Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations Podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better

deer hunting, and now your host, Tony Peterson.

Hey everybody, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations Podcast, which is brought to you

by First Light.

Today's episode is all about deer hunting weapon choice, and how mixing things up can make

you a better hunter overall.

I grew up as a strict bow hunter.

From the age of 12 until I think I was 24, I never picked up a gun to hunt any big game.

And then, the gun I picked up was a little 243, because my dad and I had planned a trip

out west to hunt Wyoming Antelope.

Now the little godi shot on day 2, that was my first big game animal with a rifle, and

while it didn't exactly line me out on a gun hunter's path, it did actually open my

eyes.

It also made it easier for me to try out a muzzle order, which I just kind of fell in

love with.

And throughout this, and through a brief foray into traditional bow hunting, and now crossbows

for my kids, I've realized something.

Hunting with a different weapon can make you a better hunter overall, and now I'm going

to tell you how.

Many of you fine listeners might not know this about me, but I am UB SEST with dogs.

Working dogs mostly, and the other side of my career, the one that doesn't involve

whitetails at all, involves dogs.

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