#456 The Heart Of A Hunter Lives Inside Sarah Eglseder

Passion for hunting and love of the outdoors are the common traits that hunters share. At the core of it all, they all share the heart of a hunter. Respecting the animals and doing justice to the kill is what Medical Laboratory Technician and Emergency Medical Technician student Sarah Eglseder takes very seriously. Despite being a first responder while going through school, she still finds the time to spend on her passion. She shares her side of the story on how she learned to love hunting and how she developed her values in hunting along the way. Staying true to the cause, she gives her insight on why hunters should unite. In this episode, she talks about the gears she uses and most importantly, why she uses them. Sarah gets personal as she discusses the work and effort she’s putting in, to be a better hunter to encourage women who want to hunt.

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The Heart Of A Hunter Lives Inside Sarah Eglseder

We’re heading up the Northeastern, Iowa, almost in the Mississippi River, Wisconsin and Minnesota country. We’re going to meet with Sarah Eglseder. Sarah is an interesting young lady. She’s done a number of process. Plus, she’s been on the farm. Her mom and dad raised hogs and now, she and her husband are raising goats. She also plays around the woods and in the field. More importantly, she also serves the community as an EMT. I have some close ties with a few EMTs in Wisconsin. Sarah, welcome to the show.

Thank you, Bruce. I’m glad that you’re okay.

Everybody is, including me.

It had been scary though.

I’m still somewhat on adrenaline and we talked about how fast some people heal a lot of people don’t. With a crash like I had, it has an effect on people and I appreciate the insights you shared with me. Everything I told you said, “You had the thorax where the tube went through my chest sucked out all the goop and re-inflated my lung.” I want to say to you and all the other people out there that are first responders, thank you. I probably wouldn’t be alive now without you.

Thank you and we don’t do it for that. We do it because there is a need. Most communities around here have a lot of volunteers that take a lot of time out of their days to respond to calls like that.

I was in North Central Wisconsin at 4:30 AM and I was on the main four-lane highways. There were a lot of resources, but I know the country where you were at. There’s a lot of dirt roads in that country.

Yes, there’s lots of gravel. I do a lot of gravel travel to go hunting so I enjoy it. I love where I live.

Let’s start talking about why you, as a lady, love the hunt. Why you would invite other women into your backyard and go hunting with them?

To tell you the truth, I didn’t always want to hunt. My dad wanted this his whole life. As far as I could remember, he always went deer hunting first season with a shotgun. I absolutely had no desire to kill anything. I didn’t want to have anything to do with it. I was almost one of these dreaded anti-hunters. I went to college and I majored in Biology and I discovered that hunting is a part of the conservation process even if I didn’t want to do it. I got married and on a whim, my cousin invited me to go coon hunting, of all things. I said, “You know that I don’t do this,” and he’s like, “That’s okay, just come out.” I went out, I watched the dogs and I had a blast. Within the next two weeks, my husband and I had bought dogs, a rifle and we were out coon hunting almost every night.

I did that when I was in college in Wisconsin. A lot of the guys that I was hanging with were farmers. The whole family’s saying, “We’re going to go hunt foxes and we’re going to chase some raccoons.” I go, “What does that mean?” It wasn’t just drinking beer and sitting in the truck and listening to dogs. Some people think it’s a party at night for the boys that we go to. You get out there and the dogs are running, especially if there’s a moon and it’s neat. Those raccoons can boogie.

Yes, they can. It is awesome to go out when it’s cold with the full moon shining and you find these big bucks that’s all bedded down. Contrary to all beliefs, coon hunters do not chase the deer around. The dogs leave the deer alone. I have walked 50 to 100 yards from huge bucks. They didn’t even move, didn’t bat an eye and didn’t move a muscle. They just laid there and continued to do whatever they were doing.

Thanks for bringing that up. Many times, through misinformation or misinterpretation, people say, “What’s this?” and it isn’t this so you say, “I don’t know anything about that.” One, you’re honest with yourself and say, “I’m going to find out about that,” and you go like yourself and just had fun. The fun can be had at zero degrees in the middle of the night.

Chasing dogs up and down these bluffs by the rivers.

It is a lot of fun and it’s in the camaraderie, husband and friends. It makes it all work and if you love dogs, to see them work, it’s the icing on the cake.

For the record, a turkey flying out of the roost sounds like a Tyrannosaurus Rex coming at you because that has happened multiple times and you run fast.

I never even thought of that. You’re hunting. I’ve heard a turkey go to roost and you hear it fly.

For not being able to see or know what’s going on, it is terrifying. Once you figure it out, you’re like, “It’s just a bunch of turkeys.”

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That bunch is what, 20 or 30, 10 or 15? I don’t know how big their flocks are.

It depends on how many turkeys are in the flock. We have groups that sometimes have up to 40 or 50. I’ve got that many on my trail camera every once in a while.

That would be noisy.

It was just a couple on the night that we went and I was like, “What in the world is this?” It was a couple of turkeys flying overhead and we ended up kicking them up again down the road a little bit more. The dog’s treat a coon that was where they decided to set for a second time.

Out of 450 plus guests that I had on my show, I’ve never had this conversation before. This is the first. Thanks, Sarah that we’re talking about the nuances of running dogs and raccoons in Iowa. If you’d like to talk to me and educate me more, email me at [email protected]. I love to hear from you. Sarah, you are a farm girl and you didn’t hunt. Some friends invited you out coon hunting, you and your husband went. What about Whitetail hunting? Where did that all come up?

I went out coon hunting and I loved it. I’m like, “There’s no way I’ll ever kill a deer. They’re too cute.” The following season, I borrowed a shotgun and I went shotgun hunting. I didn’t tag out for five years and my dad finally took me out early muzzleloader and we had success. I shot my first doe at 70 yards. I cried because I felt guilty. I also knew that as a conservationist, this was something that needed to be done. Also, I love deer meat and I was craving the deer meat. I could not wait to get that heart because that is my favorite.

Did you pickle it or garlic it? What did you do with it?

I fry it in the oven. I don’t do anything special with it. I barely even season it, just a little salt. I took all of my meats in the Edgewood Locker.

Let’s go back to the hunting coons and running dogs. As you shared, the bucks wouldn’t move. Were they Booners or nice mature bucks?

They’re nice bucks. I’ve only seen probably two Booners in the state of Iowa and I’ve seen them both on my trail cam. I’ve never had a chance at them because I’ve only shot one buck in my life, but I enjoyed seeing them as much as I enjoy hunting them.

Iowa has a lot of big bucks. Is it because of the section or unit you’re on? 1 or 3?

I’m in Clayton County. I don’t know units and stuff because I’m from Iowa so I don’t keep track of it. Lake County is up against the Mississippi River on the Eastside. We’re one county down from Minnesota and we’re also close to Illinois.

Are you close to McGregor?

McGregor is in Clayton County. I’m probably about 30 miles from McGregor.

I had some friends there a long time ago. That’s where they lived until they retired. Bluff Country is interesting because it’s steep. It’s up and down like the West. You don’t have the elevation, but it’ll suck it out of you.

I started working out because of that. I wanted to do myself a favor and it’s not fair to the game that I’m hunting if I’m out of shape. I’m not still in any shape but I’m working on it because I care about myself and also because it makes it much easier to walk up and down these hills.

We all come in sizes and ages and I liked what you said that we owe it to the animals. I can say to a man or woman, “We use our trucks and ATVs to get to places, but we’re not hunting out of the vehicle. Instead of walking, we’re taking a vehicle of some sort.” “We owe it to the animals.” Why do you say that?

As you probably have experienced, anti-hunters think that we’re cold-hearted killers or murderers and all that good stuff. Honestly, I enjoy the animal. I want to do the animal justice. I’m taking its life and that is an important part of hunting to me, as well as respecting the animal enough. I don’t want it to suffer. I want it to die as soon as possible if I do choose to shoot one, but I also enjoy watching them.

Other people had said similar things, but I like the way you framed it. We do our best to pursue the animal whether you’re up in the Arctic or down in Mexico. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world hunting. You got to give that animal your best. If you can’t, maybe you’ll think about it.

I’ve lost a couple of deer when I’ve been out archery hunting and I’ve been sick. I have looked trying to find them but I also know that they’re not going to go to waste. We have plenty of coyotes around here. Anybody in Iowa can tell you that. Even though I didn’t find them, something’s going to use it and I feel like that’s part of the circle and everything but I owe the animal the best possible way to go with if I’m going to take one.

We owe them that. There isn’t a hunter out there, a guy, a gal, rifle, muzzleloader and archery that hasn’t lost an animal or had one hellacious tracking job and when they got to it, the animal is spoiled. That’s part of the hunt that personally drives me. If there’s any question, I’m not going to stone this animal. I’m going to blow him up and put him down with my rifle or a muzzleloader then I can take the shot or two with my crossbow. I have a crossbow and it’s an efficient tool but I’m still careful even though I can make the shot. I can’t tell you how many times when I was hunting with a compound that it was a wide-open shot and I got to right drip to the point of a pin right behind the shoulder. Everything was right. I let the arrow go and you’re going to regret it. Why? Because there was twig there or a little branch or whatever. Sometimes, that results in a poor hit. When you get focused on the deer hard that you missed, you filter out all the stuff in your way.

Sometimes, you get narrow-minded and you see just the deer. I hunt out of a ground blind so twigs and stuff like, I’ve no interference. I’m shooting into a pasture so I don’t know the struggle, but I do know the struggle because I’ve made a perfect hit. We have a bluff right behind one of my stands and the deer probably ended up going down there. It’s almost impossible sometimes to get down there. I do my best, but I also know that there’s a coyote about 50 yards from my stand. I’m sure that they ate well that night.

Along the bluff on your side, there’s typically a lot of railroad tracks. Is that the same in your area?

The closer you get to the river, yes. Where I hunt, it’s strictly farmlands. The only way to get there is usually one road and that’s if you have permission to use that road. Some farmers have multiple fields and some don’t have access to the bottom of the bluff unless you take like a mule, gator or something down there. It’s not accessible by pick up. We have a lot of horse people around, too. They do a lot of trail ride stuff because that’s the only way to get around in some of the areas.

Iowa is an interesting place. With the changes in topography, most people think of cornfields.

We have a lot of cornfields, too.

I know that but the bluffs are real and they’re gorgeous especially in the fall.

They’re always beautiful.

You started hunting and you’ve had one or two situations where it didn’t go good for the deer. Why do you keep hunting?

Sometimes, I ask myself the same question. I do it mostly because I enjoy the quiet and not having to use my brain too much. Being an EMT also in paramedic school and I work in a hospital as an MLT, which means I’m in a lab all day. You need to use your brain a lot for both of those activities. I’m also a mom and sometimes, you have to use your brain to do homework or troubleshoot things with the children. I like it where I can sit there and I can enjoy the peace and quiet and maybe take a book and read. That’s not medically related and just enjoy sitting out there and enjoying nature. If I see a deer, I might not shoot that it because I like to watch them, too.

Do they allow baiting in Iowa?

No, we’re not supposed to bait. I do have a mineral block that I put in front so I can have a deer show up maybe but I don’t want it over my trail cameras. That’s okay, I guess.

I know that in some places, they do and in some places, they don’t. Do you hunt with your husband or do you hunt with other friends or other gals? How does that work?

I go by myself. My husband didn’t always hunt because he grew up in the town. He started hunting when he moved to the farm and after I started getting into hunting. He went coon hunting a few times when he was growing up in town. He doesn’t enjoy it as I enjoy it but he does enjoy it. He’s starting to go out and do more turkey hunting which he likes more than deer hunting. He’s starting to do the shotgun deer hunting thing, too. I don’t enjoy gun hunting as much. I prefer to shoot with my bow, but I’ll pick up a gun to do some shotgun hunting if he wants somebody to go with him. Usually, I go by myself.

To the thousands of ladies that are going to read this, let’s talk about your advice to them in getting started, staying with it and working it through your spouse. Some spouses want to go hunting every weekend or other spouses hunt once or twice a season and it’s good enough for them. How do you manage all that?

He knows how important it is to me. I have a lot of anxiety with all of my other stuff. He knows that it’s something that helps with my anxiety. He also knows that I like to eat meat and I’ve been eating a lot more meat lately. I’ve been trying that keto diet that everybody does. I enjoy the deer meat and being able to provide that for the family is also something that I like to do and he likes that, too. Otherwise, my advice is to keep at it. If you have children, you’ll take your children. I take my kids once in a while. I’m not forcing it on them because it was never forced on me. If they want to, it’ll come and if they don’t, I’ll respect their decision.

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Keep at it, make a schedule and learn as much as you can about what you’re going to hunt because you also owe the practice and you owe the knowing where to shoot. You owe that to animals as well. I did go out with my dad a few times to get some of the things learned and I still don’t know everything. I still call my dad when I get an animal. For one, because I’m excited and for two, because I’m still not 100% on how to gut an animal. I could probably muddle through it but I prefer to have somebody there to help me. Somebody that knows that seeing as not a child, but knowing that I still need help and who else will you call but your dad?

It’s nice when they have a daddy to call and you are close to them. It seems like he did a good job with you of setting the stage and whether he walked down there or not, he was still your dad and that’s way cool, too.

He never pushed it on me. The only time I ever remember him pushing something on me was when he wanted me to shoot the .410. I could have sworn that my arm was going to fall off afterward and I made a huge deal out of it. He never asked me to shoot a gun again. When I told him I was going to start hunting, he bowed his head and sat down because he didn’t believe me. I don’t think he ever thought that I would stick it out and keep going as much as I do.

You mentioned that you got a bow and you got a shotgun. Do you have shotguns sights or you have a red dot on it?

I don’t have a scope. I just shoot off the iron.

How about your compound. What kind do you use?

I have a Bowtech Carbon Rose and I have it for some time now.

As you’ll find out, we’re going to do a lot of these gear talks with my guests. Sarah, what’s the last piece of gear you bought?

The last piece of gear that I bought was a Precision Peep. I had seen multiple reviews for that and I was getting new strings. I thought all the best thing to do is get a different peep. While I had the strings off, I got the peep and I was quite confused as to how to use it but there are good YouTube videos. Once I figured out how to use it, I was sold on it because I didn’t need the level which had fallen off of my sight. I was having to get a new sight so I didn’t have to get a new sight now because I have the Precision Peep.

Let’s talk about how that works. You said that it’s working for you. How or why it works?

I have a four-pin sight and my pins are set at 10, 20, 30 and 40. I know that when an animal comes out, I usually guess about how many yardages. I’m good and I shoot 3D and stuff like that. I’m good at guessing as to how far I want to shoot that’s within 35 to 40 yards. What you do is you line your pin at the yardage. If the deer is at ten yards, you put your ten yards in where you want to shoot then you take the peep. You line your peep up so that all you can see is the ten-yard pin. All the other peep sight lights are covered and then you release. That’s where it is. You don’t have to worry about it being level because you’re already level.

Let’s get back to the tunnel vision and micro focusing on a deer where I did see some twigs, leaves and other crap in the way. Is that a similar thought?

Yeah. You focus on the light on your sight, the fluorescent glow then you aim. The peep covers all the other sights. You don’t have to worry about confusion like, “What sight am I using?” You pick the sight that you’re going to use and then you shoot.

It’s simple, isn’t it?

Yeah. A lot of people I know, the study form is the same way. A lot of people say, “It’s a gimmick.” It’s not a gimmick. It does work. I try not to have conversations like that because people are going to believe what they want to believe. A lot of these companies, you just give it a try and most of them, they’ll give your money back if you don’t like it. Most people would rather badmouth things than to give a company a chance.

We’re strange animals. Ford and Chevy brands.

Any kind of brands where you got your bows, guns all that good stuff. Makeup or no makeup appears to be a big thing, too. I don’t care either way. I’m one of those people that when you could shoot a huge buck or little Bambi, I would be like, “That’s awesome. Congrats.” I don’t get into all that deer comparing or whatever.

A lady, Brenda Valentine, shared with me when I first started out. She was one of my first ten guests and she said, “Bruce, it’s your hunt, it’s your tag, it’s your money and it’s your deer.” Whether it’s a spike buck or miss wonderful, a 30-point buck.

To tell you the truth, the last time that I shot, it was not a huge deer but for as hard as I worked for it, it could have been the biggest buck and I still would have been just as proud as I was on this deer that I shot. It was a little doe and it was all by itself. I baited it and I kicked it around. I’m like, “Do I shoot this deer? Do I not shoot this deer? I want meat. I know my freezer is getting low. I’m going to do it.” I shot it and I was tickled pink that I shot this deer and I didn’t care. I’m like, “I know it’s small but I don’t care.”

Each one of us has a choice for all from the same community. We all drive a truck and let’s stay with the Ford and Chevy but let’s support each other. All the things, those nonsense is stupid, in my opinion.

I agree 100%. I hate seeing all the bickering. It’s petty and I wish everybody would grow up. Honestly, we are all on the same team and we are hurting each other when we do that stuff.

I can’t agree more. Let’s give a shout out to Precision Peeps, Kristen Wolf. How would somebody find them? Do you know the URL?

It’s www.PrecisionPeeps.com and you can search for them on Facebook. I saw a couple of posts shared on Facebook and that’s how I got interested in them. I started asking questions and after I tried it, I inquired about being on staff. She said, “We’re not going to take staff,” then she wrote back later and she’s like, “We’re good. We changed our mind.” I’m like, “That’s awesome.” She’s like, “You’re going to be on our staff, right?” I’m like, “Sure.”

That’s the gear talk. We’re going to roll into something that Sarah’s done well and becoming somebody that people talk about like Precision Peeps and other companies. What companies are you Pro Staff for? What is a Pro Staff? What do they do? What are the roles and responsibilities? You’re doing Pro Staff and you do X, Y and Z but what’s in it for you?

I know that I’m not a professional. I consider Pro Staff as promotional because that’s what I do. I pick gear that I like and I believe in the gear that I use. The only reason why I staff some of these companies because I believe in what they stand for. I’m on a few staff. I’m on DirtNap Gear. They are broadheads. I talked to them and I got a bow. I bought the broadhead because its owner Tom is amazing. He’s such a down-to-earth gentleman. He makes a great product and I have their product the entire time that I’ve been in archery. It’s never been the product’s fault. The product is proven deadly, for me.

How about Busted Arrow?

Busted Arrow, Danielle is from Wisconsin. I became friends with her from the Madison Deer & Turkey Expo. She’s got some great workout clothes and she asked me to be on her staff because I’m a female that’s fairly positive. I won’t say that I’m positive 100% of the time but I like to see people succeed. In Cypress Bottom, I got a friend, Shay. She’s on Steady Form with me and she’s an amazing role model, too. I enjoy watching her and she’s one of those people that is uplifting. I have nothing but good to say about her.

I’ve run the Cypress Bottom Game Calls and I had an amazing luck with that. I have seen some amazing deer because of the grunt call. There’s nothing that would come close enough for me to shoot but I have seen some decent dear that I would have shot if they had come close enough. In Steady Form, I was skeptical but I’m glad that I took the chance with that because it’s another place that you don’t work. I have lost friends over this deal because there’s a lot of people that you put things on your bow and they just get a little scared because it might make them whatever. I truly only support products that I believe in.

Who runs the Steady Form? Who’s in charge?

Nick Albanese is in charge of that and he’s a rockstar and an awesome guy. I had many questions for this poor man when I started hunting with my bow.

Nick Albanese is a super guy. If we go back, I think he’s on the 300th episode. You can’t find a finer man. He’s got a great product. He does a great deal with his team. He’s from Jersey, Southeast. He’s not even from West in Mississippi, but we’ll put up on him anyway, right?

That’s true.

With ReelCamo Girl, what’s that all about?

It’s a group for women to help other women decide. If they have questions, it’s a safe place for them to go. We’re uplifting and emotional women. We want to see women succeed in the outdoors and we want to see them do it and do it correctly. We like to see good role models and a lot of good role models come out of there, too.

You got one last, Combat Iron Apparel. Are you into the Tai-Chi?

I joined them because one of my friends is in the military. I’m like, “I’m not in the military. I never was in the military. I don’t even know why you want me to apply here.” He’s like, “You’re working out. You’re an EMT and you support law enforcement. You support the military and you love your country. Why not?” I’m like, “I’m not going to be accepted because I’m not in any shape for these people.” They accepted me because I love my EMTs, my LEOs, my fire people, my military and my country. I was accepted for that, too.

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Is it women’s apparel only or is it also guys?

It’s guys and gals. It’s military-based. There’s a lot of military guys and gals that are on there, but it’s pro-LEO and lots of law enforcement. There are lots of people who aren’t military, they’re veterans, but they do a lot of fire department and cops and EMTs as well.

Is it tactical gear or is it camo gear?

It’s fitness gear.

I wasn’t familiar with it.

I’ve got some gear that I wear out hunting. They have greens and stuff like that, too. They always have a funny saying on a shirt.

You get these companies, Tom and all the men with DirtNap Gear and I agree with you. I enjoyed my conversation with him also. It was unfortunate because my rep wasn’t unable to do any field testing for his DRTs, but he runs a good product as there are thousands of people that run a good product. You’re on the team, the Promotion Staff for DirtNap. What do you do?

I promote it and I share posts. I don’t do a lot. I take pictures with my harvest and I take pictures in gear like the stuff that everybody else does. I have no problem going to the Deer Classic and hang out in the booth for a little while so we can help people understand the product because that’s a lot of things. Every product is much the same on the market. I prefer the company and how the company treats you. Tom and Nick are great guys. Danielle is awesome. A lot of that has to do with why I buy these products. I like the people that are behind the products and I like to support small businesses. I like to support the people that take care of their people as well.

You represent, take some pictures, put on social media and you go to shows every once in a while. What’s in it for you? Do they give you a free product?

I prefer not to get free products. I know that sounds whacked-out but it costs them money to send the products to me. If that was how the company was run, you get a discount or whatever. I do it because I love the product and I’m using them. If they can sell an extra thing because I’m using it, then I’m helping them out, too. I’m not in it to be famous. I never wanted to do anything to make me famous. Did I want to be on TV when I first started? Maybe but now, I have no desire to be on TV and I questioned why I even signed up to do this with you, but I’m glad I did.

Thank you. I’ll stay right there. I need all the props I can get. How did we meet? Did we meet on Instagram?

I have no idea.

I know you were nervous. Why do you find that this wasn’t bad now?

For one, you’re easy to talk with you and you’re not that scary. I find microphones, recordings and stuff like that scary. A lot of this has to do with I wanted to promote some girl out there thinking, “I should start hunting but I don’t know what to do.” Maybe, I’ll inspire somebody with a lot of what I do. Someday, I will do something and I will help somebody else and it will change somebody else’s life. It will touch somebody so that way, they can go and do whatever they want. Like I work EMS, maybe someday, like I questioned my sanity about doing the paramedic class and working five days a week. Deep down in my gut, someday, somebody is going to do something great and it will be because maybe I had these little hands in whatever they were doing. I don’t know why I do some of the things that I do.

A salute to all the first responders for my little mishap because it couldn’t have been better. As soon as they showed up on the scene, I knew one, I wasn’t going to die. Two, I was going to get well taken care of and get to a facility pronto. It builds confidence when people come in, they take care, they know what they’re doing and they can take care of business. Thank you and thanks for the millions of people that do that because you never know when you’re going to need that person to show up.

That’s exactly why I do what I do because you never know when somebody is going to need you.

I hope my needs above runs out with that.

That’s usually when I say, “I’m glad to have met you but I would prefer to not meet you under these circumstances.”

Thank you. Let’s end the show with some whitetail techniques. You said that you’ve seen bucks, you’re hunting your farm and your dad’s and uncle’s farm. You went for years without putting down a deer in Iowa, which most people would scratch their heads up. What are you learning and how are you applying what you’re learning so you can close the gap to harvest something year in and year out?

I’m always learning. I guess you never stop learning and if you do stop learning, then maybe you should change what you’re doing because you’re bored with it. What I learned the most was that deer have a mind of their own. What I’m trying to do is I’m trying to think like a deer and I’m trying to anticipate their moves more. It was tough to hunt the rut because I had started the job in the lab weeks before the rut. I don’t have enough time with school and all that to take the time off as I usually do from work. I just got a few days out. I had a Friday off and I was going hunting all day and I get to hunt a field close to me, “I shot a big buck and I’m going to be walking through your stand.” Immediately, I was like, “What am I going to do? It’s early. I’ll switch,” and I switched up. As I was in the other stand, I was walking out in the field and there’s this giant buck chasing a doe and I’m like, “What do I do?” I bent down in a little bit of tall grass with some hay bales around. I tried calling and I had a little buck and another decent size buck come in. It wasn’t my time and like my dad says, “It’ll be your time when it’s your time.” I just keep doing what I’m doing. I keep plucking away. Someday, I’ll get a chance of the buck. I have shot a buck with my bow, but I lost it. It went down that bluff and I was heartbroken. I spent days looking for it, but I never found it. It’ll be my time to get my buck when it’s my time to get my buck.

What a great attitude. It’s been a joy and I hope someplace down the road. I was going to get the Iowa Deer Classic in Des Moines. I’m sure I’m not going to drive in wintertime. I got to work through that, but everybody says I’ll get through it. Having said that, I’ve been planning to hunt the Midwest again. Hopefully, I’ll have an opportunity to at least buy a cup of coffee, stop by and say hi to my family. Because you’re not far, I know right where you are. You’re a special person. I’m probably over myself, but you’re special person on a lot of fronts. I’m happy you decided to be a guest on the show.

I’m happy to be a guest and I’m happy to have had this discussion with you. I thank you for your kind compliments. I don’t take compliments well either and I appreciate you taking the time to have me.

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I’m pleased to have Tim Cool. Tim is the founder and owner of Prodigy Outdoors. If you’re on social media at all, you’ve seen some of Tim’s work and some of his posts. Tim’s going to talk about buck fever and target panic and how he overcame it. He’s going to talk about scoring deer and hoofs. Some people are interested in putting a buck down that meets their criteria and not anybody else’s. The biggest thing he’s going to say is saving your hunt. Some big things that I’ve learned, it’s not saving your hunt but it’s all about the memories. The hunt last X, when we let the arrow go or shoot the bullet, it doesn’t take any time at all for it to get there. It’s everything leading up to during and after that makes hunting what it is now.

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