On this episode of The Young Guides Podcast, Keaton and Kyle chat with Cooper Calahan. Cooper has worked as a meat packer for an outfitter in Alaska the past two years. This year, Cooper will start his sheep season as an assistant guide. Cooper talks about his start in the outdoor industry and how he has worked hard to move up in the ranks. Cooper and Kyle share hunting and fishing memories form years past and talk about some of the stupid things they've done in the mountains. Cooper also talks about a close encounter with a sow grizzly with cubs, challenges that hunting guides and outfitters might face in Alaska and how he supports mountain goat and sheep conservation in Alaska from the Lower 48. 

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