Making tackles at Lambeau Field is one thing, but photographing owls out in the wild is whole other animal.
Jake Ryan knows something about both.
The former Green Bay Packers linebacker who spent four years with the team from 2015-2018 has sat out in Yellowstone National Park for days just to get a shot of a great gray owl — a bird taller than a great horned owl and far more elusive than even the best running back.
“They’re called the Phantom of the North, because they’re so hard to find. They’re like ghosts,” Ryan said.