I Will Hunt

Hunting can take you away from roads and trails so it is important to be in shape in order to deal with the strenuous conditions.

Cardio is important, though someone getting ready for spot and stalk hunts should also be concerned with their strength. Box jumps and stair climbs will help out a ton. Your pack will most likely have 20-40 extra pounds in it after loading it with meat, so you need to be strong in order to scary that extra weight.

Kris tells a grueling story about a time he was on a hunt and was not in good enough shape to pack out his bear. He was out of shape and split from his group. He shot a bear and had to go disarticulate it. Getting out of the situation ended with his partners needing to use rope to help him out of nasty hole.

Somehow we ended up talking about Mule Tape… Kris recommends it. If you are an out of shape hunter, you might want to carry some in your pack if you need your hunting buddies to pull you out of hole.

Rudy just joined back up with Mt Baker Crossfit after a year plus hiatus. Crossfit just might be the best style of working out for priming your body for hunting. Rudy has had some back injuries in the past and so he has been stretching out extra to try an help balance the extra effort.

“Born from the depths of Hates,” is how Kris describes the Stair Mill or possibly the StairMaster Step Mill.

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Jack Mattingly of the Whiskey Fever was nice enough to write a short song to use as the intro and outro. Check out Whiskey Fever: https://www.reverbnation.com/whiskeyfever

Pick a hunt which will be attainable and successful. Don’t start out with an extreme hunt and try to make sure you will have fun. Success doesn’t always mean a kill.

Which weapon will you start with. Bow, Rifle and muzzle loader. Are you comfortable with either? If not, than you will most likely be successful with rifle.

ON X Maps app for your smart phone. This is a lifesaver to help hunters know where to hunt. It is leaps and bounds above anything else out there. You may have public land right near your house and this app will show you.

Working out to make sure you can hang in the mountains and terrain you are hunting in. It will change you as a hunter if you get a perfect kill and are not in shape enough to pack out all the meat.

Hunters Education is a must. We are hoping to find someone who teaches these courses to chat with on the podcast.

Regulations is a very important topic to get the basics of. Know when and where you can hunt! What are the rules. Changes happen every year. Shooting hours, hunters orange, areas where you can and can’t use rifles are a few of the rules to cover.

Buck fever- The make or break moment in a hunt. This is real and needs to be talked about before taking your first shot in the field.

Shot placement is so important. A new hunter should study where to aim and where exactly are the vitals. Everyone will make a bad shot, though preparation is important. If you do not get a kill shot and ethics will tell you to properly chase the animal and fill your tag with THAT animal.

Once you get to your freshly killed animal, now you need to know how to properly turn it into something which will feed your family. Knowing the edible parts and how to correctly butcher it. Keep the area clean and practice proper field care. We would love to chat with a butcher on the podcast eventually.

Will you scout an area or pick an area and go there to find your animals in the moment? We will chat about trips in both styles and time could be the big difference between the two.

CWD is a topic all hunters should know about and be aware of. Chronic Wasting Disease is in. most southern states of the USA and is slowly spreading to western states.

What type of clothing should you hunt in? We will talk about the different seasons and what you will need.

Types of hunts- Tree stand hunting, spot and stock, road hunting. There may be different animals that may be better to hunt with certain styles.

Binoculars and scopes will be a topic to cover. There are so many different levels to choose from in price and efficiency.

Long distance shooting has a ton of ins and outs to discuss. Wind, terrain and even the Earth’s curvature come into factor. Kris feels like he can talk for hours about this.

Public Land! The politics behind hunting is an important thing to discuss. Conservation is key to the future of hunting.

Out of state or out of country hunting. CWD plays a factor between states and flying can put a big wrench in your wheel if it is not planned out properly.

We both think it would be a fun conversation to chat with a non hunter who doesn’t understand why people hunt. It is good to civilly discuss this topic to get the points out on the table. What about vegans or vegetarians?

Hunters ethics is another discussion that can go on for hours. We will dive into the do’s and don’ts of hunting.

How can we get more people interested in hunting? Are there other people who didn’t grow up hunting who we can helpmeet interested in it? This will only help preserve more areas for hunting in the future and better the future of the animals we hunt.

Our daughter- will we pass on our hunting knowledge to our kids?

How does hunting affect our personal relationships? Family is important and so is the quality of food we procure.

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Cantrell Outdoors website- https://cantrelloutdoors.com

Jack Mattingly of the Whiskey Fever was nice enough to write a short song to use as the intro and outro. Check out Whiskey Fever: https://www.reverbnation.com/whiskeyfever

Rudy is a hunting novice and will be getting educated through conversations with Kris Cantrell and others.

Kris, owner of Cantrell Outdoors, loves to hunt! He has a room in his basement which is registered in the state of Washington as a museum because he collects taxidermy from every successful hunt. His company sells rifles handmade by Kris himself.

The two have known each other for roughly 20 years and have now made a commitment to sit down and talk all aspects of hunting with one another.

Follow the podcast- https://www.instagram.com/iwillhuntpodcast/

Follow Cantrell Outdoors- https://www.instagram.com/cantrelloutdoors/

Cantrell Outdoors website- https://cantrelloutdoors.com

Jack Mattingly of the Whiskey Fever was nice enough to write a short song to use as the intro and outro. Check out Whiskey Fever: https://www.reverbnation.com/whiskeyfever

Follow the podcast- https://www.instagram.com/iwillhuntpodcast/

Follow Cantrell Outdoors- https://www.instagram.com/cantrelloutdoors/

Cantrell Outdoors website- https://cantrelloutdoors.com

Introducing the I Will Hunt Podcast. In this preview episode, I briefly discuss the vision of where I want this to go. I mention Cantrell Outdoor who will most likely be sitting in with me on the episodes while I learn to hunt.

Jack Mattingly of the Whiskey Fever was nice enough to write a short song to use as the intro and outro. Check out Whiskey Fever: https://www.reverbnation.com/whiskeyfever