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The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

Backcountry hunters talking backcountry hunting. No advertisers or sponsors, no fluff, no BS. We discuss tactics, strategies, gear, hunt stories, and more — featuring a wide variety of guests, from industry experts to everyday listeners of the show.

Your hosts, Steve & Mark, have decades of experience hunting the mountains for elk, deer, bear, antelope, sheep, mountain goats, caribou, and more.

While this podcast is 100% independent and free from advertising or sponsorship, it is brought to you by Exo Mtn Gear, which we own and operate. Exo’s mission is to build the best backcountry hunting pack systems available, provide the best service possible, and do it all right here in the USA. Learn more at: https://exomtngear.com/

Contact us at any time with your questions or feedback by emailing us: [email protected]. Or visit the searchable archive of all podcast episodes we have published over the past decade at: https://exomtngear.com/podcast.

Thanks for listening! —Steve & Mark

Wilderness Health & Fitness Sports
Update frequency
every 3 days
Average duration
53 minutes
Episodes
571
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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520 | Lessons from America's Toughest Race with Jeff Cayley

520 | Lessons from America's Toughest Race with Jeff Cayley

Jeff Cayley joins us to share his experience completing America's Toughest Race — a multi-sport adventure race that covered 300+ miles of hiking, mountain biking, climbing, packrafting, and wayfindin…

01:10:43  |   Wed 23 Apr 2025
MM 261 | Answering Your Qs on Bug-Proof Base Layers, Mountain Shooting Practice, Electrolytes, & More...

MM 261 | Answering Your Qs on Bug-Proof Base Layers, Mountain Shooting Practice, Electrolytes, & More...

Steve & Mark answer your listener questions on this Monday Minute episode. They discuss targets for shooting practice in the mountains, bug-proof base layers for spring bear hunts, electrolyte supple…

00:30:23  |   Mon 21 Apr 2025
519 | Short Barrel Speeds & Effective Range for Big Game Hunting Rifles

519 | Short Barrel Speeds & Effective Range for Big Game Hunting Rifles

How short is too short when it comes to choosing a barrel length for hunting?

Whether you are interested in a shorter barrel for your next hunting rifle because you plan to add a suppressor, because …

00:18:38  |   Fri 18 Apr 2025
518 | Backpacking Skills with Andrew Skurka

518 | Backpacking Skills with Andrew Skurka

Andrew Skurka is an adventure athlete, guide, and writer. He raised the bar on backpacking as a long-distance thru-hiker, completing (and at times creating) routes that traversed thousands of miles o…

01:04:24  |   Wed 16 Apr 2025
MM 260 | New $10 T-Shirts, Impossible Optics Questions, & Bear Spray vs Lightning Rods

MM 260 | New $10 T-Shirts, Impossible Optics Questions, & Bear Spray vs Lightning Rods

Steve & Mark answer your listener questions on this Monday Minute episode. They discuss...

00:46:11  |   Mon 14 Apr 2025
517 | Build (or Upgrade) Your Hunting Rifle At Home With A Pre-Fit Barrel

517 | Build (or Upgrade) Your Hunting Rifle At Home With A Pre-Fit Barrel

A pre-fit barrel is a ready-to-shoot barrel that can be installed on a rifle action with minimal tools, knowledge, and skills.

In this podcast with Jaden Miller of West Elk Precision, we discuss the …

01:05:14  |   Fri 11 Apr 2025
516 | Lily's Record Book Billy — A Listener Story

516 | Lily's Record Book Billy — A Listener Story

Lily drew a once-in-a-lifetime Mountain Goat tag in her home state of Idaho, then was fortunate enough to kill a record book Billy on that hunt. Lily and her boyfriend, Ben, who previously had the sa…

01:09:46  |   Wed 09 Apr 2025
MM 259 | Sharing Your Taglines, Answering Your Questions

MM 259 | Sharing Your Taglines, Answering Your Questions

Steve & Mark answer your listener questions and share some news and updates on this Monday Minute episode. They discuss...

  • Your suggestions for the Exo tagline
  • Upcoming Exo events
  • How we train with …
00:48:42  |   Mon 07 Apr 2025
515 | Hunting with 6mm Creedmoor — Our Experience & Your Questions Answered

515 | Hunting with 6mm Creedmoor — Our Experience & Your Questions Answered

After discussing the theory behind hunting with smaller calibers and then taking a 6mm Creedmoor to Alaska to hunt big-bodied Caribou and Moose, we are recapping our experience and answering your lis…

01:09:37  |   Fri 04 Apr 2025
514 | Listener Q&A with Jay Nichol of Mindful Hunter

514 | Listener Q&A with Jay Nichol of Mindful Hunter

Jay Nichol of Mindful Hunter joins us to answer your listener-submitted questions. This is a very wide-ranging conversation, as we discuss everything from boxers for the backcountry, how much you sho…

01:39:07  |   Wed 02 Apr 2025
MM 258 | The First Monday — April, 2025

MM 258 | The First Monday — April, 2025

Welcome to The First Monday. In these episodes, Steve & Mark talk through what's going on for them that month in the categories of The Gear, The Hunt, and the Hunter, as well as what's going on with …

00:55:39  |   Mon 31 Mar 2025
513 | Backpack Hunting Basics — How to Get Started

513 | Backpack Hunting Basics — How to Get Started

If you are new to backpack hunting, you are probably overwhelmed with what you need, where you can go, and how to get started.

In this podcast, we are joined by Josh Kirchner from Dialed-In Hunter to…

01:18:36  |   Wed 26 Mar 2025
MM 257 | K4 in Multicam, Ti vs CF, Dirt Bikes for Hunting, Solo in Alaska, and More...

MM 257 | K4 in Multicam, Ti vs CF, Dirt Bikes for Hunting, Solo in Alaska, and More...

Steve & Mark answer your listener questions and share some news and updates on this Monday Minute episode. They discuss...

  • A limited-run of K4 3600s in Multicam
  • Why Exo switched from Titanium to Car…
00:39:00  |   Mon 24 Mar 2025
512 | Bowhunter Data on Broadhead Lethality & Shot Distance

512 | Bowhunter Data on Broadhead Lethality & Shot Distance

Jeremy Dugger (@muleymojo) is the owner of Xpert Archery. After hearing story after story about bowhunters' experiences with broadhead performance on animals, he decided to start formally collecting …

01:15:11  |   Wed 19 Mar 2025
MM 256 | Midnight Hike, New

MM 256 | Midnight Hike, New "Tallboy" Pre-Order, Bivy Follow-Up, Pack Space Efficiency

Steve & Mark answer your listener questions and share some news and updates on this Monday Minute episode. They discuss...

  • The new "Tallboy" K4 Nalgene Holder
  • Exo on Joe Rogan
  • Mark's Midnight "Death…
00:44:22  |   Mon 17 Mar 2025
511 | Backpack Hunting With A Bivy Sack — Your Questions, Misconceptions, & More...

511 | Backpack Hunting With A Bivy Sack — Your Questions, Misconceptions, & More...

We have been using a bivy sack on backpack hunts for about a decade now.

Often, we'll use our bivy under the stars. At times, we'll add a tarp or minimal shelter. And in extreme cases, we use a bivy …

01:14:05  |   Wed 12 Mar 2025
MM 255 | Broadhead Flight, Backcountry Cell Service, Extra Down Fill

MM 255 | Broadhead Flight, Backcountry Cell Service, Extra Down Fill

Steve & Mark answer your listener questions and share some news and updates on this Monday Minute episode. They discuss...

  • Steve's adjustable box for step-up workouts
  • Flight characteristics and ethi…
00:42:24  |   Mon 10 Mar 2025
510 | Questions With A Game Enforcement Officer

510 | Questions With A Game Enforcement Officer

While we have spoken with numerous wildlife agencies and employees on the Hunt Backcountry Podcast over the years, those conversations have generally focused on game management, policy and regulation…

01:04:46  |   Wed 05 Mar 2025
MM 254 | The First Monday — March, 2025

MM 254 | The First Monday — March, 2025

Welcome to The First Monday. In these episodes, Steve & Mark talk through what's going on for them that month in the categories of The Gear, The Hunt, and the Hunter, as well as what's going on with …

00:42:55  |   Mon 03 Mar 2025
509 | 3-For-3 On Mule Deer Hunt in Montana (A Father & Sons' Listener Story)

509 | 3-For-3 On Mule Deer Hunt in Montana (A Father & Sons' Listener Story)

Cody joins us to share the story of the Mule Deer hunt that he shared with his brother and father this past fall. They hunted Montana for the first time and were able to go 3-for-3 on filling their t…

01:07:00  |   Wed 26 Feb 2025
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