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PODCAST

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Backcountry Hunting Podcast focuses on inspiring and teaching about deep-country hunting, with emphasis on DIY techniques, gear, prep and how-to. Lifelong wilderness hunter Joseph von Benedikt shares stories and tips for success.

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01:05:55

.270 vs. .30-06 for Backcountry Hunting

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/11/15

SHOW NOTES • .30-06 & .270 at crunch time • Revisiting the old argument: Which is better? • More to the point, how do you get the best out of each? Cartridge comparison: .30-06 is more versatile--and here's why .270 is more forgiving in some ways--and here's why Downsides of the .30-06 Downsides of the .270 How to get the best out of the .30-06 History: America's Warhorse Bullet choice Handloading for ultimate performance Matching hunting bullets to intended species Bringing the .30-06 up to

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48:18

Wild Meat: field care, prep, and grilling ultimately...

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/11/09

SHOW NOTES Wild game meat should be incredibly good—not dry, gamey, and tough to eat. Field care for clean-tasting meat "Ice Aging" meat for tenderness and mild flavor Pre-cooking prep for roasts and steaks Grilling techniques for the perfect steak or roast Professional meat processors: A good way to get your wild game meat ruined Even old, rut-worn bulls are tender and great-tasting if aged properly, prepped correctly, and grilled skillfully. Searing in Olive oil: a magic recipe for juicy,

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01:06:27

Late-Season Elk: Strategies & Challenges

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/11/01

SHOW NOTES Challenges of late-season elk hunting Bulls are solitary and hard to find Antlers are often broken Extreme cold can be a major factor Elk are pressured and spooky Wintering grounds often present public/private land conflicts Shooting in extreme cold is always difficult Techniques that work: Glassing. How to find the best vantage points, how to choose optics Hunting elk mentally. Think like a wise, exhausted old bull. Tracking in snow. Methods for big herds vs. solitary old bulls

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01:00:36

Work Sharp: An interview with knife-sharpening expert...

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/10/25

SHOW NOTES • Work Sharp Tools: the Genesis • Edge technology and what makes "sharp" • Most common sharpening mistakes, and how to correct them • Edge angle: What's best for a hunting knife? And how do you control it? • Under the microscope: What creates sharpness • Different knife steels, and how to address them • Keeping a razor edge, almost effortlessly • Ultralight Work Sharp tools for backcountry hunting RESOURCES Work Sharp Tools Guided Field Sharpener Micro Sharpener & Knife Tool Pocket Knife

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49:52

Handloading Hunting Ammo

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/10/18

SHOW NOTES Why reload: Pick your bullet Tune your accuracy Create premium ammo for budget-ammo cost Getting started: Instruction sections in reloading manuals ABC's of assembling a cartridge The Three "B's" of accuracy Choosing cartridge cases Prepping cases for accuracy Choosing a gunpowder Working up a propellant charge Choosing a projectile (toughness, aerodynamics, accuracy) Tuning seating depth for accuracy Reasonable accuracy expectations Rifle quality Shooter skill Handload quality

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01:17:02

Hunting Knives with Custom Knifesmith Evan Siembida

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/10/11

SHOW NOTES Host introduction: Evan Siembida of Siembida Custom Knives Hunting knife design evolution and performance characteristics Handle materials and practical advantages How size, blade shape, and edge geometry affects use Bushcraft and fire starting “Spa Treatment” knife restoration service Micarta handle material: linen, canvas, paper, and boutique burlap Sharpen-ability and edge-holding characteristics of stainless steel vs. non-stainless Specific types of steel

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01:22:47

Elk Cartridges for Backcountry Hunting

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/10/06

SHOW NOTES • Follow-up on episode No. 40's discussion on worst elk wounders • Characteristics that make ideal elk cartridges AUTHORITY Bullet weight Frontal diameter Bullet construction Velocity REACH Velocity Aerodynamic bullet • List of great elk cartridges • LIst of great elk bullets RESOURCES: Web link to stock pack detailed in episode No. 40: SPEC-OPS BRAND Accu-Pack

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01:06:56

Making The Shot: Split-second decisions, & practice...

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/09/27

SHOW NOTES Making The Shot intro: After all your planning, prep, and hard hunting, everything comes down to one moment where you’ve got to succeed or fail in taking your quarry. • Two real-life scenarios with heartbreaking consequences, and how they could have been avoided • Correcting the mistakes before they occur: Pre-hunt shooting prep and in-the-moment decision-making • Pre-hunt shooting prep: 5 practice steps to success • In-the-moment decision-making: This one is harder. You can't practice,

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01:37:24

Backcountry Hunting Gear List

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/09/20

SHOW NOTES Backcountry Gear Challenge: fit 10 days worth of gear into 55 pounds Top-of-the-list item: Tag/Hunting license! • Sleep systems: Sleeping bag, pad, & tent • Backpacks: Types and recommendations • Raingear: Jackets & pants, pack covers, drybags for camera & electronics • Clothing & footwear: From skin to shell. Underwear, base layer, pants, shirts, the annoyance of layering, puffy coats & pants, neck gaiters and warm hats, appropriate boots, Crocs and manliness, crampons, and more. •

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01:10:45

Remington's 700: Customized for Backcountry Hunting...

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/09/13

SHOW NOTES: • Intro: Remington's M700, episode recording, guest Carlos Martinez, • Listener questions & comments • Remington's Custom Shop (also covers Marlin & Dakota) • Why the Model 700 has such accuracy potential • How the Custom Shop maximizes performance • How you can order any configuration you want • Dakota Arms: The ultimate in controlled-feed rifles • Marlin Custom-Shop lever-actions: Best value on the market RESOURCES: Remington Custom Shop Dakota Arms Marlin Custom Shop PLEASE

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01:10:50

Hunting for Hearing Protection with TETRA Hunt

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/09/06

SHOW NOTES: • Hearing protection: Loss-incurring damage never heals. Protecting hearing is paramount. • The dangerous game conundrum (gotta be able to hear) and TETRA Hunt's superb solution • TETRA's tuned-frequency hearing enhancement/protection, and dedicated profiles for elk, turkey, geese, waterfowl, and the new Dangerous Game profile • How the ear gathers sound • How we pinpoint direction • How TETRA not only maintains directional hearing, it enhances it • Cost: Can you afford NOT to protect

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01:19:03

DIY Hunting New Zealand on Public Land

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/08/30

SHOW NOTES: • New Zealand: The Shangri La of modern backcountry hunting • Bag limits? What bag limits? • Gnarly, steep, challenging, beautiful country • What island to hunt, and how to find and access a good spot • Game types, habitat, and taxonomy, and how to hunt them • Logistics of traveling to New Zealand and accessing the backcountry • Importing a hunting rifle and ammo to New Zealand • Critical gear & planning time • Recommended rifles, optics, and ammo • Do it now: Laws will never be better,

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01:36:29

Picking a Muzzleloader for Backcountry Hunting

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/08/23

SHOW NOTES: • From Tradition to Technology: Picking a muzzleloader for backcountry hunting • Exploding boundaries • From the beginning: Traditional muzzleloaders, common inline muzzleloaders, and uncommonly accurate long-range muzzleloaders • Traditional muzzleloaders: Why to hunt with them, and how to get the best out of them. What they shoot (blackpowder and patched round balls), caliber restrictions, barrel length, sight-in and effective range determination. • World record flintlock elk: a

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01:20:47

Early Season Tactics for Elk and Mule Deer Hunting

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/08/16

SHOW NOTES • Prep, planning, and gear • Tyce Erickson: master dog trainer and high-country big-game hunting genius • Hot off the BBQ: Shiras moose, elk, musk ox, black bear, deer, and more • September bulls: Tactics for finding, calling, and stalking rutting elk • Holding it together under pressure: Stories of jubilance and heartbreak on monster bulls • Alpine mule deer: Locating, patterning, stalking, and arrowing big early-season bucks • After the shot: What to expect in the high country •

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01:40:10

PTSD: Hunting to Heal, an interview with national...

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/08/10

SHOW NOTES: • Guest Cork Graham: International best-selling author, Discovery Channel personality, combat veteran, PTSD counselor, and Alaskan subsistence hunter. • How hunting rebuilds those suffering with PTSD • Graham's personal experience recognizing and recovering from PTSD • Steps to recovery (that resulted in 89 percent success in Graham's patients) • Hunter, Warrior, Healer: the three vital characteristics that enable humankind to provide, protect, and heal. BONUS MATERIAL: the .338-06

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01:05:30

Packing Methods: Backpacks, Horses, Llamas, and More...

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/08/02

SHOW NOTES: • The older you get, the less you like to carry—yet the more you appreciate remote backcountry. — Condors & lead bullet correlation update: The science behind it. Please listen to Randy Newberg's Episode No. 87 of Hunt Talk Radio. Here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzBbxm2cFhw BACKPACKS vs. PACK ANIMALS Backpacking favors daily adaptability. Live out of your pack. Hunt extreme terrain where horses can’t go. Pack animals favor major shifts in location, and eliminates

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01:11:33

Monometal vs. Lead-core Hunting Bullets

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/07/26

SHOW NOTES: • Are monometal bullets as good a traditional lead-core bullets? • Rights & Freedoms, Laws & Regulations • Top manufacturers of non-toxic monometal bullets • Monometal vs. Lead-core bullets: THE DIFFERENCES 1. Behavior in the bore 2. Behavior in flight 3. Behavior on impact 4. Trauma & terminal performance 5. Exit wounds & blood trails 6. Non-ideal shot angles 7. Bullet failures & anomalies 8. How to pick a monometal bullet • Accuracy, Design, & Weight • Factory ammo and various loads

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56:39

Maintenance & First Aid for Hunting Optics

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/07/19

SHOW NOTES • The backcountry is hard on optics • All brands and types of optic can and occasionally will fail • User-induced failures • Properly mounting riflescopes for ultimate toughness • How scopes get knocked off, and how to re-zero them • Protecting lenses against grit, grime, water, and ice • Sideways impacts to scopes, and related weaknesses • When you fall on your scope • Something you need in the backcountry: Enough ammo to re-zero a scope • Iron sights can save a hunt • Fogged lenses, and

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01:06:56

Buffalo & Kudu in Africa's Backcountry

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/07/12

SHOW NOTES: • Backcountry in Africa • On the menu: Cape buffalo, hippo, and plains game--particularly big kudu bulls • Prep and packing • Shooting practice for success in Africa's bush country • Buffalo charge stopped at 4 yards • Big kudu bulls • Stalking a monster hippo through other aggressive hippos, past Cape buffalo, and amongst crocodiles • New and veteran hunters: What we'd do different next time • Staying flexible and rolling with logistical challenges • Advice from a PH: How to avoid most

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01:13:02

Backcountry Rifle Maintenance, Part 1

Backcountry Hunting Podcast ·

2019/07/05

SHOW NOTES • Your rifle or bow is the one tool you can't be successful without--so prep it properly for backcountry work, and know how to perform emergency fixes. • Barrel break-in • Action tuning • Stabilizing sighting systems and accuracy • Gun oil in your barrel: Best friend and worst enemy • Non-oil moisture barriers for barrels and actions • Barrel blockages and catastrophic failures • Compact kits and improvised tools to remove barrel blockages • Hunting through the worst weather mother

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