Gary Lewis Outdoorsman

In this episode of Ballistic Chronicles we talk hunting in New Zealand for red stag, tahr and chamois with Pog Cameron, a hunting guide and helicopter pilot. I have hunted with Pog a lot and some of my most memorable hunts in New Zealand were hunts he helped to plan. Listen to the Kiwis when they talk and you will get a glimpse of a different way of looking at the land and wildlife. You can find P...

We sit down with Juan Ayala, host of The Juan On Juan Podcast and Thomas Gorence, publisher of the Paranoid American comic book line. Also around the table are Don Grissett, of Expedition Joe Coffee and Scott Schendel and my field producer Trevor Barclay. We are in Florida filming a hunt for wild boar and bowfishing in the Indian Lagoon. We’re sitting at a table in a quirky bed and breakfast in Ti...

Today we sit down and sip the Frontier Roast coffee and we talk with Don Grissett of Expedition Joe (our coffee supplier) and good friend Scott Schendel about hunting wild boar in Florida. We talk about the rifles we carried on the hunt and best calibers for wild hogs. 

In this episode we talk with outfitter Grayson Padrick about hunting wild boar in Florida and best calibers for wild hogs. We also talk about Grayson’s business and making the transition from a career in engineering to chasing gators. For more information on gator hunting and hog hunting and bowfishing, check out https://www.gatorhuntingequipment.com/ 

In this episode we talk with outfitter Justin Aamodt about hunting big game with a German shorthair or a cocker spaniel or a pudelpointer, or any other well-trained dog that can keep quiet, hold still when it needs to and put its nose to the ground to follow up after a shot. And the bonus is a story I wrote with professional hunter Wighardt van der Gryp about a hunt he made with his friend Ernest...

In this episode we are in Rat Camp in Crane, Oregon, at Diamond A Guides with outfitter Justin Aamodt. We talk about sage rat shooting, cleaning rifles, the state of the farmer/rancher, balancing the shooter’s interest vs. the ag operator’s needs, a unique business model and how to call a badger. 

In this episode we talk with outdoor writer and outdoors radio host John Kruse. We talk the 6.5 Creedmoor, wild boar hunting, what makes a good hunting camp and jobs in the shooting sports industry. This is a unique time in history where you can write your ticket into a dynamic industry and a great career and there are some great opportunities.

This is an episode about old John Nosler, the founder of Nosler Bullets and the inventor of the Nosler Partition bullet. But it’s more than that. To me, this is a glimpse into America and the American Way the way one man experienced it in the early 1900s. It’s a story about one man’s vision to build a better bullet and how he passed that dream down to his family. In this episode we go right back t...

In this episode we sit down with Michael Swoboda and talk about hunting and fishing in Alaska and talk about lessons learned in Namibia and South Africa and in New Zealand too, and we talk this crazy career of mine, outdoor writing and hosting a TV show. This is what we might call a swap-cast, a conversation and interview he conceived for his podcast, The Average Alaskan Podcast, and now here it i...

In this episode we sit down with Flip Freeman and talk elk hunting – how to change your mindset when you draw a long-anticipated elk hunt. Here is the way to be thinking when you have three or four months to get in shape mentally and physically. Hunting elk this fall? You want to listen to this one. 

In this episode we make a stop at the Nosler plant to talk to John Nason, director of special projects and industry relations. We cover visualization, mindfulness, meditation and mental toughness. We talk favorite calibers and we discuss honoring the animal by using every part we can. And every animal has enough brains to tan its own hide.

In this episode we are in Rat Camp in Crane, Oregon, at Diamond A Guides and the cast includes four guys from SW Washington – Dave Cole, Jeremy Nielsen, Jeremy Wood and Josh Contreras. It has been a good day on the fields shooting sage rats in eastern Oregon and now, in a wall camp with a fire in the wood stove, we talk long range shooting, building guns, hunting in New Zealand, the MacNab Challen...

We talk alpine black bear hunting in the fall, way up in the Alaskan Range and DIY hunting from a fly-in camp. 

In this episode we sit talk to Michael Swoboda of Swoboda Charters about one of my favorite deer hunts of all time, hunting Sitka blacktail deer on Kodiak Island. This is one of the great deer hunts and a great way to do it is on a boat-based hunt where every day starts at the beach. 

In this thirteenth in our mini-series on How To Be A Bear Hunter, we sit down with Michael Swoboda of Swoboda Charters. We talk black bears and DIY hunting from a boat-based camp. 

In this episode we talk field-judging and the record books, mule deer, whitetails, pronghorn, blacktail deer, bears and bear hunting, muzzleloaders, rifles and bowhunting with Tim Rozewski, the director of records for Pope & Young. 

Elk, elk hunting, optics, best calibers for elk, rifles, ammunition, nosler, scouting, ballistics, long range shooting, elk season, 27 nosler, 28 nosler, accubond, partition, ballistic tip, e-tip, cwd, chronic wasting disease, elk quest, elk calling, wildlife management, Colorado elk hunting

In this twelfth in our mini-series on How To Be A Bear Hunter, we sit down with Brian Bachman of Arrowhead Wilderness Outfitters. We talk Minnesota black bears and get an insight into how one outfitter approaches baiting, stand placement and scent control. We discuss shot placement, bear weight and how to get your mind right before hunting black bear. 

In this episode we talk to lifelong hunter Joe Kiblinger and hear how he solved the problem of gear storage, and packing and unpacking for hunting camp. He describes his second iteration – a 14 foot by 7 foot cargo trailer camp. It sleeps four and it offers a lot of comfort in a self-contained unit built for the back woods. bear, black bear, bear hunting, rifles, ammunition, nosler, scouting, ball...

In this eleventh in our mini-series on How To Be A Bear Hunter, we sit down with Joe Kiblinger for another West Coast bear hunting perspective. We talk bear guns and optics, field-judging bears, ethical decisions, shot placement and how to be thinking when you plan your spring bear hunt.  

We are talking today with Jeff Sipe, senior marketing manager – firearms, for Nosler Inc. And we’re getting a first look at the internals of the new suppressor.

We are talking today with Marcelo Sodiro, an international hunter and a big game outfitter from Argentina. After two years without hunters, there are some big red stags walking around. We’re talking about hunting one of my favorite animals, the free-range red stag in one of the most interesting wild habitats for hunting big game. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the I...

Just back from SHOT Show in Las Vegas. We spent three days checking out the best new rifles, handguns and suppressors. In this episode we talk arrow guns, shooting tripods, suppressors, cowboy guns and muzzleloaders with Darren Binder from Muzzle-loaders.com

Veteran outdoor writer Troy Rodakowski joins us to talk spring turkey hunting. We talk locating ground to hunt turkeys, calling theory, decoy placement and building a blind. Troy Rodakowski is also an expert in wildlife seed blends and deer and turkey forage and we touch on those subjects as well. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Internet Age, look for our coffee...

If you like rock and roll and you like old rifles maybe you’ll like this episode. It’s the introduction to our latest book Bob Nosler Born Ballistic set to music - what they called hard rock in ’64, ’65 and ‘66. Rock on. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Internet Age, look for our coffee and books at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/shop/We recommend our latest bo...