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Okay I've been wanting to do this one for a long time. Episode No. 264. Dedicated to the memory of Chub Eastman. We're starting off with the invention of the percussion cap and will hit the high points of ammunition development. Yah, I'm leaving a lot of stuff out. If you are offended because I don't mention your own favorite caliber then send me an email and maybe you can come on the show and talk about it. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books, t-shirts and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, BrandLab, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

This is what you've been looking for: A system for hunting blacktail deer. We visit with Aaron Dobbins of Woodland, Washington, back on the podcast to talk trophy blacktails at handgun range. Dobbins hunts with a Smith & Wesson 44 Magnum. For more information, visit https://theblacktailcoach.com/ If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

Talking about blacktails again this week. This time with Troy Rodakowski who has taken his biggest blacktails with muzzleloader and rifle while hunting from the ground. How to think about bedding areas. How to play the wind and keep bucks moving your way. This is a great time to be improving your game plan for October and November. Email Troy at [email protected] for information on planting for wildlife. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

In this episode we get the story of McKibben Womack's trophy California bighorn hunt in Oregon's John Day River canyon. He set out to do it DIY with a few friends on public land. It was a November hunt and several big rams had been killed already. We also talk blacktail deer hunting and elk hunting. McKibben works for Mission 22, serving veterans. Learn more at https://mission22.org/  If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

Calling black bears and hunting antelope in August! It's episode No. 260 and we celebrate the 260 Remington by talking to wildlife bio Tod Lum who bought one of the first 260 Remingtons on the market and immediately had to become a reloader because it was hard to find ammo! And we talk calling black bears and antelope hunting in eastern Oregon. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

At 52-years-old, Randall Knight embarked on his lifelong dream of going to the police academy and into law enforcement. We hear about qualifying with pistol and shotgun, getting tased, pepper-sprayed and beat up with a baton. If you want to hear his backstory, go back and listen to Mom carried a Saturday Night Special and she wasn't afraid to use it. We recorded that one in May, 2024. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

You gotta hear this one. We talk to Justin Edwards about hunting hogs, wild boars, feral pigs and black bear too. Using scents. Using blinds. Favorite cartridge: 270 Winchester. You can learn more at https://cervicide.com/ For info on scents, check out https://odinsinnovations.com/ If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

There's a better way to hunt blacktail deer and black bear and a new breed of hunters is making the most of it. Find a couple of travel corridors. Build a couple of blinds. Cut shooting lanes. Dope the wind. Today we talk to Paul Black about synthetic scents and attractants. For more info, check out https://odinsinnovations.com/  If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

On his way back to Wyoming, Gus Smith stops in to talk about why reloading, and why the 7mm Remington Magnum. We also talk about the 30 Nosler, the 6.5 Creedmoor and the 416 Rigby. Gus has been shooting since before he could hold a gun barrel off the ground and has been in the reloading room since he could reach the top of the counter.  If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

And we are just back from 4 days hunting in the berry patches in western Oregon. The blackberries are heavy on the vines and you can smell them when you get out of the truck. This time we had a sound engineer with us and our favorite guitar tech. The sound engineer stepped off the plane in Oregon and three hours later he had his first black bear. Hunting by himself in a berry patch. With us on this podcast are Chris Daniels, Marc Larese and Troy Rodakowski. We're sitting around the table in a dimly lit kitchen telling the story.  If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

Just back from Tanzania, Brian Smith and Mason Smith recount hunting in the historic Selous region of Tanzania. They fly into Johannesburg then to Dar El Salam and then to a tiny airstrip where they unlimber their rifles, a 470 Nitro double and a WInchester Model 70 in 375 H&H. If you want to hunt in southern Africa, send me a note at [email protected] and I will help to arrange your safari.  If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

One of the best bear hunts in North America, that's what I call hunting the mainland of upper British Columbia. On this episode we talk to bear hunter and blade maker Mike Jones of Quesnel, B.C. and get his perspective on hunting bears in the province. Ever wonder what makes a good blade for the bear hunter. We talk about it here. For more on Mike Jones, click on https://www.mikejonesknifeandtool.com/  If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

Okay, I have been meaning to do this one for about 4 years. Ron Spomer is back from Namibia and the Eastern Cape in South Africa and we're talking bushbucks and oryx and eland and rifles we take to Africa and what it's really like to hunt Namibia now, and South Africa. Not how to do it, but what it's like on safari in 2026. Oh, and this one is for Gus, by the way. For more Ron Spomer, visit https://www.ronspomeroutdoors.com/ron-spomer-bio  If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

Today! This is the day we record our 250th episode. America! We're talking pheasants and pheasant futures in the Midwest and especially in the environs around Aberdeen, South Dakota, home of the pheasant sandwich. Our guest is Casey Weismantel from https://huntfishsd.com/  If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

This is the summer we celebrate 250 years of America. I remember riding in a parade in Kalama, Washington, with my uncle Jack in a Model T Ford 50 years ago and I also remember becoming intensely interested in the Revolutionary War, the age of the mountain man and the American Indian. All of that fed into my fascination with firearms. In this episode we talk about side-by-side shotguns and reloading for the 16 gauge. And we talk about why muzzleloading now. And how to get into building blackpowder guns. And because all guns shoot better when they're clean, we finish by talking about cleaning for accuracy with Marcus from Modern Spartan Systems. At the end we talk about IP28 and the so-called Peace Act.  Here's a link to a good flintlock accessories kit: https: //muzzle-loaders.com/products/muzzleloaders-flintlock-ultimate-kit-mz1785?sca_ref=1638627.C47uXJ1f9J Here's a link to possibles bags from Muzzle-loaders dot com: https://muzzle-loaders.com/products/muzzle-loaders-leather-possibles-bag-muzzleloaders-shooting-bag-mz1202?sca_ref=1638627.C47uXJ1f9J And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus If you buy one of their kits use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited