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    Gear Review: Stanley Vacuum Bottle
    Jon Osborn
    • May 9
    • 5 min

    Gear Review: Stanley Vacuum Bottle

    Overview: Durable gear has always appealed to sportsmen – especially if that equipment conveys some history. Take Grandpa’s battered old...
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    Gear Review: Pyro Putty Fire Starter
    Allen Crater
    • Mar 3
    • 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...
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    Authors, Artists and Makers Volume 8: Jon Osborn
    Allen Crater
    • Feb 14
    • 14 min

    Authors, Artists and Makers Volume 8: Jon Osborn

    In the scheme of my nearly 48 years, I've only known Ozzy a relatively short time. But, in that time, we've shared quite a bit: drift...
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    Gamebird Pot Pie
    Jon Osborn
    • Jan 10
    • 2 min

    Gamebird Pot Pie

    Autumn is for hunting. There’s nothing better than grabbing an old double gun, whistling up the dog, and shuffling among the leaves for...
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    Gear Review: Stone Glacier Sky Talus 6900 with X-curve Frame
    Allen Crater
    • Jan 10
    • 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...
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    Gear Review: Dark Energy Poseidon Pro Portable Charger
    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...
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    Gear Review: Heather's Choice Backcountry Meals
    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...
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    Comfort Zone
    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...
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    2021 Holiday Gift Guide - Hunting
    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...
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    Preseason Prep Part 3 - Embracing The Suck Tac-Team Style
    Jon Osborn
    • Jun 14, 2021
    • 5 min

    Preseason Prep Part 3 - Embracing The Suck Tac-Team Style

    For the sake of complete clarity, I’m neither a Crossfitter nor a competition powerlifter. Once upon a time, I could bench press 300...
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    Gear Review: Lowa Tibet Superwarm GTX Boots
    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...
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    Gear Review: Maven B1.2 Binocular in 8 x 42
    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...
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    Adding To The Kit
    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...
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    2020 Holiday Gift Guide - 73 Ideas For The Outdoorsman On Your List
    Allen Crater
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 10 min

    2020 Holiday Gift Guide - 73 Ideas For The Outdoorsman On Your List

    It's not even Halloween yet but I am already seeing a lot of holiday gift guides being published - the best gifts for tech junkies, the...
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    Preseason Prep Part 2 - Proper DIY Scope Mounting
    Jared Walker
    • Aug 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    Preseason Prep Part 2 - Proper DIY Scope Mounting

    You’ve spent the last several months saving that hard-earned money. You’ve researched the forums, read the reviews and watched numerous...
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    Gear Review: Luminox 3741 Survival Master Series Watch
    Allen Crater
    • Jun 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    Gear Review: Luminox 3741 Survival Master Series Watch

    Overview: I spend as much time as possible in the outdoors - hiking, camping, fishing, and hunting and I am notoriously hard on gear. For...
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    Preseason Prep Part 1 - Rifle Cleaning
    Allen Crater
    • Jun 7, 2020
    • 6 min

    Preseason Prep Part 1 - Rifle Cleaning

    It's never too early to think about equipment maintenance. In fact, this is precisely the time of year we should be getting both our...
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    Planning a Whitetail Hunt in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
    Allen Crater
    • May 14, 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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    Succesful Strategies for Mature Public Land Bucks
    Allen Crater
    • Feb 7, 2020
    • 21 min

    Succesful Strategies for Mature Public Land Bucks

    While I love hunting I am, by most any measure, an average hunter and even that might be a little generous. Fortunately I have some...
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    About Me

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    I’m a husband and father of two adult sons that love the outdoors and one insane German Short-haired Pointer named Lucy that loves pointing, flushing and retrieving anything, all the time.

     

    I am the President and part owner of an advertising agency located in Michigan, and an active member of Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and the Michigan Outdoor Writers Association.

     

    I love books – about everything – but especially travel, adventure, war, history, and outdoor pursuits. I love great food, great beer and great wine, sometimes in moderation, sometimes not.  

     

    More than anything I love the outdoors. I love the smells, the sounds, the sights. Since I was a little boy fishing with my dad, pitching a tent in the backyard, and unwrapping pocketknives for Christmas I’ve been drawn to all things wild. 

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    Drop me a note at allen@stevensinc.com

     

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