Ep. 349: Trained by a Hound Dog - Ed Vance
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Bear Grease podcast, Clay Newcomb interviews California native, Ed Vance. Ed shares his incredible story of determination and perseverance from growing up as a suburban kid just dreaming of hunting to moving to the Sierra Nevada’s in rural California, finding and training dogs, building relationships with hunting mentors, and developing a guide service as a successful dry ground mountain lion and bear hunting guide.
Check out Ed's book at www.trainedbyahounddog.com
A version of this interview played on Bear Hunting Magazine Podcast in 2019.
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| 0:45.1 | Next thing I knew i was i was so doggone poor i'd hurting for money so bad that i'd coast home i'd find when i'd be driving home i'd turn the motor off so i didn't burn the gas for going |
| 0:50.2 | downhill but next thing i knew that i i could leave the motor running at least to get home man you were catching so knew that I could leave the motor running, |
| 0:54.7 | at least to get home. |
| 0:55.3 | Man, you were catching so many lines you could leave the motor running when you were riding down the road. |
| 0:59.6 | Yeah, that's right. |
| 1:00.5 | Going down the hill. You've made it. |
| 1:03.0 | Yeah, I was really getting rich. |
| 1:06.4 | This is the story of houndsman Ed Vance and his 25 years guiding and hunting lions and bears in California. |
| 1:15.2 | He started as a suburban kid in the 1940s with no connection to hounds or hunting, |
| 1:20.8 | but would go on, as he says, to be trained by a hound dog. |
| 1:25.7 | Ed published a book by that title in 2019. And some time ago, |
| 1:30.3 | I traveled out to California to hear his story of struggle, perseverance, and success firsthand. |
| 1:37.3 | This story examines the drive of a young man to succeed. I really doubt that you're going to want to miss this one. |
| 1:54.6 | My name is Clay Newcomb, and this is the Bear Grease podcast, |
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