EP: 77 Winning a Dall Sheep Combo Hunt

What's going on, you guys? Put it up. You actually won the 14-day doll-sheep combo. I've been telling my wife that I'm going to win this sheep hunt this year. Anything to do with Western Big Game. Welcome to the Epic Outdoors Podcast, powered by Under Armour. Hey, everybody. Jason Carter, Adam Bronson, Jeff John, John Peterson. Of course, Chris is filming, but anyway, we're We're getting ready to give away this doll sheep hunt here in Alaska. It's a doll sheep combo to somebody that joined, a new guy since March 1st, or referred a friend. So, anyway, we have drawn the winner, and we're getting ready to call him, so we're kind of excited. But anyway, we appreciate all of our sponsors here at Epic Outdoors, everybody that's in the magazine, as well as the guys that are sponsoring our podcast. We appreciate them and all that they do for us. And so, anyway, it makes things like this possible.

So, we're super excited. We're gonna make somebody's year here in the next few minutes. And so, here we go. Let's give him a holler. There we go. It's kind of exciting.

Come on.

We're not telling marketers. Answer. Get out of the garden. Answer the phone. Howdy, you've reached Dick. Oh. At the tone, please record your message. When you have finished recording, you may hang up or press one for more options. Dick, hey, Jason Carter here, and the guys here at Epic Outdoors just want to visit with you for a minute. Give us a call when you can. Thanks, man. Talk to you later. Bye. I don't know what to say. Shoot. That sucks. Howdy, you've reached Dick. The Price is Right might be on right now. That's what we're doing. Well, we've been calling Dick, and he's not answering. So, we left him a voicemail, we sent him a text, and here we are. Do you know he got the message? And he's got an eyeful. Yeah, it went blue. And it's been delivered. But it could be sitting in the desert somewhere with a little bit of battery left, it fell out of his pocket somewhere.

But it has service. That's all it's telling us. He could be putting up a trail camera in Nevada. Or it could be pulling them down. That's a good point, too. That's a good point. Better be down by August 1st. Kind of a suspenseful moment here. Your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message. Swing and a miss. Here we go. Let's give him a holler. The number you dialed is not a working number. Please check the number. You have to splice. That one number didn't go through. This one. This one was a dud, right? Well, maybe he's on the Price is Right right now, and he's in the Showcase Showdown. It sounded like we were going to get the Price is Right there for a minute.

Come on, Dick.

Hello. Hello. Hey, is this Dick? Yeah. Dick. Hey, Jason Carter here, Epic Outdoors. You know who we are? Yeah. Okay, we got the right guy. What's going on, you guys? Am I stone sheep hunting? Well, we've been trying to call you, and we haven't been getting you and left your message. But, you actually won the 14-day doll-sheep combo. That's the one we drew this year. Whoa! Oh my god! Whoa! I've been telling my wife that I'm gonna win this sheep hunt this year. You did. You won it. Wow. I mean, it was unbelievable. It's an awesome hunt. Of course, August 28th, September 10th, 2019. And it actually came from you referring a guy. Yeah, do you remember you bought a birthday present for one of your buddies in Arizona? Mike Hughes, yeah. That's the one you won it with. That's the one you won it with. Yep, you referred him, and that was a great birthday present. Best hundred bucks you ever spent.

Oh my gosh, you guys, and he's a good hunter like you guys are. Jason, Shan Ogden's a real good buddy of mine. Yeah, good kid. I frequent that shop when I go through there, and your name always comes up. Well, hopefully in September of 2019, after you get home from this hunt, you have a few animals to take him. Wow! Wow! You might want to start sending Shan a deposit or two for the taxidermy. There you go. Jay and I met years and years ago on the Poncagon. Oh, okay. Right on. Yeah. And, let's see, I'll be 69 years old next year, guys. And I'll be in sheep shape. That's awesome. That's awesome. That is so good. Well, we're super excited for you, and glad you're way excited to do it. Wow! I think I got to pinch myself. I just got out of the shower, heard the phone, thought it was my wife, you guys. Well, gee, we'll be in two weeks.

We'll be in touch, you bet. I got to catch my breath. I really enjoy the magazine. I'll keep turning other people on it. Man, do I get to hunt with you guys? Well, we can't afford this hunt, Dick.

Oh, wow. We've paid for it in full already, so you're good to go. $23,000, three species, plus you get to shoot a wolf, wolverine at no charge. So, grizzly, doll sheep, caribou, whatever you can find. If it's brown, white, gray, black, whatever, you can shoot. Oh, man. I don't know if he wants you to take a bow, but we'd like you to take a rifle and kill them all. Okay, I'll do my best, you guys. We'll be in touch, and wow, you just, cool. Good luck getting something else productive done for the rest of the day. Thanks, good to hear from you. All right, Dick. Hey, we appreciate you referring guys too. Don't quit. All right, don't quit. You know, I started with your dad in the original hunting pool, and you guys have surpassed that. I really appreciate what you do. You bet. Yeah, we've worked hard, and of course, we're cranking, and we've got a great team here, you know.

It's so... Anyway, we're proud of what we're doing, and we're just super excited for you as well. This is your day, buddy. This is your day. Okay, thank you. It is my day, and I look forward to thanking you in person, shaking your hand, you guys. Okay, sounds good, Dick. Thanks, Dick. Stop on your way, on your way to Shands to give him those deposits. I'll do that. See the city's on the map now. We'll take you to lunch. All right, thanks, you guys. Bye. Thank you. Talk to you later. Bye.