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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Jun 28, 2020

SHOW NOTES: 

Intro: It's rifle buying time! 

Tons of questions incoming about high-end rifles. Here's one of the best of the best. This episode reviews Proof Research's extraordinary Glacier Ti mountain rifle. 


Transporting Rifles Damage Free

Jun 19, 2020

SHOW NOTES

How to transport a rifle without damage

How to improvise and correct damage to scopes and rifles

Q&A and listener's comments

  • .280 Rem vs. .280 Ackley
  • 7mm-08 as a backcountry cartridge
  • Deep-penetrating elk bullets for the .30-06

Appropriate hard cases for transporting firearms

How to pack a rifle...


Jun 19, 2020

SHOW NOTES

How to transport a rifle without damage

How to improvise and correct damage to scopes and rifles

Q&A and listener's comments

  • .280 Rem vs. .280 Ackley
  • 7mm-08 as a backcountry cartridge
  • Deep-penetrating elk bullets for the .30-06

Appropriate hard cases for transporting firearms

How to pack a rifle...


Jun 12, 2020

SHOW NOTES

• World's All-Around Hunting Cartridge Champ: .375 H&H

• .375 H&H vs. .375 Ruger

  • Cartridge Characteristics
    • Adequate for anything
    • Inherently accurate
    • Mellow recoil 
    • Readily available rifles & ammo
  • Bullet choices
    • For Pachyderms
    • For Cape buffalo and big bears
    • For Moose & Bison down to deer
  • Rifle...


Jun 5, 2020

SHOW NOTES

INTRO: A girl, a minimal cartridge, a perfect shot, and a lost bear

MAIN TOPIC: It's all about shot placement: Fact or Fiction?

LISTENER'S QUESTION: Barnes's .30-cal. 212-gr. LRX

• Difference between kinetic energy, momentum, and TKO

• On-impact visible authority, or "wallop"

CRITICAL FACTORS OF BULLET...