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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

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.

Copyright: © Joseph von Benedikt 2019

Latest Episodes:

Wild Meat & Adventure with Garrett Wales Feb 28, 2020

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SHOW NOTES

Garett Wales: Entrepreneur, Beer-brewer, Organic fast-food guru, and passionate backcountry hunter.

Nosler man
Kryptek pro staffer
Life & Time restaraunteur
Wild Game chef

Roots of the clean-living, clean-eating passion

Motivation and fueling obsessions

Desert bighorn sheep hunting

Creating organic, free-range, chemical-free fast food

NEW SEGMENT: Making The Shot

Garrett's hunting addition, and where it started

Culinary tips:

Favorite season salts & steak rubs
Prepping and seasoning cast iron
Wild game cooking vs. beef
Favorite backcountry foods and fuels

Top game animal and favorite hunting experiences

Can't-hunt-without gear items

Kids—the most exciting hunting partners of all

RESOURCES:

Reload season salt

Gunpowder steak rub

Lodge cast iron

Backcountry Foot Care & other Q&A Feb 14, 2020

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• Issues with your feet and/or boots can ruin a hunt

• How to choose ideal boots for your foot type & terrain

• Foot health maintenance & pain management

• Injury prevention & treatment

• NEW SEGMENT: Backcountry Scouting & Navigating

• Questions & Answers:

Bear guns & bullets
Eyewear for hunting
Mild-recoiling classic cartridges for deer
More

• How to order Backcountry Hunting Podcast Tee Shirts

• Support the Backcountry Hunting Podcast on Patreon

.300 Win Mag vs. .300 PRC: Which is best? Feb 07, 2020

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• Scenario: You've got hunts ranging from coues deer to mountain grizzly and moose—and have to use just one rifle. What cartridge do you pick?

• What trends show most folks pick

• SHOT Show trends and hot cartridges

• Comparison between the legendary .300 Win Mag and the trendy new .300 PRC

• Candid discussion about podcast survivability

• .300 Win Mag: America's all-around champ's Pros & Cons

• .300 PRC: Touted as the best fast .30 ever designed, Pros & Cons

CONCLUSION: Which is best?

RESOURCES:

Support the Backcountry Hunting Podcast at https://www.patreon.com/backcountry

Backcountry Bipods & Tripods with Spartan Precision Jan 31, 2020

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NEW "BACKCOUNTRY APPRENTICE" SEGMENT! Listen for this 2-minute skills and how-to section presented by the host's favorite hunting partner (age 9).

• Interview with Spartan Precision's founder Rob Gearing

• Spartan 5-oz. bipods and why they work so well

• Mountaineering tripods, trekking poles, and ultralight tents

• Construction: Machined aluminum & carbon fiber

• Made in the U.K.

• Bow stabilizers and backcountry tool kits

• Longbows & the tremendous ability of Great Britain's yeomen

• Why we hunt the backcountry

RESOURCES

Spartan Precision Equipment

Javelin Lite bipod

Javelin Pro Hunt bipod

Sentinel Tripod system

Davros Tripod Head

Spartan bipod/tripod rifle mount adaptors

Spartan Carbonlite $650 tent

Spartan Green Genie $350 tent

Utah Draw Challenges Jan 24, 2020

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• Hunting Utah:

Guest Colton Heward, big game guide
Challenges of drawing a Utah tag
"Point creep" —is it unresolvable?
Youth and future opportunities: Can today's kids ever draw a good Utah tag?
Opportunities in Wyoming, Idaho and other surrounding states
A draw hunt in Idaho—tough conditions, few deer, many hunters, and the persistence and techniques that resulted in a professional guide's biggest buck ever.
Stalking close and shooting long
How to make the most of Utah's opportunities
Extended Archery areas
Desert Bighorn Sheep and a grandfather's dream

Resources:

Timney Triggers

Timney Triggers for Backcountry Hunting Jan 17, 2020

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• Squeezing the trigger: the final act in pursuing an animal

• The critical importance of having a good trigger in a backcountry hunting rifle

• Introducing Chris Ellis, owner of Ellis Communications, who reps Timney Triggers

• Pronghorns in the fog: hunting tales and great triggers

• Defining trigger performance:

Crisp (like an icicle breaking)
Creep-free
Light
Consistant
Overtravel (what's that?)

• Replacing factory production triggers:

Fairly easy to do
Cost spectrum?
Timney's classic, legendary model
Timney's cutting-edge flagship model

• Tuning a Timney to perfection

• Timney's outstanding lifetime warrantee and customer service

• Heavy triggers and lost opportunities at elk

• Listen to the end for exiting news—and a discount code to get 15 percent off any one Timney trigger!

RESOURCES:

Timney Triggers

A Sub-$400 Mountain Rifle Jan 10, 2020

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Review time! Savage's Axis II budget rifle in .280 Ackley Improved

• Listener lever-action questions & comments

• Mid-bore cartridges such as the .338-06 and .35 Whelen for backcountry hunting

• A six-pound, six-ounce, sub-$400 mountain rifle

• Discussing the Axis II action

• Barrel length, rifling twist rate, and type

• Axis II stock: Well-designed but flexible

• Mounting a bipod: Do or don't?

• Accuracy: Will the Axis II .280 Ackley shoot sub-MOA?

• Reliability and feeding smoothness

• Ergonomics: Feel, balance, and responsiveness

• Picking the right scope for the Axis II

RESOURCES:

Email the host joseph@backcountrypodcast.com

Follow/submit questions on Instagram @backcountryhuntingpodcast

Follow on Facebook: BackcountryHuntingPodcast

Savage Axis II site

Hornady .280 Ackley ammo

Nosler .280 Ackley ammo

Leupold VX-3i riflescopes

Backcountry Hunting Questions, Comments, & Rude Remarks Jan 04, 2020

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This episode addresses several interesting questions and comments submitted by listeners.

• Browning BLR correction

• Takedown rifles and scope mounting

• Swedish hunters and the Backcountry Hunting Podcast

• Single-loading lever guns in dangerous situations

• Sierra bullets for hunting

• Dogs and deer hunting

• Lever-action Turnbull for bear in the Pacific Northwest

• Browning A-Bolt Ti

• .280 Ackley Improved vs. 7mm Rem Mag.

• 7mm STW for backcountry hunting

• Barnes TTSX bullets and AR-15 accuracy

Lever Actions for Backcountry Hunting Dec 31, 2019

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• Why hunt the backcountry with a lever action rifle?

• Advantages & disadvantages of lever actions

• Types of lever actions

• Characteristics of lever actions

Browning BLR: Modern, capable powerhouse
Savage 99: Vintage but capable
Winchester 95: Vintage powerhouse
Winchester 86: Classic western big bore
Winchester 94: Classic western deer rifle
Marlin 1895: All-around classic/capable champ
Marlin 336: Accurate, versatile .30-30

• Lever-action takeaway notes

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Long-Range Hunting: Good, Bad, or Situational? Dec 20, 2019

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• Scenario: Running game vs. long shot?

• Intro: Long-Range Hunting—an exploration of all the elements

• Listener questions & comments

• Defining long-range hunting

• The Ethical Argument against long-range hunting

• A skill-based argument for long-range hunting

• Potential issues with long-range hunting

Potential for poor hits
Insufficient projectile performance
Difficulty recovering game
Too many hunters don't practice

• Potential advantages of long-range skill

More precise shots at common distances
Making the most of backcountry opportunities
Experience success more frequently
Harvest bigger animals, more often

• ABC's of becoming a long-range hunter

• JvB's personal creed: Be the best hunter possible so long shots are rarely necessary; be the best rifleman possible so as to ethically make long shots when required.

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