3 Knots Every Outdoorsman Should Know
Janis PutelisJanis Putelis is the Director and Executive Producer of the Netflix Original series MeatEater and co-host of The MeatEater Podcast. Before joining MeatEater in 2012, Putelis spent over a decade guiding hunting and fishing trips in Colorado, Arizona, and Mexico and three years in a professional kitchen.
Here are three knots that you need to know as an outdoorsman and a quick rundown of how to tie each of them. The bowline makes a solid anchor point, you can then use a trucker’s hitch for cinching down loads tight. The Evenk or Siberian hitch is also a cinching knot and is great to use when hanging bear bags in the high country.
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