Welcome to the Huntback Country Podcast.

This is episode number 397.

Today is part 1.

As we tell another listener story before and after the hunt.

Our guest today is Caleb and he's going on his first true western hunt for spring

bear in Idaho.

Coming up here shortly.

And so today we're speaking with Caleb before that hunt about some of his planning, why

he chose spring bear, why he chose Idaho, and really what he has done to prepare himself

for this adventure.

And then obviously after the hunt we'll speak with Caleb again to hear about how the

hunt went, the lessons he learned, and much more.

I really enjoyed this conversation with Caleb.

We dove into some cool topics, kind of nitty gritty stuff, but also some big picture topics

came up, such as why when you have more knowledge you actually need less gear.

But sometimes you can't shortcut that process.

So tune in.

Take away from this one, whether you're a newer hunter, new to western hunting, you're

wanting some information on bear hunting and more.

You'll hear us mention in the conversation that we'd previously answered some of Caleb's

questions on a previous Monday minute episode.

And if you want to go back and listen to those that is Monday minute episode 171, I will

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