Forrest Barnard is a life long hunter. He is a Fire Fighter by day and spends most of his season either guiding in southern Utah or Hunting for himself. We had planned to talk about bears and turkeys but right out of the gate we started talking about finding 200″ deer. This lead us down a rabbit hole of talking about information and how to sift through so much info. I asked Forrest if he was handed a random tag he had never been to, how would he break that unit down. The answer might surprise a lot of people.

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Show Notes: 
Start – BS’ing – 02:11
About Forrest & the Good Old Days – 07:47
Learning Animal Behavior – 16:49
Big Buck Traits – 28:20
Forrest’s Process for New Units & Intel – 37:36
Age & Numbers Expectations – 51:02
Advice for Novice Hunters – 56:40
Forrest’s Social Media – 65:59

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