Welcome to the Monday Minute of the Hunt Backcountry podcast.

These are shorter and more informal episodes where we answer your listener questions.

Steve, it's been a minute, but you and I are back doing a Monday minute together.

Yeah, it's been, I was on family vacation last week and back at it here today.

Yeah, I think a week before that, you were out moose hunting and Jake and I took a stab at it here today. Yeah, I think a week before that, you were out moose hunting and

Jake and I took a stab at it. And yeah, last week we didn't have a Monday minute. My son was

actually in the hospital. So good to have a life a bit back to normal here. We are leaving

for Kodiak in less than a week, Steve, Friday. We're flying. I'm so excited. Yeah, this is going to be a fun trip. We're taking, if you need to get a hold of Exo, do it this week, not next week, because we're going to be pretty much everybody will be up there that's in the office anyways. We got six you, me, Jake, Justin, Pat, and Rob that runs S&S archery.

We're all going up to Kodiak and hang out for a week, have some fun, kill some deer, catch some fish, drink a few beers.

It's going to be a blast.

Obviously for you and I haven't gone, we know what we're getting into.

It's always fun to take some first-timers.

I think, is it first trip to Alaska period for both Rob and Pat?

I think Rob's been up there like on a cruise or something, but not actually on a hunt.

And Pat, did Pat do the death hike when I went up there?

Oh, you know. I don't know.

I think he did.

So anyways, first time.

Yeah.

First time.

Dude, I'm like, my memory these days is so stinking bad.

We're on my vacation, like my brother-in-law and sister-in-law were talking about,

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