Welcome to the Huntback Country podcast presented by Exxom Mountain Gear.

This is episode number 521, and I'm excited to share today's

conversation with you. Our guest is Hunter, and I won't give too much background because we

dive into it in the conversation on the podcast, but in this conversation, we talk about

Hunter's experience guiding in Alaska, as well as the lower 48, and discuss

expectations versus reality on big hunts, important mindset for tough mountain hunts, the differences on sheep versus mountain goat hunts, and also recap the story of an amazing record book, Ram, that hunter guided

this past season. This is a great conversation. Even if you don't go to Alaska or don't plan

to hunt sheep or goats, there's a lot to take away from this one. Before we do, dive into this

conversation. As always, we love your feedback and input. There's two things you can do

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Or number two would be to contact us directly and let us know what questions, topic, suggestions,

or guests you want to hear on future episodes.

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If you've been listening for a while but haven't left a rating or review

or have never reached out to share some input, it would be great to hear from you.

Go ahead and hit pause and do that right now. And come on back.

Let's dive into this conversation with Hunter.

Well, Hunter, welcome to the podcast, man. We were just chatting a little bit before hitting her chord here.

And I think I've heard a lot about you.

You've heard a lot about me.

We've actually never connected.

So on one hand, I'm excited to personally keep chatting with you, but on the other hand,

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