Today's best hunting backpacks use durable materials and reliable features to help you make the most of your efforts. While each hunting backpack is personal to the hunter, there are some key ...

Hunters are notorious for forgetting things. Sometimes it’s small, like leaving your gloves in the truck on a frosty morning. Other times, it’s big, like realizing your ammo is still sitting on the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Hunting is a gear-intensive sport whether you’re sitting in a blind for ducks or hiking deep into the ...

It was 8:55 a.m., and I was trying my darndest to get out of the tree as quickly as possible. “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast,” I reminded myself. At the base of the tree, I took off my insulating ...

A successful hunting trip begins before you even leave the house – with packing your bag. Watch LNP | LancasterOnline correspondent Brandon Rapp demonstrate how he packs his own bag before a hunting ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Sleeping on the ground. Walking long distances on steep trails or no trails. Carrying heavy loads ...

Theoretically you can backpack year-round, but backpacking in the dead of winter can be tough duty. I remember once in February I packed in on an ice fishing trip by myself. A ground blizzard hit and ...

No one pack will be perfect for everyone, but the 44-liter size and smart design of Sitka’s core backpack offering—the Mountain 2700—covers most hunting needs from day hunts to shorter multi-day ...