Hunt Backcountry Podcast Archive — Fitness & Nutrition

If you are new to backpack hunting, you are probably overwhelmed with what you need, where you can go, and how to get started. In this podcast, we discuss the first steps that beginning backpack hunters need to take to get started backpack hunting.

Founder of Outdoor Vitals, Tayson Whittaker, joins us on the Hunt Backcountry Podcast to discuss his 100-mile solo hike in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. We discuss the mistakes he made on this trip, stories from his hunts this fall, the "ultralight" sacrifices he makes, changes in the outdoor industry, and more.

At what point does nutrition help or hurt you on a backcountry hunt? When, and how, can your food choices make a difference in your performance? What are some of the common nutrition-related mistakes that hunters make when packing food for a trip? We answer these questions (and many more) with nutritionist, Kyle Kamp.

Ben Reynolds returns to the Hunt Backcountry Podcast, joining Steve & Mark to discuss the topic of thriving (not just surviving) on difficult hunts. This is an open-ended conversation on the topic of thriving, which includes practical advice, personal experience, and even some philosophical perspective.