Ep. 131 | AZ Bear Hunting with Josh Kirchner

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🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Arizona may not be the first state you think of when it comes to fall black bear hunting, but it may be one you want to get on your radar. Mark sits down with Arizona resident and expert hunter Josh Kirchner, to talk about this super cool hunt and all it offers. A beautiful and unique region, over the counter tags, the flexibility to choose your weapon, a season that runs concurrently with several others, and the chance you may come home with some delicious meat – what’s not to like. Josh covers tips, tactics, bear behavior, food sources, and more in this ultra-interesting discussion. And you can start in August - a time when a lot of big game hunters don’t have anything on the docket. Give this one listen and you may just find yourself bearing the heat chasing bears in AZ this fall. Bio: Josh Kirchner is an outdoor writer, photographer, and the voice behind the blog Dialed in Hunter. His blog not only documents his own journey, but provides gear reviews, tips/tactics for western hunting, and encourages other hunters to chase and achieve their goals. Josh is a passionate bowhunter that has been hunting with his family since he was a small boy, and for the last 6 years has been eating, sleeping, and breathing the hunting lifestyle. When he is not chasing elk, deer, bear, and javelina through the diverse Arizona terrain, he is spending time with his wife, two herding dogs, and mischievous cat. Links: Website - http://dialedinhunter.com/ Book - https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Backpack-Hunter-Beginners-Backcountry/dp/B085KS1PBV/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0?crid=TTZQ7C06EI6W&cv_ct_cx=becoming+a+backpack+hunter&dchild=1&keywords=becoming+a+backpack+hunter&pd_rd_i=B085KS1PBV&pd_rd_r=fcd5e8ed-5345-4d7a-8af1-fae50bdfe252&pd_rd_w=mmUAH&pd_rd_wg=8gTXW&pf_rd_p=7f71fdcf-aa37-4d97-b40d-864dcfdc13e5&pf_rd_r=WKNV2RYSAPKESQEQKNHW&psc=1&qid=1591987680&sprefix=becoming+a+back%2Caps%2C196&sr=1-1-beb77b32-1078-477f-b152-b09baa1ee7f7 Social links: https://www.instagram.com/dialedinhunter https://www.facebook.com/dialedinhunter https://www.twitter.com/dialedinhunter As always, we want to hear your feedback! Let us know if there are any topics you'd like covered on the Vortex Nation podcast by asking us on Instagram @vortexnationpodcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vortex Nation podcast brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public lands, the Second Amendment and Good Food. All right, what's up everybody?
0:17.0	What's up everybody?
0:19.0	Want you to picture something.
0:22.0	So picture this. It's hot, you're in the desert, there's prickly
0:27.0	pears, there's cactus, loose rock, and you're hunting bears.
0:33.9	So that's right.
0:34.9	I set up bears.
0:36.4	I'm sitting down with Josh Kirchner today.
0:40.2	And we're gonna talk about, I think what is kind of like somewhat of an unknown hunt maybe a hunt or an opportunity that a lot of folks maybe don't think about or even have a hard time picture. I know when I first heard about this hunt I was like, really I just I didn't even picture that there would be
0:54.0	bears in Arizona you know most people don't yeah you think they're black they've got these
0:59.9	big heavy coats but pretty darn good bear state so before we
1:04.0	before we get too deep into this like I said we got Josh Kirchner here
1:07.3	Arizona resident really really good hunter got a lot of experience down there
1:11.8	and so Josh before like
1:13.7	said before we get too deep introduce yourself and kind of let us know who you are
1:16.8	and what you're about yeah my name is Josh Kirchner lived down in Arizona
1:21.1	do a lot of hunting.
1:23.2	Dad got me into that when I was younger.
1:26.6	Kind of an annual deer camp thing.
1:28.8	And then, but that was kind of, as far as that went when I was a child.
1:32.7	And when I got older, mid 20s, I just,
1:34.9	I was like, man, I just really want to learn
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