Ep. 504: Building Grit, Breaking Hard Hunts Into Small Pieces, and a Kodiak Goat in a Whiteout w/ Adam Foss · East Meets West Hunt · Radar

Why Sheep Hunting Matters46:24 – 1:09:14

Beau MartonikHost

46:24

Yeah, the more the journey to get there and, and I think that, I think a lot of people can relate that listen to this podcast, even if they've never been sheep hunting.

Beau MartonikHost

46:33

But even when it comes to whitetail hunting and the way that I like to do it and a lot of others do in, in the Appalachian Mountains, it's like, okay, there are places you can go, um, to go hunt whitetails.

Beau MartonikHost

46:44

It may be it's a little bit, uh, I don't know if I want to say easier, but it's, there's, there's more deer.

Beau MartonikHost

46:50

You can kinda, you can find patterns a little bit better with, with that.

Beau MartonikHost

46:55

But I think a lot of us that, that hunt the way that we do is just because they enjoy the places you get to be at.

Beau MartonikHost

47:02

Being-

47:03

Mm-hmm

Beau MartonikHost

47:03

... you know, pretty much alone a lot of times outside of, you know, some of the peak, you know, beginning of rifle season or whatever.

Beau MartonikHost

47:10

You get to just be alone out there and it's just like when that, when you finally do find that one or, you know, something does happen or that whitetail doe does come by into bow range, like it gives you a, a really cool satisfaction.

Beau MartonikHost

47:25

But, uh, even when m- with me planning hunts in places, I think the place is just as important to me as what I'm hunting.

Beau MartonikHost

47:34

And I've, I've went on hunts that were specifically about me wanting to experience a s- a certain type of place or landscape to, to be able to hunt.

Beau MartonikHost

47:45

And-

47:45

Mm-hmm

Beau MartonikHost

47:46

...

Beau MartonikHost

47:46

I hope that never leaves me because I just, I enjoy that so much.

47:51

Oh, I couldn't even say it any better if I tried.

47:54

And with sh- with sheep hunting for me, there's so much history to it, meaning all the old outfitter expeditions on horseback and just how it used to be done.

48:05

It was just so...

48:09

I mean, I, I can't think of a better way to describe it than it was like frontiers people out-

Beau MartonikHost

48:14

Yeah

48:14

... on the edge of civilization.

48:16

You used to, I mean, in the olden days, like when sheep hunting and sheep outfitting was getting opened up in the west in Alberta and BC and in the north, Northern Territory, Yukon, Alaska, the client would write a letter to the outfitter And say, "Can I hunt with you?" The outfitter would write a letter back, "Sure." Client would jump on a train from Pennsylvania, go on a week or 10-day train ride to Fort St.

48:43

John, BC or Calgary, Alberta, and then get on a horse and buggy and ride to the trailhead staging area, and then get on a huge pack string and go on a 30-day trip where 60% of the trip is just traveling there and back and just-

Beau MartonikHost

49:00

Yeah

49:00

... getting into sheep country, right? And so I just love that idea that, you know, of course we have technology, we have our phones and mapping, and we have in-reaches, and we have great technical apparel that makes our life way easier out there, but there's very few things in life where you can drop into an experience and think, "Oh, this is probably pretty similar to how it was 100 years ago, maybe 1,000 years ago," and just be there and experience that.

Why Sheep Hunting Matters46:24 – 1:09:14

Beau MartonikHost

46:24

Yeah, the more the journey to get there and, and I think that, I think a lot of people can relate that listen to this podcast, even if they've never been sheep hunting.

Beau MartonikHost

46:33

But even when it comes to whitetail hunting and the way that I like to do it and a lot of others do in, in the Appalachian Mountains, it's like, okay, there are places you can go, um, to go hunt whitetails.

Beau MartonikHost

46:44

It may be it's a little bit, uh, I don't know if I want to say easier, but it's, there's, there's more deer.

Beau MartonikHost

46:50

You can kinda, you can find patterns a little bit better with, with that.

Beau MartonikHost

46:55

But I think a lot of us that, that hunt the way that we do is just because they enjoy the places you get to be at.

Beau MartonikHost

47:02

Being-

47:03

Mm-hmm

Beau MartonikHost

47:03

... you know, pretty much alone a lot of times outside of, you know, some of the peak, you know, beginning of rifle season or whatever.

Beau MartonikHost

47:10

You get to just be alone out there and it's just like when that, when you finally do find that one or, you know, something does happen or that whitetail doe does come by into bow range, like it gives you a, a really cool satisfaction.

Beau MartonikHost

47:25

But, uh, even when m- with me planning hunts in places, I think the place is just as important to me as what I'm hunting.

Beau MartonikHost

47:34

And I've, I've went on hunts that were specifically about me wanting to experience a s- a certain type of place or landscape to, to be able to hunt.

Beau MartonikHost

47:45

And-

47:45

Mm-hmm

Beau MartonikHost

47:46

...

Beau MartonikHost

47:46

I hope that never leaves me because I just, I enjoy that so much.

47:51

Oh, I couldn't even say it any better if I tried.

47:54

And with sh- with sheep hunting for me, there's so much history to it, meaning all the old outfitter expeditions on horseback and just how it used to be done.

48:05

It was just so...

48:09

I mean, I, I can't think of a better way to describe it than it was like frontiers people out-

Beau MartonikHost

48:14

Yeah

48:14

... on the edge of civilization.

48:16

You used to, I mean, in the olden days, like when sheep hunting and sheep outfitting was getting opened up in the west in Alberta and BC and in the north, Northern Territory, Yukon, Alaska, the client would write a letter to the outfitter And say, "Can I hunt with you?" The outfitter would write a letter back, "Sure." Client would jump on a train from Pennsylvania, go on a week or 10-day train ride to Fort St.

48:43

John, BC or Calgary, Alberta, and then get on a horse and buggy and ride to the trailhead staging area, and then get on a huge pack string and go on a 30-day trip where 60% of the trip is just traveling there and back and just-

Beau MartonikHost

49:00

Yeah

49:00

... getting into sheep country, right? And so I just love that idea that, you know, of course we have technology, we have our phones and mapping, and we have in-reaches, and we have great technical apparel that makes our life way easier out there, but there's very few things in life where you can drop into an experience and think, "Oh, this is probably pretty similar to how it was 100 years ago, maybe 1,000 years ago," and just be there and experience that.