While preparing for my first elk hunt several years ago, I had compiled several different gear lists I had found online to try and determine exactly what I would need for a week long elk hunt. One item that had made several of the lists, but not all, was trekking poles.
It was now almost five years since I had successfully filled a buck tag here in Ohio. The last buck tag I’ve filled was on November 3rd of 2013 to be exact. I had spent countless hours in the tree and in a blind over the course of those five
This spring at the 2018 ATA Show, Benchmade released the new 15400 Pardue Hunter. The 15400 Pardue Hunter is the first custom collaboration knife in the HUNT line of knives for Benchmade. Since you are reading this article, I’m fairly certain you’ve heard about the Benchmade brand of knives, and if
Let me start off by saying that when I saw YETI released the new Yeti Hopper Backflip 24, I was a little bewildered. A backpack cooler? Who would ever have a use for a backpack style cooler? After seeing one in person, and getting a chance to use one for
It doesn’t matter if you are a novice turkey hunter, or have several seasons under your belt, it is likely that you have heard about Dave Smith Decoys (DSD). The ultra-realistic decoy movement began almost 20 years ago when the first custom DSD Canada Goose decoy was created. Since then, the DSD brand
Without a doubt, the most important piece of equipment you’ll need to film your hunts is a video camera. It can be a daunting task to select the perfect camera for hunting given the number of cameras available and the wide range of features they come equipped with. However, there
Introduction – Self Film Hunts Welcome to SELFILMED 101, a mini series of articles designed to help you learn how to self film your hunts and take your self-filming experience to the next level. The art of self-filming is very different from running a camera as a dedicated camera man for
If you have read my previous article on wireless trail cameras (Link Here), you’ll know I’m a huge advocate for them. This year I got my hands on the 2017 version of Covert’s most popular wireless camera model, the Code Black 12.1. From the outside, this camera looks almost exactly identical
It was Friday, April 28th. My wife and I had just made it back from our last vacation as a family of two a couple of days prior, and the Ohio turkey season was already underway. My wife was, at the time, 33 weeks pregnant with our first child, and I
I’ve spent a lot of time sitting in a blind over the past several years. A majority of that time has been spent in one of the original Double Bull Matrix 360 blinds, the Dark Horse or one of the newer Deluxe blinds. For bowhunting, I have a strong preference for
This story begins way back in 1998, when I started my so-called turkey hunting “career”. My parents had recently purchased a beautiful slice of heaven, 160 acres in Southern Indiana. I remember renting a VHS tape about turkey hunting from our local movie rental store in Huntingburg, Indiana. A quick trip
What a whirlwind it has been the past couple months. Much like last year after my first DIY elk hunt, it’s taken me a while to finally get the time to sit down and write about it. It seems like the older you get, the more you have vying for your