Montana Wild Podcast

Today Zack sits down with friend Riley Foster who is a seriously talented marksman and who recently won the Light Hunter Division, making him the first shooter to win all three divisions in three consecutive years. He's a wicked shooter and you can learn a hell of a lot from Riley. We also talk about his company R3 Development, which makes carbon bipod legs for Ckye-pods which turns it into one of...

Zack talks about mental process and mental toughness and how it will drastically help you perform when the stakes are high.

Zack recaps his weekend shooting the NRL Hunter Hornady Precision Hunter match down in Price Utah. Listen as Zack talks about being one stage away from the win, how the match went, and some of the gear that he thought was helpful having in his kit.

Zack jumps in to give a little update on things that have been going on over the last month, such as hunting and fishing in New Zealand for three weeks and also ripping a recent bear hunt. He also dives into why it's good to define your purpose and reason for hunting from time to time and ends sharing some verses from the Bible that have been meaningful recently. 

Zack Boughton and Brady Miller from GoHUNT recap a week of rifle bear hunting in Montana. From a hunt breakdown to things learned and a little talk about rifles, this is a great episode.

Zack's back, this time talking about recent NRL Hunter content that has dropped. He also gets into how the firearms industry often is misleading and off the mark for what should be reality for hunters. And then we get back into the Bible to cap off this week's Tuesday 20. 

Zack sits down in the garage with Rhett Walters, AKA the Shooting Stallion. Rhett has shot hundreds of precision rifle matches and recently won the NRL Hunter Pro-Am match. We do an after action report and break down what went well and what went sideways. We discuss applications to hunting, missing wolves, dusting bucks and why you should buy a good suppressor. Oh and jack some weights.

Zack is solo ripping again, this time post Hunt Expo. He dives into whats been happening recently with content, chats hunting films in our industry, and then caps things off with a little deeper dive on thinking about where your treasure lies in your life.

Today we're back with Shawn Melland talking about his latest film "Thin Air". This film looks at Shawn's detailed preparation in coordination with coaches such as Bo Sandoval and how he focuses that work ethic into killing big bulls. We also dive into his new partnership, Work Built, providing training to those looking to hit the next level in their performance regardless the final output.

Zack and Jared travel to Missouri to link up with Colby Adamek from Sierra Bullets and tour the factory where all the legendary Sierra bullets are made. The guys also sit down with Mark Walker, the lead bullet engineer to discuss how bullets are made, how bullets are designed, measuring bullet BC, bullet types and more.

Zack sits down and catches up on topics such as application season, staying in the right mental state year round for hunting success, gear maintenance and more.

Today we're talking archery bulls but not just any bull with a bow. Giants only is the methodology Shawn Melland has subscribed to from day 1 and it's a rare breed that does that. His record speaks for itself with giant after giant year in and year out. No corners are cut and his focus is singular, find giant bulls on public land and figure out how to arrow one each September. The goal is simple,...

We sit down with Colby Adamek from Sierra Bullets and talk big buck hunting. Colby and Zack had just wrapped up a 6 day backpack hunt for mule deer and recap the hunt and discuss what it takes to try to kill old mountain muleys.

Travis, Jared and Zack are back at the trucks, this time with a second bull. Hear about how it all went down and get some insight into the latest film project, Immersion, shot for Mathews Archery and now available to watch on their YouTube channel. If you like hearing about big bulls taking arrows this is one to listen to.

Zack Boughton, Jared Miller, and Travis Boughton talk about the first few days of their archery hunt from September. With one bull on the ground there's lots to hear and you can now watch the film of this hunt on the Mathews Archery YouTube!

On today's episode Zack Boughton sits down with friend and fellow photographer and filmer Dave Gardner. They talk the craft of photography and film and what it's like to live that lifestyle of an adventure photographer.

Zack and Jared give a mid hunt update as they're out on the prairie chasing antelope with their bows.

Zack and Travis recap their most recent elk scouting adventure and their preparations for fall hunting and filming.

The boys get together for a mid summer update to catch us up on the going's on getting ready for hunting season and they answer some of the most requested questions from the listeners.

The precision rifle professor Carl Ross joins us for another deep dive on ballistics, shooting in the mountains and how hunters should train for their best chance of success.

8 days in to a planned 10 day bear hunt over in Idaho, the boys sit down to record a podcast and come to the realization that the cutthroat fishing is currently much better than the bear hunting. They recount the positives and negatives from their backpack hunting and discuss how success is defined when making hunting content.

The boys recap the first few days of their Idaho Spring Bear backpack hunt. A bear was missed, miles were hike and cheeks were chapped.

The man, the myth, the legend! Our friend Joel Turner blessed us all with a solid knowledge bomb on this podcast. They covers all the topics from target panic, terminal ballistics, bear defense and Joel shares some methods for how to practice the mental aspect of shot execution.

The boys run through a little Q&A session before diving into Jared's most recent bear hunt and how he missed a bear, where he thinks he went wrong and how to be better. Lot's of rifle talk in this one.

Eric Stecker, COO of Extreme Group, joins us while at the Defiance Anti Social NRL Hunter match in Belt, Montana for a deep discussion that touches on life, purpose, owning our mistakes, family and eventually the guys talk about the future of Defiance Machine and McMillan Stocks.