Long Range Pursuit

This episode Caylen and Phil talk about some new Gunwerks products, most notably the new suppressors, and Revic.  They also recap SHOT Show 2019 and discuss some interesting new products in the precision rifle world.  From the instructional side of the house, they take a deep dive into rifle setup and how to properly set up your length of pull to optimize your interaction with the rifle, and maximize your performance.  Wrapping up, Caylen and Phil discuss their training strategy for the upcoming season of hunts and competition.

Landon Michaels and special guest, Mark Peterson, discuss planning and tag application strategy for the 2019 hunting season. Mark is (among many other ventures) a partner in Worldwide Trophy Adventures, a premier tag application service and hunt booking agency. Since its founding,  Gunwerks and its team has relied on WTA for tag applications. Through this service Gunwerks team members have drawn a staggering number of quality tags, many of which have ended in hints on Long Range Pursuit. 

 Worldwide Trophy Adventures 

 Mark Peterson (@markVpeterson)

 Long Range Pursuit TV 

In this episode, Caylen and Phil discuss the new Gunwerks Verdict stock, the PRS Blue Ridge match they attended and re-iterate the basic fundamentals of marksmanship such as Natural Point of Aim and trigger control. They discuss creating a "Hunter class" in their upcoming National Rifle League Monster Lake Mayhem for 2019 and the benefits it could have in the hunting community. Phil talks about his training plan in preparation for the Precision Rifle Series Finale.

Gunwerks Crew, Garrett Wall, Kregg Thomassen, and long-time customer, Chad Prater, discuss muzzleloader hunting and training while on a Kansas muzzleloader mule deer hunt hosted by Chad. They discuss the reason and motivation for applying for muzzleloader tags and how choosing muzzleloader season can increase opportunity to draw tags to chase high trophy quality animals. They touch on new updates to the Gunwerks muzzleloader, techniques and gear selection, and touch on Chad's Utah elk hunt earlier this fall. The Gunwerks Long Range University training program is discussed and Chad explains what attending the shooting schools has done to improve his long range game.

• The Gunwerks Long Range Muzzleloader
• Ensign Ranch and Western Lands Outfitters

Landon Michaels (@landonmichaels), Ross Sevy (@switchbackoutdoors) and Jim O'Leary (@joleary21) discuss mule deer hunting and the 2018 Icon Tour hosted by Switchback Outdoors. They discuss the tour hunting deer in 4 states over the course of 16 days, starting in Colorado, hunting Wyoming, Montana, and then an upcoming Idaho hunt. Hunting tactics for mule deer, hunting the rut, long range shooting and practicing field setup to make quick, ethical shots. 

• Switchback Outdoors
• The Icon Tour Series - Coming Jan 2019
• Gunwerks GRB Action
• Gunwerks ClymR - Landon's rifle build

Caylen and Phil are back this week discussing their training philosophy and how they prepare themselves for the ever changing conditions that a hunt or a competition brings.  They also take a deep dive into their approach to making quick and effective wind calls using simple, but tried and true methods.

Coming off a trophy deer hunt in Utah, Aaron Davidson and special guest, Thomas Haugland from THLR.no go in-depth about long range tactics, gear and and reticle design. Aaron and Thomas discuss differences in the US and European shooting and hunting scenes. They recap Thomas's deer hunt and discuss impressions on the new Revic PMR 428 Smart Rifle Scope. 

The New Leupold Mark 5 with Gunwerks RH1 Reticle 
New RH1 Reticle from Gunwerks 
Thomas Haugland's THLR.NO YouTube Channel
Revic PMR 428 Smart Rifle Scope 

In this episode, Caylen and Phil discuss the Rock Lake NRL Steel Challenge that they participated in last weekend in Washington state.  They talk about how the stages made them think, and how they apply to realistic scenarios that you could see while in the field.  As usual, they peel back the layers of the fundamentals of marksmanship and how they are critical in achieving consistency behind a rifle

Inside this episode of the Long Range Pursuit podcast we're back with Caylen & Phil in the Instructor's Corner talking about Caylen's recent Washington backcountry hunt.  Phil had a slew of questions to ask about everything from gear, rifle setup, physical and mental preparation, and the training practices Caylen used to be successful on this past trip.

Caylen Wojcik and Phil Velayo join us on the Gunwerks Podcast discussing their perspectives on the Gunwerks Monster Steel Challenge, and where the state of the competitive spirit currently resides amongst shooters. They discuss their individual mindsets on where competition's place is within the realm of preparing shooters for utilizing the practical rifle skills competition is meant to test.