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Whitetail Rendezvous Podcast
LLC Bob Roark - Bruce Hutcheon
Episode 000
Howdy everyone, I’m your host Bruce Hutcheon. I want to say thank you for joining me on the
very first episode of Whitetail Rendezvous. We are excited about producing a series of 25
minute episodes five days per week for the Whitetail community. I will be interviewing some of
the most knowledgeable, interesting and dedicated whitetail individuals in the country. We will
be sharing their stories, their lessons learned and their passion for whitetails.
Whitetail Rendezvous will be waiting for you on your way to work, doing your cardio, taking a
break at lunch or on the drive home. Actually any time you want to tune in works for us.
Interested, read on to gain some additional insight into the show and a little about you
host….Bruce Hutcheon.
First, we will be sharing a brief introduction of the day’s guest. Immediately following will be
their “best hunting tip”. Something you can take away and begin building or adding to your
personal hunting journal. We spend the next few minutes taking about their “Why”. Why do
they love hunting whitetails?
Next is the part that separates the good from the great. The lessons learned last season that
made them a better hunter. Yes, we all mess up a hunt, get busted, forget stuff or just simply
were off our game. Sometimes “lessons learned” are the best lessons of all. We will go into

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depth about what led up to the situation and then what steps they took to so that would not
happen again.
Each of us has had that “AHA” moment. You just know, that you know. Something clicks in your
mind and all of a sudden you got the answer to a puzzle that has bothered the heck out of you
for a few days, a week or maybe even months. Our discussion with our guest will take us
through their Aha moment. What was the puzzle, why that was important to them and how it
impacted their hunt, their gear or their passion for the hunt?
We will ask our guest about their game plan for the next few months. Whether it’s shed
hunting, prepping new gear, practicing shooting, researching new woods, working or starting a
food plot or their plans for the “The Rut”.
We wrap up the episode with the Fast and Furious segment where we expect to hear some
awesome “Whitetail” nuggets.
Here are a couple of examples…
1. What one hunting idea did you take away from last season?
2. How about “I sure as heck won’t do that again”?
3. Who most influenced you to start hunting?
4. What’s the best advice you ever got about whitetails?
5. Who shared that with you?
Let’s spend a minute or two sharing why Whitetail rendezvous was created. I retired about four
years ago and began spending more and more days hunting whitetails. I quickly realized that

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while traveling cross county to the Midwest from my home in Colorado I had hours of
windshield time to get Whitetail smart. How the heck was I going to connect to audio
information? Answer, podcasts off my smart phone. Quickly I realized that while there were
some good whitetail focused podcasts out there I just was not getting the info I wanted.
Returning from last fall’s hunts I spent time listening to many different podcast forums and
gained a lot of knowledge about podcasts. I sure had a lot to learn about the how, what, why
and when of producing value based content on a consistent basis for those with a passion for
Whitetails. I knew that if I wanted to great focused information, useful strategies, new
techniques and ideas on how it’s done right so would thousands of others.
The work really began when my good friend, Bob Roark said he was interested in the project
and wanted to help bring it to life. Phew, was I glad about that for hundreds of reasons. He
helped me develop the foundation of Whitetail Rendezvous. From an idea the project morphed
into a passion to a build whitetail community that shares “great stuff” with guys & gals just like
you.
I’ve shared the idea behind Whitetail Rendezvous now let me share some of my background. Hi
I am Bruce Hutcheon; I was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Lived my first 14 years in Foster
Center Rhode Island. Like many kids growing up from New England I loved being in the woods
learning about critters, catching trout with a worm, playing little league baseball with trips to
Fenway park to watch the Red Sox’s beat the Yankee’s and playing football and basketball with
my pals. My mentor for outdoor adventures was Otto Knight, a neighbor. He loved the out of
doors and made sure I learned how to do things right. Otto opened up the outdoor world to me
and I am grateful. All that change when I was heading to 9th grade, my dad, who worked for

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Chrysler Mopar Division, was promoted and moved the family to Long Island. Yikes, from a
town of some 1000 people to a high school that had that many kids in all four grades. I was not
ready for that experience at all. The school was Massapequa High School. My freshman year
was saved because they had a freshman football team and being on the team helped me make
some friends and slowly adjust to an entirely different environment. It took work to become
one of the guys but football and in the spring track made all the difference. Right before my
senior year I got my dream job, Life guard at TOBAY Beach, Town of Oyster Bay to be exact.
Wow, a job at the beach with some of my high school teammates, senior year with money in
my pocket and the hope of playing football and running track at a college. Life was good. Ready
for college? Yeah right. My grades were less than stellar so eastern schools were out.
Fortunately I heard about a college in Wisconsin that had an awesome reputation for football
and track, the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse. I applied and they accepted me. Made the
freshman football squad and started classes. Oh, the college was just about a thousand kids
larger than my high school so adjusting to my new surroundings was a heck of a lot easier than
my high school freshman year. I started out as a physical education major with minor in history
played football, ran track and met my wonderful wife Kathy. Going to college on college loans
made it critical for me to work during semesters and all summer. Fortunate for me I meet an
upperclassman named, Dick Rogers who owned a bar called the Library. Soon I was studying at
“the Library” three nights during the week plus every Saturday night.
Being from out of state I was unable to go home for Thanksgiving so Dick asked me to come to
his family’s home in Union Center, WI for the holiday. Oh, he also said I needed to get a shot
gun or 30-30 because we would be hunting deer on the family farm. I doubled my work hours,

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got about $50 dollars extra, and bought a shot gun, a small box of slugs, a red hat, red coveralls
and a license. The year was 1966 and I have been chasing whitetails and a lot of other critters
ever since. During this hunt Dick introduced me to Harry Shear of Hillsboro, Wisconsin, his
brother in law. Harry told stories about growing up deer hunting in Wisconsin, taking trips out
west to Wyoming to hunt elk, muleys and antelope. In the process, Harry joined Otto, sending
me on a journey that has covered North America from Ungava Bay to Illiamna, Pierceland, SK.
to Union Center, WI, Thorofare River in WY to Taseko Lake, BC and a few more places in
between.
Late in 1967 my college journey was disrupted by the Vietnam War. I was going to be drafted so
I left college enlisted in the United State Coast Guard and headed to Cape May, New Jersey for
boot camp. From there I went to Washington DC to serve in the Presidential Honor Guard for
12 months, spit and polish 24/7. From Washington I head to San Diego Air Station to serve as
part of the search and rescue team. My role was that as survival equipment man. I worked with
rafts, packed and repaired parachutes, maintained ordinance and completed rescue operations
from the rear door of a Sikorksy HH3F helicopter. Some interesting and historic moments
happened that I will share on a future podcast.
Kathy and I returned to University of Wisconsin – La Crosse in January of 1971. I switched
majors to Business Administration. I improved my grade point significantly and graduated with
a BS degree in August of 1972. My working career started out with the Trane Company as a
sales engineer. I loved the sales part but the engineering was just not for me. Fortunately I
found the Research Institute of America owned by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing which was
later purchased by Thomson Reuters. My career spanned over 30 successful years of sales and

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sales management. There was a brief but exciting foray into the dot.com world or should I say
dot bomb industry for a few years but when that ended abruptly. Along the way I completed a
MBA degree.
I have sat on a couple of conservation and nonprofit boards; Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society
and SCI Colorado, co-chaired big game banquets for Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Springs
Rescue Mission and Small Business Development Center. Most recently I was elected as a state
delegate to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Sportsman’s Roundtable.
My Colorado outdoor experiences have enabled me to be a contributor to goHunt.com as a
Colorado profile INsider contributor. Lasts December, an article of mine appeared in Mountain
Hunter, the magazine of Guide and Outfitter Association of British Columbia.
Never one to say I am done creating new projects, the birth of Whitetail Rendezvous is enabling
me to share common interest, hear some amazing people tell their story, bring together a
community of listeners with common passions yet dissimilar backgrounds all because we love
Whitetail’s and the forests, woodlots, prairies and creek bottoms they call home.
Let me say thank you for joining me on this journey at Whitetail Rendezvous. My hope is that if
even one episode sparks a thought, fills in a blank or creates a new opportunity on the pursuit
of Whitetails than it has all been worthwhile. If you find benefit in the podcast and the
information shared at Whitetail Rendezvous, the click on the subscribe button, post a review,
and if earned a five (5) star rating. That will get you a personalized shout out in an upcoming
show.

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What’s in it for you the subscriber? More free episodes, more Big Buck nuggets, more
techniques and strategies that are proven in the field. Plus you will not want to miss our special
episodes covering the “RUT”
Whitetail Rendezvous community gets ready to journey with thousands of listeners who are
passionate about Whitetails.