I’m all for making food from scratch, and this column is normally all about crafting tasty meals from the animals you kill. But when you’re planning to add the challenges of backpacking on top of the challenges of hunting, I think you should keep it simple.
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Simple Gourmet: Peak Refuel Backcountry Meals
BY Levi Sim Published: April 4, 2022 Updated: August 3, 2024Sheep Hunting Prep Ideas Pt. 2
BY Jordan Voigt Published: April 4, 2022 Updated: August 3, 2024Known for their awe-inspiring and challenging habitat, sheep are becoming increasingly popular to hunt so maximizing one’s opportunity if given the chance to pursue them is key.
Cooking in the Blind
BY David R. Vaught, Ph.D. Published: February 28, 2022 Updated: August 5, 2024One does not have to live through a day of waterfowl hunting on snack cakes, candy bars, apples, and jerky. I know cooking in the blind can be a full course meal as seen in some magazines, but here, we are talking about something good to eat, easy to pack in, easy to clean up and typically gets folks to ask for more.
Waterfowl Waders – Prepare NOW For Fall
BY David R. Vaught, Ph.D. Published: February 28, 2022 Updated: August 5, 2024It is said a dry duck hunter is a happy duck hunter. For the many that hunt marshes, ponds, lakes, and rivers the need to enter the water is inevitable. Depending on the depth of the water you may opt for knee boots, waist waders, hip waders, or chest waders.
Lightweight V2 SnipePod from Kramer Designs is the Perfect Western Hunting Bipod
BY Jordan Michaels Published: February 28, 2022 Updated: September 2, 2024If you’re a hunter, the SnipePod can be a crucial piece of gear. It gives you a stable yet flexible base to take sitting shots over brush and grass, and it significantly less than any other sitting bipod on the market (and less than many prone bipods as well). For $145, that’s not a bad deal.
The X-Bolt Mountain Pro: Browning’s Best Turnbolt Rifle Ever?
BY Mike Dickerson Published: February 28, 2022 Updated: August 3, 2024If you ask the folks at Browning Firearms which X-Bolt rifle model is the finest built to date, they will likely tell you it is the X-Bolt Mountain Pro. After testing the rifle at the range and in the field, the author completely agrees.
Sheep Hunting Prep Ideas Pt. 1
BY Jordan Voigt Published: February 28, 2022 Updated: August 3, 2024Sheep hunting. Merely the words conjure up images of loopy-horned rams against a rugged backdrop of mountains carved into valleys by silty glacial runoff or clear mountain streams. Written and dreamt about by generations of outdoor enthusiasts, it’s easy to see why hunters’ love affair with the species only gets stronger over time.
Snow Mobility
BY James Nash Published: February 28, 2022 Updated: August 3, 2024If you live in a place with snow, you better be able to navigate it, otherwise your hunts are going to be restricted to places awfully close to home, or worse yet, put on hold until the season changes. er of options available today for methods of efficient travel over snow and I’m going to take you through the pros and cons of each that I’ve experienced.
Exclusive: Kimberly Bangerter Becomes the First Woman to Win a Coyote Calling World Championship
BY Jordan Michaels Published: January 3, 2022 Updated: August 31, 2024The 26-year-old and her father bagged 13 coyotes over the two days of the contest, enough to earn both the championship and the prize for most coyotes killed.
Montana Tough: Franchi’s Momentum Elite Varmint Rifle – Full Review
BY Mike Dickerson Published: January 3, 2022 Updated: August 3, 2024As so often happens when stalking pronghorn antelope, failure comes before success. I was hunting on the vast Crow Reservation in southeast Montana – an area that defines big, open country with little stalking cover – and had already blown one attempt when a previously unseen band of pronghorn materialized and spooked the herd I was stalking.