Gary Lewis Outdoorsman

It’s our big 50th episode. Thanks for hanging out with us through 50 episodes of Ballistic Chronicles. In this seventh in our mini-series on How To Be A Coyote Hunter, we sip Frontier Roast coffee and talk to a guitar tech. Yah. You read that right. His name is Marc Larese and when he is on the road with Luke Bryan, he brings his Fox Pro call and a rifle or a bow or sometimes an Airsoft pistol. Ma...

In this sixth in our mini-series on How To Be A Coyote Hunter, we sip Frontier Roast coffee and talk about my standard call sequence. You’ll hear the sounds I use on call set ups from the end of August through the end of March. 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 la...

In this fifth in our mini-series on How To Be A Coyote Hunter, we sip Frontier Roast coffee and talk about hunting coyotes in spring and early summer. 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 book Bob Nosler Born Ballistic. You can find it on our web site and on N...

In this episode of Ballistic Chronicles we talk elk hunting. Specifically, western hunting, technical hunting, the latest rifles, our favorite cartridges and more. This episode has it ALL!

In this episode of Ballistic Chronicles we talk hunting in New Zealand for red stag with Rodney Smith, an international travel and hunting consultant. Rodney Smith has helped more people hunt in New Zealand than anyone else I am aware of. He has been to New Zealand 43 times and is also an expert on the Cook Islands and other parts of the South Pacific. I have personally hunted New Zealand four tim...

In this episode of Ballistic Chronicles we talk rifle elk hunting in October and November. Can you use a call in October? Do elk come to a call in November? What rifles and calibers do we like? In this episode, we are joined by returning champion Brice Stanley and we cover what a person should be thinking about when planning a hunt for Roosevelt elk or Rocky Mountain elk. And yes, we talk about th...

In this episode of Ballistic Chronicles we are in southeast Oregon in the desert hunting antelope with muzzleloaders. 24-year-old Mikayla Lewis has looked forward to this hunt for 12 years. She built her own muzzleloader from a kit – a Traditions Deerhunter in 50-caliber. It’s the second day of the hunt and we build a brush blind from the bones of a wild horse, a bleached-out board and sagebrush....

In this fourth in our mini-series on How To Be A Coyote Hunter, we sip Frontier Roast coffee and talk to Camden Hammer about when to use bird sounds and coyote vocalizations. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Internet Age, you can support the show at https://garylewisoutdoors.supercast.tech/Look for our coffee and books at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/shop/Coy...

In this episode of Ballistic Chronicles we are in southern Colorado in the San Juan mountains. We have just wrapped up an elk hunt with outfitter Travis Reed. Reed is the owner of Western Sky Outfitters and Elk Quest. It’s about 2:00 in the afternoon, we have gone 3 for 3 on trophy bulls and now we’re talking about hunting elk in the breeding season. We talk calls and calling and what the calls me...

In this episode of Ballistic Chronicles we talk to Matt Staley who tells the story of tracking not one, but four mountain lions in fresh snow. The weather forecast called for a few hours of snowfall, followed by calm and clearing. The hunters were on the trail early and found the tracks before daylight. They waited, and returned to the crossing at dawn. If you want to support free speech and good...

In this episode of Ballistic Chronicles we talk rattlesnakes and - if you are in snaky country and want to carry a handgun - how to be ready. We’re not advocating killing every rattlesnake you see, just the ones that are a threat. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content in the Internet Age, you can support the show at https://garylewisoutdoors.supercast.tech/Look for our coffee...

In this episode of Ballistic Chronicles we talk blacktail deer hunting and review some of the best books on the subject. Specifically we’re looking at Columbia blacktail deer in Oregon, Washington and California and books from John Higley, Wesley Murphey, Boyd Iverson, Cameron Hanes, David Morris and Scott Haugen. If you’re planning a hunt for blacktail deer, you probably need a tune-up. Here’s wh...

In this episode of Ballistic Chronicles we talk about why you should create a ballistics journal for your new rifle. A ballistics journal? Well sure. I started keeping a journal for one of my favorite rifles in 2015. For that rifle, I have now six years of notes and observations. I know what happens with my favorite bullets from a cold, clean barrel and what to expect when the barrel is dirty. I’m...

In this episode we talk about one of my favorite topics: hunting mule deer in open country. We look forward to these hunts and since the tags can be so hard to draw, we want to arm ourselves with the right gear and the right mindset. What are the things we are looking for on an aerial photo? What are we looking for at a water hole? How far do big bucks bed from their water? Where are they right no...

In this episode we go back in time to 1946. My father-in-law Paul Parson tells the story of when his granddad trailed a huge flock of sheep up into the high country in Montana. Along the way the sheep had to be protected from black bears and coyotes. Granddad had a lever action Winchester 32 Special and two bullets in the gun when a grizzly came into camp.