Overcoming Struggles on the Elk Hunt, JRR Tolkien, and How to Have Meaningful Conversations with Anti-Hunters

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Episode 4 Summary: In this episode, Mickey Reves discusses factors that led to sabotaging success on his latest Elk Hunt and discovering what was the key reason behind it. Mickey and Wes then look at author JRR Tolkien for bring a new perspective and appreciation for public lands, which can sometimes be a contentious topic in the hunting and fishing community. And lastly, Mickey gives us tools for having a more meaningful debate with the anti-hunting community and possibly a way for both hunters and anti-hunters can find common ground and mutual respect.

Time Stamps

1:10 - Realizing self sabotage on the last Elk hunt

2:20 - Why so many hunters are not getting their Elk

3:00 - Factors leading to sabotaging your Elk hunt

5:45 - The mistake that led to Mickey's sabotaged hunt

8:50 - Learning to improve hunting success

10:00 - Unpacking Randy Newberg's 6 Elk Hunts Principle

15:00 - Learning from mentors

20:45 - Arriving early to scout and climatize

23:30 - What JRR Tolkien can teach us about public lands

29:10 - How public lands tie to Hunt Fish Thrive

32:30 - Hunting and fishing providing a unique opportunity to go a field

35:20 - Unpacking debates between hunting and anti-hunting organizations

42:00 - A mindset to help hunters have meaningful debates with anti-hunters

45:30 - US Army's concept of Be Know Do

46:00 - Tying off Tolkien and the concept of Being and Doing

48:00 - The intriguing field of Interpersonal Neurobiology, Dan Segal