Winning with the Wild Life: Brian Stephens’ Toughest Hunt
The Rich Outdoors
Cody Rich
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Brian Stephens, author of Winning with the Wild Life. Brian takes us through his toughest hunt to date—a Dall sheep hunt that started as a childhood dream and turned into a much harder journey than he ever expected. The mental and physical challenges of this hunt changed him in ways he never anticipated, and we dive deep into how this experience reshaped not just his hunting life, but his role as a father and a business owner.
We also explore how Brian’s hundreds of hunting experiences have shaped his personal and professional life, discussing goal-setting, hunting as a lifestyle, and how he built a business that allows him to live the life he loves. This episode is packed with powerful insights and life lessons you won’t want to miss.
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| 0:00.0 | Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. |
| 0:10.0 | They somehow already know what you truly want to become. |
| 0:14.0 | I can't even make this up. |
| 0:19.0 | He starts walking, I drawback, and he's down. |
| 0:21.7 | It's right there. |
| 0:28.5 | What's up, guys? |
| 0:29.4 | Welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:30.7 | Today's episode is made possible by the awesome folks over at Maven Optics, |
| 0:35.5 | an amazing Wyoming-based optics company that I absolutely |
| 0:38.8 | love. Whether you're in the market for a rifle scope or binoculars, you know, Maven is the |
| 0:43.9 | company I would recommend hands down. I've been running the B series binoculars for a number of years |
| 0:50.1 | now. In my opinion, these are hands down the best bang for your buck and are just an |
| 0:54.3 | awesome piece of gear. This year, I got myself a new pair of B-5s in the 15x6s, and let me just |
| 1:01.4 | say I absolutely love these binoculars, and I plan on using the B-5s a lot this year. |
| 1:06.7 | I've seen a lot of open country hunters who run only 15s, and so I thought, what the heck, |
| 1:11.0 | I'm going to give it a try, see if I can run only 15s. I also picked up a new RS3 rifle scope |
| 1:17.3 | that I'm putting on top of my 300 HCA for pretty much all of my rifle hunts. So pretty stoked about |
| 1:23.0 | some new optics this year. Maven makes really high quality stuff, and for the price point, you just |
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| 1:32.3 | podcast is invest in good glass. If you want to upgrade your hunting skills, head over to mavenbilt.com |
| 1:38.3 | and upgrade your glass. Use that TRO code for a special gift when you purchase. |
| 1:46.8 | Today's podcast brought to you by OnX Maps. |
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