Bivy Hunting for Elk

Looking back at the earlier years of my bowhunting adventures I remember it being so simple. My bivy hunts consisted of bow and arrows, reeds and grunt tube, knife, flashlight, canteen, game bags, one Albertsons bag including three cans of chili and six snickers, a $20.00 sleeping bag, a 6×6 tarp, and four bungee straps [...]

Contour HD Hat-Mounted Video Camera

Never Miss that Once-in-a-Lifetime Footage Again!
Video footage shot from a hat-mounted Contour HD video camera!

Fitting in the palm of your hand and weighing a mere 4.3 ounces, ContourHD is the smallest and lightest HD Wearable Camcorder in the world! Its anodized aluminum body withstands dust, dirt, mud, rain, and snow. It’s also shock, vibration and [...]

Think Like a Backpacker

A bivy hunt is really no different than going on a backpacking trip.  The main difference is that you are now carrying with you the means to harvest, work up, and pack out an animal.  Whether you are going on a summer backpacking trip or a bivy style hunt in the fall you still rely on [...]

Optifade Open Country vs. Optifade Forest

With the creation of Gore’s new Optifade Forest pattern, we need to answer a very important question…which pattern do we need? Because Optifade camo was developed using science, and not consumer appeal, it’s not just a matter of which pattern looks best on the rack, but which pattern is designed to work best in the [...]

Dirk’s day pack

My day pack consists of many of the same items that most hunters carry.  Some are more crucial than others and I will try and highlight them.

I’ve used the Black’s Creek “Hunter” Pack for the past couple years, but this year I’ll be using the Sitka Ascent 14 pack.
 MUST HAVE ITEMS
- 2 KNIVES AND A [...]

Gear Selection

Gear is something that will make or break most any hunting situations.  A long time ago, I took the stance that I would do whatever possible to ensure my gear would never cost me an animal or a chance at harvesting one.  I’m not going to go into specific pieces of gear because that would [...]

Donnie’s Bivy Hunt Gear List

Here is a list of gear I would have on my back for a three day bivy hunt. I prefer the tent over a bivosac mainly for weather issues. If a storm comes in and rains for a period of time I like to be able to have a waterproof shelter for myself and my [...]

Bivy Hunt – Trial Run

With elk season just a few weeks away, now’s a great time to get all your gear together and put it to the test on a trial run! It’s especially important to use any of that new gear you have purchased since last season. Nothing’s worse than getting into your favorite spot opening weekend only to find out that the [...]

Trail Cameras…

A few days ago I received the following e-mail from my good friend Michael:
“Corey –
I, and I think a lot of others, are starting to use trail cams. I recently got a bunch of photos of bulls in velvet. I was wondering if you know of any articles that discuss antler growth and how far [...]

Space Blanket – Essential Gear

One evening I was waiting for Corey to come out of a Canyon we had started into earlier that day.  We had got separated as we opted to hunt in different directions to scout a new area.  We often use small, handheld radios for these situations to get back together after a few hours of [...]

2010 Sitka Bivy 45 Pack Review

I’ll start off by saying this…WOW! My camera batteries almost went dead trying to get pictures of ALL the features!
For extended hunts in the backcountry, a good bivy pack is worth its weight in gold. And since we’re on the topic of weight, the Bivy 45 peaks the scales at 6.0#, well within [...]

Corey’s 2010 Daypack Gear List

For those who attended the Extreme Elk Hunting Class at Cabela’s in Boise on Tuesday, we spent a few minutes going through our day pack during the gear portion of the class. I’ve had a few people e-mail since and ask if we could post a picture of the contents of our pack, so here [...]

Water Filtration Bottles and Straws by Urban Pipeline

With all the new gear and gadgets that come and go, it takes a pretty innovative idea to really catch our attention. With application in back-country hunting, hiking, biking, and emergency preparedness (to name a few), this one really jumped out!
The concept of water filtration isn’t new. Any of us who have ventured out for [...]

2010 Sitka Ascent 14 Pack

My absolute favorite pack for the past 3 years has been the Ascent 14 pack from Sitka. I was worried that the new 2010 pack would be a let-down as my 2009 model was as close to perfect as I could imagine! I received my 2010 Ascent 14 pack on Friday and I can tell [...]

Keep It Simple

Keep it simple
I am probably the most accident prone person I know.  Anything that can happen will happen.  My motto is to “keep it simple”.  The more gear and gadgets you rely on the better the chance that something will go wrong.
Most of us spend more time preparing ourselves for hunting season than we actually [...]

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