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Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's 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.

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And now, your host, Tony Peterson. Hey, everyone,

welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast, which is brought to by First Light. I'm your host,

Tony Peterson, and today's episode is all about the lockdown phase and why it's just so dang hard to kill a buck right now.

Look, if you didn't kill one yet, at least you fellows who aren't way down south waiting around for this rut to show up, you have your work cut out for you.

But I've come to think about this dear thing, and kind of in a way where I try to focus on

the advantages I have and what that means to my strategy.

I know this might sound dumb, but I think it's important.

And it really matters when you hit the lockdown phase where, you know, the feeling that things could bust open any minute is just gone.

And it's now a slog to try to capture a little of the rut magic

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