Ron Spomer Outdoors
By Ron Spomer
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Episodes: 244
Description
For 44 years, I’ve had the good fortune to photograph and write about my passion – the outdoor life. Wild creatures and wild places have always stirred me – from the first flushing pheasant that frightened me out of my socks in grandpa’s cornfield to the last whitetail that dismissed me with a wag of its tail. I invite you to join me for a nostalgic and sometimes revealing look back through the trials and tribulations of a freelance outdoor writer.
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Ep.424 The 460 Wby Mag Vs New Shooter!?
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May 28, 2025 |
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Ep.423 Guns,Bullets,And Where has Covey Been?!
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May 22, 2025 |
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Ep.422 Montana Bear stories With John Haviland
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May 20, 2025 |
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Ep.420 Hunting Stories With An Elk Guide
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May 13, 2025 |
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Ep.421 Can You Really Have Enough Rifles?!
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May 13, 2025 |
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Ep.419 The 30-06 Lives!
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Ep.418 Your Dream Rifles
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Ep.417 Wise Words From A True Alaskan
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Ep.416 Answering your Questions.
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Ep.415 Reacting To Your Comments
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Ep.414 Let's talk about 50BMG Vs Elk.
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Ep.413 Is There Such A Thing as too much Bullet Spin??
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Ep.412 Does B.C Really Matter?
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Ep.411 What is the Best Brush Busting Bullet?
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Eps 410: The Best Predator Cartridge Is?…
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Eps 409: Taming the .460 Wby Mag & Are New Cartridges Just Hype?
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Eps 408: Your Bullet Can't Shoot Flat to 400 Yards!
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Eps 407: Barrel Length Myths & Is the .45-70 Overrated?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Eps 406: 7x61 S&H, SHOT Show Stories, and the Gundie Awards
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Eps 405: More Mature Bucks, What Makes Binoculars Bright, and More…
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Eps 404: Lever Action vs. Bolt Action: Which is More Accurate?
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Eps 403: Pre-Season Prep and Planning for that Big Buck and Bull
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Eps 402: 220 Swift for Big Game, Does Bullet Energy Kill? 280AI Rifles and more!
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 401: Why Some Ballistically Superior Cartridges Are Outsold by Lesser Competition
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Eps 400: S&W 500 vs Arrow!
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Eps 399: Pheasant Decline, Mtn. Goat Cartridges, Year-Round Elk Season, and more...
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Eps 398: Is the 30-06 REALLY sliding into obsolescence or is Ron full of it?
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Eps 397: Fans' Hunting stories, Caliber , Rifle & Scope questions, Wildcat cartridges and more.
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Eps 396: Your knife steel questions answered in detail by an expert in metallurgy.
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Eps 395: Classic Hunting Traditions for the Next Generation
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Eps 394: Rifles, Scopes, Knives, Baseball - Living the Dream with Joe Cunningham
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Eps 393: Hunting on a Budget!
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Eps 392: A Tundra Rock Saved Our Lives
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Eps 391: Questioning the New 21 Sharp and Beyond!
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Eps 390: Adventures and Advice From a Whitetail Expert
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Eps 389: Side-Mounted Scope Problems, You Favorite Deer Cartridges, & Hunting With Your Dad
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Eps 388: Gun Designer Nick Shafer Explains How Super-Fast Twist Rates Perform
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Eps 387: Handloads In Subzero Temperatures + Magnum Vs Powder Primers
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Eps 386: Crafting Perfect Rifle Scope From the Eye Out - Stealth Vision
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Eps 385: Ron Remembers His M77 Ruger 270 + What Every Deer Hunter Faces!
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Eps 384: All About Elk!
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Eps 383: Most Dangerous Hunting Game with Melissa Bachman
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Eps 382: Light-for-Caliber Bullets in 308 and 6.5 CM
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Eps 381: America’s Favorite Deer Cartridges + Combination Guns!
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Eps 380: Barrel Harmonics Myth plus Your Favorite Rifles & More
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Eps 379: Ron Talks Sports Afield
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Eps 383: Expert Rifle Advice From Expert Rifle Builder
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Eps 377: Ron Sees Hunting's Future
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Eps 376: Rechambering Your Rifle, Ballistics Calculations, and How To Save Your Hearing While Shooting
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Eps 375: How Temperature Changes Trajectory, Why Some Ammo is Inaccurate, Barrel Nodes, and You've Been Called a Rube!
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Eps 374: Silencer Acquisition Simplified
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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Eps 373: 7 Steps to Your Best Accuracy
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Eps 372: Are Light or Heavy Bullets Better for Deer and Elk?
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Eps 371: Why Can’t I Find My Favorite Bullets?
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Eps 370: Field Shooting vs Bench Shooting, XPR Winchester, Canceling Gun Channels, Weird Bullet Weights and more.
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Eps 369: How a Non-Hunting Woman Made a Career in the Shooting World
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Eps 368: Rebarrel vs. Rechamber, Uphill Zeroing, and Elk School
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Eps 367: Anatomy of a Bullet
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Eps 366: Talking Guns with #1 Rated "Gun Talk" with Tom Gresham
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Eps 365: A New Twist on Twist
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Eps 364 - LPVO For Hunting - Is It Really Better?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Eps 363: Hornady's Official Position - 7mm PRC
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Eps 362: Booking Agents For Hunting Trips - Worth The Money?
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Eps 361: 30-06 Going Obsolete
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Eps: 360 Africa Safari Report
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May 29, 2024 |
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Eps 359: Bullet Spin Direction and 7mm Rem Mag Accuracy
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May 22, 2024 |
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Eps 358: Something Fishy About The Hornady 7PRC
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May 14, 2024 |
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Eps 357: 223 Remington and the 5.56 NATO What I Got Wrong
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May 08, 2024 |
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Eps 356: Why Is Everyone Talking About The 6.5 Creedmoor
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May 01, 2024 |
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Eps 355: Kamchatka Bear Hunt
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Bear Advice With A Master Alaskan Guide
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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353: The BEST Bear Defense Options - Myths vs Facts
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Eps 352: Answering ALL Your Questions About The 7mm
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Eps 351: Is The 458 Lott The BEST All Around Cartridge?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Eps 350: How To Handle 6.5 Creedmoor Fanboys
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Vortex, Rifles, and The Future Of Hunting: With Ryan Muckenhirn
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Eps. 349: Ron Gets Political
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Adam Weatherby: Bullets, Cartridges, and Running A Family Business
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Eps 348: Defending My Stance
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Eps 347: 243 Win and Hydrostatic Shock
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Eps 346 - The Beginning Of The End?
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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345: Round Nose vs Spire Point - Which Hits Harder?
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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344: 460 Wby. Overkill or Just Right?
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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343: BEST Poor Man's Rifle?
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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342 - Copper bullets in the 243 Winchester?
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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341: Best BIG GAME Cartridges?
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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340: The 348 Winchester
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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338: 458 Win Mag - BEST All Around Cartridge?
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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339: What I ACTUALLY think of the 270 WSM
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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337: Zeroing A Rifle - The Struggle Is Real
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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336: Pressure vs Powder - Which Is More Important To Accuracy?
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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335: Issues With Long Range Hunting
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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334: Aram Von Benedikt
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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333: I Was WRONG About 308 Week
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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332: Is The 222 Rem GOOD ENOUGH For Deer?
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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331: Why Am I Always Down On The 308?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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330: What is the 30.52 Winchester?
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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329: The .40-82 Winchester?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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328: Best Caliber For First-Time Hunters
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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327: Handloading The 7mm-08 - Choosing The Best Bullets For Deer
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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326: 30-06 vs 300 Win Mag For Elk
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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325: What is a "VERSATILE CARTRIDGE" anyway?
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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324: Shooting Sideways?
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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323: Bullet Stability with Jeff Siewert
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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322: The Best Bullet for 30-06?
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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321: Can 1 Grain Really Affect Accuracy?
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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320: You're Wrong About Twist Rate
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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319: Deer Hunting Tips For Beginners
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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318: The Best Scope For Deer Hunting
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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317: 300 WSM on Steroids?
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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316: 6.5 Creedmoor IS MORE POWERFUL than the 6.5x55
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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315: 300 WSM vs 6.8 Western - Cartridge Comparison
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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314: Rifle Pressures - Don't Make These Mistakes
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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313: 223 Remington vs 6.5 Creedmoor
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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312: Time To Talk About 8mm Cartridges
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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311: Are Magnums REALLY Necessary?
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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310: Choosing A Youth Hunting Rifle
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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309: Lowest Possible Rifle Twist Rate
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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308: Time To Update The 30-06 AI?
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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307: Lever Action vs Bolt Action Rifles
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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306: I'm Sorry, I Was Wrong
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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305: Building A Dedicated Elk Rifle
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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304: Does The Perfect Cartridge Exist?
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May 31, 2023 |
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303: Illegal Bullets
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May 24, 2023 |
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302: Finding New Public Land With Randy Newberg - Fresh Tracks
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May 17, 2023 |
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301: Best All-Around Rifle and Cartridge Combo For Hunting
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May 10, 2023 |
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299: Best Bullets For 7mm Mag
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May 03, 2023 |
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298: Tips for Hunting Running Boars
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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297: Shooting Watermelons with Hickok45
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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296: 350 Legend vs 360 Buckhammer
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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295: Finding The BEST All-Around Straight-Walled Cartridge
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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294: Hunting Without Dogs?
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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293: Testing All The Guns With Jim Harmer From Backfire TV
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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292: Factory Bullets Wrong Size!?
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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291: 1 TRICK To Hunt Better: Advice From A Pro
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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290: My Favorite Classic Hunting Rifle
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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289: Cold Air Kills Bullet Performance?
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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288: 25-06 and Long Bullets
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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287: Is Reloading Worth The Time and Money?
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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286: 270 vs 308 - The Best Round For Hunting Big Game
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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285: The Scoop on Scopes
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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284: 243 Win vs. 22-250 Rem
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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283: Is TKO Real or Fake?
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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282: Bullet Energy Vs Bullet Mass?
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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281: Best Bullet For The 25-06
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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280: The Most Versatile Cartridge
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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279: What Is a “True Hunter?”
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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278: Do Suppressors Affect Ballistic Performance?
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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277: Why No Fast Twist 270 Win?
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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276: 7mm PRC for Long-Range Hunting?
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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275: The Power of Trigger Pull!
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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274: Will the 6.8 Western Take Off?
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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273: 6.5 PRC Barrel Life vs. 270 Win Barrel Life?
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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272: Does Powder Burn Rate Affect Rifle Recoil?
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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271: 6.5 Creedmoor or .243 Winchester for Deer Hunt?
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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270: 270 WSM, 300 Win, or 257 Roberts for Shooting Elk?
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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269: Is Long Range Shooting at 600 Yards Hunting?
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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268: 30-06 for Africa Safari Hunt?
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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BONUS EPISODE: Elmer Keith: Jack O’connor’s Nemesis
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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267: Bear Attacks Determine Moose Caliber?
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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266: Shotshell Ballistics for Bird Hunting
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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265: Reloading Starter Kit
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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264: 264 Win VS. 6.5 PRC?
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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263: .30 Caliber Cartridges Gone For Good?
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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262: Best Hunting Gear for Moose Hunt
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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261: How Flat Is Flat?
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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260: Best 3 Bullets for Hunting!
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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259: 308 Win. for Bears?
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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258 - 7mm PRC: Really?
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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257: Rebarrel for .277 Fury!
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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256: Is the 308 more accurate?
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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255: Should combat rifles be allowed for hunting?
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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253: Is The 204 Ruger Cool? YES!
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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254: The best cartridge for North American and African game?
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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251: 277 Fury, 80,000 PSI in a Civilian Round?
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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252: Never Let Them Know Whitetails
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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250: Political Correctness Is Bad For The Environment
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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249: Did Weatherby REALLY Take Buffalo with the 257?
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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248: Deep Dive On Hunting Cartridges Full Interview With Joseph von Benedikt
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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247: Which cartridges won't survive supply chain issues?
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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246: Dad Wasn't A Hunter
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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245: Best Beginner Handloading Tools
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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244: Bayou Bottom Whitetail Hunt
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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243: Semi-auto Pump Action Rifles?
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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242: Jackson Hole Elk Devastated by Hunting?
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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241: Is barrel break-in necessary in 2022?
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May 31, 2022 |
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240: Which Hunting Dog Breed Is The Best?
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May 27, 2022 |
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239: This Cartridge Deserves A Second Chance
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May 24, 2022 |
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238: Art of Tracking
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May 20, 2022 |
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237: Outdoor Writer Falls Off Mountain While Horseback Hunting
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May 19, 2022 |
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236: The One Cartridge I'd Choose Every Time
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May 17, 2022 |
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235: Magic of Hunting Pronghorn
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May 13, 2022 |
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234: Confessions of a Gun Engraver!
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May 12, 2022 |
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233: Neck Meat and Cryogenic Freezing Gun Barrels
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May 10, 2022 |
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232: The Most Difficult Game to Hunt?
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May 06, 2022 |
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231: 270 WSM for Water Buffalo Hunting?
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May 05, 2022 |
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230: Flat or Pointy Bullets?
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May 03, 2022 |
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229: So It Goes With Sheep
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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228: How Hunting is ACTUALLY Preserving Wildlife
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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227: Are Berger Bullets Worth It?
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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226: Trophy Mule Deer Hunt
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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224: AR 15 and 6mm ARC!
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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223: High on The Hog
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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222: How a Leopard Almost Mauled Craig Boddington!
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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221: 308 Winchester or 7mm-08 Remington?
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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220: Cattail Whitetails
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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219: Hammer Bullets With Steve Davis
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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218: Copper Bullet BC Performance and Hornady Flex Tip
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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217: Adventure in Billy Basin
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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216: Scout Rifles with Richard Mann
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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215: What's Wrong with WSM Cartridges
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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214: Bird Dog Buddies
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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213: Handgun Cartridges In Rifles For Hunting?
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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212: Interview with YouTube's WHO_TEE_WHO
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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211: Last Stand Turkey Hunt
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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210: Why Is There An Ammo Shortage?
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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209: Tent Hunting
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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208: Deadliest Caliber - Which Caliber Has Taken The Most Game?
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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207: The Alaskan Moose That Disappeared
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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206: The Best Wildcat Ever?
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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205: America's Original Hunting Boat
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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204: Suppressors and Copper Bullets
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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203: Big-Canyon Bighorns!
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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202: Fluted Barrels and Boat Tail Bullets?
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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201: Best Little Pronghorn Ranch in Colorado
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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119: Bad Guides
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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118: Black Tailed Deer
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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117: Future of Hunting
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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116: Predator Hunting
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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115: Blizzard Bucks
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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114: Caribou Adventure
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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113: How Scopes have changed since 1990
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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112: Bulls of Seven Devils
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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111: Hell's Canyon Mule Deer
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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110: A Rifle For Pronghorn
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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109: A Winner for Pheasants
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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108: Completely Chicken
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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107: Rejected Dog Manual
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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106: Meat Buck Excuse
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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105: Sheep Fever
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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104: A Tale Of Two Pronghorn
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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103: My First Moose Hunt
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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102: Bump In The Night
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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101: The Ride
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Aug 18, 2020 |