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Hey, everyone. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's broadcast, which is brought to you by

First Light. I'm your host Tony Peterson, and today's episode is all about reflecting on the past season

and trying to learn from it.

Look, I know it's not over everywhere.

A lot of Southern hunters definitely have some season left, and there are a few late season opportunities still going on up here in the Arctic.

But for a lot of us, the season is either actually over or over enough to be considered

pretty much as wrapped up.

This is a good time to relax a bit, but to also think about the past season and what happened

to you. What went well? What didn't? What did you learn? This is not just about how to kill

deer, but how to enjoy the whole process more, which is what I'm going to talk about right now.

This particular week is just a weird one for me every single year.

Not only does it signify that I can stop making the three-hour drive to the part of our state that has some wild roosters to hunt every single chance I get, but the deer season is just about pretty much over.

I am going to take my daughters on a dough mission sometime this month in southwestern Wisconsin,

but I'm not going to hunt. And that's a candy land deal, so it sort of doesn't feel like the kind of hunting where you get a real fix, if that makes any sense. Although my daughters don't care,

and I guess I really shouldn't care either. It's a good opportunity. But it is bittersweet to see another season end, and not just because having the option to hunt deer is generally always better than not being able to hunt deer. But I also don't know anyone who gets after it pretty hard, who also isn't just ready for a little offseason. I am. I just feel conflicted on it.

I'm also conflicted on the fact that it just seems like life is screaming by so fast lately.

I've had a lot of conversation with folks who feel the same way, as if the whole thing got put

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