In this episode of the Road Hunter Podcast, Ryan shares a deeply personal and emotional story from this past bow season — a once-in-a-lifetime shot on a massive trophy elk… that didn’t go as planned.

He walks us through the moment of the shot, the confidence he had in the placement, and the gut-wrenching days that followed searching for an animal that never turned up. It’s the side of hunting we don’t talk about enough — the reality, the responsibility, and the respect we owe the animals we pursue.

This isn’t a story of success, but it’s one every hunter needs to hear.