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Wired To Hunt Podcast

Ep. 1038: Foundations - Proximity, Procedure, and the Secret Power of Getting Close to Mature Bucks

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.84.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The goal of pretty much all whitetail hunters is to get close to big bucks, but they often don't - and for good reason. Proximity matters, but most hunters think about it wrong, which Tony explains in detail this week.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:02.3

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.2

Hey, everyone.

0:05.3

Are you ready for more of the best hunting content on the internet?

0:09.3

Good, because we're continuing Meat Eater's 12 and 26 series,

0:13.2

featuring a long-form look at 12 of the most significant hunts from the past year.

0:18.8

This installment covers my Manitoba archery and rifle

0:22.7

caribou expedition, and it is a total banger. Throughout the episode, we successfully take

0:29.6

three caribou land countless lake trout and prepare two of the most unique meals we've ever

0:35.6

put on film. Presented by OnX Maps and Moultry Mobile,

0:40.3

you can catch the full video right now on the Meat Eater YouTube channel.

0:45.8

Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast,

0:49.4

your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting.

0:52.5

Presented by First Light,

0:58.4

creating proven, versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle, or blind.

0:59.6

First Light.

1:01.6

Go farther, stay longer.

1:04.6

And now, your host, Tony Peterson.

1:08.5

Hey, everyone, welcome to the Foundation's podcast, which is brought to you by First Light.

1:09.6

I'm your host, Tony Peterson.

1:15.2

And today's episode is all about the role proximity plays in pretty much all of hunting and fishing and why so many people kind of misunderstand this concept. How do you get close to a big buck? It's scouting,

1:22.9

it's prep work, it's planning, and it's mostly done wrong for most of us. Proximity to our quarry matters a lot, but we often hunt like it doesn't, and that leads to a hell of a lot of unfilled tags and uncought fish. We want the deer, or turkeys, or largemouth, or whatever, to be where we want them to be, but they mostly aren't or won't be. That's okay. There's a solve for this, but it kind of takes a new way of thinking,

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