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It's time for another cartridge comparison and today's episode compares the 5.56 NATO/223 Remington, 300 Blackout, and 308 Winchester cartridges. While all three are very popular with modern sporting rifles, the cartridges represent three distinct ways of thinking: smaller, lighter, and faster for the .223/5.56 vs bigger, heavier, and slower for the .308 vs a middle of the road compromise with the...

We have a special guest on the show with us today: Adam Wies, better known as WHO-TEE_ WHO on YouTube. Adam and I met and became friends on our Colorado antelope and bison hunt back on October. He also made a brief appearance in episode 220, but this is the first time I've had him on the show in a one on one interview to talk about how he first got started in this business, some of his more unique...

II'm back from my elk hunt in Arizona and I wanted to let you know how things went down there! We're going to talk about how I planned this trip, the story of the hunt, some lessons I learned along the way, and what the future holds for me.   Show Sponsor: Email me at   john@thebiggamehuntingblog.com  to receive the entertaining and informative emails I send out about hunting, firearms, and ballis...

Join Ron Spomer, Joseph von Benedikt, and I for a special live Q&A session for Patreon supporters on Tuesday, 7 December at 9am Mountain time (10am Central). If you have any burning questions you've been dying to ask Ron, Joseph, or me about stuff like backcountry hunting, ballistics, rifles, etc., then this is the opportunity you've been waiting for. This Q&A session is exclusively for Patreon su...

It's time for another cartridge comparison and today's episode compares the 243 Winchester and 270 Winchester cartridges. As is the case with the 7mm-08 and 270, there's some overlap in the capabilities and best uses of the 243 and 270. However, the gap between 243 and 270 is much bigger than is the case with the 7mm-08 and the 270 and this is definitely a case where each is better suited to certa...

I've got another cartridge comparison for you today: the 7mm-08 Remington vs the 270 Winchester. Both are popular and effective centerfire rifle cartridges with dedicated fan bases, but important details about their performance unfortunately get overlooked or simply lost in the shuffle. In fact, despite their big differences in outward appearance, the two cartridges are almost shockingly similar i...

Fred Bohm is back on the show with us again today. He's a pretty lucky guy and he not only drew a mountain goat tag up in Colorado this year, but he also harvested a nice goat with his bow and was kind enough to take some time out of his schedule to tell us all about that hunt. Read more about Fred's hunt on his blog . Make sure you follow him on Instagram here . Support him (and the Big Game Hunt...

It's time for another cartridge comparison and today's episode compares the 450 Bushmaster and 45-70 Government cartridges. While the 450 Bushmaster and 45-70 are both fantastic .45 caliber cartridges for certain situations and there is definitely some overlap in their capabilities, there are some major differences between the 450 Bushmaster vs 45-70 cartridges you should be aware of depending on...

Dan Roland is back on the show with us again today. We can always count on Dan for some accounts of hunting some of the more exotic species of North American game (episode 84 to talk about grizzly bear hunting and episode 92 to talking about Dall Sheep hunting). Well, he's back today to talk about his recent musk ox hunt up in the Northwest Territory.  See photos of Dan's Musk Ox hunt on Instagram...

Well, it finally happened: Hornady has released the new 7mm PRC cartridge. I received a bunch of questions about it after the cartridge received official SAAMI approval over the summer, but there wasn't much other hard information about the cartridge out there until now. We have Seth Swerzek from Hornady back on the show again today to tell us all about the new 7 PRC cartridge, what it's best suit...

This is your LAST reminder to join my email list AND confirm your email address to ensure you're entered in the giveaway I'm doing for a $50 Cabela's gift card. If you haven't joined me list or confirmed your email address yet, NOW is the time to do so. I'm sending out another wave of confirmation emails today, so be on the lookout for one in your inbox. Email me at john@thebiggamehuntingblog.com...

It's time for another cartridge comparison and today's episode compares the 28 Nosler to the 300 Winchester Magnum cartridge. While the 300 Winchester Magnum and 28 Nosler both fantastic cartridges for certain situations and there is definitely some overlap in their capabilities, there are some major differences between the 28 Nosler vs 300 Win Mag cartridges you should be aware of. Here's what yo...

As promised, today I have a more comprehensive recap of my recent Colorado trip where we were after pronghorn and bison. I'll talk about my experience in more detail, to include some reflections on how my equipment performed and how things didn't go as expected with the bison. Email me at  john@thebiggamehuntingblog.com  to make sure you're on my email list and to ensure your email address is conf...

This is a short, but very important episode with a special announcement combined with a giveaway of a $50 Cabela's gift card that's good at any Cabela's or Bass Pro location. Listen to this episode to learn all the details on why I'm doing this and what you need to do to enter the giveaway. Email me at john@thebiggamehuntingblog.com to make sure you're on my email list and to ensure your email add...

I just made it home from a FANTASTIC hunt up in Colorado for pronghorn antelope and American Bison. Today's episode is a short "campfire style" discussion of the highlights of the hunt from everyone who was up there: Adam Wies (WHO TEE WHO), Steve Behnke (Mr Big Kid), Collin Russell, Freddy Harteis, Jake Harris, and Weston Harris. I'm about to record a more detailed recap of my hunt that you'll re...

It's just me on the show today and this will be a quick episode talking about what my upcoming hunting season is looking like along with my initial impressions of the Banish 30 suppressor I received from Silencer Central a few months ago. Show Sponsor: Go to HuntingGuns101.com and sign up for my free E-Book to also receive the entertaining and informative emails I send out about hunting, firearms,...

A podcast listener named Layton Norwood joins us on the big game hunting podcast today to talk about his recent aoudad hunt out in west Texas. As you'll learn here shortly, he a hunt that was ultimately successful, but there were a lot of ups and downs along the way.  See photos of Layton's auodad hunt (and a video of his shot) on Instagram here . Show Sponsor: Go to HuntingGuns101.com and sign up...

Seth Swerzek from Hornady is back on the show again today to talk about a couple of interesting innovations from Hornady ammunition. Specifically, we talk about the story of the Hornady Precision Hunter and Match lines of ammunition along with the 6.5 PRC and 300 PRC cartridges the company has released in the last couple of years. Those are interesting stories that show just how much bullet and ca...

Rob Gearing from Spartan Precision is back on the show with me today to talk about some of the new developments from Spartan Precision since we last heard from him in 2021. Among other things, we talk a little bit about Rob's recent hunt in Namibia (with Joseph von Benedikt, Adam Weatherby, and Austin Brown) and the benefits Spartan Precision tripods can offer for hunters all over the world, to in...

I have Chris Parish and Leland Brown from the North American Non-Lead Partnership on the show with me today to talk about hunting with non-lead ammunition. I'm a big advocate of hunting with certain non-lead bullets because they work so darn well. That said, I realize this is something of a sticky subject. To be clear, Chris and Leland are proponents of educating and incentivizing hunters to use n...

Seth Swerzek from Hornady joined me on this episode of The Big Game Hunting Podcast. We talked about the story of how Hornady first got started, the different bullets and ammunition lines Hornady currently manufactures, the various situations those ammo lines are best used for, etc. This show covers the whole rifle hunting ammunition lineup from Hornady: Varmint Express, Superformance Varmint, Bla...

Sportsmen talk a lot about the conservation benefits of hunting and our monetary contributions have helped preserve a lot of valuable habitat and assisted in the recovery of threatened or endangered species all over the world. While there are indeed many good success stories, the story of Coutada 11 in Mozambique may be the most stunning. Mike Arnold details that story in his new book Bringing Bac...

Today we're joined by turkey hunting outfitter Gary Morgan to talk about Osceola Turkey hunting in Florida. Osceola Turkey are one of 5 sub-species of wild turkey that live in the USA (along with Eastern Turkey, Rio Grande Turkey, Merriam's Turkey, and Gould's Turkey). As you'll learn here shortly, Osceola turkey only live in Florida and, while they are similar to other turkey in some ways, they'r...

Today we're joined by Alyssa Nitchelm again. She was last on the podcast way back in Episode 48 to talk about her mountain goat hunt in Oregon during 2019. That goat was the first animal she'd ever hunted, but she had the good fortune to tag a mule deer in 2021 and she'll be sharing the details of that hunt with us here today on The Big Game Hunting Podcast. Be sure to sign up for my email list at...

Darren Binder from Muzzle-Loaders.com joins me on this special Monday morning episode to talk about some of the new developments in muzzleloaders for 2022. Specifically, CVA released a new version of their Wolf muzzleloader that's an outstanding option for children and small framed adults and Traditions is jumping on board the high BC muzzleloader bullet train with some new muzzleloader offerings...