My First Year With My Exo Hunting Pack
The Evolution of My Hunting Pack This is painful to admit, but I haven’t always used a backpack in my hunting life. In fact, until 1996, when my dad and I went to Wyoming...
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Sig Sauer Kilo 1200 Rangefinder
Rangefinders are an essential hunting tool for most. The Sig Sauer Kilo 1200 offers everything you need, and nothing you don’t, at a fair price.
My Western Rifle : Cartridge
The Western Rifle Challenge I am a nerdy mcnderyton exterior ballistics nut! Combine my propensity to explore every single number with an undying love of big game hunting. Mix in a generous heap of...
Hiking and the Joy of Leukotape!
My Feet As many of my 51 years as I can remember, and well before I ever heard of Leukotape, I’ve struggled with boots and my feet. I can remember so well the many...
Tripod for Your Binoculars – Must-Have!
Binoculars on a Stick? I’ve gone from being that hunter who doesn’t own binoculars to one who obsesses about optics. This transformation has taken about 34 years to transpire, and I’m not going to...
270 Winchester: As Good as Ever
My Thesis – The 270 Winchester If you hunt out west and don’t own a 270 Winchester, your hunting buddy or family member does. In my family, five of us own .270s and they...
Recoil and Your First Hunting Rifle
Recoil Front and Center Do you remember the first time you shot a rifle? How old were you? I don’t know exactly how I knew it, but when I was seven years old, I...
6.5 Creedmoor as Elk Medicine?
To Kill an Elk There is absolutely no denying it. Elk are tough critters. They are legendary as survivors of gunshot wounds and revered as hard to knock down. I’ve heard the advice and...
Time for a New Recurve Bow?
Recurve: Stick and String? Something funny happened to me this winter. As my wife and I were exploring a new compound bow for her, I stumbled upon a latent desire of my own. One...
Long Range Hunting : One-Shot Cold Barrel Challenge!
Long Range Redux I cannot set up and take a 700 yard cross-canyon sheep, elk, or deer kill shot confidently. Simply, I haven’t taken the time to prove to myself that I can execute...
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