Category: Equipment Reviews

  • Savage Axis Accessories

    Savage Axis Accessories

    The Savage Axis is an incredibly inexpensive rifle and will be the starting point for a lot of hunters. I’ve got a few Axis-specific accessories below, but in order, here’s what I think should be replaced or upgraded: Trigger. It was hard to determine if I should recommend a $200 scope or a $100 trigger,…

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  • Dorcy LED Headlamp Review

    Dorcy LED Headlamp Review

    It’s no big secret, I love LED flashlights and headlamps. So when Dorcy asked if they could send me a new LED headlamp to review, I couldn’t turn it down. I’ve bought 2 sets of Dorcy headlamps last Christmas for my parents, who need them to do chores at night on the farm. One was…

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  • Chippewa Arctic Boots Review

    Chippewa Arctic Boots Review

    *Chippewa was kind enough to send me a pair of these boots to review. If you want your own pair, enter in the “Haggard-est Hunting boots” contest for your chance to win. Review Double Header I took these boots for a week of hunting in terrible, cold weather, but I still don’t think I gave…

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  • Vortex 10X25 Solo Monocular Review

    Vortex 10X25 Solo Monocular Review

    Why Hunt with a Monocular? How much stuff do you pack on your person when you hunt? If you hunt in the cold Canadian North, you’re wearing multiple, heavy layers of clothing, gloves, toque (woolen hat for you yanks), flashlight, knife, tags, your rifle, maybe a call or rattling horns. . .it can get a…

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  • Silver Nikon Monarch 2.5-10X42 BDC

    This review is unfinished at the moment, but I wanted to share the images in case readers wanted to see what it looks like. Let me know in the comments if you’d like a full review of this scope.

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  • Bushnell Elite 6500 2.5-16X42

    This review is unfinished at the moment, but I wanted to share the images in case readers wanted to see what it looks like. Let me know in the comments if you’d like a full review of this scope.

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  • Tasco Spotting Scope 20-60×60

    The Spotting Scope Riflescopes are a bag of compromises. They need to be compact, sit low to the bore of the rifle, provide a range of very practical zoom, give enough eye relief that you won’t get scope eye, and above all else, they need to withstand the shock of firing the rifle. These compromises…

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  • Bushnell Sport 600 Laser Rangefinder Review

    Bushnell Sport 600 Laser Rangefinder Review

    Because this model is deprecated already, this is going to be a short review. Laser rangefinders have really come down in price, and they’re starting to approach very affordable prices. But, and it’s a big but, the range to be useful for rifle based hunting has to be more than 400 yards. Why? Take a look at the…

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  • Double Rifle Case

    Double Rifle Case

    This is a picture of my Encore Pro Hunter as well as my Savage 111 Long Range Hunter (with attached bipod) both crammed into a Flambeau Double Rifle Case. I’m pumped that it fits the LRH, because it’s a monster of a gun and I really wasn’t looking forward to removing and reinstalling the bipod…

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  • LEE 50th Anniversary Reloading Kit Review

    Reloading can be a difficult thing to get into. It’s an area where there is a lot of choice, and where more experienced users forget how expensive and intimidating it can be to get into. I hear a lot of people claiming that the best solution for people new to reloading is to get a…

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