{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Silvercore Podcast with Travis Bader","title":"Ep. 165: What Are You Really Chasing? Ron Spomer on Ego, Legacy, and the Soul of the Hunt","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4741,"description":"Ron Spomer has hunted wild terrain across six continents, tested elite gear, written thousands of articles, and shaped how generations think about the outdoors. But none of that explains the man behind the rifle.\nIn this rare and deeply personal conversation, Travis Bader sits down with the legendary outdoorsman to ask what no one else does: What’s he really been chasing?\nRon opens up about the quiet moments that changed him, the ego traps of the industry, and why the biggest threat to hunting today isn’t anti-gun activists, it’s our own disconnection from nature, each other, and ourselves.\nThey dive into legacy, ethics, spiritual frequency, and the kind of beauty that doesn’t need a trophy photo to matter. This episode will change how you see the wilderness, and your place in it.\n______\nSilvercore Club - https://www.silvercore.ca/club \nOnline Training - https://www.silvercore.ca/course/category \nOther Training & Services - https://www.silvercore.ca/course/category \nMerchandise - https://www.silvercore.ca/collections/all-merchandise \nBlog Page - https://www.silvercore.ca/blog \nHost Instagram - @Bader.Trav https://www.instagram.com/bader.trav\nSilvercore Instagram - @SilvercoreOutdoors https://www.instagram.com/silvercoreoutdoors\n____\n⏱️ Timestamps\n00:00 – Silvercore Club & Outpost intro\n02:00 – Ron Spomer joins, and Travis shares why he’s inspired by him\n04:15 – The high school English teacher who changed Ron’s life\n06:00 – Discovering writing and the innate drive to be in nature\n08:00 – Early childhood, grouse hunting, and connection to the woods\n10:00 – “What am I really chasing?” – Beauty, vibration, and truth\n13:00 – Finding the tiniest flower: humility and connection\n15:00 – Vibrations, radios, and the unseen ways we connect to nature\n17:00 – What should people be asking Ron that they never do?\n20:00 – “Hunt honest, shoot straight”: ethics, integrity, and legacy\n22:00 – Urbanization, habitat loss, and hard truths hunters avoid\n25:00 – Modern media, YouTube,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/B8WTW1_pTQK-2h9DfU1TlgOqrgcmMPFrunfof0Y4JM8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZDM3/YzE1NjU0ZjU4YzY3/ODljOTE3YzY0ZTlj/MmVhZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}