Jim Zumbo - Living Legend and Humble Hunter | Episode 268

Hunt Talk Radio

Randy Newberg

Sports, Education, Wilderness, How To

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy spends a day with one of his friends and most admired mentors, Jim Zumbo. Jim needs no introduction, having introduced so many of us to the world of western big game hunting. Topics covered include Jim using his platforms to promote conservation, his lengthy career as a writer and advocate for wild things, his commitment to elk and RMEF, Jim's mentorship to many, a lot of hunting stories, and sixty years of hunting wisdom from a humble man whose knowledge can't be adequately summarized in two hours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.1	Thanks for listening to this episode of the Hunt Talk podcast.
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0:46.3	Hey folks, Randy Newberg here.
0:49.3	Welcome to Lopold's Hunt Talk Radio.
0:52.2	Is I been walking, I saw a sign there.
0:58.3	I'm almost I need.
1:01.0	It said no trespassing.
1:03.9	But on the other side, it didn't say nothing.
1:09.9	Well, that sign was made for you and me
1:13.6	Hey folks Randy Newburgh here with another episode of Loopold's Hunt Talk Radio.
1:21.6	Today I am in Cody Wyoming with one of my mentors, longtime friend, and somebody I know many of you
1:32.0	look up to.
1:33.3	He is, well, once I say his name, I mean, not going to need much of an introduction.
1:39.2	Jim Zumbo has been at the helm of, I guess, outdoor life, of all kinds of book writing.
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