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We quit our jobs to film archery content | Hawaii Axis Deer Hunt · The Bow Disciples Podcast

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That's a huge discount team BD, but we got some stuff to touch
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on. Let's see here.
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I went to Mexico, shot a deer. The videos out so people can go
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watch that on boatdisciples.com on the YouTube.
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I mean good video, really good video, fun hunt, good times.
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You went and shot your bow for the first time in ages.
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Eons. Yeah, it needs some some work.
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Yeah, but you shot pretty well. I mean, yeah, got some
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adjustments to do and we got a hunt coming up.
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But you're also in the midst of starting a new arrow building
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series where yesterday for the first time you used your mod saw
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to cut 3 arrows and you did one complete build.
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So you built one victory vap SSI think a RIP at RIP s s 200 spine
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with three boning Blazers 2 paint 1 yellow with the boat
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disciples logo. Get them on boatdisciples.com
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and 100 grain tip Total weight was what 540?
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.2. 540.2 But how was that experience using the mod saw,
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using the bits and burger, using the glue, all that stuff to
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build those arrows. Mod saw easiest tool in the
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world, go drop $200 everybody and purchase one for yourself
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and start building your own arrows because that is such an
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easy tool to have in such AI mean yeah, I guess you two $200
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sounds like, you know, a little chunk of change, but it's so
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worth it. Like I I feel like it they could
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charge more, you know, for how good of a tool it is and how
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well thought out it is and everything that it includes, you
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know, all of the the components that are well made that aren't
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going to wear down being able to have your you know, I guess I
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call it the wobble detector and everything.
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It's just you can't say better words for a mod saw.
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And that's the deluxe one. They do have a slightly cheaper
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version, the premium I think, I don't remember, but if you want
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to spend just a little bit less, but overall that super easy.
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The bits and burger. I mean, yeah, if you're not
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trying to tweak it and get like a heavy offset or, you know, a
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heavy helical or anything, it's a it's fine, it's fine.
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I'd say the magnet things like a little clunky because like if
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you go to clean your your glue, you could you got to be careful
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not to bump that while you know, you're pressing down because you
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need to continue to hold pressure to to push the fletch
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down onto the the shaft. But otherwise not too hard to
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use. I would be very interested in
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trying the OMP down the road just because from what I've been
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told now is, you know, a lot of things in archery have advanced
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so far in the technology from the, you know, the technology
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that Bose have the micro adjusts you can do.
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And not only sites now, but rests even have micro adjusts.
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Like how often do you think about moving your rest?
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And it's like, I think I can move that 116th of an inch.
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Let me, you know, go turn this little knob.
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You could do it on rests now, even like there's so much little
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technology and but the detail in that technology is what's
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important and the bits and burger just lacks that.
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Like you crack a set screw to change your offset and then it's
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like there's no clicks to know how many you've turned it like
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you just I there's not even the lines.
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You know, there's one line and one line.
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You line them up in that center past that you're eyeballing it.
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So like, say I do my arrows and I have, you know, center on
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Center for both of those knobs and then I go to do yours.
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You would want a whole nother bits and burger because once I
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adjust those or or say mine's not center on center, say it's a
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little off, you know, so like your lines don't line up.
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If I go to then do your arrows and it's different.
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There's no way to eyeball it to perfect or exactly what I had
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before on my last set of arrows. You see what I mean?
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So you would always, you could potentially always build your,
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your, your flex, your offset just slightly different every
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time. I think there could be some more
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detail integrated into that product.
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I think at archery has advanced enough and I think the OMP from
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what I've heard has more of that detail.
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So that'd be something I'd be interested in trying.
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Just don't want to spend the money for it.
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So, but gluing super easy, that bone and glue true to its form
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dried in, you know, less than 90 seconds for the inserts.
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And yeah, overall easy, easy process.
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I'm excited now that I've practiced with your arrows to go
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and build. The whole reason I'm doing this
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is they're not making my arrow anymore.
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So I got AI got to pick a new one.
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And with that comes the option to just experiment.
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So, you know, try some different fox out, some different maybe
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weighted inserts with 100 instead of 125 grain broadhead.
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You know, you can also put weights in the back, which I
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don't think I'll need, but going to build two different setups
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with two different arrows brand or not brands, but types, I
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guess. And then just do some
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penetration tests, see what what I like better, what I feel flies
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better and run that for Arizona. And I got about 2 1/2 weeks to
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to get her done. So that'll be the next.
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I think this video is just kind of like me showing you the new
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tools and practicing on your arrows.
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This next video will be the actual build of the two
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different types. A little more detail in that,
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but overall very fun. I don't know if I'll say that
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after I'm on like my 12th Arrow, my 36th fletch.
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I might get bored, but you know, it's right there next to the TV
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so I can watch my show at the same time.
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But yeah, it'll be good. Maybe one day I'll venture into
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like time my own D loops and stuff, but for now or just start
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with fletches. Very good.
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Yeah. I'm excited that you're doing
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it. I know you've always had a
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little bit of interest. I mean, you and your sister
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being twins are, you know, very tied to the hip and I, she's
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kind of always done that. So I I know that it was
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something you've been wanting to do a bit and I think it's cool.
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You got a very aesthetic setup. I think it's good content.
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And I think it's also, you know, the video, the first video we
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filmed, which I'll edit this week, is interesting because
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it's as beginner and novice as you can get.
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Like you have never done it and you're learning how to do it on
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tape. And I think that's pretty cool.
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That's you. Yeah.
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And it shows people that you, you don't need to be as nervous
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as you feel about maybe building your own arrows.
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Like that was literally my first take it I built arrows like one
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time in my life like 7 years ago when I or I thought almost 10
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now I guess when I first picked up a bow.
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After that I never built arrows again.
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And I think especially if you're like you have a hint of OCD in
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you, it's so nice to take control of your build because if
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something does go wrong, like you lose fletches, they fly off
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or inserts pop out or whatever, it's on you.
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So then figure out, you know, maybe try a different glue or a
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different method for inserting your inserter the way you wrap
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the glue around or whatever. But you become in charge of your
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own build, you know, and can try different things.
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And it's so easy then like instead of getting charged to
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take your arrows to the the bow shop, I'm not saying like take
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all your work away from a bow shop.
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Like, you know, don't start working on your own bow if you
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have no idea what you're doing. But for arrows, like it's so
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easy to just like strip those fletches off a little harder if
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you run wraps, but so easy to strip those fletches off and
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just try a new, you know, OK, maybe I'll try a little bit of a
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helical this time. See if, you know, I feel like
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they fly different. Go sit down for a couple hours
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and strip your flashes off and glue some new ones on and try
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different, you know, set up so easy so why not do it and then
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you get to see somebody IE myself, do it for the first
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time. I did glue flesh upside down
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much that was funny, but it show it goes to show that like if you
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just watch that video, it'll walk you through an arrow build
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from beginning to end without all the added.
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Like, yeah, we cut this off of our flat our our jig.
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And you know, we thought it didn't lay flat enough.
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And you know, we did this to it and added a knob down.
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It's like, no, it's not all that extra stuff.
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Like it starts from the beginning for the beginner, you
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know, like if you just need to build a standard arrow and you
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have no idea where to start, this will cover it for you.
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I think that's good because sometimes you go out there to
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research like I did. And it was like this video was
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extraordinarily unhelpful, did not teach me anything about from
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like if I knew nothing about a Bitzenberger how to use it.
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So there are a lot of benefits, I think, to this video, but
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it'll be a series that you know, will grow with time as I learn.
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Yeah, I think, like I said, I think it's really good for you
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and and the audience, but I also think that just watching and
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being there filming, I like to be the filmer.
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I like filming So and I I was learning as well by watching and
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listening. But I will say about the mod
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saw, I really like how small it is.
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It doesn't take up a lot. It doesn't take up a lot of
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space. And I also like that it has a
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lot of different tools integrated into it without
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taking U more than I mean, lengthwise it takes U space, but
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widthwise is probably only like maybe 4 inches wide, so not very
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BIG4 inches. So yeah, I don't know.
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I thought that was great. I think it's very exciting.
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We should have the mod saws on bodisciples.com so you can get
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one there and and also pick up veins while you're there and
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HLRS, you can get victories on there as well.
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You could buy your whole aero kit including broadheads all on
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the website, which is really cool.
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And then? But they're also mobile.
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That's The thing is like you don't have to screw it into a
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table. If maybe you have like, I'm
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going to order a cuz I forgot to do it yesterday.
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Dang it. A computer mat helps it from
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sliding around. You know, I screwed it into the
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table. But so easy to back those two
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screws out. And like, if you're going on
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like we're about to disappear for this hunt for three weeks
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and or say, remember, you know, Arizona, New Mexico, you can cut
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that if you want. But when we needed arrows for
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somebody like you could save money if you're just bringing
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your own, like, you know, pre fletched, uncut, whatever.
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If you needed to build arrows out in the field, the thing
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weighs next to nothing. And I have seen people, which I
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think is pretty cool, where they create like mounts for like
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mobile shops onto the back of their truck.
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But even if you don't mount it to anything, like you can
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literally throw that thing in a box that it comes in and bring
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it with you and cut your arrows out in the field if you needed
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to. Like it's just it's the easiest
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tool. Yeah, it's great.
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So yeah, super fun. Excited about that.
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And you know, obviously, oh man, I get indoor prep, all the
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different stuff. Got a hunt coming up here in a
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couple of weeks. And I did want to mention too on
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this podcast that we have learned that we're going to
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Hawaii actually. And the dates are it's in July,
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I believe it's the, let me see here.
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It's July 13th through the 17th is 1 hunt or July 20th through
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24th. We're going to be hunting a
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really cool property loaded with axis deer and we're really
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excited to go fling some arrows. I guess there's tons of deer.
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So lots and lots of arrows should be flung down range.
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It should be fun, but we're going just to camp when other
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people are going to be camping, right and and hunting, staying
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at the lodge and hunting. So we'll be kind of share and
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hunt with others. And so if you're interested in
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going on that hunt, it will sell out.
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The website is hooves hornshideaways.com and I'll put
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that right here. On That's mouthful.
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Hooveshornshideaways.com Very exciting, so never.
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Say how much the hunt is on that little flyer thing.
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I thought it did. Would you like me to look?
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Yeah, don't you? I thought you were staring at
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the flyer. That's why.
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I I was, but there's multiple Flyers, but would you like me to
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look? Yes.
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OK, let me. Yes, I would.
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She would like me to look folks, so I will look.
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I'm scrolling. Here we go, five day hunt is
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3500 per hunter, 50% down to hold the spot.
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So there you go, $1.00 and unlimited doze.
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Jeez, Martha. So there you go.
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It's should be pretty sick so if you want to go.
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I feel like that is an insane deal.
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Yeah, there you go. So hooves, horns, hideaways.
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I'm excited. Never have haunted access deer.
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Brianna's been friggin so annoying about axis deer for
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like 3 or 4 years. Just so annoying.
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But we're finally going, so that'll be fun.
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I love Hawaii, you know what I'm saying?
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New Island. Then we were at goat hunting,
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but I would love to goat hunt again.
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So I'm going to see maybe if the schedule would work to do that
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after because I really like that public land hustle.
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OTC bro, I love that hardship you know?
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Well, that's why I'm not going to go get a axis on a high fence
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in Texas. I could go do that, sure.
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And it made thoughts the same as, you know, this hunt does.
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Or I could go to where the axis live and go hunt them there.
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You know, I just like keeping it as realistic as possible to the
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where the animal like originates from, you know, I'm not saying
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there's anything. They're invasive in Hawaii too.
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They're not like. Oh sure, sure, but they're not
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high fence pens in. Hawaii is an island, so it's
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basically the same thing. Here's the thing.
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An island, It's an island. It's not somebody's property.
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Like, yeah. But those properties in Texas
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are huge. Like here's the.
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Thing they're not as big as the island.
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You'd be surprised. Bro.
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Some of them are very, very large.
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Here's the thing, high fence hunting, depending.
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I mean obviously if the place is 3 acres, it might be a little
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bit different. But like bow hunting, a place
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that's high fence makes no difference in how hard the hunt
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is because it's like you have to get within 50 yards anyways.
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So like what difference does it make if the place is 1000 acres
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but it's high fence? Like I don't really get it.
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Because I've watched it was between I've literally watched
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videos of people get out of the truck or side by side that
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they've pulled up a right next to the animal while it's feeding
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from a feeder. Look at the people go back to
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feeding and then they just shoot it.
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I have not seen this, but I also don't watch a ton of hunting
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anymore. But yeah I don't know.
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I think that it's important as hunters.
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I always say this too, as long as people are doing things
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legally and ethically, I think it's important to support all
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hunters because we need strength in numbers.
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So for me to like point fingers at others because like they're
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not as hard as me, which like oftentimes we don't even know
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about other people. Like we're just making stuff up.
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So I think it's important to be supportive and, and, and push
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the sport forward. You know, that's why we make the
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content in the 1st place is to get more people shooting bows
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and they're like, you know, pigeonhole people.
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I I think is doing the opposite of that, you know, so just
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important, but nonetheless, this hunt will be a great opportunity
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to vibe with others. You know what I'm saying?
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Which I'm I'm excited, but you better get us a light fast arrow
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because those they are supposed to be the best string jumpers,
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like as good as Impalas I'm. Pretty sure I'm going to aim
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like 3 inches below. Its stomach because they.
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As slow as my bow is. Right, because they're natural
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predators were like cheetahs or something.
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So they're really used to they're having to avoid.
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Very. Skittish.
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Very skittish. Yeah, just like Impalas.
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I mean an Impala whet tail too. I mean very skittish.
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But I've I've heard axes are like.
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Unbelievable. As the time comes, as we get
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closer, I think you know, this Arrow series will go on and off
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and on and off as I I need different setups and whatnot.
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I've never been a fan of or had the need to change my setup, but
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for something like this, I think it's going to be a great test
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for granted, you know, not the majority of people watching the
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videos have my type of setup that are, you know, 5 foot one
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with small arm spans and 24 1/2 inch draws and 50 lbs.
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You know, but for those that do, I think it's very intriguing or
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it will be intriguing to build some arrows and test like maybe
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3 different setups of like how low can you go to that's within
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the safe bounds of shooting to pick up speed, but still get
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enough quality penetration that like, I'm not worried about, you
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know? Bouncing off the deer, not
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saying it would actually bounce off the deer, but like, you
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know, you need to get a decent amount at least, and with that
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comes like you better not shoulder punch them at that
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point, because I didn't that setup is not built for that.
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I mean even the setups I run now are not built to make it
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through. I just don't have the the
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poundage for the speed, you know, to make it through the
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shoulder. Yeah.
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And I mean I think 1. Of I have to have the most
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perfect like shot to make that happen.
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Well, I think one of the keys to on is to get, you know, probably
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as close as possible, really hone in the stocking skills.
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For sure. Some people would argue it's
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better to shoot from further, which there's some validity to.
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I mean, your bow's going to be quieter because you're further
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away, but ultimately, I think, you know, you want to get as
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tight as possible and that's going to help your arrow get
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there quicker, which is which is good.
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So yeah, anyway, really excited to go back to the island.
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You know, I'll probably watch Moana a couple times before we
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go just to get fired up. And I want to go to a luau, you
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know? Now there's a lot of those.
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So I I love it. And yeah, really excited for it.
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So hooveshornshideaways.com for the information.
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Mark Liva say my guy. I can't wait to meet.
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Mark Liversay going to be there. If you don't know who he is, go
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check out as he does a podcast on peaks YouTube weekly, I
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believe called I think it's called Thrive.
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But Mark is a genius, especially at eats E scouting and a
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legendary guy. We had a great time together.
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We had a lot of what he calls Bluebirds.
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He calls them Bluebirds, which is a Tecate Light.
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We had a lot of Tecate Light 40s.
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Man, I miss it In Mexico. We were fishing, catching
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friggin lunkers and just having Bluebirds.
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It was amazing. So I'm excited to see Mark.
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So you get to hang out with me, Brianna and Mark and and the
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other guests as well. And, and yeah, it's going to be
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super fun. So other than that, man, there's
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a lot of things we're excited about.
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We just got a new Kawasaki Crew Cab.
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We're kind of reunited with the Crew Cab.
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So it man, what a what a rig. So I just love that thing.
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And then you had fun on the E bike.
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The little E bike. Oh yeah, I want one of those
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things. Yeah.
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I don't really know where I'll ride it, but I want one.
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That's fun, yeah. What about the quad?
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Did you like the quad? Yeah, I mean quads are quads
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like not as fun as the E bike but we just don't hunt and likes
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like terrain where the trails get small enough to need a quad,
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you know the side by side gets everywhere just fine.
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And every once in a while I got to whip out the winch to move a
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tree out of the way or something.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is nice to. Have they have the winch?
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You know, they're just strong, strong vehicles.
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It really is. Especially the 4 door 1 is
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basically like a vehicle. So much room in that thing.
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It is so pleasant to sit in that back seat and have all the room
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in the world and oh, it's just so nice.
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I just love the boat. I love the folks at Kawasaki.
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They're so nice. I love going up there.
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It was your first time. What did you think of the tour
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in their museum? It's right.
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I like that kind of how she explained like the museum is.
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And as she told you guys, she didn't mention it while I was
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there, but she had told you on the last one that they don't
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like there's not like public tours that like people, you
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know, come in and you know, walk through like they're walking
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through the Smithsonian. It's kind of solely off of like
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if they have special events or like a private thing going on or
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what not. So like, I think before we came,
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they had Kawasaki like poster signings from some of their
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their signed writers. So then you get to come and see
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the museum and, you know, get your signature and what not.
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So when they host things like that or what not, but it's cool
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because they have this whole like private museum, but yet
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they take so much care in it that like they have a whole
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separate storage facility within the building that holds more
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stuff. So like say like when Top Gun
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came out, they switched over. You know, they have a curator
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literally on staff who solely manages this museum that like
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when Top Gun came out, they're like, we need to build this
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museum set up for the movie. And so he comes in and designs
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it and picks out the pieces that they have in storage and how
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it's going to lay out and what the signage will look like, what
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they're going to tell you. And so it's cool that they take
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so much pride in it that, you know, it doesn't just sit there
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and collect dust. And the museum never changes.
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You know, they change out the exhibits within it, you know,
25:07
just based on what, you know, what's going on in the world of
25:12
Kawasaki. So that was really cool.
25:14
And then their coffee machine is also fantastic.
25:17
And the fact that they have massage chairs for their
25:20
employees is really fantastic. The whole kitchen that they had
25:24
with like it was like a cafeteria, but with really nice
25:27
food. Just I mean, it is their, it's
25:30
their US headquarters, right? So, you know, there's a lot of
25:34
people staff there. You don't even see as you're
25:37
there, but they're everywhere. And so it was overall, they're
25:43
just so kind like they're like, you want to borrow this like for
25:46
that or you want to film like something for this or you want
25:49
to go ride out and you know, the sand dunes or whatever.
25:53
We'll, we'll set up a date, go out with a rig and they're just
25:58
fun, relaxed people, which is cool on top of the fact that
26:01
like you can reach out to them anytime and like they're going
26:04
to pick up the phone or respond to you.
26:06
Like we, you know, got a hole in the tire in August and they're
26:13
on top of it. Like you found the place that
26:16
carries the brands to be able to get the tire replaced.
26:19
They set up for you know it to be done in you to get
26:23
reimbursed. What the the coolest tire of all
26:26
time? But it's called the buck Snort.
26:28
I love my buck. The guy was concerned too when
26:31
he told me about it, and I was like, Oh no, you go ahead and
26:35
put that tire on, buddy. I love it.
26:38
Yeah, I still haven't gotten. I meant to do it while we were
26:42
on that hunt. I wanted to get a picture of
26:46
like, because it rained so much, the mud with the track.
26:50
So maybe. We have a shot at this next
26:53
hunt, but yeah, I love that tire.
26:55
Yeah, just school, company and feel.
26:57
Really. I don't know.
26:59
It's crazy to even be on the team.
27:00
Like, it seems like something that wouldn't have been real.
27:03
If you told me that two years ago, there's no way I would have
27:05
believed it, you know what I'm saying?
27:06
So it's really, really cool. And that's the case with like
27:09
all the sponsors pretty much. I wouldn't have believed any of
27:12
them. So really cool.
27:14
And man, we just got a lot of fun stuff coming up that the
27:17
people are going to love. I think the viewers of the Bo
27:19
Disciples channel and the podcast were really like, we did
27:22
good this year. We did a lot of them.
27:23
We didn't miss too many weeks. We did really well.
27:26
But next year, like I really want to try.
27:27
I'm sure we'll miss a couple. It's harder.
27:31
It's harder with the travel schedule, I think to be weekly
27:33
on podcast than it is on videos. But I really want to do our best
27:37
to hit every single week all year.
27:38
So we'll see how we do. But we're also going to do more
27:41
uploads next year of full length videos.
27:44
And that's a lot because this year we're going to have done, I
27:47
want to say 76 or 77 full length videos.
27:51
And next year I'd love to do 100.
27:53
So that's a lot of output plus a podcast a week, plus I want to
27:59
do like 3 shorts a day all year. So it's just a lot of output.
28:03
But I always say that it's really cool when you set output
28:06
goals because that makes it pushes us as the people who
28:11
create the content to go do stuff that we wouldn't have done
28:14
otherwise. That and it's like when we're
28:16
there, we love it. Whether that be more tax, more
28:19
tournaments, more hunts, you know, we're seeing our good
28:22
Canadian friend Rebecca, and we probably would have seen her
28:26
either way, but we figured why not lump in some videos that
28:29
people will like and they'll be informative and fun to watch and
28:33
blah, blah, blah. It just adds extra elements to
28:36
life, you know what I'm saying? And I really like that.
28:39
Road to Vegas, Road to Vegas, same thing.
28:41
Like, you know, that would have probably been one video of me at
28:45
the tournament. Now it's going to be a whole
28:46
series of leading up, my nutrition, my training, my
28:50
shooting, you know, all that stuff.
28:52
Your arrow building could easily just been one video.
28:55
Instead, it shows start to finish being a total noob who
28:58
puts a vein on backwards to maybe one day an expert, you
29:02
know what I'm saying? And the whole thing will be
29:04
documented. So other people, guys or gals,
29:07
if they're interested in learning, can watch someone
29:09
learn from the ground up. So I'm just really excited for
29:14
this year and filming so much, banging out so much, and the
29:18
support's been insane. Like the podcast has done well.
29:21
And be sure, be sure to subscribe to the podcast
29:24
channel. I think way more people watch
29:26
than are subscribed. We're about 2000 subscribers,
29:29
but we would love to be more. And most importantly, if you
29:32
listen on Spotify or Apple, which is where most people, I
29:35
think listen to a podcast, be sure to drop 5 stars.
29:39
It's so simple, really helps the podcast get found.
29:42
And because that that's going to help incentivize us and be
29:46
jacked up to, you know, create more of them.
29:49
And, and I just looked through our Spotify wrapped.
29:52
I'll have to show you after this, but it's really cool.
29:55
I think we were like 30 people's top podcast or something, The
29:59
top one they listen to and we're listen to what a bunch of
30:02
countries, like really cool stuff.
30:03
So be sure, five stars and we'll keep banging them out.
30:07
Yeah, Well, I think it's a it's funny how, you know, as you've
30:12
evolved through this channel, it's, you know, it's taken many
30:16
route that you, you know, thought about wanting to take it
30:20
and whatnot. And sometimes there are some
30:22
wild sides and sometimes there's more.
30:25
Like, you know, you, like you said, you don't really watch a
30:28
lot of hunting stuff. And, and often when you watch
30:34
those channels, like you don't really like know, I guess the
30:40
person, you know, like you're just watching a hunt and then
30:45
you're watching their Turkey hunt and then you're watching
30:48
their moose hunt and then you know, like, that's really it.
30:54
And I think it's funny because there was a point in which you
30:57
kind of wanted more of and you like this type of content more
31:00
on YouTube. The like the lifestyle channels,
31:03
I call them like the guy we just watched do the 50 States and 50.
31:07
Days. Ryan Trahan and channels like
31:12
that that, you know, we call lifestyle channels.
31:18
But really I think you're 1 of like one in our treat that is a
31:25
lifestyle channel. It's just an archery lifestyle
31:28
channel. And I think that's very neat
31:31
because it does give the viewer options.
31:35
You know, like you may be interested in learning how to
31:39
have a lean hunt, or you may be interested in figuring out how
31:43
to shoot, you know, indoor tournaments, or you may just
31:47
want to know about a specific tack that you've never been to.
31:53
And on top of that, throughout the video, as you're watching,
31:57
whether you're wanting this category or that or that of
32:00
archery, which you cover all of, they also still get to know you
32:06
and the happy fun bunch because we don't just focus on the hunt
32:12
or the 3D shoot. Like there's always stuff in
32:16
those videos of like, you know, whether we were hanging out in
32:20
the the vendor village or, you know, a dinner or, you know,
32:26
getting on and off the planes, Like there's always just little
32:30
facets in there that you get to meet more of the character of
32:35
the person than just what the title of the video is.
32:41
Yeah, I think that's really well said and yeah, I don't know.
32:46
I, I think you're right. I think that one thing that's
32:49
really cool about our channel is that it's all archery.
32:54
There's never a video without a bow in it, like almost never.
32:58
Maybe one a year where it's something else, but pretty much
33:01
all archery. But at the same time, it's so
33:04
diverse in what it is archery wise.
33:06
To your point, and I mean it's kind of funny because I think a
33:09
lot of people forget that we do do a lot of bow hunting as well,
33:14
but because we post so much that like you might not see hunts as
33:19
much, but like I counted on the channel this year, there's 12
33:21
successful hunts just this year on.
33:24
And not just the successful that's, you know, that's.
33:27
Just that's just this year, I'm like, well, most channels have
33:31
not done 12 successful hunts, but it almost seems like we
33:34
don't hunt because we're doing so many other things.
33:36
But I think that's a beautiful thing.
33:38
And I totally agree. I mean, I would love one day to
33:41
do like a daily series, which we actually did early on in the
33:44
channel, like five years ago. I would literally put out a
33:46
video every single day on like a three-week hunt.
33:50
Every day we'd do a video. And then that's why I'm excited
33:55
for I would. Love to like we have an idea
33:57
later in the year to do like a road trip and and took me a
34:00
while to get on board with this but I think I like the plan.
34:03
Yeah, I'd say I had an idea you were semi unpleased with it,
34:08
then with further explanation saw the benefits to it.
34:12
Right, but what I like about this idea is it would be a
34:15
relatively long trip, like probably a month, 3 weeks.
34:18
To it would be about a month, yeah.
34:19
About a month, but I was telling you I was like, I think if we do
34:23
that plan, I believe I can do 3 uploads a week the whole time
34:30
and that would be fantastic. Like I've always loved the idea
34:35
of a daily vlog series. Daily is really, really tough
34:39
because it's hard to make it entertaining I suppose.
34:41
But I think on a trip like that three times a week is definitely
34:44
plausible. And I think each video would be
34:46
really fun, really good. And I think people would just, I
34:51
think when something's a series, people get like amped up for the
34:53
next 1, you know what I'm saying?
34:55
That's the special part about a series like a Road to Vegas or a
34:58
Arrow series or or the Road Trip series or even a Hunt series.
35:02
So. Well, and when you're travelling
35:04
across literally across the country, there's so much to
35:10
choose from, you know, like the amount of people that you've met
35:13
throughout the years that live, you know, between here and the
35:17
other side of the country. It's like it's so easy to stop,
35:21
you know, at, at this person's house and film this and then
35:24
stop here and film this podcast and then stop here and do this
35:28
shoe and then visit this archery shop And you know, there's just,
35:33
you know, or, or meet new people and do a podcast with them.
35:37
There's just so much that you can do when you're traveling, so
35:42
long as you know the schedule is really, it's going to take some
35:46
planning. Yeah, you just got to get it
35:48
really refined and then obviously like when you're
35:50
scheduling a road trip, you got a schedule like in the path of
35:54
travel and on the way back. So really cool.
35:58
It might be kind of cool to like drive one way there and then
36:00
like a different way back that we could hit like different, you
36:03
know, stuff. But yeah, that'll be awesome.
36:05
I think that is something we should probably do.
36:07
I'm I'm pretty on board with it and obviously I just think it'll
36:13
be a big year. I mean, 2025 was huge.
36:16
I think 2024 was like our first like really breakout big year
36:21
about 25, I think you could argue has been even even bigger
36:26
and it's been really good. And 26, I think is just going to
36:30
be next level because when we first, when you first, when we
36:35
first met each other, 2021 end of 2021, I had already been
36:41
going on the channel for three years, but it had been a lot of
36:45
tons of output, always had a lot of output.
36:47
But I was still doing real estate full time.
36:51
You were still in the Navy, right?
36:53
And then it took you a long time to sort of get me to commit to
36:56
trying to do like this is what I'm going to do for, for, you
37:00
know, income for a life. This is like I'm going to commit
37:03
to doing this full time. You convinced me to do that.
37:06
And then once we, I did it, then you shortly left the Navy.
37:10
So, so both of us now we're doing it and that's a lot to
37:12
bite off. But I think the fact that we
37:15
took the leap to do it really changed everything.
37:19
It changed everything because now we can go do stuff that like
37:24
if you're working a job, you just if I had to go show houses
37:27
or something, you can't do it. Yeah.
37:29
Or just simply like, sure, yeah, as you saw, like when we, I
37:33
filmed the thing with Brittany and I went by myself and we
37:36
filmed the game. Like, yeah, can you do it by
37:39
yourself? Sure, it's possible.
37:42
And you can get creative and people do a lot of work into it.
37:45
And I'm not saying you can't be successful doing it.
37:48
It just takes a lot of effort. And kudos to them for doing it.
37:53
But like, you just get that standard still tripod, you know,
37:59
takes putting multiple cameras up from different angles to film
38:02
by yourself and get like more variety and, and what the output
38:06
then looks like. But with two people, it's so
38:11
much easier to be like you're filming today or, you know,
38:16
you're able to pass the camera back and forth.
38:19
And so had I gotten out and said, OK, well, you know, we'll
38:23
push off, you know, me maybe working with you for a while
38:29
longer and I'll get a job. And then this growth, that's
38:34
continued to happen. The growth.
38:36
Yeah, exactly. Like you kind of just literally
38:38
throw yourself off the deep end and you have forced yourself
38:41
into having to make it work. And you have to keep running,
38:44
you know, it's like you either keep running or it doesn't work.
38:47
You're absolutely right. And in California, you can't
38:49
stop running. Right, which I think is good.
38:51
I mean, you know, I mean it, it's been really fun and I want
38:56
to touch on self filming a little bit because I've done it
38:58
a lot in my life. When I was a bike rider as well
39:03
as when I got into archery, I'd done a lot of self filming and I
39:09
do. It is nice to have, you know,
39:11
people hold the camera. But it was actually kind of fun
39:13
because the Mexico video that just came out, I did sell film
39:16
the whole thing, right? And but there's a art to it,
39:20
right? Like when I you got it.
39:21
It just takes time to learn how to do it, where to stand, where
39:24
to set up, where to put the. It's like a lot.
39:27
I end to be comfortable with it, not just in like a awkward
39:30
sense, but in like inability sounds.
39:33
Yeah, exactly. I cannot stand sitting in a
39:36
blind knowing that like it's a waste of time for you to sit in
39:40
the blind. But be I don't know what it is,
39:43
but like being a lefty. But yeah, I'm still
39:45
right-handed. So like I need the camera on my
39:49
left side, but to operate it, it's very uncomfortable for me
39:53
to reach, which is the close arm with my left arm, but it's not
39:56
the arm I do anything with other than shoot my bow.
40:00
So I'm constantly like reaching this direction and then I got to
40:04
reach either like this or like this, both very strange to get
40:07
to the on off switch. And set up the angle.
40:12
It's just it's it's hard to film, especially out of the
40:15
blind on a camera and a tripod and especially if you are not
40:19
comfortable with it. And haven't had the reps of
40:22
doing it so many times like because.
40:24
You know, I've gotten a point where I just turn it on.
40:26
Like if I just hear a sound, oh I do the sound, I just turn the
40:28
thing on. I'll sit there for like 5
40:30
minutes listening to the sound like OK, nothing's coming.
40:32
Then I finally turn it off. You got a 5 minute clip wasted
40:35
on the camera of nothing. But it's, you know, sometimes
40:38
it's just what you have to do, like.
40:40
Right. I mean, but the Mexico video, I
40:46
really, it was funny because a lot of times like when you film
40:49
something you're like, I don't know if there's really like the
40:52
best. I don't know if I filmed enough
40:55
like Storyline. I don't know if I filmed enough
40:57
of this. But then like when I put that
40:59
sucker together, I was like, it was one of the better hunting
41:01
videos I've made. Like it was really good.
41:04
The storyline's good. It's some some funny stuff.
41:07
There's animal footage. The shop footage is really good.
41:10
Like it ended up being so well-rounded.
41:13
But to your point, for me, it was a little bit like riding a
41:15
bike, even though I haven't self filmed in a while, it was like I
41:18
was comfortable doing it because I've done it before, but this
41:20
time I added a second camera like which I hadn't done and
41:24
just different things. And one thing for you too is if
41:28
you're filming with the camcorder, which by the way,
41:31
much better for filming hunts, no question about it, much
41:34
better for filming hunts. But because you're sitting here
41:38
to shoot and the cameras over here, that screen only opens
41:41
away from you, so you can't really see it unless.
41:44
I literally cannot. Whereas I'm right-handed, so I
41:47
have the Tricer right here and I can see the screen and then my
41:51
other camera I just basically punch and play.
41:53
So it is tougher. You'd need one of those cameras
41:55
that has the the screen on the top.
41:57
Or if you can solve it by like kind of peeking your then you
42:01
put your face right in front of the camera and you realize you,
42:03
you can't see what you're seeing out the window to know if you're
42:06
seeing the right, you know, spot it is it's very frustrating.
42:12
I'm I'm not a huge fan of the camera and the tripod, but it's,
42:18
it's doable. Yeah.
42:19
It's just it's tough. Yeah, learning and and wraps.
42:24
I mean for blinds and tree stands I think it makes sense to
42:26
be comfortable self filming because it's like it makes more
42:29
sense to be by yourself. Especially multiple beef learn.
42:32
Maybe in a blind I'll agree with you.
42:34
In a tree stand it is. It's good to be comfortable with
42:39
a good camera arm. However, I have always loved.
42:45
And you watched, well, I don't know if you did, I don't know.
42:49
There wasn't really a lot of Western hunters that were on TV,
42:52
but you know, so you watched a lot of the East Coast hunters
42:56
that were traditional whitetail hunters.
43:00
I always thought that it, it was super cool to watch those TV
43:06
shows where it's very clear, you know, they're not turning and
43:10
talking to a camera in the tree. They're turning and talking to a
43:13
guy that's in the tree and the they might have another camera
43:18
that's filming from another angle.
43:20
That's a still. But it was always cool because
43:24
like obviously it takes some nicer camera equipment to do
43:27
that because you got to catch the sound and have good quality
43:31
zoom. But like you are able to like
43:33
zoom in, zoom out and see them standing there still as can be
43:38
whole body on the tree stand with the whitetail down on the
43:43
ground 20 yards in front of them.
43:45
You can't quite capture the intensity of tree stand hunting.
43:50
I think with, you know, the camera that said, you know,
43:53
maybe catching your head and your draw, but it's not catching
43:58
you shaking while you're standing there like a twig as
44:01
still as possible, hoping to not scare that animal and and get
44:04
the right point where you can draw your bow without them
44:07
seeing you with how close you are to them.
44:10
Having somebody in the tree capturing that it's it sells a
44:15
whole nother level of like the intensity of tree stand sitting
44:20
that often is goes unnoticed. Yeah, yeah.
44:26
I mean, good stuff, good stuff. Just I guess we'll, you know,
44:31
we're just excited for what's coming.
44:33
Keep trying to do podcasts every week.
44:35
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But yeah, that's about it. I think.
44:59
I think this was a great episode.
45:01
Brianna's arrow building series starts Sunday on the Boat
45:04
Disciples main channel, So go check that out and we'll have a
45:08
lot of content coming out. So thank you.
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some gear. Anything else?
46:12
Nope, that's it. Thank you for your
46:14
participation. Yes, I'm ready for lunch now.
46:16
You did great. Yeah.
46:17
Are you going to make me lunch? Sure, sure.
46:19
OK. I don't want my eggs mixed with
46:21
my meat though today. This already is.
46:25
Are you just microwaving yesterday's?
46:26
Yeah. Oh, I don't think so.
46:28
Oh, OK. I'd like some fresh eggs.
46:31
OK. All right, guys.
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See you later. Thank you for watching.
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See you in the next one.