463 | John Barklow on Innovation, Skills, Priorities, and More...

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Health & Fitness, Sports, Sports:wilderness, Wilderness

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

We welcome John Barklow back to the Hunt Backcountry Podcast. This is a wide-ranging conversation that answers some of your listener questions and goes into some unexpected topics. We discuss... - Bowhunting Cape Buffalo in Africa. - Recovering from injury and surgery and injury as an aging mountain hunter. - Where has innovation in technical hunting apparel slowed or stalled? And where is it advancing? - How environmental regulation and legislation will change the performance of rain gear. - How technology is being used to improve the performance of natural down fibers. - How to prioritize your budget to get the most for your money on high-end hunting clothing. - Gear vs Capabilities, and knowing how to use gear to its fullest potential. - Why you shouldn’t believe marketing, or John Barklow, and should test gear for yourself. - Why asking for the “best” gear recommendation isn’t the most helpful question. - Embracing what you don’t know and enjoying the process of learning. - John’s tentless sleep system for archery season. - John’s upcoming course and eventual book on “Survival for the Modern Hunter” John's Previous Podcast: https://exomtngear.com/blogs/podcast/395 Connect with John: - https://knowledgefromstorms.com - https://www.instagram.com/jbarklow/ - https://sitkagear.com Contact Us: podcast@exomtngear.com Leave A Message: https://speakpipe.com/huntbackcountry Podcast Episode Archive: https://exomtngear.com/podcast

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0:00.0	I'm going to Welcome to the Hunt Backcountry Podcast. I am excited to share today's episode with you as we welcome
0:28.9	John Barklow back to the podcast. John had joined us previously in episode number
0:35.0	375 and that conversation happened about a year ago and today we have John
0:42.4	backed kind of have an unscripted conversation.
0:45.6	I actually kicked things off just by asking John what he was excited about.
0:50.4	And was surprised to hear he's most excited about a upcoming bow hunt to Africa for Cape Buffalo.
0:58.0	So we talk about that hunt but we dive into a lot of different topics injury surgery and recovery
1:06.2	Innovation and technical hunting peril how environmental regulations are changing the future of
1:12.0	Ring gear how technology is being used to improve the performance of natural down,
1:18.0	how to prioritize your spending budget for hunting clothing,
1:22.0	how to pair your gear with your capabilities and
1:25.0	know how to use gear including technical apparel to its fullest potential, why
1:30.9	you shouldn't believe in marketing and a whole lot more. This is a great wide-ranging
1:36.5	conversation and it's always a treat to speak with John and a pleasure to share that with you guys.
1:42.1	So I hope that you enjoyed this conversation as much as I did.
1:46.8	Before we do get into today's conversation,
1:49.4	I just want to remind you guys it does help us tremendously. If're enjoying the show if you could leave a
1:55.0	rating or review in whatever podcast app that you're using that does go a long way we
2:00.8	don't pay for any advertisements we don't have any sponsors or
2:04.0	anything like that so your support of the show and doing small things like
2:08.3	leaving a rating and review truly does help us a ton. Hit pause and do that right now if you can.
2:15.0	And then come on back.
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