Thread: Backcountry Hunting Podcast - interview with Kiwi Nathan Foster

Ahhh when men were men and really held guns. Such a scientific take. I'd genuinely like to know what makes him a professional, and expert. I have always appreciated his information for info on projectile performance but his takes on what can kill what is not based in anything I can determine as fact. When you start of by saying pigs are tough I have to laugh. I'd say people don't no the anatomy of a pig and make less than ideal shots.

He always seemed to come to a hypothesis and then be blinded by it. The whole "annealling projectiles" things etc where your not using a consistent medium is just statistical variance.

I will try to sit through the whole thing but I find JVB unbearable. He talks about taking shots in the 700-1000m mark (which is exceptionally difficult as so many factors are out of your control not saying its unethical or not but can see the arguments why it is) but looks down and makes pretty bold statements about using 6mms and 224 based projectiles is unethical including about people he's sat down with previously and talked with and knows better. I've also yet to hear of him actually doing any really hunting unaccompanied by a guide. He just seems to shill whoever is paying him most recently in that horrible tone.