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Sure, the coolest survival gear items are knives, guns, and Sure, the survival gear that gets the most attention are the flashy items like knives and fire starters. But the simple everyday items, like zip ties, tarps, and even steel wool are going to be more useful in the long run. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up, these are the items y

I’ve always loved camping, but ever since I’ve had kids, the notion of what and what doesn’t constitute as a camping trip has changed. In years past, it meant sleeping in the dirt and chasing big game or alpine trout. Now it includes makeshift backyard adventures and overnights a stone’s throw from the truck tailgate. But it all revolves around tha

Boning knives are specialty blades designed to debone meat and trim away fat. (imarku/) In the wake of popular trends such as the field-to-table and locavore movements, home butchery of both game and domestic meats has become more popular than ever. At the heart of that process is a quality boning knife. These specialty blades make the most out of

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Venison may have been the main course of the first Thanksgiving feast. (Jamie Carlson/) Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and football. In America, that’s usually what’s on the menu on the fourth Thursday in November. But in the fall of 1621, the original Thanksgiving meal didn’t resemble this in the slightest. The Pi

Guest Author: Thomas Austin As the bull’s body was no longer obscured by the grass I quickly judged the distance and chose a pin I drew back my bow and settled in on his vitals as he continued to walk towards to calls of my hunting partner as he reached the highest point in the meadow from which he should have been able to see the cow to which he w

Guest Author: Alex Kurz Ryan and I whispered to one another as the bull walked in, “This is gonna happen”.  As the bull crested the final null where we knew Alex could see him, time stood still.  The bull took a few final steps toward the spring, and put his head down to drink perfectly broadside.  Alex released his arrow and made a perfect double

Guest Author: Ernest Chavez I had no cover, so I just stood there, nocked an arrow and tried to catch my breath and compose myself. The bull continued to bugle and started raking the ground with his antlers. To my surprise, he started walking right at me, at 30 yards I drew. At 20 yards, I let the arrow fly and buried it in the sweet spot. It was t

Guest Author: Lindsay McQuaid  After the shot, I heard the bull break a few branches, but didn’t think he went very far. About two minutes later I heard breaking of branches one more time. The forest was then quiet. A couple of texts to family and friends helped to pass the half hour I made myself wait. As I followed the blood trail for a short 30

No 7mm would be everyone’s idea of the ideal brown bear medicine, but all three of the magnums discussed here coupled with the right premium, controlled expansion bullet can handle the big bears. (Ron Spomer/) The U.S.A. hasn’t fully adopted the metric system, but our shooters and hunters have. We are now conversant in 6mm, 6.5mm, 7.62mm — and espe

Guest Author:  Russ Carlson It was a foggy Saturday morning, September 9th, 2017. Walking in the dark, I was hoping to get to my spot ahead of where the deer tend to cross on my favorite ridge. I found about six nice deer as the sun came up that were on the wrong side of the fence. I watched them for a while and decided to keep moving. About 800 ya

Guest Author: Marty Hamel My brother, Mike, and I went on our first DIY archery elk hunt in Colorado in September of 2009. It was an amazing experience and one that ignited a desire to continue to hunt elk in the mountains. Since that hunt, life happened, and things got busy. Both of us started families, bought houses and had career changes or adva

Public land bowhunter Jordan Breshears covers country to arrow a herd bull in Montana. This DIY hunt is packed with ups and downs, literally, as Breshears uses elevation to his advantage to locate elk and avoid other hunters. Elk hunting public land takes persistence and grit to get the job done, especially when bow hunting. The post Bowhunting Mon

Fishing tackle can be as basic as a pole, a length of line, a weight and a baited hook. That’s seldom good enough, though. There’s something in human nature that never settles for the status quo and even fishing tackle can be made better. What we lack, we invent; what we find deficient, we improve. Consider fishing reels, which have been around for

The author with a mature blesbok, a common antelope species in South Africa. (Tyler Freel/) There is no place in all of hunting lore as iconic as Africa. Talk to anyone who has been fortunate enough to have hunted there and they will wear your ears out telling you about it. Because it seemed such a remote possibility, Africa never really made my bu