EP 308 (Part 2): The 306” Mule Deer Episode and an Epic State of the Union Address

Epic Outdoors Podcast

John Petersen

Bighornsheep, Rifle, Muledeer, Hunting, Jasoncarter, Wilderness, Sports, Adambronson, Biggame, Epicoutdoors, Bowhunting, Elk

2.4 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we call our good friend Kyle Lopez, who was able to harvest a 306” Mule deer as a teenager. The crew also discusses the outlook of hunting in the western states and what factors affect big game the most.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Epic Outdoors podcast.
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0:17.5	No, you just think about, I don't know, every state has a different system and and i really do
0:24.5	like utah's um i like the random factor of it and i like a max point so you feel like you're
0:31.4	always in at something you know so maybe makes it easier to spend that extra 15 points for an
0:36.9	elk application you've already spent x amount of money So 15 more points gets you in on elk and maybe, you know, it's a chance. It's a small chance, but you get one. The skews thing as a, when I was a biologist, I kind of like that. It helped to scatter guys out. I don't think it ever helped with point creep per se.
0:55.0	I don't know.
0:55.5	It's hard to tell.
0:56.8	But I know I, you know, when you start a cactus buck hunt, that's just some random
1:00.8	weird hunt on the point on the point in a lot.
1:02.5	Special interest group.
1:02.6	Yep.
1:03.2	Because I like a little weird for the year.
1:05.1	Little weird things.
1:07.5	Yeah.
1:07.7	I think it has pulled a good amount of guys.
1:11.1	And it caught them out of the trophy pool.
1:13.1	It's like you look at the multi-season deer, not deer, but, but well, deer and a couple of them or elk.
1:20.1	And there's a surprising number of people put in for those and they're going for like a one tag in a unit.
1:24.8	It's kind of like antelope Island.
1:26.1	Like, wow.
1:27.1	But I've done that because I've had plans
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