EP 511: Old School Sheep Hunting and Grizzly Stories with John Reilly

I feel like I say this too much but this was an epic podcast. I felt like my cheeks were tired from smiling the whole conversation. If you love old school hunting stories, you are going to love this podcast.

John Reilly is your average blue collar guy who became hooked on sheep hunting in the backcountry years ago. Just so he could be around it John started guiding sheep hunters. He had the bug a knew he had to do whatever it took to keep going every year. John is not the kind of guy who has social media or hunts to show off pictures on the interwebs. John 100% loves sheep and sheep country. In this podcast he shares some epic hunting stories and gives me some big tips on finding and killing big rams in the mountains. Like I said one of my favorite shows in a long time.

Show Notes:

Start – About John Reilly – 02:32

A Man, a Ram, a Pop-Tart, a Plan – 08:36

Tales from the High-Country – 14:51

Finding Rams & In-Field Stories – 26:32

An Average Day of Guiding – 39:10

Ram Country, Tracking, & Stories – 46:17

Advice from John – 1:13:42

Closing – 1:20:19

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