Episode 845: Embracing the Suck – A Hunt 3 Years in The Making

“How bad do you want it?” – that was the question my outfitter Mike Young of Lonesome Mountain Outfitters asked me on the first day of our 9-day British Columbia mountain goat hunt. On this episode I am joined by my friend and hunting buddy of 20 plus years (and Justified Pursuit Podcast co-host) Chisum Cooke. When it comes to embracing the suck of a backcountry hunt, most of those moments in my hunting career have been shared with Chisum on mountain side somewhere in the Western United States. So, with that fact in mind, I figured who better to relive a painfully epic experience with than my trusted confidant and hunting buddy.

Highlights from the conversation include:

* 3 years in the making

* What was I expecting vs what I actually got

* Socked in our tents due to fog and rain

* Where are the trails?

* Most vertically demanding hunt I’ve done

* Reflections on a walk through the Grand Canyon

* Just a white dot on a cliff a couple miles away

* Failed stalk and burning calories

* Getting back on him the next day

* Take care of those feet!