Gear
Hunting Gear
5 Best Antelope Cartridges
Reaching speeds of up to 60 miles per hour, the pronghorn is the fastest land animal in the western hemisphere. Antelope, or “speed goats” as they’re sometimes called, developed this unique ability to escape long-extinct grassland predators, but now that velocity mostly just frustrates sweaty...
Jordan Sillars
Aug 8, 2022
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Gear
Gear We Use: Best Bear-Defense Guns and Cartridges
It’s an age-old question most hunters will never answer from personal experience: what’s the best gun for bear defense?
Selecting the right firearm requires careful consideration, but the question usually generates more uniform, strong opinions than helpful advice. Fortunately, the MeatEater crew...
Jordan Sillars
Aug 4, 2022
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Gear
Jani's Gear Shed: Elk Calling Kit
The ability to create a variety of sounds is key for sucess when hunting the elk rut. I tend to use an external reed most often to produce sharp cow calls that can carry across the hills. I always have a few diaphragms with me for quick calling and bugling with the metal bugal tube. New to my lineup...
Janis Putelis
Aug 3, 2022
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Featured Gear
Phelps
Meet the new, patent-pending cow and calf call from Phelps Game Calls that uses inhale technology to produce crisp and clear sounds every time. Features a replaceable voice module.
Benchmade
A versatile fixed-blade capable of performing throughout any season, on any species.
Nemo
An ultralight reclining chair built for the backcountry with oversized tubes and forged aluminum hubs for exceptional strength and stability.
Vortex Optics
Rock-solid optic that optically punches high above its class.
Gear We Use
Firearms
Gear We Use: The Best 9mm Pistols
The 9mm Luger isn’t a great hunting cartridge. Let’s get that out of the way up front. But it is cheap, easy to shoot, and readily available-all things we value whenever we’re evaluating a caliber. These attributes make it a great training round if you’re looking to start hunting with a handgun. It...
Jordan Sillars
May 13, 2022
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Hunting
Gear We Use: The Best Binoculars for Hunting
Earlier this spring, I had the opportunity to take a few aspiring turkey hunters into the woods. While they were green as can be, the thing that struck me as most odd was that none of them showed up with binoculars. For seasoned hunters, heading into the field without glass is almost as appealing as...
Tony J. Peterson
Jun 10, 2022
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Hunting Gear
Choosing The Best Hunting Pants
More than any other single item of gear, your pants will make or break a hunting trip. If they’re too tight or too baggy, you can’t walk right. Too thin and you’re cold; no ventilation and you’re hot. A lot of hunters struggle for years to find the best hunting pants for their body shape and hunting...
Sam Lungren
Nov 22, 2021
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Hunting Gear
The Best Hunting Tripods for Glassing and Shooting
Most folks who hunt open country will have the epiphany someday: You aren’t really seeing without a tripod. You may be looking through your binoculars while they’re supported by your knees or shoulder tension, but at any sort of range you’ll skim right over a lot of semi-hidden animals as your...
Sam Lungren
Dec 10, 2021
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Hunting Gear
Choosing the Best Hunting Jacket
Along with hunting pants, jackets are the other cornerstone of a gear system. Your jacket does the most work to keep your core insulated. It can also provide important wind and moisture protection for your torso, as well as useful pockets for storing gear or un-numbing fingers.
Some jackets are...
Sam Lungren
Apr 22, 2022
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Gear
Gear We Use: The Best Sleeping Bags
Odds are, if we’re using sleeping bags at all, it’s because we’re on some adventure that’s going to take a lot out of us. Sleep should come naturally in those circumstances—stars twinkling, water rushing in the distance, cold air floating through your tent, no cars or sirens around to disturb you...
Katie Hill
Jul 15, 2022
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