Hey folks, thanks for tuning in today. I'm sure you can hear a roar in the background.

That's the big motors of the venturous and we are out of Kodiak heading down along the island. We are on our way to hunt some bays for sick of blacktail deer for sea ducks and

to do some fishing. I'm here with some family, some good friends and it looks to be an awesome

week ahead. Interestingly, it's late in the season for Kodiak deer and we're up against a couple of I guess

unexpected obstacles it's cold.

Kodiak Island doesn't usually get super cold because of the nature of the sea currents the flow around it and kind of temper

the climate there but we've all of Alaska has had a bad cold snap and it's

20 to 30 degrees below average right now. Another thing is because of the cold partly and partly because it's quite late in the season the bucks antlers are

starting to get close to the point where they'll pop off we've been cautioned by

the boat transporter to avoid dragging deer by the antlers or man handling

them too hard when we're setting up for photos just because we don't want to accidentally

yank one off.

Now of course they can always be a reattached,

but it's a little bit of a bummer,

and it's hard to get good photos

when you're trying to prop a loose antler up on a bug's head.

Anyway, I just wanted to tell you a little bit about what we're doing and who's here with me.

I got Colton Heward, who you all know from his scouting and navigating segment of the podcast and his father Gary

Huard you've heard him before on the podcast talking about his once in a lifetime

desert big horn sheep hunt.

Very cool experience there.

And honored to have Gary along with us

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