Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Best Rifle Scopes for Backcountry Hunting: American Made & Tougher Than The Rest!

How do you choose a riflescope that won't let you down in the backcountry? Pick from a proven brand, with a track record of performance and reliablity.  In this epside

Hunting Red Stags, Fallow Deer, & Alpine Game in New Zealand: Planning & Prep

If you've dreamed of hunting New Zealand for giant Red Stags, Fallow deer, Himalyan Tahr, or Chamois, this episode is for you! We got on the phone with a professional gui

BEST CARTRIDGE for EVERYTHING, with Ron Spomer

We're attacking the old debate, folks: If you had to pick just ONE CARTRIDGE to hunt ANYTHING you want, what would it be? I suspect our choices may surprise many of you.

Are Suppressors Deregulated Now?

Can you now just walk into a gun store, buy a suppressor, and walk out with it? Recent legal rulings have upset the NFA's apple cart, leaving a frenzy of good and bad inf

Hunting Spanish Roebucks, Vineyards, & Monasteries

No European country offers more spectacular hunting than Spain. Four species of ibex, chamois, red deer, roe deer, mouflon, wild boar, fallow deer, and even barbary sheep

Small Cartridges for Big Game, continued: Does RECOIL Make You A Worse Shooter?

The "small cartridges for big game" debate continues. Does stout recoil REALLY prevent you from making accurate shots in the field? If so, what's the reason: Is it rifle

Elk Hunters' Best Friend

In the backcountry, dog ain't mans best friend. Nope: a good horse is. We take this episode out into the pasture with Audrey von Benedikt (the horsewoman of the family) a

Best Hunting Cartridges for Mule Deer, with Colton Heward

Great cartridges for hunting mule deer tend to be good for most western big game species... But what if you singularly, passionately want one ultimate mule deer cartridge

Hunting Kudu, Cats, & Zulu Cattle in Africa

What is it about hunting Africa that sinks a hook so deep into your soul that you can never stop dreaming of going back? Smoky orange sunsets, majestic kudu bulls driftin

.35 Whelen in North Idaho's Wild Country

How good is the .35 Whelen for western big game hunting? This episode tells five hunting stories, all told by a veteran fighter pilot, that showcase just how wonderful th

Best New Hunting Rifles on the Market, with Colton Heward

What are the best modern hunting rifles available today? In this episode, we sit down with Colton Heward, managing editor of Petersen's Hunting magazine, and talk through

SHOT PLACEMENT on Big Game: American vs. African

What's the best place to aim on a big game animal? That depends on what you're hunting. Antlered game in America is built differently than most antelope species in Africa

7mm SAW Cartridge: An Improved 7mm-08?

This episode takes a close look at the 7mm SAW — a wildcat that just might be the ultimate efficient short-action 7mm. Designed by Clayton Smith, owner of West Texas Ordn

Is it Good or Bad to be a Long Range Deer Sniper? With Ron Spomer

Detractors of modern long-range hunting methods call such hunters "deer snipers." But is long-range shooting at game bad? Or good? We're joined by Ron Spomer in this epis

Hunting Forest Ghosts Across Transylvania, Spain, Macedonia, & Serbia

This episode follows host Joseph von Benedikt on a wild roebuck hunt across ancient terraces in Spain, to remote mountains in Transylvania, to deep forests of Serbia, and

NEW 6.5 BACKCOUNTRY! (6.5 Creedmoor +PEAK)

BIG NEWS! Federal has just announced the new "6.5 BACKCOUNTRY" cartridge... or put more correctly, the 6.5 Creedmoor with "+ PEAK" alloy technology. We tested the inagura

Most Versatile Cartridge: 300 PRC?

Scenario: You can choose between .280 Ackley, 7mm PRC, .300 Win Mag, and .300 PRC to hunt everything on the North American continent for the rest of you life. What's it g

Live Q&A: Hunting New Zealand. Also: Huge Announcement Coming Friday!

Join us TONIGHT for a LIVE Q&A with our friends in New Zealand. We'll talk all things hunting NZ. A Zoom link will be provided on the free page at www.patreon.com/backcou

Do You Need Fancy Gear and a New Rifle to Hunt Elk?

Do you really need a new rifle to hunt elk? Probably not! Although cutting-edge is helpful, you just might be better off spending your extra money on practice ammo and ho

Hunt Audio Journal: Red Stag, Tahr, & Fallow in New Zealand with My Daughter Audrey

This episode brings you the late-night and early morning audio-journal recordings from our recent hunt in New Zealand. Audrey and I re-cap our hunts for my massive red st