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Kellen Golightly

Kellen Golightly

Upland hunting podcaster and author from Honeyville, Utah — host of Bird Camp Radio and On Step Alaska, author of "Where the Grouse Once Drummed."

Sep 24, 2026

4:47
And is that where you started hunting? Give me the background.
4:50
Yeah.
4:50
So my whole life, I've grown up here in northern Utah.
4:54
Been here my whole life.
4:55
Same county.
4:57
Bird hunting started at a young age.
5:00
I mean, here in Utah, you can start hunting at the age of 12.

7 MINS LATER

11:52
It makes you think, well, can this even be done without dogs? So if you don't have dogs or a dog, is this something that's accessible? And if you do have a dog, should you even bother training it yourself or should you take it to a master so at least you have something that's proficient?
RyanHOST
19:32
you know,
19:33
and pursuing that.
19:35
I feel like life is full of stages.
19:39
And, uh, of course I went from my hunting stage at a young age with my family to the sports.
19:45
And now I feel like now that I'm out of that aspect, But hunting, once again, brings a little bit of that feeling to me like I did have in sports.
19:55
The physicality.
19:57
I feel like for upland game hunting, not necessarily a competition against others, but the competition against yourself.

18 MINS LATER

RyanHOST
37:41
What inspired you to get a bird hunting podcast started? I want to hear the story behind all that, man.

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