How many of you butcher and process your own deer/game instead of taking it to a meat processor? I grew up on a farm in the Eastern US and one of my first memories of deer hunting was when my dad allowed me to help with butchering a deer my brother had killed. [...]
Whether you are packing for an extended backcountry hunt or an afternoon looking for mushrooms or antler sheds, you should carry nutritious snacks for energy to fuel your body for the hike. Here are a few that we like to carry in our pack. Jerky Many hunters make their own jerky from venison [...]
Dixon, Calif. – KUIU, the ultralight performance hunting gear company, announced the launch of Valo, its newest hunting camouflage pattern. The launch comes after three years of research and development, countless iterations, and input from the best hunters and guides in the world. With the introduction of Valo, hunters are now completely covered [...]
Mike Mitten is due to release his latest video in May or June of 2018. This movie spans over three seasons, as he takes the viewer along on self-filmed solo hunts into three different mountain ranges of Alaska in search of moose. Here's a quick sample of this full-length movie. We'll [...]
When it comes to hunting, I've always been a fan of packing light. There's no point in carrying a full pack around the woods if you're never going to use half of what's in it. My packs vary depending on what game I'm hunting; turkey hunting has always been the easiest to pack [...]
Here is a video of Fred Bear's exciting polar bear hunt. Twenty-five days into his third hunt for this species, Fred gets it done.
The contents of one’s pack obviously vary to some degree with where you are and what you’re doing. Here, I’ll talk about what I carry when I’m hunting in Alaska, although most of these items are equally important when hunting elsewhere in the Far North or Mountain West. I’ll also make the assumption [...]
Traditional Bowhunter Magazine recently partnered with The Push to expand the wealth of knowledge and camaraderie to those who are new to shooting traditional bows. Matt Zirnsak and Tim Nebel remind us of T.J. Conrads and Larry Fischer almost 30 years ago. The desire to share information and support this community [...]
As a traditional bowhunter who hunts a variety of seasons what’s in my pack varies greatly, but the pack take into the field for my fall whitetail tree stand hunting basically falls into a pretty simple format. For many years my go to pack has been a Bison Gear Teton backpack that’s made [...]
What I put in my pack depends on where, what, and when I am hunting. Above are the basic items I load up when I am hunting elk and mule deer out West. Left to right top row are game bags, notebook and pen, water bottle, Jetboil, and bow kit. The bags are [...]
