EP 378: Opportunity Tags, Guided Hunt Options and a 197" Utah General Mule Deer

Epic Outdoors Podcast

John Petersen

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we talk about your options for guided hunts across the western states and when the ideal time to book those are. We also talk about some opportunity tags that are perfect for those looking to get into hunting, or if you are trying to fill your schedule with more hunts. Finally, we call Brett Miller, who was able to make it happen on a giant buck during the Utah general season muzzleloader hunt last year. We are also giving away a pair of Zeiss Terra 10x42 binoculars, listen to this episode for more details.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Epic Outdoors podcast.
0:02.7	Check us out at Epic Outdoors.com.
0:15.1	Hey, everybody, Jason Carter, out of brother.
0:17.9	Devon!
0:18.9	How are you?
0:20.7	Devin! How are you? Are you back on the monster? No, what did you have for lunch, Carter? Logie Bear. Logie Bear goes up to get somebody out of the snowbank and can't even do it. Shout out fab rats. But, you know... Are Your pants too tight. That was a high...
0:37.6	In your defense, we haven't bought you a shovel yet. I've got two shovels in the back. In my defense, you haven't bought me a winch yet. That's what you haven't bought me. I almost asked you if I could take your hitchwinch. But you've got to come along. It was $19. Right? That John hooked you up with. With the $19 come along, I was unable to winch an entire Cummins out of snowdrub.
0:57.0	One ton of an eye. Right, that John hooked you up with. With the $19 come-along, I was unable to winch an entire Cummins out of the snowdrown-dust. Thus, Adam and I didn't even want a come-along. We didn't even want one. We already know. We already know what they're capable of. Not a cummins. You're going to winch a little dirt bike out of a ravine. Four-weather and a side-by-side. Maybe. If you're lucky.
1:11.2	Keep you from slipping off a cliff.
1:12.6	If the tires are not deep and trenched in mud.
1:16.5	I don't know.
1:17.1	I've done some interesting things with the combo.
1:19.1	Oh, really?
1:19.7	Like what, John?
1:20.5	Like build a chicken coop?
1:23.1	No.
1:23.8	Like I was able to get a land rover with no axles onto a trailer.
1:30.9	That's what I was thinking is.
1:32.4	Really? You did?
1:33.6	Yeah.
1:34.2	How did you do that?
1:36.0	I jacked it up and then I put pieces of plywood under it.
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