Benchmade released several exciting, new knives in their Hunt lineup this year at the 2018 ATA Show. Some were improvements on fan-favorites, while others were hybrids to fill gaps between existing platforms. My two favorite were the skeletonized knives, the 152000RG Altitude and 15200DLC Altitude. At 1.67oz, these were destined
Last year, Spot Hogg saw demand for the Fast Eddie and Fast Eddie XL soar through the roof. In fact, demand was so great, it was difficult for them to stay caught up on the manufacturing side. In light of this, Spot Hogg opted to focus on improving production capacity
Grim Reaper focused their R&D efforts on addressing customer feedback and suggestions that have come up over the last year. If you’ve shot their broadheads in the past, you’ll know that they fly like a field point and open up with some of the widest linear cutting surfaces available. Designed
Every year Sitka Gear seems to raise the bar for the competition and this year did not disappoint. In addition to their new Early Season Whitetail (ESW) system, Sitka’s Big Game release – the new Sitka Gear Apex Series – is sure to be a hit in 2018. Sitka Gear Apex Series
For years TightSpot has been the leader in the industry for bowhunting quivers. Not only are they an extremely durable/rock solid quiver, they are adjustable to fit all sizes of arrows and easy to remove if you like to shoot without a quiver on your bow. For 2018, TightSpot focused
For the 2018 ATA Show, the SELFILMED crew will be back on site in Indianapolis. As always, we will do our best to bring you semi-live show coverage featuring the latest and greatest products to hit the market for the upcoming hunting season. As in the past, we invite you
The 2017 ATA show was perhaps one of my favorite to date. Aside from the unexpected, yet appreciated, warmer than usual temperatures, it seems as if there were more products that caught my attention than usual. The updates Spot Hogg made to their sight lines were incredible! Several boot manufacturers releasing Optifade
I can’t think of anything that gets gear freaks as worked up in the hunting world as the impending release of the new bows for the year. Whether you shoot a Mathews, Hoyt, Elite, Bowtech, whatever your brand of choice…there is always plenty of debate each and every year about who
Last year, the folks at HECS released their new High-Performance HECS Base Layer. Though it was new last year, the suit did not become available until much later in the year, and so it did not get as much exposure as it would had it been available sooner. This year,
Over the years we have grown accustomed to seeing the many great offerings from the HUNT. series of knives by Benchmade, but this year Benchmade elected not to release any new HUNT. knives. However, that did not mean Benchmade had nothing new to offer to its customers. From the Blue Class
Over the years, many Firenock customers have complained that the fit of their Firenock lighted nocks to their bowstring was to snug. As a result, Firenock set out to investigate any potential issues connected to these complaints. What they found out was that there was a lack of standards for
For 2017, Grim Reaper Broadheads has opted not to release any new broadheads. Instead, they have refocused their efforts into improving and strengthening their already awesome mechanical broadhead lineup. Starting with the blades; Grim Reaper has equipped their mechanical broadheads with a more durable blade that is also sharper than