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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:

Top Mountain Rifles, Part 3: Weatherby Backcountry Dec 13, 2019

Show notes

SHOW NOTES:

• 50th Episode gear giveaway results, LIVE!

• Adam Weatherby, and the superb new sub-5 pound Backcountry rifle

• How Wyoming has influenced Weatherby rifle design

• How Weatherby achieves sub-MOA accuracy in an ultralight rifle

• Action features and strength

• Barrel construction and quality

• Stock design and action bedding

• Weatherby's new 6.5 WBY RPM cartridge

• Tips to shooting an ultralight rifle accurately

• Where the Backcountry rifle line is headed

• The "Hunt Your Own State" dilemma

RESOURCES

Weatherby home page

Backcountry Ti rifle

Backcountry rifle

Email the Backcountry Hunting Podcast here

Idaho Opportunities for Backcountry Hunters Dec 06, 2019

Show notes

SHOW NOTES

• New podcast email: joseph@backcountrypodcast.com

• Toby Boudreau: Biologist extraordinary of Alaska & Idaho

• Opportunities in the great state of Idaho

• Mule deer:

Population health
Where to find the biggest bucks
Tag types and available opportunities
Idaho's marvelous OTC permit

• Elk:

Best OTC elk opportunity in Idaho
Populations and trophy potential
OTC Tag availability
Season types and multiple-opportunity tags

• Once in a Lifetime hunts (bighorns, moose, Mtn. goats)

How and when to apply
Cost of license and applying
Where to find draw odds

• Wolves

Current population impacts
How to buy multiple cheap non-resident wolf tags
Ongoing management research studies

• Human population growth

Fastest-growing Western state
Future affect and opportunities

• Bonus material: Mr. Boudreau's top backcountry hunting cartridge

RESOURCES

Idaho Fish & Game website

Idaho Hunt Planner

Backcountry Riflescopes Nov 29, 2019

Show notes

SHOW NOTES

• The Critical parts of a capable backcountry riflescope

Quality (optical & construction)
A balanced magnification range
A good dial-up turret with zero stop type mechanism
Sub 20-ounce weight

• Dialing vs. holding over: How to get the best out of both methods—plus a couple of hunting horror stories that spotlight weaknesses.

• How to set up a dial-up turret

• How to calibrate your ammo/bullet system to a holdover reticle

• Bonus material: How to use a simple duplex reticle for extended ranges

TOP ALL-AROUND HUNTING SCOPES, REVIEWED:

Leupold 3-15x44 VX-5HD and 3-18x44 VX-6HD
SWAROVSKI Z5 3.5-18X44 BT with 4W reticle
Nightforce NSX 2.5-10x42
Leupold VX-3i 2.5-8x36 with Boone & Crockett reticle

• Mounting a scope for trouble-free function

• Great bases & rings for backcountry rifles

Reviewed: Top Mountain Rifles, Part 2 Nov 22, 2019

Show notes

SHOW NOTES

• Lex Webernick, America's master mountain-rifle builder

• Listener's questions and comments

• Customizing Remington 700 & Winchester M70 actions

• Sculpture-quality skeletonizing for ultralight action weight

• Premium barrels

• Recoil-taming, quiet(ish) muzzle brakes

• Building a 13-ounce composite stock

• Ultralight, ultra strong scope rings

• Commissioning a custom from Rifle's Inc.

• Accuracy of the author's .270 Win. and .375 H&H

• Upcoming mountain-rifle reviews:

A sub-$400, mountain-weight .280 Ackley
America's top precision mountain rifle
Weatherby's innovative new Backcountry Ti

RESOURCES

Rifle's Inc

.270 vs. .30-06 for Backcountry Hunting Nov 15, 2019

Show notes

SHOW NOTES

• .30-06 & .270 at crunch time

• Revisiting the old argument: Which is better?

• More to the point, how do you get the best out of each?

Cartridge comparison:

.30-06 is more versatile--and here's why
.270 is more forgiving in some ways--and here's why
Downsides of the .30-06
Downsides of the .270

How to get the best out of the .30-06

History: America's Warhorse
Bullet choice
Handloading for ultimate performance
Matching hunting bullets to intended species
Bringing the .30-06 up to modern performance

How to get the best out of the .270 Win.

History: O'Conner's favorite
Find high-BC bullets
Tune for accuracy
Pick tough bullets for tough game
Set your rifle up for ultimate performance

Excellent modern rifles chambered in .30-06 & .270

Browning X-Bolt Hells Canyon Speed

Kimber Montana

Weatherby Backcountry Ti

Spec OPS Brand Accu-Pack

Spartan Precision Bipods

Wild Meat: field care, prep, and grilling ultimately tasty venison Nov 09, 2019

Show notes

SHOW NOTES

Wild game meat should be incredibly good—not dry, gamey, and tough to eat.

Field care for clean-tasting meat
"Ice Aging" meat for tenderness and mild flavor
Pre-cooking prep for roasts and steaks
Grilling techniques for the perfect steak or roast

Professional meat processors: A good way to get your wild game meat ruined

Even old, rut-worn bulls are tender and great-tasting if aged properly, prepped correctly, and grilled skillfully.

Searing in Olive oil: a magic recipe for juicy, tender meat

Steak seasoning

Steps to aging perfectly

Proper pre-grilling prep

Grilling and resting

Cardinal Sin: Overcooking wild game meat

A challenge for listeners

Late-Season Elk: Strategies & Challenges Nov 01, 2019

Show notes

SHOW NOTES

Challenges of late-season elk hunting

Bulls are solitary and hard to find
Antlers are often broken
Extreme cold can be a major factor
Elk are pressured and spooky
Wintering grounds often present public/private land conflicts
Shooting in extreme cold is always difficult

Techniques that work:

Glassing. How to find the best vantage points, how to choose optics
Hunting elk mentally. Think like a wise, exhausted old bull.
Tracking in snow. Methods for big herds vs. solitary old bulls
Ambushing. Patterning, setting up, and moving on late-season elk

Work Sharp: An interview with knife-sharpening expert Josh Warren Oct 25, 2019

Show notes

SHOW NOTES

• Work Sharp Tools: the Genesis

• Edge technology and what makes "sharp"

• Most common sharpening mistakes, and how to correct them

• Edge angle: What's best for a hunting knife? And how do you control it?

• Under the microscope: What creates sharpness

• Different knife steels, and how to address them

• Keeping a razor edge, almost effortlessly

• Ultralight Work Sharp tools for backcountry hunting

RESOURCES

Work Sharp Tools

Guided Field Sharpener

Micro Sharpener & Knife Tool

Pocket Knife Sharpener

Victorinox Swiss Paring Knife (a taxidermist's favorite)

Buck Knives

Siembida Custom Knives (on instagram)

Handloading Hunting Ammo Oct 18, 2019

Show notes

SHOW NOTES

Why reload:

Pick your bullet
Tune your accuracy
Create premium ammo for budget-ammo cost

Getting started:

Instruction sections in reloading manuals
ABC's of assembling a cartridge
The Three "B's" of accuracy
Choosing cartridge cases
Prepping cases for accuracy
Choosing a gunpowder
Working up a propellant charge
Choosing a projectile (toughness, aerodynamics, accuracy)
Tuning seating depth for accuracy

Reasonable accuracy expectations

Rifle quality
Shooter skill
Handload quality

Testing handloads for reliable chambering prior to hunting

Wrap: A question for listeners... check it out, and let me know!

Lapua cartridge cases

Nosler brass

Federal Gold Medal Match primers

Alliant gunpowders

Hodgdon gunpowders

Hunting Knives with Custom Knifesmith Evan Siembida Oct 11, 2019

Show notes

SHOW NOTES

Host introduction: Evan Siembida of Siembida Custom Knives

Hunting knife design evolution and performance characteristics

Handle materials and practical advantages

How size, blade shape, and edge geometry affects use

Bushcraft and fire starting

"Spa Treatment" knife restoration service

Micarta handle material: linen, canvas, paper, and boutique burlap

Sharpen-ability and edge-holding characteristics of stainless steel vs. non-stainless

Specific types of steel optimum for knives

Carbides and the microscopic edge

Different degrees of "stainlessness," i.e. rust resistance

SHARPENING

Sharpening correctly—and using a Strop

Recommended sharpening stones

The drawbacks of "V" type pull-through sharpeners

Choosing and using the right blade for backcountry hunting

RESOURCES

• Siembida Custom Knives Instagram

• SiembidaCustomKnives@gmail.com

• Gator sharpening stones

• EZE-LAP pocket diamond stone

• EZE-LAP diamond shop stone

• Leather strops for sale

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