6 Ranch Podcast

Guy Duplantier grew up poor in LA’s inner city. As a kid, he was faced with potentially life changing decisions every day, such as the pressures to join a gang. But Guy wasn’t about to let his circumstances define his life. With the help of a strong family support system, he found his calling in the outdoors. First from fishing and free diving, to eventually archery hunting pigs and deer. After seeing an elk herd up close, a fire for pursuing elk was lit, and he’s never looked back. He now hosts the incredible hunting podcast, Western Contours. Guy is one of my favorite voices in hunting, and I can’t encourage people enough to give his show a listen. In this episode, Guy walks me through his early years and how he came to love chasing elk.

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Two words come to mind after talking with Jillian Brown: strength and resilience. After experiencing trauma, Jillian found herself homeless, living in a tent in the woods and suffering from PTSD. But it was there in the forest that she found healing. She's now an adventure photographer and mental health advocate. Jillian has completed some insanely challenging expeditions, her biggest adventure being a cross country paddle trip from Oregon to Louisiana. Over the course of 200+ days, Jillian canoed, then kayaked across 16 states and 4 rivers, including a 420-mile portage with a broken foot over the Continental Divide. She hasn’t stopped there, as she continues to live a life of adventure floating rivers, climbing mountains, and photographing some incredible wildlife.
 
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I have a tremendous amount of respect for Zane Hermens. He's a young ranch hand who spends every second of his free time either hunting or trapping. This winter, Zane ran a 21-mile trapline, all on foot, catching bobcats, martins, and muskrats with snares and footholds. He works hard, and he's learning more and more about the art of trapping each season. Zane also favors hunting mule deer over other big game species. In this episode, we discuss some theories as to why deer are disappearing and what we can do to help.  

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Brad Brooks had an epic 2021. He hunted axis deer and spearfished in Maui, then spent 5 weeks in Alaska chasing moose, caribou, and blacktail with a bow. Brad is the co-founder and owner of Argali, a company that makes high quality gear designed by and for backcountry hunters. There’s a lot of adventure to be had in Brad’s line of work, as he explores and hunts some truly wild places. In this episode, Brad and I swap some adventurous stories this year has brought. We also get into the weeds a bit with some philosophical questions: why do we bow hunt? Is our deep connection to archery more with the arrow than the bow? And, do we actually love the animals we hunt, or just the way that they make us feel?

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2022 is fast approaching and with it comes renewed goals to get healthy, exercise more, and lose weight. Studies show that about 80% of people who make New Year's resolutions quit by the second week of February. Why is it so hard to change? Here to answer that question is Kyle Kamp, a licensed dietitian and founder of Valley to Peak Nutrition. Kyle is the real deal. After experiencing obesity related chest pains at the age of 21, he started learning about the science of nutrition and exercise, became a much healthier person, and lost over 140 pounds. Kyle is a no BS dietician. He's not selling magic weight loss pills, he's simply helping people set realistic, personal, and attainable goals so that they can get out and do the things they love. If you're looking to lose a little weight, eat better, or just kick ass next time you climb a mountain, Kyle has some fantastic advice for everyone listening.

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Rob Gearing has lived an adventurous life. He's traveled all over the world, summited mountains and hunted exotic animals. He's also the founder of Spartan Precision Equipment, a small rifle support system company out of the UK. In this episode, Rob describes the people, landscape, and fauna of some of the incredible places he's been, along with the intense experiences he's had there. From growing up in Sussex, to climbing mountains in Greenland, and hunting in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, this man has some extraordinary stories to tell that you don't want to miss.

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Men are hard to shop for. We have specific tastes and buy specialized gear. In today's episode, I'm joined by my good buddy, Bam Marshall, hunting guide and gear expert for Kryptek. Starting with a lofty budget of 1 million dollars and working our way down to $20, we'll walk you through our personal favorite gifts and products. If you're a difficult guy to shop for and need gift ideas for yourself or others, this episode might spark some ideas. 

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In all my years of hunting, for different species across multiple continents, I have never come across an animal that is more difficult than a wolf. Wolves are incredibly intelligent, with the ability to learn and teach their offspring how to avoid being hunted. But Tom Schneider seems to have it figured out. Tom is an incredibly talented hunter and instructor with Stuck N The Rut, a hunting company out of Idaho. Tom took years to learn how to successfully hunt wolves, and now, he's sharing that knowledge with a fully comprehensive masterclass. Tom will teach you everything you need to know about wolf behavior, how to find wolves, and how to successfully harvest them. If you're like me, concerned about western ungulate populations, give this episode a listen and consider learning more about hunting wolves. 

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Coyote hunting is not for the faint of heart. You have to be persistent to experience success.  Most people are turned off by the idea of hunting an animal for days, weeks, and months, never to even see one. But not Gene Wooster. Coyotes are not native to Eastern Carolina, but they arrived back in 2014. Since then, Gene and his buddy Owen have devoted an immeasurable amount of time learning how to coyote hunt. That first year, the two of them were hunting five nights a week and only managed to kill fewer than a dozen coyotes. But in the past 7 years, they have improved enough to have killed over 390 of these invasive predators. Join us as Gene walks me through the evolution of his coyote hunting techniques and gear upgrades.

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Greg Jones is a wealth of knowledge. His family has been in the ranching business for over 100 years. Along with his brother, Greg started running the family ranch at the age of 12, and has worked as a professional trapper for the past 25 years. This man has knowledge of hunting, trapping, and being a cowboy that can only come from generations of living off the land. He's also quite the historian, with countless stories of the old ranchers who helped shaped Malheur County, from the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, to the start of the Pendleton Roundup Rodeo.