Ep. 319: Analyzing our 2019 Rut Successes and Failures

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show Dan and I are recapping our 2019 rutcations, examining the tactics that led to us killing two mature bucks, and exploring the challenges we encountered along the way and what we can learn from them.

Topics discussed:

Our mental state after our 2019 rutcations
The ever-increasing challenge of balancing hunting with family
Dan's 2019 rut strategy
Dan's first encounter with "Gnarly Charlie"
How Dan filled his 2019 Iowa tag
Hunting with my dad
The cat and mouse hunt for "Tran"
Passing on nice Michigan bucks and struggling with the decisions
Examining why the Back 40 has been such a struggle this year
What led to my ultimate success in my chase for the Wide 8
Learning to love the process and not sweating what you can't control

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0:51.0	Welcome to the Wire to Hunt Podcast.
0:53.9	I'm your host Mark Kenyon and this is episode number 319.
1:10.3	In today's show, Dan and I are breaking down our 2019 Rut Hunts.
1:15.2	My first success on the back 40 are efforts to better balance hunting and family and our
1:20.9	hard learned lessons from another Rut hunting grind.
1:29.5	Okay, welcome to the Wire to Hunt Podcast brought to you by ONNX.
1:35.4	This is for me the episode where I breathe this big sigh of relief.
1:44.2	Rutcation has passed.
1:46.8	The grind at least for me has come to an end.
1:51.4	I've slept in an hour or two later than I have been for most of the last three weeks.
1:56.9	I finally don't feel like a zombie.
2:00.2	I imagine you might be in the same place, Dan.
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