Episode Details

This past weekend the Montana Chapter of Wild Sheep had their annual banquet. Sheep banquet is always a good time and as a life member, there is at least a small chance at winning a sheep hunt. I have met a lot of great people through these types of events and I think Riley and I first met at one of these as well. Riley Pearson is good ol Montana boy who grew up hunting and running around in the outdoors. In this podcast we talk about his transition from chasing elk through the mountains to his love of sheep hunting. Riley first started hunting the “unlimited’s” with a friend and fell in love with the challenge of it all. We talk about the unlimited’s and really how it takes a special kind of person to want to use their entire hunting season to probably not see a legal animal. Poor Riley actually got a chance a great ram in the unlimited’s and end up missing. Talk about a heart breaker, as Riley shares the story and how it all went down.

If ever there was a silver lining to not shooting a legal ram in the unlimited’s, the very next year Riley ends up being selected in the <1 Club drawing at Sheep Show to go on a Dall Sheep Hunt. If you aren’t familiar, <1 Club is a drawing at Wild Sheep Foundation’s Sheep Show where if you have never killed a Wild Sheep before than you are entered to win a hunt. Well, that year Riley was the big winner and ended up going on an epic hunt. Check it out here

Show Notes:
Introduction – 0:03:01
Riley’s Start to Sheep & Backpack Hunting – 0:04:19
Old Story About Yellowstone – 0:18:24
2nd Year Sheep Hunt – 0:21:42
Adapting with the Move to Arizona – 0:35:23
High Mountain Gear – 0:37:50
Riley Talks Montana Season Issues – 0:42:36
Applications, New Areas, & States – 0:49:08
Riley’s Ghana Hunt Film – 1:03:17