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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Jul 26, 2019

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...


Jul 19, 2019

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

•...


Jul 12, 2019

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,...


Jul 5, 2019

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...