• 338 Lapua vs 50 BMG

    338 Lapua vs 50 BMG

    From a hunting perspective, this is completely silly, but after I wrote my original article on 338 Lapua, I had multiple people contact me and ask that magical question, “what if you go bigger?”. Well, 50 BMG is about as big as you’re going to get, and while 338 Lapua is capable of taking all…

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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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  • The 12 Most Popular Hunting Gear Posts of 2012

    The 12 Most Popular Hunting Gear Posts of 2012

    2012 has been a busy year. It’s the first year of HGG and things have been going well. In 2012, we completed: 10 rifle reviews 17 hunting equipment reviews 5 general tips articles 4 reloading articles 2 archery reviews and 2 wild game recipe articles Now, I wanted to re-share the most popular 12 of…

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  • 338 Win Mag vs 338 Lapua Mag

    I’ve found a lot of people finding my site when searching for differences between the 338 winchester magnum and the 338 Lapua Magnum and I wasn’t too pleased with some of the other results, so I thought I’d lay out all the differences in one spot. Performance The primary difference between the 338 Win mag…

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  • Hunting with an SKS

    Hunting with an SKS

    Straight up, it has been 2 years and I’m now a better writer. Better post here: https://huntinggearguy.com/rifle-reviews/sks-review/ One of the cheapest “fun” guns out there in Canada and the US is the SKS. Made primarily by Russia, China, and Yugoslavia, the SKS is a compact little semi auto chambered in 7.62X39. Due to the inexpensive rifle…

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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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