I have packed meat on my back for fifteen years - elk in the Rockies, mule deer in the desert, whitetail in the hardwoods - and the frame on your back is the difference between finishing the hike out and collapsing halfway down the ridge. A soft daypack turns a 60 lb quarter into a […]

If you have ever hauled a heavy stand deep into public land only to find a crooked tree that defeats a climber, you already know why the best hang on tree stands dominate the bowhunting world in . A hang-on (or lock-on) treestand straps to almost any tree, packs flat on your back, and lets […]

I've spent the last three months putting ten of the most popular gun cleaning kits through real range sessions, bench cleaning, and field-style wipe-downs to find out which ones actually earn a permanent spot in your range bag. Some surprised me (the Hoppe's pistol kit is still a workhorse after all these years), and one […]

After 60 nights testing setups across Utah, the Mojave, and a soggy fall weekend in the Pacific Northwest, our team has a clear picture of what separates the best ground tent annexes for vehicles from the ones that leak, collapse, or take an hour to set up. A ground tent annex is a ground-level shelter […]

I've been grilling on cedar planks for over a decade, and I still remember the first time I pulled a salmon filet off a smoldering Western Red Cedar board. That woodsy perfume drifting off the grill, the flesh so moist it flaked apart under my fork, and the faint char pattern where the smoke kissed […]

A grill rotisserie kit is a motorized spit rod attachment that turns a horizontal rod at roughly 2 to 3 RPM over your grill's heat source. As the rod rotates, the meat continuously self-bastes in its own juices, producing the crispiest skin and most even cook most home grillers will ever achieve. After spending more […]

I spent 60 days grilling on ten different replacement grate sets across my Weber Spirit 300, a 14-year-old Genesis, a Nexgrill 5-burner, and a Traeger Ironwood. I burned through 28 ribeyes, 14 pounds of chicken thighs, and more vegetables than I'd care to admit. After all that cooking, I can tell you the best grill […]

After 30 days of packing chili, oatmeal, and soup into eight different vacuum-insulated jars and recording the temperatures six hours later, one pick stands above the rest. The DaCool Food Thermo 16oz held tomato soup at 158°F after three hours and 142°F after six, the wide 3-inch mouth makes it the easiest jar in the […]

A high altitude sleeping bag is a cold-weather mummy bag rated roughly 0°F to -40°F, built with 800+ fill power down, a weather-resistant shell, and a draft collar. It is designed for alpine camps above about 4,000 m / 13,000 ft where overnight temperatures drop well below freezing. We have spent the last three winters […]

Looking for the best hollow body frog for catching largemouth bass? Our team has been throwing topwater frogs across lily pads, matted vegetation, and grass slop for years, and after stacking up dozens of catches this season we have a clear picture of which hollow body frog lures actually catch fish and which just look […]