Backcountry Hunting Podcast

SHOW NOTES:  • Three different needs: Hunting, Guiding, & Defense • Two primary species: Black bear & Grizzly/brown bear • Firearms, cartridges, & bullets for each need & each species • Black bears & the "deer cartridge myth" • Bears & age: size, tenacity, physiology, and mentality • Tony Russ's 16 points for shooting bears (quoted) • Backup guns for guides: When stopping, not just killing, is necessary • Self Defense against bears: rifles, shotguns, & handguns • The Big-Bore Revolver vs. 10mm Semiauto Pistol debate • Bear attack & survival true stories & lessons learned RESOURCES: Bryce Towsley speed-shooting big-bore revolver video:  https://www.americanhunter.org/.../video-the-454-casull.../ .45-70 Lever-action Trapper:  https://www.marlinfirearms.com/lever-action/model-1895-big-bore/model-1895-trapper .416 Ruger Guide Rifle:  https://www.ruger.com/products/guideGun/models.html .480 Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley: https://www.ruger.com/products/newModelSuperBlackhawkBisle