thought of. Phil, 68 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: That's I'm pretty surprised that. And also, you know, Denise, 69 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: you've right in and tell me how you got to 70 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: be listening to our podcast without being a hunter. Maybe 71 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: it's the great Philled the engineer who's also a non 72 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: hunter that you're relating with. I'm not sure, but we're 73 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: happy to have you along. Either way, Uh, either are 74 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: definitely worse places to be stranded. That's that's true. That's true. 75 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: It's probably nice that time, at this time of you're 76 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: in Arizona, probably very temperate, very very nice. Um. The 77 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: other thing Phil, that we've been getting a lot of 78 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: is concern. A couple of people actually listen to the 79 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: post credit sequence and yesterday's show and they were a 80 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: little will be concerned that you're a gamer. Um, Oh, 81 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: that's okay, because I'm I'm also concerned so yeah, it's them. 82 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: It's a bit of a controversy brewin in THC Nation. 83 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start calling it TC Nation. I know that's 84 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: real douchy, but I gotta call it something. Everybody, Okay, 85 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 1: we're gonna brainstorm. We're gonna know, we're gonna brainstorm a 86 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: new name to call, uh, to call the nation. Please 87 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: write in with your ideas, but yeah, please, God, it's 88 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: gotta be better than t C Nation. But we got 89 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys that wrote in. Uh, you know, 90 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: Jeff von Holtem wrote in said I would really rather 91 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: that Phil was parentheses insert almost anything instead of a gamer. 92 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: Gaming is significantly worse than COVID nineteen. Oh that's that's 93 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: that's just not true. That's insensitive, Jeff. My lord, listen, 94 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: when when when you have a when you have a 95 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,919 Speaker 1: full time job and two children, it's impossible to be 96 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: uh what a lot of people will consider a gamer. 97 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: I'm just a I'm a grown a who maybe play 98 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: after the kids go to bed. He plays an hour 99 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: or two a video games like siky Bars, has a 100 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: dog named Mango. I mean, it's fine, everything's fine. Uh, 101 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: He's Phils holding up a tiki bar sign that he 102 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 1: has in his little room there that he's been doing 103 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: the podcast from. So yeah, I mean, it's it's it's 104 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: that's just you're repealing back the layers that is filled 105 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: the engineering. This is just another one that we've learned. 106 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 1: So everybody just just keep calm. It's gonna be fine. 107 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: There's anyone out there playing Animal Crossing New Horizons. I'd 108 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 1: love for you to come visit my island. I'd love 109 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: to visit. Hell are you talking about we can trade fruit? Listen? Ben? 110 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: Is that some kind of euphemism right in? Is that 111 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: some kind of weird keys in the bowl euphemism? Come 112 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: to my where's my animal crossing? High? That right into 113 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: th HC at the Meat eater dot Com? Tell me 114 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: what fruit you have on your island? And oh my god? Okay, 115 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: and who who's moved in this is So anyway, hopefully 116 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: it's pretty soon we're gonna get to Michael hunt Sucker 117 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: in our interview with him, he's pretty gray. But before 118 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: we do, I know, I did ask um. I want 119 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 1: this last couple episodes really to be as much about 120 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: you the listeners anything else, because I know, you know, 121 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: just like Denise a lot of people are going through 122 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: a lot of different things. Phil's going through a real 123 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: hard time with his island and his fruit. Who they 124 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,359 Speaker 1: all knows what's going on over there, but but some 125 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: of you were going through actual hard times. Jeff all 126 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: broke right in and just said, uh, to help you 127 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: out here, here's a nice bridge. He said. I'm a 128 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: video game developer, and maybe Jeff was shout out to you, 129 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: maybe you can develop a t HD video game. Uh, 130 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: I would love to see it. Uh. He's living in 131 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: the Seattle area, which was kind of the which is 132 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: basically the hot the first hotbed hotspot of COVID nineteen. 133 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: And he's been been home since basically March one. He's 134 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: been sleeping in, catching up on work, getting a lot 135 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 1: of coffee, showering, which he basically up and showering. That's good. 136 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: That's good, Jeff um getting dressed up like a grown up. 137 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 1: That's good also. And he tries to meet each day 138 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: with a fresh attitude, which is which is great. He's 139 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: got a couple of kids of his own, but he said, um, 140 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: they had a newborn entered the household. They're not the 141 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: biological parents of this newborn, but they got notified two 142 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: days before they were gonna gonna take in this newborn 143 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: during lockdown, you know, during COVID nineteen quarantine. So I 144 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: just wanted a shout out to to Jeff and he 145 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: ends his email with give PHILM my love, Jeff, So thanks, Jeff. 146 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: I just want to say that that is heroic and 147 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: I'm thinking thinking about you and a lot of the 148 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: other people who are doing doing a lot during this time, 149 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: UM service workers, people who are just you know, out 150 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: there helping out where they can. UM. Yeah, I really 151 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Yep. And we're gonna try to have a 152 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: couple of guys on the show here, if not tomorrow, 153 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: you know, when we return on Tuesday, a couple of 154 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: listeners on the show that are out there, you know, 155 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: and not that they're on the front lines. Were not 156 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: a new We're not trying to get people that are 157 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: gonna cry about about being in emergency rooms, and we're 158 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: not trying to drapatize the situation. We just know that 159 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people that listen and we'd love 160 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: for you to have their perspectives. So keep righting into 161 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: THHC at the media dot Com. Let us know about 162 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: those things. Let us know how you're feeling, and we'll 163 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: continue to relay those on the show. We know this 164 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: is still no matter how many times a week we 165 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: do a podcast, we still care about all of you, 166 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: UM and we want to tell your stories here at 167 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: th HC. Now enjoy Michael hans Sucker his three turkey 168 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: Nebraska trip during the quarantine. Mike han Sucker, what's up man? 169 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 1: Hey man? How's it going. Oh? It's like I said, 170 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: it's kind of like groundhog Day but not too bad 171 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 1: over here? Man, how's it going? And? Uh, you're you're 172 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: back at home. I know we're gonna talk a little 173 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: bit about your trip to nebras Aska, but you're back 174 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: at home now. Yep, yep, back here in Missouri. And 175 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: uh yeah, I just got back last night. No good deal. Um. I. 176 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: Before we go any further, I got to congratulate you 177 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: on the Chief super Bowl win. Oh my gosh, yes, 178 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 1: thank you. I was just out messing around, mowing a 179 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: little bit and actually just still have like all the 180 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 1: remnants of um are huge fireworks display that we lived off. 181 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: After that, we had a big party and like we 182 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: just my buddy bought like hundreds and hundreds of dollars 183 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: with the fireworks, and we just blew up everything we 184 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: could after the after the victory, and there's still remnants 185 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: of it, you know, throughout the throughout the yards. So 186 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: I would expect I would expect nothing less a little 187 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: bit America. It was a cool, man, it was. It 188 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: was pretty sweet and also time coming. Congrats on Tom 189 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: Brady going to the to the Bucks having a good 190 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: football year, man exactly. Yeah, somebody glad he didn't come 191 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: over into our conference though there were some talks of that. 192 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: So yeah, that's that's talking sports. That's that's probably all 193 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: you'll hear of us talking sports on this show. But 194 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: it couldn't let that go because of all the positive 195 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: things we're looking for. That's definitely one for you. Um 196 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: what's uh, what's quarantine life looking like for you and 197 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: the family over there? You you you guys batting it 198 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: down the hatches or or yeah, I mean yeah, we've yeah, 199 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: we've been laying low over the past few weeks. I 200 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 1: haven't really changed a lot of of um, you know, 201 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: my day to day stuff necessarily. I mean we um obviously, 202 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: we traveled a lot during the hunting season. We're bouncing 203 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: around everywhere. But in the off season, Um, you know, 204 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: we're kind of busy in the production side right now, 205 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: and uh so we're cranking, you know, cranking out episodes. 206 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: We're busy editing new and that type of stuff. And then, um, 207 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: you know, my wife works from home or has been 208 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: able to stay at home with the kids, and and 209 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: so she's been able to kind of hold down the forth. There. 210 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: So not a lot, not a lot's changed. Um, you know, 211 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: we walk out the back door and go go hike 212 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: and go shed hunting. We we there's plenty we can 213 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: do to keep busy and not you know, and not 214 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: be uh impeding on the social distancing. I've asked everybody this, 215 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: Like I said, we're in like fourteen or fifteen I'm 216 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: losing track of how many daily podcasts we've done, But 217 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: I've asked everybody this, Um like, what's the what's your 218 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: mindset going into all this? I mean, obviously, like you said, 219 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: there's not a whole lot drastically that's changing for you, 220 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: but it's definitely you know, there's some definitely existential differences. 221 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: I'm sure you've got you've got a mindset way you 222 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: approach this whole thing. Yeah, I mean, oh yeah, everybody's 223 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: gonna be affected by, you know, by it and in 224 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: some shape or way, and UM, you know, I I don't. 225 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: I don't follow it really closely as far as you 226 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: know the media and how you know, what cases are 227 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: popping up with anywhere. I haven't. I just don't. I mean, 228 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: there's really nothing that I can do to change any 229 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: of it. And that's kind of my mindset on it, 230 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: Like don't worry about the things that you can't control. 231 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: That was like literally my high school football coach told me, 232 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: you know, that's one of the things that he like 233 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: ingrained in all of our heads like growing up, and 234 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: it's been like it's one of those deals like, you know, 235 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 1: don't worry about the things you can't control. You know, 236 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: don't don't waste your waste, your time and energy and 237 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: effort on things that you know you can't do anything about. 238 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,719 Speaker 1: So I'm just trying to obviously focus on continue doing 239 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: what we're doing, running our business and um, you know, 240 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: doing everything the best we can because um, like I said, 241 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: this is gonna have you know, effects across the board, 242 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: and the longer it drags on, the worst those effects 243 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: are going to be on the economy and everything else. 244 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 1: But um, you know, if if everybody just continues to 245 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: do the best they can, um, worry about the things 246 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: they can control, you know, continue to work, continue to 247 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: you know, not not living fear, um, then I think 248 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: you know, we're all gonna end up better often the 249 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: long run. Yeah, man, I love that message. Yeah, it's 250 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: easy to slide back into some of those feelings, and 251 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: you know, I definitely, you know, I think everybody we've 252 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: talked to was kind of said, hey, you know, you know, 253 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: in my weaker moments, sometimes I go there, but we 254 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: just you know, in our house, we just resolved not 255 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: to go there, Like, yeah, we're just gonna do the 256 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: best we can. You know. Yeah, we can't have a 257 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: bunch of people over for an Easter a hunt, but 258 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: you know we can still have an Easter a hunt, 259 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: right exactly. This is the worst thing in the world, 260 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: regardless of that. Um. So you guys are editing what 261 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: what season of of Heartland bow Hunter are you guys 262 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: on now? Man? So we're yeah, we're are. We're gonna 263 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: be releasing our season coming out this fall. So um 264 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: pretty wild. Yeah, we grizzled veteran man, that's right. Yeah, yeah, 265 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: I was a's a young puff and we got started 266 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: out Sean and I were like twenty twenty years old, 267 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: twenty one years old. So it's uh, pretty pretty crazy. 268 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: It's been a pretty pretty wild riding. It's been been 269 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: a lot of fun and um, obviously you know, things 270 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: have changed a lot with um, you know, just media 271 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: in general, and and um, you know, we're producing you know, 272 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: we do the TV show and that's kind of where 273 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: we put a lot of our focus into, but we 274 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: also are producing, um, you know, a bunch of digital 275 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: content as well. Um, and you know, cranking out all 276 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: sorts of stuff. So never never a dull moment, moment 277 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: in the off season. That's my favorite thing, talking to 278 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: people like oh like yeah, man, you hunt for a living. 279 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: That's so awesome. And yes, I do, you know, get 280 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: to hunt a lot. I do. I'm afforded that opportunity 281 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: to hunt a lot. But uh yeah it's a business too, 282 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: so as you well know, hell yeah, man, you gotta grind. Yeah, 283 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: season just makes it crazier. Um, that's true. You know. 284 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: What's like I didn't even think about talking about this, 285 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: but you can't avoid like what or what have you 286 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: seen over over those thirteen years, and you're coming into 287 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: it as a young kid. You know, that's extremely young. 288 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: That's about when I got into it when I was 289 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: twenty one or so. Um, not in the TV, but 290 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: just in general outdoor media. Like, what have you seen 291 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: tracking over those three team years? That's that's maybe surprised 292 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: you're just something that you you always were thinking about. UM, 293 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, it's it's been interesting to see the 294 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: industry you know, evolve over all those years. When we 295 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: got started, initially, UM are kind of mindset a our 296 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: our approach was to really focus on telling a story 297 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: and um, you know, showing more than just the kill 298 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: because at the time it was all about, you know, 299 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: just the kill. And UM. It's it's been pretty amazing 300 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: to see, you know, in the past ten years or so, 301 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: how much that trans has transformed UM and how much 302 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: you know, more content creators are focusing on you know, 303 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: the story and behind the hunt and and so much 304 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: that goes into and it's really I think shed a 305 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: lot of positive light on the industry. UM and you know, 306 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: has opened hunting up to people, you know, has intrigued 307 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: them that people that have never hunted before, or maybe 308 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: never would have hunted UM. And so yeah, it's been 309 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: interesting to see you know that that transition throughout throughout 310 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: the industry. UM. There's also been you know, UM from 311 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: a from a business standpoint, there's been a lot of 312 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: a lot of consolidation going on a lot with companies 313 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: and stuff, and that's been pretty pretty interesting for us 314 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: to UM try to evolve and and try to be 315 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: a part of because UM that's one thing too that 316 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: when we I started out obviously UM to do what 317 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: we do, it takes people sponsors and and and you 318 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: know people that are are helping you know, fund the business. UM. 319 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: But when I when we first started out, I mean 320 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: everybody was all about the hard sell and the pushing 321 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: the product. And I couldn't have killed this dear without 322 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: my bow tech bow and and uh and that type 323 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: of stuff. And that was our you know when we 324 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: started out with we wanted to take the opposite approach, 325 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: like the soft sell approach. And UM that's something that's 326 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: you know, changed changed a lot, and and I feel 327 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: like it's more obviously it's more well received when it 328 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: doesn't feel like an infomercial or commercial, you know, cramming 329 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: things down down people's throat and so UM, we really 330 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: valued like the you know, the partnerships that we've that 331 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: we've you know, created and been a part of. And um, 332 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: a lot of our partners have been long term partners, 333 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: have become friends and so UM it's it's been awesome 334 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: to build those relationships and that's that's what's fun for 335 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: me on that side of things. I'm a I'm a 336 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: relationship person and I really enjoy that whole side of 337 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: the business. So UM it's been cool too. It's been 338 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: cool to see a lot of that evolve, and um, 339 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: you know, unfortunately some of the consolidation is kind of 340 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: made little things a little more tricky on that side 341 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: of things. But but still there's so many genuine people 342 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: in the industry and so many, so many cool people 343 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: that we get a chance to work with. You have 344 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: to find out early on when I was at YETI 345 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: and we were I was coming to visit you guys 346 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: that you you guys do a um a premier every 347 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: year there in Kansas City. I think it is, right, Yeah, UM, 348 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: and I came and You're like, hey, let's go play golf, 349 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: and you got to see how I don't think I 350 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 1: even swung a golf club, but I didn't want to 351 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: embarrass myself, so I just drove a car around drag 352 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: beer while you guys play the marshal. It was good. 353 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,360 Speaker 1: Somebody somebody has to be watching you guys, don't even 354 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: the fouls. But you guys have done this a ton. 355 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: You You've kind of helped um other folks, you know, 356 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 1: realize their dream because you, like you said in the beginning, 357 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 1: when I was coming up and you were coming up, 358 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: it was kind of like magazines and TV that's it. 359 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: And those are the ways you break in if you 360 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,640 Speaker 1: kind of don't know how to get into those those things. Um, 361 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: there's really no democracy of of opportunity, and now there is, 362 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 1: there is that, but there's still you know, the barrious 363 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: to entry for for making an out or TV show, 364 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: which still most people I've talked to that's kind of 365 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: the the tippy top of of the you know, of 366 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: the world. So you know, what are your general tips 367 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: and and as of like today, how somebody can jump 368 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 1: into something like what you guys do. Yeah, we I 369 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 1: mean we get you know, questions all the time about that. 370 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:31,719 Speaker 1: You know, how I get involved, how I get started? 371 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: And um, we were fortunate to have a unique concept 372 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,479 Speaker 1: and and something different as we're you know, a lot 373 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: of the people that are in the industry that is successful, 374 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 1: I mean they kind of have their own you know, 375 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: space and their own niche, so to speak. And so UM, 376 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 1: that's what I always tell people, is, you know, is 377 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 1: find something different, um, that you can do or that 378 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 1: you can bring to the industry. Um, in order to 379 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 1: kind of separate yourselves and and and distinguish yourself from 380 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 1: other people. And um, you know, now more than ever, 381 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: like you said, the barriers to entry are way lower 382 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: than they ever have been before with with social media 383 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: and you know, everybody having a platform for their voice 384 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: and a platform for their their product. Whatever they want 385 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: to put out there, you can put it out there 386 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 1: and if people like it, they're gonna follow, They're gonna like, 387 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna share, and and um you know that's gonna 388 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: that's gonna grow and so um. You know I tell people, 389 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: you know all the time too, is you gotta be 390 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: in it for the right reasons. Um. You know, when 391 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 1: we started, Sean and I literally were in high school 392 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: just filming hunts for fun and I bought a camera, 393 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: you know, when I was like junior high just to 394 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,360 Speaker 1: film stuff like me and my buddy is doing dumb 395 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: stuff around his farm, like just being you know, just 396 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: doing crazy stuff, and like we were you know, we 397 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: filmed it because it was fun to be able to 398 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: relive some of those memories to share with people, and 399 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: like that's kind of what like got us hooked on 400 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: the filming hunts side of things when I'll never forget 401 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: Shan and I filmed our you know, first hunt successfully 402 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: and it was like so cool to be able to 403 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: bring that back to our dad's and be like, dude, loo, 404 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: look at this is how the hunt went down, Like 405 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 1: check it out. Um, it was super rewarding. And as 406 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,640 Speaker 1: we got more serious about it, like the production side 407 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: of things, like you know, we started putting in a 408 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 1: lot more effort into what we were producing. But the 409 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: you know, final product was much higher quality and was 410 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 1: much more rewarding you know, to to see or have 411 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: um and be able to share. So you kind of 412 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: get in when you put it, you know, you get 413 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 1: you get out what you put in, and um, you 414 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: gotta be in it for the right reasons, that's for sure, 415 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 1: because it is a lot of work. It's definitely you 416 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:27,959 Speaker 1: know it's it's a lot of fun, but it's it's 417 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: a lot of work. And if you're not in it 418 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: for the right reasons and you know, it just it 419 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: isn't worth it. Yeah, you know, our our buddy Cameron Haynes, 420 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: what do you say, must be nice? I'm like, yeah, 421 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: I mean I saw your fault. I'm like, ship, that 422 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: must be nice. You had, you had a hell of 423 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: a fall, man. Um. Every time I turned around, you 424 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: were you were killing some other big bucker something around 425 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: the country. Um, give us a rundown of like, I 426 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: can't even I think you killed big elk, big meals here, 427 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: a big white tail. I can't remember if you killed 428 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: all the ten big games species. And but you were 429 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 1: out there and yeah, no, man, I had I had 430 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 1: the best fall in my life. And um, that's something 431 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: to be said for, you know, being a um doing 432 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: this for such a long time, like I have, you know, 433 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: I've I've get the opportunity hunt a lot of cool places, 434 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 1: and we hunt a lot, and we hunt hard and 435 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 1: so um. You know, it just so happens that a 436 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 1: lot of things kind of fell into place this fall, 437 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: and um, and it's it's funny looking back you know, 438 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 1: because like everybody's like, oh my gosh, like oh you 439 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: you know, you're you're so lucky, you did you know, 440 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: you have to do great fall or whatever. But I 441 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: think back to like a lot of the hunts, and 442 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: like a lot of the hunts were hunts that literally 443 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: like one decision wrong, you know, it could have cost you, 444 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: it could have cost me everything. Like things just like 445 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: I said, they just fell into place at the right time. 446 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: And I can't think of a single one that was 447 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: like a layup like you know, like a big buck 448 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 1: feed in a food plot of thirty yards, like I 449 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: have all day to take time or drawback, relaxed. Like 450 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: it was just one of those deals that were like 451 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 1: it was. They were all like fast and furious and 452 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: quick and um, you know, a lot of quick decision making. 453 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: But yeah, man, it was. It was cool. I kicked 454 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: off things, um with with Cole Kramer up in Alaska, um, 455 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: which I think you said, you guys did, did a 456 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: podcast with him recently, telling Kodiak stores with him a 457 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. Yeah, yeah, sweet. So yeah, A 458 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: lot of people know that Cole. Cole and I kind 459 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 1: of grew up together, went to high school together and uh, 460 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 1: he's one of my brother's best friends growing up, and 461 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: so we've done some pretty cool hunts over the years. 462 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,360 Speaker 1: And uh, this year I did the Mound Go hunt 463 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 1: with him on Kodiak and I had never done a 464 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: mount good hunts. It was cool experience for for me 465 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: to experience that firsthand. And um, you know, it's one 466 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 1: of those kind of physically grueling hunts that uh, you 467 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: kind of walk you you you you pushed through it. 468 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: It's it's just it sucks at the moment a lot 469 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 1: a lot of sucky times, and but you walk away, 470 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: you can kind of leaving, you leave, you know, walk away, 471 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 1: and you feel you know good about it, and you 472 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 1: feel like, you know, you push yourself hard and you 473 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: able to accomplish something. And there's there's something about those hunts. 474 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: You know all about it. I know you, I know 475 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: you guys, Uh had the struggle on that that December 476 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: you went blacktail hunting with. Yeah, that's the story we told. 477 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 1: I think it's a podcast number five, the Quarantine Cast. 478 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: Yeah it is. Um Cole has a unique way of 479 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: creating the suck like he just uh and plus you 480 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: know those and I know I've never done the goat 481 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 1: hunt up there. But I just know from talking to 482 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 1: Cole and being stuck intense with coal for many nights 483 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: that like those those goats tend to, especially when they're shot, 484 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: uh with bow and arrow, they tend to just run 485 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 1: into some hell holes and just bury themselves into the 486 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: worst possible place. And it's usually gonna get dark on 487 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: in your next thing. You know, you're busting brush and 488 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: bear country with a goat on your back, if you're 489 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 1: lucky enough at least do you guys have that this year? 490 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: He's a rough pack. We did. Yeah, mine, uh my goat, 491 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: Um actually was was not too terrible, like it was 492 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: kind of I was. I made a made a pretty 493 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: good shot on him and he and he um I 494 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: was still. Man, I'm just blown away by how tough 495 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: they are. Um, you know, I was. I know that. 496 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 1: You know, sheep kind of get a wrap for being 497 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 1: kind of weak willed and kind of like care who 498 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: you know, kind of weak willed like they don't they 499 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: don't like just drive drive drive to survive like like 500 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: the a lot of animals do. But man, the goats, 501 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: I mean, they were tough, tough, but yeah, mine wasn't terrible. Um, 502 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: you know, we corded it outpacked it out, and we 503 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: had a lot of We had a lot of guys, 504 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: you know. We had there was Shawn and I two 505 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 1: camera guys, Um Cole, and then his cousin Will that 506 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 1: was a assistant guide. And then his other cousin Doug 507 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: was back, and so we had a good group of guys. Um, 508 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: So it wasn't terrible. But Shaan, Sean actually hit his 509 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: in the shoulder um with with his bow and he 510 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: ran off and we happened to like relocate him and 511 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 1: he went down into some alders and was like just 512 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: buried in there, and um, fortunately, I mean there was 513 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: zero percent chance that we would have been able to 514 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: go down there and get another shot with the bow. 515 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: That's a thick disaster and nasty mess. And he happened 516 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: to like lay down and then only open clearing in 517 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: these whole alders, and Sean was able to follow up 518 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: with the with the rifle and shoot him at like 519 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: two hundred thirty yards or something like that. And um, 520 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,400 Speaker 1: you know, from up on the mountain, it didn't look 521 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: like it was too terrible, but like as we like 522 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: crept down there and we like start getting into the 523 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: Alder's like, oh my, and it took us, like, you know, 524 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 1: three hours to find him because we kept going the 525 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: wrong way and could couldn't find out where he was. 526 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: And it was that was a brutal one. That pack 527 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: out was a brutal one. Yeah, there's nothing. It doesn't 528 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: seem like you know, I gave Coal a compliment, but 529 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: like you're a great leader, but the boy, you've led 530 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 1: me into some ship holes like I can only image. Yeah, 531 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 1: you almost. It's one of those deals you just on 532 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: those mountain hunts, like that's just part of it. Like 533 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: you know, some are some some are easier than others. 534 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: But you've gotta be willing to, you know, willing to 535 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: to overcome situations like that if you want to do 536 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: those kind of hunts and push yourself to the limits 537 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: on those things, because um, you can get into a 538 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,239 Speaker 1: lot of a lot of crazy stuff for sure. Yeah, man, 539 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: and I think we have to, you know, at this point, say, 540 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 1: there's no better feeling, you know, than than getting to 541 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: the terminus of your hunt after you've done something that hard, 542 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: like they just you just feel so much, so much better. 543 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: Is if you climbed up a tree and the first 544 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: day of the season and deer walk center and you 545 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: shoot it. Yeah, that's all fine and good. You take 546 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: you take what you can get, which you well know. 547 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: But man, there's no better feeling than than roughing it 548 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: out like that. And Cody Acoholic seems to provide that environment. Yeah. Man, 549 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: that's what I kind of enjoy most about, like hunting Western, 550 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: hunting hung out West, like like the opportunity or the 551 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: ability to make things happen as opposed to you know, 552 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 1: in the Midwest hunting white tails, Like you can't just 553 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 1: get out of your stand and go hike around, like 554 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: push yourself like I'm gonna hunt super hard and walk 555 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: all over this place and kill a big deer. You know. 556 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 1: It's just like, um, one of the dealers. It's more 557 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: of a uh, it's more of you know, set up weight, 558 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: kind of play your cards right and hope that things 559 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: work out your way. Yeah. Well, you gotta get to 560 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: your recent turkey hunt because I don't want to talk 561 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,239 Speaker 1: to you for a bunch of reasons, but the main 562 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: reason was we were just reading and reporting on that 563 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: Nebraska game and fish had closed all the nonresident turkey 564 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: tags had shut them down. Um, and who knows if 565 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: they'll keep the residence season open. But at the same 566 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: time I checked her, I was looking at your instant 567 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:14,640 Speaker 1: story and there you were in in Nebraska smoking three 568 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 1: times and once it. So I was like, man, that's 569 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: of of for a bunch of reason. One because you 570 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: got in there, um, prior to all this happening, and 571 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 1: then to just just somebody's out there turkey hunting because 572 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: we're up here in Montana and a lot of our 573 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: listeners are stuck inside and can't go out, and um, 574 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: I know you youth season is closed in Washington. Um, 575 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: a bunch of other things are happening. So we just 576 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,959 Speaker 1: need we just were desperate. We need you to tell 577 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: us a turkey story man, one that didn't happen years ago. Yeah, no, 578 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 1: we were. We were fortunate to uh you know, have 579 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: have bought our tags already before. I kind of had 580 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: heard that that was maybe coming down the pipe, and so, um, 581 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:57,199 Speaker 1: I bought my tax prior to that this past heading up, 582 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,120 Speaker 1: this past weekend, and um, yeah, so we were lucky 583 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 1: to get in on that. And yeah, it's kind of crazy. 584 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,239 Speaker 1: I mean they they I only bought two of my three. 585 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 1: You can buy three tags. So I bought I had 586 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: bought in two bought two and if you if you 587 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: bought your tag, you can still um, you know, you 588 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 1: can still hunt, or if you choose not to hunt, 589 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 1: you can get a refund. But um, that's kind of 590 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 1: how they're handled it as far as I understand. But um, yeah, man, 591 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: we we we hunt in Nebraska almost every year and 592 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 1: we headed up. Um you know, it opens they of March, 593 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 1: so it's kind of an early opener. And so is 594 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: that archery only Yep, it's an archery only yep. So 595 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: uh yeah, it opens nice and early and and there's 596 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: a lot of opportunities in Nebraska, and so we we 597 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: have I have some property that I've been hunting for 598 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: years that's just you know, not too far across the border. 599 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: And then um, so we actually had it up there, 600 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: and we we go and we camp out and um 601 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: kind of do do the turkey hunt thing. And it's 602 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: usually a lot of fun. There's a lot of birds, 603 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: and um, for whatever reason, this year there was just 604 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: a lot of people, a lot of hunters up there. 605 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: I guess I'm assuming with all the quarantine going on, 606 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: Like because we hunt, we hunt the you know, we 607 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: hunt private, and we hunt public both and hunt some 608 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: walking stuff. And every walk in piece we went by, 609 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: I had somebody there. Um there was you know, guys 610 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 1: hunting border properties of of our private stuff. Um, there 611 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: was just a lot of a lot of people there. 612 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: And so man, we were like, shoot, like we just 613 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: didn't feel like our odds were that great. And so 614 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: um a buddy of mine, uh that that runs a 615 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 1: outfitting business and he kind of the outfits in Nebraska 616 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: and Kansas mainly. Um, we deer hunt with them quite 617 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: a bit. And he was like, man, you're welcome to 618 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 1: come out and hunt here. And he's like, I don't 619 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: you know, I don't have many clients coming in right 620 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: now because of everything going on, a lot of his 621 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,719 Speaker 1: guys fly in or whatever, and so um we uh 622 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: we packed up ahead of four hours west and it 623 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: was it was a pretty uh good good thing we 624 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: made the decision. It was pretty pretty awesome. We got 625 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: there and he had had an idea of where these 626 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 1: birds are roost and but wasn't you know exactly you know, 627 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: exactly sure. So we kind of looked at the looked 628 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: at the map and look look at the uh the 629 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: on X and the topographical lay of the land, and 630 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 1: we are like, all right, I think this is where 631 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: we want to be and uh, it doesn't matter how 632 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: much of that stuff you do though, Like literally, if 633 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: you've ever gone and hunting a new property, you've never 634 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: hunted before for the first time, and like walking in 635 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: in the pitch black, it's like, okay, what are we 636 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: gonna be getting into here? So um yeah, So we 637 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: got that first morning, we like you know, left the truck. 638 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: We decided, okay, we're gonna hunt the west side of 639 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: the creek. We think they'll will be on that side, 640 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: and we're hiking in. We get a couple hundred yards 641 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,239 Speaker 1: in the truck. I blow my alcohol and they got 642 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 1: a ball. I was like, okay, there there, that's where 643 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: they're at, you know, and we're trying to figure out, 644 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 1: you know that they're in a big cotton wood round 645 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: on round on the creek and we're like, man, which 646 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: decide isn't gonna fly down? And we thought we picked 647 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: the low sides, like the bottom field, but it was 648 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: like the way it laid the creek was basically you know, 649 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: the very bottom and then it was, uh, it was 650 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: high on both sides of the creek basically, and so 651 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: we're like, I don't know which side, and so we 652 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: like tried crossing the creek. Couldn't cross the creek. It 653 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: was too deep. Got water in my boots, like right, okay, 654 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 1: So like he was starting to get light at this point, 655 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,720 Speaker 1: and we just kind of uh stayed on the west side, 656 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: headed up the hill and set up in some seats 657 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: probably like oh, I don't know, three hundred yards away 658 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: from the roost tree, like not as close as I 659 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,239 Speaker 1: wanted to get, um, but it was basically getting light, 660 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: and it was kind of one of those deals like 661 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 1: all right, let's just set down um, kind of doing 662 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: an observation, set put the decoys out, and hope for 663 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: the best. And so that's kind of what we did. 664 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: They uh, there was you know, and this is this 665 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 1: is western Nebraska rio so like and early season, so 666 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: they're major flocked up. So there was probably like fifty 667 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: fifty or sixty birds in this roost roost tree and 668 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 1: they just yeah, so they just fly down and they 669 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: all you know, run around do they're packing the order thing, 670 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: chase everybody around, and they all end up working off. 671 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 1: So we didn't get an opportunity and Uh, so we hunted. UM, 672 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,120 Speaker 1: we kind of moved on them, got back on them, 673 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: and then um tried to get in front of them 674 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: and just didn't have any luck. Calling him in later 675 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 1: that afternoon because in Nebraska can hunt all day, which 676 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: is kind of nice. UM, until later that afternoon we 677 00:31:58,120 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: made another move on them, tried to get in front 678 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: of them, but just got got close set up, called 679 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: and just wouldn't you know, having much luck with him 680 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: being responsive to the calls as as is early season 681 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 1: a lot of times. UM. And so we said, well, 682 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,240 Speaker 1: it's getting to be you know, we got like three 683 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: and a half four hours until until dark. Let's uh, 684 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 1: let's go back and hunt, but closer to the roof tree. UM. 685 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 1: We had picked out a spot that we thought would 686 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 1: be you know, would would be good for that evening 687 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: where maybe the next morning depending on how it all went. 688 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,719 Speaker 1: So we're like, you know, for us, it's tough too, 689 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: because we're you know, filming and you know we hunt 690 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 1: with archery, with bows and without blinds and so like 691 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: it takes us a good, i don't know, fifteen minutes 692 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 1: to set up, so it's not like you can just oh, 693 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: strike one up, like sit down and kill him. Um, 694 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,239 Speaker 1: which is you know, which is which is so much 695 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 1: fun to do, but it just takes a little time. 696 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 1: And so sometimes, as much as I hate doing it, 697 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: it makes more sense for us to like get in 698 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: a spot where we think they're gonna be coming to 699 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 1: and just sit down and wait and call and you know, 700 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: every so often just kind of way the mountain. So 701 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: that's what we did. And um, it didn't take us 702 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: long and and uh, I didn't take us long before 703 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: the birds started gobbling off in the distance. We call 704 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: a little bit, they'd answer a little bit and kind 705 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: of slowly came in and then all of a sudden, bam, 706 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 1: here come for him. They pop over the hill and 707 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 1: they see the decoys and uh, we're using that new 708 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 1: that new Dave Smith posturing Jake decoy just like super 709 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 1: badass looking. All the decoys are great, you know, Uh, 710 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: but this is just something different, something new, and and 711 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,920 Speaker 1: uh yeah they saw that and got you know, they 712 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 1: just all turned bright red and just start coming in 713 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: and chasing each other and uh came in perfect. Um. 714 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 1: It's kind of interesting hunting those bigger groups of birds too, 715 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: Like um, the big you know, there was the one 716 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: dominant bird that was like never came out of strut, 717 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: you know. But the other ones get in and they 718 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 1: kind of like, uh, they kind of their snoots, you know, 719 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 1: shrink up, and they kind of start looking around like, oh, 720 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 1: you know that they think they think there's gonna be 721 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 1: a fight, and uh, but the the the big strutter 722 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 1: just never really like he never committed fully to the 723 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:02,960 Speaker 1: decoy like he was gonna fight it. You know, he 724 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 1: kind of kept his distance. And so when he turned, 725 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 1: um facing away with his fan block in his head, 726 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:11,439 Speaker 1: I came to full draw and uh, he turned turned, 727 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: I shot him kind of about about perfectly broadside really 728 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: and smoked him. Hit him really, you know a little 729 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 1: bit a little bit further to the ride than I 730 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: was hoping, but he uh, it was a really good 731 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,440 Speaker 1: shot and he kind of flopped and went about thirty yards. 732 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,440 Speaker 1: The only ones kind of hung around for a second, 733 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 1: but they were kind of like, oh, we're getting out 734 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: of here, and they left. And um, so I had 735 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 1: my buddy Joey with me, like I said, and I 736 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,360 Speaker 1: had I had two tags, he had one, and so 737 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 1: we just sat there for a minute. We were filming 738 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: a couple of things and just kind of enjoying the 739 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:43,520 Speaker 1: celebrating the successful successful hunt, and all of a sudden, Uh, Joel, 740 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,839 Speaker 1: who was filming, looked over and saw another guiler coming 741 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,040 Speaker 1: and so we were like, oh crap, here comes another one. 742 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 1: So we got ready and he was kind of like 743 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,440 Speaker 1: just skirt and by us, like it was almost like, 744 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:54,440 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's I was thinking maybe he 745 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,920 Speaker 1: saw us or whatever. He just wasn't interested. Um. And 746 00:34:58,120 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 1: so he kind of worked his way off and then 747 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 1: here comes four are more chasing him. So they he 748 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 1: was getting chased and for the four more kind of 749 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 1: running into the decoys and these are a little more 750 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,600 Speaker 1: but a little aggressive. They're all you know, doing that 751 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 1: you know, up against the decoy and and pushing up 752 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,600 Speaker 1: on him and the old fighting for Yeah, yeah, we 753 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: were it's so exciting. So we were waiting for him 754 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,480 Speaker 1: to just straight straight up start spurring him and he 755 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 1: never did. Um. And it was like this is probably 756 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 1: two minutes of him just like strutting around, stutting around, 757 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:26,800 Speaker 1: mess around. The other birds were kind of out of 758 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,160 Speaker 1: it that just the other three. The one was really 759 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 1: into it. And so when he faced away, Um, I said, 760 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,759 Speaker 1: I told Joey's I just go ahead, just draw a 761 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,839 Speaker 1: real slow because the other birds are probably you draw. 762 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,799 Speaker 1: And he drew real slow, and they didn't they didn't 763 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 1: freak out. The other one just stood there and he stoned. 764 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,560 Speaker 1: This one just shot him right in the back and 765 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,840 Speaker 1: just dropped him straight there in the decoy. He started flopping, 766 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,640 Speaker 1: and uh, the other birds start gobbling and running around. 767 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 1: You know, it's just they don't know what's going on. 768 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,319 Speaker 1: And and uh, the other ones kind of circled around. 769 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,719 Speaker 1: They got to where I couldn't shoot, and then they 770 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:55,960 Speaker 1: came back in. We got we got them fired up, 771 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: calling to him, came back in, and I came to 772 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 1: like thirty five yards and all the way in and 773 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:02,719 Speaker 1: so I came to full drop. I was able to 774 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,320 Speaker 1: get drawn back and just smoked this morning. Just just 775 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:07,080 Speaker 1: nailed them at thirty or five yards. He does a 776 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: backflip and was done right there. So pretty pretty incredible 777 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 1: to have three godlers like dead right there and the decoys. 778 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,520 Speaker 1: Basically all of us turkey hunters that are now kind 779 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,400 Speaker 1: of like scared they're going to cancel our seasons, like 780 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,399 Speaker 1: need this. That's like a shot of energy, Like that's 781 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 1: like chugging a red bull hearing that story. That's what 782 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 1: I'm sitting here waiting for Turkey season abated. It was. 783 00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,359 Speaker 1: It was awesome, man, that's what you know, that's kind 784 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: of what we that's what the end game like the 785 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 1: like for me, like fooling a Turkey and getting them 786 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,239 Speaker 1: to commit all the way into the decoys and like 787 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,840 Speaker 1: when they come in and aggressive and fight and like 788 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:42,600 Speaker 1: that's just what it's all about for me, Like just 789 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,160 Speaker 1: knowing that you've won at that moment. Oh yeah, man, 790 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,800 Speaker 1: it's supposed to be using anything Dave Smith, really, but 791 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 1: that new posture and Jake, when I was looking at 792 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 1: that the other day, I don't have one, but I 793 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:54,200 Speaker 1: was looking at him like, damn um anything Dave Smith. 794 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: But I imagine that, like the what you have to 795 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: do to get good film was also a good strategy 796 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 1: at that moment, right, because you know that's what those 797 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 1: birds are flocked up. You're kind of looking to peel 798 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 1: off some birds from the larger group. So getting to 799 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: where they want to be and and then calling a 800 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,560 Speaker 1: little bit and kind of drawing them off is a 801 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 1: perfect way to go. Yeah. Yeah, it worked out worked 802 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 1: out nicely, and they were you know, they were they 803 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,640 Speaker 1: were by themselves. They had obviously throughout some point that 804 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 1: they had broken off from the flock, so they didn't 805 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,480 Speaker 1: have hens with them. Um, so they were kind of 806 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,359 Speaker 1: running around, you know, and I think the I'm sure 807 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:31,880 Speaker 1: the the the other gobbler, we saw another gobbler or 808 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:33,440 Speaker 1: two that had you know, had to flock a hen 809 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,320 Speaker 1: So the dominant birds were still had had the henry, 810 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,879 Speaker 1: but but these ones kind of broke off orders running around. 811 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: So yeah, that's the perfect I mean that if you're 812 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:42,719 Speaker 1: going to write an article on how to kill birds 813 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,400 Speaker 1: this time of year, that's how you'd write it. You know, 814 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,680 Speaker 1: you'd say, yeah, you're not gonna kill that big strutter 815 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,279 Speaker 1: with the fifteen hands at least probably not. Yeah, not 816 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,359 Speaker 1: unless you can, I mean get just get super tight 817 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: to the roost first thing in the morning. That's that's 818 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:57,640 Speaker 1: how I've had the best luck with with killing those 819 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:01,200 Speaker 1: you know those birds for sure, you know, catch them 820 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,759 Speaker 1: before before they get with their hands and you can't 821 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:08,160 Speaker 1: call them away. Did you have any while you're out there, 822 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: any weird like quarantine, self distancing run in, like anybody 823 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 1: uh talking ship to you for being out running around? 824 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:16,919 Speaker 1: Or like what's what was the vibe while you're out hunting. 825 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 1: I know you said there's more people than ever. Yeah yeah, no, 826 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,520 Speaker 1: not at all. Um, you know, And I was something 827 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,720 Speaker 1: that we were, you know, kind of discussing talking about, 828 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:27,879 Speaker 1: like we've all kind of had our group of guys, 829 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,360 Speaker 1: you know, have had our debates on you know, everything 830 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,600 Speaker 1: that's going on. And honestly, like you know, it's like, 831 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,360 Speaker 1: oh is it is it? Like is that irresponsible like 832 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,480 Speaker 1: to leave to go hunt somewhere? Like you know, what 833 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,399 Speaker 1: what are you you know, how are you interacting with people? 834 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,040 Speaker 1: And and honestly, for us, I mean I live in 835 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,719 Speaker 1: the Kansas City area, so like a pretty urban area, um, 836 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 1: you know, and if like unless you're seriously literally quarantining 837 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:55,160 Speaker 1: yourself for fourteen days straight eating only you know, food 838 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,800 Speaker 1: from your house, not going leaving and going to the 839 00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,279 Speaker 1: grocery store, like I don't want to hear it, like 840 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,399 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like like you know, you're 841 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,760 Speaker 1: exposing to yourself if you're you know, ordering uber eats 842 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 1: and you're doing to go stuff and doing fast food 843 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,239 Speaker 1: and you're out running around going to the grocery store 844 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 1: like you're you know, putting yourself in more of an 845 00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:17,200 Speaker 1: uh at risk than me driving to Nebraska with a 846 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,279 Speaker 1: camper and you know, the only thing I'm coming in 847 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: contact with is the is a gas station occasionally, you know. So, Um, 848 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,920 Speaker 1: that's that's what we think about. It's a tough one man. 849 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,359 Speaker 1: There's like, no, there's no perfect solution, like you just said, 850 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,920 Speaker 1: and you're not gonna say there, You're not gonna say like, 851 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,120 Speaker 1: we're not gonna put my house in a bug tent, 852 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:37,480 Speaker 1: not let anybody in or out, you know, and to 853 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,440 Speaker 1: get to a more rural place where there's less connected, 854 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,720 Speaker 1: you know, less contact. Yeah, I can see the logic 855 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,120 Speaker 1: and that That's one thing I wonder when when I 856 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,239 Speaker 1: was watched them, like, I wonder what you know, whether 857 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,560 Speaker 1: you're staying in an outfitter with a big lodge or 858 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,160 Speaker 1: you know, staying in a local motel or you know 859 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:53,040 Speaker 1: there because there are some versions of that hunt where 860 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 1: it is a little bit more sketchy, but sounds like 861 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:58,480 Speaker 1: you did. Yeah, yeah, I mean I could see you know, yeah, 862 00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:01,719 Speaker 1: staying in a hotel. Um, you know, that's that's a 863 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:05,440 Speaker 1: little different scenario. Would I would say, Um, you know, 864 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,440 Speaker 1: just people coming and out traveling through there. You know, 865 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,200 Speaker 1: whatever I'm not, I'm no expert on any of it, 866 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 1: but I I have no uh personal issues with I'm 867 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:17,560 Speaker 1: not I'm not. I don't feel like I'm putting my 868 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 1: family at risk or or anybody else at risk by 869 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:20,920 Speaker 1: doing what we were doing. Like it's kind of one 870 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,080 Speaker 1: of those deals that we're Um, you know, you just 871 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,720 Speaker 1: gotta use your best judgment. And like you said, Nebraska 872 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,200 Speaker 1: changed some stuff to where you know, they kind of 873 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,320 Speaker 1: you can still come hunt as a nonresident, but you 874 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,799 Speaker 1: can't buy any more tags. So, um, you know, if 875 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,080 Speaker 1: people are driving and most people are gonna be driving 876 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,120 Speaker 1: or whatever run around, you're not you know you're gonna 877 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,000 Speaker 1: be hunting rural areas. Um, but it did change the 878 00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:43,000 Speaker 1: things like guys that I know that that do run 879 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,759 Speaker 1: outfitting businesses that have guys that fly in, and um, 880 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:47,719 Speaker 1: that changed a lot of stuff. Actually, we had I 881 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,040 Speaker 1: had a turkey out scheduled for Florida that that I 882 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:53,440 Speaker 1: canceled because um, we're supposed to be leaving like on 883 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,360 Speaker 1: the twenty nine of last month. And so um that 884 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:58,840 Speaker 1: definitely has changed changed some stuff too. But fortunately for 885 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,799 Speaker 1: us we live here like in Missouri, we can hup Missouri, Kansas, 886 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:07,040 Speaker 1: Nebraska all like super close and within drivable distances and 887 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:10,040 Speaker 1: like just a lot of opportunity here here close. Yeah, 888 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:11,640 Speaker 1: that's for the same way. I think I got four 889 00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:14,000 Speaker 1: turkey tags in Montana this year. I think four or 890 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,120 Speaker 1: five that I could I can buy. I already bought four, 891 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,040 Speaker 1: just just because I wanted to put the pressure on myself. 892 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:22,400 Speaker 1: Um yeah. And then you know, we could still make 893 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,960 Speaker 1: it over to South Dakota. And I was gonna do 894 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,680 Speaker 1: with South dknota Nebraska road trip, but that's no longer 895 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:32,520 Speaker 1: gonna happen. Um, So South Dakota, we could get into Oregon, Washington, 896 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:34,160 Speaker 1: and Idaho. Is a bunch of places we can go 897 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,759 Speaker 1: that you know that are are similar to what you're 898 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,279 Speaker 1: talking about. It's an option that you can go camp out. 899 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,000 Speaker 1: You can sleep in a town or sleep in a camper. 900 00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,319 Speaker 1: The only thing you're gonna be touching is the handle 901 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,480 Speaker 1: of the gas nozzle when you're bumping your gas. And uh, 902 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,600 Speaker 1: I des grabbed a I just grabbed a towel from 903 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,520 Speaker 1: one those like the the dispensers there. Just grabbed a 904 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:55,239 Speaker 1: towel literally and just use that and then use some 905 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,640 Speaker 1: hand sanitizer. And you know, I'm not uh, like I said, 906 00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,799 Speaker 1: I it's a serious situation, and I don't I don't 907 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,759 Speaker 1: make lightly of it at all. But I'm I'm not 908 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:08,920 Speaker 1: overly overly concerned about, like, you know, contracting it. If 909 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,719 Speaker 1: you're somewhat safe and you handle yourself, you know, responsibly. 910 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:14,399 Speaker 1: We're all coming up to that decision, you know, I'm 911 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,360 Speaker 1: coming up to it, and everybody else that wants to 912 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 1: go turkey hunting, whether they're traveling as far as you 913 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,279 Speaker 1: did or traveling, you know, a couple of hours from home. 914 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,880 Speaker 1: Everybody's got to make that decision for yourself and do 915 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:25,880 Speaker 1: it's smart out there. If you're doing it, sounds like 916 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,480 Speaker 1: you did it, sounds like I would. I would love 917 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:31,880 Speaker 1: for that result. Three freaking three times in one morning. 918 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,239 Speaker 1: Is that that was the first morning you hunted this place? Right, 919 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,040 Speaker 1: first day you hunted first? Let's see, that was the 920 00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:41,080 Speaker 1: that was the first evening. Yeah, so we hunted that 921 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,480 Speaker 1: morning and and then move moved on him a little 922 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,880 Speaker 1: bit during the day, and then that evening when I 923 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:47,719 Speaker 1: saw when I saw that on Instagram, I just I 924 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,040 Speaker 1: was like, this is exactly what I needed, because we 925 00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,520 Speaker 1: went through the whole day talking about Nebraska and what 926 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,120 Speaker 1: they were doing too. To shut down some Turkey tags 927 00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,040 Speaker 1: and and just kind of thinking it's just gonna happen 928 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,320 Speaker 1: across the board. What's stayed by Stay eight, you know, 929 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,239 Speaker 1: and that's what what we we've been concerned with. So 930 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:06,520 Speaker 1: it's good to hear you have you have you I 931 00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,440 Speaker 1: heard from a buddy that they shut down guiding in 932 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:14,320 Speaker 1: Montana until April ten. Yeah, we're talking to Greg Lemon 933 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:17,040 Speaker 1: from f w P here in Matsana real soon on 934 00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,560 Speaker 1: the show. Just got you to get their outlook on 935 00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:23,719 Speaker 1: things and get exactly what, um, you know, what they're thinking, 936 00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:26,719 Speaker 1: because I'm sure it's a dynamic situation, you know, like, oh, 937 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:28,680 Speaker 1: yeah it is. It's it's it's one of those deals 938 00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:30,320 Speaker 1: like Nebraska did it. You know, they were kind of 939 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:31,600 Speaker 1: one of the first ones I think that I know 940 00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:34,279 Speaker 1: of it, And like it's one of those deals where 941 00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:37,560 Speaker 1: it's like everybody knows it's serious, but they like if 942 00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:40,280 Speaker 1: if one state does it, then the others half almost 943 00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:43,440 Speaker 1: half to Otherwise they look at like they're being reckless 944 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:45,480 Speaker 1: and they're not taking it serious enough, or if something 945 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,400 Speaker 1: bad does happen, then it's like their fault. And so 946 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:49,080 Speaker 1: it's like a chain of events and so it'll be 947 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:51,640 Speaker 1: interesting to see over the next week it you know 948 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:55,799 Speaker 1: how these how these different states handle it um because 949 00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,640 Speaker 1: like Missouri for example, like they're not even requiring you 950 00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:00,680 Speaker 1: to take get a fishing line and right now, and 951 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,600 Speaker 1: they're they're trying to encourage people to get out and 952 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:07,120 Speaker 1: you know, safe social distance in the outdoors. It's crazy, man, 953 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:10,120 Speaker 1: because because Washington, we had are one of our guys, 954 00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:11,600 Speaker 1: Sam Longer, and was out. He was only the other 955 00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:13,760 Speaker 1: day and he was out getting ready to do steel 956 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,200 Speaker 1: some steel head fishing in Washington State and they got 957 00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:17,719 Speaker 1: an hour and a half in before they shut down 958 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,000 Speaker 1: the fishing season, so basically kicked him out back to 959 00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:23,640 Speaker 1: Montana UM And so yeah, I mean we've that's what 960 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:25,759 Speaker 1: this show has been about the last couple of days, 961 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:27,560 Speaker 1: really just trying to figure out like there's there is 962 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:29,800 Speaker 1: a state by state. I wouldn't call it a mixed message, 963 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:31,719 Speaker 1: but each state is handling it differently. Each state is 964 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:33,800 Speaker 1: saying like, hey, this is what we're trying to do, 965 00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:35,880 Speaker 1: and you're you're definitely not wrong in saying like this 966 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:40,440 Speaker 1: seems like it has a cascading effect. One once, one municipality, 967 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,880 Speaker 1: even regional local state government says we're going to restrict 968 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,760 Speaker 1: it this way. Um, then the pressures one for everyone 969 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:48,920 Speaker 1: else to follow suit, because you know, the more we 970 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:50,680 Speaker 1: restrict ourselves, the quicker we can get out of this 971 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:52,800 Speaker 1: thing and back to you know, by the time September 972 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:57,600 Speaker 1: September rolls around, we can be out chasing elkin and 973 00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,279 Speaker 1: in white tails, meal there and all the things we 974 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,640 Speaker 1: want to do. So I just wanted I wanted to 975 00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:03,520 Speaker 1: check in with you. When I saw that, I was, 976 00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,359 Speaker 1: I was like, somebody's out there doing it. Somebody's out 977 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,400 Speaker 1: there making it happen. And it had to be Hunt Sucker, 978 00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:12,239 Speaker 1: because you're just like, keep that rabbit's foot, whatever you got, 979 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,640 Speaker 1: whatever rabbit's foot you got hanging around you keep that man. 980 00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:17,400 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I'll take it while I can get it. 981 00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:20,480 Speaker 1: I know it comes and goes. So I'm I'm you know, 982 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:22,799 Speaker 1: last fault was my fault, but this fall I may 983 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:25,560 Speaker 1: I may have one from for the other end of 984 00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:31,200 Speaker 1: the spectrum. Yeah, I had the best year ever, and 985 00:45:31,239 --> 00:45:33,640 Speaker 1: then the last two years have been getting progressively worse. 986 00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:38,400 Speaker 1: So I will see if you can rebound. He just 987 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,480 Speaker 1: gotta do the best you can. Hunt hard and you know, 988 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,080 Speaker 1: try to make the most of the opportunities to come 989 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:45,800 Speaker 1: your way. Damn right, man, Well, I appreciate taking a 990 00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:48,799 Speaker 1: time to to inject us with some turkey story, uh 991 00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:52,799 Speaker 1: during this quarantine time and uh stay safe over their brother. Yeah. 992 00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,120 Speaker 1: Absolutely hopefully more of that to come, I hope. So 993 00:45:55,680 --> 00:46:10,000 Speaker 1: so ye see, dude, that's it. That's all Episode fourteen. 994 00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:11,680 Speaker 1: To the Quarantine cast in the books, thank you for 995 00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:15,160 Speaker 1: listening to the show. Thank you for caring about turkeys 996 00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,319 Speaker 1: and hunting and Phil and me and all the other 997 00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:22,040 Speaker 1: characters on th HC. Thanks to my hunt sucker for 998 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:23,960 Speaker 1: jumping in and telling us a little story, giving us 999 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,759 Speaker 1: a little shot of adrenaline from a good turkey story 1000 00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,520 Speaker 1: as the season approaches, hopefully for some of us. Now, Phil, 1001 00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,239 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you a little just because I care 1002 00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:35,080 Speaker 1: about you, man. Top three games, Top three video games 1003 00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:40,040 Speaker 1: right now go. We don't care about the video games, Phil, 1004 00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:42,439 Speaker 1: that was a trick. That was a trick. I don't 1005 00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:47,200 Speaker 1: want to hear about the talk about Star Wars. Nobody 1006 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:49,440 Speaker 1: wouldn't been able to think of the top three anyway. 1007 00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:53,040 Speaker 1: There's too many, nobody, there's too many. Nobody cares. I 1008 00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,600 Speaker 1: have like an intend of sixty four somewhere gathering dust. 1009 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,960 Speaker 1: Uh that maybe I need to whip out and challenge 1010 00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:02,040 Speaker 1: to bugs Bunny Birthday blow Out. You ever played that? Uh? No, 1011 00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:04,719 Speaker 1: but I would love to. It's a great game. All right, 1012 00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:07,480 Speaker 1: Maybe we'll start We'll start like doing get gay. I 1013 00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,160 Speaker 1: have to get like a gamer headset and we'll have 1014 00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:12,000 Speaker 1: to play together. Um can you do that within in 1015 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:16,120 Speaker 1: Tennis sixty four? Or is that only on PlayStation? You know? Unfortunately, 1016 00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:19,560 Speaker 1: back in uh you know, the late nineties, the Internet 1017 00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:23,440 Speaker 1: hadn't come along far enough to enable voice chat. But um, 1018 00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,000 Speaker 1: I think we can make it happen somehow someway though. 1019 00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:27,719 Speaker 1: We could do like a like a zoom call. We 1020 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,440 Speaker 1: could just talk. We could face time and play in 1021 00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:35,120 Speaker 1: sixty four. Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong, bitch, let's go line 1022 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:40,920 Speaker 1: it up, Kong bitch. Put that on a yetti tumbler. 1023 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:45,560 Speaker 1: That's right, Sell that, sell that sponsor that. Uh, we're 1024 00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:48,440 Speaker 1: losing it. It's clear, we know it. We're self aware 1025 00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:51,319 Speaker 1: here at HC. But any how, tomorrow is the last 1026 00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,359 Speaker 1: Quarantine cast, so it's gonna be a good one. We're 1027 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,200 Speaker 1: compiling lots of things. I have the story of my 1028 00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:58,040 Speaker 1: biggest elk of all time, and we're gonna have also 1029 00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:02,439 Speaker 1: our buddy Greg Lemon from UH Montana Fish, Wild, Loves 1030 00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:04,160 Speaker 1: and Parks in the intro, just to give us a 1031 00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:06,400 Speaker 1: little update on what the state that Phil and I 1032 00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:09,520 Speaker 1: live in is doing during this in terms of the 1033 00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:12,040 Speaker 1: State Game Department. And then you know the perspective on 1034 00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:15,160 Speaker 1: what what all f w P or d n R 1035 00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:19,000 Speaker 1: agencies are going through during this time. So we're gonna 1036 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:20,960 Speaker 1: be we're trying to give you some perspective there, and 1037 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:23,560 Speaker 1: then we're gonna be telling big fat Elk stories and 1038 00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:27,000 Speaker 1: talking about some of your perspectives in the quarantine. So 1039 00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:30,719 Speaker 1: join us tomorrow for a freewheeling Friday of fun. Check 1040 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:32,839 Speaker 1: out that alliteration, Phil, that was right off the cup. 1041 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:37,800 Speaker 1: I'm proud of myself. We'll see you tomorrow. By The 1042 00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:40,120 Speaker 1: Hunting Collective with Ben O'Brien is a part of the 1043 00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:43,360 Speaker 1: Meat Eater podcast network. It is produced by Kringe Schneider 1044 00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:47,600 Speaker 1: and engineered by Phil Taylor. You can find it on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, 1045 00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:50,960 Speaker 1: the meat eater dot com, or anywhere podcasts are downloadable 1046 00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:58,880 Speaker 1: wherever you listen, leave a five star review and subscribe. Okay, Phil, uh, 1047 00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:02,840 Speaker 1: do you have an any remembrances of Easter as a kid, like, 1048 00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:06,560 Speaker 1: would you have any Easter traditions at the Phil Taylor 1049 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:10,759 Speaker 1: household the Taylor Oh yeah, I mean I feel like 1050 00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:15,000 Speaker 1: they're pretty typical. Uh die eggs in the in the 1051 00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:19,360 Speaker 1: days leading up to Easter, and then Easter morning they 1052 00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:23,279 Speaker 1: would be hidden around the yard, uh or the or 1053 00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:25,920 Speaker 1: the house, depending on the weather. The Easter bunny was 1054 00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:32,279 Speaker 1: very uh, you know, conscious of of comfort. So but man, 1055 00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:35,440 Speaker 1: look the Easter egg hunt was just as exciting as 1056 00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:37,400 Speaker 1: as Christmas morning for me. I don't know about you, 1057 00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:40,920 Speaker 1: if you were fortunate enough, yeah, no, I'd have multiple 1058 00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:43,040 Speaker 1: I was always just supplied to have multiple Easter egg 1059 00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:45,560 Speaker 1: hunts and really the bit and when I was older, 1060 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:48,000 Speaker 1: my dad would hide beers in the yard when I 1061 00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:51,239 Speaker 1: was like eighteen, uh, we called the Irish East tray hunt. 1062 00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:52,920 Speaker 1: He would just put like a six pack of we 1063 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:54,960 Speaker 1: did we get an empty six pack box and we'd 1064 00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:57,160 Speaker 1: have to run around and find fill our six pack 1065 00:49:57,239 --> 00:50:01,080 Speaker 1: up with beers. That was a good time. You're starting 1066 00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:02,440 Speaker 1: to see a little bit why I am like I 1067 00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:05,759 Speaker 1: am right now. That's where just just just a little 1068 00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:08,160 Speaker 1: the cracks are showing, and yeah, I can see underneath,