Backcountry Hunting Gear

6 Best Backpacking Water Filters

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What’s the best backpacking water filter?  That’s a question many of us ask when looking to venture into the backcountry for multiple days.  There’s no clear-cut answer to that question as the type of filter you might need differs depending on your situation. To help you decide, we tested the performance of a bunch of them and bring you the results so you can see what fits your needs the best.  Each type of filter has specific situations where it will excel as well as situations its not as well suited for.

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Sea to Summit Ether Light XT Insulated Review | 2020

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Sea to Summit Ether Light XT - Backwoods Best ultralight pad

Ether Light XT Insulated Pad Review Sea to Summit brought the new Ether Light XT Insulated Pad to the market in 2019, and we put it to the test. This impressively lightweight pad comes in at just 17.3 ounces with a super thick 4 inches. The Ether Light comes in multiple sizes: regular and large … Read more

6 Best Ultralight Backpacking Stove TEST

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Best Backpacking Stove

Are you using one of the best ultralight backpacking stove options out there?  Are you in the market for backpacking stoves but not sure what features are most important?  We put a bunch of them to the test to help you decide.  We pulled together a handful of some of the most popular (and not so popular) stoves we could find and tested them all in various conditions to find the most fuel-efficient, lightest weight, fastest boiling, and most feature-rich backpacking stove.

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Honest Black Gold Pro Sight Review | 5 Pin Bow Sight

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Black Gold Pro Sight

Black Gold Pro Sight Review It’s no secret that Black Gold Sights makes some great bow sights.  I had the pleasure of using the Ascent Verdict Assault last year and came to love the famous Black Gold pins and the slider sight.  So what’s different about this new Black Gold Pro sight?  Black Gold Dual … Read more

Elk Call Holders: 4 Best Options

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Diaphragm Elk Call Holders: Is there a difference?

Diaphragm elk call holders have come a long way in recent years. Keeping your elk calls protected while in the field can be a challenge.  Elk call holders should keep your calls clean, however, a case that will keep the dirt out may not allow your diaphragm elk call to dry between uses, which reduces their life span.  Storing them in your pocket can be effective, but could bend the frame of the calls. This can cause the latex stretch to change, which you don’t want. 

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Best Food For Backpacking: 51 Meal Shootout

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51 Dinners | 14 Brands | Blind Taste Test

You read that right. A total of 51 backpacking dinners were tested and charted for this review to find the best food for backpacking out there. It was no small undertaking that took us over FIVE MONTHS of gathering, researching, and charting. One last shout out to the panel of volunteers who offered up their time (and intestines) for this review. We had a great time with this!

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5 Ultralight Hunting Tripod Review: Versatile | Light | Sturdy

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Ultralight hunting Tripods

Best Utralight Hunting Tripods

Which ultralight hunting tripod will be your go to this year? With so many options on the market these days, it can be difficult to sort though them all to find what best fits your needs. Do you need a carbon fiber tripod or will an aluminum one do the trick? Is there a best tripod for spotting scopes as far as stability? What are some of the features that make up the best tripod for hunting?

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Gen 2 Field Optics Research Bino Adapter Review

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Field Optics Research Bino Tripod Adapter

The updates to the Field Optics Research Bino Adapter for 2019 that really improved this bino adapter.  You may have caught our recent bino adapter review where we looked at the Gen 1 Field Optics Research Bino Adapter, along with the Swarovski SLC and Vortex Uni Dapter.  Because the improvements on this Gen 2 Field … Read more

10×42 Best Hunting Binoculars | Swarovski SLC vs Vortex Razor HD vs Meopta Meostar

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Swarovski SCL vs Vortex Razor HD vs Meopta Meostar

When looking for the best hunting binoculars is it worth spending the extra money for the Swarovski SLC binoculars over the Meopta Meostar or Vortex Razor HD binos? To figure which performed the best between the Swarovski SLC vs Vortex Razor vs Meopta Meostar, I put these in a side by side field comparison. I picked up … Read more

Garmin InReach Mini Review | Protect Yourself With 3.5 oz

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Garmin InReach Mini Review

Backcountry Piece of Mind: Garmin InReach Mini Review For a lot of years, my Idaho backcountry hunts didn’t find me bringing along a way to communicate with the outside world.  That’s part of the joy of being in the backcountry, right? In this Garmin Inreach Mini review, we take a look at the functions and … Read more