Hunt Backcountry Podcast Archive

Steve & Mark recount their recent Idaho elk hunt and connect their experience to a listener question about developing mental toughness. How do you stay positive and keep hunting hard when the weather, animals, and other elements of the hunt don't go your way?

Today's episode is the first "After" podcast from the "Before & After the Hunt" podcast series with people just like YOU... listeners of the podcast. In today's conversation, Joseph shares the story of his Dall Sheep hunt in the Brooks Range of Alaska, the lessons he learned, and much more.

Having just returned from a challenging but successful Mountain Goat hunt in Southeast Alaska, Mark joins Steve to tell the entire story on this episode of the Hunt Backcountry Podcast. As you will hear, this hunt was quite an adventure, with a lot of ups-and-downs over nine days.

In this episode, Mark answers questions on the total cost of the rifle, the recoil of shooting a lightweight magnum rifle, spotting impacts, the speeds and maximum effective range of the rifle, the benefits of short barrels, how to configure ballistics for different environments, and more.