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Ron Spomer Outdoors — 304 episodes

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Do Clean Rifles Really Shoot Better? Eps. 487

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Cartridge of the Week the 7x57 Mauser!

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Eps. 486-6.5 Creedmoor vs 6.5 Swede… Which One Actually Wins?

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Forgotten Hunting Legends from the 1960s (Ackley, Gibbs & More) Eps. 485

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East vs West Hunting: What Really Works (With Who Tee Who)

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From NYC to the Woods… Can They Actually Do It? Eps. 482

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This 1913 Cartridge Was WAY Ahead of Its Time! Eps. 483

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Why Your Rifle Won’t Shoot Straight… (It’s NOT What You Think) Eps. 481

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Is Long Range Really Ethical? Eps. 480

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Cartridge Of The Week The 30-30 Winchester!

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Why B.C. Really Matters! Eps. 479

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From .17 WSM to .458 Win Mag… Which Cartridge REALLY Wins? Eps. 478

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The Stories of Empty Cases! Eps. 477

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Tips That Make Your Rifle Shoot More Accurate! Eps. 476

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Should We Be Hunting Coyotes?! Eps. 475

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Tips for More Tags? Ep. 474

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Are High B.C. Bullets Really Worth It? Ep. 473

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The Extreme Huntress Gives Some Secrets to Hunt More! Eps. 472

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Are Modern Rifles Really Better Than the Classics? Ep. 471

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The Best Cartridge For Kids?! Ep. 470

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African Lions Vs. American Mountain Lions?! Ep.469

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Are the New Cartridges Really Better than the old?! Ep. 468

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The Best Cartridge for Alaska?! Ep. 467

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New Year New Cartridge It's the 25 RPM! Ep. 466

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Are Straight Wall Cartridges Over Pressuring? Ep.465

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Is the 300 Blk the New 30-30?! Ep. 464

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One Year Of The 7 Backcountry! Ep. 463

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Is the 6.8 Western Over Pressuring?! Ep 460

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Reloading The 7 Backcounty? Ep.459

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An Unexpected Cartridge in Africa! Ep.458

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The Most Popular Deer Cartridges?! Ep.457

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100 Deer With 100 Cartridges?! Ep.456

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Hunting in Tasmania?! Ep.455

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The Truth About Long-Range Hunting Ft @Backfire Ep.454

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What Every Hunter Should Know About Suppressors! Ep.453

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Ep 452 Duck Hunting With Sasquatch?

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Ep.451 Tips For Coming Out West From A Guide

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Ep. 450 When Deer Attack!!

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Ep.449 What is the 9.3x62!?

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Ep.448 The Debate About The 375 H&H!?

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Ep.447 Alaskan Bear Guides Favorite Rifle?

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Eps. 446 AI Is Overrated?

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Ep.445 How Much Gear Is Too Much?

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Ep.444 Old Trails & Tall Tales-Ron's Biggest Whitetail!

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Ep.443 A Trip Out West And The 8.6 Blackout.

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Ep.442 Old Trails & Tall Tales-Ron's First Dall Sheep

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Ep.440 New Cartridges To Keep Traditions Alive?

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Ep.439 Should You Customize Your Rifle?

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Ep.439 Has Hunting Tech Gone Too Far?

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Ep.437 A Special Guest!

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Ep.436 Alaskan Talks Bear Protection

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Ep.435 Ron's Grizzly (Post Hunt Review)

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Ep.434 What is the Best Grizzly Gun?

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Ep.433 Big Cartridges vs Small Game?

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Ep.430 Alaska Bear Guide Punches Bear?!

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Ep.429 Hidden Costs in Africa?!

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Ep.428 Alaska Grizzly Hunt!

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Ep.427 This Old Geezer and Love for Pump Action 35 Rem

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Ep.426 Bad Gunsmiths Can Ruin Your Rifle!!

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Ep.425 Meet The New Crew!! (Brand New Segment!)

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Ep.424 The 460 Wby Mag Vs New Shooter!?

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Ep.423 Guns,Bullets,And Where has Covey Been?!

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Ep.422 Montana Bear stories With John Haviland

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Ep.420 Hunting Stories With An Elk Guide

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Ep.421 Can You Really Have Enough Rifles?!

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Ep.419 The 30-06 Lives!

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Ep.418 Your Dream Rifles

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Ep.417 Wise Words From A True Alaskan

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Ep.416 Answering your Questions.

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Ep.415 Reacting To Your Comments

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Ep.414 Let's talk about 50BMG Vs Elk.

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Ep.413 Is There Such A Thing as too much Bullet Spin??

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Ep.412 Does B.C Really Matter?

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Ep.411 What is the Best Brush Busting Bullet?

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Eps 410: The Best Predator Cartridge Is?…

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Eps 409: Taming the .460 Wby Mag & Are New Cartridges Just Hype?

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Eps 408: Your Bullet Can't Shoot Flat to 400 Yards!

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Eps 407: Barrel Length Myths & Is the .45-70 Overrated?

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Eps 406: 7x61 S&H, SHOT Show Stories, and the Gundie Awards

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Eps 405: More Mature Bucks, What Makes Binoculars Bright, and More…

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Eps 404: Lever Action vs. Bolt Action: Which is More Accurate?

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Eps 403: Pre-Season Prep and Planning for that Big Buck and Bull

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Eps 402: 220 Swift for Big Game, Does Bullet Energy Kill? 280AI Rifles and more!

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Episode 401: Why Some Ballistically Superior Cartridges Are Outsold by Lesser Competition

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Eps 400: S&W 500 vs Arrow!

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Eps 399: Pheasant Decline, Mtn. Goat Cartridges, Year-Round Elk Season, and more...

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Eps 398: Is the 30-06 REALLY sliding into obsolescence or is Ron full of it?

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Eps 397: Fans' Hunting stories, Caliber , Rifle & Scope questions, Wildcat cartridges and more.

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Eps 396: Your knife steel questions answered in detail by an expert in metallurgy.

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Eps 395: Classic Hunting Traditions for the Next Generation

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Eps 394: Rifles, Scopes, Knives, Baseball - Living the Dream with Joe Cunningham

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Eps 393: Hunting on a Budget!

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Eps 392: A Tundra Rock Saved Our Lives

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Eps 391: Questioning the New 21 Sharp and Beyond!

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Eps 390: Adventures and Advice From a Whitetail Expert

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Eps 389: Side-Mounted Scope Problems, You Favorite Deer Cartridges, & Hunting With Your Dad

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Eps 388: Gun Designer Nick Shafer Explains How Super-Fast Twist Rates Perform

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Eps 387: Handloads In Subzero Temperatures + Magnum Vs Powder Primers

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Eps 386: Crafting Perfect Rifle Scope From the Eye Out - Stealth Vision

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Eps 385: Ron Remembers His M77 Ruger 270 + What Every Deer Hunter Faces!

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Eps 384: All About Elk!

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Eps 383: Most Dangerous Hunting Game with Melissa Bachman

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Eps 382: Light-for-Caliber Bullets in 308 and 6.5 CM

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Eps 381: America’s Favorite Deer Cartridges + Combination Guns!

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Eps 380: Barrel Harmonics Myth plus Your Favorite Rifles & More

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Eps 379: Ron Talks Sports Afield

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Eps 383: Expert Rifle Advice From Expert Rifle Builder

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Eps 377: Ron Sees Hunting's Future

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Eps 376: Rechambering Your Rifle, Ballistics Calculations, and How To Save Your Hearing While Shooting

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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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Eps 374: Silencer Acquisition Simplified

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Eps 373: 7 Steps to Your Best Accuracy

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Eps 372: Are Light or Heavy Bullets Better for Deer and Elk?

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Eps 371: Why Can’t I Find My Favorite Bullets?

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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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Eps 369: How a Non-Hunting Woman Made a Career in the Shooting World

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Eps 368: Rebarrel vs. Rechamber, Uphill Zeroing, and Elk School

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Eps 367: Anatomy of a Bullet

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Eps 366: Talking Guns with #1 Rated "Gun Talk" with Tom Gresham

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Eps 365: A New Twist on Twist

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Eps 364 - LPVO For Hunting - Is It Really Better?

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Eps 363: Hornady's Official Position - 7mm PRC

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Eps 362: Booking Agents For Hunting Trips - Worth The Money?

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Eps 361: 30-06 Going Obsolete

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Eps: 360 Africa Safari Report

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Eps 359: Bullet Spin Direction and 7mm Rem Mag Accuracy

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Eps 358: Something Fishy About The Hornady 7PRC

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Eps 357: 223 Remington and the 5.56 NATO What I Got Wrong

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Eps 356: Why Is Everyone Talking About The 6.5 Creedmoor

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Eps 355: Kamchatka Bear Hunt

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Bear Advice With A Master Alaskan Guide

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353: The BEST Bear Defense Options - Myths vs Facts

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Eps 352: Answering ALL Your Questions About The 7mm

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Eps 351: Is The 458 Lott The BEST All Around Cartridge?

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Eps 350: How To Handle 6.5 Creedmoor Fanboys

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Vortex, Rifles, and The Future Of Hunting: With Ryan Muckenhirn

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Eps. 349: Ron Gets Political

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Adam Weatherby: Bullets, Cartridges, and Running A Family Business

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Eps 348: Defending My Stance

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Eps 347: 243 Win and Hydrostatic Shock

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Eps 346 - The Beginning Of The End?

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345: Round Nose vs Spire Point - Which Hits Harder?

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344: 460 Wby. Overkill or Just Right?

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343: BEST Poor Man's Rifle?

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342 - Copper bullets in the 243 Winchester?

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341: Best BIG GAME Cartridges?

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340: The 348 Winchester

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338: 458 Win Mag - BEST All Around Cartridge?

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339: What I ACTUALLY think of the 270 WSM

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337: Zeroing A Rifle - The Struggle Is Real

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336: Pressure vs Powder - Which Is More Important To Accuracy?

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335: Issues With Long Range Hunting

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334: Aram Von Benedikt

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333: I Was WRONG About 308 Week

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332: Is The 222 Rem GOOD ENOUGH For Deer?

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331: Why Am I Always Down On The 308?

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330: What is the 30.52 Winchester?

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329: The .40-82 Winchester?

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328: Best Caliber For First-Time Hunters

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327: Handloading The 7mm-08 - Choosing The Best Bullets For Deer

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326: 30-06 vs 300 Win Mag For Elk

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325: What is a "VERSATILE CARTRIDGE" anyway?

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324: Shooting Sideways?

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323: Bullet Stability with Jeff Siewert

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322: The Best Bullet for 30-06?

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321: Can 1 Grain Really Affect Accuracy?

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320: You're Wrong About Twist Rate

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319: Deer Hunting Tips For Beginners

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318: The Best Scope For Deer Hunting

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317: 300 WSM on Steroids?

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316: 6.5 Creedmoor IS MORE POWERFUL than the 6.5x55

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315: 300 WSM vs 6.8 Western - Cartridge Comparison

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314: Rifle Pressures - Don't Make These Mistakes

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313: 223 Remington vs 6.5 Creedmoor

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312: Time To Talk About 8mm Cartridges

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311: Are Magnums REALLY Necessary?

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310: Choosing A Youth Hunting Rifle

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309: Lowest Possible Rifle Twist Rate

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308: Time To Update The 30-06 AI?

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307: Lever Action vs Bolt Action Rifles

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306: I'm Sorry, I Was Wrong

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305: Building A Dedicated Elk Rifle

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304: Does The Perfect Cartridge Exist?

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303: Illegal Bullets

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302: Finding New Public Land With Randy Newberg - Fresh Tracks

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301: Best All-Around Rifle and Cartridge Combo For Hunting

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299: Best Bullets For 7mm Mag

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298: Tips for Hunting Running Boars

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297: Shooting Watermelons with Hickok45

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296: 350 Legend vs 360 Buckhammer

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295: Finding The BEST All-Around Straight-Walled Cartridge

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294: Hunting Without Dogs?

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293: Testing All The Guns With Jim Harmer From Backfire TV

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292: Factory Bullets Wrong Size!?

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291: 1 TRICK To Hunt Better: Advice From A Pro

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290: My Favorite Classic Hunting Rifle

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289: Cold Air Kills Bullet Performance?

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288: 25-06 and Long Bullets

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287: Is Reloading Worth The Time and Money?

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286: 270 vs 308 - The Best Round For Hunting Big Game

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285: The Scoop on Scopes

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284: 243 Win vs. 22-250 Rem

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283: Is TKO Real or Fake?

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282: Bullet Energy Vs Bullet Mass?

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281: Best Bullet For The 25-06

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280: The Most Versatile Cartridge

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279: What Is a “True Hunter?”

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278: Do Suppressors Affect Ballistic Performance?

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277: Why No Fast Twist 270 Win?

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276: 7mm PRC for Long-Range Hunting?

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275: The Power of Trigger Pull!

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274: Will the 6.8 Western Take Off?

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273: 6.5 PRC Barrel Life vs. 270 Win Barrel Life?

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272: Does Powder Burn Rate Affect Rifle Recoil?

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271: 6.5 Creedmoor or .243 Winchester for Deer Hunt?

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270: 270 WSM, 300 Win, or 257 Roberts for Shooting Elk?

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269: Is Long Range Shooting at 600 Yards Hunting?

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268: 30-06 for Africa Safari Hunt?

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BONUS EPISODE: Elmer Keith: Jack O’connor’s Nemesis

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267: Bear Attacks Determine Moose Caliber?

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266: Shotshell Ballistics for Bird Hunting

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265: Reloading Starter Kit

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264: 264 Win VS. 6.5 PRC?

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263: .30 Caliber Cartridges Gone For Good?

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262: Best Hunting Gear for Moose Hunt

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261: How Flat Is Flat?

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260: Best 3 Bullets for Hunting!

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259: 308 Win. for Bears?

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258 - 7mm PRC: Really?

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257: Rebarrel for .277 Fury!

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256: Is the 308 more accurate?

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255: Should combat rifles be allowed for hunting?

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253: Is The 204 Ruger Cool? YES!

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254: The best cartridge for North American and African game?

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251: 277 Fury, 80,000 PSI in a Civilian Round?

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252: Never Let Them Know Whitetails

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250: Political Correctness Is Bad For The Environment

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249: Did Weatherby REALLY Take Buffalo with the 257?

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248: Deep Dive On Hunting Cartridges Full Interview With Joseph von Benedikt

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247: Which cartridges won't survive supply chain issues?

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246: Dad Wasn't A Hunter

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245: Best Beginner Handloading Tools

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244: Bayou Bottom Whitetail Hunt

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243: Semi-auto Pump Action Rifles?

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242: Jackson Hole Elk Devastated by Hunting?

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241: Is barrel break-in necessary in 2022?

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240: Which Hunting Dog Breed Is The Best?

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239: This Cartridge Deserves A Second Chance

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238: Art of Tracking

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237: Outdoor Writer Falls Off Mountain While Horseback Hunting

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236: The One Cartridge I'd Choose Every Time

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235: Magic of Hunting Pronghorn

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234: Confessions of a Gun Engraver!

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233: Neck Meat and Cryogenic Freezing Gun Barrels

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232: The Most Difficult Game to Hunt?

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231: 270 WSM for Water Buffalo Hunting?

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230: Flat or Pointy Bullets?

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229: So It Goes With Sheep

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228: How Hunting is ACTUALLY Preserving Wildlife

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227: Are Berger Bullets Worth It?

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226: Trophy Mule Deer Hunt

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224: AR 15 and 6mm ARC!

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223: High on The Hog

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222: How a Leopard Almost Mauled Craig Boddington!

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221: 308 Winchester or 7mm-08 Remington?

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220: Cattail Whitetails

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219: Hammer Bullets With Steve Davis

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218: Copper Bullet BC Performance and Hornady Flex Tip

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217: Adventure in Billy Basin

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216: Scout Rifles with Richard Mann

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215: What's Wrong with WSM Cartridges

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214: Bird Dog Buddies

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213: Handgun Cartridges In Rifles For Hunting?

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212: Interview with YouTube's WHO_TEE_WHO

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211: Last Stand Turkey Hunt

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210: Why Is There An Ammo Shortage?

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209: Tent Hunting

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208: Deadliest Caliber - Which Caliber Has Taken The Most Game?

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207: The Alaskan Moose That Disappeared

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206: The Best Wildcat Ever?

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205: America's Original Hunting Boat

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204: Suppressors and Copper Bullets

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203: Big-Canyon Bighorns!

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202: Fluted Barrels and Boat Tail Bullets?

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201: Best Little Pronghorn Ranch in Colorado

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119: Bad Guides

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118: Black Tailed Deer

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117: Future of Hunting

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116: Predator Hunting

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115: Blizzard Bucks

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114: Caribou Adventure

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113: How Scopes have changed since 1990

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112: Bulls of Seven Devils

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111: Hell's Canyon Mule Deer

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110: A Rifle For Pronghorn

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109: A Winner for Pheasants

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108: Completely Chicken

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107: Rejected Dog Manual

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106: Meat Buck Excuse

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105: Sheep Fever

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104: A Tale Of Two Pronghorn

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103: My First Moose Hunt

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102: Bump In The Night

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101: The Ride