Backcountry Hunting Using Mules

Bear Hunting Magazine Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness, Leisure, Hobbies

4.8 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Bear Hunting Magazine Clay and two youth hunters are whitetail hunting during a late-season rifle hunting in Arkansas using mules. Sitting around the fire they discuss their hunt, but primarily discuss the pros and cons, and ideology of using mules to access the backcountry for hunting.

In 2017, Clay trained a young mule that he is know using for hunting. It was his first time to train a mule and the experience changed his life! You can watch a video at of his training at this link (https://youtu.be/t9TmMEsezhY). The video has over 800,000 views on YouTube! In the episode Clay tells his son, "Your dad gets cussed everyday on Youtube..." It was his first time to train and many thought he didn't do a good job, other praised him! The equine world has many barriers to entry, but using mules has been a unique addition to way Clay chooses to hunt.

The guys are deer hunting, but are also scouting for bear. Intimate knowledge of the regions where you plan to bear are critical and you get to know the country through utilizing for all types of hunting - this is primary reason they deer hunt here. Enjoy this episode of the Bear Hunting Magazine podcast! Check out www.bear-hunting.com too!

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0:00.0	You're listening to an I-Heart podcast.
0:05.4	You're listening to the Sportsman's Nation podcast network, powered by Interstate Batteries.
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0:21.9	Interstate batteries, outrageously dependable.
0:29.6	My name is Clay Newcomb, and I'm the host of the Bear Honey magazine podcast.
0:34.8	I'll also be your host into the world of hunting the icon of North American wilderness,
0:41.3	the bear. We'll talk about tactics, gear, conservation, but we'll also bring you into some of the
0:47.3	wildest country on the planet chasing bear.
1:02.3	Thank you for checking out the Bear Hunting Magazine podcast.
1:09.1	On this episode, we're talking about using mules to access the back country.
1:14.9	My 13-year-old son and my 16-year-old good friend's son are on the three-day Christmas whitetail hunt hunting in Arkansas. Bear live in wild places and it's an adventure
1:22.1	to get to them. Bears are iconic of North American wilderness and part of the adventure of hunting them is
1:29.6	getting into wild places. I use a mule and have chosen to use a mule to access wild places
1:36.6	to get deeper and to stay longer. That is something just in the last few years that I have taken on as a challenge and I have significantly enjoyed it.
1:48.0	I have not enjoyed it because I necessarily think it's the best strategy for taking game back there.
1:55.0	I haven't enjoyed it because it's the easiest.
1:57.0	It's actually quite difficult and has complexified my hunting.
2:03.6	It has put this whole other sector on my hunting that I truly enjoy.
2:07.6	In my hunting, I am fine-tuning the narrative of how I enjoy hunting and how I want to hunt in unique ways.
2:18.3	Hunting with a mule is not necessarily the most efficient way or the only way to access backcountry,
2:25.3	but it's the way that I have chosen to do it.
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