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

deer hunting, presented by First Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the

stand, saddle, or blind. First Light, go farther, stay longer. And now, your host, Tony Peterson.

Hey everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations Podcast, which is brought to you by First Light.

I'm your host, Tony Peterson, and today I'm going to talk about going where you shouldn't,

whether that's in the whitetail woods or the elk mountains or wherever.

I know I've mentioned this many, many times, but it's worth bringing up again.

That hunting content that you've been consuming for much of your life came from people

who don't operate in the same world as you. They hunt unbelievable spots and they either have

control over them or they pay for the opportunity to hunt where someone else controls the

pressure, at least in a lot of content. The narrative that comes out of these folks is pretty

much an echo chamber of do this. Don't do that. But the truth is, I kind of have to do things

differently from them. One of those things that I think will make you a better hunter,

is to go where you normally wouldn't go, which is what this episode is all about.

Earlier this summer, I filmed a fishing show with the one and only Andy May.

During our shoot, I happened to catch a personal best smiley in a spot that has

just kind of come on my radar, on a lake that I fish more than anybody a water ever,

except for maybe the Mississippi River. I honestly don't know really why the spot holds big fish,

but I have some ideas. Depth definitely plays a role in it. I find differences in smallmouth

concentrations and quality of fish, often in places that are footer too deeper than the surrounding

areas. Food is another one. I know that the minnow is end up getting pushed up against the shore

there when the wind is blown just right, but you know that happens in a lot of spots on big lakes.

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