Hunt Backcountry Podcast Archive — Rifle Hunting

Curt joins us on the Hunt Backcountry Podcast to tell the story of his solo buffalo hunt on an Alaskan island, which he completed this past fall. This is obviously a very unique hunting opportunity and experience. The hunt story is not only entertaining, there are also lessons to be learned from Curt's experience.

Tanner joins us on the podcast to tell the story of his elk hunt from this past fall. For his first elk season, Tanner was able to hunt archery and rifle seasons for elk in Montana. His experience involved a lot of ups and downs, lessons learned, and ultimately some luck that led to his success on his first elk hunt.

What questions and mysteries about rifles, bullets, and ballistics keep a trained, experienced, and professional ballistician, such as Hornady's Jayden Quinlan, awake at night in wonder? In this Hunt Backcountry Podcast, we speak with Jayden about those mysteries and dive into some helpful and practical takeaways.

When it comes to rifles, calibers, and cartridges for hunting, many assume that bigger and faster is always better. After all, you can't "kill something too dead", right? But where is the point of diminishing returns? Hornady's Seth Swerczek joins us to explain why thinking "backwards" about ballistics can be helpful.