I can’t imagine anyone trying to seriously argue that the beaches of the East Coast are more beautiful than those found on the West Coast. Before you send hate mail though, I’m sure pretty soon I’ll write a piece about how great East Coast beaches are . . . It just might not be as [...]

The great thing about hiking pants is that they’re lightweight, and they dry out fast. Lightweight is great as you trod the beaten path, but problems can start the moment you veer off-trail trail, when suddenly you need a pair of bush pants. But thanks to new technology, even the lightest hiking pants are built [...]

The term “ultralight backpacking” means different things to different people, and what is heavy to one person will obviously seem a little lighter to someone stronger. We can instead use the terms “minimalist,” or “primitive,” to describe a backpacking trip on which we survive using the bare essentials. Some guys want to believe they’re hardcore, [...]

A lot of great hunting companies hail from Salt Lake City and now there’s a great clothing company called Core4Element. I happen to know the guys, and after weeks of persistent badgering and begging, I got my hands on some top-secret prototype pants and shirts. It was just about the time last September when all [...]

Remember playing Deer Hunter on your PC in the late nineties? Well, Sunstorm Games has brought it back for the iPhone and iPad, plus a Real Bird Hunter, Real Trophy Hunter and more! Check them out on the iTunes App Store!

Searching for deer and elk antlers has become so popular in some western states that a special shed hunting season has been established during the spring. Regulating this activity is a very good idea for several reasons, but the main goal is to protect the vulnerable herds of deer and elk grouped together on their [...]

Fairyland Loop, Bryce Canyon, Utah Bryce Canyon has a few hiking trails I put in the category of “novelty” only because they are too unique, geologically, to even compare with other trails. The main feature of the park are the pink, orange and red “hoo-doos,” or skinny, tall formations created by years of erosion. This [...]

When I lived in Utah, sometimes non-resident hunters would call and ask my advice about where to bowhunt for big bull elk in Colorado or Utah. More often than not I would suggest the hunter re-organize his priorities and do what I did when I first moved Out West — buy an over-the-counter cow or [...]