572 | Hunting Dall Sheep in Alaska's Brooks Range

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports:wilderness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In this episode, we talk about hunting Dall Sheep in the Brooks Range of Alaska. Our guest, Joey Klutsch, is an Alaska Master Guide and Owner of Katmai/Aniakchak Guide Service. He will be taking the winner of The Experience Challenge on a Dall Sheep hunt this August. We discuss the logistics of the hunt, what makes clients quit on difficult hunts, why mindset is more important than good gear and fitness, what gear is and isn't required, and much more. LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE... The Experience Challenge: https://exomtngear.com/challenge Joey's Website: https://katmaiguideservice.com/ Joey's Instagram: https://instagram.com/aniakchakguideservice Alaska Wildlife Notebook on Dall Sheep: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/education/wns/dall_sheep.pdf Alaska Guide to Judging Dall Sheep: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/hunting/dallsheephunting/pdfs/dall_sheep_guide_to_judging_sheep_horns_under_full_curl_regulation.pdf 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 Backcountry podcast. This is episode number 572, and we are speaking with Alaska Master Guide,
0:26.1	Joey Clutch. Some of you guys may have heard Joey on a pretty recent podcast where we spoke with him,
0:34.2	and as we share in the intro conversation with Joey on today's podcast, we didn't
0:40.0	have any idea that we're going to be putting together the experience challenge when we first
0:46.0	spoke with Joey and that he would be the outfitter for the sheep and goat hunts that were
0:52.9	given away. But many of you have heard, or maybe even, or in their running for those hunts that are
0:59.2	part of the experience challenge.
1:01.4	And Joey, again, is the outfitter for those.
1:04.5	So it is interesting to have this follow-up conversation with Joey and this one with a totally different mindset and
1:11.9	context knowing that one of the people listening to this podcast who is registered for the
1:18.4	experience challenge will be hunting with Joey this August for doll sheep and Alaska.
1:25.1	We talk about that hunt in particular and answer a lot of questions that we've
1:29.5	been getting about the sheep hunting opportunity, but even if you're not in the running for the
1:35.8	experience challenge, if you're not registered, or if you think you may not actually hunt
1:41.3	sheep on your own or on an outfitted hunt in Alaska.
1:46.4	There's still a lot to take away in this one as we talk about various aspects of mindset,
1:52.7	shooting, gear, hunting in Alaska, and a whole lot more.
1:57.4	So I hope you enjoy this conversation.
1:59.5	As always, there are links in the show description.
2:02.1	If you want to learn more, you can get the previous conversation with Joey, learn about the
2:06.9	experience challenge, and always access all previous episodes of the podcast. There are more episodes
2:14.7	on our website than you'll even find in your podcast app because the
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