Picking the best hunting gloves comes down to one question: what are your hands doing when it gets cold? Glassing a basin at first light, drawing a
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16 Best Broadheads For Deer 2026 [Fixed & Mechanical]
The best broadheads for deer are the ones that fly like your field points and open a hole a blind man could track. I've guided deer, elk, moose and
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60+ Best Gifts for Hunters 2026: Picks From a Colorado Elk Guide
Shopping for gifts for hunters is miserable. I say that as one — I guide elk, deer, moose and bear in Colorado for 50-plus days every fall, and my
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Best Binoculars for Hunting: 11 Picks From A Colorado Elk Guide
The best binoculars for hunting are the ones you will actually carry, actually glass through for six hours, and actually trust when the light goes.
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Vortex Optics Review: 5 Optics, Years of Abuse, and One Warranty Claim
Every Vortex Optics review on the first page of Google covers one scope, or compares two, and almost all of them frame it around a defensive rifle.
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Kryptek Review: 10 Years, 12 Pieces, Bought With My Own Money
Most every Kryptek review you will find was written after one season in gear the company sent for free. This one is ten years of buying it myself.
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Best Thermal Monocular For Hunting: 10 Picks For Scouting & Game Recovery In 2026
The best thermal monocular for hunting is the one that helps you find animals, not shoot them. That distinction matters more than any spec on this
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Best Long Range Walkie Talkies For Hunting: 12 Picks From A Colorado Guide
A long range walkie talkie is the difference between a coordinated elk hunt and three guys wandering the same drainage hoping to bump into each other.
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12 Best Elk Calls of 2026 [Rocky Mountain, Primos & More]
Best Elk Calls for 2026: Diaphragm Calls, Cow Calls & Bugle CallsAn elk can hear a bad note from half a mile away — and he votes with his feet. I
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Did Colorado’s OTC Elk Changes Actually Do Anything?
They cut non-resident OTC archery elk to fix crowding. Then 3,899 of those tags went leftover and got bought anyway. The tags were never the variable
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How Far Is Too Far on an Elk?
I shoot 80 at a target. My limit on a live elk is 60. That gap isn't modesty — it's everything that can happen in the second an arrow is in the
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7 Best Elk Decoys of 2026 (Field-Tested By A Colorado Guide)
Most elk decoys end up in a garage tote by the second week of September. I've bought my share of them. But a bull that hangs up at sixty yards and
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