CRH Ep. 12 Finally a Guest! Josh Schmidt! SAR, First Aid, Bowhunting and More.

12/16/22 • 90 min

Josh has a wealth of knowledge, and more importantly, experience with backcountry search and rescue, whitewater and technical rescue, wilderness first aid, exercise physiology, and lots of other interesting and useful stuff. He's a family man and very accomplished hunter, college professor, SAR and SWAT team member, and all around good guy. He's one of the very few people I will hunt with anytime anywhere. Even when things are rough he has a positive attitude. He's also the guy you want backing you up if a mountain lion is about to jump on you! In this episode we tell some hunting stories and talk about the simple things you can do to decrease the chance that you will need him to come rescue you. Lots of useful information. Let me know if you want Josh back on another episode or on a regular basis. Message me on IG @closerangehunter.
Sorry but there is a bit of bleed over between the two microphones. While recording it sounded great, but after downloading from the recorder it has a little excess "stereo" sound. This is the first time I've used this particular recording setup and I'm still learning.

Previous Episode

CRH Ep. 11 My 2022 Rifle Coues Deer Hunt

For this episode I took my recorder into the field to document my 2022 rifle coues deer hunt. I packed into the Arizona desert wilderness solo, but with a couple of my llamas carrying all my food and gear. It was a great time to be hunting in the desert. I go over some of the gear used as well as tactics I typically use for this type of hunt and recap the hunt as I go. For the first time I ran into some other guys hunting in the area and one of them, Alex, shot a real nice buck. Listen up to see how it went down for me.
I also talk a little about the AZ OTC elk hunt and my hopeful guest/co-host for the next episode.
I apologize for the slightly blown out audio for the second part. I set the recording levels properly and it sounded fine in the headphones while I was recording so I'm not sure what happened, but I didn't want to wait until I had the time to redo it.

Next Episode

CRH Ep. 13 I'm Back! And: A Close Look at Arizona Archery Deer Quotas.

It's been quite a while since my last episode, but I'm back! Since Christmas Janice and I have been pretending to be retired, not just from our regular jobs, but also our pack llama business. No social media, podcasts, or YouTube videos. Just fun enjoying the Arizona backcountry.
In this episode I first catch up on some of the adventures we've had and tell a couple of hunting stories. After that I go into an analysis of the data from the first year of the Arizona archery deer hunt quota system. I get into some of the questions I've had like: How did it work out? Which hunts closed and when? What are some of the problems and solutions? (Hint: It's not all bad.) I also go into the proposed changes for the upcoming 2023 Arizona general deer hunt tag numbers and how that compares to changes to the archery hunts for the upcoming seasons.
Thanks to all the people who have continued to download and listen to my past episodes and have encouraged me to get going again. If you enjoy them please share with your friends.
Thanks, Chris