The Texas Predator Hunting Podcast

Can you really run one or two good scopes across multiple rifles without giving anything up? In this episode, Wade breaks down when a single high‑end optic beats a safe full of budget glass, how to move an optic between rifles without losing zero, and which setups make sense for shared optics versus dedicated scopes. Grab properly mounted, range‑ready optics and mounts at www.allymunitions.com.

Wade recaps the long game on a unique Carmen Mountain–type whitetail buck he’d been watching for years on a drought-prone West Texas ranch. From drought crashes and oilfield pressure to subspecies quirks, management strategy, and finally killing “the one I wanted,” it’s a deep dive into what real-world whitetail management looks like in desert country.www.allymunitions.com

Wade breaks down a long-term, in-the-field review of the Nightforce NX8 1-8×24 F1 with the FC-DMx reticle on 12.5 and 14.5 hunting rifles. From reticle design, 1x performance, eye box and eye relief to low-light limitations, durability, and real coyote and deer stand use, this episode is a deep dive on whether this LPVO is worth the money for serious predator and whitetail hunters.www.allymunitions.com

Brooke has been answering the Ally Munitions phone, and she’s here with Wade to talk about real customer questions, website product descriptions, and why this isn’t a 24‑hour hotline. They walk through the ammo pages, explain how Ally’s internal velocity model works across barrel lengths and temps, and break down what Coyoterro, Canned Ham, Cull Buck, Premier, and GOAT actually mean for your specific gun and animals. Store your ammo right, clean your 22 Creedmoor, read the description first, and you’ll get a lot more out of both your rifle and Ally’s support.www.allymunitions.com

Wade pulls back the curtain on how rifle and gear projects actually get done, from summer bench work and viewer barrel tests to winter field time on real animals. He explains why some projects go quiet for months, how bipod and barrel testing never really ends, and how all of it has to make sense alongside Ally Munitions’ day-to-day work. Then he kicks off a new “one rifle to rule them all” series using a Q Fix converted to 22 Creedmoor, swapping between a long-range optic, a lighter Vortex Viper HD, and a thermal to cover coyotes, whitetail, and pigs.www.allymunitions.com