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Jake visits with Shawn Luchtel to discuss the lessons learned from failure in deer hunting.

On this episode of Wired To Hunt, Jake visits with Heartland Bowhunter's Shawn Luchtel for a conversation centered around one of the most underrated teachers in deer hunting: failure. Instead of rehashing big buck stories, Shawn walks through the whitetail calendar month by month, sharing the mistakes, bad assumptions, and hard-earned lessons that have shaped the way he hunts today. Connect with  Mark Kenyon , Jake Hofer , and MeatEater Mark Kenyon on Instagram ,  Twitter , and Facebook MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Wired to Hunt Merch and  MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• failure in hunting
• whitetail calendar
• big buck myths
• food plots

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