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My name is Clay Newcomb, and I'm the host of the bear hunting magazine podcast.

I'll also be your host into the world of hunting the icon of North American wilderness,

the bear.

We'll talk about tactics, gear, conservation, but we'll also bring you into some of the wildest country on the planet

chasing bear.

Welcome to the Bear Hunting Magazine podcast. It's October the 1st, and if you hear the

hum of a Silverado motor, some all-terrain tires. It's because I'm recording this podcast alone

in my truck. I'm headed to Southeast Oklahoma. Today is almost a sacred day for me. October 1st

has been the Oklahoma opener for several years now,

and I look forward to it as much as any date on the calendar. I truly do. So I'm heading to the

redneck blind. Some of you may have been watching the Bear Honey magazine YouTube channel and seen our vlogs.

But back in August, we put up a redneck blind in southeast Oklahoma on private land.

We can bait bears on private land in Oklahoma and four different counties.

I put up this redneck blind on a proven property.

Now, it was a new actual bait site.

I'd never baited in that particular spot, but I had baited bears within, let's say, 500 yards of there.

So it was close enough that we knew that it would be inconsequential in terms of

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