When you go to pick a backcountry hunting rifle, how can you pick just one?

There's so many different aspects of hunting the backcountry, whether you are going after coosdear in the arid southwestern mountains of Arizona or even

Mexico, or if you're climbing high for giant mule deer in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming.

Or how about this?

Let's say you're hunting doll sheep in Alaska

and you're in a grizzly bear area

and you're holding a tag for a grizzly bear. There are so many different facets of what really makes up a capable rifle depending on the situation.

However, sometimes you just want one.

And that's what this podcast episode is about.

This is to help you choose the right versatile tool

for maximum effectiveness across a broad spectrum of hunting pursuits in the backcountry.

Now, this is an episode that I actually recorded several weeks ago and I candidly felt like I was kind of

I sound sedated and sometimes a little bit as if I'm lecturing, which man I don't want to come across that way, but it's

been several days since I've posted an episode.

I need to get another one up and I have promised to take my little boy bowfishing.

The carp are spawning in Utah Lake and it's time for us to go do our part for the

health and conservation of that lake.

First though, I want to read to you some feedback from some listeners

that I've received on my Instagram account and some questions and answer those as well.

So from a listener in Alaska regarding the recent episode on Bear Guns, he says, thanks for another great episode on Bear Guns. He says,

thanks for another great episode on Bears.

I agree almost 100% with your thoughts and comments. I also have a Smith and

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