Gear & Optics

A caribou hunt in the Aleutian Islands proved to not only be a test of hunting skill, but of navigating harsh weather and the hazardous Bering Sea.

With Christmas right around the corner, I figured this would be the perfect time to discuss the latest and greatest gear in the predator hunting world. Santa has a lot on his plate nowadays and expecting him to know what gear is best for stacking up coyotes is a little unreasonable.

When choosing a quality boot there are many features that need to be examined. In this article, we are going to take an in-depth look at the Kenetrek Hardscrabble boot.

It reads the temperature. It measures the altitude. It senses the pressure. It computes the angle. And of course, it lasers the range. Zeiss’ New Victory RF meets a lot of needs in one package.

I had the chance to try out the on several hunts this summer and fall in Alaska. The hunts were in a remote part of the state where getting dry wasn’t something you could count on. There is little to start a fire with and the sun shines sporadically at best. The old saying, “It’s [...]

Old West-style lever guns used to be deer hunting mainstay. From Florida swamps to Alaska woods, they’re great brush guns—but they can be so much more.

I found this to be a great optic and experimentally determined it to be exceptionally precise and overbuilt as most Nightforce optics are. I would trust my life in the wilderness with it if I were hunting dangerous game and I would put my faith in it if I were shooting benchrest competitions.

Most hunters hunt on public land in high-pressured units. Finding public areas with limited access points is key. Here’s how to use Google Maps to do it.

Within an hour of my first hunt, we saw four coyotes and killed one. And we did it in the rain. Was that just luck? Hardly.