Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting,

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First Light, go farther, stay longer. And now, your host, Tony Peterson.

Hey, everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast, which is brought to you by First Light.

I'm your host, Tony Peterson, and today's episode is all about why Whiteale hunting is kind of like more of a physical endeavor than a lot of folks believe and what you should do about that if you want to be a better deer hunter.

Look. should do about that if you want to be a better deer hunter. Look, I actually really hate doing this to you.

Like, I honestly do.

Like, I talk a little bit about my workouts, but I don't think there is anything more off-putting

than someone who pushes that fitness narrative nonstop.

Now, I think the guys like Cam Haynes and David Goggins get a pass on it

because they are definitely like helping a lot of people and that is just their role. But I don't see

myself that way for many reasons, but I do think that getting in shape and staying there has probably

helped me kill more dear than anything else. And I want to say this before I get going. Even if you

have zero desire to run or lift weights or eat right or anything like this,

I still want you to listen.

I think you'll at least have something to consider by the time I wrap this sucker up.

In the interest of talking about things that almost no one in this audience is actually

interested in, let me start

this one with a shallow dive into the life of a guy named Aaron Martens. If you follow tournament

fishing at all, especially for Bass, you might know his name, but if not, you probably don't.

Martins was a native Californian who made a name for himself fishing Castaic

Lake with his mother during some early tournaments. Now he outgrew those team tourneys with Mama

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