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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt
Backcountry Hunting Podcast
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  • Backcountry Hunting Podcast

    7mm SAW Cartridge: An Improved 7mm-08?

    06/26/2026 | 1h 5 mins.
    This episode takes a close look at the 7mm SAW — a wildcat that just might be the ultimate efficient short-action 7mm. Designed by Clayton Smith, owner of West Texas Ordnance, it's sort of an improved 7mm-08 with a better shoulder angle, faster rifling twist, and greater head height. It just might be the cartridge that the 7mm-08 always wanted to be. ENJOY! 
     
    FRIENDS, PLEASE SUPPORT THE PODCAST! 
    Join the Backcountry Hunting Podcast tribe and get access to all our bonus material on www.patreon.com/backcountry   Recent brief Patreon-only audio topics include "6.5 Backcountry" (6.5 Creedmoor +P), ponderings on ".30-06 High-BC Bullet performance," a first look at a new heavy-for-caliber 270-grain Solid .35 Whelen load, a "6.8 Western Survival Forecast" and "Gear List for Hunting." Check 'em out! 
    Email us questions here: backcountryhuntingpodcast@gmail.com
     
    VISIT OUR SPONSORS HERE: 
    https://javelinbipod.com
    www.swiftbullets.com
    www.timneytriggers.com
    www.browning.com
    www.leupold.com
    www.siembidacustomknives.com
    www.onxmaps.com
    www.silencercentral.com
    https://www.portersfirearms.com/
  • Backcountry Hunting Podcast

    Is it Good or Bad to be a Long Range Deer Sniper? With Ron Spomer

    06/19/2026 | 58 mins.
    Detractors of modern long-range hunting methods call such hunters "deer snipers." But is long-range shooting at game bad? Or good? We're joined by Ron Spomer in this episode, and we hash out the various facets—virtuous and evil alike—of shooting long on big game. Plus, of course, we regularly get off track and swap great hunting stories and tales of our favorite rifles. ENJOY! 
     
    FRIENDS, PLEASE SUPPORT THE PODCAST! 
    Join the Backcountry Hunting Podcast tribe and get access to all our bonus material on www.patreon.com/backcountry   Recent brief Patreon-only audio topics include "6.5 Backcountry" (6.5 Creedmoor +P), ponderings on ".30-06 High-BC Bullet performance," a first look at a new heavy-for-caliber 270-grain Solid .35 Whelen load, a "6.8 Western Survival Forecast" and "Gear List for Hunting." Check 'em out! 
    Email us questions here: backcountryhuntingpodcast@gmail.com
     
    VISIT OUR SPONSORS HERE: 
    https://javelinbipod.com
    www.swiftbullets.com
    www.timneytriggers.com
    www.browning.com
    www.leupold.com
    www.siembidacustomknives.com
    www.onxmaps.com
    www.silencercentral.com
    https://www.portersfirearms.com/
  • Backcountry Hunting Podcast

    Hunting Forest Ghosts Across Transylvania, Spain, Macedonia, & Serbia

    06/12/2026 | 1h 15 mins.
    This episode follows host Joseph von Benedikt on a wild roebuck hunt across ancient terraces in Spain, to remote mountains in Transylvania, to deep forests of Serbia, and into the spectacular alpine mountains of Macedonia. We talk cartridges (we used seven different rifles chambered in seven different cartridges) and bullets (used Berger VLD Hunting, Sierra Tipped GameKing, Federal Fusion, Sellior & Bellot, and Hornady SSTs and unpack other aspects ranging from travel, to safety, to wildlife management abroad. 
    Some very interesting trends emerged, particularly with the .308. This was an incredible experience and super fun to record and re-live... ENJOY! 
     
     
    FRIENDS, PLEASE SUPPORT THE PODCAST! 
    Join the Backcountry Hunting Podcast tribe and get access to all our bonus material on www.patreon.com/backcountry   Recent brief Patreon-only audio topics include "6.5 Backcountry" (6.5 Creedmoor +P), ponderings on ".30-06 High-BC Bullet performance," a first look at a new heavy-for-caliber 270-grain Solid .35 Whelen load, a "6.8 Western Survival Forecast" and "Gear List for Hunting." Check 'em out! 
    Email us questions here: backcountryhuntingpodcast@gmail.com
     
    VISIT OUR SPONSORS HERE: 
    https://javelinbipod.com
    www.swiftbullets.com
    www.timneytriggers.com
    www.browning.com
    www.leupold.com
    www.siembidacustomknives.com
    www.onxmaps.com
    www.silencercentral.com
    https://www.portersfirearms.com/
  • Backcountry Hunting Podcast

    NEW 6.5 BACKCOUNTRY! (6.5 Creedmoor +PEAK)

    06/05/2026 | 46 mins.
    BIG NEWS! Federal has just announced the new "6.5 BACKCOUNTRY" cartridge... or put more correctly, the 6.5 Creedmoor with "+ PEAK" alloy technology. We tested the inagural 130-grain Terminal Ascent load in three different rifles with barrels of 24, 20, and 17 inches to see if the new load deserves the hype. Listen in—this is a very cool new development! ENJOY!
     
    FRIENDS, PLEASE SUPPORT THE PODCAST! 
    Join the Backcountry Hunting Podcast tribe and get access to all our bonus material on www.patreon.com/backcountry   Recent brief Patreon-only audio topics include "Bullet Peformance Across Europe," ponderings on ".30-06 High-BC Bullet performance," a first look at a new heavy-for-caliber 270-grain Solid .35 Whelen load, a "6.8 Western Survival Forecast" and "Gear List for Hunting." Check 'em out! 
    Email us questions here: backcountryhuntingpodcast@gmail.com
     
    VISIT OUR SPONSORS HERE: 
    https://javelinbipod.com
    www.swiftbullets.com
    www.timneytriggers.com
    www.browning.com
    www.leupold.com
    www.siembidacustomknives.com
    www.onxmaps.com
    www.silencercentral.com
    https://www.portersfirearms.com/
  • Backcountry Hunting Podcast

    Most Versatile Cartridge: 300 PRC?

    06/05/2026 | 8 mins.
    Scenario: You can choose between .280 Ackley, 7mm PRC, .300 Win Mag, and .300 PRC to hunt everything on the North American continent for the rest of you life. What's it going to be? 
    Folks, this brief episode will be followed in a few hours by a major new-product announcement (embargoed until 9am Mountain Time, June 6th). Check it out! It's really, really big news. 
    ENJOY! 
     
    FRIENDS, PLEASE SUPPORT THE PODCAST! 
    Join the Backcountry Hunting Podcast tribe and get access to all our bonus material on www.patreon.com/backcountry   Recent brief Patreon-only audio topics include "Bullet Peformance Across Europe," ponderings on ".30-06 High-BC Bullet performance," a "First Kill Shots with the New Swift Zephyr," video, a "6.8 Western Survival Forecast" and "Gear List for Hunting." Check 'em out! 
    Email us questions here: backcountryhuntingpodcast@gmail.com
     
    VISIT OUR SPONSORS HERE: 
    https://javelinbipod.com
    www.swiftbullets.com
    www.timneytriggers.com
    www.browning.com
    www.leupold.com
    www.siembidacustomknives.com
    www.onxmaps.com
    www.silencercentral.com
    https://www.portersfirearms.com/
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About Backcountry Hunting Podcast
Backcountry Hunting Podcast focuses on inspiring and teaching about deep-country hunting, with emphasis on DIY techniques, gear, prep and how-to. Lifelong wilderness hunter Joseph von Benedikt shares stories and tips for success.
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