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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

By: Joseph von Benedikt
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The Backcountry Hunting Podcast's intent is to inspire, educate, and entertain. Join us for hunting how-to, technical gear and hardware reviews, and some serious backcountry savvy imparted by Westerners that live and breathe hunting in wild, remote places.Joseph von Benedikt 2019
Episodes
  • Cartridges, Bullets, & Shot Placement for Cape Buffalo
    Jul 25 2025

    Africa's Cape Buffalo, known by those that hunt them as "Black Death," are the most achievable and at the same time most compelling of all dangerous game to pursue.

    Hunting Black Death must be done properly, with a good rifle, chambered for a potent cartridge, that's loaded with a premium bullet.

    This epside we sit down with Mark Haldane, owner and operator of Zambeze Delta Safaris, who likely has more experience hunting Cape Buffalo than any other PH alive. Mark discusses adequate buffalo cartridges, good buffalo cartridges, and great buffalo cartridges. Perhaps more importantly, Mark states unequivocally what is the best bullet for hunting Cape Buffalo.

    Shot placement is crucial on Cape Buffalo, and Mark details exactly where to aim on broadside, quartering, and facing-on bulls, as well as how to follow up your shots... whether it's just an insurance shot as your bull staggers away or facing a charge and maximizing your chances of stopping that bull before he gets to you. Folks, this was one of my all-time favorite conversations. ENJOY!

    FRIENDS! We're doing short bonus audio episodes two or three times a week now for our Patreon page. Please join our little Backcountry Hunting Podcast tribe on www.patreon.com/backcountry, where you'll get access to all our bonus material and—if you wish—can contribute a few dollars.

    VISIT OUR SPONSORS HERE:

    www.timneytriggers.com

    www.browning.com

    www.leupold.com

    www.swiftbullets.com

    www.onxmaps.com

    www.silencercentral.com

    https://www.portersfirearms.com/

    www.siembidacustomknives.com

    https://javelinbipod.com

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    46 mins
  • Tax-Free Silencers & the HPA Bill
    Jul 18 2025

    Why did the Hearing Protection Act fail? Will it ever go through? Was the abolition of the $200 tax stamp on silencers a win for gun owners? Should potential buyers wait until the sunset of the NFA $200 tax occurs at the end of 2025? We answer all these questions and more on this episode of the Backcountry Hunting Podcast. ENJOY!

    FRIENDS! Please join the Backcountry Hunting Podcast tribe on www.patreon.com/backcountry where you'll get access to all our bonus material and—if you like—can contribute a few dollars to help the podcast survive and thrive.

    VISIT OUR SPONSORS HERE:

    www.onxmaps.com

    www.silencercentral.com

    https://www.portersfirearms.com/

    www.timneytriggers.com

    www.browning.com

    www.leupold.com

    www.siembidacustomknives.com

    https://javelinbipod.com

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    49 mins
  • THIS IS AFRICA, with Andy Buchanan
    Jul 11 2025

    This awesome episode gets below the veneer that is luxurious Africa... Deep into the gritty stories that expose the warm, friendly, but sometimes violent heart of the Dark Continent. We talk favorite areas and species to hunt in Africa, best tools for the task (rifles, cartridges, and bullets), and how to bring an attitude geared for success on safari. Plus, Andy shares his story of an incredible charge by a wounded leopard, which he killed literally as it sprung on him. ENJOY!

    FRIENDS! Please join the Backcountry Hunting Podcast tribe on www.patreon.com/backcountry, where you'll get access to all our bonus material and—if you wish—can contribute a few dollars to help us keep the podcast rolling.

    VISIT OUR SPONSORS HERE:

    www.timneytriggers.com

    www.browning.com

    www.leupold.com

    www.siembidacustomknives.com

    www.onxmaps.com

    www.silencercentral.com

    https://www.portersfirearms.com/

    https://javelinbipod.com

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    1 hr and 46 mins
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