What do you do when the world seems to push back at every effort you put forward? How do you reconcile your dreams, your plans, and your goals, when the very fabric of the reality you inhabit seems to resist your every move? How do you overcome the obstacles that seek to thwart your progress?

Well, you don’t quit.

No one knows the pressure of resistance quite like Mike Davison, owner of Barton’s Big Country and Barton’s Back Alley Range in Grande Prairie, AB. An avid shooter and firearms instructor with his friend and right hand man, (and my intrepid co-host) Lucas Orich, Mike joins us back on the podcast to discuss the most recent round of Order in Council firearm prohibitions, how the past 5 years of government attacks on the hunting and shooting industry has affected his life and business, and just what it takes to remain resilient in the face of seemingly insurmountable opposition.

Of course, as always, our conversation veers wildly into strange and uncharted territory. We do our best to honor Mike’s mom and not curse, with only marginal success, but we do remember to remedy an unintentional omission from our last podcast with Mike and talk about his current wife and family, albeit briefly. (Hi Cynthia!)

We had a blast recording our last podcast of 2024. Thank you for staying with us. We plan to bring even more great stories with great people in 2025.
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Mike Davison in on Instagram (@mikeybeanstalk) and can be reached at Barton’s Big Country in Grande Prairie, AB. Head on down and talk to him about all your hunting and shooting needs. No better way to secure your freedom than to exercise it.

Barton’s Back Alley Range firearms training schedule for 2025 will be released soon on their website:
www.bartonsbigcountry.ca
They are on Instagram: @bartonsbigcountry and @bartonsbackalleyrange and Facebook under the same names.

“Legendary” is a piece from my new collection “Whiskey Painted Holocaust”, which is available in our webstore, as well as on Amazon. "Children of The New Unknown", my first collection, is still available on both platforms as well.

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The Grey Range Podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify, Castbox and Apple Podcasts.

Lucas Orich can be found on IG as @lucasorich, on X (Twitter) as @hobo_withashotg, or behind the gun counter at Barton's Big Country in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

Lucas is Training Director for Barton's Back Alley Range, offering high quality firearms courses and safety training. Hit them up and get some top-notch training and experience!


Come see.

- DJR