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Rage: Hello and welcome back to another mediocre whitetail podcast. My name's Gage Kopic, your host, and I'm with my co-host Brave Smart. And we're back doing another podcast. as you guys can tell, we do not have video for this week. Reitz has the camera. I am letting him use it. He was up northern Minnesota bear hunting this this week, and then he's gonna be off in Idaho, as you guys know, for his elk. So I was letting him get used to the camera. He's gonna have that for a little bit. So we might be without video for a few podcasts here, but we'll get that back rolled. That's totally fine. Yeah. I mean, might even it's a podcast. Right. I mean, the video helps and so I don't know, I guess listeners drop in the comments. Tell us if you like the video, don't like the video. Right. Shorter, longer. Yeah, what do you guys tell drop comments. Let us know what you guys think. I mean, this this is episode Twenty six now. It's been twenty six weeks, half of a year. Let us know. Let us know what you guys want. If there's things we can improve on, what what the listeners want. We're here for you guys. Without without the listeners, there's no. I mean we'd still be having these conversations. Maybe not with the mics and whatnot in front of our face. We'd certainly wanna improve the podcast in whatever way. I mean, if you got any ideas, don't be afraid to drop in a comment. Let us know what you guys want to see. Exactly. Or listen to which what topics you guys might want us to cover. Maybe drop some people you might want us to try to get in here. All ideas are welcome. Yeah, maybe not all ideas. Gotta get into our sponsors. Yep. Our partners here. Partner number one, we have nested tree stand systems. Nested trees to tree stand systems is a lightweight, easily packable, in and out of the out of the woods. system you can hybrid hunt out of them. They break down into a backpack. 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You get to see more, more area covered, and it still is right up there with the quality. They look fantastic. They're just awesome cameras. And let's not forget to mention lifetime warranty on them. You break them five years down the road or three years when Almost every other camera just stops working. You just get it looking You give a call. You give them a call. Boom. Coming right back. We love our partners. We're happy to be working with them. and we hope our listeners go out and support them as well. Cause I mean, we're out here we're out here trying to help the listeners out. And these products, they help you. I mean, we wouldn't be pushing them out if we didn't if we didn't back them, we didn't trust them. Exactly. So honestly, I don't really have a whole lot on the agenda. Whole topic built up in the in the head. I've had such a roundabout, up and down, so much going on kind of week that it's like, holy smokes, I I didn't have time to stop and think about what we got going on. No. One of the biggest things on the top of my head, that I was kind of thinking about all week long, next Saturday is opener. I mean, we've been counting the days down all summer long, getting food plots ready. Shooting the bow, getting strings, new strings put on. it's here. It's time for bow season. so I guess that's kind of just the main topic is bow season is here. It's knocking on the door. I mean, we got less we got six days till opener. Saturday the twelfth. You did a little bit of bow hunting, not a ton, right? Not a ton. Yeah, just I mean, maybe a year or two. Yeah. At the most. So I guess tips tips and tricks for bow season knocking is kind of what I'm thinking we're gonna stick to this podcast. What would be your number one tip to somebody that maybe it's their first time getting out there 'cause like you said, you're one or two time one or two years, kinda newer. I mean it's right in right in fresh in your head. Right. What's one tip that you wish you had going in for your first time? I would say, you know, just being patient. Don't shoot the first thing that watch you. Don't shoot the first thing. We were talking about being kind of selective on your shots. Yes. I mean QDM. I mean it's the very very fr it's opening weekend next. What we're saying. Saturday. Saturday. September twelve. in Wisconsin. Some states are already open. Shall I don't shoot the first thing that you see just because you're getting the rush, especially if you're newer to it. and just have fun. Yeah. Like with it. I mean if you're gonna be out there more and more, I mean you gotta enjoy what you're doing. So just have a good time. Holy smokes. Have a beer with the buddies at Deer Camp and We got an unexpected guest. We do. Do we? Hey. There's a chair in the in the closet if you wanna pick one up. Then we'll introduce you. But you were saying just just enjoy it. Enjoy it. There's there's so many people that are looking at social media and they're losing the sight of what the whole reason we're going out there is. To have a good time and That's that is it. We're doing it 'cause we love it. Yeah. It's not
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'cause we want to be that person on social media with the biggest buck. We want We want to enjoy our time out there. I mean it's It's a chaotic start here. Right? All right. Introduce yourself. Hello, I'm Logan Johnson. Hold on. Go ahead. Hello, I'm Logan Johnson. The man, the myth, the legend. Yeah. Do we? Yeah, we're not gonna get into that. Rough start to the month. So the agenda for today's pod is just it's next week, next Saturday is opener for s for bow season. And we're kind of just going through tips, tricks, things we wish we knew. if we were just starting out and getting into season early. Our tips and tricks is also is not using slick trick. Don't use fucking slick trick broadheads. Fucking stupid dude. Fucking stupid. That's my second comment. Logan, you're kind of new, newer to the game. You use that that gay weapon, that crossbow. yeah. What's some tips and tricks, I guess, that you've got? I mean, you're you're on the more of the rainbow side of it. But like still technically, in a way, archery, I guess. So if you're out there on opener. You've gone through it a few times. What what tips and tricks would you give to somebody who's maybe just starting out just getting into the woods for the first time? man. I don't know. I mean, just have fun with it. Learn. I mean learn Yeah, I mean I mean everyone's using your comment theme. Ever everyone's kinda got a different philosophy, I guess, when they get into hunting, but see what works for you. Different shit works in different areas and that is true. So adapting. Yeah. Learning. That learning curve is big. It's tough. When you get in there, don't expect to know everything about Whitetail. Let me tell you that. I've been doing it since I was eight. I I I still don't know. Right? I still don't freaking know. The fact that anybody were to listen to this and think, these guys might know some tips and tricks. We know some, I guess. the basics, but like any I guess. I mean it comes differently for everyone based on so many variables, you know, like access to what you're hunting to and and are you hunting public and or private, you know? It it it's very different. How many people are hunting that piece area? What's the pressure like? do they practice QDM like we talked about in other podcasts? it's tough. I guess my number one tip for people first going out Like you guys both said, make it fun. If if you don't enjoy it, there's no reason to be out there. Right. it's like I'm getting Anna out there for the first time this year. I'm gonna sit with her on opener in a blind and I just hope we see some deer. How do you get someone new in the hunting? I to enjoy it. You gotta make it fun. Make it fun. So you don't bring them out. So with Anna, I started her with turkeys. It's something that's gobbling their heads off. They're loud. Action packed. It's action and usually it's quick. It's we're not out and it's warm. It's not freezing cold. So it's we're out there I getting her involved in being in the woods. And then now I'm she finally bought her first bow. and we're getting out there this year. And I'm not gonna have her sit late season. Nope, we're not and if it hits twenty degrees, she doesn't need to sit in that rut. She doesn't need to be sitting during the rut because it's just too much going on, too much that could go wrong. it's too it rut's chaotic for somebody who's you're just trying to slight that spark. This early season when they're on a pattern and they're feeding, that's kind of that the time to go. And I guess that's my other tip. would be get your Yellowstone AI trail cameras out there. If you're serious about getting into it, learn the pattern, figure the pattern out. Yep. And sit where you you've been seeing Get that pattern down, do a little bit of scouting. Get the cameras out. You're not you can't fail. I mean, that's where the learning curve comes from. It really is. And it's understanding patterns, the weather. Yep. Wind. Wind is huge. Yep. where their deer coming to and traveling to where coming to coming from and going to. Right. Yeah. If you know that they have a a designated food source and you can figure out where they're betting hole and you get in between that, you're on fire. Yeah. I'm glad you brought that up. That's the other big thing is if you're in a county that you can bait or if you're not, if you're just doing your plots or learn what works. Yeah. Understanding your geography and yeah. Well it's we just went down I finally Got down to the southwest part of the state, got my cameras out, and I planted two food pots last week. They're already four or five inches tall. Cameras are starting to blow up. These deer are in between cornfields and peas and oats and whatnot. We have clover in the woods, small, small kill plots all over the place. I've been getting bucks and does nonstop. Not any not anything crazy big yet. Because I mean we just just planted it and they're just coming in. But once you get that that constant flow of deer coming in. There's a reward for like the work that you put in. There's gonna be other bucks that come in. There's gonna be deer that are like, Okay, these guys are consistently using this path. I'm gonna follow them this time. hey, there's clover here. shit, that's a nice break up. I can stay here in the safety of the woods, feed, and then go work out at nighttime to these big fields. Mm-hmm. Sick. Awesome. Perfect. Go go in there. Now that that's later on, I would say is food plots. That's not something you want to jump in and do your first year. I mean if you have it available to you, like you got someone else who'd who does their shit in their pick their brain, why not? Pick their brain, learn from Why not? It's different. I mean, a lot of people I mean, come from parents, grandparents that taught them kind of this this stuff. I mean, the people that are interested in the That's the Wisconsin mindset, I guess. It's just ingrained in you and and you kinda have those people
and you can pick their brain who've been doing it for thirty, forty years. Well, there might be people who maybe they're listening to this podcast just because they they don't know anything, they don't have anybody. Egg exactly. And if you can listen and learn one thing from this podcast, take it. Run with it. Use it. I would say we're gonna beat beat this one home the entire podcast is Have fun. If you're not having fun, don't fucking do it. There's plenty of resources out there to try and learn. Well, last talk to local guys. Last year, videos. Yeah. When I was sitting in the woods nonstop all the time, I started to not have fun. And I'm like, I don't need that. That's that would destroying your relationship with going out in the woods and hunting. Not good. Not good. And what do you think caused that? Yeah, I was being too picky. I was putting an insane amount of pressure on myself where well, I I like I want I want well, I wanted to start this podcast really bad, right? Right. And I'm thinking there's no way anybody's gonna listen to me if I don't have a hundred and sixty inch buck. Not the case. Not the case at all. I shot maybe a fifty inch eight pointer last year on the last day of the season. I was just as tickled pink as if I would have shot a two hundred, maybe Maybe not, but I was just as tickled pink as if I would have shot any of the other deer I had on camera. Just experience and realizing like Well, and I had to step back and be like, dude, it's only my fifth buck with a bow. Right. That's not in the grand scheme things, that's not all that many. No. There's guys who go out and shoot five in one year. Right. They just travel state to state and they shoot five in one year. I've shot five since I've started bow hunting, which is Fourteen, I'm twenty three. Five and nine years? That's I I can't complain. It's a freaking awesome, but it's something you gotta step back and be like, dude, I'm having fun doing this when I shoot and I'm proud of myself. Why wouldn't I it's like I passed a few deer last year. biggest one was probably like a hundred and fifteen inch eight pointer. I I kicked myself for the entire rest of the season. I'm like, what the fuck were you thinking, dude? You're being an idiot. Go back and I I wish I could go back and shoot it. Well, granted, this year I got him back on camera. Pretty happy about that one. He looks pretty good this year. But starting out, like you said, Rafe. Don't don't be over picky, but also don't shoot that first one you see. Practice solid QDM. Yeah. Goes back to if you go back and listen to one of our other podcasts. Our last like our last two two podcasts ago. Something like that. Yeah. We talked about just, you know Shooting the right size deer, don't just shoot a little ding. Just to shoot. Let them develop a little bit. Don't shoot just to shoot. Now Logan Johnson might have a different take on that. Cause he's out and up in Wolf territory. Wolf and three teeth Dave. Yeah, in Price County,
Wisconsin. What state? In Wisconsin. I mean what county? Price County. Like Phillips area. okay. He's out by three-tooth Dave. Yep. I'm north of you. Thirty miles. Yeah. We so like right now in Price County, I'll say it's every three years, four years, you'll see like the wolves. They're just moving around. Yeah. And they're bad this year. Yeah. So we're on the north side of Price County. We're kinda up by if anyone who's listening knows where like Flambeau in is or the Flambeau. Float? Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't I wouldn't spot Burn just in case. You never know. Yeah. There might be some freaking cycle that's like I'm gonna go find you locally. I'm gonna go find you, Dewey. Dewey. Right. Yeah. No, but the wolves the wolves are bad up there this year. Dewey, you had to know you were gonna get some shit. I know. Yeah, I was like, yeah, yeah. We won't get into it. It's just his nickname. Just be smart. D E W E Y. Yep. Do that. After hunting, be smart. Be smart. Yep. but yeah, wolves are bad this year up there. Three every three, four years they come through. Bears too. Yeah. It's speaking of bears, I'm pretty sure that opens is it this weekend? no. Or is it I know northern Minnesota's open. I've seen a few bears get shot. Some of them were f freaking pigs. Absolute piggies. You were saying I got a pig I got a giant one on camera. You got a And I got also I also have elk on camera. Weirdly enough. I wouldn't I would not spot burn I would not spot burn those. I mean it's on it's on property of my family, so I would not spot burn elk 'cause there's some freaking I mean six psychos. Six by six. Well, that's like that guy. What was that last year or two years ago? He shot the bull that brought back like forty five, fifty percent of the Wisconsin herd, and they still don't know who did it. Now yeah, that happened. That's Black River Falls area. Yeah. Absolute trash. A lot of stuff be happening over by Black River Falls and Loyal. Those guys are those guys are different over. Forty five deer. Horses. Shooting an Amish horse. Yeah. Idiots, dude. It happens. Well, poaching in in northern Wisconsin over in very, very common prevalent. Extremely prevalent. It's it's more of like you keep it on the low and all the town guys just kinda Yeah. Which is terrible. Yeah. It's terrible. But it's just part of the some of the culture up there. It really is, honestly. They dri like to drive around shine and bring their guns and shoot Even during bow season. Road hunting. That's pretty much what it is up there. Yeah. If you're a new guy, don't be one of those road hunters. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. That's terri it's so bad. I mean, you look at all these famous people who eventually get caught. Mm-hmm. Because you can't get around it. Like some YouTube guys, Creek Kings, out in Ohio. They just got caught. They were tagging deer. I'm pretty sure this is what it was. They were tagging deer as Ohio Bucks, but they shot him in Kentucky. they were shooting in city deers like
inside city limits. They didn't have permits to be in there at parks and shit. They got busted and I think it was like forty thousand dollars that they owed and some jail time and lost all their all the money that they made, got pulled. I mean sponsorships, anything like that gone. Which sucked 'cause I I stumbled across them I don't know, a few few years ago on YouTube. And I thought their videos were sweet, but now that you know they're a poacher, it's like It's completely tainted. I'd never want to see any of them sitting across me on a table. I'd want to throw a beer can at right in their face. Yeah. Unfortunately, that is a big part. Well, and it's like you got everywhere. Yeah. It's literally everywhere. And as a newcomer, learn what you're doing. Praise the animal that you're read the regs. I have respect. Read the regs is a huge, huge thing. if you don't understand the regulations, you shouldn't be out there. Yeah. Read understand And if you have questions Call the DNR. Yeah. They'll answer it for you. They don't want you to get in trouble. They want you to be legal. Yeah. There's it's less of paperwork for I'll say I will say there's a lot of guys that will part of the state or whether they're part of the county, they'll go out of their way to help you if you want to learn. They'll meet you out anywhere and they'll drive out and they'll show you how to do stuff. Find a mentor. Yeah. There is mentor programs. Yeah. State of Wisconsin has a few. Yeah. I mean if you can communicate, you can find a mentor though too. Yeah. It's not that hard, guys. Go to the local dive bar and talk to the old dude in the plaid shirt smoking a cigarette. Go talk to your farmer neighbor or yeah. I mean they gotta know somebody who wants to hunt on their property. Well, yeah, he'll be like, I got a spot. You can sit, I've seen deer in this corner for seven years, and there's one big every time I'm in the combine, I see. Yeah, exactly. And they hate they hate deer. So I mean they'll be like, Yeah, please. Eating my corn. Right? Crop damage, them fuckers. Come on. So yeah, another thing too, another tip, just communicate, talk to people, learn as much as you can. Talking is huge. Right. So I guess with that, we kind of touch touched on this before, but do you think more people are scared to get out there and try talking to people since it's now calling tags, the whole aspect of like a hunting community, do you think that's dying off and people don't talk as much as they used to since it's now call in tags instead of driving and sharing the story. People aren't as open now with this new age of social media. I think that's a little bit of a reach. Like I still think that I mean, yeah, you're not doing it, but a lot of people they got associates that they know that they go and hunt with and I mean they're not a dear story. If you're a new guy, it du I mean You just gotta get out there and communicate. It's g it's just like anything in life and getting jobs and stuff, knowing a knowing a guy who knows a guy, you can't get that without having solid communication skills. If you wanna get on access to good hunting land, you gotta go out and talk to people. I mean, if if you're a new guy and don't have any buddies, yeah. What are you gonna do if you don't? Not shit. Not shit. So I wouldn't say it's It's made things worse. I do think that there's a lot more room for people who are less legal or people who are not people who are fucking up. Not so legal hunters to kinda abuse the system a little more for sure. I would agree. I also I just feel like it's killed some of the culture that was like what made Wisconsin Yeah. Hunting culture. I think it took away some of the culture, but I don't think it affects people who are trying to like hunting, drinking. Get out there and meet people. Right. Well, I don't so my first year that I ever went with my dad to go tag, like or register. We were sit my brother and I were sitting in the bed of the truck as he went into the gas station and three or four different guys came up and were talking to us about it. About this fork. And they're looking at Cole and I, and we were young kids and They were all, dude, that's awesome. Did you we're like, were you guys part of the hunt? And we're like, No, but my dad said next year. And they're like, Well, if you guys need help learning anything like this, that the other thing, let us know. And I think that was something that kids nowadays miss out on. Miss out. Yeah. What my brothers miss out on now, like when I was a little little shit, like seven, eight, nine years old, my grandpa would wake me up at 4 30 in the morning, ask Krackadon. And we're going down to the local gas station. Yep. And they had like a little sit-in part where they would cook stuff kinda in the back. And there's like, you know, fifteen benches or so. And the whole like logging logging town goes there. And they got their coffee in the morning and they're all like about to go out in their Smoking smoking their cigarettes. Smoking their cigarettes, drinking their beers before they're going out to the to the hunting stand. Some of them haven't gone to bed yet. Right. And they're like, Hey, where's Grandpa got you hunting? Where's your standard? I mean, just talking about I mean, I was sat around a bunch of old men, logger men, and the I mean you don't get that sort of communic like the kids are nowadays are I think lose a lot of a lot of it 'cause their noses are in their phones. Right. Which sucks. That's a whole separate issue. It is. It is completely it's we could do an entire different podcast. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The dynamic has definitely changed, but there's still guys out there. They're gonna they're gonna shoot the shit with you. Well if if if a listener goes out next weekend and we get a DM, a picture of somebody that shot Their first buck. And they're like, hey dude, can I come on the podcast and talk about it? Fuck yeah. I'm not gonna say no to that. I
mean, we're not above we're we're always gonna be open. We're we're here for the mediocre guys. And maybe it was their first one, and maybe they're like, hey, the tips that you guys gave gave me helped. Shit yeah, dude. Great. I love that. I want to hear the story. Come talk about it. And I think that's what a lot of people nowadays are missing out on. is sharing that state don't have people to share that story with. and that's kind of what this platform at least kinda what we're aiming to go is for that everyday Joe Schmo who maybe doesn't have dickheads that he can go and shoot the shit with after he hunts. Text us. We'll listen. I mean, even if you got shit people shoot the shit with and and you got a a lot of cool stories to tell and you're You're a good person we like would like to bring onto the podcast. I mean, don't if you would think that you are, don't be afraid to send something, come on. Well now that's that's if if you're a a dirt bag and you're poaching, we'll figure it out. We'll figure it out. How are we figuring it out? We'll ask questions, we'll figure it out. We'll put too much juice on they'll slip. It'll break. So we promote the ethical taking of animals within legal regulations. And if you're that Joe, hell yeah, we want to talk to you. I've been wanting to see this Kentucky Rob. my god, dude, I can't wait to freaking see that guy. I cannot wait. That's coming up November fourth through the ninth. We're in Kentucky. Even if we don't shoot a deer, dude, that guy is so much fun to hang out with at deer camp. That's just that's a badass name. Yeah. He doesn't even live in Kentucky. He's from Michigan. Right. Call him Kentucky Rob because he works at that outfitter that we went down to in Kentucky last year. dude's a G. I'm so excited to go share camp with that guy again. He's awesome. Awesome. Awesome dude. And he's got tons of stories. So I'll be bringing the podcast stuff. it'll be live at camp. kind of deal. Hopefully by then we have enough TikTok followers where I can actually do a TikTok live Q and A. I'll do a I'll do a a special a special podcast live TikTok live from camp if we end up I think you need like fifty followers. Yeah. We're sitting at like thirty eight. I don't post on there enough at all. Which it surprises me actually that we don't because I've got a few videos that have like two thousand 3,000 views or some shit. I'm nobody freaking follows. There's some funny clips from in here. I mean, if you just push it out on the algorithm, people don't follow. I mean, they'll see it and they find their stuff funny. I don't clip our podcast enough. I gotta start I gotta do that a lot more. That's where all of our content is. It really is. Well, actually with Reeds having the the camera. I mean hopefully from us too, but even just wild shit that gets says on here. There is some there is dumb shit. Do we well fellas, honestly. Well are you are you wrapping it up? I am. I we're gonna do a short one here. Wait, are you a
Packers fan, Logan? Of course I am. I think we gotta do a quick little segment. You know, you know what too early football predic predictions. Way too early football predictions. All right. Well who wants to go first? Is Rafe Smart wanna go first? I'll go first. San Francisco forty Niners are going to shock you guys shock you guys and the world. I think That they have a very high probability of winning the division. Now we do have the Seahawks. Winning the division, are they going? We do have the Seahawks and the Rams. I think I think someone out of my division is the whoever the Rams are winning the Super Bowl. No, I mean whoever wins my division I wins the Super Bowl. Is is my take. I think that we're very likely I mean, if healthy, we can hang with anybody. man. I mean honestly, I Okay, so that's not a prediction though. Like what's your prediction? My prediction? If whoever wins the division wins a Super Bowl, I think that we're very I've I I think that a lot of people be shocked. I think that we're gonna beat the Rams week one. If we beat the Rams week one, a lot of people it it's too good to be true. The Aaron Donald, Miles Garrett, who'd they just sign at cornerback? Trent McDuffie. Byron. Byron Murphy too. No, they've got some Byron. I know they got Trent McDuffie from the Chiefs, but their old defense is insane. I think it's too good to be true. I think someone's gonna get hurt, something's gonna happen, too many studs. It just it's a long season. You don't win the Super Bowl week one, but I really do think that we are going to beat the Rams week one and it's we're gonna set the tone and everyone's gonna be talking about us a lot differently after. Where do you think he found his drugs? Yeah, I don't know. It's some good stuff. I'm very curious to Okay, NFC, what do you got on the AFC side? I really think. Broncos or Patriots. I think I think those two are gonna win the Bills are the sleeper, dude. Bills are sleeper, R Ravens are sleeper, and Texans defense is gnarly. I mean, very good coach. They get to throwmer forty nineers defensive coordinator, by the way. But great coach. Yeah, sure. All right, Dewey. All right. I'm gonna agree with the Bills. I think the Bills are kinda sleeping. that's for the AFC. NFC I'm gonna I think I'm gonna go Seahawks just under new management or under new owners this season. They are. So I'm gonna I'm gonna 49ers. Their old their old owner went to San Fran, didn't they? I believe so. And he got busted for yeah, yeah, yeah. Was that him? That was This was in the chiller court. Yeah. Who was that? Somebody with the Niners And Jed Jed York. His h his happy endings. Yeah. Looking for one didn't quite happen. Cops game Deshaun Watson almost instantly. Yeah. I think the Packers could be okay. my god. We're smoking shit too. I'll say we got a few wrinkles, but smoking shit, dude. After week one, I think. You know, there's so many guys that move around nowadays too. It's hard to tell how everyone's gonna smoking
shit. I think you guys get like Eight wins. I don't even think that. I think they get eight wins. I think they'll get their seven and ten. Let's look at their schedule. I think they get I think we'll be at we'll be above five. I think the Vikings beat him week one. They play the Vikings, right? I do think they beat the Vikings. I hate the Packers. Kyler Murray, dude. Jay Jettis, Kyler Murray. We'll see. All right. Bold predictions over here. Okay. Colts fan here. Yeah. dude, Colts are gonna go like four and thirteen. They're not gonna replicate their last year last year. Not a chance. They suck. Y'all did get rid of Pittman, so you got it receiver now. Josh Downs, Alec Pierce. And then Keenan Allen, who just got frickin' Dewey. Dewey like Dewey. Dewey. Same like damn near the next day. Dewey Dewey. Damn near. AMC side of thing, I think it's I think it'll be some Patrick Mahomes magic coming off of his injury. He's gonna pull some dumb shit. And they just signed Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker. can't count them out for that's for sure. They're gonna be alright. I think the Bills are a really good sleeper team. but the if they have to play Kansas City in the playoffs, pfft. Done. Game over. And I think the Broncos at Bo Knicks can stay on the field the entire season. Broncos make Super Bowl. NFC side of things, forty niners are gonna make it to week six before their team falls apart from injuries. I don't think so. strongly disagree. I think the Rams, I think the Rams have a serious shot. Get it out your mouth, buddy. At going seventeen and That defense is insane. Not going seventeen and It's they hit the MVP last year, dude. Yeah. And Aaron Donald's last three games with since party's been in his own three and he's had a He didn't have Miles Garrett. He has a losing record with the Rams against the 49ers. They didn't have Miles Garrett. I'm telling you, we it's division rival. I'm just saying. It's a division rival. Hey, this is this is my this is my too early to tell. Thank you. I think the Rams have a real shot. I mean, I'm not denying that. They're the favorites But but the Bears. Whoever comes out of the West is winning. The Bears. The Bears win the NFC North. That's crazy. And the Bears make NFC Championship. I think the Bears can win the North. I think it's gonna be Bears or Lions. Sorry, Packers fans. I think the Bears make NFC Championship. I don't think Bears, but I'll give you Lions. Lions are up. And you know who the you know who these absolute sleeper pick? I'm gonna sound like a delusional forty nine are saying here. Cowboys win the Super Bowl. Yeah. I'm just saying who has who's been taking the medication? Yeah. Cowboys win the Super Bowl, dude. Yeah. They you you've been saying that they've been realized Dak Prescott's throwing the football. Yeah. That is true. Dak is where I I I mean, yeah. He puts good numbers every year. he sucks. Right. But their defense is Pretty damn good this year. Pretty good. Doesn't cut the muscle. It'd be gonna be great. I don't know. Too early to tell. We'll know later on. With that, give me some closing thoughts. How about that Michigan game? my god. my god. Crap. That is some bullshit. Western Michigan needs to appeal that call. They tried. Big Ten came out. it was Big Ten's say? Yep. Right. Yep. Who are they gonna side with? Yep. Big Ten. closing thoughts. I mean, just to reiterate what we were saying. Initially was just that go out there, have fun when you're going out open season next week. Have a good time, get out there, talk with the boys. Deer camp's gonna be it's gonna be great. Yep. Not much else needs to get said. Do we? All right. Yeah, going off rave, have fun. If you're lucky enough to get an animal on your first goal, praise it. Yep. Make some delicious meat out of it. Share some with the boys. Yeah. Give me them snack steaks. Right? But yeah, just try try something new. Even if this isn't your first year, if you're a guy that's been doing it two or three years and you're just listening in, try something new. Go out of the go out of what if you something's not working for you. Figure something out. Yeah. Try something new. closing thoughts here. don't forget what you're doing it for. You're going out there to clear your head, have some fun. Get out there and get in touch with nature, touch some grass. don't forget that. It's all about having fun. Don't get caught up in the hoopla of I have to shoot this in order to be happy. Shoot whatever tickles your taint. I mean, that's all you can ask for. make sure you're reading your regs. If you're a first timer and you don't fully understand kind of the rules behind it. Understand them rules, make sure you're following and doing everything legal. Yeah, that's that's about it. Good luck. Stay safe. And we'll catch you in the next one. Keep it mediocre out there, guys.