This is Eastman's Elevated Podcast.

I have on great guests that are really knowledgeable, consistently successful.

We're able to dive deep down the rabbit holes of these different subject matters of shooting, of physical fitness, of mental toughness and drive.

All the different skills that make up a complete hunter that you can become.

Here's your host, Brian Barney.

Hey, what's happening, guys? I've got a brand new Eastman's elevated for you.

So on today's podcast, I have on Jake Downs.

So Jake is one of my favorite people.

He's a blue collar bow hunter.

He works extremely hard, travels all over.

Bowhunts a bunch of different species.

He's just got a ton of experience.

And he's really unfiltered but i like that about jake like

having him on the podcast so we'll get right into it today's conversation is all about working out

preparing for the hunt being a consistent bow hunter and kind of what the tricks are not even really

tricks but uh what the the work looks like some of the things that

we're doing we get into blood trailing and tracking reading the hit just a bunch of good pieces

in here to make you a better bow hunter so we'll get right into it just want to thank a couple

sponsors i want to thank on x on x changes the way that I hunt and scout.

I love to be able to use their app for all 50 states, and so they've got a subscription that covers it.

So I can scout all these Western states. I can look at them. I can get topography. I can get aerial imagery.

I can do exaggerated imagery. I can get topography, I can get aerial imagery, I can do exaggerated imagery,

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