This episode gets personal. Ian opens up about what it actually means to be in recovery — the obsessive mind, the compulsive nature, and why those things never fully go away. He talks about how the outdoors became a healthy outlet for the same brain wiring that once drove his addiction: the need to control, the need to feel something, the constant obsession redirected toward scouting, prepping, and chasing seasons. Coming up on 17 years clean, Ian explains how routine saved him, how hunting gave him checkpoints to look forward to when times got hard, and how the guys he met early in recovery introduced him to the woods in the first place. Bobby and Ian also look ahead — Turkey season content dropping in March, plans to hunt Vermont, trout fishing goals, and the hope of tagging three birds this spring.

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