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We're here to share tips, strategies, and stories of hunting the Pacific Northwest. Whether you're a seasoned hunter or just getting started, we'll help you turn preparation into achievement and passion into results. So gear up and get ready, because SUCCESS IS NO ACCIDENT!
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Brought to you by award-winning writer and TV host Gary Lewis, Gary Lewis Outdoorsman (formerly Ballistic Chronicles) tells the stories of great hunts, provides insights into the firearms industry, discusses custom rifles, wildcat calibers and hunting for mule deer, elk, blacktail deer, whitetails, bear and coyotes. Other topics include hunting trucks, steelhead fishing, upland bird hunting and dog training.
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The Big Game Hunting Podcast will teach you to how to prepare for the big game hunting adventures you’ve always dreamed about. Our host, John McAdams, is an experienced sportsman with decades of experience afield who has successfully hunted big game like whitetail deer, mule deer, blacktail deer, pronghorn antelope, black bear, Rocky Mountain elk, feral hogs, javelina, cape buffalo, kudu, wildebeest, and other species of African plains game in over a dozen different states and countries. In ...
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Full Draw Full Time Podcast is here to bring you people and stories of Western Bowhunting. Join South Cox of Stalker Stickbows and Kody Kellom of Full Draw Film Tour, as they live life at Full Draw! Whether it is topics of DIY adventures, preparing for the backcountry, calling elk or spot and stalk hunting, we will bring you interesting guests and incredible insight. If you bowhunt the West for Elk, Mule Deer, Blacktail Deer, or anything you can chase with a tag, you better sit tight and enj ...
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The RnA Outdoors Podcast covers all things hunting, fishing, and the outdoors. In each episode, we interview experts in the outdoors industry to share knowledge and help our fellow sportsman be successful.
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We sit down with blacktail hunter, rifle enthusiast, sawyer and educator Bret Michalski to talk about blacktail deer vulnerabilities in the middle of the season. How to hunt the folds and benches you don't see from the road. Favorite calibers, deer camp food and the role of the hunter in modern society. If you want to support free speech and good h…
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In this episode, Erik and Aaron look back on Erik's New Mexico archery mule deer hunt. Where he wounded a giant buck and on top of that missed the birth of his 6th child. He talks about the disappointment that came with both of those events. Aaron recently got back from California where he was hunting blacktails and shares some of his experience! B…
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Nosler just sent me a bunch of their new Whitetail Country line of ammunition and I need some help testing and evaluating how it performs afield this fall. Here's how you can help me out and potentially receive some free ammo in the process! To enter the random drawing for the chance to test and evaluate Nosler Whitetail Country ammo, click here an…
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I discuss all of the 33 caliber CIP and SAAMI standardized cartridges (plus a couple of other noteworthy rounds) in this episode and discuss their history, legacy, their strengths and weaknesses, and their recommended uses in detail. Cartridges covered: 33 WCF, 333 Jeffery, 338-06 A-Square, 338 Winchester Magnum, 338 Lapua Magnum, 338 Blaser, 8.6 B…
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In this episode, Erik sits down with Mike Vause and the Sheriff. They talk about the history of mountain men and Old Ephraim. They discuss recent bear attacks and Mike shares a family story of a past bear attack. They also discuss grizzly bears coming back to Northern Utah and how close they actually get. Be sure to check out MTNTOUGH Fitness and g…
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I just made it home from an outstanding moose hunt in Colorado with my son! We had an amazing trip and I successfully took a cow Shiras Moose, which was a species I wasn’t sure I’d ever get to hunt because those tags are just so darn hard to obtain. Not only did I manage to pull a tag, but successfully punched it! Today’s episode is a detailed reca…
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Designed for Deer! It's the new Nosler Whitetail Country ammunition brought to you by the company in Bend, Oregon, renowned for premium bullets like AccuBond and E-Tip, Partition, Solid Base and Ballistic Tip and for suppressors and for some of the best rifles in hunting. Best of all, this new ammunition is priced at $34.95 and comes in the most po…
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Ron Spomer is back on the show and we discuss a subject I know you’ll enjoy: our favorite cartridges for hunting virtually any species of big game. We’re play little game where Ron and I each list our favorite cartridge and bullet for hunting specificPor John McAdams
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It's the best time of the year! It's October, the month of road trips and big bucks and steelhead in the rivers and we have Jordan Knigge in the studio to talk about fishing Central Oregon and the next world record king salmon, which we believe someone is going to catch in South America. This is a great episode. If you want to support free speech a…
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Like the mythical Phoenix, Thompson/Center has risen from the ashes. Owner Gregg Ritz joins me on the show today to discuss the rise and fall of the company and the story of how he is currently in the process of resurrecting this legendary American firearms institution and what we can expect from T/C moving forward. Sponsor: Go to HuntingGuns101.co…
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It's a swapcast! This conversation was recorded for the We Are Outdoorsmen podcast with Richy Harrod and Bob Loomis and Britton Ransford and here it is in its entirety. We talk about favorite rifles, loads and how to put them to work in deer season. Happy October! If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Internet Age, look…
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Today, we’re talking about Hornady’s new 22 Advanced Rifle Cartridge (22 ARC), which purports to deliver 22-250 level performance out of an AR-15 platform. In this episode I discuss whether or not Hornady delivers on that promise, what this cartridge is best suited for, and whether or not you should purchase one. Join the Big Game Hunting Podcast t…
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This M.D. doesn’t wear a lab coat. But he sure has spent a lot of time with black labs. Returning champion M.D. Johnson is back to talk brushy country deer hunting in the Pacific Northwest. He reveals his favorite deer rifle and the philosophies that have sustained him for 50 seasons in the deer woods. If you want to support free speech and good hu…
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As I promised you a couple of weeks ago, we’re going to talk about the details I've been able to dig up regarding the often repeated story where Roy Weatherby supposedly killed a cape buffalo with the 257 Weatherby Magnum today. Buckle up folks, because this is going to be a good one! Email me at john@thebiggamehuntingblog.com if you have additiona…
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Adam Wies (better known as WHO_TEE_WHO on YouTube) is up next in my ongoing Africa hunting mini-series. We actually just hosted Adam on a plains game hunt with us in Africa and yes, he did hunt with a 6.5 Creedmoor. As you’ll learn here shortly, Adam had an outstanding trip. None of those 6.5 Creedmoor bullets bounced off any game and he actually h…
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It was a 2-1/2 day blackpowder hunt for a trophy blacktail in southern Oregon’s Applegate Unit. We rattled antlers, scraped antlers on branches and tried to make our luck and then it rolled our way. We sit down with Brad Douglas, the producer of High Desert Outdoorsman to recall a favorite hunt in poison oak country. If you want to support free spe…
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Joe Thompson is up next in my ongoing Africa hunting mini-series to talk about his hair raising leopard hunt in Zimbabwe last year. As you’ll learn here shortly, there was a lot of drama associated with this hunt, especially at the beginning. As Ferris Bueller once said, life comes at you pretty fast and that’s exactly what happened to Joe on this …
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After a long day behind the long guns with the sun beating down and the wind swirling across the desert, we sit down to talk long range shooting, favorite calibers, suppressors, optics and doping the wind. Our guest is Brandon Wessels who got his start hunting for mule deer, joined the Marines right out of high school and loves to teach the art of …
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Mike Arnold is up next in my ongoing Africa hunting mini-series to talk about bushbuck and nyala. These two species of spiral horned antelope are both magnificent creatures that, as different as they may appear at first glance, also share a few surprising similarities. In fact, they also live in some of the same areas and even compete with each oth…
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He’s 28 years old and he came to bear hunting the honest way. Working in the woods. Listening to the old guys. Paying attention. Watching for food sources. You can’t find Evan Goetz on social media, but you might be able to find him in some grove of chinquapins in northern California, watching a berry patch come mid-September. This is the 23rd inst…
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Back in the studio with Trevor Barclay from High Desert Tactical to talk holsters and specifically the belly band, that polyester tummy tucking pistol pocketer and spare tire harness. Wear it under your t-shirt or a tuxedo. Don’t be afraid. It’s got Velcro! And the worst that could happen is it could snag a few navel hairs. You could stand a trim a…
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In this episode, Kevin Robertson and I cover the most popular really big bore safari cartridges .50 caliber and larger and discuss their history, legacy, their strengths and weaknesses, and their recommended uses in detail. We discuss almost everything from the 500 Nitro all the way up to the 700 Nitro Express in this episode (to include some real …
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How do we keep deer on a piece of ground? There’s a lot we can learn from each other. Levi Mallory from Missouri and Troy Rodakowski from western Oregon join us for this one to talk about food plots and forage blends. And how to keep does on the property year-round with food sources, water, bedding cover and escape cover. Maybe this isn’t East meet…
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We sit down with morning person Mikal Cline, Oregon’s state upland bird coordinator and the proud owner of a new Brittany puppy to talk about how fire season meets chukar season in the West and why this looks like THE year to hunt chukar and quail. Wondering what happens to wildlife when 1 million acres burns in eastern Oregon? We look at it from t…
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The “quarter bore” section of the ballistics world doesn’t get a lot of love, certainly not when compared to the smaller 6mm, or larger 6.5mm, 270 cal, 7mm, or 30 cal bore diameters. Even so, the various 25 caliber cartridges have a very rich history and there some very interesting stories associated with them. In this episode, I hit the highlights…
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I just made it back home from a fantastic couple of days at the Bergara Academy at Queen Mountain Ranch near Evanston, Wyoming. This episode is a short “campfire style” discussion of the highlights of our time up there I did with Collin Russell from Bergara and 4 other media guys from the industry who joined me up there. All told, we talk about wha…
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This M.D. doesn’t wear a lab coat. But he sure has spent a lot of time with black labs. Returning champion M.D. Johnson is back on the podcast to talk duck hunting for the modern man (or woman) and what it takes to get out in the swamps and the forest ponds hunting ducks. He reveals his favorite shotgun load and the philosophies that have sustained…
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Zak May from Reloading Quest is on the show with us today to talk about handloading. We talk about why people should handload, cartridges that are easy to reload for, cartridges that are difficult to reload for, common mistakes people make while handloading, and how Zak recommends getting started. Sponsor: Go to HuntingGuns101.com and Sign up for m…
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Cole Tanner from Ozonics Hunting joins me on the show today to talk about the ozone devices they manufacture and sell to hunters as a way to minimize the chances of game smelling them afield. I know, it sounds too good to be true, but I’ve used an Ozonics unit for a long time myself now and I’ve seen firsthand how beneficial they can be afield. In …
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Back in the studio with Trevor Barclay from High Desert Tactical to talk holsters and handguns and maintenance of the gear. What goes wrong. What we should be watching week to week on belts, belly bands and bandoliers. You have a bandolier, don’t you? If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Internet Age, look for our coff…
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A long time ago, I sat down with old John Nosler and collected his stories on cassette tapes. Then the tapes were lost for many years. We found the tapes in filing cabinet back in the summer of 2019 and I digitized them and searched through the archives for stories like this. Now you can hear old John Nosler in his voice tell the stories of foundin…
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I have another cartridge comparison for you today where we discuss the 300 Blackout vs 7.62x39mm. These two cartridges are remarkably similar in performance at first glance, but if you dig deeper, you’ll see there are some substantial differences in some other key areas that lurk just below the surface. We’ll explore all of those things in more det…
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Erik has on the Dickbone King Adam Grenda. They talk about dealing with hate, dickbones, and Adam's drive to kill the biggest moose he can. Be sure to check out MTNTOUGH Fitness and get 6 weeks free with code "MULEYFREAK". Also, use code "MULEYFREAK10" for 10% off of MagView products. MTNTOUGH Link: https://bit.ly/48q1tWz www.muleyfreak.com…
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It has been awhile since I’ve had someone on the show to talk about a truly wild and crazy hunt. To that end, I have a guest on the podcast today with me with a hair raising tale to share with you. When I first started attending church after I moved to town, people there started asking me what I do. Without exception, every single person I met told…
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We’re talking bear hunting: how-to in SE Alaska, the mistakes people make, the right gun and the right bullet for black bear. And how to time your hunt when hunting in the coastal environment. Why you can sometimes sleep in, eat a big breakfast and kill your bear at low tide in the late afternoon. Listen through to the end to get all the bear hunti…
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This episode releases on the 4th of July, so I thought it was fitting to not only do a cartridge comparison, but focus on two cartridges that have played prominent roles in US military conflicts over the past half century: the 223 Remington and 5.56 NATO on one side vs the 7.62x39mm on the other. The 5.56 vs 7.62x39mm debate kicked off right after …
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We talk the rise of the .410 shotgun as an all-around waterfowl and turkey slayer. And we talk new .410 shotguns and #9 Tungsten for long-range shooting on mallards. Then we remember how many times we have been fooled by the wolf introduction advocates. Some of us have to have long memories. Sykes Mitchell is proprietor of Duck Creek Outfitters in …
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