Calibers For Big Game With Janis Putelis

Ep. 052: Upper Bitterroot, Montana. Steven Rinella talks with Idaho game warden Eric Crawford, big-game guide Remi Warren, and Janis Putelis from the MeatEater crew.

Subjects discussed: wild game on Craigslist; words Remi thought he’d never hear from Steve; PFD violations; the violation that the MeatEater crew reported; glassing for violations; reporting incentives; the Lacey Act; killing caribou with a .22; Aldo Leopold on improving the pump but not the well; hunting bears with dogs; traditional use; shooting from a motorized vehicle; common game violations; drones for hunting; radio hunting; Google Earth...

Shot Placement for Big Game

If you have the time, it is always best to let the animal turn and offer a broadside shot.  Broadside means the animal is perpendicular to you, facing left or right, not looking at you or away from you.  In a broadside situation, a shot placed behind the crease of the shoulder will result in the bullet traveling through both lungs. The arrows represent quartering away, broadside, quartering to, and head-on shot angles from both sides of the...

3 Tips for Western Big Game Hunters

Western big game hunts are no walk in the park, so here are three tips to help you out. It may not be hunting season now, but it’s never too early to start learning the country that you’re going to hunt. And when the time comes—get there early, stay late, and always keep a weather eye on the horizon.