Backcountry Hunting Podcast

01:13:48

Planning a DIY Hunt to New Zealand, with Rob Gearing

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2025/04/11

Ever wanted to hunt New Zealand? Better yet, hunt New Zealand DIY, on public land? It's an easy and affordable hunt to do. If Kiwi country calls to you, it's time to plan and make that hunt happen! This episode, we sit down with Spartan's Rob Gearing, one of the most experienced worldwide adventurers I know. Rob is extremely experienced at hunting New Zealand, and has some invaluable advice and some great, inspiring stories. ENJOY! FRIENDS! We're at a crucial time in the growth of the show, and

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57:09

Solo Bear Hunting, Application Strategies, and DIY...

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2025/04/04

This episode we sit down with Dylan Dowson, western specialist with onX Hunt, and talk application strategies, solo black bear hunting, and DIY caribou adventures in Alaska. This one was a ton of fun to record and has some wonderful insights and information. ENJOY! FRIENDS! Please join the Backcountry Hunting Podcast tribe on www.patreon.com/backcountry where you'll get access to all our bonus material and can contribute a few dollars if you like. VISIT OUR SPONSORS HERE: www.onxmaps.com

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50:32

6.8 Western vs. 7mm PRC: Which Is Best?

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2025/03/28

This episode digs deep into a comparison between the 6.8 Western and the 7mm PRC, focusing on three fundamental performance metrics: Which is the best designed cartridge? Which cartridge best lives up to its hype? Which cartridge is the most successful? We've used both cartridges, we love both, we own and will always own both... but if you had to pick just one... Which would it be? Hopefully this episode can help answer that. ENJOY! FRIENDS! We're at a crucial time in the growth of the

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01:10:09

Preparing for a Cape Buffalo Hunt

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2025/03/21

Hunting Africa's Cape Buffalo—known by hunters as "Black Death"—is one of the last great adventures readily available to hunters. Buffalo being legitimate dangerous game, it's crucial to have good gear, well sorted out, and to be prepared mentally and physically. This episode, we sit down with Mark Haldane of Zambeze Delta Safaris and ask questions about an upcoming dangerous-game safari we'll be taking with Mark later this year. We talk rifles, cartridges, appropriate bullets, best type of scopes,

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01:12:09

Best Varmint & Predator Cartridges

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2025/03/14

What's your favorite predator and varmint cartridge? Do you use one for both? Or specialize with a favorite predator rifle and a different one for varmints? In this episode, I sit down with two professional guides to discuss great predator and varminting cartridges. We talk through the differences between the two, and address the various challenges and demands placed on cartridges, such as those ideal for minimal fur damage; those for maximum authority for competition calling, and those cartridges

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56:11

Lever-Action Hunting Stories & Trigger Work with...

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2025/03/07

Ever wanted a great trigger in your lever-action rifle? This episode we're joined by Chris Ellis, who has hunted from the mountains of West Virginia to the plains of South Africa with a lever-action rifle. Chris is a trigger man, and we talk through the crucial advantage that a crisp, reasonably light trigger provides in the field, along with the blessing that Timney's new lever-gun triggers are to hunters. We swap cape buffalo and American buffalo-hunting lever-action stories, and share favorite

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01:29:10

USE ENOUGH GUN, with Kiwi Terminal Ballistics...

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2025/02/28

What does "Use Enough Gun" mean? Especially when hunting elk, moose, and bison or tough game such as Tahr or feral cattle in New Zealand and Sambar Stag in Australia? A phrase originally quoined by legendary author and hunter Robert Ruark, "Use Enough Gun" means what it says. This episode, we're joined by terminal ballistics specialist Nathan Foster, who has dedicated his life to the study of how bullets kill and what cartridges and bullets are most effective for various tasks. We examine the

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01:14:20

Ultimate Bear Gun Build, with Alaska Arms' Morris Melani

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2025/02/21

What is the ultimate all-around bear gun? Is there a gun and cartridge that will handle all bears, in all situations? Whether hunting cross-canyon blacks in Montana or baited bruisers in Alberta, or coastal brown bears or interior grizzlies in Alaska? How about personal protection while hiking or fishing in bear-infested country? We think there is such a rifle, and it's even sorta affordable. Ruger's M77 Guide Gun has all the features a savvy bear hunter wants: controlled-feed action, compact size,

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01:23:00

Hunting Q&A: Bullets, Cartridges, & Rifles

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2025/02/14

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01:35:01

Planning & Doing a DIY Mule Deer Hunt, with Hunter...

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2025/02/07

Ever wanted to plan and execute a DIY mule deer hunt on public land? Here's how to do it folks, as showcased by Hunter McWaters. Hunter is the host of The Hunter's Quest TV show, podcast, and YouTube channel. Hunter talks us through getting a tag, the e-scouting process, creating hunt plans A, B, and C, planning and arranging gear, and finally putting boots on the ground and your hunting plans in action. We also discuss the importance of being ready to shift gears and roll with the unexpected; of

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01:19:46

Live Q&A: 7mm Backcountry Cartridge Examined from...

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2025/01/31

Inspired by all the interest in Federal's ground-breaking new 7mm Backcountry cartridge, we recently held a live Q&A with our Patreon members. Here are the great questions we fielded and discussed: Is the 7mm Backcountry, with it's 80,000 PSI chamber pressure, safe in traditional bolt-action designs? I wanted a .280 Ackley. Should I switch and get a 7mm Backcountry instead? Are 7mm Backcountry steel alloy cases reloadable? If so, how hard is that going to be? How does the cartridge's 80,000 psi

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58:31

Hunting Bison In Alaska, with Jack Jaeger

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2025/01/24

This episode takes us far out into the Aleutian Islands off the west coast of Alaska's mainland, to hunt wild bison. Recorded audio-journal style, we're bringing it to you raw and unedited. Hunting by invitation with Jack Jaeger, who is designated to hunt buffalo for the tribal elders, we circumnavigate the island on a small fishing boat, landing in a skiff and hunting up from the coast when buffalo are sighted. With a big cow taken and the quarters packed out and hung to age, we weather howling

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41:30

Leupold's New VX 6HD Gen 2 Riflescope

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2025/01/21

Leupold just launched a new flagship hunting scope, called the VX-6HD Gen 2. Friends, I didn't think the first-generation VX-6HD could get any better. But by golly, Leupold has successfully improved my favorite riflescope. The new Gen 2 version has an improved, tool-less turret, a built-in throw lever on the power ring, and most importantly, it's now got the same internal guts and gears as Leupold's legendary Mark 5 line of precision/tactical scopes. In this episode, I sit down with Tim Lesser,

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01:16:25

Commissioning a Custom Rifle

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2025/01/17

In this episide, Alaskan custom gunsmith Ray Saft and I dig deep into the various characteristics of actions, stocks, barrels, cartridges, and special chambers appropriate for a backcountry rifle build. To showcase the process of discussing and commissioning a custom rifle, we use a pair of in-process 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser mountain rifles, one with a titanium action and carbon-fiber barrel; the other with a skeletonized steel action and traditional steel barrel. This is part one of a three-part

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47:06

All-New 7mm Backcountry Cartridge, with Ron Spomer:...

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2025/01/10

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47:39

Best Iron Sights for Western Hunting, with Ron Spomer

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2025/01/03

Really good iron sights are surprisingly capable—and according to Utah's new restricted unit regulations, are required. Five historically great mule deer units are now iron-sights only, even for centerfire hunting rifles. So: What's the best iron-sight setup for hunting Western open country? In this episode, we're joined by legendary hunter, writer, and YouTube host Ron Spomer to discuss what type of iron sights really work for serious hunting. We talk through appropriate rifles, suitable

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01:13:25

Bullets & Brass with Nosler's Chris Hoffstetter

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2024/12/27

Ever wonder why you get unexplained fliers when shooting otherwise tiny groups with your ammo? You may be shocked at the common culprit discussed in this episide—as well as how easy it is to prevent. This episode we're joined by Chris Hoffstetter of Nosler, and we talk through the crucial aspects of ammo that provide accuracy and clean-killing effectiveness. ENJOY! FRIENDS! We're at a crucial time in the growth of the show, and need all the support we can get to take it to the next level. Please

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01:26:09

56 Bison Hunts—and the Cartridges That Worked Best

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2024/12/20

Outfitter Tate Bradfield and his crew took 56 American Buffalo with clients in 2024. This episode, we sit down and discuss the cartridges, bullets, and shot placement that kills Bison most effectively and efficiently. Tate tells tall tales (say that three times fast) of Buffalo getting shot with everything from .243 Winchester to .45-70 Gov't—and has some emphatic advice to share with prospective Bison hunters. This one was a ton of fun, folks. ENJOY! FRIENDS! Please join the Backcountry Hunting

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01:24:00

Responses: Small Calibers NOT good for Big Game Uproar

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2024/12/13

This firecracker of an episode shares listener responses to our last episode, "Why Small Calibers are NOT good for Big Game." The inbox blew up with messages after that episode dropped. We've never had such an huge (and grateful) response to a single episode. This new episode is full of listener anecdotes and opinions—most of them extremely astute—that don't mince words. Holy moly, folks, this was a fun one! ENJOY! FRIENDS! Please join the Backcountry Hunting Podcast tribe

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01:40:44

Why Small Calibers Are NOT Good for Big Game

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2024/12/06

When killing is crucial, not just convenient... Choose the right tool for the task. Folks, I resisted addressing this trendy topic of using small calibers on big game for a long time. But I've had so many requests to do so, I can no longer take the easy road. Here's my blunt, fact- and science-based opinion on the practice of using small calibers loaded with target-type bullets on big game. ENJOY! FRIENDS! Please join the Backcountry Hunting Podcast tribe on www.patreon.com/backcountry where

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