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Hey everyone, welcome to the Wire to Hunt Foundation's podcast, which is brought to you by First Light.

I'm your host, Tony Peterson. And today's episode is all about summer scouting and the mistakes we

almost all make.

This is an easy one for me.

I love summer scouting, and I'm acutely aware of the ways in which I've messed it up over the years.

There are a couple of different ways to Summer Scout, and I'm going to cover them all,

along with sort of the typical pitfalls that come with each.

Plus, I might dive into a few more issues we create for ourselves with this crucial time of year and our deer strategy.

So buckle up because it's time to talk white tails.

There is often a disconnect between what we think something is and then what it actually is.

We like linear connections in our brains because we just don't have the mental horsepower to consider the nuance of everything all the time.

When it comes to summer scouting, it used to go like this.

Load up a day pack with a spotter and a tripod.

Spray down with some mosquito repellent.

And then go post up summer to watch a hayfield or a bean field or some other food source.

Watch a bachelor group come out of the cover.

Make no to where they feed.

Set up there.

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