With recent events in the traditional archery community Nick and I both felt we needed to reflect on time spent with individuals no longer with us and their impact on the sport. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Jerry Brumm, he will be greatly missed.

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Nick joins me to chat about the recent NC Trout Season opener from this past weekend. Great times with good friends and some good “fish tales” came out of the trip along with a last minute mishap. As always, we hope you enjoy.

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While I am sitting in a hotel room in Houston Texas, Nick and I spend some time chatting about hunting small game, mainly squirrels, and a return to the hunting that got many of us into the woods at an early age. We hope you enjoy.

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Nick and I chat about his new book, “Clumsy Predators” and he asks me for the full story behind “Dammit Carl”.

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Nick rejoins me for a podcast recording session for the first time in over a year. We spend the time catching up and sharing insights into our 2023 Whitetail seasons. I personally made it out very little with a longbow in ’23 but I did return to hunting with both Blackpowder and firearms in 23 and Nick shares some details about multiple opportunities and some lessons learned.

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It’s been quite some time since a new episode was dropped. In this episode I discuss why the gap, what to expect going forward and a few other things. Nick will rejoin me on the next episode, I recorded this one solo just to set the stage for what is to come. I hope you enjoy and another episode will be headed your way in a week or two.

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Episode 140 kicks off a multiple episode series on Post Season Scouting. This specific episode focuses on why post season scouting may be the best time to scout for next year and what items I carry on post season scouting adventures. I hope you enjoy this last episode of 2022.

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Episode 139 covers a high level recap of activities from 2022 and a Merry Christmas wish to out listeners.

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Episode 138 finds me with mixed emotions. I recently tagged out on bucks in Georgia. However, both bucks I have taken in GA with my longbow were not perfect shots. The second buck was taken on 12/04/22 and the shot was a lot further back than I wanted. I ended up not tracking that buck and waited for 12 hours and then picked up his track with the help of a tracking dog. We found the buck just over 200 yards away but I would have much preferred a quicker, and cleaner kill. It happens to all bowhunters, we don’t like it but it just will happen if you shoot at enough critters. In this episode I share the hunt with you, my approach to recovery and details about what went wrong.

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In Episode 137 the topic for discussion is around pre-scouting vs going in blind or “run n gun” for whitetails. Really it is just my thoughts on the advantages for each method and a little of the thought process I use when choosing a location whether I am scouting in the off season for the coming year or if scouting from my computer to choose a location to go in blind. Hopefully you will find something in this episode that is useful for your future hunts.

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Episode 136 finds me running solo again. This episode is all about a recent successful bowhunt that came within inches of being a failed attempt. I took a shot at a whitetail buck at about 18 yards, I was focusing so hard on the spot I wanted to hit that I never even noticed the small limb just a few feet from my bow. The arrow struck the limb almost immediately on release and as I watch the arrow I expected a miss but watched while it appeared that my arrow bounced off the bucks shoulder or leg. What I found a half hour later when I went to retrieve my arrow is still a bit hard for me to believe and I was there. Hopefully some lessons to be learned in this episode, I hope you enjoy.

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