Welcome to the Vortex Nation podcast brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public lands, the Second Amendment and good food. All right, what is up everybody?

Mark on the mic here.

I am actually physically surrounded by Ryan's right now.

I've got Ryan Muckenhearn subbing in for Jim on my right. It feels comfortable and

yet unfamiliar at the same time. We've got MC Ryan. I never know what he's doing actually but there's lots of wires and buttons and everything is sounding phenomenal. So thank you Ryan and we also have Ryan Callahan part of the nucleus of Meat Eater Inc across

from us digitally right now welcome to the podcast Ryan.

Hey, thank you very much for having me.

We actually, we had a topic in mind last week for this podcast and then we pivoted on that topic, which is really apropos, I guess, as they say, because

this, what we're going to talk about today is essentially pivoting, right? Pivoting, adjusting, as it stands right now,

we're in some kind of uncertain times, I guess, you know, a lot up in the air.

Whether you like it or not, we all,

but I'd say a lot of us have plans in place.

Ryan, you were just talking about,

you know, you guys are planners, we've got hunt plans.

I've got a moose hunt that recently went down the tubes as of like two days ago.

So now I'm having to find a different plan for September. Ryan, I know you've had some plans come unraveled.

And so what we're gonna talk about today

is I guess how to deal with that

and just some things that are going on

and it's not all doom and gloom.

And I guess let's figure out a way to be outside and enjoy yourself.

I did not know about your Moose Hunt and I didn't know how to tell you.

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