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Sportsman's NIRVANA. Attending the DSC Convention

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.30-06 Cartridge Family: Best of All Time?

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SHOOTOUT! 7mm Backcountry VS .280 Ackley Improved

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Hunting Red Stags in the Scottish Highlands: 2026 Hunt Recap

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Hunting Elk Mountain-Man Style: Solo, Public Land, with a .50-Caliber Flintlock

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Essential Hunting Gear: Backcountry Backpack Hunts

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WINNING! With Traditional Muzzleloaders: Prep, Tuning, Shooting, & Scoring.

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

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

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BEST CARTRIDGE for EVERYTHING, with Ron Spomer

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Are Suppressors Deregulated Now?

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Hunting Spanish Roebucks, Vineyards, & Monasteries

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

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Elk Hunters' Best Friend

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Best Hunting Cartridges for Mule Deer, with Colton Heward

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Hunting Kudu, Cats, & Zulu Cattle in Africa

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.35 Whelen in North Idaho's Wild Country

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Best New Hunting Rifles on the Market, with Colton Heward

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SHOT PLACEMENT on Big Game: American vs. African

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

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

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

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NEW 6.5 BACKCOUNTRY! (6.5 Creedmoor +PEAK)

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Most Versatile Cartridge: 300 PRC?

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

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

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

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Best .30-Caliber Hunting Cartridges, with Ron Spomer

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Among Ancient Ruins: Hunting Spain's Mountain Sheep the Hard Way, with Austin Brown

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6.5 Creedmoor vs. 6.5 Swede(moor)

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Spartan Precision Equipment: Best Shooting Rests for Hunters

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Hunting Giant Red Stags in New Zealand

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Gear & Hacks for Hunting Success, with Ron Spomer

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Gear List for Hunting Africa: Crucial items you'll need.

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257 Roberts Ackley Improved (Improved), with Seth Swerczek and Preston Lentfer

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Best Aoudad Hunt of my Life: Mexico Delivers!

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How To Bring Big Game Trophies Home

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Best Hunting Rifles for the Backcountry, with Ron Spomer

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Most Capable Rangefinding Binocular EVER? First Look at Leupold's New BX-6 Range HD

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.25 Weatherby RPM and .25 Creedmoor Exposed, with Colton Heward

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How To Maximize Rifle Accuracy, with Ray Saft

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BEST HUNTING KNIFE: A Blue-Collar Northern Shrike

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Find Your Ultimate Rifle & Hunt at the DSC Show!

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Best Cartridges for Kids & New Hunters

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New Guns, Ammo, Optics, & Shooting Gear of SHOT Show 2026, with Ron Spomer

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270 Winchester vs. 30-06 Springfield, with The Backcountry Apprentice

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Best Survival Guns, with Ron Spomer

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Q&A: Best Bullets for Vintage Rifles, Best Moose Cartridge, First Guns for Kids, Barrel Cleaning, Kill Kit Contents, and More!

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Legendary Gunmakers: Rigby of London

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Pack Rafts: Pipeline to The Backcountry

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.270 Win vs. 6.5 RPM: Are New Cartridges Better Than Old Cartridges?

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Best Charge-Stopper: Double Rifle vs. Bolt Action

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Raw From The Field: Hunting Dangerous Game in Mozambique

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How to Kill Your First Bull Elk: My Son's First Bulls and Marksmanship Notes from the Field

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Q&A: Grizzly Guns, Elk Bullets, Straight Wall Cartridges, 7PRC in Africa, & More

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Ruger's New M77 Alaskan Bush Rifle in .35 Whelen and 9.3x62

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Cartridges & Bullets for Moose: Observations of an Elk Guide

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A Knife For Life: Evan Siembida and the Best Hunting Knives in the World

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Hunt Recap: 2025 Red Stag Hunt in Scotland

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Rut Hunting Big Bull Elk: New Mexico Audio Journal

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Hunting Giant Red Stags in New Zealand

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Q&A: Elk Hunt Prep, Best Monometal Bullets, a Spotting Scope for Life, & More.

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Best Bonded Bullets in the World

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Pronghorn Antelope with a Flintlock Muzzleloader!

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.280 Ackley Improved: All-Time Favorite Big Game Cartridge

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Family, Hunting Heritage, & the World's Best Hunting Club with Rob McCanna

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Origins of Spot & Stalk Hunting

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Long-Range Hunting, Small Calibers for Big Game, & the 7mm Backcountry, with Matt Bettersworth

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Best Deer Calibers: Whitetail vs. Mule Deer

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Preparing for an African Safari

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Cartridges, Bullets, & Shot Placement for Cape Buffalo

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Tax-Free Silencers & the HPA Bill

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THIS IS AFRICA, with Andy Buchanan

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Best Western Hunting Rifles: Recommendations from a Professional Guide

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Boat-Based DIY Bear Hunting in Alaska

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Gear List for DIY Elk Hunting

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How To Set Up A Rifle For Western Hunting

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Picking the Ultimate Hunting Rifle

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Greatest Cartridges of All Time

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Grateful For Fathers

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Top 5 Elk Cartridges: Choices of a Professional Guide

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Ruined Hunts & Horrible Triggers

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.35 Whelen vs 9.3x62: Best "Little Big Gun," with John McAdams

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.25 CREEDMOOR: Best Quarter-Bore Cartridge of Them All?

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Can You Skin A Bear, Pilgrim?

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Planning a DIY Hunt to New Zealand, with Rob Gearing

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Solo Bear Hunting, Application Strategies, and DIY Caribou Hunting, with Dylan Dowson

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6.8 Western vs. 7mm PRC: Which Is Best?

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Preparing for a Cape Buffalo Hunt

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Best Varmint & Predator Cartridges

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Lever-Action Hunting Stories & Trigger Work with Chris Ellis

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USE ENOUGH GUN, with Kiwi Terminal Ballistics Specialist Nathan Foster

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Ultimate Bear Gun Build, with Alaska Arms' Morris Melani

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Hunting Q&A: Bullets, Cartridges, & Rifles

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Planning & Doing a DIY Mule Deer Hunt, with Hunter McWaters

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Live Q&A: 7mm Backcountry Cartridge Examined from Every Angle!

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Hunting Bison In Alaska, with Jack Jaeger

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Leupold's New VX 6HD Gen 2 Riflescope

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Commissioning a Custom Rifle

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All-New 7mm Backcountry Cartridge, with Ron Spomer: Federal's New Round is the fastest 7mm Ever!