EP 231: How it Feels to Win the Hunt of a Lifetime

What are you doing this August? What's it sound like to go to Alaska hunting doll sheep in August? You realize how long this has been on my bucket list? You won the Utah Mule Deer Hunt, Bucks and Bulls Outfitters. Did I really? That's amazing. Anything to do with Western big game.

Welcome to the Epic Outdoors Podcast, powered by Under Armour. Welcome to the Epic Outdoors Podcast. Today's episode is a special one. We will be calling the winners of our Epic Hunt Giveaway. We get to hear the reactions of the lucky winners. So before we get started, we'd like to thank Under Armour for all they do for us for sponsoring this podcast. And let's get rolling with the calls. Okay, here we are. We're going to call David Duncan in Arizona. He won the optics package. Let's see what he has to say.

You there? Hey Dave, Adam Bronson, Jason Carter, the Epic Outdoors crew. How are you doing today? Awesome. How are you guys doing? Good. Are you over the friendly skies somewhere? Are you on the ground today? I'm on the ground. I'm in a meeting in Dallas. That's all I ever do anymore is meetings. Oh, dang it. We were wondering, when you're in the cockpit, do they let you have your cell phones on or do they make you turn them off? Yeah. They tell you to turn them off, but, you know. About like everybody else on the plane. Yeah, they tell everybody. We felt guilty. We were going to cause a wreck and that's all BS. You're going to bring this thing down if you don't slide them to airplane mode right now. I know, but you know what? How are you going to check your credit cards when they're getting hit? How are you going to do all that stuff? All that stuff. There you go. Right there. I love it.

I love it. I love it. Yeah. All right. Truth. Well, thanks for stepping out of the meeting. We hopefully are going to make your day a little bit better because we just did our Epic Hunts giveaway and you won our $14,000. Are you kidding me? Yeah, you won our $14,500 package of optics galore.

Swarro95 and ATX or STX. Oh, my gosh. The Leica3200.coms. So, anyway, we're just calling to let you know that. Can you guys let me go? Can you let me go on one of your hunts so I can use them? No. There were other tickets for hunts, but you won the one for the glass and the plastic. You didn't win the hunt with Epic. You did not win the hunt. No, I don't want to hunt. I just want a glass. That's all I want to do. Oh, yeah. I'll come on up anytime. Devin just got an uptag in Arizona. I'll sit back to Adam's dad in the corner. I'll sit in the corner. Yeah. Well, you've got lots of optics and trail cameras now coming your way, so you're welcome to come up. Guys, you're awesome. Well, anyway. Thank you so much. That made my day. Made my year. Thank you. Well, good. Well, appreciate it. And get back in the meeting. But we'll have this coming your way here in the next day or two, all right?

All right, boys. Hopefully I'll see you soon. Just turn your phone on airplane mode when they tell you to, okay?

All right. We'll see you. All right. Talk to you later.

Hello. Hey, is this Chandler? Yes, sir. Hey, Adam Bronson, Epic Outdoors. How are you doing today? Good. How are you doing? Good. Hey, just checking to see if you've got your Utah applications done yet.

Yes, I do. Well, good. Well, we're just curious about that. But we also did a drawing here. We've got the whole Epic Outdoors crew here. Hey, Chandler. It's Jason. How's it going? How are you guys today? We're really good. I think I know why you're calling. Well, yeah. You want to hunt? You want our Arizona mountain lion hunt down there with Sam Derringer. How about that? That's awesome. I gambled on that one. I'm going to go have to talk to the bishop now.

Well, all right. Well, you're going to have fun. Well, congratulations. Yeah. Appreciate the support. And we'll put you two in touch together with an email. You guys can work out the details next fall and winter. Go have a good time. Awesome. I love it, man. Congratulations. Thanks, guys. All right. You bet. You bet. Talk to you later. All right. See you. All right. Bye.

It's TJ. TJ. Hey, Jason Carter, Adam Bronson, the entire Epic crew here. How are you? Good. How are you guys doing? Good. Really good. What do you got going on today? I am not cleaning a gun or a bow. I may have a golf club in my hand. Oh. Hey, you're golfing somewhere today? What a good day. Weather's coming, so it's good. Where are you golfing? It's good to get it over with.

You golfing up there? No. I saw the number pull up and thought, it's about that time. I think I want to take this one. Hey, buddy. Well, you did. You drew. You drew the Nevada deer hunt with Greg Krogue, 231.

Anyway, mule deer includes the landowner tag and everything. Just, you know, one of the best outfitters over there, as you know, and it's going to be a great year. Wow. Congrats. Pretty excited for you. That is so cool. Very cool. Good luck on fixing your slice the rest of the day. Your head's not going to be in the game now. It's a draw. It's a draw. Oh, you're a drawer? Oh, good luck. I'm not. No, I'm not normally. It's probably got to take some Sunday school time and see if I can straighten that out in the next month.

All right. Well, whatever it takes. Hey, you're going to Nevada this fall. Be thinking about what season you want to go on with Greg. We'll put you two in touch here with an email in the next day or two. So, yeah, you get to choose your season. Congrats. See, really? Okay, cool. Awesome. Thanks for the call, guys. You just made my day. You bet. We'll drop you an email. You bet. Thanks. All right. Thanks, guys. Bye-bye. James Lynch. Here we go.

Hello? Hey, is this James? Yes. Hey, James. John from Epic Outdoors. I got Jason, Adam, and the whole Epic Outdoors crew on the line. Holy smokes. I won the Elk Cont. Come on. Why would you ruin it like that? Hey, you stole it under. Oh, I'm sorry. Start over. Did you apply for anything else? Did you have a name in the hat anywhere else? Everything went into that. That's perfect news because I didn't get drunk in Arizona. That's weird. That's weird because you won the doll sheep.

Just teasing. Just teasing. Just teasing. Yeah, that's the Elk Cont. No, no. You can't take that back. Hey, congratulations on the Elk Cont, man. You got it. Wow. That's awesome. So that'll be September 26th through 30th. I'll be screaming. You got bad news in Arizona, looks like, today, so this makes up for it. I've been checking your website all day, man. I ain't got no work done.

Yeah, we never put it online before we call. So, well, appreciate the support. All right, buddy. Hey, congratulations. We'll send you an email. Bye. All right, buddy. Bye.

Dr. Primar's office. Hey, is Jerry there? Who? Jerry. Doctor. Jerry. Dr. Jerry. He's in with patients. Can I take a message? Yeah, just have him call. This is an emergency, Arch. This is an emergency. He's really going to want to take this call, but if he's really busy, we can wait. Can we pull him away for 10 seconds? He won a hunt, and he's just going to make his day, which will make your day. He really did. Okay. Excellent. This is his wife. Oh, dang. All I'm hearing is emergency. Pull him out of emergency surgery. He wants this one. Yeah.

Oh, that is so exciting. Where to? Well, we want to tell him. Yeah, we better keep it a secret. Is he right there? Okay. Do you think we can grab him for 10 seconds? Or is he in scrubs? Hang on a second. Hang on. Hey, how are you? I'm good. It's Dr. Primar. Hey. Hey. I hear you call with some awesome news. Well, I don't know. Your wife was supposed to keep a secret, but I guess so. She's not very good at keeping secrets. Did you shortchange your patient, or are we good? We're good to go. Okay. All right. Well, go ahead. We got Devin here. He was going to introduce us. Devin's the one that was supposed to cheat for me and get me drawn. Thanks, Devin. You bet. Devin doesn't cheat. No, Wyatt pulled your name out of that one. You're going to Alaska, my friend. For the moose? For the moose. Yes, sir. Oh, my gosh. How awesome. It is awesome. Me and Wyatt have been there. It's a special place.

It's an awesome, awesome hunt. Great people. You're going to have to take a little time out of the office and stop the x-ray machine for a minute. There you go. You better let your office know or you're not going to be there. Okay. Sounds like good news. We can arrange that. Yeah. This September. If you want to get excited about that, we've got on YouTube Devin and Wyatt's hunt there. Do you really? Yeah. So just search Epic Outdoors and look for their moose hunt. YouTube. Epic Outdoors. Yep. On YouTube. Okay. And watch Devin's hunt. Scroll past the first week. It was a little boring for me. Okay. All right. Moose hunting's a little boring once in a while. A couple of selfies in there. I may burn my phone up watching it. I might have watched it 20 or 30 times. All right. Well, we just wanted to congratulate you. We'll be sending you an email with all the details. Okay.

Well, I sure appreciate it, guys. And thanks for what y'all do. You bet. We'll see you. All right. Have a great one. You too. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Hello. Hi. Is this Jim? It is. Hey, this is Adam Bronson, Jason Carter, and the whole Epic Outdoors crew. How are you doing today? Good. How are you? Well, good. Well, we tried right back. We called once and thought we had a screener, so we called you back, and you answered. We're glad you did.

Do you have any idea why we might be calling? You guys got to be. I can only, in my wildest dreams, guess, but I don't want to guess. Go ahead. Because I might be disappointed. Go ahead. No, guess. We want to hear. Go ahead. We don't want to jinx it, because what if he's wrong? He's getting a free membership. Go ahead. Go ahead, Jim.

Well, Jim, we'll just come right out and say it. What are you doing this August? What's it sound like to go to Alaska hunting doll sheep in August?

Oh, my gosh, guys. You can't even freaking. Do you realize how long this has been on my bucket list? Well, it's going to happen. So, congratulations. You won the doll sheep hunt with Jonah Stewart. Oh, my gosh, guys. You are amazing. Oh, we appreciate the support. Congratulations. Congratulations. Yeah. I just thought this. You know, I went to the, I went up to the sheep, up to the expo. I can't even think. I went up to the expo, and every one of those guys drew that grew were out of staters. And I thought, there's just too many people wanting to get these hunts. I'll never get a chance. There you go. So, you guys are, made a dream come true, buddy. Well. Oh, my gosh. It's up to you to finish it. Yeah. It's up to you to finish it. You got it. I will absolutely finish it. I will. Well, it's going to happen. August 9th. Hey, guys, you guys are amazing. Thank you for everything you do.

Thank you. I love your, I can't even believe how much I love to read your magazines. And you guys just made my decade. Well, Jim, we love you, too. Thank you so very much, man. No problem. We'll be sending you an email introducing you to Jonah as the winner. But, yeah, get ready. Get working the stair master or whatever you got doing. And, hey. I've been doing it already for a long time. All right. I like it. Well, do a few extra flights of stairs tonight. That's right. Absolutely. Okay, Jim. Well, congrats. Have a great rest of the day. Hey, thanks a million, guys. All right. You bet. I sure so much appreciate it. You bet. Thank you. All right. See you. All right. Bye.

Hello. You screening your calls? No. Yes, you are. I was on the phone. Hey, Jason Carter, Adam Bronson, and the crew here. Oh, Jason. What's going on? Oh, we're just checking on you. Got any hunts planned this fall? Yeah, I drew a freaking archery elk tag. No kidding. Where at? Arizona? No, in Utah. Out at the expo? You know how you just blanket the damn thing and you need something to do? I remember I saw your name. I remember. You need something to do, so I just blanket the dang thing and my sheep and elk and deer. I'm wearing. Well, would you want a 231 deer tag?

If it was free? Oh, if it was free, yeah. I would. Well, you got one. I'd turn my tag back in, yeah. Okay, you got one. You got one. Oh, you're so full of crap. You won our hunt giveaway. That's what we're calling you for. We got the whole crew here, Bruce. Yeah, yeah. We had our drawing today. $800 an hour to have these guys on the phone.

Congrats. How many guys at $800 an hour? Oh, no. That's the collective total. Don't worry about that. I'm just teasing. But we're not teasing about the tag. You did win it, so. No way. Yeah, you did. No freaking way. Yeah, you did. Yeah. Right, guys? Yeah. Oh, my gosh. So who's going to guide me? You guys? No. No. Oh, you know? Come on. Never guide you. Oh, my gosh. That's because I set my sights too high. If you guys really wanted to put your name in the book, you'd find me a big deer, and that'd be worth something, because I don't shoot little stuff. Well, part of the problem is Jason doesn't even let you build a campfire when you hunt deer with him, so nobody likes to hunt with him. Yeah, nobody has fun with me. Oh, my gosh. I never have any repeats. That's awesome. All right. Well, we'll get with you. We'll see you in. I appreciate it. Awesome. Thank you. All right. All right.

Hello, this is Brett. Hey, Brett. It's Wyatt with Epic Outdoors. How are you? I'm doing well. How are you? Good, good. I got the whole Epic Outdoors crew here, and we're just wondering what your September's looking like.

You got any hunts lined up? Yeah.

I think it sounds like I might now. Yeah, you do. Yeah, you do. You won the Utah mule deer hunt there, September 1st. Did I really? Yep. That's amazing. Bucks and bulls outfitters. Yeah, September 1st to the 5th of this year. One of the best ranches in the state.

Well, my birthday's on the 4th, so I don't think you can ask for a much better birthday person. Oh, yeah. Buddy. I like it. That's awesome. I am super lucky. What a call to get. Thank you guys so much. This is really cool. Oh, yeah. Well, you got a $21,000 mule deer hunt for, you know, a lot cheaper than that, so congratulations. Oh, wow. Man, I'm really looking forward to coming out. That is really something, you guys. You bet. No problem. Well, we appreciate you as well. We'll be emailing you the details. September 1 to 5, you'll be coming to Utah. Wow. Pretty cool. Thank you guys so much. You bet. Appreciate it. No problem. Thank you. Congratulations. You guys made my... Hey, thanks a lot. You made my fall. You bet. No problem. Sounds great. All right. Have a good night. You too. Bye. At Epic Outdoors, we help you reach your hunting dreams, whether it's helping you to develop

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