Gear

As the warm temperatures of early archery’s season tapered off to midseason cool weather, I moved from the Tora series in the Kryptek Altitude line of performance clothing to...

I knew I wanted to test the 2019 Exo K3 4800 pack system the first time I heard about it. I reviewed the K2 3500 in 2017 and had...

The American West is big and wide-open.  It is a romanticized landscape of prairie grasslands rolling into abrupt mountain fronts that veer into the heavens and terminate at the...

For me, sleeping pads have been the toughest gear item to dial in. I’ve gone through numerous pads from Big Agnes, Thermarest and Exped. I haven’t had a major...

MSR vs Jetboil The year I was just getting into backpacking, there was a website also getting started. It was Rokslide--a forum and e-mag type website built around gear for...

The replaceable blade knife has started a revolution in the hunting world. While I will always carry a fixed blade knife, the bulk of my skinning and meat processing...

My son and I have used Javelin bipods on just about all our hunts with great results since I tested the original in 2016. Now my dad, brother, and...

Whitetail hunting is as much a test of mental stamina as it is endurance.   In my experience, neither of those things are helped by unneeded discomfort from hunger or...

When Mother Nature throws everything at you, what clothing do you need to keep you warm and dry? Where do you turn? What options are out there? Much of...

The stalk was difficult for sure.  First, we rode the horses down the spine of the mountain divide to cut some distance.  Then came the sketchy descent through snow-covered...