EP. 509: Scouting Unpressured Ground Before The Season Ever Opens
About this episode
Clint and Chad discuss their hunting goals and mindset shifts as they prepare for the upcoming season.
Every year around this time, Chad and I sit down and do the same thing: we say the goals out loud. Not because saying it out loud makes it happen, but because it forces us to actually think about what we want this season to look like instead of just running on autopilot until October hits and we're reacting to whatever the woods throw at us. This one was part planning session, part low-key therapy. We talked about where our heads are at heading into the year — the excitement, the nerves, and honestly how much both of those have changed over the years. It used to be all adrenaline and impatience. Now it's more of a slow burn. You hunt enough seasons and the anticipation starts to feel different. Less "I need to kill something" and more "I want to be locked in when it actually matters." Chad's got elk on the brain out in Idaho and whitetails back home in Ohio, and the thread running through both is patience — letting the hunt actually be a hunt instead of trying to force something. He's not chasing a score this year so much as chasing the experience, which is a mindset shift that takes most of us a decade of getting humbled to arrive at. My season's built around Iowa and…
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