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The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

566 | 10-Day Solo Sheep Hunt in Alaska

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports:wilderness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.92.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, a listener of the show, Caleb, shares his journey into sheep hunting in Alaska, detailing his first successful solo hunt. He discusses the challenges he faced, including planning, logistics, and the importance of hydration and nutrition. Caleb reflects on the emotional aspects of the hunt, the thrill of spotting and taking a legal ram, and the physical demands of packing out. "I was ready to get out." Caleb's Self-Filmed Hunt Video — https://youtu.be/-pZ3PxHc7iA The Experience Challenge — https://exomtngear.com/challenge CHAPTERS... 00:02:19 — Caleb's Background and Move to Alaska00:07:26 — First Sheep Hunt Experience00:10:30 — Planning the Successful Sheep Hunt00:18:40 — The Hunt Begins: Setting Up Camp00:24:06 — Challenges of Solo Hunting and Water Management00:32:06 — The Opener: Anticipation and Illness00:37:51 — Spotting the Legal Ram00:45:47 — The Moment of Truth: Taking the Shot00:50:10 — Reflections on the Accomplishment01:02:21 — Packing Out: The Reality of the Journey01:08:55 — Final Thoughts and Takeaways 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 by Country podcast. This is episode number 566. And today we have a guest to as a listener of the show, Caleb.

0:24.6

Caleb is an Alaska resident and he is just getting into sheep hunting.

0:30.8

He went on his first sheep hunt and it was successful and he learned a lot.

0:37.1

Now, I know Alaska and sheep is not something we can all

0:40.2

do, although we have been talking about the experience challenge where one of you, a challenge

0:45.5

participant, will get to go on a sheep hunt, but in general, most of us won't go on a sheep hunt

0:51.9

anytime soon. But what I loved about Caleb's story is just the

0:56.4

realness of it. It was solo. It was do it yourself. He made some mistakes. He learned some

1:01.9

lessons. He knows what he is going to do different next time. And those are the takeaways that I

1:09.5

love to hear. Because as we can learn from other hunters,

1:13.7

maybe we won't repeat some of their mistakes. Now all that, of course, isn't to say that

1:19.5

Caleb had a train wreck of a hunt. He was successful. He got it done. And being out there

1:24.7

solo on a do-yourself's sheep hunt is impressive.

1:28.8

So you will take away from this one,

1:31.4

whether you're inspired by Caleb's grit to get out there solo in the sheep mountains,

1:36.7

whether you learn from some of the takeaways that he learned from on this experience,

1:41.6

or whether you're just inspired by more adventure and Alaska and

1:45.4

sheep country. You'll enjoy this episode. Before we do dive into that, just a quick reminder that

1:51.1

your support does help a lot if you can leave a rating or review in your podcast app.

1:56.6

And also if you haven't hit subscribe or follow in your podcast app so that you get our future episodes, be sure to do both of those things. And do it now if you haven't hit subscribe or following your podcast app so that you get our future

2:01.0

episodes, be sure to do both of those things.

2:04.2

And do it now if you can.

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