Big Game Hunting Podcast - Hunting Africa, North America, & More!
Welcome to The Big Game Hunting Podcast where host John McAdams discusses subjects like caliber comparisons, Africa hunting, terminal ballistics, intense hunting stories, and more – featuring a wide variety of guests from industry experts to listeners of the show from all over the world.
No fluff, no baloney, just one serious big game hunter doing his best to learn, grow, and have fun alongside his listeners.
New episodes release every Thursday. Join us to learn more about subjects ranging from cape buffalo hunting in Africa to hunting deer, elk, bear, and antelope in North America from internationally recognized experts in their fields.
Contact me with your questions or feedback via email at: [email protected]
Or visit the searchable archive of all Big Game Hunting Podcast episodes published since 2019 at https://thebiggamehuntingblog.com/podcast/
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 406
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
250: Africa Hunting Trackers 101 With Kevin Robertson
Kevin Robertson is back on the show again today to kick off our latest series on hunting in Africa with a talk about African trackers. Trackers are an incredibly important part of a safari and are pr…
249: 2023 Silencer Updates With Brandon Maddox
Brandon Maddox from Silencer Central is back on the show with me again today to talk about the new Banish Backcountry, the Banish 46, a couple of their other suppressors, and how to legally travel to…
248: Gregg Sloan & Mitchell Kukson From Barnes Bullets
Gregg Sloan and Mitchell Kukson from Barnes Bullets join me on the show today. Gregg manages the Barnes Ballistics lab and R&D department and Mitchell is the lead R&D engineer at Barnes, so they both…
247: Joel Hodgdon From Remington Ammunition
Amazingly, I’ve never had anyone from Remington on the show to this point. Well, I fixed that issue this week: Joel Hodgdon from Remington ammunition is joining us on this episode of the Big Game Hun…
246: The Listener I Crossed Paths With In Arizona
A podcast listener named Brent Varriale joins us on the Big Game Hunting Podcast today to talk about his recent Arizona elk hunt. As it turns out, he and I had the same elk tag this past year and our…
245: Linda Powell On Mossberg Updates For 2023
Linda Powell from Mossberg is up next in my ongoing series on new products and updates from rifle and ammunition manufacturers for 2023 to tell us about what's new with Mossberg this year.
Learn more…
244: Rafe Nielsen On Browning Updates For 2023
Rafe Nielsen from Browning is up next in my ongoing series on new products and updates from rifle and ammunition manufacturers for 2023 to tell us about what's new on the firearms side of things with…
243: Jeff Bradley From Christensen Arms
I’ve received a lot of requests from listeners to bring someone on from Christensen Arms who can tell us more about this well respected American rifle company. Well, I have good news for those who ha…
242: Browning and Winchester Ammo Updates For 2023
Ben Frank from Browning and Winchester ammunition is up next in my ongoing series on new products and updates from rifle and ammunition manufacturers for 2023.
Learn more at BrowningAmmo.com and Win…
241: Hornady Updates For 2023
Seth Swerzek from Hornady is up next in my ongoing series on new products and updates from rifle and ammunition manufacturers for 2023.
Learn more at Hornady.com.
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240: Federal Premium Updates For 2023
I’m focusing the next few episodes here in January and February 2023 on new products and updates from rifle and ammunition manufacturers. This is the time of year when companies in the sporting good …
239: 2023 Sandhill Crane Podcast Hunt Part 2
As promised, I have a more comprehensive recap of my west Texas sandhill crane hunt with several podcast listeners. Unlike the previous episode, it’s just me in this one and I’ll talk about my experi…
238: 2023 Sandhill Crane Podcast Hunt Part 1
I just made it home from a fantastic hunt over in west Texas for sandhill crane with several podcast listeners. Today’s episode is a short “campfire style” discussion of the highlights of day 1 of th…
237: RJ Contorno From Savage Arms
It’s been awhile since we’ve done a rifle company profile. With that in mind, RJ Contorno is joining us on the show today to talk about Savage Arms. We’re going to talk about the entire line of Savag…
236: Chris Neville On The 2023 Application Season
Chris Neville from goHunt is on the show today to talk about some changes certain states have made to the draw system in 2023, some new developments from goHunt this year, and the basics how to draw …
235: 6mm Creedmoor - Your Ultimate Guide
I have another cartridge profile/cartridge comparison today. Specifically, this episode covers the 6mm Creedmoor in detail along with how it compares to the 243 Winchester and 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge…
234: 223/5.56 vs 300 Blackout vs 308 Cartridge Comparison
It’s time for another cartridge comparison and today's episode compares the 5.56 NATO/223 Remington, 300 Blackout, and 308 Winchester cartridges. While all three are very popular with modern sporting…
233: Adam Wies (aka WHO_TEE_WHO)
We have a special guest on the show with us today: Adam Wies, better known as WHO-TEE_ WHO on YouTube. Adam and I met and became friends on our Colorado antelope and bison hunt back on October. He al…
232: 2022 Arizona Elk Hunt Recap
II’m back from my elk hunt in Arizona and I wanted to let you know how things went down there! We’re going to talk about how I planned this trip, the story of the hunt, some lessons I learned along t…
231: Upcoming Live Q&A Session & Silencer Central Sale
Join Ron Spomer, Joseph von Benedikt, and I for a special live Q&A session for Patreon supporters on Tuesday, 7 December at 9am Mountain time (10am Central). If you have any burning questions you’ve …