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Big Game Hunting Podcast John McAdams
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The Big Game Hunting Podcast will teach you to how to prepare for the big game hunting adventures you’ve always dreamed about. Our host, John McAdams, is an experienced sportsman with decades of experience afield who has successfully hunted big game like whitetail deer, mule deer, blacktail deer, pronghorn antelope, black bear, Rocky Mountain elk, feral hogs, javelina, cape buffalo, kudu, wildebeest, and other species of African plains game in over a dozen different states and countries. In addition to hosting The Big Game Hunting Podcast, John has authored countless hunting articles in prominent hunting publications and is also the founder of The Big Game Hunting Blog. He will guide you down the path of improving your skills as a hunter, teach you how to pick the best hunting rifle for your needs, conduct caliber comparisons (like 6.5 Creedmoor vs 300 Win Mag and 30-06 vs 270 Winchester) to show you how to pick the best hunting caliber for a specific hunting situation, guide you into the world of muzzleloader hunting, share the hard earned knowledge he has earned over the years pursuing game all over the world, and conduct interviews with internationally recognized experts in the hunting community on topics like cape buffalo hunting in Africa and elk hunting in North America. Regardless of whether you’re dreaming about going plains game or cape buffalo hunting on an African hunting safari, on an elk hunting trip in the Rocky Mountains, on a pronghorn antelope hunting adventure on the windswept plains of Wyoming, on a feral hog hunting expedition in Texas, or just learning more about deer hunting in general, then you’ve found the perfect hunting podcast to learn about turning those dreams of hunting adventures into a reality!
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321: Handgun Hunting With Ryan Hoover
Ryan Hoover of Handgun Hunters International is on the show with us today to talk about hunting with a handgun. We discuss one of his more memorable handgun hunts, reasons why people enjoy hunting with a handgun, why handgun hunting is more challenging than hunting with a rifle in some ways, popular handgun models for hunters, and of course, practical ballistics and caliber selection for handgun hunters.
Sponsor: Go to HuntingGuns101.com and Sign up for my free e-book on the best hunting calibers at to receive the entertaining and informative emails I send out about hunting, firearms, and ballistics every weekday.
Resources Learn more about Handgun Hunters International here, follow them on Instagram @handgunhuntersint, follow them on YouTube, and/or call/email Ryan at ryan@handgunhuntersinternational.com or 830-456-8613 -
320: Master Alaska Guide Phil Shoemaker Talks Brown Bear Hunting
Master Alaskan guide Phil Shoemaker joins me in this episode to talk about brown bear hunting in Alaska. We discuss how he got started in this business, practical ballistics, caliber selection, and bullet selection as it relates to bear hunting, some of the other, less discussed, though still important aspects of bear hunting, and a couple of noteworthy stories from his long hunting career up in Alaska (including his famous incident from 2016 where he killed an aggressive brown bear with his 9mm handgun).
Learn more about Phil's family's hunting operation Grizzly Skins of Alaska here. Follow them on Instagram @grizzlyskinsofalaska or on Facebook here.
Sponsor: Go to HuntingGuns101.com and Sign up for my free e-book on the best hunting calibers at to receive the entertaining and informative emails I send out about hunting, firearms, and ballistics every weekday.
Resources Ep 84: Dan Roland On Alaska Bear Hunting – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 92: Dan Roland On Dall Sheep Hunting – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 130: Joseph von Benedikt On Caribou Hunting – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 162: Joseph von Benedikt On Moose Hunting – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 201: Sheep Hunting 101 With Ron Spomer – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 282: Grizzly Bear Hunting With A 6.5 Creedmoor?!? – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 289: Dall Sheep Hunting With Mark Huelsing – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 316: Dall Sheep Hunting 101 With Tyler Freel – Podcast referenced in episode -
319: John Stallone on fighting anti-hunting attacks
John Stallone from HOWL for Wildlife is on the show with us to talk about a couple of serious threats to hunting he and his organization are fighting against. John is also a hunting outfitter and has hosted a hunting TV show. He also talks a little bit about what it was like to have a hunting TV show and gives us a small peek behind the curtain into that world. John and I discuss what’s going on with these additional, ongoing attacks on hunting in detail, what they mean for hunters all over North America, and how you can get involved in the fight against these anti-hunting initiatives.
Sponsor: Go to HuntingGuns101.com and Sign up for my free e-book on the best hunting calibers at to receive the entertaining and informative emails I send out about hunting, firearms, and ballistics every weekday.
Resources Support HOWL for Wildlife here and follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Check out my appearance on John Stallone’s show Days in the Wild (on Apple here and on Spotify here) and follow him on Instagram -
318: How you can help in the fight to save hunting
Dan Gates from Coloradans For Responsible Wildlife Management is on the show with us to talk about a couple of very serious threats to hunting he and his organization are fighting against. As you’ll learn here shortly, these are issues that affect hunters from all over the USA, not just those in Colorado. In this episode, Dan and I discuss these issues in detail, what they mean for hunters in Colorado and elsewhere in North America, and how you can get involved in the fight against these anti-hunting initiatives.
Sponsor: Go to HuntingGuns101.com and Sign up for my free e-book on the best hunting calibers at to receive the entertaining and informative emails I send out about hunting, firearms, and ballistics every weekday.
Resources Support Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management here and follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube -
317: Bear Hunting in Alaska With Tyler Kuhn
Sticking with the “Alaska Theme” we started last week with my discussion with Tyler Freel on Dall Sheep, we have Tyler Kuhn from A-Team Outfitting on the show to talk to us about bear hunting in Alaska. In this episode we talk about hunting both black and brown bear: the time of year they do those hunts, how they’re alike and different, spot and stalk vs baited hunts, etc.
Sponsor: Go to HuntingGuns101.com and Sign up for my free e-book on the best hunting calibers at to receive the entertaining and informative emails I send out about hunting, firearms, and ballistics every weekday.
Resources Ep 84: Dan Roland On Alaska Bear Hunting – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 92: Dan Roland On Dall Sheep Hunting – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 130: Joseph von Benedikt On Caribou Hunting – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 162: Joseph von Benedikt On Moose Hunting – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 201: Sheep Hunting 101 With Ron Spomer – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 282: Grizzly Bear Hunting With A 6.5 Creedmoor?!? – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 289: Dall Sheep Hunting With Mark Huelsing – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 316: Dall Sheep Hunting 101 With Tyler Freel – Podcast referenced in episode
Learn more about A-Team Outfitting here and follow them on Instagram @a_team_outfitting or call Tyler at 907-651-8495
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316: Dall Sheep Hunting With Tyler Freel
Tyler Freel is back on the show today to talk about Dall Sheep hunting. Tyler has lived in Alaska for a long time and has done a lot of sheep hunting over the years. In this episode, we talk about everything Dall sheep: how and where to hunt sheep, descriptions of what constitutes a legal ram, how a sheep hunt often goes, what time of year they’re hunted, how they taste, and of course, what cartridges and bullets are best suited for and most commonly used for hunting Dall sheep.
Sponsor: Go to HuntingGuns101.com and Sign up for my free e-book on the best hunting calibers at to receive the entertaining and informative emails I send out about hunting, firearms, and ballistics every weekday.
Resources Ep 92: Dan Roland On Dall Sheep Hunting – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 168: Steve Speck On Bighorn Sheep Hunting – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 174: Joseph von Benedikt On Bighorn Sheep Hunting – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 201: Sheep Hunting 101 With Ron Spomer – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 282: Grizzly Bear Hunting With A 6.5 Creedmoor?!? – Podcast referenced in episode
Ep 289: Dall Sheep Hunting 101 With Mark Huelsing – Podcast referenced in episode
Subscribe to Tyler’s Tundra Talk Podcast here.
Follow Tyler on Instagram @thetylerfreel
Customer Reviews
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Extremely informative. Interesting. John clearly knows his stuff. I regularly listen.