Gary Lewis Outdoorsman

What is more rare? Seeing Bigfoot or laying eyes on a big blacktail buck in September and October? M.D. Johnson, one of our favorite outdoor writers, joins us to talk blacktail deer hunting from his home base in brushy southwest Washington.   If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Internet Age, look for our coffee and books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.gary...

The 17 HMR is old enough to vote! We have been shooting the 17 HMR for 21 years. We talk with Justin Aamodt who has probably heard more 17 HMR fired than any other person alive. Justin and his wife, Nikki, are the owners of Diamond A Guides, based near Crane, Oregon, where they help control the population of the Belding’s ground squirrel, otherwise known as the sage rat – keeping the alfalfa safe...

We talk with Troy Ralston, owner of Bailey Seed Company, about blacktail deer food plot theory and how to develop a good ground game for blacktail deer season. Ralston grew up hunting mule deer in eastern Oregon and moved to the west side of the state where he took a scientific approach to hunting the secretive blacktail deer. For more info, click on http://baileyseed.com/products/frontier-unlimit...

We talk with Mike Slinkard, president of HECS Stealthscreen and an enthusiastic innovator and elk hunter. We start off talking about the 243 WSSM, talk about the biggest of the big handgun calibers and then we go deep in moon theory, elk herd dynamics and what you need to be thinking about to get archery close to big bull elk. You can find Mike at www.hecshunting.com   If you want to support free...

Out Killing Indians is the name of Rick Steber’s latest book. We talk about a relic handgun passed down in his family, an 1851 Colt cartridge conversion 6-shooter that came West with Crook’s army. Steber has published over 50 books and has won many awards for his work. He is a keen observer and wordsmith. You can find him at www.ricksteberauthor.com   If you want to support free speech and good hu...

We go to Natchez, Mississippi, to talk to Rex Holmes, Jr. of Vapor Trail Outdoors, to talk about whitetail deer hunting and scrape lines and scent control and attractants. This is a fascinating subject and there’s a lot here, even for the blacktail or mule deer hunter to absorb. If you don’t learn something from this episode, you get all your money back. If you want to support free speech and good...

While the southern border gets all the attention, there are interesting things happening all the time on our border with Canada, eh. Peter Ostrovsky is the owner of Haulover Consulting and formerly worked for Homeland Security. In that role he was stationed in Washington state and monitored traffic moving back and forth across the line. We talk about the guns he carried and the very porous border....

What I learned from my friends at Camp Chef is if you can’t control the hunting and you can’t control the weather, at least you can eat good food. And sometimes that makes all the difference. Today we sit down with the founders of Pacaya Camp to talk about one-pan-one-pot cooking that makes you look like a hero in hunting camp. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Int...

His name is Scott Linden and he’s the host of the Upland Nation podcast, host of Wingshooting USA and founder of www.findbirdhuntingspots.com We talk about our favorite shotguns and favorite bird dogs and discuss how to set up your truck for extended hunting trips for both big game and upland bird hunts. We also talk about how to dip your toe into the sport of upland bird hunting. Good advice you...

We sit down with NFL star John Howell and talk hunting bison and best rifles and the amazing conservation success story of the plains buffalo. Best rifles, best calibers, the mindset, the history. This is a throwback to February 2021 when we jetted to Denver, drove a white Mustang down a gravel road and hunted bison on the Dismal River. Hunting bison is a spiritual experience.  If you want to supp...

We sit down with Morgan Gregory and get a glimpse into the life of a shooting sports photographer. Morgan just got back from a hunt for ocellated turkeys. We talk carbines, carbine shooting, optics and ammunition and hear from Troy Rodakowski about our new wildlife forage blend to bring in deer, elk and turkeys. Connect with Morgan Gregory on Instagram at @just.instinct  If you want to support fre...

The topic at hand is the Oregunsmithing fast-twist 243 Winchester and the case for heavy-for-caliber bullets for long distance shooting for critters like rockchucks, ground squirrels and coyotes. Outdoor writer, publisher and editor Patrick Meitin talks about a contemporary twist to the classic 243 Winchester. Look for Patrick at www.insidearchery.com and www.insidefirearms.com and on the pages of...

We sip the coffee and tell the story of John Nosler sitting down with a Springfield 03-A3 to shoot a minute-of-angle at 1,000 yards. With a rifle he had never fired before. Bill Lewis was one of the founding members of the Central Oregon Shooting Sports Association park we call COSSA, a premier gun range located 24 miles east of Bend, Oregon. I worked with Bill Lewis at Nosler Inc. in 1997 and he...

Camden Hammer joins us to talk coyote guns, calling coyotes to turkey stands and summer coyote hunting. Cam is marketing manager for Hammer Down Firearms in Bend, Oregon, and a pro staffer for Gary Lewis Outdoors. Look for him on Instagram at @hammerdownoutdoors_  If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Internet Age, look for our coffee and books and wildlife forage blen...

Caleb Stillians saw the movie Jeremiah Johnson when he was 11 years old and it set him on the path to be a hunting guide in Alaska. He started out as a packer and is working hard at hunting as much of Alaska as he can. We talk rifles and calibers and gear for hunting brown bears and grizzlies in the Great Land.  If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Internet Age, look...

In Florida for our Osceola turkey hunt, we come out of the swamp for a few minutes to sip the coffee and talk hunting with Teddy Spencer and Troy Rodakowski. We talk bear rifles for Alaska, turkey hunting and wild boar hunting.  If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Internet Age, look for our coffee and books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors....

Today we sit down and talk with Jake Thomas, general manager, of TS&S Ford in Madras, Oregon. He might be the luckiest deer hunter I know. Spent the first two hours of his first season mule deer hunting in Sonora, where he tagged a buck that most of us could only dream about. We talk Shelby GT500s and Ford trucks and the things we hunters do to get our trucks ready for hunting season.  If you...

In this ninth in our mini-series on How To Be A Coyote Hunter, we catch up with Marc Larese, our favorite guitar tech and a coyote hunter from the great state of Tennessee. When he is on the road with Luke Bryan, he brings his FoxPro call and a rifle or a bow and sometimes an AirSoft pistol. We talk late spring coyote hunting and we learn Marc is really just a big softy. Learn about his favorite s...

We sit down and talk with T.J. Schwarz about growing up in Salmon, Idaho, and starting a career in engineering. Schwarz turned his love of open country and design talent into a career in knife making and manufacturing. Schwarz Knives is a small knife manufacturer owned and operated by career knifemaker TJ Schwarz. Located in Idaho, his company manufactures high quality American made knives. Look f...

The story of Nosler bullets from 1948 to 2023. One of the most recognizable names in the hunting world, the Nosler story started on a moose hunt in British Columbia. After a month in the backcountry, John Nosler made it out to a café on a lonely stretch of highway where he called his wife and then sat down to sketch out the Nosler Partition on a napkin. Seventy-five years later, Nosler Inc. is in...

One of my favorite interviews of all time. We recorded this in February 2021. Bringing it back! Our guest is Heath Gunns, a Marine, a 10-year law enforcement professional, firearms trainer and outreach manager for Honored American Veterans Afield. We took the occasion of a bison hunt in Nebraska to go in-depth on rifle scopes, hunting optics, reaction times, firearm training, defensive use of fire...

This is an important must-listen episode and I’ll tell you why. We sit down and sip the coffee and talk with Marvin Carlston, inventor of the carbon arrow, we talk arrow guns and hunting and we learn about his latest invention the ProTx archery armored shooting glove. I know this would make me a better shot with a bow and we tell you why. Then we bring in Vera Hieduke and we talk about the Employe...

 Today’s guest is a backcountry hunting gear expert with expertise in archery equipment, bowhunting, long range shooting. He has been technical editor for a number of magazines including Bow and Arrow, Western Hunter and Rokslide.com Western bowhunting and backcountry gear are his passion and he really enjoys helping others make the most of their outdoor experiences. We talk to Darin Cooper from r...

 We talk to David Maybury who hunts elk with a recurve bow of his own manufacture, chasing elk on public land in Utah with a stick and string. His journey took him to Colorado and then Hawaii and back home to the Uintahs. Maybury shares some of his inspiration and the spiritual side of elk hunting. Follow him on Instagram at @katalyzt3    If you want to support free speech and good hunting content...

 We talk to Rifle Magazine Editor Jeremiah Polacek about mule deer, the 280 Ackley Improved, bullet testing, drawing a mule deer tag in Arizona and loading for and shooting rattlesnakes with single actions when you have to. Jeremiah can be found at Handloader TV on YouTube and also at cowboy_jp on Instagram.   If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Internet Age, look fo...