How to start an argument on social media: Just ask, "What is the Ultimate Hunting Vehicle? “It has to be a Jeep!” “No, it could never be a Jeep!” You get the idea… Before you take sides, allow me to set up the parameters. Then follow the story, adding your comments as...
Yes, Tactical Pheasant Hunting is a Thing and Here’s Why You Want To Try It
Question: What do you get when you cross the Kansas Governor, a shoot house at Gunsite Academy, canine athletes, shotguns, SHWAT™ and pheasants? A five star hunting experience that any action adventure hunter can get excited about. So yeah, prepare yourself, we’re...
Why We Love Recon Bags – A Review Three Years In the Making (Video)
If you’re the kind of adventurer who’s HQ is a tent whether hunting, scouting, or just having fun discovering what you can find over the next ridge, you need a sleeping bag. For about three years of adventures now, I’ve been waking up inside a Recon sleeping bag. I’ll...
Like a Video Game! Rookie Texas Dove Combat for this Rocky Mountain Girl!
How many of you know, when you are invited by SHWAT™ to join a Remington Outdoor Company dove hunt on a ranch in Texas, you go? Never mind the fact that you’re pretty much exclusively a big game hunter. Or that although your archery skills may be quite polished,...
Hundreds of Hogs – Real World Hunting with the Trijicon EO REAP-IR
It’s the Friday before Labor Day and with the family in tow, we start the 2.5 hour trek west to the farm. This can mean only one thing… Labor Day Hog Hunting. Years ago, Labor Day weekend was when we unofficially started our hog hunting season (and it usually ends on...
PSA: Win 2 2018 Custom Jeep Wranglers from Extreme Terrain!
Consider this a PSA post SHWAT™ Team (it's not our giveaway): What does a well known off road aftermarket company have to do with SHWAT™ and you? On the one hand maybe nothing. On the other hand, they are giving away a couple of ridiculous custom Jeep Wranglers that...
Take These Everywhere! Princeton Tec Helix Backcountry and Basecamp Light Reviews
If you’re into the outdoors – hunting, scouting, camping, overland adventuring – you end up in the dark. Without lights, you stumble around, drop ammo that never gets recovered, lose your hearing protection, trip over a backpack and knock your teeth out. Don’t be that...
Hog Sniping with Suppressed Subsonic .308 Bolt Actions and Maker Bullets
You know the often used movie scene where the shooter mounts a silencer to a rifle, aims, then gets a too-good-to-be-true muffled pop as the gun fires while the bullet miraculously flies 500 yards or so taking down the target? You may know that the 300 Blackout can...
Part 2: 72 Hours – 458 SOCOM DRAWS BLOOD
Have you ever gone through the exercise of writing down the time you’ve spent in preseason preparation? How about the sum of hours spent on ballistics testing, range work and gun/gear prep? It’s daunting and my wife thinks I’m crazy! This doesn’t include the time in...
Slap-Tap-Tickle – The Sensational Semantics of Shooters
With the test range tied up for a local competition, time on the computer this weekend increased. It’s a blessing and a curse, as while some of what’s on Social Media is interesting and useful, most is meaningless drivel. Mind numbing click bait aside, it does allow...