305: Do's and Don'ts of Going on a Guided Hunt with Chris Maxwell

Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast

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Sports & Recreation:outdoor, Outdoor, Sports & Recreation

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🗓️ 1 July 2017

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Listen as Jay Scott talks with mountain hunter Chris Maxwell about going on guided hunts as opposed to DIY hunts. In this episode we discuss: boots that fit and work, keystone pipeline, grizzly bear charging, wolves, seal hunting, giant old muskox, snowmobiles, Browning A bolt, Inuit traditions, booking a trip, outfitters flexibility, arrival and departures, cancellation policies, other species to harvest, What are the accomodations, backpacking food, almonds, Mtn House, Reference list, talk to the guides, price structures, understand total costs, deposits, travel expectations, good stock animals, help out in camp, tipping, guided hunt etiquette, gear, kuiu guide jacket, blisters and much more. For More on Chris Maxwell https://www.instagram.com/rocky_mountain_ram_hunter/ www.JayScottOutdoors.com Instagram @JayScottOutdoors http://gouldsturkeyhunt.com/ http://www.colburnandscottoutfitters.com/ Sponsors of the JSO Podcast goHUNT.com/Insider Get $50 KUIU gift Card when signing up by using "jayscott" promo code www.goHunt.com/jayscott http://www.kuiu.com/ or http://www.kuiu.com/blog/ http://www.phoneskope.com/ Use "jayscott16" promo code to get 10% off all products http://outdoorsmans.com/ Use "jayscott" promo code to get 10% off all Outdoorsmans Products

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0:00.0	Welcome to the J. Scott Outdoors Podcast. Today we have Chris Maxwell who lives in Calgary, Alberta.
0:08.0	Chris is an avid mountain hunter and has harvested his stone, his doll, and his rocky mountain
0:15.4	big horn and still is after the desert. Chris is a member of the Canadian
0:22.3	Sheep Foundation and is just an avid sheep nut.
0:26.2	And we're going to be doing a podcast today on Going Guided and Chris has a whole extensive outline and has really thought this over on going
0:35.9	guided and I thought this would be a good episode for the listeners out there that
0:40.6	maybe haven't been on many guided hunts or thinking about going on a guided
0:44.8	hunt.
0:45.8	So we're going to kind of dive into the weeds on this one.
0:48.5	Chris, how you doing?
0:50.1	Good, yourself Jay?
0:51.7	Doing just fine.
0:53.0	If you would, give a little background on yourself and your love for mountain hunting and
1:00.8	you know where that's led, you you know different places that's led you to
1:04.4	and and the adventure of of mountain hunting yeah for sure so I actually grew up in
1:09.8	Saskatchewan which is basically just known for you know big white tail hunting basic
1:16.3	is what everyone thinks of when they think of Saskatchewan it's total prairie no mountain
1:20.8	animals whatsoever. But after I graduated from university I moved to Alberta to work in the oil field and of course we got over the counter
1:32.6	big horn sheep tags here at all kinds of mountain hunting and
1:37.6	after the first trip I went on with a friend of mine I was absolutely hooked from day one. Just the whole
1:46.3	challenge of it and you know it there was no guarantees you're going to get
1:50.2	something that was actually quite difficult especially for someone new to it that didn't have a whole lot of experience and you know as I
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