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...

Overview: For many upland hunters and waterfowlers, a quality day afield isn’t defined by the sum-total of birds in the bag. On the...

Seger's Against the Wind choruses in the background while lazy wipers slap back and forth and tires hum over damp blacktop...

"The earth is not just our environment. We are the earth and the earth is us. We have always been one ..." The words from Buddhist...

Overview: I remember my first backpacking stove purchased in the early 90's. The one that required the pump, pump, pumping of the fuel...

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...

Overview: I had been searching for a new travel bag for a while but wasn't really sure which route I wanted to go. Rollerbag? Duffle?...

Overview: Maybe I'm just lazy... If you recall my previous review of the Riversmith 4-Banger River Quiver (if you don't, you can find it...

Tucked among the Nipigon Bay islands off the North shore of Lake Superior, Bowman Island Lodge offers remote ...

Nestled within the Manistee-Huron National Forest in the heart of North West Michigan’s Blue-Ribbon-Trout-Stream country...

Overview: Specific situations call for specialized gear. To wit, small streams choked with encroaching vegetation require a different...

There's a placard hanging on the porch of the family cottage that reads "Headquarters for Hunters, Fishermen, Golfers, and other Liars."...

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...

It was June of 2019. Blake, Dad, and I were gathered around a fire on a tiny island deep in the Canadian backcountry on a trip that had...

Overview: I've been a Costa customer for a number of years, dating way back to my first pair of Caballitos, and I've always been...

The first grey hues of dusk begin to settle in, like a house guest who finally unpacks and eases into a comfy chair to share conversation...

For me turkey season starts about the time the ball drops on December 31 every year. I enjoy the preparation aspect of all hunts – the...

Overview: In 1899, from his shop in Gladstone, Michigan, Webster Marble developed what went on to become one of the most iconic hunting...

Well before the first gobble on the opener, most successful turkey hunters have done the nuts and bolts of what it takes to enjoy wild...

Sweat from every pore of my body was dripping onto the cursed stationary bike when the text from my buddy Mark buzzed through. "When we...