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Hunt. Fish. Spear. Get Better at It. Interviews with those that have done it.
Episodes
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- Pat McNamara’s FIRST ELK Hunt: The Full Debrief · 1 h 15 minThe hunt film is available here: https://youtu.be/20-E3jkSyp4 Pat spent 22 years in special operations and teaches firearms, but he’d never been on an elk hunt. I took him on his…
- Shooting RESTS, Man-Eating TIGERS and Chamois with Rob Gearing of Spartan · 1 h 25 minRob Gearing built Spartan Precision Equipment around a question most hunters never answer: what are you actually going to shoot off of when the animal shows up? We get into rest…
- 3 Hours With FORM - Shooting Better, Stock Design, Small Calibers and The Fun of Hunting · 3 h 4 minHunters are far worse shooters than they think. I sit down with Form from Rokslide and Shoot2Hunt to talk about why 300 yards on a real animal is a long way, why the viral…
- 2 BIGGEST MISTAKES Guiding Pressured Elk - First Season Rifle Recap · 1 h 7 minWe had three bull tags, good snow, almost no competing pressure, and two herds patterned in the Flat Tops during Colorado’s first rifle season. We killed two bulls. This is the…
- Life's Adventures and 631 ARCHERY KILLS with Dr. Ashby · 2 h 5 minDr. Ed Ashby has records on 631 big game animals he's taken across 26 years, and only four were never recovered. He explains why most wounded game is hit too far back, why lack…
- ACCESS Kills More Elk Than SKILL Ever Will · 16 minAccess decides more elk hunts than gear, calling, or strategy combined. Private land, resident tags, draw odds, generations of local knowledge. That one variable is why comparing…
- Double RIFLE 101: Cost, Calibers, Why Own One - Chris Sells · 1 h 36 minDouble rifles are the least understood firearms in hunting. They cost more than most trucks, the two barrels are regulated by hand one pair at a time, and most guys buy one for a…
- Training Elk Hunters Like a FOOTBALL COACH · 1 h 7 minMost elk hunters don't lose animals because they don't know enough. They lose them because they bugle in the middle of a meadow, creep at 800 yards, sprint at 200, and talk…
- BEARS, Buffalo and BULLETS With Tim Sundles · 1 h 8 minTim Sundles is back on to talk about the Africa trip we did together, the near-charge that convinced him to stop pushing into thick brush, and what he thinks about internet…
- Wounded Bulls, Reflections and Lessons - Guiding The First Week of Archery · 39 minI guided an archery elk hunt last week and it had everything. A shooter bull at 25 yards on the first night that didn't work out. Slow days where bulls ignored every call. A…
- 3 Reasons Hunters QUIT Backcountry Hunts EARLY · 24 minMost guys don't quit a backcountry hunt because the area sucked. They quit because they're in a calorie deficit, they haven't slept, and they blew their anaerobic tank on day…
- Why I LEFT MY ELK CALLS in the Truck — Spot and Stalk with Brian Barney · 1 h 1 minBrian Barney has been hunting elk on Montana public land for 25 years. He's called in over 100 bulls. Yet, years ago he left his elk calls in the truck and never looked back…
- The EASIEST Way to Call Elk — No Diaphragm Required · 6 minMost elk hunters are either struggling with their diaphragm or over-relying on it. Cliff and Jim break down three non-vocal sounds that are easy to make, highly realistic, and…
- The TRUTH After 26 Years Guiding Archery Elk Hunters - James Nash · 1 h 0 minJames Nash is back, and this one is all elk. We get into why calling is the most overused tool in the elk woods, why your setup is doing 99% of the work, and how to think about…
- The Nuances Most Elk Hunters NEVER Figure Out · 43 minThree of us sat down after four days in the field. Cade, Cliff and Ryan (a student who just came off the elk class) and got into the small stuff that actually separates hunters…
- Trained 40 Elk Hunters - What I learned · 17 minOver the last two months I put 40 hunters through live elk training in the field. Not lectures. Real stalks, real glassing, real archery setups that run two or three hours. The…
- Should I Feel BAD About Shooting an ELEPHANT? - With Corey Knowlton · 1 h 59 minI sit down with Corey Knowlton, one of the most experienced international hunters alive, to talk elephant hunting, North American hunting and double rifles. From there we dig…
- OVER A TWO DECADES Guiding Flat Tops ELK — Lessons Most Hunters Miss - Evan Koster · 1 h 30 minEvan Koster has guided archery elk hunts in Colorado's Flat Tops for over a decade. This conversation covers everything that actually matters going into an archery elk season —…
- Why 90% of Hunters Pick The WRONG SUPPRESSOR - Cliff Brewer · 1 h 32 minWe explain suppressors for the hunting use cases, from basic concepts to advanced. Most hunters obsess over decibels and a do-it-all can they move between rifles. This…
- Shooting and Glassing Rests Explained With Ex Army Scout Sniper Mike Herne · 1 h 2 minYou almost always have a rock-solid rear rest on your body — and most hunters never use it. Cliff sits down with Mike from Tricer to break it down. This one gets into the weeds…
