Product Reviews

Product reviews for hunting gear, accessories and apparel. We work with only the best brands in the Outdoor Industry.

Kryptek Gear Review | Merino Base Layer & Blockade Rain Jacket

Kryptek Hunting Apparel

A Little History On Kryptek: Kryptek has introduced a technical hunting clothing line that has Military tactical apparel attributes imbedded in it. Many of these features have come to fruition from years of combat in ultra extreme conditions and environments. They saw that the hunting apparel industry was lacking a technical clothing line that was [...]

S4 Gear Lockdown Binocular Harness Review

S4 Gear

A Little History On S4 Gear: S4Gear makes innovative outdoor stuff. S4Gear is based in Eugene, Oregon and was born in the woods. Features of the Lockdown: Most binocular straps either have no lens protection at all or have a large, unwieldy storage container that offers no attachment or tether while optics are in use. [...]

S4 Gear Sidewinder Evo Review | Rangefinder Tether

S4 Gear

A Little History On S4 Gear: S4Gear makes innovative outdoor stuff. S4Gear is based in Eugene, Oregon and was born in the woods. Features of the Sidewinder Evo: Built on the overwhelming success of the SideWinder, the Evo is the next generation of retractable gear deployment systems. The SideWinder EVO is the outdoor enthusiast’s solution [...]

Kryptek Gear Reveiw | Hunting Apparel

Kryptek Hunting Apparel

A Little History On Kryptek: Kryptek has introduced a technical hunting clothing line that has Military tactical apparel attributes imbedded in it. Many of these features have come to fruition from years of combat in ultra extreme conditions and environments. They saw that the hunting apparel industry was lacking a technical clothing line that was [...]

Glassing Properly is the Key to Success in Western Big Game Hunting

Sworovski hunting binoculars

by David Pereda You can’t kill what you can’t see. Period. It’s not going to happen. Let’s take a look at my personal battery of hunting optics and tripods and why I choose them for Western Big Game Hunting. Swarovski hunting optics are number one on my list for binoculars for big game hunting. From [...]

Blown Opportunities

color phase black bear

Even though there isn’t an awesome kill scene at the end, you should watch this video. It just might make you feel better the next time you miss. It happens to all of us eventually. In fact, it’s happened to me more times than I care to admit. Oh well, you live you learn right? [...]

MyNature – Animal Track App

Animal Tracks

by The Hunters Wife MyNature – Is your digital guide to animal tracks and wildlife in the palm of your hand for iphone or ipod 3.0 or higher. A couple of weeks ago Rick at Whitetail Woods wrote about MyNature and because I think it’s a great app, I thought I would write about it [...]

Gerber E-Z Open Knife – Product Review

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A few months ago, Rick Young of Rick Young Outdoors sent me one of his E-Z Open knives to review. It was after the hunting season, so I wasn’t sure that I would be able to use it until next spring. I did do some mountain lion hunting, but we never caught a good one. [...]

Sage Click Reels – Product Review

Sage Click Reel

Simple is good. In lots of trout fishing situations, you don’t need a drag system that’s capable of stopping a locomotive. There, we said it! Slapping a mega-reel on a lightweight trout rod isn’t going to result in an outfit that’s well-balanced. And really, you don’t need all that technology most of the time. If [...]

Tying Fishing Knots Just Got Easier

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Skepticism. That word describes how I felt about this product when I got it in the mail. A fishing hook that you don’t tie onto your line? You just wrap your line around it a few times? Yeah, right. You’ve gotta be kidding. Well, I have to admit it… I was wrong. These things are [...]

Muck Boots Get a Thumbs Up!

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I wanted to take a second to write a quick review about the Muck Boots I got from Hanks Clothing. I ordered the Muck Woody Max Cold Conditions Hunting Boot, and from the first time I put them on I knew that they were going to become my “old reliable” pair of boots. They were [...]

Rifle Case – Product Review

rifle case

A few months ago, T.Z. Case International (I knew them as @tzcase on Twitter) sent me a rifle case to review on this blog. When the case arrived my first impression was WOW! I just expected a regular old rifle case. I didn’t expect it to look cool and have a giraffe textured finish! T.Z. [...]

Bow Camera Mount – Product Review

insanearchery

Brian Piltz, owner of Insane Archery , sent me a gadget that allows a camera to be set up on any bow figuring it would be useful for us as we film our hunts.

Stedi-Stock – Product Review

Steady stock

OK, I’ve gotta admit that I was skeptical when Harold from Stedi-Stock contacted me a few months ago wanting me to do a product review. I had seen the product before on hunting shows and was pretty sure that it was just a gimmick. It took me a while to test the product and get [...]

Be Invisible to Deer

optifade camo

Camouflage is a big-money product for the outdoor industry and they’re always coming up with new, “prettier” patterns. I guess that I’m just as big a sucker as everybody else because my closet is full of pretty much every type of camo ever produced. I recently came across this article at Blast & Cast Outdoors. [...]

Clifford Casey – Custom Hunting & Fishing Portraits

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I recently built a site for Clifford Casey. He’s an artist who specializes in custom hunting and fishing portraits. He does great work and he’s very affordable. If you’re having trouble finding a gift for a sporstman in your life, this might be just the ticket.