I hunted a good 30 days this year. Carried all my gear and plenty of water for day long hunts with no issue. Most I carried was 3 pheasants and a goose plus the regular load out. It handled the weight fine but I don’t think I could’ve carried another bird. I did take one of the water bottle...
This last season I ran a marsupial gear upland vest. I really liked it other than the shoulder straps are padded, which messed with my gun mount. I was looking around on their site. They now have a low profile yoke which I ordered and am looking forward to testing out.
The main reason for my...
I have been looking for a minimal pack to use as a day hunting pack and haul a load of meat.
Currently I am using a MR pop up 38 frame with some Molle pouches and such attached, but I’m not in love. Something like the Oregon pack works rogue looks to be exactly what I would like. However...
Well the pellet count is the whole reason to use bismuth over steel. 158 pellets for an oz. Of steel shot 206 for an oz. of bismuth. I will say even with the copper coating the bismuth pellets break apart when they hit bone. Whenever I use up my current supply I’ll probably switch to 4’s for my...
I’ve been running Boss #5s out of my 16 gauge in areas where both pheasant and waterfowl are encountered. I haven’t noticed any major differences between Boss and the steel 3s I used to use.