Welcome to the J. Scott Outdoors Podcast. Today I've got a good friend of mine and the

podcast, Breck Bundy. Breck, how are you doing these days?

Doing good, just really busy, which is a good thing but can't complain well good

you know you own and operate mule beer addiction outfitters or MDA Outfitters there out of the St. George area, I guess

Washington, Utah is your home, but that's based on the Arizona Strip, which is what about 30-40 miles south of your

hometown there I've had you on the podcast before talking about the Arizona

strip I'm anxious to have you on today because we're obviously facing,

you know, most of Arizona's in a severe drought.

The first question I would have is probably what everybody's asking you with these

Arizona, deer regulations, you know, applications do here coming up by the beginning of June is what are the conditions out there on the

strip and what do you see antler growth how do you see antler growth you know

reflecting what what's going on out there.

It's, like you said, it is dry.

I mean, this is one of the driest, uh, driest winter springs that we've had in a long time and you know so a lot of guys I've been

talking to it's going to be in my opinion it's going to be a down year I hope I'm wrong

but you know looking back we haven't really had a tough year since 2012 and I

think with you know with as dry as it is and the way conditions are I think it's going to be a

tough care. That I think it's going to be a tough care.

That being said, it's Arizona Strip.

Even in drought here, there's always some big deer,

some of the biggest deer in the world, obviously, but there will just be far and few between you

know from what we've seen over the past you know four or five years it's it's in my

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