Gary Lewis Outdoorsman
Brought to you by award-winning writer and TV host Gary Lewis, Gary Lewis Outdoorsman (formerly Ballistic Chronicles) tells the stories of great hunts, provides insights into the firearms industry, discusses custom rifles, wildcat calibers and hunting for mule deer, elk, blacktail deer, whitetails, bear and coyotes. Other topics include hunting trucks, steelhead fishing, upland bird hunting and dog training.
Episodes
201 episodes
200th Episode! The 27 Nosler and the 45-70 with John Nason
It's episode Number 200! You have found a podcast where we talk big game hunting around the West and around the World and today it's returning champion John Nason. We go to the Nosler plant to talk the 27 Nosler, Nosler suppressors, the Model 2...
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Season 5
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Episode 200
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42:32
Citizen Scientist meets Sasquatch with Tyler Kennedy
Is Sasquatch just a legend we use to scare the new guy in camp? Or is it watching us from the ridge tops? Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, the stories trickle out, sometimes loosed with whiskey, sometimes in moments of trust. Today we talk ...
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Season 5
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Episode 201
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54:29
Rise of the Revolver, Skeptic at the Sasquatch Conference with Chris Sulak
We talk to returning champion Chris Sulak about revolvers and why there is a new revolver in your future. Sulak hails from Central Oregon and finds himself buying a new revolver every time he makes a commission. We also talk about Sasquatch, Lo...
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Season 5
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Episode 199
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1:27:58
Spring Bear, the 45-70 & Calling Black Bears with Amy Bennett
We talk to Amy Bennett about the 45-70, calling bears and spotting and stalking in the alders. Making her home on the Oregon Coast, this Florida transplant adrenaline junkie is a big game hunter and a steelhead fisherman. She moved out to Orego...
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Season 5
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Episode 198
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1:05:37
Turkey Guns + Early Turkey Season with Troy Rodakowski
We sit down with Troy Rodakowski, an outdoor writer, turkey hunter and forage specialist from the Willamette Valley. We’re talking early season turkey hunting, blackpowder shooting, how to set up a stand, aggressive calling vs. quiet spare call...
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Season 5
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Episode 197
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49:02
The Ruger M77 338 Win Mag for Elk + Steelhead, Bass and Salmon with West Coast Floats
We sit down with Greg Henderson of West Coast Floats, a Philomath, Oregon-based company manufacturing floats for steelheaders and salmon fishermen. If you grow up in Philomath, you hunt deer and elk when you’re not fishing. We talk favorite rif...
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Season 5
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Episode 196
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52:05
The 6.5 Rooster and 44 Magnum Canadian Lever Gun with the BS Podcast
We sit down with the guys from the Ballistically Speaking Podcast – the BS Podcast - to talk about what it’s like to be a gun owner and shooter in the Great White North, eh, and hunting coyotes and elk and defending the home place. The 6.5 and ...
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Season 5
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Episode 195
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1:32:46
Cattle, Coyotes and Cowboying in the Painted Hills with Will Homer
We sit down with Will Homer, CEO of Painted Hills Natural Beef based in Fossil, Oregon, to talk cattle values, rancher values and the hazards that face a calf born into this harsh world. Coyotes, wolves and golden eagles all get their piece of ...
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Season 5
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Episode 194
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53:38
Building A Tactical AR-15 with Sker Tactical's Jordan Linsker
We sit down with Jordan Linsker to talk about how to build out a tactical AR-15 rifle with the right accessories to successfully compete in multi-gun, hunt coyotes and defend the home place. Parts for people who build high end, quality and uniq...
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Season 5
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Episode 193
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1:04:43
A 7 PRC Build, the NRL Hunter Games and Hunt Alaska with George Krumm
We sit down with the editor of Hunt Alaska magazine to talk about the NRL Hunter Games and his recent 7 PRC build. George Krumm is an outdoor writer and an enthusiastic shooter and big trout specialist. You can find his work in Hunt Alaska and ...
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Season 5
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Episode 192
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57:12
Airguns & Varmints with Idaho Tom Claycomb III
We sit down with outdoor writer Tom Claycomb to talk air guns and varmints, everything from feral pigeons to feral hogs. Claycomb has hunted spot-and-stalk axis and wild boar with a 50-cal air rifle and talks about his current favorites and a n...
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Season 5
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Episode 191
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55:53
1911 Double Stacks with Man of Leisure Mark Stevens
We sit down with Mark Stevens of the Syndicate, a marketing group in the firearms space to talk about a narrow and very cool segment called the 1911 Double Stack. We talk Ford F-150 and secure storage and multi-gunning in Minnesota and how a bu...
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Season 5
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Episode 190
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58:32
American By Choice with Chris Mijik of the Firearms Guide
We sit down with Chris Mijik, born in Croatia and American by choice, founder of the NEW Firearms Guide 15th PRO Edition. Would you believe 26,433 Antique Gun Manuals, Gunsmith Repair Manuals, Components Parts Catalogs, blueprints, schematics a...
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Season 5
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Episode 189
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55:22
Blacktail Deer, Spring Bear and Techski with Troy Rodakowski
We sit down with Troy Rodakowski to talk blacktail deer hunting and the proliferation of thermal imaging and whether or not it has a place in deer hunting. And a shoutout to Hillary Clinton for being presented with the Medal of Freedom. Really....
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Season 5
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Episode 188
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59:19
Big Brown Trout, Big Bucks & Steelhead with Nick Sage
We catch up with Nick Sage to talk about fly-fishing for big brown trout and stalking big bucks on public land. Nick makes his home in Michigan and fishes up to 210 days a year. We also talk Great Lakes steelhead and our guilty pleasure smallmo...
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Season 5
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Episode 187
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1:01:04
Hunting Africa, Missouri Whitetail, Fishing Alaska. Hunt Channel TV with Trevor Barclay and Merrill Sport
It’s a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the mysterious world of outdoor TV with a couple of straight shooters. We talk shop with Trevor Barclay, previewing the new TV season of Frontier Unlimited. Then we go to Alabama and talk to Merrill Sport. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 186
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1:40:57
Mule Deer Hunting and the 6.5 PRC with Joel Strimling
He likes to call his shots and that’s why Oregon hunter Joel Strimling started shooting the 6.5 PRC. We explore the reasons for using non-lead bullets and look at how one backcountry hunter prepares for deer, elk and bear hunts. What goes into ...
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Season 4
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Episode 185
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44:54
Axis Deer, The Outback & Packing a Rifle with Paladin 33
We sit down with a gun and gear designer named Josh Whi to talk axis deer, elk hunting and building products for freedom loving Americans without compromise. Unapologetically American, Josh Whi has a fresh take on what works in deep cover, in c...
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Season 4
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Episode 184
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38:55
Elk Hunting and the 7mm Magnum with Gus Smith
We got old soul Gus Smith back from Wyoming to talk about hunting elk in the mountains and why he loves the 7mm Remington Magnum. Gus has been shooting since before he could hold a gun barrel off the ground and one of his favorite calibers is t...
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Season 4
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Episode 183
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48:47
December Coyote Vocalizations with Marc Larese
He’s back! Coyote hunter by day, guitar tech by night. It’s our favorite guitar tech Marc Larese from Tennessee, in this episode talking coyote hunting at the end of the year. It’s the third week of December and coyotes are cool, calm and not q...
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Season 4
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Episode 182
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50:17
Deer Attractants, Tracking Dogs and Deer Recovery Drones
We sit down with Deane Elliott of Inventive Outdoors to hear the story from his latest hunt and an after dark drone recovery of a big whitetail buck that went 262 yards. Learn about an organization and an app that specializes in tracking ...
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Season 4
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Episode 181
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1:03:11
Sixty Days Hunting A Big Whitetail Buck with Levi Mallory
He got a look at the buck early in the year and spent months planning how he was going to get it in his crosshair. He's an agronomist and a deer hunter. Levi Mallory spends a good deal of the year thinking about and planning his deer hunts. His...
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Season 4
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Episode 180
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47:07
The 7PRC and Long Range Shooting
It's the middle of November and we catch up with Don Grissett of Expedition Joe Coffee and talk about the 7PRC, heavy-for-caliber bullets, long range shooting, the Coast Guard life, drug smuggling, Singer Sewing Machine 45 Colts and coffee....
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Season 4
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Episode 179
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1:07:24
The Winchester Model 70 in Africa with Ryan Neeley
Just back from a hunt in South Africa, we talk to one of the good guys Ryan Neeley, who recently hunted in Zimbabwe. We both took pre-64 Winchester Model 70s on our recent safaris and we talk about why we will do it again. We talk about the mer...
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Season 4
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Episode 178
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1:07:53
Blacktail Gold, Mid-Season Deer Vulnerabilities with Bret Michalski
We sit down with blacktail hunter, rifle enthusiast, sawyer and educator Bret Michalski to talk about blacktail deer vulnerabilities in the middle of the season. How to hunt the folds and benches you don't see from the road. Favorite calibers, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 177
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42:14