Welcome to the Hunt Backcountry podcast and a brand new series called The Backcountry Blueprint.

In this series, we are looking at some data that is self-reported from hunters on their experience as backcountry hunters and what makes a difference for them.

In this first episode, we're talking about the attributes of a successful backcountry hunt,

and there were seven key takeaways that stood out in terms of being successful on such

hunts.

You'll hear us explain how we got this hunter data, why we're doing this series, and more.

But right up front, just want to say, if you're new to

the podcast, thanks for considering tuning in and following along. We've been doing this podcast

for over 10 years, and obviously over that time, we've had different guests, different topics,

different series, and we've never done anything like this one, though. So you're

catching us at a great time if you're new, and if you're a repeat listener, we're glad you

hear, and we hope you enjoy this series. If you want to follow the show, just hit subscribe

or follow in your podcast app, but more importantly, there's going to be data along with

this series and additional resources for this series that there's going to be data along with this series and

additional resources for this series that you won't get if you only listen to the podcast.

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because of your direct support. So thank you for that. I hope you guys enjoy this new series.

Let's dive right in with this first episode.

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