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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Mountain Hunting Cartridges, with Ron Spomer

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Backcountry, Rifle, Deer, Podcast, Elk, Mountain, Sports, Hunt, Wilderness, Cartridge, Hunting

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This episode, we're joined by gunwriting legend Ron Spomer. A mountain-country hunter by choice, Ron shares his favorite shooting equipment for hunting gnarly, steep backcountry settings. We talk ultralight rifles, cartridges that suit them, and bullets that are versatile across a spectrum of western big game. Ron hosts a very successful YouTube channel, Ron Spomer Outdoors, and has a podcast as well. Be sure and check them out! Links are below.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello folks we have the distinct honor today of sitting down with my longtime friend Ron Spomer

0:07.2

and we're going to talk about legendary backcountry hunting carriages and bullets and then wrap to what we think will become the legends of the future.

0:16.1

Speaking of legends, Ron himself here is a bit of a legend.

0:20.1

Whether he knows it or not, he was an inspiration and a mentor to me over the past 20, 30 years.

0:27.0

And ever since we first met in the industry, he's been a very good friend and encouraging in my journey into the world of gun riding and now

0:37.0

audio material online.

0:39.7

Now Ron has a YouTube channel, Ron Spomer Outdoors, and a podcast.

0:45.0

Ron Spomer Outdoors Podcast, am all right?

0:48.0

You've got it.

0:50.0

Hey, welcome to the show today, my friend.

0:52.0

Oh, thank you.

0:52.6

It is my pleasure to be here with you.

0:55.5

You know, I have just, I can remember when you started your podcast and I thought, whoa,

1:00.4

you're stepping out because us old gun riders, you know, we weren't playing around with technology all that much in those days. You were sort of the first one.

1:08.0

Well, it was a challenge. It was interesting. I mean learning just learning about audio editing yeah

1:16.3

that was a whole new deal to me I mean I grew up with a lot of books no computer

1:21.5

in the house I barely escaped that, right?

1:24.0

So in college was really when I learned to turn a computer on.

1:28.0

Yeah.

1:29.0

I shouldn't admit this, but I paid adept young ladies in high school to type my papers for me.

1:36.0

I would write them out.

1:38.0

Long hand.

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