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From eight-man to the NFL: The ‘Wolf Hunter’ Leighton Vander Esch reflects on prep days

Leighton Vander Esch knows how to track. It’s part of his DNA, growing up the son of a hunting outfitter in remote Idaho.

He’s tracked everything from mountain lions to Alaskan grey wolves in the mountainous Pacific Northwest to now quarterbacks and running backs for the Dallas Cowboys.

It’s no secret he’s known as the ‘Wolf Hunter.’

“Hunting is slow-paced and football is fast-paced and violent,” Vander Esch said. “But the focus factor in both is similar.”

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