The Hunt Stealth Podcast

On this episode of the Hunt Stealth Podcast, Ryan sits down with Josh Terry, owner of Juniper Meat Company, for a conversation that goes far beyond wild game processing.

Josh shares his unlikely journey from military and law enforcement intelligence to building a business centered entirely around wild game, including the failures, hard lessons, and moments of doubt that came with taking the leap. But at the heart of the conversation is something bigger: why hunting matters and what it can build in us.

Josh talks about growing up hunting with his dad, the Arizona elk hunt at 12 years old that changed the course of his life, and the small sacrifices his father made to give him those experiences. That leads to one of the biggest messages of the episode: be the pioneer. Be the person willing to learn, struggle, make mistakes, and then pass what you've learned on to your kids, family, friends, and the next generation of hunters.

Ryan and Josh also get into the realities of becoming a hunter—the steep learning curve, failure, mental toughness, earning the trust of other hunters, and why simply spending time in the mountains can teach lessons that reach far beyond hunting.

There is plenty of practical knowledge as well, including Josh's three rules for protecting wild game meat—keep it cool, clean, and dry—along with field-care mistakes that can cost hunters an animal they've worked incredibly hard for.

Because sometimes the most important thing we bring home from the mountains isn't an animal.

It's who we are when we come back.

On this episode of the Hunt Stealth Podcast, Ryan sits down with Wyoming hunters and cousins Garrett King and Devan Moody to talk about growing up outdoors, becoming everyday working-class hunters, and why the experience matters just as much as punching a tag.

Garrett and Devan share the story of a Wyoming mule deer hunt that started with a late-night drive, a few too many alarms getting snoozed and an afternoon spent glassing nearly empty country. Just before dark, they finally spotted a mature four-point buck. What followed was a long-range shooting opportunity, a steep slide down the mountain, a late-night packout and a dead phone that left them navigating back to camp in the dark.

Garrett also recounts an unforgettable black bear hunt where an initial shot left a bear wounded. After a sleepless night and hours of searching the next day, Garrett and his friend pushed farther up the mountain and unexpectedly found the bear only eight yards away.

Throughout the conversation, the guys discuss family, friendship, perseverance, respecting the animals they pursue and the “mountain medicine” that comes from disconnecting from everyday life and spending time in wild country.

This episode is a reminder that hunting rarely goes according to plan—but the mistakes, challenges and stories created along the way are what keep us coming back.

At just 22 years old, Joey Visser is already building a name for himself in the hunting industry through hard work, great storytelling, and a willingness to bet on himself.

In this episode of the Hunt Stealth Podcast, recorded at the Total Archery Challenge in Seven Springs, Joey shares how he walked away from college football to chase his lifelong dream of hunting and creating outdoor content for a living.

We talk about his relationship with SKRE, growing up hunting in Montana, transitioning from rifle hunting to archery, and the importance of producing authentic content—even without a massive following.

Joey also takes us inside his unforgettable late-season Utah archery elk hunt, where a 13-hour drive, freezing temperatures, unfamiliar country, swirling wind, and a herd of nearly 40 elk all came together for one incredible opportunity.

We also get into:

🏹 Why failure is part of becoming a successful hunter
🏔️ Why Utah has become one of Joey’s favorite places to hunt
🎯 Staying calm when adrenaline takes over
🦌 The importance of practicing from uncomfortable shooting positions
🐻 The costly lesson Joey learned after missing a bear
📸 Building a career through hunting, filmmaking, and social media

This episode is packed with honest hunting stories, hard-earned lessons, and plenty of laughs—including the beginning of the unofficial North American Forest Chicken Slam.

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In this episode of the Hunt Stealth Podcast, Ryan Uffens sits down with Brayden Staples at the Wilde Arrow Archery range to talk about hunting, family, personal growth, and the lessons that only time in the outdoors can teach.

Brayden shares how hunting with his father in the Kamas and Coalville areas shaped his childhood and created memories that had far more to do with time together than the animals they harvested. From traditional deer drives and mornings at deer camp to the difficult experience of taking his first buck at 12 years old, Brayden explains how those early moments taught him the importance of preparation, ethical shot placement, and respecting the animal.

He also tells the incredible story of passing on a bull elk that remained on the wrong side of a property boundary, only to have a larger six-point bull appear moments later on land he could legally hunt. It became one of his favorite memories with his dad and a reminder that doing the right thing matters, even when nobody else is watching.

Ryan and Brayden discuss the mistakes every hunter makes, including leaving a bow behind while scouting, moving too slowly during a stalk, placing a weapon out of reach, and allowing adrenaline to disrupt a shot process. Rather than viewing those moments as permanent failures, they explain how each mistake can become another step toward eventual success.

Brayden also breaks down Utah’s Dedicated Hunter Program, the conservation service required to participate, and why he appreciates having multiple seasons to pursue the same deer. He recounts spending months chasing one specific buck through the archery, muzzleloader, and rifle seasons before finally harvesting it. The experience reinforced that hunting is about much more than filling a tag, it is about studying an animal, building memories with family and friends, and appreciating the entire process.

The conversation also explores Brayden’s role with Dark Energy, where he helps market rugged portable power products designed for hunters and outdoor enthusiasts. From shooting power banks with shotguns to running them over with heavy equipment, Brayden shares how the company tests its products far beyond what most customers will ever put them through.

Ryan and Brayden close by discussing how archery, fitness, discipline, and time outdoors can completely change a person’s life. Their advice is simple: start preparing now, get out of bed, improve a little every day, and do not let failure convince you to quit.

This episode is a conversation about hunting, ethics, family, conservation, perseverance, and becoming better through the challenges found on the mountain.

Alaska bush pilot, hunter, entrepreneur and father Adam Grenda joins Ryan for one of the most honest and unpredictable conversations yet on The Hunt Stealth Podcast.

Adam lives in King Salmon, Alaska, with his wife and six adopted children. He shares how a fascination with Alaska’s bush planes led him to begin flight training at 19, eventually building thousands of hours of experience flying in some of the most unforgiving conditions in the world.

That experience did not come without mistakes.

Adam recounts crashing a Super Cub when he was young and nearly drowning in 39-degree water while trying to recover a drifting airplane. As his strength disappeared and he believed he might die, Adam says he heard the words, “I’m with you, my son.” That moment became one of several experiences that eventually helped lead him toward faith in Jesus Christ and membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The conversation moves from survival and bush flying into marriage, addiction, faith, entrepreneurship and fatherhood. Adam explains how meeting his wife challenged him to reevaluate the direction of his life and how faith gave his intense, addictive personality the structure he needed.

Adam and his wife also endured years of infertility treatments before becoming foster parents and eventually building a family through adoption. He opens up about learning that his own attitude sets the emotional tone inside his home and shares the three things he wants most for his children: to genuinely want a relationship with their parents, to become productive people who make a difference and to develop their own relationship with Jesus Christ.

Ryan and Adam also discuss honesty, overcoming people-pleasing, resisting the victim mentality and the importance of admitting your struggles instead of presenting a perfect highlight reel online. Adam shares his decision to speak publicly about pornography, nicotine and other personal battles because he believes vulnerability can help other men avoid the same mistakes.

They close the episode with hunting, cancel culture and practical advice for anyone trying to enter the hunting world. Adam encourages new hunters to pursue accessible opportunities, take ethical shots at legal animals, build experience and learn alongside hunters who are willing to mentor them.

This episode is direct, unfiltered and filled with lessons about faith, failure, family and becoming a better man.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Experience is built by surviving and learning from mistakes - A license or title does not automatically make someone competent. Real confidence comes from experience, humility and having multiple exit strategies before things go wrong.
2. Faith requires effort. Trusting God does not mean sitting back and waiting for everything to work out. Adam believes you must meet God in the middle by working, preparing and being willing to step outside your comfort zone.
3. A father sets the emotional temperature of his home. When dad is angry or stressed, everyone feels it. When he is calm, present and affectionate, the entire family feels more secure.
4. Accountability creates freedom - Hiding mistakes creates shame. Admitting struggles, seeking help and speaking honestly can strengthen marriages, families and personal faith.
5. New hunters need repetitions, not trophies - Start with realistic opportunities. Learn how to control your emotions, make a clean shot, recover an animal and complete the entire process before becoming consumed with chasing the biggest animal.

In this episode of the Hunt Stealth Podcast, Ryan sits down with JT Maguire, outfield and base running coach for the Cleveland Guardians, to talk baseball, hunting, discipline, and the lessons that connect the diamond to the backcountry.

JT shares his journey from growing up in Maryland with baseball as his entire identity, to climbing the coaching ranks through high school, college, and eventually professional baseball. Along the way, he found hunting during the offseason in Arizona and quickly became hooked on mule deer, elk, scouting, and the challenge of the western mountains.

Ryan and JT dig into the parallels between baseball and hunting: preparation, failure, patience, aggressive decision-making, mentorship, and learning from mistakes. JT talks about the importance of being “selectively aggressive,” whether stealing bases or making a move on elk, and how scouting helped him harvest the biggest bull of his life just minutes into opening morning.

This conversation is for anyone who loves hunting, sports, personal growth, and the grind required to get better. Whether you’re a new hunter, a lifelong athlete, or someone trying to push yourself physically and mentally, JT’s message is clear: get in shape, lean on mentors, practice in real-world situations, and keep showing up. Success will come.

In this episode of the Hunt Stealth Podcast, Ryan sits down with Taylor Lyman to talk about his path back into hunting, the addiction of bowhunting, and the lessons that only come from time on the mountain. Taylor shares how he grew up around hunting, stepped away during his football and work years, then came back to Utah and dove headfirst into archery hunting.

The conversation covers early rifle success, the grind of bowhunting, hard lessons from missed or imperfect shots, tracking animals, building confidence through failure, and why hunting becomes more meaningful when you earn it the hard way.

Key Takeaways:

1. Taylor grew up around hunting but did not fully commit until later in life after returning to Utah.
2. His first rifle buck came quickly, but the experience left him wanting more challenge and more of the chase.
3. Bowhunting hooked him because of the grind, the emotion, and the reward that comes after putting in real effort.
4. Taylor shares stories from successful mule deer hunts, including lessons learned from shot placement, blood trailing, and patience.
5. Both Ryan and Taylor talk about how archery hunting exposes weaknesses, teaches humility, and rewards persistence.
6. Fitness, preparation, and time on the mountain are key pieces of becoming a better hunter.
7. Taylor’s biggest advice for new hunters: drop the ego, ask questions, talk to experienced hunters, and put boots on the ground.

In this episode of The Hunt Stealth Podcast, Ryan sits down with Tyler Turco — a hunter, outdoor filmmaker, photographer, and professional saddle bronc rider.

Tyler shares how he got started in rodeo, what it was like competing at places like Cheyenne Frontier Days, and how serious injuries forced him to adapt, including relearning how to shoot a bow after tearing his tricep.

The conversation also dives into Tyler’s hunting background, from growing up bird hunting to becoming a self-taught bowhunter. He shares advice for new hunters, including why learning from someone with experience can speed up the process and help you avoid years of mistakes.

Tyler also breaks down what it was like filming a tough Arizona Strip mule deer hunt, where it took eight days of grinding, glassing, and covering brutal country to finally turn up the right buck. He also shares an unreal elk story where three bulls hit the ground in one canyon within about thirty minutes.

This episode is packed with rodeo grit, hunting stories, filming insight, and hard-earned lessons about confidence, toughness, and staying in the game.

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I had the opportunity to sit down with Brian Call on The Gritty Podcast at BLK FLG HQ for a conversation about bowhunting, starting later in life, and what hunting has done for me personally.

In this episode, Brian and I talk about the story behind The Hunt Stealth Podcast, how my son Jaxon helped pull me into archery hunting, and why I wanted to build a podcast for people who are new to hunting. We also get into the early days of trying to figure out tags, units, gear, and what it feels like to draw back a bow for the first time and realize there’s something different about this pursuit.

A big part of the conversation centers around the learning curve of archery hunting. Brian shares years of hard-earned elk hunting knowledge, from reading wind and thermals to understanding how elk move from bedding areas to feeding areas. We talk about why the wind can make or break a hunt, how to identify pockets where the wind behaves consistently, and why mastering those little details can make a hunter far more effective.

I also share the story of my first close encounter with a bull elk: a moment where I was drawn back, watching him come through the scrub oak, only to have the wind shift at the last second. I never released an arrow, but that encounter hooked me for life. Brian breaks down why those moments matter so much for new hunters—because they prove that it’s possible.

This episode is packed with lessons for anyone trying to become a better bowhunter, especially those grinding through OTC tags, tough country, missed chances, and the frustration of learning by failure. We talk about patience, solo hunting, hunting with friends, building confidence, getting more “at bats,” and why every close call teaches you something.

For new hunters, bowhunters, elk hunters, and anyone chasing growth through hard things, this conversation is all about the process: showing up, learning the wind, staying patient, and falling in love with the grind.

5 Key Takeaways

Bowhunting gives you purpose beyond the hunt - Ryan talks about how archery and hunting helped him get healthier, stronger, more focused, and more disciplined.

Getting close is what hooks you - Ryan’s close encounter with a bull elk proved that success was possible, even without releasing an arrow. That moment made him want to chase elk forever.

The wind is everything - Brian breaks down how elk use wind and thermals to survive, and why hunters have to understand wind patterns before making a move.

New hunters need more “at bats" - Bowhunting is hard because every encounter teaches a lesson. The more opportunities you get, the faster you learn how animals move, react, and beat you.

Patience kills more animals than aggression - The episode highlights the importance of slowing down, watching, waiting, and not blowing up a good spot just because you’re eager to make something happen.

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In this episode of The Hunt Stealth Podcast, Ryan Uffens sits down with Nate Illignsworth for a raw, honest conversation about the realities of hunting, growth, and what it takes to level up in the field.

Nate shares his journey, lessons learned through failure, and the mindset required to push through the tough seasons every hunter faces. From strategy and preparation to the mental battles that come with chasing elk in the mountains, this episode dives deep into what separates average hunters from those who consistently find success.

This isn’t just about hunting... it’s about discipline, resilience, and becoming the kind of man who doesn’t quit when things get hard.

If you’re a new hunter or someone grinding to improve, this episode will hit home.

Key Takeaways:

1. Failure is part of the process - The best hunters aren’t the ones who avoid failure, they’re the ones who learn from it faster.
2. You don’t rise to the occasion, you fall to your level of preparation - Success in the field starts long before the hunt.
3. Mental toughness separates hunters - When things go quiet, cold, and frustrating, that’s where most people quit.
4. Consistency beats intensity - Small improvements over time will outperform random bursts of effort.
5. Hunting reveals who you really are - The mountains don’t lie... your mindset and discipline show up real quick.

Follow Nate Illingsworth:

Instagram: @nate_illingsworth

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