Backcountry hunting, beyond the trigger pull.
Beyond the Kill treats hunting as a whole-life pursuit, not just a gear list. Recent episodes move from parenting around travel and sheep events to outfitting headaches, rifle craft, training, archery culture, and bear behavior.
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Beyond the Kill is a hunting show with a broad field of view. It cares about animals, terrain, equipment, shooting, conditioning, conservation events, business pressure, and the way all of that lands inside ordinary life. The conversations are long and loose enough to leave room for context. That matters here. Recent episodes do not treat hunting as a single weekend objective; they frame it as something that rubs up against parenting, travel, work, and the desire to stay present at home while still getting into the mountains. Adam and Frankie Foss bring that tension into focus through family, FOSS Media, a move, another child on the way, and the imperfect work of keeping everything stitched together. Ben Stourac’s episode shifts the lens to outfitting, where fires, business structures, taxes, names, websites, and client expectations sit right beside scenery and animals. The show is also unapologetically gear literate. Rifles, optics, clothing projects, archery equipment, and mountain-ready systems are discussed with the kind of familiarity that assumes the audience already knows why weight, durability, glass, and confidence matter. Still, Beyond the Kill is not only a buyer’s guide. Its better moments ask what the gear is serving. With Shawn Melland, training becomes a question of athletic purpose rather than just grinding through workouts with a pack. With Caylen Wojcik, marksmanship turns toward mindfulness, presence, and the discipline behind the rifle. With Craig Francis of Ultraview Archery, a brand conversation becomes a larger argument about hunting as a meaningful pursuit rather than a revenue chart. Kevin Toye and Landen Fidek bring the field back to animal behavior, bear baiting, assumptions, and respect for smart, difficult animals. The tone is warm but not soft. It can admire someone and still press on the practical problem underneath. It is best suited to hunters who like the camp-chair conversation after the technical answer, when the story keeps widening into family, fitness, business, and why the hunt still matters.
Made for: For hunters, outfitters, mountain athletes, and gear-minded outdoors people who want long conversations rooted in real field experience. It especially suits listeners who care about how hunting fits with family, fitness, business, and conservation culture.
What sets it apart: Beyond the Kill stands out by treating backcountry hunting as a lived system rather than a string of trophy stories. It moves naturally between equipment, mindset, parenting, outfitting, training, and animal behavior without losing its insider hunting vocabulary.
Beyond the Kill is a podcast focused on the wide ranging lifestyle of the modern hunter.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Beyond the Kill makes the competing demands of parenting, outdoor ambition, work, and time away from home plainly visible.
Beyond the Kill treats hunting as a practice shaped by preparation, judgment, work, and family obligations. The host uses extended guest conversations to move from strength training with Shawn Melland and archery business with Craig Francis to outfitting logistics with Ben…
This is where your hunting podcast also interrogates brand ambition and the family calendar.
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A candid, lived-in conversation about family, work, travel, and the pull of sheep hunting.
Adam and Frankie bring a grounded, domestic pressure to a conversation about family, work, travel, fitness, and sheep-hunting commitments. With a second child on the way, a two-and-a-half-year-old at home, a move down the street for one more bedroom, and FOSS Media still moving,…
A grounded look at outfitting life after fire, COVID, and tax headaches.
Ben Storack and the host stay close to the day to day grind of outfitting life: fire, COVID, a shelf company, tax headaches, and the slow work of keeping things moving.
Expo talk leads into a practical conversation about training for the mountains.
The episode begins at the Wild Sheep Society of BC's Salute to Conservation and Mountain Hunting Expo in Penticton, BC, set for February 2026, before moving into Shawn Melland's thoughts on training, kettlebells, and building toward the field rather than simply stacking…
A grounded gear-and-culture conversation that puts craft ahead of pure growth.
This conversation sits at the overlap of hunting gear, brand philosophy, and real backcountry use. It opens on the Zenith from Alpine Riflecraft, then widens into what makes a product feel right in the hands of the people who carry it and trust it in serious country.
A mountain hunting conversation that pairs conservation with a careful look at bears, after a slower opening.
Opened around the Wild Sheep Society of BC's Salute to Conservation and Mountain Hunting Expo in Penticton, BC, set for February 26 to 28, 2026, this episode quickly settles into a bear discussion that is strongest when it treats the animal as something to be read with care.
A candid look at parenting, work, and outdoor commitments without pretending any of it is neat.
Adam and Frankie Foss talk through a life shaped by work, travel, family, and the practical business of making it all fit around a two-and-a-half-year-old and a second child on the way. What gives the piece its edge is that it does not pretend the setup is tidy.
Whitetail stories before the shot breaks.
Deer-camp talk with useful dirt on it.
Waterfowl tactics with hunt-camp static.
Elk hunting, hard reps, harder lessons.
This episode features an interview with Dylan Dowson of onX Hunt discussing hunting seasons, tags, and the role of technology in outdoor activities.
Adam and Frankie Foss discuss balancing parenting with their adventurous hunting lifestyle as they expect their second child.
This episode promotes the Wild Sheep Foundation, encouraging listeners to support wild sheep conservation through memberships and engagement.
This episode features a discussion with Mike from Alpine Riflecraft about ideal rifles for mountain hunting, sponsored by Precision Optics.
Adam and Frankie Foss talk through kid 2, a move down the street for an extra bedroom, and the 30-day countdown to birth.
Ben Storack returns for a long catch-up with the host.
This episode promotes the Zenith rifle from Alpine Riflecraft as an ideal lightweight and high-performance firearm for backcountry hunting.
This episode explores the importance of mindfulness and mindset in shooting, discussing how foundational these concepts are for marksmen and snipers in an evolving world.
This episode promotes the Zenith rifle from Alpine Riflecraft as an ideal lightweight and smooth-action mountain rifle for backcountry hunting in various environments.
The episode opens with the Wild Sheep Society of BC's Salute to Conservation and Mountain Hunting Expo in Penticton, BC.
The episode opens with a strong case for the Zenith rifle from Alpine Riflecraft.
The episode opens with the Wild Sheep Society of BC's Salute to Conservation and Mountain Hunting Expo.
This episode features a discussion with Mike from Alpine Riflecraft about ideal rifles for mountain hunting, sponsored by Precision Optics.
This episode features an interview with Dylan Dowson of onX Hunt discussing hunting seasons, tags, and the role of technology in hunting.