I Stopped Chasing Fame to Save My Family | The Truth About Hunting | W. Ryan Glitsky

Ryan walked away from social media to save his marriage, faith, and love for hunting. In this candid conversation with Ryan Glitsky, he breaks down what changed — at home and in the woods.

We talk faith, family, marriage struggles, mental health, and why chasing "15 minutes of fame" was ruining the hunt.

Then we get tactical: how to scout steep, rugged public land, read creek bottoms and funnels, use thermals and in-season scouting, run a lightweight mobile hunting setup , and know when a spot is truly hot before you commit. Plus crossbow tech, hunting pressure, changing deer behavior, and how bow seasons should be managed.

If you're a busy Pennsylvania deer hunting guy trying to earn it on pressured public land hunting ground with limited time, this one's for you.

IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 Why Ryan quit social media

08:30 Faith, marriage, and being present at home

18:45 Mental health and reaching out as men

27:00 How social pressure rushed hunting decisions

35:20 Scouting steep country: creek bottoms, funnels & thermals

48:10 Postseason info + cameras + in-season scouting

58:40 Sacrifice a day to scout, then commit for days

1:08:00 Crossbows, pressure & bow season debate

1:18:30 Declining hunter numbers & improving the resource

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