Having a good time is pretty high on everyone’s to do list, especially when surrounded by awesome views and super-awesome friends.  We hike, bike, climb, camp, raft, fish, hunt, four-wheel, sleep and eat – among other things – in the backcountry.  If not done properly, that’s a lot of wear and tear on our natural […]

It is thought that safaris as we know them now, i.e. hunting wild animals, started as long ago as the nineteenth century, the term being coined by Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, the English explorer, when gentlemen of a certain class took pleasure in killing beasts in their natural habitat, in order to prove their […]

As an outdoor enthusiast you will at some point make a decision to learn how to navigate in the backcountry.  Whether you use a map, compass, GPS receiver or all three, there are several things you should know about successful navigation.  Your safety and the safety of your companions depend upon it. Backcountry activities such […]

Every time I leave the pavement, I take along my trusty hiking pack – even if I have no intention of hiking.  Doing this has become a habit rather than a conscious decision.  My pack goes with me when a hike, camp, hunt, fish, bird watch and even when I drive out of town.  I’ve […]

We are asked nearly every day:  “What are your best binoculars?”  And every day we answer:  “How do you plan on using them?”  We are not trying to be evasive with our answer, but the truth of the matter is – the best binoculars for one purpose may be the worse binoculars for another.  We […]

Outdoor enthusiasts love to guess about all sorts of things.  We guess how many stars are in the Milky Way, we guess how fast a deer runs or we might even guess about how long it will be until that big, dark cloud dumps rain us.  But there are times when guessing in the backcountry […]

Have you got a weekend without almost anything to do or perhaps a weekend whenever you shouldn’t do anything whatsoever?  I understand what I’d do.  I’d clean up the18 wheeler and mind for that forest.  Sitting with a camping fire together with your favorite people solves many problems, which means you shouldn’t wait too lengthy […]