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How many times have we gone and we're like, this is not happening?

Or even in a day, you know, morning we're optimistic you know you're hearing

you're here in bugles you're here it's just elk but you're like it's gonna happen and then it doesn't

and you have the kind of the midday lull where some people go back to camp we kind of die when we go

back to camp um my ADD is not good so we either either go, if we're by ourselves, we go push around bowls, you know, slow hunting, still hunting, whatever. And then you have the evening where you're like, and even within that midday, you're like, oh, dark timber, there's a chance. It's crazy, dude. It is crazy. The rollercoaster of emotions when you're hunting is insane.

And if you don't have a good, just a group of people that you're like, you know, you can get down.

Granted, we do a lot of negative self-talk, but it's more like, you know, it's just like messing around.

Out here, the stakes are real.

Effective preparation starts with fitness, but it requires so much more.

This show explores the tools, knowledge, resilience, and skills needed to be ready when it matters the most.

Join me, Rich Broning, as we apply the decades of wisdom I've gained through training

and competition to hunting in the backcountry. This is In Pursuit. Brought to you by Mountain Ops.

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