Category: Hunting
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Zamberlan SH Crosser Plus boot review
Last fall I needed some boots, and now. My LaSportiva Boulder X Mids are a little small and were harsh on my feet after this packout, and rather than wait for a larger pair to arrive in the mail I paid full retail for the lightest waterproof things I could find that fit properly. Waterproof…
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1 bear and many, many elk
That one bear came late on the second day, when my feet were tired and it was hard to see for all the snow. At first it was a distinctly not-elk shaped lump swimming the river, and when it emerged on the bank it instantly became a griz. No mistaking the leading shoulder hump and…
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Spring postholing, in style
In the Crown of the Continent ecosystem, if you wait for the snow to melt before hiking you will be waiting a long time. Better to deploy some of the following tips, get out early, and enjoy the solitude and occasional excessive challenge which come with postholing through spring snow. The first, or Sun Tzu,…
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Small stuff
There is a benefit to hunting trips, besides all the good exercise hiking to and from trailless places you wouldn’t otherwise visit. That would be in the visiting of said places, the seeing of things you probably wouldn’t otherwise see. Animals like places so rugged and so mundane that hikers do not visit. Flowers bloom…
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Always take the gimme
If you spend a lot of time in the woods, over a lot of years, it is a law of kharmic comportment that you always take the gimme. Fun is without question my least favorite word in english, at this moment. In usual conversation it means almost nothing, and like angry or frustrated is a…
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Southwest wild game cassoulet
Hunting has changed my eating habits. When decades of eating industrial beef and chicken is your frame of reference, wild game can do nothing but challenge that. The flavors and textures are just different, especially when you get away from the more straightforward cuts of venison. Of course, hunting also gives you access to the…
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Just ramblin’
The last two times I’ve driven west out of Augusta, the sky has looked like this. Saturday was supposed to be fairly warm, but instead it rained, snowed a tiny bit, and howled east at 30 mph all day long. The ground looked well into spring, with no snow and the first hints of green…
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The ‘mid I’ve been looking for
Disclaimer: Seek Outside gave me the shelter discussed below for free in exchange for feedback. [12/2016 update: the BT2 is now the Silvertip, with modest but significant revisions which make it more friendly to taller folks, and more likely to pitch with one long trekking pole.] It’s illustrative to think back to the first “cottage”…
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Two good gloves
I dislike gloves, and having warm hands I’m often able to get away without them, but that’s not always the case. Skiing, cycling, and hunting are all examples of activities where cold exposure is increased and the demands for dexterity heightened. The following are two examples of gloves which provide maximum weather protection with minimal…
Bedrock & Paradox 
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