Hunt Backcountry Podcast Archive — Sheep

Sheep hunting in the Frank Church Wilderness, as you will hear in this episode, is the best and worst of times. The country is big and tough. The animals are even tougher. Our guest, Darin Cooper, tells us about the sheep hunting adventure that he and his good buddy had this past fall.

There is a story behind every sheep hunt. These stories typically involve remote and rugged locations, challenging conditions, and additional elements of difficulty that tests the hunter's limits. This sheep story is all of that, and more — times two.

There is a story behind every sheep hunt. These stories typically involve remote and rugged locations, challenging conditions, and additional elements of difficulty that tests the hunter's limits. This sheep story is all of that, and more — times two.

Our guest, Justin Shaffer (@justinshaffer1115), is an Army Ranger Sniper, a hunting guide, a taxidermist, and somehow still managed to fill a seemingly countless number of tags in 2017 — including a grizzly, a Chugach Dall Ram, a Colorado Big Horn, and numerous other species.