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Ep. 016

Published: 2015-08-20 23:44:00
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Scottsdale, Arizona. Steven Rinella talks with big game guides Jay Scott and Darr Colburn, along with Janis Putelis from the MeatEater Crew. Subjects discussed: the Gould's wild turkey in Mexico; what it's like to guide once in a lifetime tags; the Arizona governor's tag for Bighorn Sheep; the Mexicana and Nelsoni sheep subspecies; the importance of scouting; mountain lion sightings as a result of glassing your ass off; scouting for paying clients; the author Duncan Gilchrist; why Steve's not cut out for the guiding life; judging elk calling contests; and who really earned the kill on a guided hunt? Guests: Jay Scott & the Jay Scott Outdoors Podcast Darr Colburn

 

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Referenced Books

Hunt High
by Duncan Gilchrist
The speaker discusses Duncan Gilchrist as 'a really good Hunt writer' that 'no one really knows about.' He mentions Gilchrist's book 'Hunt High' (clarifying the title means 'Hunt the High Country,' not 'Hunt Stone'). The speaker praises Gilchrist's writing style, saying he 'accidentally almost wrote like Hemingway, like really sparse and kind of beautiful.' The book is mentioned in the context of discussing how when you see wildlife like bears or sheep, you know immediately what it is without confusion. Gilchrist was described as a timber cruiser by trade who was also big into big game hunting and later died while filming bighorn sheep.
Referenced at 00:45:00