392 | Solo Elk Success at 60 Years Old (A Listener Story)

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports, Sports:wilderness, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

At just 60-years-young, Curtis continues to hunt hard. He is normally a listener of the podcast, but today he joins us as the guest — to tell us a story from his muzzleloader elk hunt this past fall. We discuss... - Why he continues to hunt elk solo - How he trains to be able to hunt the backcountry in his 60s - How he stays motivated to hunt when the conditions are tough - Simple ways he tracks and patterns elk when they are tough to find - What led to him making a big mistake with a knife and how he cared for the injury - Why he didn't seek immediate medical attention after a pretty serious wound - How his home and family life contribute to his hunting - And much more! Resources mentioned in this episode... - Error Precursors PDF: https://training.lbl.gov/ehs/training/assets/docs/Error-Precursors.pdf - Mike Prevost Podcast: https://exomtngear.com/blogs/podcast/230 LEAVE A MESSAGE: https://speakpipe.com/huntbackcountry or [email protected] Podcast Episode Archive: https://exomtngear.com/podcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Huntback Country Podcast.
0:24.8	This is episode 392 and our guest on this show is Curtis.
0:38.9	It's about the hunt but it's about much more.
0:41.3	We talk about family dynamics, we talk about training to continue to backpack hunt solo
0:47.5	as Curtis does at the young age of 60 years old.
0:52.4	We talk about lessons learned from the hunt and incident that happened on the hunt.
0:56.4	How to stay with it when you're not finding elk or seeing a sign you expect.
1:01.4	There's just so much jam packed into this conversation that I truly enjoyed and benefited
1:06.6	from and I know that you will as well.
1:10.4	Before we dive into that conversation with Curtis, I just want to remind you guys is
1:13.9	always that if you have any questions or suggestions for the show, you can send an email to
1:19.4	podcast at exo-mountaingear.com.
1:22.1	You can also look for the link in the show description that says leave a message if you want
1:26.5	to record a quick audio message to ask us a question for a future Q&A episode.
1:33.0	And finally, if you can, in whatever podcast app that you use, if you can leave a rating
1:39.2	or review that would help us tremendously, we don't advertise this show, it grows and
1:44.6	is supported simply by the word of mouth and your support and things like leaving a rating
1:49.7	or review do help us with that.
1:52.4	So thank you so much for taking the time to do that.
1:54.8	Let's go ahead and dive into this conversation with Curtis.
2:13.8	Well Curtis, welcome to the Huntsback Hunter Podcast.
2:16.2	I'm really excited to chat with you today.
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