Sometimes it's a cup of black coffee and the Bible just before daylight. Sometimes it's sitting alone late at night. Mostly it's wherever my mind can be clear and my thoughts aren't racing at the speed of life.
My dad doesn't hunt much anymore but growing up I watched him skin deer with an Old Timer Sharpfinger. When I was old enough to get a hunting knife I asked for one for Christmas and I skinned my first buck with it. I realize now there are far better knives in the hunting world but at that time I...
I'm several years into using an 10 degree Enlightened Equipment quilt. It's not the cheapest ( Maybe $360 ) but it is light ( 26 oz ) and it keeps me warm enough. I don't know if anyone else does this but if you are already using down jacket and pants on a hunt sometimes I will just wear those...
Shooting a Remington 700 .30-06, Listening to Alabama, Hank Jr. Also drinking SunDrop. ( For those not from NC that's a citrus soda with a lot of carbonation. )
It could have only been better if they had figured out how to make a rhyme that included " We canted the rifle scope sideways to check to see if it was legal " as he wrote in the WSF magazine article that was so perfectly timed following the questionable kill.
I grew up on Realtree Monster Bucks. By the time MeatEater came along it was refreshing to me that he showed aspects besides one kill shot and recovery after another like most of the whitetail hunting films. He seemed to really get after it in the early years but lately it seems more like just...
Browning has just come out with the A5 in 20 ga. Being a 5lb 9 oz autoloader with beautiful wood that holds 4 2-3/4 inch shells in the tube it should check all the boxes you listed.
Most of my hunting goals can be summed up in become increasingly proficient at hunting public lands in my own state and take a trip of two out west each year. I hope to shoot decent representatives of several species over my lifetime as I draw tags or opportunities present themselves.