Let’s Go Hunt 091 – Branch Bashing: Dove Hunting with Captain Waterswatter

Welcome back to another episode of Let’s Go Hunt! – The hunting podcast worth risking giardia in your pee hole. In order of her favorite cast member we have:

Sam Alexander, who’s being forced to hunt before he planned

Vince H, who has been looking for dove in all the wrong places 

Dave Packard, who has all the power now

And I’m

Mike Gonçalves, Gideon with joy over his Omega successful dove hunt

Tonight! Dove and food stuffs

• Ice-breaking chitter chatter.

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Topic Section – Can last as little as 10-15 minutes if we cover it that fast: So I’m going to be hunting earlier than planned, which means I now have to get all my meal preps in line, so let’s go into that.
1. Nutritional Needs for Backcountry Hunters

• High-Calorie Requirements: Backcountry hunting involves long days of hiking, heavy gear, and challenging terrain. Discuss how calorie needs increase significantly due to these factors. Mention the importance of balancing energy-dense foods with lightweight options.

• Macronutrient Breakdown: Emphasize the need for a balance of proteins (for muscle recovery), fats (for sustained energy), and carbohydrates (for quick energy).

2. Types of Food to Pack

• Dehydrated and Freeze-Dried Meals: These are lightweight and packable, making them ideal for backcountry use. Mention popular brands or how to prepare your own meals.

• High-Energy Snacks: Items like nuts, trail mix, energy bars, jerky, and nut butters are great for quick energy boosts.

• DIY vs. Store-Bought: Compare making your own food for the trip versus purchasing pre-packaged options. Some hunters prefer to make their own dehydrated meals for better nutrition control.

3. Lightweight and Packable Foods

• Weight-to-Calorie Ratio: Focus on foods that offer high calories for minimal weight. Examples include energy gels, olive oil packets, and powdered meal replacements.

• Compactness: Discuss how space is limited in a backpack, so food that packs small but delivers a lot of energy is crucial.

4. Meal Planning and Portion Control

• Pre-Trip Meal Planning: Stress the importance of planning every meal and snack ahead of time, so you don’t overpack or underpack food.

• Portion Control: Discuss how overpacking food can add unnecessary weight, while underpacking can lead to fatigue and reduced performance. Striking the right balance is key.

5. Water Considerations

• Hydration: Stress the importance of water and how it’s essential for both survival and optimal performance in the backcountry. Highlight the need to bring water filtration systems to ensure a clean and safe water supply.

• Rehydrating Meals: Discuss the water needed to rehydrate meals and how that should factor into water planning.

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Personal Gear Chat and Updates:

Mike 

• The Dove Report
• Optic was great
• Shotgun with an LPVO report.
• I learned there are a few ways to hunt them
  The way I do, which is roam the dead trees and look for them up there.
  Camp them, find a dead tree they like to fly into and just wait. 
  Decoys.  Get in a field near corn and decoy them in.  They’re literally eating the corn.
  In the evening get near some water and decoy them.

Dave

Sam  

• More optics updates.
• Drowned the LPVO in the beaver pond, took some video but going to go back up tomorrow to take the actual recording equipment to record better video.
• Almost lost it about four feet down. Told myself I shouldn’t throw it out that far and sure enough I threw it out that far. Got hooked on some dead willow, considered going in after it naked, but ended up freeing it. 

Vince

• I somehow got convinced to dig a pond
• For
• Freaking
• Ducks

• Ordered a new gasblock for the Guardian test rifle after the fiasco from last time.
• It ‘tings’ noticeably, but Riflespeed support said thats normal

• Looking for dove in all the wrong places
• The woes of the unprepared
• A chat with the Game Warden 

• Good place to bring up any news and legal updates surrounding hunting?

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Outro – Sam

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