The Ranchlands Podcast #22
“The day to day here is so different and it's hard to teach someone on a streamlined, typed up, pre-made program. Different opportunities arise at different times based on what the ranch needs and what we need to do. Just paying attention and taking it all in will really help you excel faster"
Dylan grew up in Arlington, TX and spent his early adult life honing in the craft of barbecue. he moved to Colorado in 2020 to take a job as the assistant cook at our guest lodge on the Zapata Ranch. After a season spent cooking at the lodge, Dylan jumped over to a fencing role on the Medano where we keep our bison herd. He spent a year fixing fence over at the Zapata and wanted to pursue a ranching internship and was lucky to join the crew at the Chico where he has been for almost two years. He is now pursuing a Ranch Management apprentice at the Chico Basin Ranch.
Duke Phillips III is the CEO and founder of Ranchlands. Ranchlands owns and manages large scale, conservation oriented ranching operations in the American west, and provides management and strategic advisory services...
Bruce McGlenn has nearly 40 years of bird and big game hunting experience in the Pacific Northwest. He is the owner and founder of Human Nature Hunting, a business that...
Kirk Gadzia is a longtime friend of Ranchlands’ CEO Duke Phillips, as well as an educator to countless Ranchlands employees. He is the founder of Resource Management Services, a New...
