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 […]