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Our top pieces of hunting gear · The Bow Disciples Podcast

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Here we are, new podcast, new studio set up for the first
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time. It's still not, I wouldn't say
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100% finished. And generally we'll probably
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have a cool something playing on the screen, maybe a aesthetic
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loop and a couple signs, but for the most part, pretty much done.
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You mostly spearheaded this bad boy.
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And there's also another wall to film on here and another wall
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here. You can see a little bit in the
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shot, but we're going to get a little more creative with our
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camera shots and stuff in the future as far as the podcast as
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well as things filmed indoors. So this is a good start.
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What do you think? You're pretty stoked on it.
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Yeah, I think it's coming along. Excited for when the you know,
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boning sending a neon sign Badlands is sending a neon sign.
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So you know got to incorporate those in either here or this
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other wall that we did. So we kind of have options to
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choose from depending on you know, the the topic of the pod,
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the style of the pod, you know just shorts and videos and
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things in general. You know, you have some more
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aesthetic choices in here, so because some decor and shelves
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that we need to selectively choose as we go.
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But you know, I wanted to be intentional with where we place
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things with such a small space so that, you know, if we are
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doing things like today where we want to show off gear, like is
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there a stand or something somewhere we can put on things
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like that? So it's getting there, the
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overall look and styles come along immensely, but still
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little little decorative touches to go that are so useful and
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purposeful. So I enjoy how far it has come
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from some white walls and a couch in the past.
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Yeah, it's nice. I like the swivel chairs as
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well. I think it is nice to be able
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to. Move.
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These are one of my favorite finds.
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Move around a little bit and yeah, I'm excited for the new
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space. I think it'll be good.
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But as Brianna prefaced, we are going to be talking about gear
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today. We just went on a pretty long
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hunt in August and September and then Brianna's leaving for a
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hunt tomorrow, flies out tomorrow for a 10 day trip and
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then I'll probably have a couple hunts in November and then at
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the end of November, early December and then roll in
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January. So a lot of hunts coming up and
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we've thought it would be good to talk about some of the gear
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that has been in our arsenal that we've been enjoying.
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But we did also before we get to that, we did just shot a
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tournament, a long day, 42 targets, 2 arrows per 84 shots,
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hour and a half drive there, two hours back.
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So long day. You were pretty cooked out there
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and you were you were just the film guy slash photographer
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today. How did how did that go?
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I think it went well. I definitely needed to save my
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arm and shooting 84 targets was not going to do that.
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So I, I volunteered to be camera lady today and I think it went
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well. Our group started large and then
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dwindled as people needed to leave for other things because
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of how long this shoot is and the turn out for it.
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I mean, it's just it the, the lines don't move.
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I mean, they're not reading lines, but they don't move fast.
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So it takes a while to get to the next target and the next and
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the next. So, but it was fun.
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It was fun. I love the venue.
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I was so impressed with, I was so impressed with the amount of
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people that showed up because to me it's I love seeing people
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shooting archery, having fun. And today you saw people of all
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ages out shooting, having fun, being competitive, taking it
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serious. It was awesome.
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So shout out to Oronko. I hadn't been in a few years.
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Last time we went, we got disqualified twice from the same
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shoot. Only time I've ever been in
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trouble at a shoot. But we had some, I think some
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people out to get us that day. But that's why I've been in a
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few years. But it was awesome, clean,
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really nice. Everyone was super cool and like
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you said, our shooting in our group was very good.
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Like everyone was really good. So stay tuned for that full
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video probably next Sunday for that.
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So definitely stay tuned. It'll probably be long, but be a
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be a good video. And then, yeah, the video with
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Ethan came out today in Nebraska.
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It's a fun one too. But yeah, let's hop into gear.
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So before we talk about gear, I want to just preface that if
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y'all are, most of this gear is going to be Badlands.
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Almost all of it, right? And I only picked a handful of
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items that I really like. I have a lot more gear from
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them, but these are like my staples, right?
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I picked like 5. Any of these pieces we talked
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about including like these cops or whatever you want on their
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website. The whole website to my
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knowledge, is 20% off with code team BD at checkout.
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So that's huge, huge savings. And Badlands gear is not cheap,
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but it's not as expensive as some of the others and you're
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saving 20%. So keep that in mind.
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Team BD and let's go item by item.
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You have like, do you have like 3 three to five things that.
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They're awesome as I go. OK.
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I'll start with one and then you can talk about one.
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But like for me, my list kind of kept growing as I knew we were
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going to do this video. But First things first is this
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especially for tournaments would be this harness.
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So this one's called the X2. And what I really am liking
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about the X2, much like a marsupial is I like how it has
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the storage on the sides for your winding dust pencils for
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tournaments, which is big, a little tool, you know, a little
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multi tool Allen wrench kit fits in there perfect.
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I will say the range Finder harness, not my favorite.
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It's got a clip rather than a magnet.
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It folds back. It's not a super expensive add
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on, but they do make a magnetic one, which is right here.
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So I would try, I would go with the magnetic one as well.
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I'm a cheap bastard, so I tried the clip.
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I would go the magnetic. So there you go.
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One thing that's also cool, I don't generally carry a gun or
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ever, but if you wanted to is actually, I don't even know, a
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little Easter egg of a gun compartment in the back here and
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then plenty of room for binos. These are the Bushnell 10's and
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you can see I have plenty of room in here.
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Like these can probably be fourteens and fit so magnetic
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fully enclosed. I really, really like this, and
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I'm going to like it even more with the magnetic.
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Well, the one thing I'll think. This is the X2 harness.
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Think it comes in five, five colors.
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I think maybe two or three camo patterns and two or three
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solids. I obviously went to solid.
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I think it's called the mud. But anyway, yeah, check it out.
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Yeah. I think like a lot of vinyl
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harnesses have all those similar or same features that that has.
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But the one thing that I think I like the most when you wear
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that, that I noticed the difference in that and say mine
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is not all like the little amenities and things, but it is
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those straps. Those are what makes that very
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different from a lot of other binal harnesses.
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So most just run the adjustable, you know, strap just like what's
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on your backpack and that's what's going across your back
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and over your shoulders and traps.
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And those some people might say, Oh well wouldn't you get hot and
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whatnot. But like the amount of
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ventilation that is built into the those even though it looks
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wide. You can see right here like it's
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got, you know, like the perforated stuff.
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And and I will say this, I mean, I wore no buy no harness my
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whole life. And just recently I started for
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tournaments, which is a game changer for sure.
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Even when I'm like filming slash guiding as a hunter, I like to
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wear it If I'm just spot and stocking myself.
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It's hit or miss, right, whether I would like to wear it.
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But I wore the marsupial was the first one I ever wore.
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And then this Badlands pack. I like the the harness, the
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binocular harness itself, not the rain fighter pouch, but the
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the harness. Better on the Badlands than the
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marsupial for sure. No, I don't like the range
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Finder pouch as much, but this one I'm already looking at it
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opens. This mine opens to you, so it
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opens in which is I think really goofy.
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This one actually opens away. 1000 persons.
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So this is way better. So I I can't.
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Say a hard casing, you know it's.
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A hard case so I can't say yet. I may like this better too, but
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I'm really happy with this X2 pack.
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I think it looks clean. It's slim.
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Some of them are so huge and round.
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I prefer the more squared look. So anyways, the X2 vinyl pack,
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that's my first thing. All right.
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What you got in your cookie jar over there?
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Let's see, let's take a let's take a gander.
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Oh, we'll go with these. I got to open it because I
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requested these because you had them and I wanted them, so I
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did. I sure do.
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I know a lot of people will harp on like how they don't make fit,
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like people don't make things for women specifically when, but
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when it comes to certain things like I'm not saying you you
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can't show off your body and I'm not saying you don't want to
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look physically pleasing and you also don't want to be
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uncomfortable. There's things like that that
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you do need to take those things into consideration.
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IE for me, that's things like pants, but things like shirts I
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prefer. I do not enjoy women's cuts
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because I don't want that stuff to go like this, which most like
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this, which most women's cuts do.
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And the more clothes stick to me, especially once I start
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sweating, the more irritated I get.
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So as soon as you got these T-shirts, I was like, I am in.
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I want this for in every color so.
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Called again. This one is hold on the end dare
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the reason you're not going to see this unless I close up it to
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you. But all of these tiny little
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holes in the shirt are essentially A perforation.
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Like this is the thinnest shirt I have ever seen in my whole
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life. If if you're hunting desert or
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hot terrain or, you know, it's sunny, yeah, it's really, really
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good. I will say I did like cat claw
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does tear this up for sure. It it, it does get tore up, I
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think more than some of the other materials I've worn, but
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it's definitely. It's so thin.
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Yeah, so. Yeah, it's thin and those holes,
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the way it is stitched would allow for more, more snag to
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happen. So that is your downside to it.
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But again, like. I would.
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Rather replace my shirt every two to three years.
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Like a snag is not going to make me throw the shirt in the
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garbage, but I'd rather be cool. I also like that they come in a
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short sleeve option like you have here.
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That's really cool. So I mean, we hunt a lot of, you
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know, we live in California and we hunt a lot of desert.
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So for us, a lot of warm weather we're hunting in and it's nice
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to have clothes that are cool. So I very much agree with that.
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This is another one. This is the.
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I was hoping they had the weight of the shirt on here but they do
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not. It's light as shit, but this
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here is more of a tax slash 3D item rather than hunting.
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I suppose you could use it on stocks or something like that,
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which actually probably wouldn't be a bad idea, but this Fanny
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pack for me. Absolute game changer for 3DS.
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I can fit check this out. I for me it's really important
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to stay hydrated when I'm competing and I can fit an
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entire Nalgene in here. I could probably fit 2.
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I got a coke can. I got multiple snacks and all of
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it fits no problem. And I wear it when I'm walking
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around I'll wear it on the back, but when I need a drink or a
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snack, I can just rotate it around.
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Bam, grab your snack. And if I'm manning the camera,
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which I wasn't today, I can fit the camera right in there as
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well. So again, more of a tournament
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thing, but if if by chance you wanted to wear this spot in
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stocking, you definitely could and you could keep your lot of
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your goods here. But the vinyl harness sort of
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already does that. So but anyway, tournaments.
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I love the Fanny. Pack and then yay or nay to
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them. They have the.
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Obviously you see how it comes with all of the.
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You can't attach more. I'm running at raw dog right now
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but there is like side pouches that I don't even use so you
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could use those. There is some.
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And if you wanted an inner pocket water bottle holder, you
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can. Yeah.
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And then there's inner pocket. So there's like plenty of
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options. At first I thought it was way
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too big, but over time I the size is fine.
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I like that it's big. So that's the last one that I'm
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going to talk about that's not totally hunting gear specific.
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But. Is.
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That Oh, that's a backpack. And it's nice because we get to
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try a lot of this stuff and can tell you guys what are our
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personal favorites because like I said, there's a lot of gear
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skews on badlandsgear.com. And if you're able to watch this
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and say, oh, well, James and Brianna's favorite items are
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these five, you know, it at least gives you a starting point
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than having to work your way through the entire website.
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So I think that's kind of cool and why we wanted to do this
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podcast. It's not meant to be a sales
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pitch in any way, but we never have really talked about gear,
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so we figured it would be a good time to do so while we're right
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in the middle of hunting season. Did you bring my favorite shirt
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long sleeve? Yeah, I did actually.
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So this is one of both of our favorite shirts.
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This one here is called the Quarter zip hoodie.
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So it actually is very thin. It's a little thicker than the
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Andair, but it's kind of like a sun shirt material, I would call
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it. And it actually has a built in
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hood and face mask in the shirt. So and you can zip it all the
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way up. So I mean, when you are walking
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around and say you're sitting, you know, a little ground spot
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waiting for something to come by, you can pull this thing up.
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You're totally out of the sun and your face is covered all the
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way up to here. So the camo was freaking
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perfect. So yeah, this is one of both of
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our favorites. I believe it's called the
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quarter zip hoodie or draw hoodie, something like that.
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Definitely check this one out, top of my list.
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Yeah, it comes in two different. It's got a sun one which is blue
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on the inside. It's it's got a different
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material, so it's like more of a lighter color inside and then
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there's this one that has a different name.
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Just look on the website when you're checking it out.
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This one is camo on the inside entirely, so check it out.
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But yeah, this is one of both of our favorites.
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Yeah. And then obviously the actual.
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So again you had this one, they didn't have it in a women.
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So when that we ordered our first placement, I wanted to be
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sure that, you know, whatever size it was on you looked like
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it fit. So I thought, you know, small
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would fit on me. And then I went through and
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checked what they had in smalls. And so this was the sun hoodie
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that you have in black only. And I I ordered in green so I
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can actually still use it for hunting because I don't mind
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solids at all for hunting. And it's again, that same like
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it's not see through if you just look at the shirt, if you're to
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really stretch it out, looking inside through, I can see
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through. That's how light these things
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are. I also like that this isn't like
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a material and a sun shirt that like makes a bunch of noise.
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It's almost looks like it's got this like quilted stitched
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pattern to it. But the only difference in the
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sun hoodie pretty much and the hunting hoodies is they don't
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come with the face masks in them.
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So you can choose to wear this just going fishing, you can
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choose to wear this hunting. You can.
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They do have it in black, which I love because whenever you sit
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in a blind, inevitably you want to wear black.
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And then you're like, oh, I never packed black.
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When I go hunting, you get the Black Sun shirt because then you
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think, oh, let me put a black sweatshirt on when I go and it's
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105° inside your blind, you're baking.
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Yeah, black would black would not have been my first choice
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for a sun shirt, but at the time it was the only one in my size,
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so I gave it a try but and you're.
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How nice is it in a blind? In a blind, it's perfect.
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I mean, it's kind of counterintuitive, I think, to
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wear like if it's sunny out and it's hot and you're trying to
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cool down, to wear black. But in a blind it is.
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Perfect argument against that though, that you're supposed to.
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I don't think so, not that I'm aware of anyway.
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Moving on. OK, this one here.
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All right, most of these I'm going to be talking about are
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kind of for Western style hunting because that's primarily
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what I do, not super cold weather, but I do hunt cold
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somewhat often. And for that, this friggin cert
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jacket is amazing. This sucker is so warm and it's
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also not bulky. So when I wear this, a lot of
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cold weather gear is really, really bulky.
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This is not I can shoot in it just fine, no contact problems
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with the bow. That's also a form thing.
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But but yeah, it's it's not bulky and it's super quiet.
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I mean, I'm like it's not loud trying to make noises things not
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loud. So cert jacket again, not when I
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use a ton, but if I'm glassing and it's super cold and I'm
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sitting there for hours, this sucker or sit in a tree, stand
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anywhere it's cold. This, this is definitely one of
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my stand out pieces. Absolutely.
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It's a cert jacket. Yeah.
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And then I ordered that. Camo or solids as well.
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I have I believe it's called the mud color I think or Gray.
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So stone something like that. But anyway.
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Don't I believe it. Then they I have the Golder
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Tanner version of it kind of looks like a coyote tan.
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And again, that jacket fits me perfectly.
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And I will say that's one of probably my warmest jackets I've
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ever owned. I do like that they swivel, but
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like I can't touch the ground all the time because I like to
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put my feet in the chair. So then I just like, see ya.
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Do you have another piece or do you want me to move forward?
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Because I I. Selected.
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Well, you are more organized than me, so you go ahead and I
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will continue all. Right, this one, we need to pay
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attention because this is my number one favorite item from
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Badlands, OK and I am very, very picky with pants because I'm
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very rough on them. I tear shit up crazy while
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hunting because I go hunting for a very long period of time and
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we go hard. You know what I'm saying?
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So these pants are, I intentionally wore my most beat
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up pair and these have a fully freaking reinforced butt, which
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is nice because I spend a lot of time glassing on rocks.
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So sitting on rocks that are really, really sharp in the
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desert and there is a tear here, but it's just a small one and
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it's only through the protective layer, not through the actual
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pants. And I have a couple years on
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these, right? Really pounding them.
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These have blood stains all over them.
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Here's the other cool part. They have built in reinforced
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knee pads or knee protection that also has removable pads
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that you can put in or out. Usually I run them out because I
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get better air flow through my knees so my legs don't get so
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hot. But you can carry these in your
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pack. They're super light, and then
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you can toss them in. And if you're crawling or doing
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a stalk through the desert, those knee pads are a freaking
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lifesaver. And they pop in and out super,
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super quick and easy. So that's really nice.
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These pants, by the way, are called the Honor pants.
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Like I said, the toughest pants I've worn.
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And I've tried Kuyu, I've tried Under Armour, I've tried
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Badlands, I've tried many other brands and I tear the shit out
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of all of them. These I've torn the shit out of
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also, but less than the other ones.
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Yeah, so I really like these. My one complaint, What I I would
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say they're a little bit hot, maybe for most.
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Warmer weather hunting, little bit hot and I do think they're a
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touch noisy. Now over time they've gotten a
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little quieter as I've had more washes and kind of worn them
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down more. But I intentionally chose for
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this my most beat up pair and I don't know how much it shows on
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the camera, but like the friggin emblem coming on pants, Yeah,
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they're beat to shit, right? Like these are really beat.
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And I've done a couple of seasons on these and normally
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the pants I would have a hole that big in my ass.
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So shout out to Badlands honor pants.
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I wear a 32 and they fit really well, which is what I wear and
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everything else. So they seem to size really
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true. One weird little Easter egg is
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they have these like soft buttons on only this set of
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pants. And I don't know what that's
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for. So if you know, go ahead and
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message me. But yeah, honor pants,
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fantastic. If you're going to get one item
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from this, have it be these. They're fire.
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OK, All right. What do you got?
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So I pulled this one out because I have it in there, but in again
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that coyote tan color and obviously I'm going on a
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pheasant hunt which requires orange, so I had them send some
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blaze orange stuff. So this is the women's flex half
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zip hoodie. Great.
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And that's the one I showed earlier but the in orange great
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hoodie. You showed earlier.
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Yeah, I have one right there. Yeah, that that Sun shirt.
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Yeah, no, that's not this. Oh, OK, no, pretty sure it is.
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Oh. That one has a hood.
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Oh, that one doesn't have a face mask.
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This is much thicker. Oh, I got it.
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Let me feel it. Let me.
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Feel it? Yeah.
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Feel the inside. This is for cold weather.
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I got you. That's for hot weather.
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Similar, yeah, similar for cut and fit, but OK, I got.
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You. Yes, so bad.
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Guys, I was a cock. I.
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Was I was a cock? Yeah.
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Anyway, TDD 20%. Keep that in mind.
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I don't think we can have the. I don't think so anymore.
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He does. It's very much so irritating me
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that he's standing in front of the camera the entire time,
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pacing, looking for attention because he can't get on the
22:08
couch anymore. Well, anyways, guys, let's give
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to support Al Bess. He's a emotional support dog.
22:14
So to support him, go ahead and subscribe to the podcast on
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22:20
go buy your Badlands gear after this for you and the wifey use
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22:28
the emotional support. I know, that's why you have to
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subscribe to the channel. Anyway, so this is the women's
22:34
flex half zip hoodie and if you have ever wanted a layer where
22:42
you don't need to wear a base layer with a mid jacket with an
22:47
oversized jacket, this has been the hoodie for that.
22:54
So number one is it has a full all the way through kangaroo
22:59
pocket, which I am a big fan of because when it comes to keeping
23:03
your hands warm, there's nothing better than having a kangaroo
23:06
pocket. Secondly, is this like waffled
23:11
material that is on the inside that's this like fuzzy stuff.
23:16
I don't even know. I don't even know what it is.
23:19
Does it tell me it's fleece? That's why it's fleece, but it's
23:25
called vertical drop fleece and those kangaroo pocket.
23:29
And I'll be freaking out again, Yeah.
23:32
The dog's a big distraction. He is, yeah.
23:34
Why do you why do you think you're so distracted?
23:36
Because it keeps getting up and down and up and down.
23:38
Then I keep listening to his nails.
23:39
It's it's it's bothering me immensely.
23:42
I'll be sit down. Nobody's feeding you, leaving
23:44
you, treating you poorly on a. Scale of 1 to 10.
23:48
How excited are you for your trip tomorrow?
23:50
I'm very. Excited.
23:52
It's going to be so peaceful. It's going to be so peaceful.
23:54
Unlike what Alby's being right now.
23:58
To be fair, he was home alone all day, so he's being
24:00
exceptionally needy right now. Like, do you see this posture?
24:05
What is this? Is very proper.
24:06
You look good bud. All right, so.
24:09
So anyways, the fleece on the inside of this, if you just put
24:12
one base layer long sleeve shirt underneath this, you do not need
24:15
a second jacket I. Mean depending.
24:18
On how cold it is, depending on how cold it is, But if you do,
24:24
you just throw a jacket on and then you take that off, put in
24:26
your backpack and you can leave this on.
24:31
So I don't know. This is just probably a jacket.
24:35
Oh, the phone. The thing you like is the phone
24:36
holster thing on a lot of shirts, which it does have the
24:39
phone pocket. Oh, I do like that.
24:41
I do like that. I never use the phone pocket,
24:43
ironically, but it has one. But this is just the jacket that
24:49
I wore the most, like on an all day basis when it was a cool
24:53
day, and then would just throw on that big puffy one in the
24:57
mornings. And then by the time the sun
24:59
came up, I took that off and just left this thing on, but in
25:02
the coyote color. So this I'm looking forward to
25:05
in South Dakota in the mornings because basically I can just
25:09
leave this on for the entirety of the hunt.
25:11
And here's my blaze orange instead of needing a vest.
25:15
All right, the last item I'm going to get to like I said, I
25:19
didn't choose many. I have a lot more, but I'm I'm
25:21
really trying to just give you guys the the golden Nuggets
25:23
because I am a cheap, cheap bastard.
25:27
So I don't like to buy. I don't like to spend money on
25:31
anything. All right, so I don't want to
25:33
tell you I'll go get these items if they're ass.
25:36
So I only pick the ones that I really, really love and I
25:38
wouldn't I'm not going to say any of the items have been
25:40
asked. I like them all for different
25:42
stuff, but these are definitely my favorite.
25:43
So if you're going to pick a few, these are the ones.
25:47
This one right here is the Venture jacket really, really
25:52
cool jacket. It's got this material on the
25:54
inside. Don't know what you call it, but
25:55
super comfy. Also got the hole for your tree
25:59
stand tether right here. It's waterproof blocks the wind
26:03
really, really well because this lining inside and then check
26:06
this out. I actually told them to show me
26:08
this, a couple of Easter eggs as well.
26:10
It's got pockets on the inside. I didn't even know that till
26:12
right now, which is funny because I've worn it a lot.
26:15
You got your standard pockets here.
26:16
And then a really cool feature is they actually have zippers
26:19
underneath the armpits that run the whole way on both sides,
26:24
obviously. So this jacket, it's very warm,
26:28
keeps you dry and if you are hiking up a hill and don't want
26:31
to stop and set your pack down to take the jacket off to walk
26:34
100 more yards. In a pinch, you could unzip it,
26:37
unzip the front and just walk a little slower and at least get
26:40
to the top before you strip down because I always hate that shit
26:43
when I have to sit down and strip off and then it's just a
26:47
hassle. So that it's nice that on this
26:49
you kind of have the option, but the Venture jacket super fire
26:52
and that's all I got. That's the last item and right
26:55
there I basically can named a pant kind of a shirt you can
27:01
wear on a regular basis, a not so warm jacket, although it's
27:06
pretty warm, and then a very warm jacket.
27:08
So right here you'd be pretty much set if you just got what I
27:11
just said in your sort of hunt similar to me, I think you'd be
27:16
Cherry. So anyway, that's what I got.
27:19
Do you have any more of them you want to touch on or is that kind
27:22
of are you good on on? Your no, I think that's, I think
27:25
that's it. The only thing I did enjoy that
27:27
I didn't haul out here was my backpack, which for a female, I
27:32
think is critical when you find backpacks that fit in the right
27:35
size. Yours is I believe the ATX 12 I
27:38
think is the backpack you have. It does seem to fit you well and
27:44
I'd say it fits you better than your prior backpacks because
27:49
it's you've had some really tiny backpacks that were too small
27:53
and then you had some that are way too big.
27:55
This one I think fits a pretty nice middle for someone who's 51
28:00
and 120 lbs now that's great. And then the pack that I run,
28:07
I've had a few, the last one I had I think it was a ATX but
28:12
maybe a higher number. So maybe yours is the 12 and I
28:14
think mine was the 16. That 1 was great.
28:18
My new one is one of the more expensive ones I sell.
28:20
It's called the sacrifice. LS the pack itself fire?
28:25
Love the pack. I do not like the angle that's
28:28
cut in to the water bottle side because if you if you don't have
28:34
the right size water bottle they fall out.
28:37
So just the right size water bottle.
28:39
It's the angle, angle at which they are.
28:41
So not it's like, to me it's like it's backwards, which is
28:45
really funny because if you look at multiple packs on the
28:47
website, there are packs that that same their angle just like
28:52
that's the same mesh material, but it angles the opposite way
28:56
so that when you put the pack on it angles toward your back.
28:59
These angle downward and away from your back, IE the water
29:03
bottles are jutting out at an. Angle, anytime you take the pack
29:06
off, they're falling out. Now I did find now genes don't,
29:10
but just off that alone I am such a stickler for having good
29:15
water bottle holders that I can access because I drink water
29:18
like a fish. You know what I mean?
29:19
Like I drink a lot of water. So for me I need to have easily
29:23
accessible water. And you do have that with the
29:25
sacrifice LS. But what happens is when you sit
29:27
down to friggin glass or something, you stand up and both
29:30
the water bottles fell out. Yeah, I remember 10 handing you
29:33
a few signs your water bottle when you walked away.
29:35
It happened all the time now with the ATX 16.
29:38
That one has really good water bottle holders, really good, the
29:41
pack comparable. I think both are really good.
29:43
That one doesn't come stock with the hip storage the sacrifice
29:47
does. So you got to buy those add-ons,
29:50
but it's also a lot cheaper. So like I think you could build
29:54
out a ATX 16 exactly how you want.
29:57
And if you're like me and water bottles are really important, I
30:00
would probably go with that. Now this in both have frames in
30:02
them. Both have frames, one sacrifice
30:05
you can carry more shit, but both are good.
30:09
But I did want to mention the water bottle holders because
30:11
they are at they are not good. But other than that, I love the
30:15
pack and you love your pack. I think the backpacks is
30:19
actually maybe where Badlands excels the best.
30:21
I think the backpacks are really good.
30:24
Yeah. So yeah, that's why I picked out
30:27
this crazy one that's like, I don't even, I don't know the
30:32
name of it, but I'm very interested to try it.
30:34
I think for East coasters who are tree stand sitters who want
30:39
to carry both their camera equipment and like saddle stuff
30:43
and whatnot, this is going to be the backpack.
30:45
And do you? Remember what it's called?
30:47
It's sort of a camera backpack almost, right?
30:49
Yeah, but that's why I thought. See if there's A tag on that
30:53
just so you can tell people about it because oh, it'll say
30:58
on that, that. Tag Connect FX.
31:00
So the Connect FX pack, check that one out as well, sort of
31:04
like a camera bag type makeup. You can fit tons of you know
31:07
nowadays. It's kind of call it's very
31:09
similar to my Everly stock R2D2. I call it R2D2.
31:14
Was it not called R2D2? But it has like these side
31:17
panels on it that are built on that was that look like R2D2
31:21
arms, but this one like opens up and then opens out.
31:25
So you have anything you need when you're sitting in your tree
31:30
stand readily accessible and you just hang this, it literally
31:33
becomes like a closet on the tree.
31:37
So it looked super appealing to me when I saw it.
31:41
Very interested to try it. Obviously I don't think this
31:47
would be like maybe a day-to-day or day pack for me because it's
31:51
rather large, but for most men, obviously it's different because
31:56
they're not 5 foot 1 and 120 lbs so.
31:59
Yeah, well, there, there you go guys.
32:03
I, you know, again, this podcast isn't for everybody, but I know
32:07
a lot of people are like me and don't want to spend money.
32:10
And hopefully this podcast at least makes you not waste time
32:18
and money buying stuff that maybe isn't what.
32:20
You want to figure out if it's. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
32:22
Maybe the what do they call it the the in hunting like what
32:28
what do people say when it's like hard to learn something and
32:30
then. Hard to learn.
32:32
No, I don't know. I'm trying to be like
32:34
sophisticated, but I've been reading lately so you know, Uh
32:37
huh. Yeah, yeah, Your summaries at
32:39
the end of the evenings of your chapters are riveting.
32:42
Well, the book as a man thinketh Chapter 2.
32:45
I gave you a good recap. I I haven't finished that a few
32:47
more pages, but the mind is like a garden, so you must cultivate
32:52
it. That's what that's.
32:53
So that's your take away from 2 chapters?
32:55
How much? No.
32:56
That was just chapter 2. Right, right, right.
32:59
How so? You've read 2 chapters of your
33:01
book, right? Well, 1 1/2 I'm almost through
33:04
chapter 2. But you didn't finish chapter 2.
33:07
It was a long chapter so I read like 2/3 of it but I'll finish.
33:11
Tonight, how much have I read? And the time is taking you one
33:14
and 2/3 shots. I just wanna hear it.
33:16
Way more but you love. How much is way more?
33:18
You read a whole book. You love to brag about how fast
33:22
you can read though. Yeah, my book you would
33:24
actually. You don't like fiction, but you
33:26
would like my book. It's about a game warden and his
33:31
name is Joe Pickett, and the author is really cool because he
33:34
always uses Joe Pickett and his job is always a game warden.
33:37
But the story lines, the plot changes every book.
33:41
Generally, girls like. Characters names and whatnot.
33:43
Never. Change generally girls like
33:44
books or it's like And then the dragon grabbed me.
33:48
No, that doesn't happen in this one.
33:49
So Joe Pickett is a game warden, and in this case there is this
33:53
rich lawyer and this eco terrorist is going around and
33:59
like, you know, putting nails in trees and whatnot, and he gets
34:02
blown up by a cow. But it's this secret group of
34:07
ranchers that got together a long time ago and formed the
34:11
secret society, and they're working against the eco
34:15
terrorists to eliminate them. And so anyways, Long story
34:20
short, why would the game warden be involved in this situation?
34:23
But he gets involved because it happens on this lawyer's
34:26
property and he goes to let the lawyer know that these.
34:30
Are you spoiling the book? If someone wanted to read it, I
34:32
don't think. You should, yeah.
34:33
But that's so that's all I'll tell you about it then.
34:35
Also, I remembered what I was going to say.
34:37
Well they get blown up in the 1st chapter so it's not like I
34:40
spoiled. We shortened the learning curve.
34:43
That's what I was looking for. That's the phrase.
34:45
We shorten the learning curve because we've tried a lot of the
34:48
gear Yeah and those are the stand out items, You know what
34:52
I'm saying? So anyway, that's it Shout out
34:57
to Badlands. Great year and we're stoked to
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support them and and them to support us.
35:05
It's cool and hopefully y'all can save money 20% it's a lot
35:10
team BD and helps us out and helps us make some cool content
35:15
and keep pushing the needle forward baby.
35:17
So anyway, stay tuned. Talk to you guys in the next
35:21
podcast. Appreciate the support.
35:23
Go save some money and if you get some gear, shoot us a DM
35:27
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35:28
up and how you like it and we'll go from there.
35:31
All right, Toodles.