Colorado Elk Hunting Gear List – Pack, Boots, Shelter, Food This week our friend Mike Herne from Fort Knox, KY joins us again to talk about his upcoming Colorado elk hunting gear list – specifically, what works for him in terms of a pack, boots, shelter and food system. As Read more…
Colorado Archery Elk Packing List by Mike Herne While my elk hunting experience is limited to two years, my backpacking experience is heavily derived from 13 years of military experience serving as a light infantryman. If you don’t know much about the military or light infantry, I will say this; Read more…
eastwesthunt’s podcast #32 – Colorado Elk Hunting Part 2 – The Big Move What do you do when you’re 2,100 miles from home on a Colorado elk hunt and the elk have moved out of your public land hunting area? Public land elk hunting often requires constant improvisation and adjustments. Read more…
Episode 31: Colorado Elk Hunting Part 1 – Gut Punches & Adjustments 2018 Colorado Elk Hunt – 2nd Season Rifle Hey everyone, we just got back from our DIY 2nd Season Rifle Elk hunt in southwestern Colorado and had an incredible trip. Some DIY hunting trips are all about improvisation, Read more…
Episode 30: Preparing for our 2018 Colorado Elk Hunt ColoradoTrip Planning & Preparation This week, its all about trip planning and preparation for our much anticipated, do-it-yourself elk hunt. We’re heading to Colorado later this week for the 2nd rifle season. Jeff and Todd discuss travel logistics, talk gear and Read more…
Any set of backcountry meal trials for wilderness hunting would not be complete without taste-testing some of the most popular, widely available freeze dried packaged meal options. Most of the backcountry meal packages used in this test were purchased from my local outdoor shops. Several of the meals were gifted Read more…
I would like take a short break from our meal testing series (see part 1, part 2, and part 3) to ask the question: How much food should you pack for a backcountry trip, exactly? That is an exceedingly difficult question to answer as there are many variables. Seasons matter, Read more…
We have examined breakfast options and meal bars in this series so far, but what about snacks? Pretty much everyone takes a mid-morning and mid-afternoon break with a quick fuel up snack, right? I wanted to look a few readily available options that I had hanging around the pantry to Read more…
I like the idea of meal bar. No fuss, no muss, easy to eat and prepare. The catch is, can you find one that doesn’t require a half gallon of water to wash down. Back in my early Army days, we had the old dark green MREs. They were straight Read more…
UPDATE 05 AUG 18: Added Good To-Go package weight. I made a terrible error on our elk hunt in 2016. That error was the assumption that my 25 years of Army service, and 25 years of eating terrible tasting meals-ready-to-eat, meant that any backpacking meal would be good. I did Read more…