Ep. 207 | Live Wild Call in Q & A

Summary

Live Wild with Remi Warren

Episode 207 | Live Wild Call-in Q&A
October 30, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode features a live call-in Q&A, where Remi Warren, experienced hunter and guide, takes calls from listeners seeking advice on varied hunting topics—from stalking mule deer among hikers to glassing for elusive Coues deer. Remi provides practical, field-tested tips for listeners across the hunting experience spectrum, sharing anecdotes and tactics for a successful hunt. He also gives away prizes to select callers.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Mule Deer Hunting in Recreation-Heavy Areas

Caller: Tanner, North of Salt Lake City, UT ([05:33])

• Question: How to succeed at archery mule deer hunting in popular public lands with many hikers and cyclists?
• Remi’s Insights:
  • Deer in high-traffic areas may tolerate humans but become wary if human behavior shifts from casual to stalking.
    • “The more mature animals don’t act like the younger animals. The immature ones will be pretty okay with a lot of traffic, but as soon as you change your behavior, you trigger that instinct of, ‘Oh, this is a predator.’” ([07:12])
  • Generally, it’s best to approach all deer as if they’re highly skittish, even in high-use areas.
  • Sometimes acting like a nonchalant hiker can get you closer, but it’s inconsistent and riskier with mature bucks.
  • Tactical tip: Use the patterns of recreational traffic for cover, but always assume the most pressured deer will be the toughest.
  • “Treat them all like the ones that are really skittish and try to make the best plays possible.” ([09:53])

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2. Hiking In & Out in the Dark—Will I Blow Out Deer?

Caller: Logan ([11:50])

• Question: Is moving in before daylight risky for spooking deer?
• Remi’s Insights:
  • Not overly worried about hiking in the dark; the goal is to reach optimal glassing spots by daylight.
  • Prioritize wind direction and approach. If possible, avoid walking directly into deer bedding areas with the wrong wind, even at night.
  • “I don’t really think you blow out too much stuff in that in-between time.” ([13:49])
  • If there’s heavy sign, consider waiting till legal shooting light if you're concerned, but don’t consistently delay and miss prime time.

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3. Archery Cow Elk Tactics

Caller: Darren, Vineyard, UT ([14:33])

• Question: Strategies for calling or stalking cow elk, which seem less responsive than bulls?
• Remi’s Tips:
  • Cows are herd animals; typically more focus on spot-and-stalk or ambush.
  • Use “lost cow” or “lost calf” mews. These can sometimes bring curious cows in, though less frequently than bulls.
    • “Sometimes I’ve had cows run a mile away just to come back and check that out.” ([15:48])
  • Make gentle cow noise when you accidentally spook the herd—it can convince cows to circle back or hold up for a shot.
  • Over-calling with a distressed sound can work but may only bring in cows looking head-on, making for tough shots.
  • Combination of cautious stalking and light calling works best.

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4. Trophy Blacktail Hunting in Dense West Coast Country

Caller: Josh, Puyallup, WA ([19:40])

• Question: Tips for finding mature blacktail bucks in dense forests with limited glassing and mostly seeing does and small bucks?
• Remi’s Strategy:
  • Rut timing is crucial—mature bucks often appear late in the season, visiting does’ territories as the rut approaches.
  • Preseason scouting—find where mature bucks live using trail cameras or summer velvet scouting if legal.
  • Be patient: “The guys that kill them regularly, have them figured out and just put in a ton of time…” ([22:58])
  • Focus on productive clear cuts and “doe pockets”; as rut nears, keep watching the same productive areas.
  • Prime time for big bucks is often first/last light or even random late-morning/midday movement, especially as rut ramps up.
  • “Those bigger deer are going to be that first five to ten minutes of shooting light and the last five to ten minutes…” ([26:21])
  • Advice: If you have a week, spend it in the areas where you’re consistently seeing does and young bucks.

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5. Fire & Scent While Hunting

Caller: Jerem, Wyoming ([28:57])

• Question: Impact of campfires on hunting—do smoke and scent disturb game or mask human odor?
• Remi’s Experience:
  • Fires are standard late-season for warmth; animals generally don’t mind smoke unless directly winded, which would give you away with or without smoke.
  • Remi relates hunting in Forest Service burn areas where elk fed within yards of burning piles.
    • “The animals just don’t care. ... I don’t really think it messes with elk too much.” ([30:27])
  • Pro tip: Use fire for comfort—makes long, cold glassing sessions more tolerable and effective.
  • “Always bring [tin foil] … we make paninis, grilled cheese, heat up soup… it’s the life, man.” ([32:35])

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6. Glassing for Coues Deer—How Long to Stay Put?

Caller: Corey, Queen Creek, AZ ([33:38])

• Question: Glassing strategy for bowhunting Coues deer—how long to sit versus move spots?
• Remi’s Approach:
  • For Coues deer, sit much longer compared to other species—can be hours or even all day at a single, proven vantage point.
    • “With Coues deer, if I’ve got a good vantage, I will sit there and pick it apart a lot longer than I will with any other species.” ([34:28])
  • If new to the area and have little intel, start by moving more, sitting an hour per spot. Once you confirm deer presence, increase time at each vantage.
  • Utilize changing light/shadows to help reveal hidden deer.
  • “You’re always surprised at what you end up turning up that you didn’t see … after you sat there for a while.” ([36:23])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On acting “natural” among deer in recreation areas:
  “I treat them all like the ones that are really skittish and try to make the best plays possible, to be honest.”
  — Remi Warren ([09:53])

• On hiking in the dark:
  “Honestly, I don’t really think that you blow out too much stuff in that in-between time... It’s a natural part of the hunt.”
  — Remi Warren ([13:49])

• On searching for trophy bucks:
  “It just is often a luck and time game. You either have enough, you just have to have enough time to get lucky…”
  — Remi Warren ([23:48])

• On fires and scent cover:
  “The animals just don’t care … I don’t really think it messes with elk too much. … Use fire for comfort—that way you can stay out on the mountain longer.”
  — Remi Warren ([30:27], [32:06])

• On Coues deer glassing:
  “If I know that this is a spot where deer are … I’m a lot more apt to just sit and pick it apart.”
  — Remi Warren ([35:26])

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Prize Giveaways

• Day Six Gear Winner: Darren from Vineyard, UT wins hats and shirts ([19:06]).
• Roka Sunglasses Winner: Corey from Queen Creek, AZ, wins his pick of Roka sunglasses ([37:08]).

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Segment Highlights with Timestamps

• [05:33–11:41] — Mule deer in high-use areas, behavior differences between mature and young deer, strategies for pressured public land
• [11:50–14:27] — Hiking in before daylight, how much risk of spooking animals; wind and approach
• [14:33–19:39] — Cow elk archery tactics, cow calling, spot-and-stalk, use of “lost calf” calls
• [19:40–28:52] — Trophy blacktail in thick timber, rut timing, scouting, persistence vs. luck
• [28:57–33:35] — Lighting fires while hunting: scent, comfort, animal behavior
• [33:38–37:49] — Coues deer glassing strategies, when to sit, when to move

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Tone & Takeaways

Remi’s tone is approachable, honest, and experience-based. He emphasizes that many aspects of successful hunting—especially for mature animals—boil down to patience, thoughtful adaptation, and simply spending enough time in the field. He couples technical advice with entertaining stories and practical wisdom, giving hunters across skill levels useful, actionable advice.

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For questions or topics you want Remi to cover on future episodes, reach out via social media. And remember: live wild!

Transcript

[Remy Warren]

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Well, how's it going everyone? Welcome back to Live Wild Podcast. Now this week we are doing our Live Wild Live call in. So it's allowing people to call in, ask their questions and get them answered in real time. The fun part about doing it during the hunting season is often there's hunts coming up for guys or hunts that.

They'Ve just been on and so I.

Always enjoy doing these this time of year when we get to dive in.

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[Tanner]

Yeah, yeah, my name's Tanner. I live just north of Salt Lake City, Utah.

[Remy Warren]

Awesome, Tanner.

Well, what's your hunting question today?

[Tanner]

Yeah, so it's about mule deer hunting, archery. I am a new hunter, and I've been up. Last year was my first year, and then I've been up quite a bit this year. And I'm going in a lot of pretty popular areas that, that have a lot of other recreational users, you know, hikers and cyclists and things. And I listen to your podcast and other, you know, other podcasts and YouTube videos talking about, you know, staying really quiet, stalking in. And so I've tried to do, like, kind of a spot and stock method, but what I find is, is that obviously I'm a new and inexperienced hunter, so these deer can spot me pretty quick, but they still let me get pretty close. And I'm, I'm wondering, is there any, any tactic to that obviously trying spot and stock. But, but in these more recreation areas, is there a way to. Yeah. To kind of play it in a way that helps me be more successful, specifically with deer that are maybe used to hikers and cyclists?

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, that's a good question. I mean, there, I've been places where you're like, there's definitely a lot of.

Traffic and the deer or whatever animals are kind of used to it.

And sometimes you're like, oh, that.

That's great.

You know, often I find that, like, the.

The better, like, the more mature animals don't act like the younger animals.

So, like, the.

The more immature animals will be pretty, like, as far as, like, pretty okay with like, a lot of traffic and other things.

But then when you get out or try to crawl around or stalk or.

What have you, you know, it just triggers that, like, instinct of, oh, this is a predator.

Right. I think there's a couple of things, like, there. For me, it's one of those where you. You almost think, like, well, when you're hiking, walking around and they know you're.

Coming, they almost don't mind it as much. And then there's times where you're. You're talking. Like, it's like if you seem to sneak or whatever, then they end up.

Busting out or, you know, like, for me, it's hard to let an animal.

Know that I'm there.

Even if I think that, oh, they're.

Used to this traffic or whatever. I always try to make that approach of going in because you just don't know, like, the temperament of that particular animal.

The one thing that I. Yeah, yeah. The one thing that I kind of think of is like, I think in some instances that that, like, strategy is.

It can work, you know, and it's almost more like, I would be more apt to try it on something where it's like, well, I don't really care if I blow this opportunity right.

On the ones that I really care about.

Right.

I just don't have the guts to.

Say, like, oh, yeah, if I act.

Like a hiker and just walk around because that animal's still going to know you're there. And oftentimes they put themselves in that.

Safety zone of, like, still out of bow range. The other thing is, like, when they're aware of you being there, that, like, they'll often, like, jump at that shot. Like, they know that someone's there. And so you might be within range, but also like, that you have a really high likelihood of hitting them bad because they. They know that you're there. Like, I still take that approach of even in areas that there's a lot of recreation trying to. To take that unseen approach.

But then there's those. I. I mean, I'm not gonna lie. Like, I've been on hunts where my.

Wife had a tag in an area where it's like, there's a ton of recreational vehicles, people, whatever.

And it was like, the stalking was.

Was fairly easy, you know, it was A wintertime late season, so the snow was, like, kind of crunchy, and we just use that to our advantage.

And she got.

She got a shot on a. On a buck. This was a long time ago, but got a shot on a buck and. And. And it worked out. And.

And sometimes it's like, well, you don't.

Want to pass up an opportunity of, hey, these animals are easier to get close to. And that's just the cool part about this unit or a part about this unit. It just is what it is. There definitely are a lot of areas around that are like that, and in some ways it makes it easier, and in some ways it makes it harder because the animals are like, it's weird because they don't act like you'd expect them to act. And then you. You might be. Get used to or complacent of, like.

Oh, these ones let me drive close.

And get out and. And whatever.

But then the one that you actually.

Want to go after, maybe a more mature animal, doesn't do that, and you kind of blow your opportunity because you treated it like the other ones that didn't care. So it is. It can actually make it a weird game, especially if you're trying to target a certain age class of deer. And so in that instance, like, I kind of treat them all like, I don't. I treat them all like the ones that are really skittish and try to make the best plays possible, to be honest.

Yeah.

[Tanner]

Okay. Okay. Yeah, that's super helpful. I noticed just a few times where I would walk up and I saw that the deer saw me, and then as soon as I stopped or slowed down or tried to, you know, quiet my steps or. Or duck behind a bush or something, it would take off. But as long as I stayed kind of nonchalant, didn't look directly at it, I could get pretty close to it. But then I tried that on a few others, and it. And it took off.

[Remy Warren]

So that's.

[Tanner]

That's helpful and. And kind of something to watch for.

[Caller from Western Washington]

Thank you.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, it kind of makes it a weird game where you're like, you just.

Don'T know how to act.

And I've been in areas like that.

Or hunted with people that have had tags in areas like that.

And you're like, man, it's.

It's almost harder sometimes. You're like, I don't know what the right play is. Right.

Like, sometimes you're like, man, if I just walk at this thing, it seems like I could get pretty close. And then you try it and doesn't work.

Or you try it and it does work.

I mean, sometimes you just got to.

Do what works for wherever you're at and play that scenario.

Right.

You know something? He's like, oh, I got caught. Well, maybe I'll just try that, that approach, you know, or.

Right. You know, like, like populars with mountain.

Bike trails and like, you're mountain biking and you can go past them and.

Whatever, but as soon as you stop.

Or try to give them some interest, oftentimes, like, I would just, like, mountain bike past them or bike whatever, continue past them and then plan my approach or plan my play after that.

So hope that helps.

[Caller from Western Washington]

Okay.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Tanner]

Thank you so much.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah. Awesome. And best of luck to you.

[Tanner]

Thank you. Appreciate it. Remy, you're the man.

[Remy Warren]

Have a good one.

[Tanner]

Likewise. Bye.

[Caller from Western Washington]

Bye.

[Remy Warren]

All right, we're gonna go to our next caller here. Hey, welcome to Live well Podcast. Who am I talking with?

[Logan]

This is Logan. I'm from.

[Remy Warren]

Hey, Logan, how's it going, man? Good. How are you?

Yeah, good. What's your.

It sounds like a train's passing you, but what's your, what's your hunting question about the assessment?

[Logan]

Simple question, but when you're hiking out in the dark and you're wanting to get back to an area a few miles back, how worried are you about blowing deer when you're hiking in the dark?

[Remy Warren]

You know, I'm not really worried about hiking in the dark so much. The reason I'm not worried about hiking in the dark is the fact that, you know, like, you, you have to get to somewhere.

Right.

And oftentimes, you know, it just depends, like, if I, if there's an area.

Where I know deer might be. I'm not moving into that location with a bad wind. I'm still planning my approach in the.

Dark based off of a good wind.

And a good location where I'm not going to try to spook something, but.

I'm also not letting.

Letting that hinder where I need to get to.

If I need to get to a glassing knob that's a few miles away.

I'm going to work into that glassing knob and be sitting on it in the daylight.

You really can't control what happens, you.

Know, between those times or, or when you're moving in and, you know, you're just trying to make a good play for a good hunt. If you happen to spook something or.

Whatever, oftentimes they aren't probably going to.

Run as far or as, you know, blow out as far as you might think, especially if it was maybe during the daytime, they might move off. They might not know what you were.

You've got the COVID of darkness, so.

They might just hear something and bounce out, but not know that it was a human.

If they smell you, that might be.

A little bit different. But.

But for the most part, I really don't think about it when I'm. When I've got somewhere I want to.

Get to before daylight to be into an advantageous place to be hunting. Now, if I think that that area.

Is this spot, there's a lot of.

Deer, and I'm going to be walking through it.

Well, maybe that's a spot that I.

Just wait and start hunting at daylight.

But for the most part, I don't really think about moving before and after.

Light as blowing out animals because it's just. It's a natural part of the hunt. And honestly, I don't really think that.

You blow out too much stuff in.

That in between time, if that makes sense.

[Tanner]

Okay.

[Logan]

Yeah. This last week I was deer hunting and I was hiking to this spot that I wanted to go to, and there was just fresh sign everywhere. So I'm like, oh, good deer area. But I want to get a little bit further. But then I just kind of wanted to be cautious the next morning, hiking through that area with all that sign in the dark, I'm like, well, I don't want to blow them out. And so I ended up getting to my spot a little bit later than I wanted to because I waited a little bit too long. But, yeah, I appreciate you answering my question.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah. Well, thanks for the call, and best of luck to you.

[Logan]

All right, thanks.

[Remy Warren]

Bye. All right, we're gonna go to our next caller here.

[Logan]

Hi, this is Darren from Vineyard, Utah.

[Remy Warren]

Darren, how's it going, man? Not too bad.

[Podcast Host/Producer]

Yourself?

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, doing really good. What's your. What's your question? So I had an archery cow elk tag this year, and all the tips and tricks I'm hearing are for bull tags.

[Corey]

I'm just wondering what tips or tricks.

[Remy Warren]

Do you have to call in cows.

[Logan]

Or to sneak in on the cows better?

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, I think, you know, the cows are definitely herd animals. You know, I think that the. The reason there's a lot of tips and tricks for the bulls. Calling in the bulls seems to be, you know, they're actually more call receptive. But there are some calls that you can use.

Is it.

Or was it like an early season.

September timeframe or what kind of timeframe was the.

Was the hunt early season? They were just barely at the end Starting to get pulled into harems.

Yeah.

So, I mean, a lot of times we utilize a lot of spot and.

Stock tactics or ambush tactics.

One of the calls that I use a lot is that lost cow kind of sound. So sometimes you'll catch, you know, like.

A lost calf sound, where it's just. You're real light mewing.

And fairly often, if you catch one that has lost a calf or is even curious. Sometimes I've had cows run a mile away just to.

To come back and circle back and check that out.

It's not often, but you can kind.

Of gauge the temperature of. Of a herd of cows.

The nice. The one of the reasons that I kind of like to move in and do a more spot and stock approach with cows is, you know, for the most part, when you get within, like, they're in groups, there's multiple cows. You aren't having to pick that one single cow out.

You know, there it could be a group of 20, and all of them are potential targets for the tag. Right.

Whereas if there's a bull, it's sometimes.

One bull, two bulls in a group of 20 to 40 elk.

So you got to figure out how.

To get that one elk to your position.

You just have to get to the.

Herd and get within range of one that you'd like to take.

So often I'm using more spot and stock tactics, and then I'm using that cow call in case I spook something.

Something sees me, something goes wrong, I need to hold something, and.

Or even sometimes you'll maybe be crawling in.

You bump one cow because they heard something, they run off, you start hitting.

That cow call, and they actually will come back in thinking, oh, it's.

It's just another cow. It's no problem.

And so I've done that a lot where you're moving in and that cow calls really handy because, oh, I bumped something or maybe I'm in.

I got. I can't close the gap here. Maybe it's too open.

And you can start just throwing out those cow calls, especially maybe a lost.

Calf sound, and they'll get curious and come in within, maybe close that distance for. For the range and give you an opportunity or a shot. And that helps a lot.

[Logan]

Yeah, so I noticed that a little bit.

[Remy Warren]

Just barely learned how to do the.

[Corey]

Cap call, like the last week of.

[Remy Warren]

The hunt, and that helped a little bit, but it never quite breaks 60 yards on them. Yeah, and that's. That's the thing. Sometimes, you know, like, you can get within that. That range, and. And sometimes they'll, you know, you. I've had cows where you, you move in and you're 70, 80, 90 yards and you hit that call a little bit and one of them just gets.

Curious and moves into 20 yards.

But for the most part they are a little bit harder to call in than a bull unless they have the.

Right scenario where maybe it's missing a calf or you've got one that you just, you don't really know. They're like more of a curiosity thing than anything. But I've definitely had it work and.

Sometimes you make a more of like, you can kind of over call where.

You kind of make it more of like a distressed cow.

And sometimes that draws.

It's.

It's one that you don't really like.

To do when you're trying to sneak in. But because it can go one of two ways, they all run away or they all in. But a more of a distressed calf sounds where it's, it's more frantic, often can draw them into your location.

But a lot of times it doesn't.

Give you great shots or shot opportunities because they're coming in looking, stomping, you know, face on, pretty aggressive.

And you don't get many shots that way.

But it is a way to draw them in a little bit closer. And I've had that work when I've just been messing around like, oh, let's see what works.

It's. It, it seems to work all the.

Time when I don't have a cow tag. Right where you're like, oh, I'm just going to play with these elk a.

Little bit and oh, that worked. You know, and you think about it.

You kind of put it.

But when you actually have the T and you're like, this is a good.

Opportunity, you try not to, to like.

Do that because I've seen them run away too, so. But you know, I think that that like a combination of stalking and then that like lost calf cow sounds or.

Like even just you know, kind of more frequent mewing might get them to move in a little bit on the distance and, and meet you halfway, which could, could be enough to get you a shot.

[Podcast Host/Producer]

Thank you so much.

[Corey]

I appreciate it.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, well, I also, you're going to be our first winner today, so I'm.

Going to be sending you some day.

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[Corey]

I've got Josh from Puyallup, Washington.

[Remy Warren]

Hey, Josh. How's it going, man? Good.

[Caller from Western Washington]

How are you, man?

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, pretty good. What's your. What's your question? So I actually just got home 20.

[Caller from Western Washington]

Minutes ago from a blacktail deer hunt. And the main problem I'm running into is opening day of the season. I, I saw three, two points and I let him go because this year I'm really trying to get after a nice trophy blacktail. And every time I've gone out, it's been either a bunch of does or a couple two points. And hunting in western Washington, it's, it's very dense and you're hunting clear cuts. So I'm basically finding gates, walking as far as I can to a farthest clear cut, glassing, finding whatever deer are there and then heading back when it's not the kind of deer I'm looking for. My question is how to really locate that big trophy blacktail when you can't really glass long distances. And whatever deer seem to be there are just the deer that are there, you know. Yeah, because I spend the whole morning getting to one spot and it, I. You kind of just get what you get, right?

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, no, I get that. I think, you know, a part of it too is, is I don't know.

How long that season goes till, but.

But a lot of those bigger bucks.

Are just going to be holed up and then as it gets closer to the rut, right. They're going to be. Start starting to move.

So those places where you saw those smaller deer, those does are going to be a lot more productive as you.

Get in closer to the, to the rut.

You know, I think, like with any, it doesn't matter whether it's blacktail. Like the nice thing about blacktails, whether.

It'S sitka blacktails, Columbia bocktails, whatever, there's a couple deer species, Coos deer is one of them, where they, they kind of have their little home ranges and they're, they feel a lot safer now.

Before bucks start to move out of.

Those, like, security areas and start really cruising and getting around.

When the does, they are going to.

Be, you know, more locked into specific.

Areas and those kind of finding Those, like, mature bucks. I think a lot of it comes down to, like, scouting outside of the.

Season, figuring out where their homes are, whether it's utilizing trail cameras, if they're legal there, or, you know, like, having like a lot of knowledge outside of when that season starts to be. Like, okay, this is where a big buck is in this zone here. And then you can focus within that.

Area and really, because it gives you.

That different mindset of like, I know something is here. It could even be early season, like when they're in the velvet, maybe out a little bit more, figuring out, okay.

Where is, where is that type of deer living now, where you're at? Also, those bucks could be there, right? They could be in those canyons.

Like, you might know that that buck's there and never see him out in those times when you're there because the time of year they're just in those little holes. I guess, you know, people luck into them. Still hunting. I don't know. It, like, it depends on how much time you have and, and to hunt a particular area with other deer that I've hunted. You know, there's places where I go and I'm like, I know that there's this kind of deer here now I just kind of have to play that patience game. And eventually I'm going to catch him. Eventually he's going to mess up. And it's more of just a time issue.

And sometimes it means you gotta.

You really watch the, those. Those spots that you can watch for a long time and it might be multiple days, but those, you know, hunting those mature deer can be one of two things.

It's the guys that kill them regularly, have them figured out and just put.

In a ton of time.

And then there's the guys that can.

Just kind of luck into them, right?

They go to the spot and, oh, it happens to be the good bucks.

Out that time didn't have knowledge of.

It being there, but it just happened to be there.

While they were there, they got lucky. They went on the right ridge and, and were quiet enough and it popped up and they got a shot or they were watching the right clear cut and it popped out.

[Jerem]

Out.

[Remy Warren]

As the rut gets closer though, too.

You know, the time that you've put in earlier where you're seeing these other deer, you.

You get a feel of, oh, this is a good spot.

There's a lot of deer here.

And then the more that you watch.

Those, as it gets closer to the rut, the more likelihood of the right kind of buck showing up is going to happen.

And I think, you know, with any.

Animal, it doesn't matter, elk, deer, whatever.

To, to take that kind of next class of deer. It just is often a luck in time game. You either have enough, you just have.

To have enough time to get lucky and put yourself in those places where there's enough animals that you're getting those encounters. You're in the right areas. You just need the right amount of time to find the right buck, per se.

Okay, that makes sense. So.

[Caller from Western Washington]

So do you think I should. Those spots that I see deer holding, you think I should? Because I have the whole next seven days off to hunt those areas and the October 31st is our last day.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, I would say, like for the season.

[Caller from Western Washington]

So you think I should just stay there?

[Remy Warren]

You know, it would be hard. Like, it just depends on if you're. If you're going to other areas and.

You'Re seeing deer everywhere. You know, you kind of just pick.

The area that says like this seems like a place that could hold a big buck, has a lot of.

Of does another deer and has a good potential that, you know, I could, I could turn up the right buck.

Now if you're, if you're struggling to find deer in other places, I would.

Definitely stick to the places where you're seeing does and other deer.

Like with, with mule deer, it's the.

Same right like this as we're.

A lot of the seasons are in October, and then they shut down before.

November, before that rut really hits. The last two days of some seasons.

Are better than the previous 20 some odd days because as you get closer.

To the rut, more deer start to show up.

So what we do is we, we find good populations and pockets of does.

If you get places where, hey, maybe there's fewer hunters, maybe it's, you know, it's got the right kind of terrain and topography behind it where there's some good funnels that lead a lot of country into this particular area. And maybe you see an area and more, More deer keep showing up.

Like if you've got a spot that.

You'Ve seen does and now smaller bucks.

Are starting to show up, those deer continually follow other deer's trails.

So they're gonna, they're gonna get the scent of that. They're gonna know that those deer are there, and then at some point, those better bucks will start popping up.

I. I've been on many hunts where.

The first whole part of it, it's like all you see is spikes and forkies.

And then all of a sudden the.

Light switch clicks on and it's like the mature deer start showing up in the same places I've been looking for a week.

And that happens a lot as we.

Start getting closer to the rut.

So if it were me and I.

Had a lot of knowledge of, okay, I've been spending some time here, more deer showing up. These are really good pockets and other places I'm going, maybe not, then you can continue to focus on those.

But there's also that, hey, you could do the same thing if you got.

A lot of deer around. You aren't having trouble turning up deer.

I would just say that the places where, you know, deer are, those bigger deer are going to be that first.

Five to ten minutes of shooting light and the last five to ten minutes of shooting light. That's when they're going to show up.

For, you know, for the most part and to.

Unless they're really starting to rut, you.

Know, but they're going to be on the fringes on the edges moving at those like first light, last light. So I would pick those places where.

I know deer are in good, like.

The best spot and be there first.

Light, last light for sure that it would be like, you know, I'd want to be on glass looking at that.

Now if they're moving though, you know.

I've had stuff pop up in the middle of the day because it's a buck cruising because he's going to look for does in some other random spot.

But in that thick country, you know, they, they, they can, they have a.

Lot of safety in the timber and the COVID So you really want to focus on those edges and just really pick it apart. You might be surprised at what you find.

My brother shot a black tail. This was like.

We were hunting in mid October and.

This thing we went, we, we'd seen.

It was like slow, slow, slow. And then I, you know, I actually shot a buck the day before and it was like a mature buck, but it was like a two point, like a big heavy two point. And he started pushing does and I'm.

Like, man, this bot just turned on and the leaves started to off and we got up on advantage and started.

Glassing and just, I mean we weren't that far away. I mean I say like 6 or 800 yards away and I spotted a buck bedded in there. All I saw was one tine and, and it was a, like a Boone and Crockett buck. And I'm like, go get him Jay.

And he crawls in there and like that buck Stayed bedded.

Like, it never. It never got up. We had a few, like, maybe 30, maybe an hour left of shooting, like, something like that.

And we just saw this thing.

Picked him up in the morning.

Never saw him walking, never got up.

Like, he was just tucked into this little pocket. And the only reason I could see him was because the leaves fell off this aldery patch.

I ended up.

He went down and got into position.

But he just got set up.

And I was like.

I was further back.

Started hooting and hauling, trying to get the deer to stand up so he could get a shot. I ended up taking a shot from where I was at into a close.

Tree to hope that that got.

And it finally got him up.

[Tanner]

Up.

[Remy Warren]

He got up, looked around.

My brother shot the buck, you know.

And it was like that deer was not going to move.

We were just picking apart this little tiny pocket and. And turned this deer up, you know, so. And that was like, mid October.

And that happens, right?

They're there. It's just. They're real. They can be real difficult to find.

[Corey]

Okay, thanks, man.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, I hope that helps. And best of luck to you.

[Caller from Western Washington]

Thank you. Thanks R.

[Remy Warren]

All right, we're gonna go to our next caller here. Hey, welcome to Live well Podcast. Who am I talking with?

[Jerem]

Hey, man. This is Jerem from Wyoming.

[Remy Warren]

Jerem, how's it going, man?

[Jerem]

Good, good. I had a question about starting a fire. When you're out hunting, whether that's just a camp or especially if you're, like, out on the mountain, your opinion on smoke and just kind of whether it tend to turn or even cover up human scent. I've kind of steered clear of starting fires, but more than anything, it's probably just because I'm lazy. So anyways, I wanted to hear your two cents on that.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, I mean, late season, every time I stop, I practically start a fire.

You know, I make sure it's out.

And everything, but when there's snow on.

The ground, we're cold, and we're just sitting there glassing.

Especially when elk hunting, when we're waiting.

On elk, we build a lot of fires.

And, you know, the thing is this, right? If the fire and smoke is blowing.

To where the elk are, they are going to win you either way. Maybe it would cover your scent up. I don't really know too much about that and don't really care for it, like, either way. Like, it's not something that I would try.

So I think that the. The fact of, like, having a fire.

To stay warm or whatever isn't A.

Problem in, in most situations now. I think if you were like, you're.

You're maybe waiting. I don't even know.

As long as it's like the right.

Wind and whatever, it's not a problem.

Them I. I've had.

I was guiding a guy a couple years ago and they were actually, the Forest Service was doing a bunch of controlled burns and he's like, oh, well.

We should probably stay out of that area, huh?

Because the, the smoke and.

And I was like, no, dude, they don't.

The animals just don't care. And we went in there and sure enough, there was a.

An elk feeding, like within spitting distance.

Of a burning pile that the Forest Service had lit. Like they were just eating that. That green up around some of the other piles that had burned previously the week before, and it was just in there eating.

So I, I don't really think that.

It messes with elk too much. In my experience, like, I've utilized them when we're sitting, like oftentimes late season.

We'Ll spot animals, you know, obviously be.

Safe and like, make sure there's no fire date. You know, I just got to say all that stuff.

Just say that stuff.

But, you know, don't start the forest on fire.

But like, most of our strategy is find elk. Elk, you know, in the op, in.

The mornings, they're a long ways away. We spend the day hiking in to get there. It's real cold.

We build a fire, we sit and wait. Then before the elk come out, we'll put it out.

You know, before we expect them to come out, we'll put it out. We just have while we're waiting there.

But I mean, I've been sitting by.

A fire and watched elk come out within range and you know, not necessarily being any of the wiser, but, you know, be a little cautious where you're doing it. If you're, you know, it's just like anything, right? If you got a blazing bonfire and you aren't paying attention attention, you're making noise and it's in a peer view of where the animals can see.

Well, yeah, it's probably not a great idea, but just the fact of building a fire when you're camping or whatever.

I don't really think makes too big of a difference.

[Jerem]

Yeah, yeah, it probably is more of a natural smell than, than humans. So that would make sense.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah. Out west they're used.

[Jerem]

Right. Corey and Randy did a late season podcast just now and they. He said light fire when you. If you're cold. That way you can stay out on the mountain longer. I was like, gosh, man, I probably.

[Podcast Host/Producer]

Haven'T been doing that.

[Remy Warren]

Oh, yeah, man. Like, I always. I always build a fire. We warm our toes up, we dry our stuff off. Like, you're focused. You're sitting in the game because it's.

Hard to sit there when it's freezing and. And wait on elk.

And it's like, if the best play.

Is to sit there and wait, you can be more patient. You can enjoy it. I. I always bring, like, late season. I always wrap my sandwiches and tin foil or whatever. We make like, skewers and we'll just. I'll even put stuff like meat and other things that I like to cook on the fire. We make paninis.

It's just like. It's the life, man.

You can have a grilled cheese, hot.

Grilled cheese sandwich, pull out the jet, boil, heat up some soup, whatever.

You know, you got the nice warm fire, nice. And then shoot an elk and it. It works out. So it's.

It's a lot of fun.

[Jerem]

Right on.

[Corey]

Hey, are you.

[Jerem]

Are you in Casper a decent amount with. With day six?

[Remy Warren]

Yep.

Yeah, I've been going back and forth throughout the season. You know, right now got a bunch.

Of hunts and other things, so it's been a. It's been a minute since September, but yeah, we're kind of bouncing around and making sure everything's going right and doing all the things. So it's been cool. It's. Casper's an awesome spot.

[Tanner]

Cool.

[Jerem]

Well, I run a. I run a fly fishing company out of there, so maybe we could get you out in the water sometime.

[Remy Warren]

Awesome, man. I'll definitely have to check it out. What's the fly fishing company called?

[Jerem]

Cowboy drifters.

[Remy Warren]

Cowboy drifters.

All right, man. Well, look it up.

[Corey]

Well, appreciate.

[Jerem]

Appreciate you answering the question, man.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah. Best of luck to you and good luck this season.

[Jerem]

Thank you.

[Remy Warren]

All right, we're gonna go to a couple more callers here.

[Corey]

Hey, what's up, Remy? It's Corey in Queen Creek, Arizona.

[Remy Warren]

How's it going, Corey?

[Corey]

Good, how are you?

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, pretty good. What's your question?

[Logan]

So I wanted to know.

[Corey]

I really want to care. Kill a cousee with my bow. And I was just wondering, how long do you stay in one spot glassing before you, like, move on to another spot and figure maybe, like, spend more time on a better spot?

[Remy Warren]

I guess that's a really good question. And I've actually got. Planning on some coos deer hunting this winter.

So, you know, it's always Fun to think about chasing those deer.

One of the things with coos deer.

Is like, it depends on your vantage, right?

I think that, like, if I have.

A really good vantage and. And it's kind of like anything, I guess I feel like I need to know that I've covered the area.

With coos deer, if I've got a good vantage, I will sit there and pick it apart a lot longer than.

I will with any other species. And I think that the reason for that is because they can be so hard to pick out. And depending on the time of year.

Like, if they're rutting and moving around.

A lot, I won't spend as much time. But even then, I've been sitting on.

A knob and about ready to pack up.

Nothing here. And then I see a tail flick over behind some ocotillo and I go, oh, well, geez, there's a.

There's a big buck and there's three dough.

Where was that five minutes ago? Right?

So with Kuzdeer, I. I will spend.

A lot more time.

But what. What I often do is, like, if I'm trying to find and if I don't have a lot of knowledge, if.

I'm in a new area and I don't know much about it, I move a lot more. Like, I'll sit all glass for an hour, whatever. I'll move on. I'll sit all glass, I'll move on. I'll check out different spots.

Once I've got an area or maybe.

Know an area, and I go, this is a. This is a place where deer live. This is a. This is a place I need to pick apart. I spend a lot more time there.

Especially if I've seen deer there or.

You know, have knowledge of a deer.

They'Re kind of like with the guy.

That we're talking about black tails.

If I know that this is a.

Spot where deer are, and I've seen deer in there in the past or whatever, Kuzdeer definitely have a smaller home range than other areas. And oftentimes they might just be bedded in those zones.

So when I've got those canyons that.

Are just producers, I'm apt to sit. Sit really long time, maybe even all day and pick that apart now. Or. Or a place where I've got a really good view and can cover a.

Lot of country, maybe I'll sit a lot longer. If it's a place where I feel like, man, I can cover this pretty.

Dang easy in an hour. And I've looked it over and I'm Like, I. I think I've got this. I need to move to the next drainage and do the same thing. Then I'll do it.

But I will say on average with.

Koozdeer, if it's a place that I know that turn, like bucks turn up, I'm a lot more apt to just sit and pick it apart.

And, And I love, I love that.

Hunting because I just get my big binos out and just really start to pick it apart. I got my spotting scope ready and I just kind of grid that whole mountain over and over and over it. You're always surprised at what you end up turning up that you didn't see that was right in front of your face after you sat there for a while.

Sweet.

[Corey]

Yeah, that makes total sense. It really depends on the vantage and kind of the area you're looking at that in.

[Jerem]

Glassing.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah, definitely. So I. But I mean, I think with kooz deer, like, especially if I've got a good vantage, I always give it till.

That mid morning time frame. I let those shadows change a bit, you know, and move around and really start picking apart the shadows and depends on like the area that I'm at.

Because I'll start to, you know, as.

The day starts to progress, things start to change. So you start to look into different spots and different shaded pockets of the mountain. And. And so I might move as the.

Sun starts to move, but for the.

Most part, I'll stay on advantage a lot longer than I will for other species.

[Corey]

Sweet.

[Podcast Host/Producer]

Thanks, man. That helps a lot.

[Corey]

I appreciate it.

[Remy Warren]

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[Corey]

Heck, yeah. Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

[Remy Warren]

Yeah. Well, best of luck to you and yeah, well, keep me posted on how the coos deer hunt goes.

[Corey]

I sure will. Thank you so much. Thanks for your help.

[Remy Warren]

Have a good one.

Bye.

You too. Bye.

[Podcast Host/Producer]

All right, well, that concludes our live wild podcast. Live calling Q and A. I just want to say thanks for everybody that called in. Thanks for all the questions. Really appreciate you guys jumping on here. And it's always fun to be able to do these. These Live call ins. We'll have another one here pretty soon. I got some other great prizes and some other things like to give away. And as we get into the season, you know, if there's anything that you guys want to hear about, whether it's mule deer hunting, late seasonal tactics, anything like that, feel free to reach out via social media. We're always, we always like doing, you know, take some of the stuff that you guys are interested in and I start to form the podcast coming up based on the things that people are thinking about, things that are on top of the mind and stuff that you guys want to know. So thank you guys so much for all the support of this podcast and everything else the Day six. You know, I also want to mention, you know, I just thank you guys for those of you that we got a lot of messages like, hey, I'm switching to your guys's arrows. Your guys broad as I'm trying your broadheads out. We've been getting a lot of awesome success photos. Some got a lot of guys first elk and like, man, dude, I'm so glad I switched to these arrows. Thank you so much. That kind of stuff means the world to us. So thank you guys for being a part of this journey for us and, and, and jumping in and, and also the support. You know, it does mean a lot and I know a lot of you guys are like, oh man, well, I'm gonna switch arrows, but not yet. Or, you know, I've got a bunch that I need. Whatever I should do like a old arrow buyback program or something like a trade and you know, vehicles. You can do a trade and we'll trade you your old arrows for some new day six arrows. Maybe we'll do something like that in the year. But I don't know. That just came to me. I shouldn't talk out, I shouldn't make business business strategies as I talk. But yeah, I think I, I really appreciate all the support from you guys and I know we've been getting out, we've got some new hats coming out, we've got some. Just launched some awesome T shirt designs and other things. So thank you guys for those of you that are like, hey, I don't need arrows right now, but I'd love to support day six and grab a shirt or a hat. One of the other things I want to mention on our, on my Remy Warren.com website, we've got the store on there. We've got a lot of good stuff in there. As we start coming into the, you know, hunting season and you know, also Christmas coming up, people are like, it's still October. You're talking about Christmas. I'm like, yeah, you know, it's one of the things we start to think about. And we've got a bunch of first light gear on there now. We've got the vortex optics. And then an incredible supporter of this podcast, Stone Glacier. We've got a bunch of their packs, tents, other gear. One of the things that I think about this time of year when it comes to packs isn't just the pack itself, but like the organization inside that pack. As I go from trip to trip, you know, last week I was hunting sheep. The week before that I was helping my wife with her goat tag. And now I'm going to be switching over into some mule deer hunting and some late season hunting stuff. And so it's always whether it's one trip a year or, you know, like me, just constant trips. I'm constantly packing, reorganizing. And a big thing for me is just that organization within the pack. I think one of the pieces of some of the stuff that Stone Glacier does real well that kind of just gets overlooked is that organization stuff like the camp pockets and the bags of just ways to sort and organize your gear. It's probably like the unsung hero inside the pack. So they've got their swing out pockets, camp pockets. Another thing that we have some left is the Stone Glacier game bags. And if you remember, we had a little live wild game bag kit. We've got some mediums left. Everything else is sold out. But those mediums are perfect for that deer hunt or even just boning out. Other game. Thing I love about these game bags, everyone that sees them and uses them is like, why would I ever have a different game bag? Because they've got the handles on them at the bottom for lifting and then that quick closure. Like all my guide buddies, like, dude, these things are the best game bags I've ever had. We've got a few of them left on our website. I think there's some on the Stone Glacier website as well. And then stuff like that organization of stuff like thing that I've been doing, all my puffers I throw into a stuff sack. I've got a small stuff sack, my sleeping bag, I got a larger compression sack. And then the hydro holster just holding your water bottle thing that I learned, we always learn something new. Thing that I just learned that's new this year is where you can put that hydro holster. I've always been putting it on the belt itself. And then when I was caribou hunting, one of the other guys had it just a little bit further back behind the belt. Like, that's genius, man. I don't know why I didn't put it there the whole time. Maybe that's where I just haven't paid attention. You can always. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, I guess. So they've got all that stuff on their site. We've got it on our site. And as always, you can use code livewild free shipping on Stone Glacier website. So thank you guys so much for calling in. And until next week, I'm just gonna say live wild. Catch you guys later.