Pursuit With Cliff - Cliff Gray
Hunt. Fish. Spear. Get Better at It. Interviews with those that have done it.
Episodes
111 episodes
Real Leather, Hides With Crazy Backgrounds and Real American Made - AG Gregoroff
AG makes the most expensive and strongest flip-flops on earth. Sounds insane, but I like his business. This is a conversation about authentic materials, the economics of making something real, why almost everything in your life is fake, and wha...
Backcountry Elk Hunting with Horses and Mules - Truths NOBODY Tells YOU
A decade-plus of guiding off horses and mules, distilled into a Q&A with Vince who is going on his first horseback elk hunt. Cliff doesn't sugarcoat it: horses are always a cost, sometimes a massive advantage, and never the s...
What An Ex Scout Sniper TEACHES HUNTERS — Brian Poor, Gunwerks
Brian Poor, a former Marine scout sniper and SWAT instructor who now teaches Western hunters through Gunwerks sat down with me to break down what actually matters when an animal gives you an opportunity at distance.In this episode:
Mastering YOUR Rifle and Archery SHOT PROCESS - Joel Turner
Joel Turner spent 11 years as a SWAT sniper instructor before becoming one of the most well known instructors in the hunting world. His take on why hunters miss is unlike anything you've heard — and it applies equally to archery and rifle.<...
How We STOP BALLOT BOX BIOLOGY - Colorado's Constitutional Right to Hunt Explained
Colorado's Parks and Wildlife Commission now has zero experienced big game hunters on it. The chair is a former Humane Society attorney who spent his career suing game agencies. Six of ten commissioners voted to impose a commercial fur ban that...
New Zealand PUBLIC LAND Hunting - What NOBODY Tells You - Evan Koster
Evan Koster just got back from seven days of public land hunting in New Zealand — no helicopter, no lodge, no estate stags. He hunted tahr in a glacial valley and red stag in the Canterbury High Country with guide Jurgen, carrying everything on...
What POACHING in AFRICA Actually Looks Like - Craig Doria
Craig Doria spent 30 years in Africa as a professional hunter in addition to running two anti-poaching operations in Zambia and Tanzania. He's also just written Bateleur, a suspense thriller built on all of it. We cover what poachi...
ELK CALIBERS, Golf Sucks, and Bear FAT — UNFILTERED Q&A with Cliff
Cliff sits down for a live Q&A and answers two hours of questions from the audience and membership group — recoil and cartridge selection for elk, the case for a "two-rifle" system (a low-recoil trainer and a hunting rifle), why most North ...
3,120 Wolves Later – The TRUTH About Wolf Control
Most hunters think wolves can be managed like any other predator. The data says otherwise. In this episode, I sit down with Justin Webb, founder of the Foundation for Wildlife Management (F4WM), to dig into the unfiltered reality of wolf contro...
Tahr or Elk? - Hunting NZ vs. Hunting The West
In this episode, Jurgen Schwanecke and Cliff break down how hunting in New Zealand actually works, from public land access to species like tahr and chamois, and what makes it so different from hunting in the U.S. We also get into the realities—...
Designs For REAL HUNTING - Reticles and Cold Weather Gear - THLR Thomas
Most reticles are built for perfect conditions… but hunting rarely gives you that.In this episode, I sit down with Thomas to break down what actually matters when it’s time to shoot. We get into reticle design, wind brackets, and ...
1,000+ Big Game Animals Later - Bullet Construction and Placement Realities - Dr. Ashby
Most hunters think they understand shot placement and bullet performance—but the reality is very different.In this episode, we break down what actually kills animals, from bullet construction to impact velocity to shot placement. This i...
The Magic of Cape Buffalo Hunting - Cliff, Tim Sundles, and Chris Jonker Get Into It
Cape Buffalo hunting is nothing like elk or deer hunting—In this episode, we break down a real hunt where we tracked multiple Cape Buffalo through thick bush, lost them, picked them back up, and ended up surrounded. We also cover g...
Hunting Colorado in 2026 - Draw Details and Current Winter Conditions
Colorado’s draw system is changing, point creep is accelerating, and hunters need to rethink their strategy for elk, sheep, goat, and moose in the coming years.In this episode, Cliff sits down with Jimmy Oswald to break down the current...
Why Tikkas are SO Reliable In The Backcountry - EXPLAINED
Why do Tikka rifles keep working when others choke in snow, dirt, and real hunting conditions?In this episode, I sit down with Jared Smethurst from Beretta to break down the mechanical and manufacturing reasons behind Tikka and Sako rel...
Get Good at Elk Hunting Colorado Wilderness FAST - Briggs Pittman
This conversation with Briggs Pittman breaks down what actually kills elk on hard, public land hunts. Not theory, not gear hype, but decision-making, preparation, and execution.Briggs and Cliff cover why smelling elk is a non-negotiable...
Consistently Finding Elk with Wildman Dan Vinson
This episode breaks down how elk actually respond to hunting pressure and why most hunters misunderstand where mature bulls survive once seasons open.Cliff talks with a self-taught elk hunter, Dan Vinson, who learned the hard way, witho...
Scope Drop Testing and Which Pack Animal (Mules, Llamas or Goats?) with Ryan Avery
In this episode, Ryan and Cliff go deep into the real-world realities of pack animals — goats, llamas, horses, and mules — and why experience, animal behavior, stress, and decision-making matter far more than gear specs or romantic ideas of “ba...
Killing Elk with a .223 and Training to Be a Better Hunter with Ryan Avery
Real-world discussion on hunting bullets, suppressor design, long-range ethics, thermal optics, and how modern technology is changing effective range, shot selection, and fair-chase decisions in Western big game hunting.Ryan's Instagram...
Why Longer Range Shots Are Better, Glassing Gear and Finding Good Outfitters with Jay Scott
What actually separates a professional guide from a good hunter?Cliff and Jay Scott break down how real experience changes judgment. Calm under pressure, controlling variables, and why most missed shots are process failures. Not shooter fai...
Real Trends and Gear FOR HUNTERS - SHOT Show 2026
Trends and gear relevant to hunters from SHOT Show 2026.
Tim Sundles Q&A and the Story of Tracking A Giant Bull in The Timber
Tim Sundles and I rip through member-submitted questions, then go deep when it matters. The back half turns into a dark-timber masterclass: tracking old bulls in snow, reading intent from tracks, avoiding back-trail traps, and making a high-per...
Big Bullets, Bad Angles, and Brutal Truths with Tim Sundles
In this episode, I sit down with Tim Sundles of Buffalo Bore for a wide-ranging, no-filter conversation that goes where most hunting podcasts won’t.We start with elk cartridges and shot placement. Real-world experience killing elk in da...
Getting Schooled on Mountain Hunting Fitness with Scott Johnston
Most hunters train hard. Very few train right. In this episode, Cliff sits down with Scott Johnston, co-author of Training for the Uphill Athlete and founder of Evoke Endurance, to break down why high-intensity training actually works against m...
Blood Trailing and Tracking - A Guides Take With Bob Terwilliger
Most animals aren’t lost because of bad tracking — they’re lost because of bad decisions made in the first few minutes after the shot. In this podcast, Bob Terwilliger and Cliff Gray break down real-world animal recovery, blood trailing, and th...