Gary Lewis Outdoorsman

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Sep 2026

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Brought to you by award-winning writer and TV host Gary Lewis, Gary Lewis Outdoorsman (formerly Ballistic Chronicles) tells the stories of great hunts, provides insights into the firearms industry, discusses custom rifles, wildcat calibers and hunting for mule deer, elk, blacktail deer, whitetails, bear and coyotes. Other topics include hunting trucks, steelhead fishing, upland bird hunting and dog training.

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September 27, 2026Episode 26453 min

The History of Ammunition

Okay I've been wanting to do this one for a long time. Episode No. 264. Dedicated to the memory of Chub Eastman. We're starting off with the invention of the percussion cap and will hit the high points of ammunition development. Yah, I'm leaving a lot of stuff out. If you are offended because I don't mention your own favorite caliber then send me an email and maybe you can come on the show and talk about it. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books, t-shirts and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, BrandLab, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

September 16, 2026Episode 26340 min

Big Bucks, Brush Blinds and Olfactory Deceit with Aaron Dobbins

This is what you've been looking for: A system for hunting blacktail deer. We visit with Aaron Dobbins of Woodland, Washington, back on the podcast to talk trophy blacktails at handgun range. Dobbins hunts with a Smith & Wesson 44 Magnum. For more information, visit https://theblacktailcoach.com/ If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

September 15, 2026Episode 26232 min

Blacktail Bucks, Bedding Areas and Synthetic Lust with Troy Rodakowski

Talking about blacktails again this week. This time with Troy Rodakowski who has taken his biggest blacktails with muzzleloader and rifle while hunting from the ground. How to think about bedding areas. How to play the wind and keep bucks moving your way. This is a great time to be improving your game plan for October and November. Email Troy at trodakowski@baileyseed.com for information on planting for wildlife. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

September 4, 2026Episode 2611 hr 12 min

A Bighorn Ram & the 6.5 PRC in John Day Canyon with McKibben Womack

In this episode we get the story of McKibben Womack's trophy California bighorn hunt in Oregon's John Day River canyon. He set out to do it DIY with a few friends on public land. It was a November hunt and several big rams had been killed already. We also talk blacktail deer hunting and elk hunting. McKibben works for Mission 22, serving veterans. Learn more at https://mission22.org/ If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

September 1, 2026Episode 2601 hr 0 min

Calling Black Bears, Antelope and the AccuBond, 260 Remington and 308 with Tod Lum

Calling black bears and hunting antelope in August! It's episode No. 260 and we celebrate the 260 Remington by talking to wildlife bio Tod Lum who bought one of the first 260 Remingtons on the market and immediately had to become a reloader because it was hard to find ammo! And we talk calling black bears and antelope hunting in eastern Oregon. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

August 31, 2026Episode 2591 hr 2 min

Police Academy, Pistol Qualification, Tasers & Beat Downs with Randall Knight

At 52-years-old, Randall Knight embarked on his lifelong dream of going to the police academy and into law enforcement. We hear about qualifying with pistol and shotgun, getting tased, pepper-sprayed and beat up with a baton. If you want to hear his backstory, go back and listen to Mom carried a Saturday Night Special and she wasn't afraid to use it. We recorded that one in May, 2024. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

August 27, 2026Episode 2581 hr 17 min

Wild Boar Hunting, Synthetic Scents & the 270 Winchester with Justin Edwards

You gotta hear this one. We talk to Justin Edwards about hunting hogs, wild boars, feral pigs and black bear too. Using scents. Using blinds. Favorite cartridge: 270 Winchester. You can learn more at https://cervicide.com/ For info on scents, check out https://odinsinnovations.com/ If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

August 14, 2026Episode 2571 hr 15 min

Blacktail Deer Ground Game, Amp It Up with Odin's Innovations

There's a better way to hunt blacktail deer and black bear and a new breed of hunters is making the most of it. Find a couple of travel corridors. Build a couple of blinds. Cut shooting lanes. Dope the wind. Today we talk to Paul Black about synthetic scents and attractants. For more info, check out https://odinsinnovations.com/ If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

August 12, 2026Episode 25657 min

Why Reloading? The 7mm Magnum, the 30 Nosler, the 416 Rigby with Gus Smith

On his way back to Wyoming, Gus Smith stops in to talk about why reloading, and why the 7mm Remington Magnum. We also talk about the 30 Nosler, the 6.5 Creedmoor and the 416 Rigby. Gus has been shooting since before he could hold a gun barrel off the ground and has been in the reloading room since he could reach the top of the counter. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited

August 8, 2026Episode 2551 hr 9 min

Berry Patch Black Bears in Western Oregon

And we are just back from 4 days hunting in the berry patches in western Oregon. The blackberries are heavy on the vines and you can smell them when you get out of the truck. This time we had a sound engineer with us and our favorite guitar tech. The sound engineer stepped off the plane in Oregon and three hours later he had his first black bear. Hunting by himself in a berry patch. With us on this podcast are Chris Daniels, Marc Larese and Troy Rodakowski. We're sitting around the table in a dimly lit kitchen telling the story. If you want to support free speech and good hunting content on the Information Superhighway, look for our books and wildlife forage blends at https://www.garylewisoutdoors.com/Shop/ And here's a link to Modern Spartan Systems https://modernspartansystems.com/product/shooters-kit-plus use the code GARYLEWISOUTDOORS This episode is sponsored by West Coast Floats, of Philomath, Oregon, made in the USA since 1982 for steelhead and salmon fishermen. Visit https://westcoastfloats.com/ Our TV sponsors include: Nosler, Warne Scope Mounts, Carson, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Spring Pilot, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, TS&S Madras Ford, Bailey Seed and Smartz. Watch select episodes of Frontier Unlimited on our network of affiliates around the U.S. or click https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+lewis+outdoors+frontier+unlimited