#10MinuteTalk | Fall Hunt Recap - Scottish Highlands Red Stag, Sika Deer and Salmon

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Mark Boardman travels to the Scottish Highlands to meet up with the Spartan Precision team. Together, they tackle its rugged terrain and inclement weather in pursuit of red stag, sika deer, and if the stars align, an Atlantic salmon. The landscape breathtaking, Kildermorie Estate Lodge historic, people amazing, and culture rich, this hunt exceeded any expectation Mark could have had.

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0:00.0	All right, everybody, welcome to the Vortex Nation podcast, Fall Hunt Recaps.
0:07.8	This is not the voice of your host, Mark Bordman, because today Mark is on the guest side of the table.
0:16.4	How the Turn tables have turned.
0:19.2	Eric, you are the host.
0:21.4	I'm the captain now.
0:22.5	There's an iconic movie about this.
0:24.2	Look it up, everybody.
0:25.9	We are talking about a very special hunt today, Mark.
0:29.2	One that you've had to travel abroad.
0:31.9	The hunt of a lifetime, the adventure of a lifetime, a cultural experience, and one that I don't think you're going to forget
0:38.8	anytime soon. No, Eric, you nailed it all those things. I am on an absolute high right now.
0:47.1	I can't even believe that this trip even happened. It was one of those trips that's been
0:51.0	so far, you know, in the future that all of a sudden it happens
0:56.3	and you're there and you're plunked into this brand new environment. And it's just like,
1:00.5	you know, at the end of the day, it actually couldn't, I can't picture a way that it could
1:05.4	have gone better. Like it exceeded any expectation I could have had. And yeah, I was I was hunting the Scottish Highlands
1:14.2	in Scotland. And if anybody needs to know, need some clarification there. And just absolutely
1:22.0	a phenomenal trip in every single way. And what were you chasing over there? I was chasing Red Stags.
1:29.8	I've heard of those.
1:30.8	But also ended up chasing a few other things.
1:34.4	Some things that I haven't even told you about yet.
1:38.3	You've been prying all day for details of this trip.
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