Ron Spomer Outdoors
For 44 years, I’ve had the good fortune to photograph and write about my passion – the outdoor life. Wild creatures and wild places have always stirred me – from the first flushing pheasant that frightened me out of my socks in grandpa’s cornfield to the last whitetail that dismissed me with a wag of its tail. I invite you to join me for a nostalgic and sometimes revealing look back through the trials and tribulations of a freelance outdoor writer.
Eps 400: S&W 500 vs Arrow!
Eps 399: Pheasant Decline, Mtn. Goat Cartridges, Year-Round Elk Season, and more...
Eps 398: Is the 30-06 REALLY sliding into obsolescence or is Ron full of it?
Eps 397: Fans' Hunting stories, Caliber , Rifle & Scope questions, Wildcat cartridges and more.
Eps 396: Your knife steel questions answered in detail by an expert in metallurgy.
Eps 395: Classic Hunting Traditions for the Next Generation
Eps 394: Rifles, Scopes, Knives, Baseball - Living the Dream with Joe Cunningham
Eps 393: Hunting on a Budget!
Eps 392: A Tundra Rock Saved Our Lives
Eps 391: Questioning the New 21 Sharp and Beyond!
Eps 390: Adventures and Advice From a Whitetail Expert
Eps 389: Side-Mounted Scope Problems, You Favorite Deer Cartridges, & Hunting With Your Dad
Eps 388: Gun Designer Nick Shafer Explains How Super-Fast Twist Rates Perform
Eps 387: Handloads In Subzero Temperatures + Magnum Vs Powder Primers
Eps 386: Crafting Perfect Rifle Scope From the Eye Out - Stealth Vision
Eps 385: Ron Remembers His M77 Ruger 270 + What Every Deer Hunter Faces!
Eps 384: All About Elk!
Eps 383: Most Dangerous Hunting Game with Melissa Bachman
Eps 382: Light-for-Caliber Bullets in 308 and 6.5 CM
Eps 381: America’s Favorite Deer Cartridges + Combination Guns!
Eps 380: Barrel Harmonics Myth plus Your Favorite Rifles & More
Eps 379: Ron Talks Sports Afield
Eps 383: Expert Rifle Advice From Expert Rifle Builder
Eps 377: Ron Sees Hunting's Future
Eps 376: Rechambering Your Rifle, Ballistics Calculations, and How To Save Your Hearing While Shooting
Eps 375: How Temperature Changes Trajectory, Why Some Ammo is Inaccurate, Barrel Nodes, and You've Been Called a Rube!
Eps 374: Silencer Acquisition Simplified
Eps 373: 7 Steps to Your Best Accuracy
Eps 372: Are Light or Heavy Bullets Better for Deer and Elk?
Eps 371: Why Can’t I Find My Favorite Bullets?
Eps 370: Field Shooting vs Bench Shooting, XPR Winchester, Canceling Gun Channels, Weird Bullet Weights and more.
Eps 369: How a Non-Hunting Woman Made a Career in the Shooting World
Eps 368: Rebarrel vs. Rechamber, Uphill Zeroing, and Elk School
Eps 367: Anatomy of a Bullet
Eps 366: Talking Guns with #1 Rated "Gun Talk" with Tom Gresham
Eps 365: A New Twist on Twist
Eps 364 - LPVO For Hunting - Is It Really Better?
Eps 363: Hornady's Official Position - 7mm PRC
Eps 362: Booking Agents For Hunting Trips - Worth The Money?
Eps 361: 30-06 Going Obsolete
Eps: 360 Africa Safari Report
Eps 359: Bullet Spin Direction and 7mm Rem Mag Accuracy
Eps 358: Something Fishy About The Hornady 7PRC
Eps 357: 223 Remington and the 5.56 NATO What I Got Wrong
Eps 356: Why Is Everyone Talking About The 6.5 Creedmoor
Eps 355: Kamchatka Bear Hunt
Bear Advice With A Master Alaskan Guide
353: The BEST Bear Defense Options - Myths vs Facts
Eps 352: Answering ALL Your Questions About The 7mm
Eps 351: Is The 458 Lott The BEST All Around Cartridge?
Eps 350: How To Handle 6.5 Creedmoor Fanboys
Vortex, Rifles, and The Future Of Hunting: With Ryan Muckenhirn
Eps. 349: Ron Gets Political
Adam Weatherby: Bullets, Cartridges, and Running A Family Business
Eps 348: Defending My Stance
Eps 347: 243 Win and Hydrostatic Shock
Eps 346 - The Beginning Of The End?
345: Round Nose vs Spire Point - Which Hits Harder?
344: 460 Wby. Overkill or Just Right?
343: BEST Poor Man's Rifle?
342 - Copper bullets in the 243 Winchester?
341: Best BIG GAME Cartridges?
340: The 348 Winchester
338: 458 Win Mag - BEST All Around Cartridge?
339: What I ACTUALLY think of the 270 WSM
337: Zeroing A Rifle - The Struggle Is Real
336: Pressure vs Powder - Which Is More Important To Accuracy?
335: Issues With Long Range Hunting
334: Aram Von Benedikt
333: I Was WRONG About 308 Week
332: Is The 222 Rem GOOD ENOUGH For Deer?
331: Why Am I Always Down On The 308?
330: What is the 30.52 Winchester?
329: The .40-82 Winchester?
328: Best Caliber For First-Time Hunters
327: Handloading The 7mm-08 - Choosing The Best Bullets For Deer
326: 30-06 vs 300 Win Mag For Elk
325: What is a "VERSATILE CARTRIDGE" anyway?
324: Shooting Sideways?
323: Bullet Stability with Jeff Siewert
322: The Best Bullet for 30-06?
321: Can 1 Grain Really Affect Accuracy?
320: You're Wrong About Twist Rate
319: Deer Hunting Tips For Beginners
318: The Best Scope For Deer Hunting
317: 300 WSM on Steroids?
316: 6.5 Creedmoor IS MORE POWERFUL than the 6.5x55
315: 300 WSM vs 6.8 Western - Cartridge Comparison
314: Rifle Pressures - Don't Make These Mistakes
313: 223 Remington vs 6.5 Creedmoor
312: Time To Talk About 8mm Cartridges
311: Are Magnums REALLY Necessary?
310: Choosing A Youth Hunting Rifle
309: Lowest Possible Rifle Twist Rate
308: Time To Update The 30-06 AI?
307: Lever Action vs Bolt Action Rifles
306: I'm Sorry, I Was Wrong
305: Building A Dedicated Elk Rifle
304: Does The Perfect Cartridge Exist?
303: Illegal Bullets
302: Finding New Public Land With Randy Newberg - Fresh Tracks
301: Best All-Around Rifle and Cartridge Combo For Hunting
299: Best Bullets For 7mm Mag
298: Tips for Hunting Running Boars
297: Shooting Watermelons with Hickok45
296: 350 Legend vs 360 Buckhammer
295: Finding The BEST All-Around Straight-Walled Cartridge
294: Hunting Without Dogs?
293: Testing All The Guns With Jim Harmer From Backfire TV
292: Factory Bullets Wrong Size!?
291: 1 TRICK To Hunt Better: Advice From A Pro
290: My Favorite Classic Hunting Rifle
289: Cold Air Kills Bullet Performance?
288: 25-06 and Long Bullets
287: Is Reloading Worth The Time and Money?
286: 270 vs 308 - The Best Round For Hunting Big Game
285: The Scoop on Scopes
284: 243 Win vs. 22-250 Rem
283: Is TKO Real or Fake?
282: Bullet Energy Vs Bullet Mass?
281: Best Bullet For The 25-06
280: The Most Versatile Cartridge
279: What Is a “True Hunter?”
278: Do Suppressors Affect Ballistic Performance?
277: Why No Fast Twist 270 Win?
276: 7mm PRC for Long-Range Hunting?
275: The Power of Trigger Pull!
274: Will the 6.8 Western Take Off?
273: 6.5 PRC Barrel Life vs. 270 Win Barrel Life?
272: Does Powder Burn Rate Affect Rifle Recoil?
271: 6.5 Creedmoor or .243 Winchester for Deer Hunt?
270: 270 WSM, 300 Win, or 257 Roberts for Shooting Elk?
269: Is Long Range Shooting at 600 Yards Hunting?
268: 30-06 for Africa Safari Hunt?
BONUS EPISODE: Elmer Keith: Jack O’connor’s Nemesis
267: Bear Attacks Determine Moose Caliber?
266: Shotshell Ballistics for Bird Hunting
265: Reloading Starter Kit
264: 264 Win VS. 6.5 PRC?
263: .30 Caliber Cartridges Gone For Good?
262: Best Hunting Gear for Moose Hunt
261: How Flat Is Flat?
260: Best 3 Bullets for Hunting!
259: 308 Win. for Bears?
258 - 7mm PRC: Really?
257: Rebarrel for .277 Fury!
256: Is the 308 more accurate?
255: Should combat rifles be allowed for hunting?
253: Is The 204 Ruger Cool? YES!
254: The best cartridge for North American and African game?
251: 277 Fury, 80,000 PSI in a Civilian Round?
252: Never Let Them Know Whitetails
250: Political Correctness Is Bad For The Environment
249: Did Weatherby REALLY Take Buffalo with the 257?
248: Deep Dive On Hunting Cartridges Full Interview With Joseph von Benedikt
247: Which cartridges won't survive supply chain issues?
246: Dad Wasn't A Hunter
245: Best Beginner Handloading Tools
244: Bayou Bottom Whitetail Hunt
243: Semi-auto Pump Action Rifles?
242: Jackson Hole Elk Devastated by Hunting?
241: Is barrel break-in necessary in 2022?
240: Which Hunting Dog Breed Is The Best?
239: This Cartridge Deserves A Second Chance
238: Art of Tracking
237: Outdoor Writer Falls Off Mountain While Horseback Hunting
236: The One Cartridge I'd Choose Every Time
235: Magic of Hunting Pronghorn
234: Confessions of a Gun Engraver!
233: Neck Meat and Cryogenic Freezing Gun Barrels
232: The Most Difficult Game to Hunt?
231: 270 WSM for Water Buffalo Hunting?
230: Flat or Pointy Bullets?
229: So It Goes With Sheep
228: How Hunting is ACTUALLY Preserving Wildlife
227: Are Berger Bullets Worth It?
226: Trophy Mule Deer Hunt
224: AR 15 and 6mm ARC!
223: High on The Hog
222: How a Leopard Almost Mauled Craig Boddington!
221: 308 Winchester or 7mm-08 Remington?
220: Cattail Whitetails
219: Hammer Bullets With Steve Davis
218: Copper Bullet BC Performance and Hornady Flex Tip
217: Adventure in Billy Basin
216: Scout Rifles with Richard Mann
215: What's Wrong with WSM Cartridges
214: Bird Dog Buddies
213: Handgun Cartridges In Rifles For Hunting?
212: Interview with YouTube's WHO_TEE_WHO
211: Last Stand Turkey Hunt
210: Why Is There An Ammo Shortage?
209: Tent Hunting
208: Deadliest Caliber - Which Caliber Has Taken The Most Game?
207: The Alaskan Moose That Disappeared
206: The Best Wildcat Ever?
205: America's Original Hunting Boat
204: Suppressors and Copper Bullets
203: Big-Canyon Bighorns!
202: Fluted Barrels and Boat Tail Bullets?
201: Best Little Pronghorn Ranch in Colorado
119: Bad Guides
118: Black Tailed Deer
117: Future of Hunting
116: Predator Hunting
115: Blizzard Bucks
114: Caribou Adventure
113: How Scopes have changed since 1990
112: Bulls of Seven Devils
111: Hell's Canyon Mule Deer
110: A Rifle For Pronghorn
109: A Winner for Pheasants
108: Completely Chicken
107: Rejected Dog Manual
106: Meat Buck Excuse
105: Sheep Fever
104: A Tale Of Two Pronghorn
103: My First Moose Hunt
102: Bump In The Night
