Allen Crater
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...
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Allen Crater
- Mar 3
- 10 min
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
- Feb 1
- 12 min
Blue Skies and Bench Seats
As Steve disappeared over the snow-covered cliff, I remember thinking "He's dead. Day one, and he's already dead." It was June of '94 and...
Allen Crater
- Sep 12, 2022
- 3 min
Gear Review: RightOnTrek Adventure Meals
Overview: Eating on the trail, for me, is one of the greatest luxuries and at the same time one of the greatest headaches about...
Allen Crater
- Aug 30, 2022
- 4 min
Chasing Blue Lines
Shivering cold, asses wetly planted inside the puddled, hastily assembled tent, soggy feet hanging outside the zippered doors while a...
Allen Crater
- Jun 5, 2022
- 8 min
Five Loaves and Two Fish
I waded into the murky waters of fly fishing later in life, when my older son, Kyle, decided he wanted to learn, and requested a rod for...
Allen Crater
- Mar 3, 2022
- 3 min
Gear Review: Pyro Putty Fire Starter
Overview: “The flames sawed in the wind and the embers paled and deepened and paled and deepened like the bloodbeat of some living thing...
Allen Crater
- Jan 10, 2022
- 5 min
Gear Review: Stone Glacier Sky Talus 6900 with X-curve Frame
Overview: In my first year hunting "Out West" with Kyle, I used my familiar Osprey backpack to carry gear; the one that had seen trips in...
Allen Crater
- Dec 13, 2021
- 3 min
Gear Review: Dark Energy Poseidon Pro Portable Charger
Overview: For me, having a reliable source of power in the backcountry is critical. Not only do I require it to charge my phone (which...
Allen Crater
- Dec 9, 2021
- 4 min
Gear Review: Heather's Choice Backcountry Meals
Overview: Teddy Roosevelt once said: "No man who, for his good fortune, has at times in his life endured toil and hardship, ever fails to...
Allen Crater
- Dec 6, 2021
- 11 min
Comfort Zone
It's black and silent. Deep in my subconscious something pulls me toward a light. A sound registers. Distant, but moving closer. Shuffled...
Allen Crater
- Oct 12, 2021
- 3 min
Among The Bones
I've had it. Had it with the traffic. The RVs and buses and vans. The gawkers and rubberneckers. The safety signs and orange cones. The...
Allen Crater
- Oct 1, 2021
- 4 min
2021 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 or...
Allen Crater
- Jul 26, 2021
- 9 min
The Balm Of Adventure
It's mid July, hotter than hell, and the AC in the truck is out. We're cruising the highway with the windows down and the music up. At...
Allen Crater
- Nov 22, 2020
- 3 min
Gear Review: Lowa Tibet Superwarm GTX Boots
Overview: While I have backpacked all over the country and beyond and spent many years chasing Michigan whitetail deer, I have never...
Allen Crater
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
Gear Review: Maven B1.2 Binocular in 8 x 42
Overview: I was heading out for my first big game hunt in Montana; a trip with my son in the works for nearly two years. Simply put, I...
Allen Crater
- Nov 13, 2020
- 10 min
Footprints
We cut our first elk tracks five miles in, post-holing our way through heavy snow often reaching past the knee. Kyle has taken the front,...
Allen Crater
- Oct 19, 2020
- 12 min
Adding To The Kit
Since I was young I've always dreamt of an "out west big game" hunt. Horseback, wall tent, wood stove, campfire dinner under the stars...
Allen Crater
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
Backcountry Beef (Venison) Stroganoff
If you’ve ever hunted or hiked in the backcountry with no camp cook, you understand the struggle of enjoying a good meal - WITHOUT...
Allen Crater
- Aug 8, 2020
- 14 min
Planning a Whitetail Hunt in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
If you are anything like me you are itching to get back into the woods and rivers and mountains as soon as safely possible. Assuming all...
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