564 | Mountain Hunting with Master Guide, Joey Klutsch

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports:wilderness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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In this episode, we learn from Alaska Master Guide and Owner of Katmai/Aniakchak Guide Service, Joey Klutsch. We discuss the challenges of mountain hunting, the importance of physical and mental preparation, and the realities of guiding clients through demanding hunts. Joey shares insights on gear that matters for mountain hunting, the dynamics of client relationships, and the impact of population changes on hunting regulations, and a whole lot more. "You have to want it to succeed." LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE... The Experience Challenge: https://exomtngear.com/challenge Joey's Website: https://katmaiguideservice.com/ Joey's Instagram: https://instagram.com/aniakchakguideservice CHAPTERS... 00:03:01 — Meet Joey Clutch: A Guide's Journey00:11:01 — The Challenges of Mountain Hunting00:21:50 — Mental Toughness in Hunting00:25:22 — The Importance of Preparation00:31:39 — Understanding Special Use Permits00:37:15 — Gear Essentials for Successful Hunts00:44:19 — The Art of Guiding: Client Relationships00:52:11 — Population Dynamics and Hunting Regulations00:56:17 — Booking Hunts: Strategies and Considerations01:09:21 — Tipping Your Guide: Best Practices The Hunt Backcountry Podcast is brought to you by Exo Mtn Gear: https://exomtngear.com/ Email Sign-up: https://exomtngear.com/newsletter 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	Welcome to the Hunt Back Country podcast. This is episode number 564.
0:20.2	And our guest is Joey Clutch, a guide and outfitter in Alaska.
0:27.2	If you caught our previous episode, we just announced the experience challenge.
0:34.4	And as part of that, experience challenge, one of you guys who participates and completes the challenge will be winning a dull sheep hunt in Alaska.
0:44.7	And it will be with Joey.
0:46.8	We are also offering a mountain goat hunt, which we are working on scheduling with Joey as well.
0:53.2	What's interesting, though, is today's conversation with Joey, when we recorded it,
0:58.9	we had no idea that the experience challenge was going to come together.
1:03.5	We had no idea that we would be booking a hunt with Joey for one of you guys to win and then go on.
1:11.3	And so although this episode with Joey, this conversation is coming off of the heels
1:17.0	of that conversation about the experience challenge, the orders completely flipped in reverse.
1:23.3	We did this podcast with Joey first, and then a couple months later, this idea the experience
1:28.2	challenge came to mind.
1:29.8	The idea of giving away a sheep hunt and a goat hunt came to mind, and we spoke with Joey
1:34.9	and worked it out.
1:36.7	What's interesting as well is that in today's conversation with Joey, we do get into
1:42.5	some of the things that really the experience challenge is all about.
1:46.6	We talk about fitness and mental toughness, why people quit on hunts, what it really
1:52.6	takes to hunt sheep or mountain goats or similar aspects of these big backcountry and mountain
1:59.3	hunts in remote places like Alaska.
2:01.9	We get into all that and a whole lot more, and it's definitely relevant to the challenge.
2:07.4	If you guys are hearing this, and maybe it's later, or maybe you somehow missed the latest
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