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Gear Review: Woxna Hälsing Foldable Saw
Overview: I'm a sucker for handcrafted knives and tools. Sure, there's something practical about a synthetic handle on an axe, or knife,...
Allen Crater
Feb 34 min read
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Gear Review: Venustas Men's Heated Silent Hunting Vest
Overview: While I spend a lot of time out-of-doors in inclement weather and sub-freezing temps, my tolerance for the cold just isn't what...
Allen Crater
Jan 284 min read
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The Sun Also Rises
Friday, November 22 5:56 AM. MST The revolutions of the stove fan grow slower and slower. Momentum fading like the last drops of daylight...
Allen Crater
Dec 30, 20249 min read
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Gear Review: Maven CS.1A 15-45x65 Spotting Scope
Overview: Having recently completed my fourth DIY "Western" big game hunt, I've come to realize two things. First, the importance...
Allen Crater
Dec 3, 20244 min read
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Gear Review: Maven CRS.3 4-20x50 Rifle Scope
Overview: I was due for an optics upgrade on my western hunting outfit – a HOWA .308. I wanted quality glass but didn't want to break the...
Kyle Crater
Dec 2, 20242 min read
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Holiday Gift Guide – Hunting
Upland, whitetail, or big game; pushing through the popples behind a trusted dog, tucked up in a tree along a cedar swamp, or glassing...
Allen Crater
Nov 5, 202410 min read
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Gear Review: Exo Mtn Gear K4 5000 Pack System
Overview: I've been a backpacker for nearly 30 years – hiking trails across the country from New Hampshire's Mount Washington to Oregon's...
Allen Crater
Mar 4, 20248 min read
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Finish What You Start
It's Saturday. Wet snow slaps the wall tent in sloppy clumps. Somewhere, not far off, thunder peels – meteorological makings of the...
Allen Crater
Nov 29, 202316 min read
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Gear Review: Schnee’s Beartooth 0G Boots
Overview: A common error among bird hunters is neglecting their feet. It’s easy to overemphasize the sexier aspects of the sport, like...
Jon Osborn
Nov 8, 20235 min read
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Gear Review: Tricer-BC Hunting Tripod
Overview: The bull crested the ridge at just over 1,100 yards in a drainage to the north and moving in our direction, two cows following...
Allen Crater
Nov 7, 20234 min read
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Gear Review: Optimus Elektra Fe Cook System
Overview: I remember my first backpacking stove purchased in the early 90's. The one that required the pump, pump, pumping of the fuel...
Allen Crater
Aug 17, 20232 min read
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Ten Tips For Getting Your Kids Into The Outdoors.
Among friends and family, it's no secret that my two boys, Blake now 21 and Kyle now 23, out fish, out hike, and out hunt me on the...
Allen Crater
Aug 14, 202313 min read
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Destination: North Rivers Lodge
Nestled within the Manistee-Huron National Forest in the heart of North West Michigan’s Blue-Ribbon-Trout-Stream country...
Allen Crater
Jun 19, 20235 min read
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The Truth According to a Fisherman
There's a placard hanging on the porch of the family cottage that reads "Headquarters for Hunters, Fishermen, Golfers, and other Liars."...
Allen Crater
Jun 5, 20235 min read
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Gear Review: Sitka Mountain Pants
Overview: I’ve called myself a bird hunter for decades, but if I’ve learned anything over the years it’s that turkeys rank right up there...
Jon Osborn
Jun 2, 20234 min read
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Gear Review: Rapid River Knifeworks Royal 7 Clip Point Knife
Overview: In 1899, from his shop in Gladstone, Michigan, Webster Marble developed what went on to become one of the most iconic hunting...
Allen Crater
Mar 31, 20234 min read
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One For The Road
"There I sat on the ground, feeling really damned exposed, not knowing what to expect. The guide put me in a spot that had been getting...
Allen Crater
Mar 3, 202310 min read
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For Everything There is a Season
I'm in the kitchen, because it's already dark, and I'm bored senseless; determined to remedy the situation with a few slices of salami,...
Allen Crater
Jan 10, 20233 min read
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Eighty Octobers
Swinging each leg off the top bunk, I hopped down, my excitement a rolling boil, barely contained by the lid. Stocking feet hit the floor...
Allen Crater
Nov 30, 20226 min read
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Holiday Gift Guide – Hunting
Whether you're chasing birds or bulls, hunting "out west" or Midwest, pursuing game with a bow, a shotgun, or rifle, trekking hills,...
Allen Crater
Oct 7, 20229 min read
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