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Speaker 3: 0:42

That's why your tagline my JCL moment perfect. You don't know what that man should have done. You don't know what that man should have done.

Speaker 2: 0:50

I accidentally drifted my canoe between a sow and a cub and she like, charged and hit like the back of the canoe.

Speaker 4: 1:00

But his head hit the ground before his ass did.

Speaker 5: 1:03

Begging, begging and crying to go with my grandfather, go with my father on these deer drives. You know, the last trip over I shot a great Cape Buffalo with my bow, charging through the grass, and then the whooping.

Speaker 6: 1:16

And then you hear a body drop.

Speaker 1: 1:18

Boys, welcome back. It is New Year, I mean, it's the new season for us. 2025 is right around the corner. Most people listening to this happy New Year. We got, you know, our usual crew with Frank. We got the Squatch. Ethan had to pull a mandatory overtime at work. We have Peyton is down home right now in maryland so he's not available and I think we're not 100 sure yet with steve. He said that the kids weren't in bed yet, so we're not really, uh, we're really not sure yet with that. But we got a uh, a team guy who joined right around bear camp. We finally got him on zach, welcome.

Speaker 7: 2:06

Welcome to the show hey, what's up guys, glad to be on yeah, no, it's, it's.

Speaker 1: 2:12

It's great to get you on um. You know we're we're gonna talk a little bit all different types of stuff. It's, you know, the the season recap or the yearly recap and everything like that. But but before we get into all that, you know, tell the listeners out there a little bit about yourself and get all the everyone out there. You know, meet the newest team guy. I mean by far the, the one that's the the most unknown, because the man doesn't even have Instagram.

Speaker 7: 2:42

Yeah man, my name's Zach, I'm 20. I'm 29 years old, born and raised in South Jersey, didn't grow up in a hunting family, so I kind of self-taught started in my early 20s and just been having a blast. Just so far I've just been strictly bow hunting, but I'm gonna get it. I took my hunter safety course for gun here recently. I'm gonna get into that next.

Speaker 1: 3:06

So yeah, you, you, I mean you've been killing and somebody who got got into it and taught themselves in their early 20s I mean you know me, you and pain we, you know we've all talked and everything like that and like your hunting style. You don't have that typical hunting style. Somebody who's new into it, like you are, you're a season as a season hunter can can get. I mean your. Your style is you know that big run and gun, uh, style, I mean what. There's some of your setups, you're maybe five feet off the ground and everything like that. You, you have a real unique style, kind of where did that come from?

Speaker 7: 3:45

so yeah, when I started, when I got into hunting, I didn't have any mentors or anything, I just kind of self-taught. So my first couple years I was just wandering around the woods trying to sneak up on deer and you know, trying to spot and stalk them and everything with a bow, and of course wasn't too successful at it the first couple of years. But uh, and I started following you know the hunting beast forum, uh guys like the hunting public and stuff and and uh got into you know the whole hunting betting stuff. Uh, dan in fault and um, yeah, um um, yeah, um, so yeah, you'll get used to it.

Speaker 1: 4:30

You know, being on the podcast once the words start flowing, ever been yeah, listen, you should have saw me. The first episode I was like the trailer. I'm like, yeah, you're like you, you talk, and it's like yeah, yeah, like you just get into this thing, where now, like once you get used to, I mean look at the guys. Now I mean squash, how many times a week do you do this? Because you, you got the, the white.

Speaker 5: 4:55

Well, so you're doing at least two, two to three times a week yeah, you guys, you guys is uh one night, and then I got uh, I'll be on probably two nights a week with them. We go back to our regular schedule and I got the gift of gab, so it's easy for me.

Speaker 1: 5:10

I can just go that's true his first time on this podcast and I I think we talked about it in the Christmas episode and everything like that, but you know he was apologizing. I literally got to sit up with my feet up like I was an actual guest, like I was just a listener, I was a fan, like I don't even think I really said much. That episode Squatch covered almost the whole entire episode and it was beautiful. But not too many people are like that, especially on their first few times. I mean even myself, I mean even even myself. I mean it does take something to get to get used to, but, um, you do remind me a lot of like. You know, do you get this a lot, zach, from the hunting public.

Speaker 7: 5:58

Uh, I think, yeah, I think our hunting styles are really similar. I do a lot of hunting off the ground too, and you, you know, I'd say more than half the time I'm on the ground I just cover a lot of ground until I get on something. If I'm in a tree, it's because I'm really confident I'm in the spot. And you know, if I'm in a tree, um, there's a good chance something's getting killed that night.

Speaker 1: 6:17

But other than that, I just cover ground, scout and, you know, just stay mobile until I, until I find what I'm looking for really yeah yeah, what, what you know when, when you, when you started, you know what was that, like you know a lot of trial and error, but what was like your first deer? And I mean, you sent some pictures over and we've seen some of the caliber deer that you, that you've shot in recent years, but what was that like first deer, like you know, was it a doe, was it a? Was it a young buck? Like kind of take us through that, that, that moment when everything kind of came together yeah, so I can remember my first hunt.

Speaker 7: 6:56

Um, you know, like I said, didn't have a mentor or anything, and I just, I can remember just walking around and and seeing, you know, I would see deer, and every deer I would see would just be the you know their tail just bounding away from me. And uh, I remember just looking at my, my, my quiver full of arrows and thinking, man, how am I ever going to get one of these arrows in a deer? Didn't seem like it would, it would be possible. And uh, and actually it was only a few days later, I was walking down the hiking trail and I saw a few does cross the trail in front of me and I was able to sneak into about 25 yards and get a shot at one of them and I hit her high and hit her in the spine, or I don't know if I hit the spine or, just, you know, hit right under it and shocked her, but she, she dropped immediately and, uh, I had to put another arrow in her and that was my.

Speaker 7: 7:54

That was my first year. Um, and then, just a couple days after that, actually, I shot a young, uh, four point buck, uh, also from the ground. I was. I was scouting my way in in the morning. I got in kind of late and uh saw a group of deer. This was late October and I saw a group of deer it was a buck chasing some does around and uh, I got down behind a big blown down log and just crouched behind the log and I could hear him coming in the leaves.

Speaker 7: 8:30

I could hear the footsteps and this buck came to about five yards and, uh, I didn't know any better you know about waiting for a broadside shot or anything and I shot this buck full frontal front of the chest and um, he went, ran 60, 70 yards and I watched him fall and I was hooked from that point on yeah I love that.

Speaker 1: 8:55

What a, what a, what a story, what, what a first buck too, I mean, and I loved it, I love it.

Speaker 5: 9:05

There you go, there you go.

Speaker 4: 9:06

Yep.

Speaker 1: 9:07

Nice, nice, oh, that's a nice first buck. That is a nice first buck. I mean, all those on the wall are all yours. That's velvet. Where's that from? There's a Delaware velvet buck.

Speaker 7: 9:23

Nice, there's my biggest Nice one. Yeah, he's a nice one Buck.

Speaker 5: 9:26

Nice, there's my biggest.

Speaker 4: 9:27

Nice one. Yeah, he's a nice one.

Speaker 5: 9:28

Beautiful brow tides.

Speaker 1: 9:30

Yeah, jesus, so you put some pilling down. I mean, you know how long, how many bucks are you at, kind of like right now?

Speaker 7: 9:44

Let's see, I got one, two, I got 12 in here right now.

Speaker 1: 9:54

You started in your 20s. That's a pretty good accomplishment.

Speaker 4: 9:58

Yeah, it is.

Speaker 1: 10:00

Considering you're still in your 20s.

Speaker 7: 10:03

Yeah, it's nice being in Jersey. We get how many tags a year? Six buck tags.

Speaker 1: 10:07

so yeah, seven now seven now. Well, yeah, seven now. I think it was six. I think it was six the years before, but I think it's seven now or something, something like that.

Speaker 1: 10:17

They, they made it. We're getting one more. Um, now, you know there's there's tons of questions. You know I want to and you know we'll get to it all at some point. Um, one of your other things, um, first year bear hunting guys, let me tell you we got this man hooked within like the first I don't even know, I think I think he, him and payton went scouting the night before, uh, night, night before season, and man, he just was already art, it seemed like you were already hooked before you actually went on like the bear hunt yeah, that was the most.

Speaker 7: 10:55

That was my favorite hunt of the year so far. Probably that was one of the most fun hunts I've ever had and even, like I said, that was the best two dollars I've ever spent. But that's something I'll be doing every year from now on, for sure, I had a blast yeah, like you said, me and peyton got up there the night before the season.

Speaker 7: 11:15

Uh, covered a bunch of ground. We found, uh, I guess the best. Well, we found a bunch of bear sign in the cornfields and everything where we were hunting them all week. We found a a really good active scrape and Peyton put a camera, a cell camera, on it and within like two hours of him setting up that camera in daylight he had a nice buck working the scrape. So Peyton hunted that spot I guess it was the second morning and that's where he ended up shooting his bear. You know he was. He went in there deer hunting thinking it was he was going to get that buck and this big bear comes through and and then, uh, size bear.

Speaker 1: 11:52

Hey, listen, that was one of the. You know we've bear week has become such a tradition. You know we talk about a lot and it's going to be a yearly tradition for us where we're going to be at camp. Make sure anyone coming if you want to meet up with us at camp. I mean, the campsite was beautiful. We, we had a lot of fun just there alone.

Speaker 1: 12:12

But this bear, I mean we just kept going and you know, for for me and bobby we knew where he shot his bear last year and peyton was like oh yeah, like it's right, it's, it's right there, and we just kept going and going and then you just go down and you know anyone who who knows about hunting bear when you start going down the ridge you're like oh no. And then you see the bear and it's like okay, like you can't really tell how big the bear is. And then pete and all of a sudden goes, oh, that's bigger than I thought. And we're like, oh my god, like how are you gonna do this? Last year you shot a, um year before I think it was roughly 300 and something pounds, and this one, I think, was a little, just a little smaller, but it's still like a really, really nice bear and it's like, yeah, okay, let's celebrate. Okay, we celebrated.

Speaker 1: 13:10

Now we had a gut thing. We're like, okay, how are we going to get this thing up the ridge? And how we originally did it first was I think you and peyton were in the front and then me and bobby had to push from the back because, I mean, the, the incline was. It was actually a pretty steep incline, yeah, um, so it wasn't as easy as the rest of the ways. Once, I think peyton made it. He kind of had us bobsledding where he we had a bunch of extra rope and he basically made it so that we could just bobsled the bear out. Thank god he did that because we made pretty good time. I think it took us like an hour, hour 15 or hour 20, I think, to actually drag the bear out after once we got it up top. But, um, it was, it was tons of fun. And I then, I think the next day, after we scouted again or one of the spots we scouted, you had a phenomenal counter, the very next day too as well yeah, that was.

Speaker 7: 14:06

That was fun. Uh, so the whole week, you know I was, I had it in my mind that I was going to spot stalk one. Um, so I was covering a bunch of ground and, yeah, I think it was the third or fourth morning I was walking down edge of a cornfield that we had scouted and found a bunch of fresh, fresh sign the day before, and I just caught the back end of this bear turning the corner of this field, about a couple hundred yards away. So I full sprint down there, turn the corner and I catch him. I can see him in the corn, I can just see the stalks moving. And so I get down on my knees on about 30 yards from him and he steps out into the lane, into, because they have, you know, the corridors cut on the on the sides of the field, I guess, for the tractors and everything. And, um, he steps out into the lane and he he's. He was huge, I don't know how big he was, he was, I think he was probably pushing four or 500 pounds and he turns and looks at me and he sees, he sees me and locks onto me and starts walking right toward me. He's 25 yards coming right at me and, um, I wasn't nervous or anything, it was. It was weird. I, I, I didn't have like buck feet, like you know where that buck feet, my heart wasn't pounding or anything but uh, he ends up turning. He ends up walking probably about five yards towards me and stops and is staring at me and trying to figure out what I am and eventually he loses interest and turns, turns back around, walks back to the trail he was on and starts turns broadside and he's getting ready to walk into the woods.

Speaker 7: 15:45

At this point I draw back. He's about I guessed him at about 30 yards, I take. I settle my. So when I draw back, my whole sight picture is just black hair and uh, I think I don't know what happened. I think I I well getting ahead of myself. Now I take the shot and this bear lets out this loud grunt, this just what's. He just likes, just like, and runs off. So I'm thinking I hit him, I'm thinking I just killed this thing because you know, you hear like about the death moan and everything, and I've never shot a bear before.

Speaker 7: 16:21

So I call Mike, I call Peyton, I'm like guys, I shot, shot one and mike was at work at the time. Um, so payton and bobby came out and, uh, we start looking for my arrow and not finding anything, not finding any blood. Um, and bobby ends up finding my arrow like 50, 60 yards past where I, where the bear was standing stuck in a tree and it was clean as a whistle. It was a clean miss. So I don't know how I managed to miss the target with a 55 gallon drum at 30 yards.

Speaker 1: 16:56

But the excitement it just gets to you like it's a, especially doing it on the ground, and then you know it's just different. Like I'll tell you, hunting bears is a. It's just a whole nother game. You know, yet again, it's something that we talk about constantly on this podcast because we think a lot of us just love it so much. I mean I'm fully addicted to it. You know, now two years years in a row. You know bobby's always looking to to get out there that week. You know the one time he really gets the hunt he tries to make it always that it's during the bear week and everything like that. Like a lot of people once you, I think you do it. And you know frank, you go. Frank killed a giant. You know bear, you know his, you know back, and when his, his daughter, was small, I mean we got the picture I was like, oh my god, like I didn't realize how big this, this bear, was, that, uh, that he killed. But, um squatch, have you killed the bear?

Speaker 4: 17:58

you're muted, squatch there you go.

Speaker 5: 18:12

See, I still goof up now. Uh, yeah, I killed one about six years ago up in the mountain. Uh, about 180 pound. Um, I got the skull up on the uh gun safe. But yeah, it was, uh, my second year hunting the mountain with my son and went to the same spot where I shot the two big bucks those two there over my shoulder and it got light and I saw four legs going across the ridge up ahead of me and I was like holy crap, that's a bear going across the ridge up up ahead of me. And I was like holy crap, that's a bear. So I pulled the old mighty 35 up and just touched it off and here comes the bear tumbling down the ridge right to me and I'm like, oh my god, I'm gonna get attacked by this thing. And I had my trusty 45 on my hip so I pulled that out of the holster and the bear crashes literally five feet away from me and he dies and he lets out that death moan and I'm like I'm not coming out from behind this blowdown man. I'm like I come out and I got the gun drawn and I'm kind of like looking and I could just see him laying, like I see his foot up I'm like, oh he's dead. But man that was.

Speaker 5: 19:24

It was wild man because I had never shot one before and I was really amazed, like how clean they are like internally, like a deer. You got it when you got a bear out. They're so clean, they like don't stink. No, if you, if you get a deer and you're gutting a deer out, not like hitting the intestines, but they just kind of got an odor to them. The bear did not bear was clean and, um, I had to bring it back. I brought it over to the taxidermy shop. They weighed it, pulled the tooth and I got it back home.

Speaker 5: 19:56

When I skinned it out it freaked me out because it kind of looked like nothing I've seen before. When I skinned it out they actually got like elbow elbow joints and you know it looks it kind of. They actually got like elbow joints and you know it kind of like looks like human a little bit and you're like man, that's weird. I'm not used to seeing something like that hanging in my garage. But I'll tell you what 180-pound bear average cat skill bear for up here. You know they get way bigger. I mean we got them running like you guys got down there. But I mean we got them running like you guys got down there. But I mean a good eating bear when I say good eating, like he was young, he was tender. I made roasts and people thought it was venison and I'm like, no, no, that's bear. They're like, wow, dude, that's really good. So I don't know, I don't know, I mean I would kill one again.

Speaker 1: 20:43

One again, I guess, with the right opportunity we're getting you to come back for, yeah, you know, for bear season. We definitely get you to come down and the cool thing is, you know we can just then and that's what we did, like the morning that that weather we we didn't have the best weather, I think for that morning hunt to hunt bear. So our plan was to hunt deer and it worked out well, like, especially in New Jersey, like you could go out during the bear season and you know, anywhere from Morris County up to where Frank is and everything like that, you're going to run across a bear. Probably at some point you could deer hunt. And you know, like, all right, you know I'm going to take my morning to go, we're going to go hunt a scrape, because I think the temperature drops so much. We're like, oh, like, deer are gonna be on their feet, those scrapes are gonna be hot, you know. And happens, bear. I've seen bears. Oh, yeah, beautiful bear there you go, beautiful bear, yeah, um. And then you know, another great thing was that one of the bucks was on the scrape while we were walking in to go get the bear too. So you know, yeah, for us in new jersey, like it's a great time, even if you're like, oh, you know what, I don't really want a bear hunt. It's a two dollar tag, get it, you can deer hunt and if a bear comes, a bear comes and you know the camp is what I really had fun and we had. Yeah, I still arguably think the best heart I've ever had, that bear heart, and I've had deer heart and I love deer heart.

Speaker 1: 22:16

But I don't know if it's zach just making it. Because, first of all, uh, that you, you run the carnivore diet. You know, I noticed the hat. Uh, make america healthy again. Um, so you're, you stand by the, the carnivore diet and everything like that. So you've gotten so used to making, you know, meat and everything. Listen, the venison that we had was phenomenal, like basically perfectly cooked. I mean, I, I loved it. So I don't know if that made the bear better, because I think you cooked the bear, I believe. Um, I don't know if it was the beef tallow that you, I don't know what exactly it was yeah, it was delicious. The food was out of control.

Speaker 7: 23:00

Yeah, pay me a bunch of meat from that bear too, and I've been eating it, eating a bunch of the ground meat, and yeah, that's delicious, man, I can't get enough of it yeah, love, love, bear.

Speaker 1: 23:10

Um, but all right, before you know what, we'll get back to to you in a little bit. Um, guys, like I said, it's it's the end of the year wrap up. We've had, let me, we've had a really good year. I want to first of all say thank you to, to all the listeners out there. You know you guys have been absolutely great. We're well, well past, I think, a hundred thousand, maybe even close to two hundred thousand downloads. I can't exactly remember right now, um, but we have been absolutely killing it from the guys on the team. You know the dedication that you guys. I got to thank you guys as well. I know Steve Squatch, frank and Zach now all joined up in 2024. And Zach now all joined up in 2024.

Speaker 1: 24:09

And it is, it has been a absolute pleasure having you guys a part of this. You know the game, dinners, the archery events, everything like that. It is, it is. It has been great. I know you are going to get to experience that now being now that we're going to be moving off from hunting season, going into the off season, and everything like that. Um, and it's a it's a grand time. I personally love it because it's we have this like pretty tight-knit community that we've talked about on our podcast, on other podcasts, on the white toe event. I know you guys are a tight-knit community and everything like that. So, um, it is, it is truly amazing.

Speaker 1: 24:42

But this year, guys, we did 61 episodes this year. I think that is awesome. I for us, I think last year I was at 40 something and I really wanted to just step it up. We were averaging one point one, seven episodes per week, and that obviously we take a little bit breaks here and there, but during the main season we're running two episodes a week. Um, during the off season we'll kind of cut it down to maybe one. Uh, it just depends on what our um pre um gosh I'm freaking, drawing a blank blank right now um, all our um interview episodes and how many we got. Um, I think we're up to like 15 or 20 this off season. So we were able to push out a lot of episodes. So, guys, you know I, I appreciate it.

Speaker 1: 25:37

Um, philadelphia was actually the top listen to city with 342. So shout out to Philly. I don't know if that's. I don't think I can give Peyton all the credit for that. I don't think Peyton listened to that many episodes and everything. Whoever you guys are out in Philly, you know, huge shout out to you guys. 12 countries, obviously, united States being the highest and Singapore being the second highest. That is pretty interesting. And then, I think, germany, canada and the United Kingdom. So we had a phenomenal, phenomenal year this year and a lot of great episodes. Um, you know, and it always gets hard giving your favorite episodes and I know, for frank, you've been here with us the the longest with the episodes so what were some of your favorite episodes, recording and and memories like that?

Speaker 4: 26:47

uh, kind of put me on the spot there for saying that, um, I should have gave you guys a heads up but it's all. It's all good. Um, I mean I definitely, you know, one of my favorites was definitely my brother squat having his on there. Um, I'm trying to think of what other ones are stuck. I really like the one with Reaper. That was another good one because he's just a book of knowledge. That guy Literally Trying to think what else really really stuck out to me.

Speaker 1: 27:23

I'll put them on the spot, people yeah, yeah, definitely they're thinking because you're going to be asked next too.

Speaker 1: 27:29

Yeah, yeah, I'll give you, I'll give you some time before we do the top five downloaded episodes. I'm going to real quick um, give you guys. We did the fan vote. This is the second annual year of doing the the fan vote. I mean absolutely great response. Um, this is something that we're going to be doing continuously.

Speaker 1: 27:53

Um, you know, and it kind of broke it down, I'll start from the final um eight. And you know, I think, um, squash, you just, yeah, squash went up against a juggernaut. You went up against a juggernaut, um, with maddie butts, so you made it to the sweet 16. Uh, you put up a great fight. I mean, we loved that episode and everything like that, but, um, you just went up against the juggernaut there. So it was Matty Butts, buck Down. We had from Gunpowder to Archery with Noct, we had Hex Hunting, we had Woods with the Woods, the Rat Getter, 10-year Anniversary episode, wild Game Freaks and Whitetail 101. That was in the top eight, which went down to Matty Butts going against Knocked Outdoors and then the Woods against Wild Game Freaks, and both Matty Butts and the Woods went head to head today and I will tell you, I think this might have been close to one of the highest ever voted on finals that we've had, and it was the woods getting 76 votes and Maddie butts getting 94 votes and taking first place as the fan voted episode of the year. Some great support from from those guys.

Speaker 1: 29:32

He actually tells a hilarious story that I loved and I tried so hard to. I had it down on my computer and it was all ready to go and I have no idea where the hell it went. So while I'm gonna, when you guys are explaining, I'm gonna see if I can. I can find it, but he has, I think, one. Yes, by far probably my favorite story of this year. Um, but just an absolute great episode. And you know he's a jersey guy and we we definitely gotta give a lot of love to the jersey guys. So congratulations to, to maddie outdoors uh, maddie bush for for being the number one fan voted episode. So frank, does that give you a little like, uh, wiggle room of of some episodes a little bit?

Speaker 4: 30:23

so what I was also thinking was I actually completely forgot I was there for the whole racketer one, but that was a really great one with gerard um, knowing that we kind of like I guess, like I kind of grew up in the same area like he did and everything as long as like with my family, so that was kind of cool. And, uh, I and actually hex hunting, like because that really opened my eyes, and getting to use their products this year, that was a really good one yeah and um, there was one more, but I freaking forgot it already, but definitely those were were probably my all-time favorites yeah, how about you squash?

Speaker 5: 31:06

yeah, I gotta kind of agree with frank on some of them. Um, of course, you know my mind was really good, you know. But we're to leave that alone for now.

Speaker 5: 31:16

But no, like I said, everybody I enjoy listening to whoever comes on, because there's so many different walks of life and everybody looks at hunting a different way and they do different things and they do different things. I did really enjoy the hex episode like you guys are talking about, you know discussing the electromagnetic magnetic field that animals can see. It was very intriguing. I really like the scientific side of that stuff. It's pretty cool.

Speaker 1: 31:49

So I really got a great guy Awesome people, awesome people.

Speaker 5: 31:52

Um, of course, you know, again, rack getter I liked hearing about. You know the things that he had to bring to the table and how he's got started with stuff and you know his sense are incredible. So I really wanted to learn about the guy. It was good listening to it. And, um, you know Frankie, when Frankie's on, I love his stuff. You know he's always got great stories to tell and you know he's had a hell of a season this year and just sitting there and be able to to ride shotgun with him on a lot of the stuff. And you know we, we confide in each other a lot. You know we're like the inseparable guys of uh, you know boondocks outdoors and you know, with with us doing the podcast, we're always like each other's uh, our, our, um, uh, you know go-to guy. That's what we do we. We call each other when we get something, so that's good.

Speaker 5: 32:41

Um, I think I'm trying to remember back what the when another one was. Oh, yeah, I like the andrew fitzgerald. You know his stuff that he he came up with. He's got a little bit of a different technique. I don't necessarily agree with a lot of it, but it was cool hearing his little bit of, uh, how he does things and it was interesting, uh, you know. So that's what I mean.

Speaker 5: 33:07

You know it's not always necessarily like the nailed down. You know everybody walks the same path. It's good getting some insight from, from different people's views, but I I guess you know it's so hard because, like I said, you know, there's so many out there, you got so many episodes and you know, just having the people on like you know, I mean you you've had, like, like you know, dave on and those guys and stuff, it's interesting listening to their take on stuff and you know it's just a big network of great people and, being that I'm on two podcasts, it's like sometimes, you know, like we have you on Mike, and you're an enjoyment to listen to. You bring a lot to the table to listen to. You bring a lot to the table and you know just the whole network of people.

Speaker 5: 33:56

Like, like you were saying, you know you're going to see Zach, you're going to see, you know, and I I'm not even that long being in here with these guys, but I'm going to welcome you because it's going to be an awesome thing for you to experience this, especially I'm I'm going to be 50 in a month. Okay, you're a young guy yet. So for you to experience this and and get you know everything that you can take from what we bring to the table, it's combined years and years of knowledge. It just rolls and steam, steam rolls, and you can just take in so much of that and then you can use it to your advantage. You know, you can say well, you know, I took a little bit of what Squatch said, or I took a little bit of what Mike said or what Frank said, and I applied it, but I kind of did my own thing on it.

Speaker 5: 34:39

And that's how you get good, you know, and that's how you start learning, learning little tricks of the trade. And you know I'm going to open my arms to you. You know, hey, listen, you want to ask me something you're more than welcome to. You know how to get on us with, with the. You know texting back and forth with the, the group chat and stuff like that. I mean, I'm no professional, I'm. I still learn stuff every day. But yeah, I've been around. I've been around for a while and you know I might be able to help you with something. So don't be afraid to ask, get on there and say, yo, I'm having this problem, or I don't know what to do, or yeah, absolutely you know.

Speaker 5: 35:15

So we welcome you. We welcome you and can't wait to hear you get on here and talk more about yourself and experiences that you had.

Speaker 1: 35:22

So absolutely yes, absolutely definitely, definitely, um, and and that's the one thing that I love about you know, doing this and what, what we got just at at boondocks and then even just with the, the other other groups, is the, the community. It's like being on a sports team and it's a, it's a huge brotherhood that you know. I mean, we got people in Wisconsin and Ohio and you know all over the place that we've connected. You know, down in North Carolina, um, with Jones, and then we have the hunting competition that we put together, which is just, you know, we've talked about it it's really not even about the competition, it's just about us just having fun and just, you know, it's just an amazing experience we get to do.

Speaker 1: 36:07

And you know, you kind of said on Perfect Squatch, like I've done 200 and 209 episodes. Um, you know, and I never can really tell people what are my favorite, because every episode is so unique and just so different that I I really do love them all. Um, you know, and it's it always gets tough when I try to give my favorite ones. Um, I, I always try to give it to to people. Um, you know, I I never really can do it, but you know some of the stories you know I'll one of my favorites. Um. Right here is. Um is from Knocked Outdoors. Can everyone hear that? Nope, okay, all right, I wasn't 100% sure. I think it was because on. All right, sorry guys about that. Let me just, I'm going to put my headphones off real quick, my headphones off real quick, and I'm going to let you guys listen to this. This is from Knocked Outdoors. This is one of the clips from this year.

Speaker 6: 37:41

Absolutely loved it, and this one right here is just why I love this you're telling me your first bow kill was a black bear black bear honestly had no idea they're around um, but it was my buddy's camp actually down south on the border, um, and I mean me. So it's kind of funny story me and my buddy were hunting, probably 150 yards apart from each other. Um, we both set up the stands maybe the day before um. So I've heard, you know, oh there's, you know there are black bear here. So, uh, that kind of always piqued my interest to be like all right, that's pretty cool, it'd be cool to see one. Um, and like I said, we were sitting 150 yards apart from each other. I just so happened to look to my right and saw it kind of sticking its head out and I, my heart completely dropped. I just about fell out of the stand. I was like, oh my God, I'll never forget texting my buddy bear bear.

Speaker 1: 38:46

You're like I couldn't imagine killing my bear for my the first animal. I killed my bow and it's going to be a bear Like, and that was great with zacka, you know, great guy can't wait to to meet him and everything like that, and that was a great episode. Like I, that's one of the episodes that like, sticks out and everything like that. There's just, there's just so many. I mean um, of course, the you know the ones and with brandon love having having brandon on and, um, everyone we know him as as reaper and everything like that. Um, so it's always great getting great, always getting reaper on. I mean this story right here that he, that he tells he's trying to get the hook out and he will eventually get that hook out, yeah, that's what the otter said.

Speaker 2: 39:31

It wasn't even really in him, it was just a jay hook and I was using a live minnow under a bobber and he came up after the minnow, I guess, and what happened was the jay hook kind of went under his chin and it literally was outside of his mouth, it was on the side of his face and it was literally so I know it just pulled out, but it was through like the tiniest piece of flesh. But their skin is tough so like trying to get that out, I was just trying to get it out and like he was just trying to tear me up so I let it go. But we saw him like for like three more seasons and like that shit just pulled out.

Speaker 1: 40:04

But you know we're having having an otter. Like has anyone caught an otter? I haven't.

Speaker 1: 40:11

I I know, not me after listening to him, I was like, hey, man, I don't think I would ever want to catch an otter. I haven't I, I know, not me. After listening to him I was like, hey man, I don't think I would ever want to catch an otter. Like you know, we've got snapping turtles before and everything and that's kind of what we were talking about. But like you don't really think of an otter as like something that you're gonna catch, you know, and then boom, next thing you know you're, you're catching an otter. So it's always getting great, getting reaper on. I imagine you know reaper will be on plenty more times. Um to come.

Speaker 1: 40:38

And another one um that I really loved and I'm not sure if any of you guys were on, for I think frank was was quentin from from full draw. Oh yeah, yep. And you know, when he first told us in that about him being stalked by a wolf I mean that, that story right there and we actually recorded that with him and we held on for that for a while and he actually dropped a few I think two episodes with other people before that. But like I think we were one of the first ones that for the podcast community that that kind of heard. I don't think he he told it before. Um, I don't even know. There are wolves in freaking wisconsin. Yeah, again, this man was stalked by like literally stalked by a wolf. Um, anyone who has listened to that, make sure you go check that one out, because that one was great. I think we talked about wolves.

Speaker 1: 41:34

I think we talked about mountain lions mountain lions yep and um in wisconsin, which, yet again, had had no idea. Um, you know, of course, anything with gerard, um and then, um, what a really good one. And any any of you guys out there looking to get into trapping? Uh, the, the one with autumn um, she's a pa trapper. This girl knows her. That was a really fun one. I can't wait to get her on again and hopefully, you know, she'll be at one of our events. Um, hopefully she'll be at the game dinner and everything like that. I might, even I might have something that I had already reached out to to her about, but I, I gotta, I gotta, double check. I would like to get her on as a um at the event, as a um, as a guest speaker, because I think growing the trapping community is such a key, especially if you're into turkeys and and everything like that. If you're talking about just managing in a whole, I think you always have to put into trapping is just something that you got to do. Yeah, so that is a couple of them now.

Speaker 1: 42:44

Now, guys, I'm going to give you the top five downloaded of 2025. You know, with number five and which was a great, great time and hooked us up with being a part of the Hex Affiliate program, which was a great thing that that he did and honestly, it was phenomenal. And I will tell you, I have not gone a hunt without wearing my hex suit underneath all my clothes. Um, and I will tell you, from from turkey season to deer season, I don't think I've had this many close encounters and I'm not trying to give, but it's like he talks about in the episode it is. This is not going to make you something to become the next great hunter. It's just another small piece to help give you maybe a little bit of advantage. Just like you still got to play your wind, you know, you still got to try to cut down on your scent control. You still can't be moving around like an asshole and everything like that.

Speaker 1: 43:58

Like you, this is just another little piece in the, the tool shed or whatever you want to call it, to help you maybe I don't know deceive a animal that's instincts are absolutely phenomenal. Um, I mean this guy, what do you say? I think he's killed 50 something. Elk insane, loves elk hunting and loves africa, and it was actually like he. We got to get him on again because just his african hunting stories were just absolutely. Um, you know, with Cape Buffalo and everything like that. I think he said what do you say, frank? He wants to do, I think, hippo, I think is his. Hippo is something that is one of his big dreams, if he wants to, to go kill a hippo. So, like, we definitely got to get him on and that was a phenomenal episode. Number four was the round table segment, um, with season hunters, and were you on that one, frank?

Speaker 4: 45:03

I'm maybe I know I was on a couple of them, but I don't know if I was on that one though we've.

Speaker 1: 45:09

We've done a bunch of who's new listening to this. We started um the roundtable segment, where we get a bunch of guys on anywhere from six, seven, eight, nine, ten, as as many as we can get on, and we just talk and we all just bounce different things off of us. Every hunter here is different and they have a different belief or they have a different style, and that's kind of just getting us all on at one time. Sometimes we'll talk about controversial topics and things like that, and you know, so that was um always doing that. When you have a lot of the guys on, especially, if you know, we get that with um, usually with um chris from only bows, from you know, dave from urban pursuit and everything like that, usually they're urban pursuit and everything like that. Usually they're on there and everything like that. So we get a pretty wide variety of of guests and everything like that. So it is always a a fun thing to do with with those boys.

Speaker 1: 46:06

Um. So number three uh, anyone want to guess what number three is? You think you can get it? Anyone want to guess what number 3 is? You think you can get it?

Speaker 4: 46:18

come on, frank, you've been here for so many yeah, I know, I'm trying to go through all the whole list in my head this is something that no one has talked about yet tonight and it was Turkey Talk with Dr Michael chamberlain.

Speaker 1: 46:36

Oh, that was a and I mean I wish I wish peyton was on, because I know peyton. If peyton was on, peyton would have been like. That probably was his, I think, number one um thing because he was so excited about getting that on, but that was phenomenal for him to give us an hour of his time um meant a lot. Um, it was great, and someone who's getting more into turkeys and everything like that, it was really cool to to get his aspect on things of where he thinks turkeys are the population's going and everything like that. So that was pretty unique.

Speaker 1: 47:11

Um, then our number two is mr reaper himself as as yet again, hey, he's number two for most downloads this year. Yeah, this episode was whitetail 101, carolina. Uh, carolina reaper, great guy, man kills. That man knows how to kill, I'm sure. Um, you know, and before we get into to the number one episode, um, you know it's harder on the most recent episodes because they don't have the the same amount of time as the, the beat, the older ones, um, but I got to give it up to up to um go patrol. That was a great one. Love talking to to the guy, those guys, um, good guys. Neil neil harp, that was a different one because I was a lot about tattoos. And neil harp, he's going to be at the great american outdoor show, um, at one of the booths, and he's going to be tattooing and he's a trad shooter so he shoots, uh, traditional and everything like that. So I actually had had a lot of fun with that. Um, you know, there is uh, samantha, um nicoletta, I believe her, her lat, if I'm saying it correctly. She's from pa and she takes her daughter every with her, uh, hunting and everything like that, from very young and she's actually currently I think she's pregnant right now still hunting and also has her daughter with her out, out hunting too, as well, and I I find that phenomenal. If we're going to grow the outdoors, there's two things that we got to do women have to be more involved and, you know, ethnic groups have to have to be more involved. Um, I think those are two very big um components to it. Um, not the end all be all, because, yet again, things are expensive, prices need to go down a little bit and everything like that, but those are two, two big things right there. Um, and then, how could I forget? We celebrated our 200th episode this year.

Speaker 1: 49:17

Um, that was a wild one, zach. You missed that. We were. That was when I was in delaware and I freaking listen, guys, I I don't know if you heard the story, zach, but I had to go to the bathroom. So bad.

Speaker 1: 49:32

We were scouting and the fiance were scouting and I'm trying. I was like, okay, like'm going to go scout one more spot, then we're going to go out to dinner, we got the podcast to do and then I'm going to hunt all day tomorrow. Driving on one of the dirt roads and all of a sudden the belly started rumbling and I was like, oh no, like I was going to literally shit myself and I guess I took a turn a little too fast and I also hear boom and that's just the. The car just like the tire, just didn't want to go anymore. I get out tires completely flat, bent the rim. I had to leave my truck down in delaware for a week and rent a car for a week.

Speaker 1: 50:18

But, um, that was a great one because we got to interview the state record holder for the guy that was in line with payton with the, with the 770 pound black bear dress that he shot and he came on and everything like that and that was a. That was a phenomenal episode too as well. I gotta give up for that episode too uh, yeah, listen to that one that was.

Speaker 7: 50:42

I was gonna say that was probably my favorite of the year that I've listened I haven't listened to all of them, but that was a really good one yeah, I, I haven't expected there's a lot of episodes to get through.

Speaker 1: 50:51

I wouldn't expect. Uh, I would be like damn if you got through them all already. I'd be like damn. So, since you're able to get through some, what were some of the ones that stuck out to you?

Speaker 7: 51:08

Yeah, that was the one I had in mind, the guy that killed that state record bear. That was a really good episode. It seems like he's really dialed in with the deer hunting and everything too, and yeah, waterfowl too I mean, I saw yeah and, uh, they've been dialed in with.

Speaker 1: 51:23

He's been dialed in with everything this year. I mean that's great to see. I mean, um, love, seeing that, love, love waterfowl, love, bear, love deer. So, um, he's having himself a hell of a season, that's for sure. But I I think that was. I mean we can, we can go on and on and on all of our field notes, our new segment of field notes. That's been always fun Every week getting on with you guys. Squash said it earlier Frank is just on fire right now. The whole crew's on fire. How many, how many have you killed so far, zach, this year?

Speaker 1: 51:58

six five, five does in one book. Okay, so we're roughly. I'm gonna have to recount again, but I think we're at 30 something. I think we're at 30. So we got plenty of time left and we still have plenty of time left.

Speaker 1: 52:14

Um, even if Squatch wants to come down to Jersey, it's plenty, yep, um. So the number one podcast for 2024 and two time winner this evening is Maddie Butts. He. That episode absolutely did numbers Not quite yet into the top five all-time downloaded. That still has a big task to get there, but I think it's moved into the top I don't know 25 all-time downloaded episodes. I wish I had the clip for you guys, but I'm going to kind of tell you how it went. Well, all his stories were great, but he told the story one of the times he was out hunting and I don't want to butcher it. So make sure you guys go check out that episode right now. Um, but he basically went from. He was, he was ground hunting. Oh wait, I think I found it. Hold on, I think I found it oh, no, okay.

Speaker 3: 53:33

So I start like army, drawing through this tall grass and I got like 40 yards from it 35, 40 yards and I'm like you know what? I kneel up, I pull my bow back and I put my sight on it. I'm like ready One, two, three, shoot. I shoot, I see a spark. I'm like what the fuck was that? All of a sudden, I hear this dude scream from up in a tree. What are you doing?

Speaker 1: 54:01

I'm like and I was so confused I'm like what's going on and he't hear about, like the, the, the movies, or like people who, who shoot decoys that are, you know, usually doing illegal stuff. But this was purely another hunter put out a decoy.

Speaker 1: 54:26

It must have been during the riot yeah the guy was waiting for a buck to come to the decoy. Matt saw the decoy Gets into shooting position. Oh my God, it was a buck, and I think this was when he was younger too, and everything like that. And I will say I think that was the. That was by far the funniest story of this year and I just got it. Like.

Speaker 1: 54:57

Things like that like is, what makes this podcast for me that I love so much is just people just getting on, even if it's embarrassing or or anything like that. Like things happen. Things happen in the, in the woods. You make mistakes, you fall on your face, you shoot decoys, you know you forget your bow at home and everything. But that's, we all do that and that's what makes the stories. You know, it's, it's the realism in it and it just I couldn't imagine shooting a decoy. I hope that never happens to me. I really hope that doesn't happen to me.

Speaker 1: 55:39

But yeah, matty Butts, I got to give it up to him, the double with the fan vote and just being the number one downloaded episode of 2024. Absolutely incredible. We are going to get him on again, definitely, again. Definitely. Like he's got a lot of stories to tell, I would like to get the whole jersey outdoors crew on? Um, all of them together and everything like that. A bunch of great guys. If you're not already, make sure you guys go, uh, go, follow them. But, um, boys, new year's resolutions, what, what? Zach, let's start with you. You got a New Year's resolution.

Speaker 7: 56:22

I guess the main goal right now, the main thing I'm focusing on, is killing a buck during winter bow. I've done it the last two years. I want to get another one this year. I'm hoping we get some snow. It looks like we might get some snow on next week a little bit so how the weather is.

Speaker 1: 56:38

Supposedly, january is supposed to be cold yep it is supposed to be cold, potentially snowy, we might actually have a. I've been because I've listened to a lot like a historic of how cold it's supposed to be. Um, once waterfowl, that waterfowl dies down for me, I will be getting back out there with the, with the deer hunting and everything like that. But, um, and what? What else is your? You know your resolution, what, what is a goal going into the whole 2025? Now we look at the whole thing. You know you got any States you want to go to anything like that. What is one of your goals for for 2025?

Speaker 7: 57:25

Yeah, I want to do some more traveling next year. I probably want to hunt Ohio or West Virginia. I've been wanting to hunt those two states for a while now. So I've done Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey so far. So I want to hunt a couple more states this year too.

Speaker 1: 57:43

Looks like we're. Looks like we're going to Ohio.

Speaker 7: 57:46

I found my buddy. I'm going to.

Speaker 1: 57:47

Ohio with.

Speaker 7: 57:48

There you go, I'm down.

Speaker 1: 57:52

Squatch. How about you? What's your new year's resolution?

Speaker 5: 57:55

I'm going to say to make, uh, my, my channel grow more, uh, you know, outdoors and more with the squash and, um, I'm getting ready to move into the predator season now. You know, deer's winding down for us here in new york. So, uh, I didn't do much with the deer videos this year. I just kind of like concentrated more on just hunting. I wanted to get footage and stuff like that, but I was in between like what camera to use and some stuff like that. I just got the Insta 360. So my wife got me that for Christmas, so that's going to be a cool addition to making some videos.

Speaker 5: 58:37

But, uh, I guess my, my, my, my resolution would be to really put more time into that. Make it grow, you know, and and dedicate myself to with the podcast, you know. Just, you know, try to contribute more, you know. Maybe you know some kind of like thing with education or something whatever. Whatever you know we see fit to do, you know, just kind of get out there, you know, get, get us, get us known, man, get us, get us established really well, you know definitely.

Speaker 1: 59:17

And how about a hunting goal for 2025?

Speaker 5: 59:20

hunting goal for 2025. So turkey season's coming up. I'm gonna kick myself in the ass for this one. I really am. But the super mag 48 recurve's coming down off the wall and, uh, I'm gonna try to kill a turkey with the recurve this year.

Speaker 5: 59:37

So uh see, if I can't get that done, it's awesome oh boy oh boy well, I mean I, I killed a deer with it. So you know there's a lot of fun and and I kind of miss it. I kind of miss the. You know, I mean I love my compound hunting and stuff too, but man, I just missed the recurve. You know, it's just's just. You guys know I'm, I'm part native American through my great grandmother side and stuff, and I miss the. I miss that connection. I, I, I don't know, I just miss it. I want to. It sits up there, it's a beautiful bow and uh, you know, I want to, I want to get after Turkey with it. If I could kill a turkey with that recurve, I'd be doing some somersaults or something out there. Be real happy.

Speaker 1: 1:00:27

Love it, love it, frank. New Year's resolution.

Speaker 4: 1:00:33

All right. So for me, I want to try to get after that 10-pointer during winter bow, because I know he's still alive. He still made it, the one I actually, you know, shouldered early on in September. I know there's another guy after him or a couple guys so hoping to get after him and then if I get him, you know, we can spend some more time with the wife and the kids and everything. That's what I've kind of been doing now. So, yeah, like that's where I'm at and like going into, you know, 2025, I want to have a little redemption during turkey season with Mr Squatch there. This time he gets me a turkey, he owes it to me. And, uh, you know, just trying to set up more hunts with you guys. I want to be able, you know, be more involved, you know, hunting with you guys, you know the whole boondocks team as a whole and, yeah, just help grow the podcast and, you know, build our channels up and go from there yeah, yeah, love it, love it.

Speaker 1: 1:01:46

Um, man, my new year's resolution, I don't even know I, it's really just for me it's probably getting back to. I've let myself go a little bit. This uh, this off season I put on, uh, I put on a few pounds in the uh during the season. So, um, yeah, getting back. Like my fiance she just got us, uh, ice cream, so like I've been eating horrible, but that that goes with my, my hunting, because when I start to eat like, especially at the end, it's my winter weight. I put on winter weight. Um, yeah, but you know it is to keep up the grind of, okay, the new year's coming time to get back into shape. Um, still, we got waterfowl for me to get down, but I'd like to at least get another deer or two once waterfowl is going. So, um, getting back to that, um, that killer instinct I had with deer, like I had in the the earlier part of the year when I was running around everywhere and you know, everything was still good and I was still in shape and eating somewhat decent.

Speaker 1: 1:02:59

Um, and then you, you know a goal for 2025. I mean, it's got to be to kill a turkey. I, I'm on a revenge tour with turkeys I don't think I've had so much turkey action ever in my life and then continue to have it during the deer season, when I'm still getting trail camera pictures of big flocks of birds. So, um, that has got to be my number one thing of 2025 is spring. Here, here we come, we're gonna smoke a uh, we're gonna smoke a tom and we're gonna get a bird on the ground.

Speaker 1: 1:03:37

Um, and then, yeah, still growing the page. Um, growing not only my page but all of our pages as a, as a whole. Um, that's kind of like one of my big goals. And when I talk to the guys and everything like that, like, hey, listen, it's not just about boondocks hunting, it's about frank's page, about squash page, it's about pay and it's about whatever. You know I know, um, you know we've talked a little bit um zach, and you know I, I know how you know you're with, but you even said like, hey, you know, I do want to maybe start to get into filming a little bit and and doing all these different things. So that would coincide like, hey, it's not only about boondocks hunting, it's about all of us here, um, so continue with that and continue with the events that we've been doing. I mean, um, we got a big event coming up um the end of february. We got you know we'll be at the great american outdoor show. Um, not at a booth, people, we're we're not there yet.

Speaker 1: 1:04:35

I don't have that type of money yet, but we will be in attendance at the great American outdoor share, like we are every year. You know we'll be having the game dinner, we will be doing an archery shoot or something like that and, if we have time, maybe do something else. You know, get hunts together, but that's kind of you know the big thing for two. Then, of course, out of state hunts and killing big bucks and a big bear. You know that is the, of course, but um, yeah, those two things there are going to be the, the big keys for 2025. Can you believe we're saying 2025? That's crazy, absolutely insane. We are getting old. I'm starting to get the gray hairs. I already got it. I found one, so I've gotten a few here. But then I had one in like my main beard area and I was like, oh geez, the grays are coming, guys, let me. Let me tell you, I got a chair thrown at me yesterday at work.

Speaker 6: 1:05:38

So I didn't.

Speaker 1: 1:05:39

I didn't tell him. Well, first of all, more than that, I had the craziest work weekend, off topic and everything like that. But everyone knows I work in a psych hospital psych, behavioral, psych and behavioral. So on Saturday the nurse comes in and goes hey, they need you on the other side, Like there's there's a crisis, but not like I. They need you on the other side there's a crisis, but I'm not thinking it's anything major because they'll come get me sometimes even for little tiny crisis, like nothing major. I didn't hear anything like no, hey, there's a code, there's no nothing. So I'm not thinking anything of it.

Speaker 1: 1:06:15

I walk over there, I get into the nurse's station and I see kids running on the other side and then one of the nurses says no, you like you, you need to run. So I ran over there. When I get there, a boy and a girl are fighting. The guy has her in a full choke. Hold Right, I jump on top, I might be able to separate them. I separate and the girl's more of my concern because the rest of them they're going to get the guy.

Speaker 1: 1:06:41

The girl, she's a beast. I've known her since she was like six, six years old. Whatever, she's not your typical, she's the fighter, she is strong too. She's a very strong girl. So and I also knew her. So, like I, if there's going to be someone that's going to be able to calm her down and I also knew her so if there's going to be someone that's going to be able to calm her down, I'm going to be able to calm her down. So I have her. I'm like, hey, listen, calm down.

Speaker 1: 1:07:04

The boy comes out of nowhere and punches her right in the face when I had her on the ground, sneaked her Whatever she's still going to the security guard and the rest of the staff. They're able to get him in his room. She's now hyperventing and everything like that. So, boy, I couldn't get her. We couldn't get her up at that exact moment. But the boy, somebody, had to go somewhere. The kid had to go to the choir room. So they walk her down. I guess she saw that and I don't know what happened. But she wanted to go after him again. She couldn't go anywhere because I was on, you know, I wasn't letting her up, but then he punted her in the face or in the head like absolutely it was one of the most horrific things I've seen in my seven years working there where, like, just straight up, like I don't know how, nothing serious happened to her, like he, straight up, thank god nothing happened to her. Um, you know, we had we had to do our thing with, with him, we had separated them, yada, yada, yada listen, unfazed. She was on after 10-15 minutes. She was sore but she was unfazed by it. She was ready, she would have been ready for to go for round two. Right that, that's the type of girl that you know, um, we were dealing with.

Speaker 1: 1:08:26

Now the next day another boy in my day room. Um, he's always in trouble. He's a jersey city kid. Um grew up in in gangs and everything like that very misunderstood kid. But he has a lot of anger because of just things and you know I'm not going to get into to it, but he just has a lot of anger and resentment and everything like that.

Speaker 1: 1:08:51

So I didn't kick him out the day room. He didn't like that. He threw milk at me. He didn't like that. He threw milk at me. I'd milk all over the place. Oh man, and I kicked him out.

Speaker 1: 1:09:05

You know I'm like did? He got even closer, picked up a chair and chucked it at me. Now I knew it was coming so I ducked, but I guess I didn't duck enough so it got me on the back. So I have like this big bruise, cut whatever on my back. So it hit the table, hit my back, popped up and when I stood up it actually hit me on the head and came down and hit me on the head. So I have like a little like a little lump here too.

Speaker 1: 1:09:28

I don't, I don't get hurt, honestly, and I wouldn't even say that, me being hurt, I don't get. These things really, really don't happen to me, um, not at work, um, but it can. Like I'm not saying it hasn't, like I've. I've gotten punched in the face. You know, a bunch of times I've gotten headbutted. I broke my nose and everything like that.

Speaker 1: 1:09:47

So, like things, in seven years you were, I'm working psych and behavioral, it's something's going to happen, um, but that that was the weekend that I was rolling with.

Speaker 1: 1:09:58

Like this is a holiday weekend, you know, and it's. It makes me appreciate this and I love working with kids like I, and this is knocking, and I told the kid because he was calling me a pussy and everything like that, because I didn't want to fight him, you know, and I'm like and, and I told, I told the kids I'm, I'm a grown man, I go, we're in, I'm not fighting you, we're not on the streets, I'm here to do a job, right? I understand what you're going through and you're angry and you're here. I don't hold that and I don't hold it against the kid either for throwing something at me. I don't right. He's here for a reason. You know what I mean, for a reason. You know what I mean, um, but I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna do everything in my power not to fight you. You know that. I'm not losing also my job, yeah, and I'm not throwing away my life because you, you want to have a power trip, you know.

Speaker 1: 1:10:54

But it makes me appreciate what I have and you know what I grew up with too, and to see these kids like it. It sucks to see them there Like I spend Christmas with them, I'm going to spend New Year's with them and everything like that. So I just want to you know everyone out there like I appreciate everything that, that that you have and what we have, and people go through a lot of things and you know it sucks out there, but you know what, keep on going and it's, it's it's going to be okay, and if you ever need any help or anything like that, so my phone's always here. This is what I do. I love to do it, even with adults. If you really truly need help or you wanted someone to talk to listen, you can DM me. You can text me, whatever I, I will be there.

Speaker 1: 1:11:41

Um, and you know that any anyone out there, uh that you know that's one of the the things I want to say. And, um, you know it's a um, it's another day at work, uh, but boys, I mean, I think we're gonna, we're gonna slowly wrap it up here. I'd like to. I think the fiancee would like to spend some time with me. Um, you know so, and I don't want her throwing a chair at you no definitely don't make it hurt.

Speaker 1: 1:12:13

The good thing is, at work, I get to leave and then I get to go. If she throws a chair at me there, there's nowhere I can go and I'm not sleeping on the couch, I'm comfortable. So I got to make her her happy. So, guys, everyone out there, all the listeners, thank you so much, like I said, for all my amazing team that I have, thank you. You know some of the groups out there that we have affiliates with and everything like that, like racket or like gilly puck, like um, hex hunting. Um. Now the new one, um that I haven't announced yet, but I might as well. Um, I never can. I always butcher the name. Uh, tied, we tied, we tied. We just got that on on Christmas Eve and I signed, I accepted it on on Christmas day. Um, so really looking for that.

Speaker 1: 1:13:10

I love their boots. I've actually been using their boots now. Um, I used a range finder for two years. Two years, okay, do you? I? I plan on getting like a. Um, they have the, they have the, they have ground blind. That I like. Uh, I've heard great things about their, their waders and everything like that. Um, have some of their backpacks that I absolutely love I'm just very rough when it comes to my, uh, my backpack.

Speaker 1: 1:13:33

So, um, I actually broke um one of the things on my backpack because it was late season and I think I got frustrated and I tried pulling something and I just pulled the zipper right off, so I got to get myself another one. But love their backpacks, everything like that, look out for them. Of course, I cannot forget Rat Getter. Shout out to Gerard If you're looking for some great scents and everything like that, make sure you go check them out. Make sure you check out uh, moultrie too. Um, love their cameras. Listen, my cameras are still running on video mode and in the winter, yeah, mine too. Yeah, oh, I, I'm a big uh trail camera guy. Loved collecting Intel. It's a huge shout out to them and I think that's all.

Speaker 1: 1:14:23

There might be one more. There is one more. It is actually a med kit. It is a medical kit that I do use and everything like that. All the links should be in the description below. I have two or three of them, god forbid. You never know what you're going to experience out there. It was always great to either have a med kit on you or in the truck or something like that. So I do have one of those, but um boys, any any last words from any of you guys. Zach, it was a pleasure to finally get you on. I know you, you know you're busy and everything like that it's hunting season and everything like that but hope to hear more from you and, you know, to get to meet up with you some more and do some hunts with you. It was a blast during bear season yeah, it was.

Speaker 7: 1:15:05

I can't wait to uh do it again next year and maybe we get some late season hunting in this year before the end of winter bow definitely.

Speaker 5: 1:15:13

Yeah, I'm definitely down um squash any any last words no, I think we're good man, like I said, just looking forward to the upcoming year and, uh, you know, getting some hunts in with you guys and we'll get it done. We're gonna have a good, good season. Spring's gonna be awesome. I'm looking forward to spring and hopefully I have some crazy stories about killing these damn coyotes and ox and everything I go after out here in the next week or two. So, uh, you know we'll bring it. Yeah, definitely definitely frank.

Speaker 4: 1:15:47

No, I just wanted to wish everybody a happy new year and you know I'm looking forward to 2025 and see when it brings. And you know, let's get after it, boys. I'm excited'm excited.

Speaker 1: 1:15:58

Yeah, we're closing 2024 out Big, big things coming in 2025. We took a big step in 2024. We're going to take an even bigger step in 2025. Anyone who's interested also, you know, look out and I'll be making this more known. I am looking for interns too. It is getting a lot to run all these things. We plan on bringing a whole new show to the podcast or to the company and everything and any of the guys that want to come out with their own shows. I am 100% backing any of my guys coming out with shows, with the shows or any ideas doing these events, anything like that. So if you're somebody who wants to get into the to the industry, um, wants to learn how to edit or or do any of these things, or wants to come film or anything like that, listen, we are going to be looking for interns or or somebody to come help us out. We're getting bigger and bigger.

Speaker 1: 1:17:02

It is getting harder and harder for myself to do it all, so I'm going to be looking for that. Happy New Year's everyone, and we'll see you guys next time.