Field-tested gear experience without catalog fog: what failed, what held up, and what is genuinely worth carrying into wild country.
I spent two hundred dollars on a release aid because a guy on YouTube made it look like the only thing standing between me…
Read the storyI dialed that buck at 45 yards and watched my arrow sail clean under his…
I walked into the mountains out west thinking I was ready because I could bench…
I spent two years turning a hunting rifle into a math problem. I mean that literally. I had a dope…
I found it in July, baking in the bed of my truck under the tonneau cover. I’d forgotten it in…
I bought the best backpacking stove on the market and never used it once. When I finally took it on…
The first year I hunted, my pack weighed 38 pounds. I know this because I weigh everything now. Back then…
I shot a three-shot group at 200 yards two years ago that measured just under an inch. I was proud…
I paid $79 for my first hunting tripod. That should tell you everything you need to know about how this…
I own four sets of camouflage. Sitka for late season. Kuiu for early. Some Realtree pants I bought on clearance…
I shot my first deer with a rifle when I was twenty-two. Nothing special — a spike buck at about…
I paid forty-three dollars for my first pair of hunting boots. That should tell you everything right there. I was…
