Montana Wild Podcast

Serge flew to Montana to shoot the Defiance Anti Social NRL Hunter match with Jared. The boys sit down with Zack after shooting Day 1 to recap their performance, talk about their rifle builds and dive deep into the behind the scenes of Abel Co Suppressors.

Local Bozeman legend amongst all things precision rifle joins Jared to talk about his history with precision rifles, moving out west and hunting with smaller calibers. Carl uses extensive testing to challenge traditional beliefs about rifles, bullets, scopes and terminal ballistics to see what is actually true.

Jared shares his experience of the last 72 hours when a once trusted barrel suddenly stopped shooting and what he had to do last minute to get a new barrel ready for the Defiance Anti-Social that he is shooting next weekend.

Dane Fletcher joins Zack in the garage to talk about Dane's history of playing for the New England Patriots, moving back to Bozeman to start The Pitt gym and his more recent deep dives into fishing and archery elk hunting.

The boys have a good chat about their most recent film drop, The Mexico Method. They also cover bow builds, gun builds and 3 dumb things, possibly a new segment where the boys cover some topics they'd like to see themselves and others do better at.

Jared sits down in the garage with Zack to get the details on Zack's coues deer hunt in old Mexico.

The boys finish up their long weekend of shooting and fishing with a podcast on the ride home. It's short and sweet but it makes me think we need to do more fishing in Wyoming! Most importantly, we learn Zack and Brandon are above nymphing!! There's also a duck in the truck.

Zack and Jared sit back down in the garage to give an update about the current events around Montana Wild. For no reason whatsoever, the boys are a bit fired up, probably because it's a Monday but they cover a few touchy topics and fill you in on future projects coming up.

Zack Boughton and Brandon Purcell went on a cast and blast road trip to Wyoming to get some fishing in and to shoot an NRL Hunter match. The boys recap their day one experience and how match shooting benefits them in hunting situations.

We're fortunate to have Buck Reece on the podcast today. Buck is a underground Bozeman legend and he shares some of his hunting stories, key tips on introducing your kids to hunting as well as his passion for cooking, especially wild game.

On this episode Zack Boughton sits down with bowhunting legend Brian Barney and they talk shop. Zack dives into more of Brian's life and how he balances lots of days in the field with being a dad and husband. They also jump into bowhunting, target panic, and spring fishing.

The boys wrap up the weekend with their first mobile podcast to discuss how day 2 of the Precision Rifle Series Snake River Standoff went for each of them. They talk about their highs and lows as well as lessons learned. Jared finishes with a solid rant about bad dog owners.

After a rough day one of shooting in some high winds (the windmills in the vicinity should have been a clue) the boys regroup in their air bnb to discuss lessons learned and how they plan to approach day 2.

In the first of this 3 part series, Zack and Jared travel to Idaho with Seth McAnally and Brent Wood to shoot the Snake River Standoff which is a 2 day national Precision Rifle Series Match. The boys share some of their goals for the match, what they're looking forward to and their key pieces of gear that they believe will help them be successful in the match.

Zack and Jared discuss their history with hunting rifles. They go through progression from the early days and what they learned, to how they've arrived at their present day hunting whips. They talk finding purpose in your gear and that it really doesn't matter too much if you can put a bullet in the vitals!

Lyle invites Jared over to his shop for a fun discussion covering topics from branding for companies, how to lead a team, art and hunting, to his new role at MtnTough. Lyle shares some tips on how he's helped to successfully build some of the major brands in the hunting space and beyond.

Zack and Jared sit down in front of a thawing drift boat as they prepare for their first float of the season. The boys cover what they've been up to lately, the PRS match they plan to shoot, fishing plans for spring and they have a good discussion on storytelling with a camera. They also received their tooth age data back from all the critters they killed last season which leads into a fun discuss...

Zack and Jared meet up with Hamilton Boykin and Ryan Holm of Leica Optics at the Western Hunt Expo for an in depth dive on Leica's product line. The guys cover rangefinding binos, spotting scope, rifle scopes and a new line of thermal handheld and clip on scopes.

Seth McAnally joins us fresh off winning the first ever Montana Wild Shootout in Three Forks Montana. Jared and Seth cover topics ranging from shooting and match directing precision rifle matches to the steep learning curve of archery elk hunting. The guys also cover the archery elk hunt they did together in the Breaks of Montana this past year. Jet boats, long miles and 95 degree days all played...

Jed Wood comes by the garage to give us a chance to extract some of his secrets to killing giants. Big mule, elk, antelope and bears have hit the ground from one of Jed's arrows or bullets. He humbly owns a photo gallery that would make the most seasoned hunters jealous, and he's only in his twenties. Listen in as we try to figure out his secrets to success.

Wildlife cinematographer Dominic Oakes sits down with Zack and talks shop. Dom has spent years filming and photographing wildlife from Grizzly bears and Mountain lions in Montana to South American Pumas and more. We talk about the life of being a wildlife photographer, the crazy adventures, and tips on making the most of a life with a camera.

On this episode Zack and Travis Boughton go back in history and talk about why Montana Wild stopped and all the good, the bad, and the ugly from years of making films and growing the brand.

On today's episode Zack Boughton sits down with Jared Miller and Ryan Holm. We take a dive into everyone's background and what some exciting things are coming down the pipeline for Montana Wild in 2025. 14f27HUc8DIK0kYQCf1N 14f27HUc8DIK0kYQCf1N

Zack Boughton and Jared Miller sit down for the very first episode of the Montana Wild podcast. Freshly off a successful mountain mule deer hunt in Montana the guys recap their hunt and some of the gear they used while in the backcountry.