When you've been hunting with someone for over 25 years, you know the laughs, the screwups, and the grind are just part of the deal. In this episode, Jaden recaps a Wyoming pronghorn hunt with his lifelong friend Kain — a trip filled with highs, lows, and the kind of luck that only comes when you beat 7% odds in the tag draw.
Kain flew in from Oregon with a freezer to fill, and the duo went to work chasing antelope across windy plains, dealing with wild weather, wardens, and whitetail detours. Jaden dives into what went right (and wrong) with their tag applications, how the Wyoming pronghorn draw has changed fast, and what he learned from hunting a 14% public-land unit where success required equal parts patience and persistence.
From fried heart for lunch to last-minute meat-cooler math at the airport, this hunt was full of classic Hunt West moments — gritty, funny, and real.
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Why pronghorn draw odds in Wyoming can surprise even experienced hunters
How to build a smarter application strategy for 2026 and beyond
The mental grind of hunting low-access units — and how to finally connect
The white-flag trick for pronghorn…and what not to do
A lesson in packing meat for flights that might save you a couple hundred bucks
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Thanks to Bo DePena, a musician, friend, and avid hunter in Colorado, for the intro and outro for the show.
