Hunt Backcountry Podcast Archive — Alaska

After discussing the theory behind hunting with smaller calibers and then taking a 6mm Creedmoor to Alaska to hunt big-bodied Caribou and Moose, we are recapping our experience and answering your listener-submitted questions about using smaller calibers for big game hunting.

Trevor Thompson joins us on the Hunt Backcountry Podcast to share his experience getting into hunting and traditional archery, his journey of becoming an assistant guide in Alaska, and how his prior experiences as a SEAL, skydiver, base jumper, and backcountry skier relate to his hunting pursuits.

Jared and Cody join us on The Hunt Backcountry Podcast to share the story of their experience planning, preparing for, and then going on a drop-camp Caribou hunt in the Brooks Range of Alaska. They discuss how they dealt with setbacks, how they successfully filled all of their tags, and what lessons they learned.

This podcast was recorded on our Alaska mountain goat hunt, as we sat in the basecamp cabin after the hunt. Mark and Jake discuss how they each killed their goats, the logistical challenges of the hunt, how they handled adverse weather, how they slipped their way through a snowy and heavy packout, and much more.