Hunt Backcountry Podcast Archive — Fitness & Nutrition

If your goal is to be a life-long hunter with minimal physical limitations, this episode of the Hunt Backcountry Podcast is for you. Our guest, John Zombro of The Lifetime Athlete, shares some excellent advice and a high-level framework of what it takes to hunt with health for a lifetime.

In this episode of the Backpack Hunt Breakdown series of the Hunt Backcountry Podcast, Ben Reynolds joins us to breakdown a solo sheep hunt that he completed in his home state of Alaska. Learn how Ben was able to find success and survive a solo backpack hunt that was truly an adventure and achievement of a lifetime.

At just 60-years-young, Curtis continues to hunt hard. He joins us to share the story and lessons learned from his 2022 muzzleloader elk hunt. We discuss why he continues to hunt solo, how he trains to hunt the backcountry in his 60s, simple ways he tracks and patterns elk when they are tough to find, and much more...

We are kicking-off a brand new series of "Before & After the Hunt" episodes with people just like YOU... listeners of the podcast. Over the course of this series we will be speaking with everyday hunters as they plan and prepare for a specific hunt this fall, and then we will have follow-up episode after their hunt to hear about how the hunt unfolded, the lessons they learned, and more. Today, we are speaking with Taylor from Texas. He is headed on his first elk (and bear!) hunt in Idaho this September. Not only is this Taylor's first western hunt,...