EP 209: An Alaska Grizzly Bear Hunt and a Honeymoon

We've got a grizzly hunt with Lance Kronberger. We saw one big bear that he was up sleeping on the ridge. The dunks are awesome. They are elite. And it's fun. It's fun to do it. It's another giveaway. Anything to do with Western big game.

Welcome to the Epic Outdoors podcast, powered by Under Armour. Hey, everybody out there. It's Jason Carter, Adam Bronson, John Peterson coming at you from southern Utah. Sunny southern Utah. It's a dry. Not even balmy. Isn't balmy? It's like humid, isn't it? Humid. Yeah, and I know you Arizonans and your Nevadans are saying, oh, wow, 100. Wow, you guys toughen up. But, hey, it's like. I don't know what it is. It's like you guys 120. That's what we're going through here. You guys get brought up to 120. We get brought up to 100. It's the same impact. Oh, whatever we're going through is the worst that can be felt. How about that? Right. Anyway, I don't know. Supposedly, Death Valley. I saw where Death Valley is going to break a record at like 134 or something. Did you guys see that? No. Yeah. Yeah. Global warming is for real. Last night. Did you guys ever. I step out on my deck once.

Well, take a leak. Did you guys ever. Did you guys. Last night, it must have been 95. It did not cool down. It was hot. No. 5 a.m. My ceiling fans. Well, first world problems. But again. Yeah. Well, anyway. It's the dead of summer. It's almost the longest day of the year. What's that? Monday? 21st. Isn't that the longest day? Yeah. 21st or 2nd, right? Yeah. Around there. It's the longest day of the year. Solstice or whatever. That's what it is. Today is the 17th. Time's got by me. I've been a little sick. You guys been sick? You been all right? Nope. Been good. Feeling good? Stay over there, Carter. Stay right where you're at. I need to get the COVID shot. I got it. You guys are happy and frolicking. I'm happy, happy. Well, this is food poisoning. No Fauci can fix food poisoning. I don't care. I don't care. Well, anyway. Supposedly a brilliant individual. No hell.

He did pull some wool over some eyes. Don't eat the food. All right. Well, anyway. We want to say hey to Under Armour. We appreciate them and their support here at Epic Outdoors. Good people over there. Got a lot of great products. Go to UA.com. Check them out. You can also go to our website, EpicOutdoors.com. Pull down a 40% off coupon. Spend it on what you want on their website. They're going to be loading up new products heavy from now through July. So we're super excited about that. Got a great lineup coming up. Appreciate Under Armour. You guys are good people. All right. Well, where are we at, Bronson? Where are we at? We're about the end of the road. Okay. So you're at the end of the road. Why? Why? Well, it's just had a lot of rejection, it feels like. You know, here about three, four weeks ago, we felt like we were on top of the world in

terms of, man, there's a bunch of stuff about to come out. We got, you know, Nevada still pending. Then we're going to have Wyoming after that. Idaho, as for some people, California. When the results aren't out. Colorado. When the results aren't out, we're excited knowing we're going to drive. When they come out, we're PO'd. Yeah. You're PO'd today. Why? Yeah, well. What happened today? Well, Wyoming draw came out. Yeah, I didn't get a deer tag, and I thought I'd get one with three points. Special. But, you know. Shoulda, woulda, coulda. Brutal. You know, jumped up. I knew it would jump some. But, I mean, still, getting something with 50-50 odds, you kind of plan on that, right? Well, I have a weird knack. You've had 50-50 odds 14 different times. I don't know what it is. And you've lost 14 out of 14. I am zero. Like, the last five years, anything that is approaching 50-50 or better.

Last year, I had a 75% on an antelope tag. I didn't get it. I don't get it. And I pull some stuff out of left field. And so, some people say, ah, yeah, you know, it all evens out. You're so lucky. You won an Arctic Red hunt. Yeah, I won a doll sheep hunt. I mean, Adam, if it's 1 in 5 to 1 in 500, Bronson's applying for it, and he's got a good shot. Yeah, but if it's 50-50, I will never, ever, ever draw. It's true. And it's like when you plan, you plan your fall around 50-50 hunts. You do. You plan your whole. I do. So, here it is, what, June 17th, and I've planned all year round a certain hunt that now is not coming to fruition. So, it's just kind of, I'm in an ornery mood. Yeah, I'm in an ornery mood. And then I hear that one of my podcast members that comes in today suffering from, he says food poisoning, but it's GI problems. What is it? I mean, something. This has nothing.

I mean, the flu has nothing on what I have. Okay. Dude, I was sweating profusely every single pore. Have you ever hurled your guts out? I mean, stuff from three days ago comes up. That's what happened. I swear. Well, hey.

Well, never mind. I'm not going to go there. So, what? You have podcast members that draw a tag that don't even want the tag. Is that what you were saying? No, no. Well, you drew. Yeah, you drew the same tag I did. I'm excited. And had basically the same odds. So, I just like, I mean, I think it was an afterthought on the deadline night at like 11.50. It was a slight afterthought because my schedule changed, as you know. Yeah. And then I end up having nothing on the plate for the most part of noteworthy or of good rapport whatsoever. So, anyway. There's that. But we have had a few people this week. We've had, you know, California came out. And I know for a lot of you, you're like, wow, why are we talking about that? But we had one of our members. We had one of our members. Non-resident draw with six points. Desert Sheet tag. Desert Sheet. And he's fired up. Finished his Grand Slam.

He's, you know, you know. Pretty awesome. Later phase of his life. 70 years old, roughly. I mean, he's going to finish his Grand Slam. And it's arguably in a state, if you were to ask us, point blank, should I spend that roughly 200 bucks a year to keep doing that? It would be one that you could probably say, nah, you could give that up. A lot of people know. Yeah. And, okay. He did it. But he's one of the first in years and years and years with that few points that we've heard of. Yeah. But stuff happens. There's good stories. He's finishing a lifelong goal of his. So that was a cool thing this week, too. Really cool. Really cool. So we've had that. And then we also have Idaho coming out here not too long. Who knows? We'll have the Idaho deer. They might not get that out until August this year. They're going to have 14,000 different checks.

After what happened with the sheep, moose, and goat. They've been nervous. They're going to... This might... We're lucky the results are going to be out before the second draw opens on August 5th. Tell me I'm wrong, Carter. I know. I mean, I... You might get them out August 4th. I'm with you. I'm with you. I don't know. They may waive the purchase of your... August is going to be a big month in Idaho. They may waive the tag purchase deadline this year. They may. Because it might come out about August 4th. Oh, my God. What I find interesting is how hard it is to get tags, period. Even these general tags. We're looking at Idaho going, I wonder if somebody can turn back that general unit deer tag so maybe I could pick one up. You know? I mean... We've said it over and over. Just two or three years ago. You got to tell it's gone. Stuff changes. It's changing before your eyes.

How about, you know what? Arizona. There's stuff. You're going to have some big changes coming down the pipe next year in terms of trail camera law. Yeah, the trail camera law is kind of a... It's kind of a bummer. It's a big deal. We've tried not to, you know, spew our opinion just because there's a lot of opinions. Nobody's wrong. Everybody's coming from a different angle. And we're probably more opinionated in Utah. We live here. We're residents. We realize we're not in Arizona. When we hunt there far less frequently as some people. When they initially came out with the Utah, they were considering doing the ban of baiting and cameras were locked in there. Yeah. And if that's what it took to get rid of baiting, personally, I'd be okay with it. But I love cameras. And I don't... And then the law over in Nevada is... I mean, you got to quit the end of July. Yeah, yeah. It's a season.

And that's worked out okay. It's still... I mean, it's still hard. I like... You just scout and know what's alive. Yeah, it does. It gives you an assurance that... At least to let you still scout like you want. But Arizona, they came out and basically banning cameras altogether year-round for the purpose of hunting or whatever. I haven't seen the exact verbiage, but... Not for this year. So those of you that have tags this year, you're fine. 2022. But having said that, you know... Going to change the face of some of those hunts. Yeah. And it may change again. You don't... Remember Bronson up there in Montana? They've changed trail camera rule and law almost yearly there for a minute. It was back and forth. It depends on the commission. You get a couple new members or something on a different angle on things and a little more pressure. Who knows? It could change back.

Maybe a season comes down the road in the future. Who knows? A commission is not legislature. Yeah. If you get a legislative rule... It's hard to get that changed. So, I don't know. I'm... I... You know... Anyway. Not a huge fan of the total ban, but it is what it is. So, anyway, we could go back to the human trail cam. You guys ever hear of that? I have. That's one of my favorite stories ever. Hey. Hey. My dad was no dummy. I have been that human trail cam. Hey, Jace. Swaying in the top of a little quakey. A quakey. Okay. You were in a tree stand, right? Yeah. There's 14 of them laying down around you. You know they fall over with wind, right? They have no root system. They don't have a deep... How? They're not deep root. No. And I'm up there... Swaying. By myself with no cell phone, no in reach. You know, back in the day. You got a notebook? Oh. 80s. And a notebook. Yeah. A notebook.

Anyway. And I could come out for a half hour during lunch and I was there from daylight till dark. And I better be there until dark. Because that's the best time. That's the best time. From June through August. I had a lion come under me one day. I'm just a little snot-nosed kid. I mean, shizzing down both legs, you know? So anyway, anybody out there, you could do that. I mean, there's, you know, grab your kids and, you know, teach them patience. My dad used to tell me, it's really good for you, son. You're going to have more patience than anybody else out there. Patience, perseverance, and what else? I think that's like the three Ps. You're lucky. Patience, perseverance, and something else is the success. Is that a thing? Yeah. I've heard of the three S's, but never the three Ps. No, no. Three Ps. Really? Yeah. Patience, perseverance. I've never heard of it.

Persistence, patience, and perversion. No, John. No. It's like- Profuseness? Somebody out there knows it. No. There's the three Ps, and it's a success. It makes up a successful honor. No. I don't know. I don't know. Persistence and patience is the two Ps. Perseverance, probably. Yeah, but anyway.

Practice? Yeah, something like that. Let's go with it. Let's go with it. Okay. So anyway, but yeah, I am, hey, I can sit in a stand because of it, you know? That did teach me from when I was 10, 9, 8, 7, somewhere in there. That would make it worth having a couple extra kids. You remember back then? Okay. Okay. That's right. There's a good- There's one positive. Anybody out there looking to start a family, get a couple extra. About eight would do. Do you remember the safety harnesses back then, Bronson? Yeah. It might as well have been a cotton rope. If I wore them. I remember falling asleep many times, and I remember those, and I remember the fear of- You know when you get an adrenaline, Joe? It's not like if you're driving down the highway, and you doze off, and you wake up, and you're like, holy crap, I am awake. I am awake now. Yeah.

I've had that happen in a tree, and it freaks you out because, I mean- Well, they're way higher. We posted way higher. You're dead. You're dead. Back in those days, head for the top. Yeah. You're drinking through a straw the rest of your life if you survive. No. It's not good. Anyway. Yeah. And if you did, you probably weren't in them right, and it would just slip from your waist up to your neck and hang you, basically. It probably would, and I even think around your waist, you're going to be smoked. It won't be. I don't know. Anyway. Not the harnesses we have in today's era. All right. Well, fellas, if you're- So, Bronson, now that you haven't drawn anything- Yeah. And the 50-50 got the best deal. It's running out. It's running out. I got Idaho, and I got some Arizona. You're not eligible for the Epic Hunt giveaway, but if you were, that'd be a good option for you. I'd be doing-

Absolutely. Absolutely. And I'm not in an Oregon. That comes out this week later sometime, which I just, I took what I wanted from that state, to put it frankly, and got a sheep- Took a sheep and ran. Yeah. I haven't applied since, but I mean- We'll call it steel. Yeah. We are to the last few days of our summer 2021 Epic Hunt, an optics giveaway. And if we could just maybe run through these real fast. We do a couple of these a year as membership drives to, you know, build and maintain a membership database, a base for business. Clients. But also just give people incentive to be excited about something. Some of these sites are awesome. They are elite. And it's fun. It's fun to do it. It's another giveaway. Right? Right. Well, anyway, we do have right off the top, and Bronson, by the way, before we really get diving into this, the odds are pretty darn good.

And I know everybody out there is going to say we expected them to say it, but does it feel a little different this year? It doesn't. I don't know why. Part of it is, this one we announced in what? When was it? I don't know. For all intents and purposes- Late April, 1st of May. May 1st. The very last, you know, the EMAG probably went live the end of April, but for all intents and purposes, May 1st to tell Father's Day, June 20th. This isn't something, some of these hunts are for this fall. We've got to get them drawn. We've got to get an elk hunt for Nevada. We've got that winner. But, you know, we've got a 231 bonus tag for deer in Nevada. A couple of those are for this year. There's a couple that aren't. They're for next winter. The Mexico sheep is December. That one is December. That's coming up. And we've got a lion hunt this winter. Lion hunt this winter.

A January hunt for Mexico coos deer. We've got a 2022 Colorado third season deer hunt, November 12th to the 18th of 2022. With a landowner tag. With a landowner tag. We've got a grizzly hunt with Lance Kronberger, June 1st of 15, 2022. So, I mean, these are hunts, literally, we say this over and over, and it's really true. These are hunts we want to do ourselves. We would. And we have an optics package, too, that's $13,500 worth of glass. And the optics are piled up in the corner, ready to be sent to whoever wins. Yeah. And if you're, it's also that time of year, if you need an optics, give us a call. We, we're very aggressive on orders. And even though with back orders, it's been an issue, that pile is waiting for somebody. And we've got other optics ready to ship every day. But if you do spend the $500 package, we also have a 231 landowner deer tag. You know, hand it to you. Bonus.

Bonus tag. And then, you know, if you buy the $200 package or $500 package, of course, you get a free knife as well, outdoor edge knife. And that one's a 2021 tag. Yeah. That's this year. We're going to be a fan for this phone. On all seasons. Anyway, we do have packages. One ticket's $25, $5 for $100, $10 for $230, for $500. Or you could get a ticket in for referring a guy. Or a new one in yourself. If you've listened to our podcast for months or years and think we're good guys or not good guys, but feel like we do have something that can benefit from you. Hey, I can vouch for me. Sign up. Maybe it's that time you get an entry in. We've had people win from their one entry in for joining our members. You don't have to buy a bunch of tickets to win. One can do it. The deadline is Father's Day, June 20th, this Sunday. Wow, this weekend. Technically, 1159 or whatever that night.

It'll quit working. 1159, 59. Yeah. John, don't you normally lay awake at night? I do lay awake at night. John has to come pull the plug on that. Pull the plug on that. Manually. We're not sophisticated enough to let it pull itself. I think we are. I think we just don't. We just want to make sure. We just want to make sure. It's off. At 1159, it turns off. And the other thing probably worth mentioning, too, is we are going to have someone here answer the phone Friday and often on Saturday. And if you don't get us, because it's obviously by the time you listen to this podcast, you're not going to be able to mail in your ticket order form. You're going to have to do it either online at epicoutdoors.com or give us a call, 435-263-0777. If you don't get a live, breathing individual, leave a message and we'll call you right back. We'll call you back. We're going to be in here.

It's just, you know, we're not going to staff five or six of us all day Saturday. That's right. So if somebody's on the phone and you leave a message, they'll call you right back. Process your order. Best thing to do is online, but either way, we'll get you taken care of. All right. Well, I like it. I think we're in a good spot there. That is this weekend, everybody. It's coming down the pipe. And within a couple of days after, we'll see how it all depends. We're hoping for Monday evening, but let's just, if it's Tuesday evening, it is what it is. Yep. But we're hoping for it. Let me see. That's right. Well, let's maybe call, let's call a hunt, I guess, not necessarily a winner. We've called a few of those in the past, but let's call somebody who just got home from that grizzly hunt. That we're giving away? Yeah, the grizzly hunt with Lance Kronberger for June 1st of 15, 2022.

Let's call our friend Bruce Billings. He just went up there with his grandson, just got home, and let's see how he did. See what he has to say about it. Visit with old Bruce. Here we go. Let's see if we can get him.

Hello, this is Bruce. Hey, what are you doing? Hey, Jason. How are you? I'm good. How's it going? Adam here. John, you back home and rested up? Yeah, you know, I am rested up. It was old man having a good time with my grandson, though. We really had a good time down there. Oh, that's good. And it was a fun trip. Any close calls or everybody's got all their arms and legs and everything? Yeah, you know, it was a lot of fun. We saw one big bear that he was up sleeping on the ridge, and we had a ball. I mean, when those guys get into bear mode, they are intense. And, you know, this old boy, I ended up hobbling up and down the hills, but I thought I did pretty good for being as old as I am. But this bear, he smelled us, and he was a gorgeous, huge bear. And my grandson got so excited, he shot at him three times, and we didn't even touch him.

But, you know, we had a lot of fun, and he got a really nice bear. It's cool up there because, you know, you can hunt all night long. I mean, it's just light all day. I mean, it never gets dark. Yeah, June, it's almost like we were just talking about, about the longest daylight of the year right now. Yeah, and it was a lot of fun. We did good. You know, it's like you say. In fact, we were in there, and the wind was blowing, and it was worth the whole price of the trip to watch the pilot try and land on top of the hill. And they've got really good pilots. But my grandson, it was the first time he'd been in a plane like that. And it was a lot of fun. Well, Bruce, everywhere you go, there's an adventure. You've been to Mexico. I think there was an adventure that happened there. Oh, dude. I'm not sure we want to talk about that. I think it's a great story. I think it's a great story.

Well, it's a story, and it's one that he lived to tell about. But I just can imagine you love this. I'm still paying for that one. You love the adventure side of things. I guess that's where I'm going with it. Oh, there's no doubt. You know what? I mean, and why do this if we're not out having a good time? Because, you know what? I love to harvest animals. I love to eat them. I love to have them on my walls. But, you know, over all these years, it's been that opportunity to go out there and make memories. I mean, my grandson just graduated from high school. He's a great kid. You know, and when he was five years old, I asked him, and I should have been smart and put conditions on it. But I asked him, I said, when you graduate with – well, yeah, I laugh now. But when you graduate, you know, what hunt do you want to go on?

And he looked at me, and he says, Grandpa, I really want to go grizzly bear hunting. And I'm thinking, oh, jeez.

Let's do an antelope. Or a barley sheep or something. Yeah, yeah, something easy, you know. Like, let's go whitetail hunting in Idaho or something. And that would be fun still. But, you know, it was worth every dime. And, you know, those guys up there, Lance and his crew, they are the hard – I mean, they just work their tails off. And we had some weather that was not real conducive to glassing for a few days and had a good time. In fact, my grandson's got the gospel according to Bruce a lot more than he wanted. I can't imagine. A lot of times. A lot of times. Well, and this is – on these grizzly hunts up here in northern Alaska, it is a – it's a weight game. It's a glass. You're hunting them like sheep. Like, you sit in glass and you have a lot of downtime and a lot of – Hey, Grant, let me tell you about life. That's right. That's right. A lot of time, right? It was.

You know, and the thing is, you don't want to get out there and traipse around just kind of poking into valleys. Because those bears, they are – you know, they're rutting right now. It's a great time to see some boars that are chasing around and trying to find the sows. But if you get out and just track around the mountains, all you're doing is just spreading that scent out. And those boars smell it and they're gone. They're gone. And so you've got to have some good optics. I mean, you're going to be on them all – I mean, 24-7 if you can put up with that. And, you know, and that's how you hunt these bears. It was a really unique experience for me. And, you know, it really was a lot of fun, you know, especially as you see how excited my grandson was to, you know, see multiple bears. And he's like, Grandpa, I've never done anything this exciting.

Because I'll tell you what, when those guys get in bear mode, it really is intense. I mean, they are focused and they are like, okay, you've got to turn it up a gear, Bruce, because we're not going to get there in time to see this bear. Yeah. But, you know, it was a lot of fun. Well, pretty awesome. Well, it sounds like an awesome encounter with the one. I ended up killing a good bear, too, a few days later and made it home. I think I could see a few mosquitoes in the picture, though. So there might have been a few of those. If they were enough to see in the picture, there was a lot of mosquitoes. That's right. Well, you know what? The national bird of Alaska is the mosquito. That's true. That's a good point. That's a good point. It's a state bird, anyway. But, yeah, you know, you guys, I appreciate you guys, you know, so much. You guys have done so much for me and my brother and I.

And it's, you know what, yeah, we couldn't ask for a better hunt. And, you know, those guys, like I said, up there, Lance and his crew, they actually let us stay a little longer because just for the weather. And, you know, he was like, you know what, we really want to get you guys a bear. And they really did a good job. Yeah. Well, that's pretty awesome. Well, we wanted to visit with you just because we knew you literally got back within a couple of days ago. And we're giving one of these hunts away. The deadline's on this Sunday, Father's Day. So, I don't know, maybe your grandson or your daughter or son, whoever's kid he is, they could, you know, buy some tickets for that. Oh, heck, yeah. You know what, I mean, if, yeah, there's no doubt Grandpa's buying his own. Yeah. There you go. All right. No, dude, you know what, if I get a chance to win it, I'm doing it. Go back.

So, you know, I look forward to doing it again as soon as I can. Well, we appreciate it. Thanks for taking a few minutes with us. We wanted to just get a fresh perspective. And congrats to you and your grandson. And it's a special time. And thanks a lot, Bruce. Thanks, Bruce. Okay. Hey, guys. Talk to you soon. Thanks. Have a good one. Yeah. All right. Bye. Bye. Yeah, it's great fun. You know, I think even old Cam Haynes and Kip folks went up there and they were archery hunting. And anyway, they had some interesting, interesting encounters. They had some close encounters. Well, you're dealing with, I mean, they've had some in previous year or two before. Or this. Some, you know, anytime you're getting in tight with a bear and a bow, I mean, there's always an element of who knows what could happen out of this.

But they always, you know, even I talked to Kip and I mean, there's nobody better than Mr. Kronberger. So anyway, we're excited to give that one away. All right. Well, that was good. It was good to visit with old Bruce. He's been there, done that. He's got some crazy stories. So every aspect of his life. All right, Bronson. Anything out? That's it. We mainly want to just kind of re-energize you folks. If you haven't gotten the entries in or if you haven't joined, if you're a listener or if you have friends of yours that are borrowing your magazine or whatever else, this is a reason to kick them off on their own. Wean them a little bit and get their own membership and help them buy that or buy it for them and get a name for them in the hat and you for referring them. There you go. Kick them off of what? What were you? Wean them. I just said wean them. That kind of can cancel it. Oh, okay.

So you can decide. All right. There's lots of versions of weaning. Well, Bronson, we do have one bow. We're smoking out for a smoking deal. Brand new Hoyt, the RX-5. Yeah. And we've got one more. Like 1225. 1225. This is the standard. This is not the ultra. So for you tall, lanky, gangly dudes, this might not be the bow. Well, this will be a 30-inch axle to axle. But anyway, yeah, give us a call. I think it's in the wilderness, right? Yeah. The green. We also have optics like we're freaking selling them like it's our job. They're stacking up like cordwood back there. I might mention that 115. We got a 115. Anybody wants a 115-millimeter objective. We've got those. We've had a fairly good waiting list, and those are trickling in. We have had a healthy order of those, and now we're caught up on those, and you want them. We got 95s stacked up back there. We also have cell cams.

We've got the new cellular fusion AT&T model. We've got some Verizons coming. So anyway, if somebody's out there looking for some cameras, we've got the 45 Maxes. We've got some cheaper ones too. Yeah, we've got lock boxes. If you want really good cameras that are not expensive, we've got some of those. Riflescopes, bionos, everything. It's that time of year if you've got a tag or if you don't have a tag. You've just got reason to want to upgrade some optics. Give us a call. Get a price from us, and we're glad to help you out. I want to make one more cold call.

I'm just person myself. Well, I'm thinking about a call Chris. He's the newlywed. Oh, yeah. Let's do it. He's married. He's off the market. The world's most eligible bachelor is not eligible anymore. So wait, before you call him. What? You want to tell a story? The show, Bachelor, tried to get him on. When? I don't know. I think it was right before McKenzie. I can't remember. But anyway, they reached out to him. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He doesn't need producers to get him on. No, he does not need that. I mean, he's a country singer. He's tall, dark, and handsome. He's got a regular job. Yeah. Pretty much. He's got a dog named Sid. I mean, he's got a horse name. I don't know. He's got a horse. Yeah, he's got a horse name. He's got five of them. He's got a ram truck. I mean, what doesn't this guy have? He's very. 37-year-old bachelor. Until Saturday. We had a great wedding. Was he 37?

He said it. 37, yeah. And his wedding was like a frigging movie. I'm sure it'll be on YouTube or whatnot. Oh, yeah. I mean, they had drones flying. Oh, it's going to be a music video. Horses coming in. The dog comes in on cue. My wife's like. It was. Where was our. What was our celebration like? You're like, that's what you get. Chris makes us all look bad. You're like, that's what you get when you marry a 21-year-old. Yeah. Well, I mean. Or whatever you were. I don't know. I don't know what you were. You don't have two pennies to rub together, let alone two nickels. That's right. All right. Well, let's give him a call. He's on his honeymoon. Why shouldn't we call him? Let's interrupt. Why shouldn't we call him? Let's call him.

Your call has been forwarded to an auditor. All right. I was nervous. We're not even going to get that. No. We're not going to get it. Uneligible bachelor. It was funny that my nephew is getting married like in a week. Right? The whole joke was, are we going to have a nephew that gets married before Chris? Oh. And he beat him by like a week. Anyway, he's 21, you know, and whatnot. And afterwards, he's just like, how can I beat that? No, you can't. How can I beat that wedding? Oh, yeah. My wedding's going to suck. No. People are going to be in the back going, lame. No. It's like, he's so funny. Yeah. I mean, nobody. Oh, you just can't. I mean. At 37. She's walking down the aisle. He's singing a song that he wrote for her. She's bawling. I mean, it was like, wow, I'm in a, I wanted to hide because I wondered which camera was catching me. I don't want to even be in this movie. It's a draw.

It was a draw. Yeah. It was right above your head. Yeah. It was. Good stuff. Good times. All right. Well, let's try McKenzie.

Hey.

Hey, we're just wondering how married life is.

Fantastic.

Well, we called Chris. Of course, he's screening his calls on a honeymoon, which I guess that's probably what you're supposed to do. But hey, you answered. So I guess we'll get the straight scoop. We don't want to miss the honeymoon.

I should have screened my calls. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You guys brought the whole world along everywhere, but this part, we wanted to do our part. We can't stop. We're not just stopping as of Saturday.

So, well, yeah, we were just calling to, yeah, we got a Mr. and Mrs. in the house and thought we'd call them. But I guess we're only getting Mrs. instead of Mr. Oh, Chris is on the other line. Hold on. Hold on just a minute. Oh. Hold on.

Hey, is this Mr. Chris Peterson? Oh. Oh. They're gone. Hold on. Hold on. They are done. They are. Just say, where's your wife? Hello. You there? Why are you and your wife not together?

Yeah. We're talking to her. We don't know where you're at. You guys are having honeymoons in separate places? No. No. My phone was charging. Oh. Well, we were just wondering. Of course, we're on the Epic Podcast without you. It's like the only one I remember ever doing without you. But we're just wondering how the honeymoon's going. And we don't want to be left out of this part. You didn't leave us out of the rest of it. Oh, geez. Good. Just screening your calls. Where are you at?

Somewhere. Trying to make another plan day by day. Yeah. Day by day. That's awesome. Somewhere under the rainbow. Somewhere under the rainbow. Oh, well. We were just wondering how the most ineligible or uneligible bachelor is. No. Yeah. Pretty amazing. Do it sooner. I love it. Well, good. Well, we just were wrapping one up. And we thought we better call you. So we hit you. And then we hit her. And she called back before you did. So I don't know. She already called back, huh? Yeah. Yeah. And then I tried to merge your calls. And then we dropped her and got you back. I don't know. Anyway. Tell her no hard feelings. We're just making sure. The boat was still floating and all was good. Yeah. Yeah. We were telling people how awesome the wedding was and to watch for it on YouTube. Or a music video. Or a music video. All right. Well, how's your hunting plans?

Have you guys just been discussing those? Heck yeah. Yeah. Have you figured out how the hunting budget's going to work within the marriage? Oh, we're still working on it. We've got to do some. The way I sit, you're in the best scenario. You know, I've, of any of us ever started in. You're married in your mid-30s. So you're both not maybe quite as broke. Broke. Yeah. As most people. Or at least have something under your feet. And you're marrying someone that likes to hunt as much as you. Well, she comes with guns. Yeah. She's telling you what she's going to do to hunt. And you're like, I got to keep up with that. She comes with guns and a truck. Yeah. She might want to hunt more than I do. That's right. So like you got. Got to definitely cover that and make sure that doesn't happen. Was there some mention of hunting in your wedding vows? Was there? Yes, there was. There was. There was?

Yes. What did it say? Who else? I don't know anyone else. I told her I'd take her hunting. Oh, yeah. Because I know that's one of the things that's important to her. I heard it with my own ears. I don't take her. Wow. I gave you an amen from the back pew when I heard that.

Oh, good stuff. Good stuff. All right. Well, we don't want to take up too much of your time. We just want to say, hey, because inquiring minds want to know how things are going. Of course. The world wants to know, Chris. And I guess we'll see you when we see you. We'll be back around on Monday. We know you edit podcasts. Don't edit this part, okay? Yeah, just leave some good stuff. Okay. All right. We'll talk to you later. Have a good time. Tell McKenzie we said hi. We're not going to call her back. I'm telling her right now. All right. All right. Bye. In the meantime, good luck to everybody on these last four remaining states. We got Oregon, Idaho, Arizona. That's about it. Short list. Oh, yeah. Good luck on getting a general tag. Turn back an Idaho or something like that. Colorado, turn back. I mean, it's going to be tough. We'll have our next issue.

We'll have some options for guys that are looking for just a tag, not Santa Trophy tag necessarily, but a few options to consider. So, look for that. All right, guys. Over and out. Get your tickets in. Thank you.