As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days in the field. This show is about translating

my hard-won experiences into tips and tactics that will get you closer to your ultimate

goal, success in the field. I'm Remi Warren. This is Cutting the Distance.

Welcome back to the podcast. It's awesome that summer's in full effect because what that means

is hunting season is just around the corner. Maybe you've got an early season archery tag coming up.

Some seasons are starting in a month or less. Actually, there's already some black-tail seasons,

archery seasons in California that have started already opening weekend was last weekend.

So there's a lot of things coming up and maybe you don't have an early archery season, but

hey, we're on that second half of the year where things are going to start picking up and those

seasons are going to start popping around. Best part of your fall is coming. Now, one thing I really

like to focus on is summer scouting because it can pay huge dividends when it comes to understanding

the potential animals in the area you're hunting. It can also help you find good pockets to start

an early season hunt and help you understand the animals in the unit you're hunting. Not to mention

it's a great way to get a good lay of the land in a new unit that we might be planning on hunting

later this fall. So this week, I'm going to be covering the five key advantages to summer scouting,

including what I like to call the velvet advantage and ways to use summer scouting intel to find

success during the season. But first, I want to share the story of a summer trip where we discovered

a place I like to call the bull, which is hands down my most productive Big Buck hunting spot over the years.

There was early 2000s and my buddy Brett had drawn a tag in the unit that we never hunted before.

And it wasn't particularly like a real great trophy unit. It was just a place that was easy to

draw a tag and it was probably toward the end of his choices and he drew the tag and we're like,

okay, well, we always hunt together. This is awesome. We're going to go check out a new place.

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