Ep. 38: Wild Sheep and Mountain Adventures

Brief Summary of Show:

 

In this episode of The Silvercore Podcast, Travis Bader speaks with Kyle Stelter, who is a past president of the Wild Sheep Society of BC and a director with the Wild Sheep Foundation. 

 

Kyle and Travis speak to the allure of sheep hunting, having a good hunting partner and how to find one, pushing yourself to the limits, gear, and how you can help support conservation for wild sheep and other mountainous animals.

 

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Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Intro [00:00:00 - 00:01:32] 
• Kyle’s experience in sheep hunting & mountain adventures [00:01:32 - 00:05:23]
• The allure of sheep hunting, alpinism & limitations [00:05:23 - 00:11:28]
• Accumulation of gear for sheep hunting & bringing excess gear [00:11:28 - 00:15:52]
• Guided sheep hunts & barriers to sheep hunting  [00:15:52 - 00:18:03]
• Sheep species & opportunities [00:18:03 - 00:20:36]
• Allotted time for sheep hunting [00:20:36 - 00:24:31]
• Kyles experience on a sheep hunt & pushing your limit [00:24:31 - 00:37:10]
• Finding a good hunting partner for the hills [00:37:10 - 00:39:46]
• About the Wild Sheep Foundation and Wild Sheep Society [00:39:46 - 00:4:49]
• Current projects [00:39:46 - 00:47:11]
• Outro [00:47:11 - 00:50:19]

 

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources which may be beneficial to you:

 

• Silvercore [00:00:10] [00:00:21] [00:00:24] [00:00:31] [00:01:09] [00:01:17] [00:49:37]
• Wild Sheep Society of BC [00:00:52] [00:01:02] [00:02:17] [00:39:51] [00:40:51] [00:44:30] [00:45:41] [00:47:31]
• Wild Sheep Foundation [00:00:56] [00:39:48] [00:41:53] [00:43:12] [00:44:13]
• The Freedom of the Hills [00:08:40] [00:08:55]
• Extreme Alpinism [00:09:18]
• Lancaster Expeditions [00:10:08] [00:10:10]
• Stone Sheep [00:16:37] [00:18:09] [00:18:33] [00:19:03] [00:19:50] [00:19:55] [00:19:58] [00:20:24] [00:20:41] [00:21:12] [00:21:32] [00:21:42]
• Dall / Thinhorn Sheep [00:18:10] [00:18:21] [00:18:26] [00:18:32] [00:19:05] [00:19:07] [00:19:19] [00:19:49]
• Bighorn Sheep [00:18:13] [00:18:35] [00:18:36] [00:18:40] [00:18:42]
• LEH [00:19:33] [00:19:57] [00:20:12]
• Williston Lake [00:21:35]
• Hilleberg [00:31:41]
• inReach [00:32:57]
• Fraser River [00:45:09] [00:45:10]
• Sitka [00:48:55] [00:49:00]
• Stone Glacier [00:48:55]
• Yeti [00:48:56]

 

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