Sep 18, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min · 11 segments
When it comes to gear and equipment for mountain and backcountry hunting, regardless of the species you pursue, it's a short list of items that truly make a difference season after season. Those…
Adam JankeHostRyanGuestAnd then you're tired.
And then the second day is even harder than the first because it's, you know, reality sets in.
Well,

and there's just nothing like that really prepares you, right? Like other than being out there.

Like most of us that are at a certain age and stage of life, those are snippets of time, right? Versus dawn till dusk, maybe not moving like literally all day, but out in the fresh air all day, covering ground all glassing sitting calling you know again whatever the species may be may not apply the calling side of it but there's just there's no replacement for long days in the field and and man do i do i appreciate and get the the tent frustration thing there's this i actually don't remember if it made it into the towing the line film like in the final edit we had uh done this big push up this gnarly bluff line, you know, crampons, ice axes, all that stuff.

So we found a spot where we could get six one man tents, like sort of almost like an Ewok village in the forest and the bluffs.


And the camera just pans over and just happens to catch me standing there staring at this tent like just laid out on the ground with a couple of poles in my hands.

And I just like look at it and just toss the poles over my shoulder and walk away for a minute because I was absolutely gassed.

And so I had not practiced with it, uh, eventually got it figured out, but man, yeah, I know the feeling.
Yeah.
And it also helps.
It doesn't help that you're, you know, we're, we're both getting older.
Um, you know, coming off, um, you know, 44, I just came off of a nurse knee surgery.
And then you're tired.
And then the second day is even harder than the first because it's, you know, reality sets in.
Well,

and there's just nothing like that really prepares you, right? Like other than being out there.

Like most of us that are at a certain age and stage of life, those are snippets of time, right? Versus dawn till dusk, maybe not moving like literally all day, but out in the fresh air all day, covering ground all glassing sitting calling you know again whatever the species may be may not apply the calling side of it but there's just there's no replacement for long days in the field and and man do i do i appreciate and get the the tent frustration thing there's this i actually don't remember if it made it into the towing the line film like in the final edit we had uh done this big push up this gnarly bluff line, you know, crampons, ice axes, all that stuff.

So we found a spot where we could get six one man tents, like sort of almost like an Ewok village in the forest and the bluffs.


And the camera just pans over and just happens to catch me standing there staring at this tent like just laid out on the ground with a couple of poles in my hands.

And I just like look at it and just toss the poles over my shoulder and walk away for a minute because I was absolutely gassed.

And so I had not practiced with it, uh, eventually got it figured out, but man, yeah, I know the feeling.
Yeah.
And it also helps.
It doesn't help that you're, you know, we're, we're both getting older.
Um, you know, coming off, um, you know, 44, I just came off of a nurse knee surgery.
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